Patents by Inventor Satoshi Sato

Satoshi Sato 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).

  • Patent number: 11932241
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minami Sato, Takahisa Awata
  • Publication number: 20240088495
    Abstract: An alkaline battery includes a positive electrode containing member, a negative electrode containing member, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a frame-shaped member, a separator, and a sealing member. The positive electrode is contained inside the positive electrode containing member. The negative electrode and the frame-shaped member are contained inside the negative electrode containing member. The separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The sealing member is disposed between the positive electrode containing member and the negative electrode containing member, and is separated from the frame-shaped member. The positive electrode containing member and the negative electrode containing member are crimped to each other with the sealing member interposed between the positive electrode containing member and the negative electrode containing member. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material and an alkaline electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke MAEGAWA, Satoshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20240087301
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes a correct answer information acquiring part that acquires first correct answer information corresponding to a training image of a machine learning model from a first storage part, a correct answer image display control part that causes a display device to display a first correct answer image based on the first correct answer information, an imaging control part that causes an imaging device that acquires a blurred image to capture the first correct answer image displayed on the display device and acquires a second correct answer image, a correct answer information generating part that generates second correct answer information based on the second correct answer image, and a storage control part that stores a data set including a set of the training image and the second correct answer information in a second storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Kunio NOBORI
  • Patent number: 11924736
    Abstract: A wireless communication unit and a wireless network system enable a plurality of wireless communication units to be wirelessly cooperated with a simple structure, can easily realize cooperative operations, and can execute IP packet transfer control without acquiring communication path information from an external network. A relay wireless communication portion that is connectable to an upstream unit (upstream wireless base station portion) that is another upstream wireless communication unit via an upstream inter-unit wireless bearer is provided. A wireless base station portion is connectable to a downstream unit (downstream relay wireless communication portion) that is another downstream wireless communication unit via a downstream inter-unit wireless bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Yusuke Egawa, Kunimitsu Arai, Satoshi Maeda, Sadayuki Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20240069489
    Abstract: A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes (i) a rotatable developing roller for developing a latent image formed on a photosensitive member; (ii) a first drive transmission member capable of receiving a rotational force originated by the main assembly; (iii) a second drive transmission member capable of coupling with the first drive transmission member and capable of transmitting the rotational force received by the first drive transmission member to the developing roller; and (iv) a coupling disconnection member including a force receiving portion capable of receiving the force originated by the main assembly, and an urging portion capable of urging at least one of the first drive transmission member and the second drive transmission member by the force received by the force receiving portion to separate one of the first drive transmission member and the second drive transmission member from the other, thereby disconnecting t
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Masatoshi Yamashita, Satoshi Nishiya, Kazuhiko Kanno
  • Publication number: 20240072186
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes a front protective layer, a back protective layer, a plurality of solar cells, and a filler. The front protective layer is transmissive to light and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The back protective layer faces the second surface. The plurality of solar cells are between the second surface and the back protective layer. The filler is between the front protective layer and the plurality of solar cells and covers the plurality of solar cells. The filler includes a material with a chemical structure to generate a free acid. The front protective layer includes a weather-resistance resin. At least a part of the first surface is exposed to a space external to the photovoltaic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Keita KUROSU, Yusuke MIYAMICHI, Shoei SATO, Satoshi KITAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240045636
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes an image acquiring part that acquires a first training image of a machine learning model, a display control part that causes a display device to display the first training image based on a distance between the display device and an imaging device that acquires a blurred image, an imaging control part that causes the imaging device to capture the first training image to acquire a second training image, and a storage control part that stores a data set including a set of the second training image and correct answer information. The display control part changes, when the distance is changed, a display size of the first training image so that a size of the second training image acquired by the imaging device is maintained. The imaging control part causes the imaging device to capture the first training image when the distance is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Kunio NOBORI
  • Publication number: 20240021978
    Abstract: An antenna attachment including: a male screw part to be screwed with an antenna main body of an antenna device to be installed on a moving body, the male screw part including a head portion, a thread portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the thread portion having a cross section smaller than the head portion and the thread portion; and a washer including a hole portion allowing passage of part of the male screw part. The hole portion has a shape in which a first hole and a second hole having different sizes are overlapped. The first hole has a shape not allowing passage of the head portion and the thread portion and allowing passage of the intermediate portion. The second hole has a shape not allowing passage of the head portion and allowing passage of the thread portion and the intermediate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka HATAKEYAMA, Ryutaro MIURA, Satoshi SATO, Hisashi TAKIZAWA, Yoshifumi KISHIUE, Shinobu WAKAHARA, Takuto NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240007727
    Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes memory and processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light emitted from a light source and measured by imaging with the infrared light reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating a distance to the subject as a depth for each pixel based on an intensity received by the pixel; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, a substantially same scene with a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same timing as those of imaging the infrared light image; detecting, from the visible light image, an edge region including an edge along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the visible light image; and correcting, in the depth image, a depth of a target region corresponding to the edge region in the depth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo AZUMA, Satoshi SATO, Nobuhiko WAKAI, Kohsuke YOSHIOKA, Noritaka SHIMIZU, Yoshinao KAWAI, Takaaki AMADA, Yoko KAWAI, Takeshi MURAI, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11852548
