Patents by Inventor Satoshi Fujita
Satoshi Fujita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240149773Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Atsushi KUSANO, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yosuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
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Patent number: 11958385Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Ryuichiro Hirose, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Atsushi Kusano, Yoshikazu Ito, Yousuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Publication number: 20240106958Abstract: A group management device includes a required information acquisition unit, a supplement instruction unit, a mounting information acquisition unit, and a group update unit. The required information acquisition unit acquires information showing required groups that are groups determined to require supplements of the consumables used in image forming devices that are managed per group. The supplement instruction unit performs a supplement instruction of the consumables for the required groups. The mounting information acquisition unit acquires mounting information showing the image forming device mounted with the consumable supplemented in response to the supplement instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Tatsuya Inagi, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Satoshi Oyama, Takumi Fujita
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Patent number: 11932241Abstract: A driving assist system executes driving assist control for avoiding a collision with a target ahead of a vehicle. The driving assist control operates when the target exists within an assist area. A crossing target is the target crossing a roadway area ahead of the vehicle from a first side toward a second side. The assist area for the crossing target is divided into a plurality of divided assist areas including a first assist area located on the first side as viewed from the vehicle and a second assist area located on the second side as viewed from the vehicle. When the crossing target exists in the second assist area, the driving assist system decreases a control strength of the driving assist control as compared with a case where the crossing target exists in the first assist area.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minami Sato, Takahisa Awata
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Patent number: 11932147Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Patent number: 11912850Abstract: A resin composition for an insulating layer includes: an olefinic resin as a main component; and a metal deactivator, wherein the olefinic resin consists of block polypropylene and polyethylene, and wherein a content of the polyethylene in the olefinic resin is greater than or equal to 1% by mass and less than or equal to 10% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Syota Machinaka, Taro Fujita, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Nayu Yanagawa, Yuji Ochi, Satoshi Okano, Yuto Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11904749Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Publication number: 20230406016Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a printer including: a body case; a printer cover configured to be openable and closable relative to the body case about a rotary shaft; a platen roller that is rotatably attached the printer cover; a print head configured to pinch a print medium with the platen roller when the printer cover is closed and perform printing on the print medium; a first connector disposed at a first position of the body case; a second connector disposed at the printer cover such that the second connector is connected to the first connector when the printer cover is closed; and a platen retaining part disposed at the body case and configured to rotatably retain a first portion of the platen roller at a second position of the body case when the printer cover is closed, the first position being in the vicinity of the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi FUJITA, Kazuyuki HOSHI
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Publication number: 20230144452Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat having a good seating feeling and a suitable shock absorbing structure at the time of a rear collision. A conveyance seat has a configuration in which a cushion material is placed on a back frame and is covered with a skin material. The back frame includes right and left side frames which constitute side portions in a seat width direction and extend in an up to down direction. A surface of a cushion front portion disposed on a seat front side of the back frame in the cushion material is provided with a skin pull-in groove for pulling an end of the skin material and a surface groove disposed on the outside of the skin pull-in groove in the seat width direction and extending in the up to down direction. A back surface of the cushion front portion is provided with a back surface groove which is disposed between the skin pull-in groove and the surface groove in the seat width direction and extends in the up to down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Kazuya MIYAWAKI, Satoshi FUJITA
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Patent number: 11450801Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element in which, at a time when the piezoelectric element is manufactured, a piezoelectric material is prevented from being exposed to a temperature higher than a Curie temperature thereof to be depolarized, to thereby significantly decrease piezoelectric properties. The method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a first step of arranging a plurality of electrodes on a piezoelectric material, electrically short-circuiting two or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, and subjecting the piezoelectric material to heat treatment, and a second step of, after the first step, electrically opening the short circuit of the two or more electrodes at a time when a temperature of the piezoelectric material decreases to less than a temperature of the piezoelectric material at a time of the heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Uebayashi, Tatsuo Furuta, Kanako Oshima, Takayuki Watanabe, Jumpei Hayashi, Satoshi Fujita, Yuki Iitsuka
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Publication number: 20220283083Abstract: Disclosed is an analytical method for analyzing a test substance contained in a measurement sample, the method comprising: generating a data set based on a plurality of optical spectra acquired from a plurality of locations in the measurement sample; inputting the data set into a deep learning algorithm having a neural network structure; and outputting information on the test substance, on the basis of an analytical result from the deep learning algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Masaya OKADA, Yuki SHIMAOKA, Shigeki IWANAGA, Kazuki BANDO, Katsumasa FUJITA, Yasunori NAWA, Satoshi FUJITA
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Publication number: 20220283154Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method for preparing a measurement sample comprising an aggregate of metal nanoparticles having an analyte bound thereto, the preparation method comprising: contacting the analyte with a linker to bind the analyte to the linker; and contacting the linker that has been bound to the analyte with the metal nanoparticles to bind the linker to the metal nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuki SHIMAOKA, Masaya Okada, Shigeki Iwanaga, Kazuki Bando, Katsumasa Fujita, Yasunori Nawa, Satoshi Fujita
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Publication number: 20220242292Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Atsushi KUSANO, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yosuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
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Patent number: 11217253Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Satoshi Fujita, Hiroaki Adachi, Yoji Hirose, Fumiaki Tokuhisa, Ryu Aoyama, Izumi Yagi, Akihiro Ishida
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Publication number: 20210237617Abstract: An in-seat experience system includes: a seat which includes a seat body, a sensor, and a seat controller allowed to acquire a measurement value from the sensor; an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body a motion instruction and to store user identification information; and a server capable of communicating with the experience instruction device. The experience instruction device makes a determination based upon a measurement value of the sensor as to whether or not a first condition is satisfied, and to transmit a result of the determination to the server when at least the first condition is satisfied, and the server is allowed to increase a point score stored for the corresponding user identification information with a condition that the result of the determination that the first condition is satisfied is received from the experience instruction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Satoru KANEDA, Munetaka KOWA, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Atsushi KUSANO, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yousuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE
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Publication number: 20210224838Abstract: An information processing device obtains information on a value for each locality, the value for each locality corresponding to a currency value for each locality, further obtains information on a currency exchange rate, sets a conversion rate for the values between the localities, transmits information on a value applicable for a user, the information on the value applicable for the user being information necessary for a terminal device to present a payment procedure screen for electronic-commerce by a currency of a first locality, and executes, in response to a request for applying a value of a second locality, a process of converting the applied value of the second locality into a currency value of the first locality by the conversion rate at a predetermined time point, and of putting the converted currency value to use in a settlement amount in the electronic-commerce.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi FUJITA, Zulfikar DEEB
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Publication number: 20210178933Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
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Patent number: 10974619Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
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Publication number: 20210078448Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Atsushi KUSANO, Yoshikazu ITO, Yousuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
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Patent number: 10940772Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto