Patents by Inventor Akira Sasaki

Akira Sasaki 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: 20210012644
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to execute acquiring a position of a reporting vehicle that is a vehicle having reported occurrence of an emergency, acquiring a position of an emergency vehicle that is a vehicle to be dispatched to an occurrence site of the emergency to respond to the emergency, specifying, based on the position of the reporting vehicle and the position of the emergency vehicle, a base station that relays radio waves of wireless communication to be performed between the vehicles, and controlling the base station such that directivity of a radio wave from the base station toward the reporting vehicle and directivity of a radio wave from the base station toward the emergency vehicle are enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Jun HIOKI, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Fumio WADA
  • Publication number: 20210014658
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information relating to a current position of a terminal from the terminal, transmit first content data to the terminal when the current position of the terminal is within a communication range of first wireless communication, and transmit second content data, which has a data size transmittable within a predetermined time even though second wireless communication having a speed lower than the first wireless communication, transfers information with the same effect as a content of the first content data, and is different in transfer method of the content from the first content data, to the terminal when the current position of the terminal is outside the communication range of the first wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Jun HIOKI, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Fumio WADA
  • Publication number: 20210009151
    Abstract: A server device configured to communicate with a communication device mounted in a vehicle, the server device includes a controller configured to execute acquiring a position of an emergency vehicle, specifying a non-emergency vehicle at a predetermined distance from the position of the emergency vehicle, and transmitting, to a communication device mounted in the non-emergency vehicle, a communication stop request as information for prompting an occupant of the non-emergency vehicle to stop use of wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Jun HIOKI, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Fumio WADA
  • Publication number: 20210003407
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive, from a terminal, information about a departure place or a current position and information about a destination; based on field strength map information indicating a distribution of field strength in a first communication system, acquire a route from the departure place or the current position to the destination, of which communication quality in the first communication system satisfies a predetermined criterion; and send information about the acquired route to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Jun HIOKI, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Fumio WADA
  • Publication number: 20200365005
    Abstract: A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item. The forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method includes acquiring a destination for the user; detecting the personal item that exists around the user; and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20200314023
    Abstract: In a smartphone or a personal computer, when there is an application which performs communication which a user is unconscious of, a communication volume increases unintentionally, and there arise problems in that a maximum communication volume is exceed, a network bandwidth of a base station is compressed, or communication being intentionally performed is disturbed. In order to solve the above problems, provided is a communication control method used in a communication control device capable of performing communication using an application via a communication line, and includes an application control step of switching a plurality of applications between a foreground state and a background state and a communication control step of changing an allocation amount of a network bandwidth of an application in accordance with whether the switched application is in the foreground state or the background state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Akira SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200290536
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an identifier management unit that manages a first identifier, a second identifier, and a third identifier by which a first vehicle, a second vehicle, and a user to switch from the first vehicle to the second vehicle are uniquely identified, respectively; a specification difference pinpointing unit that compares specification of a first operation unit and specification of a second operation unit, and that pinpoints an operation unit for which a specification of a function is common and a specification of the operation unit is different before and after the switching from the first vehicle to the second vehicle; and an assist information providing unit that provides assist information by which an operation of the pinpointed operation unit is assisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200296198
    Abstract: An onboard device is provided in a vehicle and includes: a communication unit configured to perform short-range radio communication with a mobile terminal; and a pairing permitting unit configured to permit pairing between the onboard device and the mobile terminal by causing the mobile terminal to receive data including an identifier for uniquely identifying the onboard device when the mobile terminal in which the same identifier as the identifier is set comes within a predetermined distance from the onboard device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10769930
    Abstract: A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item. The forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method includes acquiring a destination for the user; detecting the personal item that exists around the user; and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10744933
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a display portion that displays, toward at least one of an exterior or an interior of the vehicle, driving control information, the driving control information including at least one of first information, expressing how driving of the vehicle is being controlled, or second information, originating at the vehicle and being able to affect a traveling state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200247099
    Abstract: A cover film having at least (A) a substrate layer, (B) an intermediate layer, (C) an adhesive layer, and (D) a heat seal layer having a heat sealable resin, a thermoplastic resin of the (D) heat sealing layer having a mixture of two types of (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymers having different glass transition temperatures and a hydrazide compound, wherein one of the (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer in the (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer mixture has a glass transition temperature of ?20 to 10° C. and the other (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer has a glass transition temperature of 40 to 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takanori ATSUSAKA, Akira SASAKI, Saori NIWA, Shun UCHIYAMA, Akihiro YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200156339
