Patents by Inventor Tomoya Sato

Tomoya 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).

  • Publication number: 20240137240
    Abstract: [Object] To improve the reliability by using an acknowledgement response while using radio resources efficiently in multicast transmission over wireless transmission. [Solution] A plurality of wireless communication devices included in a multicast group, when receiving a data frame, transmit simultaneously an acknowledgement response of multicast using spatial multiplexing in response to an acknowledgement request from a transmission source. On the other hand, a wireless communication device of the transmission source decomposes the acknowledgement responses simultaneously received into the original individual acknowledgement responses and restores them using signal processing based on information on a channel with each wireless communication device of a transmission destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi ITAGAKI, Tomoya YAMAURA, Masanori SATO
  • Publication number: 20240132714
    Abstract: To suppress the bias of the distribution of a filler dispersed in a sealing material (cured product) covering an electrode connection portion, provided is an epoxy resin composition, including: (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a filler; and (D) an ionic compound in which at least one of a cation or an anion is organic matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NAMICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki MATSUURA, Ayako SATO, Tomoya YAMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240137000
    Abstract: A filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a dielectric layer on the piezoelectric substrate, a first IDT electrode on the dielectric layer, a second IDT electrode positioned on the piezoelectric substrate in an area where the dielectric layer is not provided such that the first and second IDT electrodes are side by side in an acoustic wave propagation direction extending along a principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a first reflector on the dielectric layer and adjacent to the first IDT electrode on a side of the second IDT electrode, and a second reflector on the piezoelectric substrate and adjacent to the second IDT electrode on a side of the first IDT electrode. The dielectric layer includes an edge portion between the first and second reflectors in planar view seen from a stacking direction of the piezoelectric substrate and the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya SATO, Hiroyuki FURUSATO, Takayuki OKUDE, Seima KONDO, Kota OKUBO, Yoshinori KAMEOKA
  • Publication number: 20240136769
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a detection member. The housing can be engaged with a mating housing. The detection member is movably mounted to the housing, and detects an engagement state of the mating housing and the housing by moving between a temporary locking position and a final locking position. The housing is provided with a restrained portion. The detection member is provided with a restraining portion that is engaged with the restrained portion in the final locking position of the detection member to restrain a movement to the temporary locking position of the detection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Publication number: 20240105408
    Abstract: A relay device includes a first contact, a second contact, a first conductor, a second conductor, a housing, and a heat transfer member. The first contact and the second contact are switchable between a state of being close to each other and a state of being separated from each other. The first contact is electrically coupled at the first conductor. the second contact is electrically coupled at the second conductor. The housing accommodates the first contact, the second contact, the first conductor, and the second conductor. The heat transfer member is higher in thermal conductivity than the housing. The heat transfer member extends from outside the housing to inside the housing and is in contact with one or both of the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya SATO, Makoto SUMIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240100965
    Abstract: A relay device includes: a first contact and a second contact; a driving mechanism; a first conductor; a second conductor; and a static relay and an electric heating element. The driving mechanism is configured to cause the first contact and the second contact to be close to each other or separated from each other. The first conductor is electrically coupled to the first contact. The second conductor is electrically coupled to the second contact. The static relay and an electric heating element are coupled between the first conductor and the second conductor. The electric heating element is disposed to allow heating of one or both of the first contact and the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shogo HIRATA, Tomoya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240100996
    Abstract: A cooling control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a cooler. The cooler is configured to cool a battery that is configured to supply electric power to a traveling motor of the electric vehicle. The processor is configured to limit an operation of the cooler when: an outside air temperature outside the electric vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; and the electric power of the battery is expected to be equal to or less than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Masakazu TAIRA, Tomoya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240100913
    Abstract: A relay dehumidifier for a vehicle includes a relay housing, a valve, and a valve processor. The relay housing houses a mechanical relay body, and communicates individually with each of a negative pressure source and an evaporator. The valve is disposed at a first communication pipe. The first communication pipe communicates the negative pressure source and the relay housing with each other. The valve processor is configured to control an opening and closing operation of the valve. The valve processor is configured to close the valve in a normal state, and open the valve when: the negative pressure source generates a negative pressure; and a humidity of an outlet of the evaporator is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Masakazu TAIRA, Tomoya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240105407
    Abstract: A relay system includes a relay device and a controller. The relay device includes a contact and a driving mechanism configured to switch the contact between an open mode and a closed mode. The controller is configured to control the relay device. The controller is configured to, when freezing occurs on the contact, to commence first application of electric current to the driving mechanism to generate a driving force acting in a direction in which the contact is not switched between the open mode and a closed mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya SATO, Akira UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240025468
    Abstract: A vehicle an instrument panel, a first actuator moving the instrument panel in a front-rear direction, a steering part provided in the instrument panel movable in the front-rear direction, a second actuator moving the steering part relatively with respect to the instrument panel, a microprocessor controlling the first actuator and the second actuator, and a memory previously storing a target instrument panel position and a target steering position in association with a driver. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including determining whether the driver has started a driving operation, and when it is determined that the driver has started the driving operation, controlling the first actuator and the second actuator so that the instrument panel and the steering part are respectively located in the target instrument panel position and the target steering position stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kei Kobayashi, Takashi Hirota, Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: 11881608
