Patents by Inventor Takahiro Watanabe

Takahiro Watanabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20230190121
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a light emitting element configured to irradiate a blood vessel of a subject with light, a light receiving element configured to output an optical signal from the subject as an electric signal, and a controller electrically connected to the light receiving element. The controller estimates a heart rate of the subject on the basis of a part of a plurality of frequency components included in output of the light receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Takahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230145547
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the amount of data to be transmitted while ensuring tactile reproducibility. A decoding device according to the present technology includes: a first decoding unit that decodes first encoded data obtained by encoding a first signal section with a first bit rate, the first signal section being a part of a touch signal section which is a signal section indicating a touch state with an object in a tactile signal, the first signal section being a signal section including a boundary between the touch state and a non-touch state with the object; and a second decoding unit that decodes second encoded data obtained by encoding a second signal section with a bit rate lower than the first bit rate, the second signal section being a signal section except for the first signal section in the touch signal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi TAKEDA, Shuichiro NISHIGORI, Shiro SUZUKI, Takahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230131395
    Abstract: A decoder according to the present technology includes a first decoding unit configured to, for encoded data obtained by encoding a tactile signal, decode a first band signal being a signal of a first frequency band in the tactile signal, the encoded data including data obtained by encoding the first band signal and tactile strength information indicative of a tactile strength for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band in the tactile signal, a second decoding unit configured to decode a second band signal being a signal of the second frequency band in the tactile signal on the basis of the tactile strength information in the encoded data, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the first band signal decoded by the first decoding unit and the second band signal decoded by the second decoding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, TAKAHIRO WATANABE, SHIRO SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230122545
    Abstract: As a bit stream generation method for generating a bit stream of transmission data in which a plurality of signals including at least a tactile signal is multiplexed, a signal transmission unrequired section of the tactile signal is determined and, in a case where the signal transmission unrequired section exists, the bit stream in which additional information other than the tactile signal is inserted into the signal transmission unrequired section is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, TAKAHIRO WATANABE, SHIRO SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11594113
    Abstract: Provided is a decoding device including a decoding unit configured to decode encoded data in which a differential signal that includes a differential between a tactile signal and a reference signal has been encoded, and a signal addition unit configured to add the reference signal and the differential signal. In addition, provided is a decoding method by a processor, the decoding method including decoding encoded data in which a differential signal that includes a differential between a tactile signal and a reference signal has been encoded, and adding the reference signal and the differential signal that has been decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Ikuo Yamano, Shiro Suzuki, Hirofumi Takeda, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11576587
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a speaker capable of outputting a sound wave, a sensor capable of acquiring an optical signal related to blood flow at a measured part of a user, and a controller configured to measure blood flow information of the measured part based on the optical signal. The controller estimates a sleep state of the user based on the blood flow information and controls, based on the sleep state, a sound wave outputted from the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230007434
    Abstract: A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an audio control section and a vibration control section. The audio control section generates audio control signals of a plurality of channels with audio signals of the plurality of channels as input signals, the audio signals each including a first audio component and a second audio component different from the first audio component. The vibration control section generates a vibration control signal for vibration presentation by taking a difference between audio signals of two channels among the plurality of channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nishigori, Hirofumi Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11529096
    Abstract: A sleep assessment system includes a blood flow measurement unit and a assessment unit. The blood flow measurement unit acquires first information related to the blood flow of the user. The assessment unit determines the sleep stage of the user based on the first biological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Osamu Tochikubo
  • Publication number: 20220380168
    Abstract: An enclosing apparatus for enclosing an enclosure into an envelope at an enclosing position includes a conveyance roller that conveys the envelope to the enclosing position and an envelope conveyance path through which the envelope is conveyed. An enclosing support is disposed in the envelope conveyance path and supports enclosing of the enclosure into the envelope. The enclosing support retracts a flap of the envelope from the envelope conveyance path while the conveyance roller conveys the envelope to the enclosing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Michitaka SUZUKI, Shinji ASAMI, Nobuyoshi SUZUKI, Takahiro MATSUDA, Makoto HIDAKA, Kazuyoshi MATSUO, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Akira KUNIEDA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takuya MORINAGA, Atsushi SHINODA
  • Publication number: 20220379653
    Abstract: An enclosing-sealing apparatus includes a flap opener that opens a flap of an envelope while the envelope is conveyed to an enclosing position. A first envelope detector is disposed upstream from the flap opener in an envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction. A second envelope detector is disposed downstream from the flap opener in the envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction in an open state in which the flap opens. A controller determines the open state of the flap based on a first detection result sent from the first envelope detector and a second detection result sent from the second envelope detector. The controller performs troubleshooting for enclosing the enclosure into the envelope if the controller determines that the open state of the flap is faulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira KUNIEDA, Michitaka SUZUKI, Shinji ASAMI, Nobuyoshi SUZUKI, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Takahiro MATSUDA, Makoto HIDAKA, Kazuyoshi MATSUO, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takuya MORINAGA
  • Publication number: 20220373153
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle signal light in which a person with protanopia (p-type color vision deficiency) can perceive whether or not the vehicle signal light, e.g., a stop lamp, a tail lamp, or the like, is turned on. The vehicle signal light includes a first light source configured to emit red light and a second light source configured to emit amber light. The first light source and the second light source are simultaneously turned on and are configured to emit light with a higher luminous intensity in response to a braking operation, and the emission intensity of the first light source is higher than that of the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumi YAMAGUCHI, Naoya IWASAKI, Takahiro WATANABE, Daisaku YAMAGUCHI, Yasushi KITA, Takako KIMURA, Wataru NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220363088