    Abstract: A switch according to the present invention includes a base including a recessed portion on one surface of the base; a click spring having a dome shape, the click spring being provided at the recessed portion such that the bottom of the recessed portion is contacted at a dome-shaped opening side of the click spring; a cover provided to cover the recessed portion and to house the click spring at the recessed portion; and a strain detecting element attached to another surface of the base. The strain detecting element is configured to detect strain of the base, the strain occurring in accordance with a depression amount of the click spring that is depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Yoichi Yasunaga, Takeshi Higaki, Toshihiko Terashita, Shintaro Ogura, Shigenori Inamoto, Yuki Takahashi, Kotaro Eguchi, Kui Li, Satoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20230381972
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control apparatus, a robot apparatus, a control method and a program for a robot apparatus that can detect and grip an end portion of a piece of cloth not spread. [Solving Means] A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit, an operation command generation unit, and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires an output of a first pressure distribution sensor arranged on a gripping surface of a first hand and an output of a second pressure distribution sensor arranged on a gripping surface of a second hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, SATOSHI SATO, KEN KOBAYASHI, FUMIKO SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230353870
    Abstract: A control device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image obtained by imaging by an imaging device in which a mask having a plurality of pinholes is arranged so as to cover a light receiving surface of an imaging element; a control unit that controls at least one of a size and an interval of two pinholes among the plurality of pinholes based on the image; and an output unit that outputs an image obtained by the imaging device after at least one of the size and the interval of the two pinholes is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yasunori ISHII, Satoshi SATO, Kunio NOBORI
  • Patent number: 11758247
    Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes memory and processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light emitted from a light source and measured by imaging with the infrared light reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating a distance to the subject as a depth for each pixel based on an intensity received by the pixel; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, a substantially same scene with a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same timing as those of imaging the infrared light image; detecting, from the visible light image, an edge region including an edge along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the visible light image; and correcting, in the depth image, a depth of a target region corresponding to the edge region in the depth image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takeo Azuma, Satoshi Sato, Nobuhiko Wakai, Kohsuke Yoshioka, Noritaka Shimizu, Yoshinao Kawai, Takaaki Amada, Yoko Kawai, Takeshi Murai, Hiroki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11717807
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of producing isoprene from 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol or 1,3-butadiene from 1,3-butanediol by using a single catalyst. A catalyst produces a conjugated diene containing zirconium oxide and calcium oxide in order to produce isoprene by removing two water molecules from one 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol molecule or produce 1,3-butadiene by removing two water molecules from one 1,3-butanediol molecule. Furthermore, a method for producing a conjugated diene includes a step of obtaining a fluid containing a conjugated diene that is isoprene or 1,3-butadiene by bringing a fluid containing 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol or a fluid containing 1,3-butanediol into contact with the catalyst for producing a conjugated diene as a single catalyst so as to cause a dehydration reaction to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Kento Kurita, Yuchao Wang, Satoshi Sato, Atsushi Okita, Kazunori Honda
  • Publication number: 20230215029
    Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Takeo AZUMA, Nobuhiko WAKAI, Kohsuke YOSHIOKA, Noritaka SHIMIZU, Yoshinao KAWAI, Takaaki AMADA, Yoko KAWAI, Takeshi MURAI, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230199327
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a noise adder that obtains a captured image from an image capturing device including a mask having at least one aperture, an MPH information obtainer that obtains aperture pattern information corresponding to the pattern of the at least one aperture, the noise adder that adds, to the captured image, noise determined according to the aperture pattern information, and a transmitter that outputs the noise added captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Sotaro TSUKIZAWA, Changxin ZHOU, Takrit TANASNITIKUL, Pongsak LASANG
  • Publication number: 20230196921
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus generates an image to be displayed on a display and includes at least one memory and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a plurality of camera images captured by a plurality of cameras installed in a vehicle, calculates a distance between one of the cameras and a target to be projected in in the camera images, detects a position of a light-transmissive object or a reflective object in the camera images, and generates an image from a point of view that is different from points of view of the plurality of camera images by using the plurality of camera images and the distance, the generated image including a predetermined image that is displayed at the position of the light-transmissive object or the reflective object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ayako MARUYAMA, Kunio NOBORI, Takeo AZUMA, Satoshi SATO, Nobuhiko WAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230134491
    Abstract: Provided is a learning device that acquires computational imaging information of a computational imaging camera that captures an image with blurring; acquires a normal image captured by a normal camera that captures an image without blurring or an image with blurring smaller than that of the computational imaging camera, and a correct answer label assigned to the normal image; generates an image with blurring based on the computational imaging information and the normal image; and performs machine learning using the image with blurring and the correct answer label to create an image identification model for identifying an image captured by the computational imaging camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230138710
    Abstract: An interval between a pinhole and a pinhole is set to a first interval at which a degree of superimposition of subject images captured through the corresponding pinholes falls within a predetermined range when an image of a subject located at a distance less than a predetermined distance from the multi-pinhole camera is captured. An interval between the pinhole and a pinhole is set to a second interval narrower than the first interval at which a degree of superimposition of subject images captured through the corresponding pinholes falls within a predetermined range when an image of the subject located at a distance equal to or more than the predetermined distance from the multi-pinhole camera is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Ryota FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 11636615
    Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sato, Takeo Azuma, Nobuhiko Wakai, Kohsuke Yoshioka, Noritaka Shimizu, Yoshinao Kawai, Takaaki Amada, Yoko Kawai, Takeshi Murai, Hiroki Takeuchi