    Abstract: Provided is a bead core manufacturing device for manufacturing a bead core formed by annularly winding a bead wire coated with unvulcanized rubber in a plurality of turns, including a rotary support body provided to be radially expanded and retracted in a radial direction thereof and configured to allow the bead wire to be wound around an outer peripheral surface thereof; and a clamping device configured to press a winding-ending end portion of the bead wire against the bead core while sandwiching a part of the bead core, which includes the winding-ending end portion of the bead wire, in a widthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10647253
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first terminal device, a second communication unit configured to communicate with a second terminal device, and a controller configured to generate an abnormality detection signal when an abnormality is detected based on vehicle information on a vehicle, and determine a position of a user based on a communication state of the first terminal device and the second terminal device possessed by the user. The controller is configured to cause the first communication unit to transmit the abnormality detection signal to the first terminal device when the controller determines that the position of the user is included in a first region, and cause the second communication unit to transmit the abnormality detection signal to the second terminal device when the controller determines that the position of the user is included in a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20200116680
    Abstract: An accommodation unit includes a plurality of accommodation positions, each of the plurality of accommodation positions being capable of accommodating one of the plurality of samples. A detection unit detects identification information of each of the plurality of samples in the accommodation unit. A control unit holds the identification information of each of the plurality of samples received from the detection unit as detected identification information. The control unit is configured to receive identification information of each of a plurality of samples designated as analysis targets, and hold the received identification information as designated identification information. The control unit includes a notification means configured to output a warning before analysis is started by the analysis unit, when the control unit makes a comparison between the designated identification information and the detected identification information and determines that there is a mismatch therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru SHIBATA, Akira SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200116746
    Abstract: A display unit of the present invention displays icons respectively for a series of process steps of a pretreatment unit and an analysis device on a setting screen. The display unit displays a first shutdown icon for a first shutdown step and a second shutdown icon for a second shutdown step in association with the icons respectively for the series of process steps, the first shutdown step being performed when the pretreatment unit and the analysis device end process steps without causing an error, the second shutdown step being performed when the pretreatment unit and the analysis device end the process steps as an error is caused while the process steps are performed. When a user selects any one of these icons, the display unit displays an input screen on the setting screen for inputting the setting information for the process step corresponding to the selected icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200116682
    Abstract: A pretreatment apparatus includes: a pretreatment unit that subjects to a pretreatment a sample to be analyzed by an analysis device; an input unit that receives an analysis condition input; a communication IF that transmits to the analysis device the analysis condition input via the input unit; and a display unit that displays, on a single screen, an analysis result derived using a calibration curve from analysis data obtained by the analysis device based on the analysis condition, and calibration curve information about the calibration curve used to derive the analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200109471
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes a tank in which liquid material is heated to generate gas, a cabinet which houses the tank, and a conduit which supplies the gas to the outside of the cabinet. The vaporizer also includes a flow rate measuring means which measures a flow rate of the gas flowing through said conduit, and a heater plate which heats the conduit. The cabinet comprises a detachable panel that is a panel which can be removed. A first support member is fixed directly or indirectly to said cabinet at a position other than said detachable panel, the flow rate measuring means is supported by said first support member, and the heater plate is supported between said flow rate measuring means and said detachable panel by said first support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Yoshinori Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10602570
    Abstract: A jacket heater placed in adjacent to an object to be heated so as to heat and keep warm said object, which comprises: a heating element, an outer covering member that envelops and accommodates the heating element, wherein the outer covering member is configured to comprise a first shaped body that is provided on a side thereof facing the object, and a second shaped body that is provided on a side opposite from said side facing the object, the second shaped body is a resin shaped body that has a porous structure, and the second shaped body has larger thickness than the first shaped body has. Provided is a jacket heater capable of efficiently keeping warm an object heated by this configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Iida, Akira Sasaki, Keiichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20190388713
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound therapy system for treating a joint by providing a focused ultrasound wave to a bone surface as an affected part, and which has a temperature monitoring function for controlling irradiation intensity. The ultrasound therapy system includes a focused ultrasound wave providing unit provided on skin and configured to radiate the focused ultrasound wave to the affected part, and a temperature detecting unit configured to measure a temperature of the affected part. The temperature detecting unit includes an electromagnetic wave measuring unit configured to measure intensity of an electromagnetic wave radiated from the bone surface, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze change of the electromagnetic wave of the electromagnetic wave measuring unit to provide the temperature of the affected part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Kiyoshi YOSHINAKA
  • Patent number: 10508943
    Abstract: By supplying a pulse signal to sensor wires to make the sensor wires generate heat, instead of applying DC electric voltage to the sensor wires, an amount of energy supplied to the sensor wires is decreased while maintaining a signal intensity supplied to the sensor wires, or the signal intensity supplied to the sensor wires is increased while maintaining the amount of energy supplied to the sensor wires. Thereby, a method for measuring a mass flow rate by a thermal type mass flow meter, which can reduce heat generation from the sensor wires while suppressing decrease in measurement accuracy, or can improve measurement accuracy while suppressing increase in heat generation from the sensor wires, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki