Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Yamanaka

Yasuhiro Yamanaka 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: 20240111166
    Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240111128
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing including an opening, an image display device that outputs display light of an image, and a mirror that includes a main body including a reflective surface that reflects the display light toward the opening and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The mirror includes a first and a second ribs that extend along a first direction, and face each other in a second direction. The first rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the upper end on the back surface, the second rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the lower end on the back surface, and a central region between the first and the second ribs on the back surface is formed as a flat curved surface, at least a part of which extends from the first rib to the second rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tetsuya Suganuma, Hiroshi Sano
  • Patent number: 11369526
    Abstract: A disposable diaper having a front-rear direction and a width direction that is orthogonal to the front-rear direction, includes: a front waistline region; a rear waistline region; a crotch region disposed between the front waistline region and the rear waistline region; an absorbent core; a skin surface side sheet disposed on a skin facing surface side from the absorbent core; a waistband disposed on the skin facing surface side of the skin surface side sheet in the rear waistline region; and a fastening tape disposed in the rear waistline region and that includes a locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11175797
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring menu display instructions from a user, and generating and outputting the operating system menu screens for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Higuchi, Shigeru Enomoto, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 11148533
    Abstract: A vehicle activation system is configured so that when a switch is turned on, current is passed from a backup power supply circuit to a signal circuit and electric power is supplied from the backup power supply circuit to a power supply relay. The vehicle activation system includes an interruption circuit which is capable of interrupting the supply of electric power from the backup power supply circuit to the power supply relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20210282981
    Abstract: A disposable diaper having a front-rear direction and a width direction includes: a first waistline region; a second waistline region; a crotch; an absorbent core; a waistband; a body portion disposed on a non-skin facing surface side of the waistband; and a space that opens toward the crotch region disposed on the non-skin facing surface side of the waistband. The body portion includes a first outer end edge that is an outer end edge in the front-rear direction in the first waistline region. In a natural state of half fold in which the waistband is sandwiched by the body portion and the disposable diaper is folded at a fold line extending in the width direction as a base point in the crotch region, a part of the waistband protrudes from the first outer end edge in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210267821
    Abstract: An absorbent pad (1) for an underweight baby has a lengthwise direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction which are perpendicular to one another, and has an absorbent body (2). The length (L1) in the lengthwise direction is 180 mm or less, and the length (W1) in the width direction is less than 75 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Tsujii, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210113388
    Abstract: A disposable diaper having a front-rear direction and a width direction that is orthogonal to the front-rear direction, includes: a front waistline region; a rear waistline region; a crotch region disposed between the front waistline region and the rear waistline region; an absorbent core; a skin surface side sheet disposed on a skin facing surface side from the absorbent core; a waistband disposed on the skin facing surface side of the skin surface side sheet in the rear waistline region; and a fastening tape disposed in the rear waistline region and that includes a locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200409536
    Abstract: A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a library icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Motoki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro YAMANAKA, Shuji HIRAMATSU, Shigeru ENOMOTO, Taku SUGAWARA, Shinji KIMURA, Yumiko TANAKA, George ARRIOLA, Carsten SCHWESIG
  • Publication number: 20200390621
    Abstract: A low-weight infant diaper has a longitudinal direction and a width direction that intersect each other. The low-weight infant diaper includes: an exterior sheet disposed closer to a non-skin side than an absorbent body; and a belt including a first locking member on a first side in the width direction and a second locking member on a second side opposite to the first side in the width direction. The belt is locked to a non-skin side of the exterior sheet by the first locking member. The belt includes a first additional joining portion that causes a part of the belt to join the exterior sheet. The first additional joining portion is disposed in a region in the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Tsujii, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200390620
