Patents by Inventor Akinori Satou

Akinori Satou 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: 20240064282
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a parallax barrier, an obtainer, and a controller. The controller assigns each of a plurality of subpixels to display a first image or a second image based on I+{L/(T×V)}, where I is a value indicating a displacement of each of a plurality of transmissive portions from a corresponding subpixel of the plurality of subpixels, L is a distance by which a first eye and a second eye move in a parallax direction, T is a switching cycle between the first image and the second image, and V is a number of variations of an index value indicating a position of switching between the first image and the second image in an active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Ayuki HAYASHISHITA
  • Publication number: 20240048682
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display controller includes a display device that displays a parallax image, an input unit that receives an input of a viewpoint position of a user, and a control unit that performs a composition process of merging a left image and a right image into a parallax image. The composition process includes a first composition process and a second composition process. The control unit outputs the parallax image to the display device, performs the first composition process based on frame intervals of the parallax image, and performs the second composition process in response to an input of the viewpoint position into the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU
  • Patent number: 11845051
    Abstract: An ammonia synthesis catalyst, includes a composite oxide carrier in which at least one additive metal element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), and tin (Sn) is solid-solutionized in a composite oxide containing cerium (Ce) and a lanthanide other than Ce and having a composition represented by the following formula: CexA1-x-yByOd (in the formula, A represents a lanthanide other than Ce, B represents the additive metal element, x represents a molar fraction of Ce, y represents a molar fraction of the additive metal element, 1?x?y represents a molar fraction of a lanthanide other than Ce, x and y satisfy 0.1?x?0.9, 0.01?y?0.3, and 0.11?x+y?0.91, d represents a molar ratio of oxygen atoms, and 1.5?d?2 is satisfied); and ruthenium (Ru) supported on the composite oxide carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Kikugawa, Yoshihiro Goto, Haruo Imagawa, Mitsuru Matsumoto, Akinori Satou, Marie Ishikawa, Tetsuya Namba, Hideyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230388479
    Abstract: A detection device (50) includes an input device (30) and a detector (15). The input device (30) in the detection device (50) receives input of image information output from a camera (11). The detector (15) performs a detection process to detect positions of eyes (5a) of a user (13). The detector (15) performs, as the detection process, a first process to detect first positions of the eyes (5a) based on the image information by template matching, and a second process to detect a position of a face (5) based on the image information by template matching and detect second positions of the eyes (5a) based on the detected position of the face (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Ayuki HAYASHISHITA
  • Publication number: 20230286382
    Abstract: A driving support system includes a three-dimensional (3D) projector and a driver monitoring apparatus. The driver monitoring apparatus and the 3D projector share a camera system. A camera captures an image of a driver of a vehicle, divides the captured image into a plurality of divisional captured images, and transmits the plurality of divisional captured images separately. A first controller performs a first detection process to detect first information associated with a position of an eye of the driver in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of divisional captured images from the camera. A second controller generates, in response to receiving all of the plurality of divisional captured images from the camera, a captured image by composition, and performs a second detection process to detect second information associated with a driving state of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU
  • Publication number: 20230291888
    Abstract: A 3D display device includes a display panel, a barrier, a detector, and a controller. The display panel displays a parallax image including a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to the first image. The barrier defines a traveling direction of image light of the parallax image to generate parallax between first and second eyes of a user. The detector captures an image of a face of the user viewing the parallax image. The controller generates a first reference image by combining the first and second images different from each other based on an index defining an arrangement of the first and second images to be displayed on the display panel, causes the display panel to display the first reference image, and adjusts the index based on the image of the face of the user captured by the detector onto which the reference image is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU
  • Publication number: 20230244081
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) projector includes a 3D display device and a camera. The 3D display device includes a backlight, a display including a display surface, a barrier, and a controller. The camera has an imaging direction that may be a direction of the image light emitted from the display or may be different from the direction of the image light. With the imaging direction of the camera being different from the direction of the image light, the controller performs a process to correct distortion on a captured image output from the camera with reference to the direction of the image light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230199165
    Abstract: A viewpoint detector includes an imager that captures an image of an eye of a user and outputs the captured image, and a controller that detects a viewpoint of the user based on the captured image. The controller detects a position of the viewpoint from the captured image, and corrects the detected position of the viewpoint to a corrected viewpoint position with a conversion table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230171393
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display, a barrier, a second mirror that has a changeable reflection angle for reflecting and projecting image light, a first controller that controls a change in the reflection angle, a camera that captures an image of a face of a driver, and a second controller that clips out a target area from a captured image output from the camera. The second controller shifts the target area as the first controller changes the reflection angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230156178
    Abstract: A detection device includes a camera and a detector. The camera captures an image of a human face. The detector detects a position of a human eye based on the captured image output from the camera by template matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230067565
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a parallax barrier, an acquisition section, a memory, and a controller. The display panel is configured to display a parallax image and emit image light corresponding to the parallax image. The parallax barrier includes a surface configured to define a direction of image light. The acquisition section is configured to acquire positional data indicating eye positions from a detection device which is configured to detect eye positions based on photographed images which are acquired from a camera which is configured to image user's eyes. The memory is configured to store the positional data which are acquired by the acquisition section. The controller is configured to output predicted eye positions based on the positional data stored in the memory, and cause the display panel to display the parallax image, based on the predicted eye positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori SATOU, Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20220331783
