Patents by Inventor Shu KATO

Shu KATO 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: 11970152
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal stroke detection apparatus acquires a first value based on a physical amount regarding a magnetic flux of a magnet that is output from a stroke sensor. The first value is a physical amount regarding a magnitude of a magnetic flux density of the magnet with respect to a displacement of a push rod. Then, the vehicle pedal stroke detection apparatus compares the first value and a second value. The second value is a preset physical amount regarding the magnitude of the magnetic flux density of the magnet with respect to the displacement of the push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Takimoto, Shu Kato
  • Publication number: 20240091914
    Abstract: An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, an output shaft, a drive circuit, a rotation controller, a calculator, and a deceleration controller. The output shaft is configured to attach a tool bit thereto, and be rotated by the motor. The rotation controller rotates the output shaft to thereby loosen a fastener from a fastened material. The calculator increases a determination value in accordance with a lapse of time from a first timing, and varies a rate of increase in the determination value in accordance with a speed parameter. The deceleration controller decelerates or stops the motor based on the determination value having reached a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu ISAKA, Itsuku KATO
  • Patent number: 11928288
    Abstract: An operation input device including: a first detection section including a first detection surface that detects a position at which a detection target is touching or within a predetermined distance, the first detection section outputting a first signal representing the position; an operation control section that controls a first operation target based on the first signal; an operation determination section that outputs a second signal only when it has determined that the detection target has moved along the first detection surface; and a switching control section that switches the operation control section between an operation enabled state in which control of the first operation target is enabled, and an operation prevented state in which control of the first operation target is prevented, the switching control section switching from the operation prevented state to the operation enabled state in a case in which the second signal has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kozono, Shu Nakajima, Takeshi Nawata, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20240078720
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a position of deformation of a structure in an image capturing the structure. A display control unit displays a first deformation object indicating the position of the deformation of the structure in a superimposed manner on the image capturing the structure, and performs a control to decide a color of the first deformation object in the superimposed display in accordance with a color of a background of the first deformation object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: SHU KATO, TOMOYUKI SHIGETA, KEIGO KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 11471928
    Abstract: A positioning device for hot stamping includes a pilot pin and a driving mechanism for driving the pilot pin. Before a plate material is placed into a press die, when the driving mechanism positions the pilot pin at a predetermined projecting position, a tip portion of the pilot pin projects from a pin guide hole and a body portion of the pilot pin formed further toward a base end side than the tip portion projects from the pin guide hole. Before a process in which the press die removes heat from the plate material after having been press-formed by the press die, when the driving mechanism positions the pilot pin at a predetermined immersed position, the body portion of the pilot pin is immersed in the pin guide hole while only the tip portion of the pilot pin projects from the pin guide hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOPRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujimoto, Shu Kato
  • Publication number: 20220234091
    Abstract: A positioning device for hot stamping includes a pilot pin and a driving mechanism for driving the pilot pin. Before a plate material is placed into a press die, when the driving mechanism positions the pilot pin at a predetermined projecting position, a tip portion of the pilot pin projects from a pin guide hole and a body portion of the pilot pin formed further toward a base end side than the tip portion projects from the pin guide hole. Before a process in which the press die removes heat from the plate material after having been press-formed by the press die, when the driving mechanism positions the pilot pin at a predetermined immersed position, the body portion of the pilot pin is immersed in the pin guide hole while only the tip portion of the pilot pin projects from the pin guide hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOPRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi FUJIMOTO, Shu KATO
  • Publication number: 20220189138
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a human body in an image, a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a part and an orientation of a detected human body in a case where a plurality of human bodies is detected by the detection unit, a photometry unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of human bodies is detected by the detection unit, measure a luminance of each of a plurality of photometric areas corresponding to the human bodies, a determination unit configured to determine a weighting for each photometric area in accordance with the part and orientation discriminated by the discrimination unit, and a calculation unit configured to calculate an exposure amount for capturing a moving image, from the luminance of each photometric area measured by the photometry unit and the weighting for each photometric area determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Shu Kato
  • Publication number: 20220055582
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal stroke detection apparatus acquires a first value based on a physical amount regarding a magnetic flux of a magnet that is output from a stroke sensor. The first value is a physical amount regarding a magnitude of a magnetic flux density of the magnet with respect to a displacement of a push rod. Then, the vehicle pedal stroke detection apparatus compares the first value and a second value. The second value is a preset physical amount regarding the magnitude of the magnetic flux density of the magnet with respect to the displacement of the push rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki TAKIMOTO, Shu KATO