Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Tsuyoshi 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).

  • Patent number: 11975613
    Abstract: A variable-gauge train control apparatus for a variable-gauge train having a gauge variable in a gauge conversion section includes: a plurality of main motors that transmits driving force to axles and wheels; a plurality of inverters that outputs voltage to at least one of the main motors; and voltage control units that control the individual output voltages of the plurality of inverters. Each of the voltage control units corresponds to one of the inverters and, when at least one of the axles to be subjected to the driving force controlled by the corresponding one inverter is within the gauge conversion section, controls the speed of the associated main motors by using, as a speed command value, a train speed converted into a rotational frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, KYUSHU RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Kohei Fujitani, Shinsuke Kadoi, Tsuyoshi Morimitsu, Yuichi Mimura, Soichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11971661
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a first unit block including a first substrate transfer region, a first and a second processing modules provided to face a first and a second sides of the first substrate transfer region in a left-right direction, and a first and a second transfer mechanisms provided at the first and the second sides and configured to deliver a substrate to the first and the second processing modules; a second unit block, stacked on the first unit block, including a second substrate transfer region and a third transfer mechanism; a substrate carry-in/out block provided at a first side of a stack of the unit blocks and configured to deliver the substrate to the first and the third transfer mechanisms; a relay block provided at a second side of the stack and configured to deliver the substrate to the second and the third transfer mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji Sakata, Masashi Tsuchiyama, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11941322
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20240086636
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a keyword detection device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: detect a phrase related to a keyword from text information that is a recognition result of input information represented in a predetermined input form; calculate output similarities conforming to similarities between the phrase and the keywords included in a keyword list in which, for each of a plurality of the keywords, keyword notation of the corresponding keyword is associated with keyword form information representing the corresponding keyword in an input form; and output the keywords in the keyword list according to the output similarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka KOBAYASHI, Takami YOSHIDA, Kenji IWATA, Tsuyoshi KUSHIMA, Hisayoshi NAGAE, Nayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240079256
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes; a carrier block; a first processing block including first lower and upper processing blocks to deliver a substrate to and from the carrier block; a second processing block including second lower and upper processing blocks provided adjacent to the first lower and upper processing blocks; a relay block including a lifting and transferring mechanism that delivers the substrate between the second lower and upper processing blocks; a controller that controls an operation of each main transfer mechanism such that one of upper and lower processing blocks forms an outward path through which the substrate is transferred from the carrier block to the relay block and the other forms a return path through which the substrate is transferred from the relay block to the carrier block; and a bypass transfer mechanism provided for each of the first and second processing blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Masashi TSUCHIYAMA, Suguru ENOKIDA, Taro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240070719
    Abstract: A method performed by a server, the method includes acquiring a boarding condition for a user who uses a vehicle as transportation, the boarding condition including a departure location, a destination location, and/or a utilization time of travel using the vehicle, selecting one or more second services meeting the boarding condition from among a plurality of first services, the plurality of first services being services related to sales and/or marketing capable of being provided in the vehicle during the travel, and outputting an inquiry notification including information regarding the second services to an in-vehicle apparatus of the vehicle and/or a terminal of the user, in order to allow the user to respond whether to accept provision of at least any one of the selected second services when the user uses the vehicle under the boarding condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240053938
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive a registration reservation with a registration server regarding a registration target apparatus that requires permission for registration on the registration server from a first administrator and a second administrator who is different from the first administrator, the registration reservation being based on an instruction from the first administrator who has permitted the registration of the registration target apparatus on the registration server; provide a reservation notification to the second administrator, the reservation notification indicating that the registration reservation has been received; and transmit, in response to a registration request from the second administrator who has received the reservation notification, a registration start instruction for starting registration processing to the registration target apparatus, the registration processing being processing for registering the registration target apparatus o
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11869789
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a carrier block, a first processing block including first lower and upper processing blocks to deliver a substrate to and from the carrier block, a second processing block including second lower and upper processing blocks provided adjacent to the first lower and upper processing blocks, a relay block including a lifting and transferring mechanism that delivers the substrate between the second lower and upper processing blocks, a controller that controls an operation of each main transfer mechanism such that one of upper and lower processing blocks forms an outward path through which the substrate is transferred from the carrier block to the relay block and the other forms a return path through which the substrate is transferred from the relay block to the carrier block, and a bypass transfer mechanism provided for each of the first and second processing blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Masashi Tsuchiyama, Suguru Enokida, Taro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11709337
    Abstract: An optical article, such as a spectacle lens, includes, on a substrate, a photochromic layer containing a photochromic dye and a resin component, and a protective film. The indentation hardness of the photochromic layer in the thickness direction is less than or equal to the indentation hardness of the surface of the substrate. The result of multiplying the indentation hardness of the protective film in the thickness direction and the thickness of the protective film is five-hundredths or more times and one or less times the result of multiplying the indentation hardness of the photochromic layer in the thickness direction and the thickness of the photochromic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Shimada, Yusuke Kutsukake, Terufumi Hamamoto, Teruo Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230215886
    Abstract: To cope with heat generation of a solid-state imaging element, a package size is reduced with a simple structure, and a transmission delay of a high-speed interface is suppressed. A solid-state imaging device includes: a solid-state imaging element in which one plate surface side of a semiconductor substrate is a light receiving side; a substrate on which the solid-state imaging element is mounted on a front surface that is one plate surface; a support member provided on the front surface side of the substrate so as to surround the solid-state imaging element; and a plurality of connectors provided on a back surface that is another plate surface of the substrate and positioned outside an arrangement region of the solid-state imaging element on the substrate, in which at least a part of the connector is positioned outside an arrangement region of the support member on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11664254