    Abstract: An ammonia synthesis catalyst, includes a composite oxide carrier in which at least one additive metal element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), and tin (Sn) is solid-solutionized in a composite oxide containing cerium (Ce) and a lanthanide other than Ce and having a composition represented by the following formula: CexA1?x?yByOd (in the formula, A represents a lanthanide other than Ce, B represents the additive metal element, x represents a molar fraction of Ce, y represents a molar fraction of the additive metal element, 1?x?y represents a molar fraction of a lanthanide other than Ce, x and y satisfy 0.1?x?0.9, 0.01?y?0.3, and 0.11?x+y?0.91, d represents a molar ratio of oxygen atoms, and 1.5?d?2 is satisfied); and ruthenium (Ru) supported on the composite oxide carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi KIKUGAWA, Yoshihiro GOTO, Haruo IMAGAWA, Mitsuru MATSUMOTO, Akinori SATOU, Marie ISHIKAWA, Tetsuya NAMBA, Hideyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220295043
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display device comprises a display panel, a parallax barrier, an acquisition section, a memory, and a controller. The display panel displays a parallax image and emit image light corresponding to the parallax image. The acquisition section successively acquires a plurality of pieces of positional data indicating user's eye positions from a detection device which detects eye positions based on photographed images which are successively acquired from a camera which images user's eyes at imaging time intervals. The memory stores pieces of positional data which are successively acquired by the acquisition section. The controller is configured to output predicted eye positions of the eyes as of a time later than the current time based on the positional data pieces stored in the memory, and cause each of subpixels of the display panel to display the parallax image, based on the predicted eye positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori SATOU, Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20220234886
    Abstract: An ammonia decomposition catalyst contains a carrier containing a composite oxide of cerium (Ce) and praseodymium (Pr), and ruthenium (Ru), and the content of the composite oxide is 70 mass % or more with respect to the entire catalyst, and the molar ratio between Ce and Pr in the composite oxide is Ce:Pr=99:1 to 10:90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi YAMAZAKI, Akinori SATOU
  • Publication number: 20220106193
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ammonia synthesis catalyst including a composite oxide support containing cerium and praseodymium; and ruthenium supported on the composite oxide support, wherein a molar ratio of cerium to praseodymium ([cerium]/[praseodymium]) contained in the composite oxide support is 20/80 to 90/10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Kikugawa, Akinori Satou, Tetsuya Namba, Hideyuki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11131292
    Abstract: To provide a wind power generation device that can be suitably increased in size while increasing the electricity generation efficiency. A wind power generation device (10) is characterized by being provided with: a first wind turbine unit (12) comprising multiple wind turbines (30a to 30d) aligned in one line; a pair of blade units (16), each of the blade units being disposed adjacent to the first wind turbine unit (12) and having an inner-side shape extending along the circumferences of circles defined by rotation of the wind turbines (30a to 30d) to enhance collection of wind by the rotation; and a conversion unit for converting energy obtained by the rotation of the first wind turbine unit (12) to electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Akinori Satou
  • Patent number: 11005409
    Abstract: A motor drive apparatus includes a converter which converts AC power into DC power and outputs it to a DC link, an inverter which converts the DC power of the DC link into AC power for driving a motor, DC link capacitors connected in series with each other, resistors connected in parallel with the DC link capacitors and connected in series with each other, a DC link voltage detection unit, a current-carrying element which is connected between one of connection points connecting the DC link capacitors to each other and one of connection points connecting the resistors to each other, and carries a current when the applied voltage is higher than a predetermined value, and a short-circuit judgment unit which judges that at least one of the DC link capacitors has shorted when the DC link voltage value is larger than an upper limit or smaller than a lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Satou, Shinichi Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20200003182
    Abstract: To provide a wind power generation device that can be suitably increased in size while increasing the electricity generation efficiency. A wind power generation device (10) is characterized by being provided with: a first wind turbine unit (12) comprising multiple wind turbines (30a to 30d) aligned in one line; a pair of blade units (16), each of the blade units being disposed adjacent to the first wind turbine unit (12) and having an inner-side shape extending along the circumferences of circles defined by rotation of the wind turbines (30a to 30d) to enhance collection of wind by the rotation; and a conversion unit for converting energy obtained by the rotation of the first wind turbine unit (12) to electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Akinori SATOU
  • Publication number: 20190372504
    Abstract: A motor drive apparatus includes a converter which converts AC power into DC power and outputs it to a DC link, an inverter which converts the DC power of the DC link into AC power for driving a motor, DC link capacitors connected in series with each other, resistors connected in parallel with the DC link capacitors and connected in series with each other, a DC link voltage detection unit, a current-carrying element which is connected between one of connection points connecting the DC link capacitors to each other and one of connection points connecting the resistors to each other, and carries a current when the applied voltage is higher than a predetermined value, and a short-circuit judgment unit which judges that at least one of the DC link capacitors has shorted when the DC link voltage value is larger than an upper limit or smaller than a lower limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Satou, Shinichi Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20190188481
    Abstract: A motion picture distribution system is provided with: an extractor configured to perform an extraction operation of extracting one or a plurality of scenes associated with a particular action of a target person from a motion picture taken by an imager; a generator configured to edit the extracted one or plurality of scenes and to generate a digest motion picture; and a distributor configured to distribute the generated digest motion picture. The extractor is configured to perform machine learning associated with the particular action, by using at least a part of a motion picture including a person as input data, in order to improve the extraction operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuki HAYASHI, Takeshi BABA, Akinori SATOU, Shinichiro ICHIKAWA