Patents by Inventor Atsushi Suzuki
Atsushi Suzuki 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).
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Publication number: 20240149773Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Atsushi KUSANO, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yosuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
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Publication number: 20240151954Abstract: A first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group (G4) having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power are arranged in order from an object, and zooming is performed by changing distances between each lens group, and the first lens group (G1) is composed of three or more lenses, the fourth lens group (G4) is composed of two or less lenses, and the fifth lens group (G5) is composed of two or less lenses and moves to an image surface side upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 8.40<f1/(?f2)??(1) where, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group (G1), and f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group (G2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Atsushi SUZUKI, Kenji ISHIDA, Saburo MASUGI
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Publication number: 20240155264Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first control line, a first voltage generator that applies a first voltage to the first control line, a first signal line, a plurality of pixels that applies a pixel voltage to the first signal line, a first dummy pixel that applies a voltage corresponding to the first voltage of the first control line to the first signal line in a first period, a converter including a first converter that performs AD conversion on the basis of a voltage of the first signal line in the first period to generate a first digital code, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the first digital code.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Naoki Kawazu, Atsushi Suzuki, Junichiro Azami, Yuichi Motohashi
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Publication number: 20240141337Abstract: RNA molecules for RNA interference to target a mutant allele with a point mutation, wherein the molecule has a nucleotide sequence complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a coding region of the mutant allele; and when counted from the base at the 5?-end in the nucleotide sequence complementary to the sequence of the mutant allele: a base at position 5 or 6 is mismatched with a base in the mutant allele; a base at position 10 or 11 is at the position of the point mutation and is identical to the base at the position of the point mutation in the mutant allele; the group at the 2?-position of the pentose in the ribonucleotide at position 8 is modified with OCH3, halogen, or LNA; and the group at the 2?-position of the pentose in the ribonucleotide at position 7 is not modified with any of OCH3, halogen, and LNA.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kumiko UI-TEI, Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi SATO, Yoshimasa ASANO, Yuria SUZUKI, Naomi LEDEY, Kaoru SAIGO, Yukikazu NATORI
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Publication number: 20240145285Abstract: A load port includes: a plate-shaped base member having an opening via which a transfer target object is loaded and unloaded; a door member capable of opening and closing the opening; a link mechanism including a link member having one end rotatably connected to the door member; a guide roller configured to move together with the door member; a guide surface bent to extend from a first direction to a second direction and configured to guide the guide roller; a drive member to which the other end of the link member is rotatably connected; and a driver configured to move the drive member in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Tatsuru Ogawa, Yuki Ishihara, Shinpei Kogiso, Atsushi Suzuki, Yuki Matsumoto, Tatsuya Miura
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Publication number: 20240142900Abstract: An electrophotographic belt comprising: a substrate and an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface of the substrate, the elastic layer comprising a cured rubber product including a cured silicone rubber product, an elastic modulus of the elastic layer at a temperature of 23° C. being 1.00 MPa or less, wherein when 1 g sample collected from the elastic layer is immersed in 50 ml of toluene at a temperature of 23° C. for 24 hours in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6258:2016, an extract of 3% by mass to 20% by mass with respect to the sample is extracted, and a burning time of the elastic layer in a burn test in accordance with UL94 VTM standard is 30 seconds or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: YUSUKE BABA, TAKESHI SUZUKI, MATSUTAKA MAEDA, ATSUSHI HORI, MASAHIRO TAKENAGA, HARUKI MORI, SHOTA INOUE
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Patent number: 11970019Abstract: An envelope processing apparatus that inserts an enclosure into an envelope includes an envelope conveyor, a flap opener, an enclosure pusher, and circuitry. The envelope conveyor extends in a vertical direction and conveys the envelope to an enclosing position via an envelope conveyance passage as a passage in which the envelope is conveyed. The flap opener opens a flap of the envelope. The enclosure pusher pushes the enclosure toward an opening of a body of the envelope conveyed to the enclosing position with the flap open. The circuitry changes a pushing amount of the enclosure into the envelope and adjusts the pushing amount based on the opening of the body of the envelope within a specified range from an inside to an outside of the body of the envelope.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Michitaka Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Takahiro Matsuda, Atsushi Shinoda, Shingo Yoshizawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga
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Publication number: 20240130373Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fungicide that causes little environmental pollution and has excellent safety, a fungicide product having a fungicide layer containing said fungicide, and a fungicidal coating containing said fungicide, the fungicide being represented by formula (1) Ln2xFe2(1-x)O3 (in formula (1), Ln is a rare earth element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and yttrium; and x is a number that is at least 0.45 and is less than 1.00).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi KARINO, Akira TERADA, Fumihito KOBAYASHI, Kenta SUZUKI, Atsushi YAMADA
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Patent number: 11958385Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Ryuichiro Hirose, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Atsushi Kusano, Yoshikazu Ito, Yousuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Patent number: 11960056Abstract: Provided is an optical lens formed by integrally molding a lens part that is an optically effective portion and has a light incidence/emission surface, and a lens edge part that is an optically ineffective portion and has a surface thereof except the light incidence/emission surface. The lens edge part includes a non-transparent region in part or all thereof, the lens part and the lens edge part include a thermoplastic resin, and the non-transparent region in the lens edge part contains a total of 0.1-5 mass % of one or more of a black dye and a black pigment.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Atsushi Motegi, Kentaro Ishihara, Katsushi Nishimori, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kensuke Oshima, Masahiro Kanda, Shoko Suzuki, Tatsunobu Ogata, Mitsutake Suematsu