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a carrier block on which a carrier configured to store a substrate is placed, first processing block including a plurality of first processing modules, and a first transport mechanism shared by the plurality of first processing modules to transport the substrate, second processing block overlapping the first processing block, including a plurality of second processing modules, and a second transport mechanism shared by the plurality of second processing modules to transport the substrate, and configured to transport the substrate to the carrier block. The substrate processing apparatus includes a lifting and transferring mechanism including a shaft extending in a horizontal direction and a support part configured to face and support the substrate, and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the support part around the shaft such that an orientation of the support part is changed between a first orientation and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Masashi Tsuchiyama, Suguru Enokida, Taro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230106927
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a carrier block including carrier placement parts and configured to load/unload a substrate into/from a carrier; a processing block provided on one side of the carrier block to process the substrate; first and second carrier placement parts of the carrier placement parts and provided side by side in a front-rear direction in a plan view; substrate placement parts provided to be arranged step by step vertically on one side of a substrate transfer region formed between the first and second carrier placement parts; a first substrate transfer mechanism provided in the substrate transfer region to deliver the substrate between the carrier of the first carrier placement part and a first substrate placement part of the substrate placement parts; and a second substrate transfer mechanism for moving upward and downward so as to deliver the substrate between first and second substrate placement parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Masashi TSUCHIYAMA, Naruaki IIDA, Suguru ENOKIDA, Kousei IDE
  • Publication number: 20230065200
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire apparatus identification information of an image forming apparatus located within a predetermined distance from the information processing apparatus; and transmit to a predetermined destination for a printing service the apparatus identification information that has been acquired and positional information indicating a position of the information processing apparatus after associating the positional information with the apparatus identification information. The image forming apparatus is controlled as a virtual printer corresponding to the image forming apparatus by a server for the printing service, and the server is connected to the image forming apparatus by using a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230032602
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical article including a photochromic compound, an acyclic methacrylate having a molecular weight of 500 or more (a component A), and a bifunctional (meth)acrylate containing a structure selected from the group consisting of a cyclic structure and a branch structure (component B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya SHIMADA, Kei KOBAYASHI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230014663
    Abstract: A picture recognition apparatus includes: a person detector that detects a person included in a captured picture and specifies a detection position and a detection size of the person in the captured picture; a frame line determiner that determines a size of a frame line different from the detection size on the basis of the specified detection position of the person; a picture generator that generates a display picture in which the frame line of the determined size is superimposed on the detection position of the captured picture; and a display controller that causes a display device to display the generated display picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAI, Masahiro ONDA, Toshio MORI, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230005759
    Abstract: Restrictions in placement of an antenna for performing transmission and reception of a signal by wireless communication when the antenna is used together with a CSP (Chip Size Package) are eliminated. A semiconductor device includes a chip size package and a substrate. The chip size package includes a semiconductor element. Further, the chip size package includes a connection portion that electrically connects the semiconductor element and an outside to each other. The substrate includes an antenna connected to the connection portion of the chip size package for performing transmission and reception of a signal by wireless communication. With this configuration, the semiconductor device performs transmission and reception of a signal to and from the outside through the antenna provided on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: TSUYOSHI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220408062
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a captured data acquisition unit, a motion state detection unit, an extracted image data generation unit, a display image data generation unit, and an output unit. The captured data acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured data generated as a result of a camera capturing scenery outside a vehicle. The motion state detection unit is configured to detect a motion state of the vehicle. The extracted image data generation unit is configured to generate an extracted image from the captured data by using an angle of view set in accordance with the motion state. The display image data generation unit is configured to generate display image data related to a display image having a preset image size, from extracted image data. The output unit is configured to output the display image to a display unit having the image size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki GOTO, Nobuyuki MATSUKAWA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Masaru KAWASAKI, Takeshi IBARAKI, Wataru KATASE
  • Patent number: 11526031
    Abstract: An optical article, such as a spectacle lens, includes, on a substrate, a photochromic layer containing a photochromic dye and a resin component, and a protective layer. The indentation hardness of the photochromic layer in the thickness direction is in a range from 0.1 to 10 mgf/?m2. The value defined by the indentation hardness of the protective layer in the thickness direction multiplied by the thickness of the protective layer is five or more times and nine thousand or less times the value defined by the indentation hardness of the photochromic layer in the thickness direction multiplied by the thickness of the photochromic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Shimada, Terufumi Hamamoto, Yusuke Katsukake, Teruo Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220345661
    Abstract: A recording control apparatus includes: a captured data acquisition unit configured to acquire captured data from an image capturing apparatus; an event detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of an event; a captured data analysis unit configured to analyze the captured data and thereby detect a predetermined object included in the captured data; and a recording control unit configured to store, as event recording data, the captured data including a video image at a point in time when the event has occurred and the captured data including a video image at a point in time when the object has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masaru KAWASAKI, Wataru KATASE, Masaki GOTO, Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Takeshi IBARAKI, Nobuyuki MATSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220289878
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical article including a photochromic compound, a component A: an acyclic methacrylate having a molecular weight of 500 or more, and a component B: a (meth)acrylate having a molecular weight of 400 or less and represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m represents an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya SHIMADA, Kei KOBAYASHI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi WATANABE