    Abstract: A low-weight infant diaper includes: an absorbent body; an exterior sheet disposed closer to a non-skin side than the absorbent body; a pair of belts; and a first marker that indicates a lock position where one or more of the belts are locked to the non-skin-side surface of the exterior sheet. Each of the belts comprises a first locking member on a first side in a longitudinal direction of the belts and a second locking member on an opposite side of the first side in the longitudinal direction. The first and second locking members cause each of the belts to be locked to a non-skin-side surface of the exterior sheet. The marker is visible from a non-skin-side surface of the exterior sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Tsujii, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200390619
    Abstract: A low-weight infant diaper has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction that intersect each other. The low-weight infant diaper includes: an absorbent body including at least an absorbent core; an exterior sheet disposed closer to a non-skin side than the absorbent body; and belts including a first locking member on a first side in longitudinal direction of the belts and a second locking member on a second side opposite to the first side in the longitudinal direction of the belts. The absorbent body includes a longitudinal outward end (LOE) in the longitudinal direction. The absorbent core includes an LOE in the longitudinal direction. The exterior sheet includes an LOE in the longitudinal direction. The first locking member includes an LOE in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Tsujii, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200349637
    Abstract: A purchase type determining unit 244 determines whether content is rental content, which has a valid time limit for enjoying, from purchasing type information included in the license information. An icon image processing unit 352 disposes an icon image of the content in a menu screen. In case the content is determined to be rental content by the purchase type determining unit 244, a rental mark disposing unit 356 disposes a rental mark indicating that associated content is rental content near the icon image of the content or disposes the rental mark so as to overlap with the icon image of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Masaki Higuchi, Hirofumi Shimada, Syunichi Souma, Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Yuichiro To
  • Patent number: 10802688
    Abstract: A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu, Shigeru Enomoto, Taku Sugawara, Shinji Kimura, Yumiko Tanaka, George Arriola, Carsten Schwesig
  • Publication number: 20200278777
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring menu display instructions from a user, and generating and outputting the operating system menu screens for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Higuchi, Shigeru Enomoto, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 10748208
    Abstract: A purchase type determining unit 244 determines whether content is rental content, which has a valid time limit for enjoying, from purchasing type information included in the license information. An icon image processing unit 352 disposes an icon image of the content in a menu screen. In case the content is determined to be rental content by the purchase type determining unit 244, a rental mark disposing unit 356 disposes a rental mark indicating that associated content is rental content near the icon image of the content or disposes the rental mark so as to overlap with the icon image of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Masaki Higuchi, Hirofumi Shimada, Syunichi Souma, Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Yuichiro To
  • Patent number: 10691305
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring menu display instructions from a user, and generating and outputting the operating system menu screens for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Higuchi, Shigeru Enomoto, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20200038266
    Abstract: A disposable diaper includes side flaps; pieces of fastening tape respectively arranged on widthwise side portions of the side flaps; and joining portions each of which joins a portion of each piece of the fastening tape to a non-skin side of the side flaps in the thickness direction. In an unfolded state, for each of the pieces of fastening tape, a magnitude of force applied at a time when the joining portion is peeled off when a region of the fastening tape that is outward in the width direction with respect to the joining portion is pulled in an outward direction is greater than a minimum value of an magnitude of force applied at a time when the joining portion is peeled off when a region of the fastening tape that is inward with respect to the joining portion is pulled in any outward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Satoru SAKAGUCHI, Yasuhiro YAMANAKA, Maki TSUJII
  • Patent number: 10531145
    Abstract: A home screen display unit displays a home screen indicating a plurality of menus. If an execution menu of a game application is selected in the home screen, a game screen display unit displays in full screen a game screen indicating an execution result of the game application. If an execution menu of an application other than a game is selected in the home screen, a browser screen display unit displays in full screen a browser screen indicating an execution result of the application other than a game. A screen transition control unit allows a direct transition from the game screen to the browser screen if a predetermined operation is performed while the game screen is displayed, and allows a direct transition from the browser screen to the game screen if the predetermined operation is performed while the browser screen is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Morita, You Asakura, Shigeru Enomoto, Motoki Kobayashi, Shuji Hiramatsu, Yasuhiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: D935606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Satoru Sakaguchi