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first filter connected between a common terminal and a first individual terminal, and a second filter connected between the common terminal and a second individual terminal. A pass band of the second filter is in a frequency range lower than a pass band of the first filter. The first filter includes SAW resonators, at least one of which includes divided resonators connected in parallel with each other. Each of the divided resonators includes an IDT. A pitch of the IDT of one of the divided resonators is different from that of another of the divided resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: 11881842
    Abstract: A composite filter device includes a connection portion connected to a common terminal, a first filter between the connection portion and a first terminal, a second filter between the connection portion and a second terminal, a first inductor that is connected in series between the second filter and the connection portion, includes a first wiring electrode wound in a predetermined direction, and is provided at an internal layer of a multilayer board, and a second inductor that is connected in series between the common terminal and the connection portion, includes a second wiring electrode wound in the predetermined direction, and is provided at an internal layer of the multilayer board. The first and second wiring electrodes at least partially overlap when the multilayer board is viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: 11856159
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal and including a hardware key includes a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory. The at least one processor of the information processing apparatus is configured to perform transmitting, to the terminal, information about a screen corresponding to a screen displayed on a display unit included in the information processing apparatus, receiving, from the terminal, operation information including coordinate information, the operation information corresponding to a user operation received on the screen displayed on the terminal based on the transmitted information about the screen, converting the operation information into operation information corresponding to the hardware key based on the coordinate information included in the received operation information, and executing processing based on the converted operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: 11764533
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electric wire with terminal includes a crimping step of crimping first and second fastening portions of a terminal to a conductor core wire and an insulating coating, while moving a crimping jig in a predetermined movement direction. The crimping jig includes first and second crimpers configured to crimp the first and second fastening portions, such that a width of the first fastening portion after crimping is larger than a width of the second fastening portion after crimping. The second crimper includes a fastening surface configured to fasten the second fastening portion at the time of crimping, a side surface facing the first crimper, and an inclined surface expanding in a width direction as approaching the first crimper so as to chamfer a boundary portion between the fastening surface and the side surface. The inclined surface faces an intermediate portion in the crimping step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Sato, Hiroya Kousaka
  • Patent number: 11630565
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a color inversion function to perform color inversion of a screen displayed on a display unit having a touch panel function includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the color inversion function is enabled, and a control unit configured to control the screen to be scrolled according to a predetermined user operation of moving an instruction object in contact with the display unit in response to a determination by the determination unit that the color inversion function is not enabled, and to control the screen not to be scrolled according to the predetermined user operation in response to a determination by the determination unit that the color inversion function is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Publication number: 20230042498
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a processor comprising hardware. The processor being configured to: divide an imaging signal that is obtained by capturing an image of an inside of a subject into a first base component and a detail component, the first base component corresponding to an illumination component of an object, the detail component corresponding to a reflectance component of the object; generate a second base component by performing a color enhancement process on the first base component for increasing color gradation in a predetermined color space; and synthesize the second base component and the detail component to output a synthesized signal. Where the color enhancement process is an enhancement processing on the first base component for extending a color distribution range of at least one component of an L component, an a component, and a b component in a Lab color space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230035777
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal and including a hardware key includes a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory. The at least one processor of the information processing apparatus is configured to perform transmitting, to the terminal, information about a screen corresponding to a screen displayed on a display unit included in the information processing apparatus, receiving, from the terminal, operation information including coordinate information, the operation information corresponding to a user operation received on the screen displayed on the terminal based on the transmitted information about the screen, converting the operation information into operation information corresponding to the hardware key based on the coordinate information included in the received operation information, and executing processing based on the converted operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Publication number: 20230012724
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first series line, one or more first parallel lines extending from the first series line, two or more first series IDT electrodes on the first series line, and one or more first parallel IDT electrodes on the one or more first parallel lines. At least one of the two or more first series IDT electrodes is a first-type electrode. A dielectric layer is between the first-type electrode and a substrate. At least one of the two or more first series IDT electrodes except the first-type electrode and the one or more first parallel IDT electrodes is a second-type electrode directly contacting the substrate. A first series IDT electrode of the two or more first series IDT electrodes that has a largest pitch of electrode fingers is the first-type electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki OKUDE, Hiroyuki FURUSATO, Seima KONDO, Kota OKUBO, Tomoya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230010682
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a structure of a touch panel which may avoid degradation of visibility. A touch panel device includes a piezo film having a piezoelectric effect, a touch detecting section disposed at a first face of two faces of the piezo film, the two faces extending orthogonally to a thickness direction of the piezo film, wherein the touch detecting section has an electrode structure which is patterned for enabling detection of a touch position, a conductive layer formed at a second face of the two faces of the piezo film, the second face being opposite to the first face, and a coating layer disposed on the first face of the piezo film, wherein the first face is adhered to the touch detecting section via the coating layer by means of an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Koji TAJIMA, Hiroaki EGUCHI, Tomoya SATO
  • Patent number: D1009741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sudo, Tomoya Sato