    Abstract: An envelope processing apparatus for enclosing an enclosure into an envelope conveyed to an enclosing position includes a conveyance roller that conveys the envelope to the enclosing position. A first envelope length calculator calculates a first envelope length of the envelope in an envelope conveyance direction in which the envelope is conveyed in a close state in which a flap of the envelope closes. A flap opener opens the flap while the conveyance roller conveys the envelope. A second envelope length calculator calculates a second envelope length of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction in an open state in which the flap opens. A controller calculates a flap length of the flap in the envelope conveyance direction based on the first envelope length and the second envelope length. The controller controls enclosing of the enclosure into the envelope based on the flap length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Michitaka SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi SUZUKI, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Shinji ASAMI, Takahiro MATSUDA, Kazuyoshi MATSUO, Makoto HIDAKA, Akira KUNIEDA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takuya MORINAGA
  • Patent number: 11501650
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an aviation weather control system including: a processing unit configured to receive weather information of an area to be overseen including a vertically integrated liquid water content, and specify a weather phenomenon affecting an airplane based on the received weather information; and a notification unit configured to notify the weather phenomenon specified by the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 11485602
    Abstract: An embodiment of this disclosure provides a folding apparatus configured to stack and fold a designated number of sheets at a time. The folding apparatus includes a conveyor configured to sequentially convey the designated number of sheets, a stacker configured to temporarily store a sheet conveyed by the conveyor to stack the designated number of sheets, a sheet folding device configured to fold the designated number of sheets at a time, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to cause the sheet folding device to fold the stored sheet in response to an occurrence of a sheet jam upstream from the stacker in a direction of sheet conveyance, in processing the designated number of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hidaka, Takahiro Watanabe, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Michitaka Suzuki, Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Koki Sakano, Akira Kunieda, Takuya Morinaga, Yohsuke Haraguchi, Wataru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220319290
    Abstract: Problems: There is a technology using the reflected light which is emitted from the light-emitting element and reflects without being absorbed in the inside of the optical bench, in order to detect whether the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element normally function. In this case, they do not normally function when there is either too little or too much reflected light in the inside of the optical bench. It is therefore an object of the present invention to achieve a suitable amount of reflected light inside the optical bench. Means for solving the problems: A light-receiving element 93 and a first light-emitting element 91 are disposed in a position in which the light-receiving element 93 receives forward-scattered light produced when smoke in the smoke detection part 10 is irradiated with first irradiation light emitted from the first light-emitting element 91. A secondary reflecting plate 716 is provided on a side of the first light-emitting element 91 inside the peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NOHMI BOSAI LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220309236
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that registers a first form information item based on an operation of a first terminal apparatus. The circuitry further generates a second form information item including part of the first form information item based on an operation of a second terminal apparatus, and registers the generated second form information item in association with the first form information item. The circuitry further causes the first terminal apparatus to display association information in which the first form information item and the second form information item are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Takahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220288954
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method is an inkjet printing method of printing by discharging droplets of UV curable ink onto a print target from an inkjet head, the method including: a normal printing step of forming at least one color layer on the print target; a first decimated printing step of discharging the droplets of the UV curable ink so as to form, on the color layer, one unlevel layer where a plurality of bumps are arranged at an interval equal to or more than a diameter of each of the droplets of the UV curable ink; and a second decimated printing step of stacking, on the bumps of the unlevel layer, at least one unlevel layer formed by discharging droplets of the UV curable ink so as to be overlaid thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki NAGATA, Atsushi YUSA, Daichi TAKANO, Hisashi MASUDA, Kazuhiro KAWANO, Takahiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11435112
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a bottom plate having a drain hole formed therein to discharge drain water generated in a heat exchanger; a heater provided at an upper surface of the bottom plate; a heater fixing tool provided to fix the heater to the bottom plate, with the heater interposed between the heater fixing tool and the upper surface of the bottom plate; a screw fastened after inserted into a screw hole from above to fix the heater fixing tool to the bottom plate, the screw hole being provided in overlapping portions of the heater fixing tool and the bottom plate; and a protective cap configured to cover a tip of the screw from below, which projects downwards from a lower surface of the bottom plate. The screw hole is located in a surrounding area which surrounds the drain hole, and the heater fixing tool is fixed to the bottom plate in the surrounding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Kazuho Ito, Hidetaka Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20220277726
    Abstract: [Object] A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a tactile control section and an audio control section. The tactile control section generates, on the basis of a tactile signal for tactile presentation, a tactile control signal for driving a tactile presentation unit. The audio control section generates, on the basis of a first audio signal and a second audio signal, an audio control signal for driving an audio output unit, the second audio signal containing sound components that are in an opposite phase to sound generated on the basis of the tactile signal and generated from the tactile presentation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: HIROFUMI TAKEDA, SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, SHIRO SUZUKI, TAKAHIRO WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220254325
    Abstract: A wearable speaker includes a housing to be used by being hung around a neck of a user or carried on a shoulder of the user, a speaker capable of reproducing an audio signal, and one or more vibration sections capable of reproducing vibration signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO NISHIGORI, TAKAHIRO WATANABE, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, SHIRO SUZUKI