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Patent number: 11952508Abstract: Provided are ITO particles having a non-rectangular parallelepiped shape and an aligned crystal orientation inside particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Muramatsu, Kiyoshi Kanie, Ryoko Suzuki
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Patent number: 11950970Abstract: Provided is a medical support arm system including a support arm that is a multilink structure having a plurality of links connected by a joint unit including an actuator, and supports a medical unit. The medical support arm system further includes a control device including an external force estimation unit to estimate an external force acting on the joint unit on the basis of a drive characteristic of the actuator, and a joint control unit to control drive of the joint unit on the basis of an external torque estimated by the external force estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Fumiyasu Suzuki, Atsushi Miyamoto, Yohei Kuroda, Kenichiro Nagasaka
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Publication number: 20240111320Abstract: Provided is a voltage regulator capable of suppressing a current consumption in a non-regulation state with a simple circuit configuration. The voltage regulator includes an output transistor supplying an output voltage based on a control voltage, an error amplifier circuit supplying an amplified signal obtained by amplifying a difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage, a common source amplifier circuit supplying the control voltage to the output transistor based on the amplified signal, and a non-regulation state detection circuit supplying a detection signal to the common source amplifier circuit. The common source amplifier circuit includes a current control circuit including a plurality of parallel paths connecting between a control terminal of the output transistor and a power supply terminal, the plurality of parallel paths including a path to be closed in the non-regulation state and a path to be opened in the non-regulation state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Atsushi HARUYAMA, Yasuhiko OGURA, Teruo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240111366Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to execute a program so as to: acquire viewpoint information, motion information and object information; process an object image wherein: the object image is an image representing a virtual substance and is updated based on the viewpoint information and the motion information; calculate a position when superimposing a background image and the object image, wherein: the background image is an image according to the field of view of the user; generate visual information superimposing the background image and the object image based on the position calculated, and output the generated visual information to a display device; and generate tactile information for an ultrasound generator irradiating the user with ultrasound corresponding to the object based on the position calculated, the motion information and the object information, and output the generated tactile information to the ultrasound generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Mamoru MIYAWAKI, Hiroyuki SHINODA, Takaaki KAMIGAKI, Mitsuru ITO, Tao MORISAKI, Shun SUZUKI, Atsushi MATSUBAYASHI, Ryoya ONISHI, Yasutoshi MAKINO, Seki INOUE
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Patent number: 11947273Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and less than 10 micrometers. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 3.5×105 particles per mm2 or greater and 7.5×105 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 0.2 micrometers or greater and 5.5 micrometers or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 11947272Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion formed of a conductive resin composition, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and 10 micrometers or less. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 1.0×104 particles per mm2 or greater and 2.0×106 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 3.0 micrometers or greater and 15.0 micrometers or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 11948544Abstract: The musical instrument tuner includes: a sensor device that is attached to a musical instrument; and an operation device that is able to perform wireless communication mutually with the sensor device, in which the sensor device includes an acceleration sensor that has at least two detection axes, frequency detection means for detecting, as a detected frequency, a frequency of a vibration of musical sound generated through an operation of the musical instrument based on an output from the acceleration sensor, and sensor-side communication means for transmitting transmission information including information regarding the detected frequency to the operation device, and the operation device includes operation-side communication means for receiving the transmission information transmitted from the sensor device, display means, and control means for generating tuning information of the musical instrument and causing the display means to display the tuning information based on the transmission information receivedType: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: GOTOH GUT CO., LTD., GUNMA PREFECTUREInventors: Atsushi Kajihara, Masaki Gotoh, Hiroshi Miyajima, Osamu Niijima, Yuta Uchiumi, Makoto Matsumoto, Kento Suzuki
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Publication number: 20240101737Abstract: A water dispersion composition containing an ethylene·?-olefin copolymer acid-modified product (B) in a range of 0.01 to 50% by mass, wherein the ethylene·?-olefin copolymer acid-modified product (B) is an acid-modified product of an ethylene·?-olefin copolymer (A) satisfying requirements (A1) to (A6) as specified herein and also satisfies the requirements (B1) to (B5) as specified herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Atsushi TAKESHIMA, Takurou WATANABE, Terufumi SUZUKI, Shota ABE, Kuniaki KAWABE
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Publication number: 20240097418Abstract: In a wire harness, a frame includes a partition wall. The partition wall includes a locking part that locks a joint connector housed in a sectioned space part from an opening part on the lower side. When an electronic component block is being fixed to a frame by a fixing part, the locking part is positioned on the lower side than the electronic component block is and isolated from the electronic component block in the orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the insertion direction (first height direction) of the electronic component block when the frame is viewed from the opening part on the lower side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Kenzo Arai, Atsushi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20240097441Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI