Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yamamoto

Atsushi Yamamoto 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: 20240375328
    Abstract: A physical foaming agent introduction filter includes a filter body and a plurality of fine holes provided in the filter body. Each of the fine holes includes a resin-contact-side hole that opens toward one surface side of the filter body and that is adapted to be in contact with molten resin, and a physical foaming agent introduction hole that opens toward the other surface side of the filter body and that communicates with the resin-contact-side hole to allow a physical foaming agent to be introduced into the physical foaming agent introduction hole. The resin-contact-side hole has a diameter that is equal to or smaller than a diameter of the physical foaming agent introduction hole, and that is 10 to 80 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Hideto GOTO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YUSA
  • Publication number: 20240346798
    Abstract: A composite image is generated by combining a gray scale image, referred to as a luminance image, and a depth image respectively representing the plurality of components. In the generated composite image, the shape of the component at a relatively high position among the plurality of components easily remains, and the composite image is useful in confirming such a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12114683
    Abstract: Provided is a gelling composition capable of keeping a gel state in a food even when the food heated at 75° C. is cooled to around 45° C. at which the food can be eaten in a warm state. Specifically provided is a gelling composition comprising methyl cellulose, a 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a storage modulus G? (75° C.) at 75° C. of 3,000 to 5,500 Pa, the 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a return temperature storage modulus G? (75 to 45° C.) of 2,000 to 3,600 Pa when the temperature of the aqueous solution is returned from 75° C. to 45° C., and a 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a viscosity at 20° C. of 3,000 to 10,000 mPa·s; a low temperature gelling agent; and a solvent. A food comprising the gelling composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shingo Niinobe, Akira Kitamura
  • Patent number: 12112156
    Abstract: A software update system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to update software used in a vehicle based on update data of the software, the update data being transmitted to the vehicle from an external device that is communicably connected to the vehicle. The software update system includes: a software update unit configured to update the software based on the update data; a vehicle data acquisition unit configured to acquire respective pieces of second vehicle data about states of the vehicle before and after the software update by the update unit; and an effect evaluation unit configured to evaluate an effect of the software update based on the respective pieces of second vehicle data before and after the software update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamamoto, Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Yuki Makino
  • Publication number: 20240330689
    Abstract: An information processing device determines presence or absence of an explanatory condition deviating from the pullback constraint, which is a constraint condition based on four arithmetic operations across a plurality of explanatory variables for each individual that has been generated and resets a reset value based on a plurality of explanatory variables with respect to the plurality of explanatory variables deviating from the pullback constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Sho Nakajima, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jun Okano
  • Publication number: 20240330405
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by an information processing device includes: generating a new individual by changing a value of part of explanatory variables of an individual selected with a first probability from current generation data, which has n individuals (n is an integer of two or more) and in which each individual is an explanatory variable group having a plurality of explanatory variables, to a target value based on a value of a corresponding explanatory variable of another individual; generating a new individual by changing a value of part of explanatory variables of an individual selected with a second probability from the current generation data to another value; and selecting n individuals of next generation data from the n individuals and the generated individual based on a degree of fitness calculated from an explanatory variable group for each individual, wherein the explanatory variable is set to take a value within a predetermined range determined in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Sho Nakajima, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jun Okano
  • Publication number: 20240330406
    Abstract: An information-processing method executed by an information-processing device includes: generating a new individual by changing a value of part of explanatory variables of an individual selected with a first probability from current generation data, which has n individuals (n is an integer of three or more) and in which each individual is an explanatory variable group having a plurality of explanatory variables, to a target value based on a value of a corresponding explanatory variable of another individual; generating a new individual by changing a value of part of explanatory variables of an individual selected with a second probability from the current generation data to another value; and selecting n individuals of next generation data from the n individuals and the generated individual based on a fitness degree calculated from an explanatory variable group for each individual, wherein an explanatory variable having a value defined by a combination condition is set to take a value represented by one of a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Sho Nakajima, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jun Okano
  • Patent number: 12104862
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a fin group including plate-shaped fins; heat transfer tubes penetrating the plate-shaped fins; and a support plate at an end of the fin group. The heat transfer tubes penetrate the support plate. The heat exchanger is configured to cause a heat medium flowing through the heat transfer tubes to exchange heat with air. End portions of the heat transfer tubes form protrusions protruding from the support plate. The protrusions include: a first protrusion connected to one of the protrusions adjacent to the first protrusion; and a second protrusion connected to a flow path pipe different from one of the protrusions adjacent to the second protrusion. A distance from a tip end of the second protrusion to the support plate is shorter than a distance from a tip end of the first protrusion to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakano, Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12106088
    Abstract: A software update system includes: a vehicle data acquiring unit configured to acquire data on a state of a vehicle including data of a predetermined performance of the vehicle; an effect predicting unit configured to predict an effect on the predetermined performance which is obtained when update data of software used in the vehicle for improvement of the predetermined performance is applied to the vehicle based on the data acquired by the vehicle data acquiring unit; and a delivery unit configured to deliver the update data to the vehicle when the effect predicted by the effect predicting unit satisfies a predetermined reference and to withhold delivery of the update data to the vehicle when the effect predicted by the effect predicting unit does not satisfy the predetermined reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamamoto, Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Yuki Makino, Yoshito Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 12105980
    Abstract: A tool for tape library hierarchical storage management. The tool determines there is available tape capacity on a tape cartridge mounted to a tape drive to migrate data from a migration queue during recall operations. The tool sends a locate end of data (EOD) command to the tape drive. The tool determines the migration queue is within a longitudinal position (LPOS) range. The tool writes data from the migration queue to the tape cartridge within the LPOS range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Itagaki, Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Tohru Hasegawa, Shinsuke Mitsuma, Atsushi Abe
  • Publication number: 20240318003
    Abstract: Provided is a compound with a high biomass ratio (preferably a compound with a biomass ratio of 100%) obtained by using a natural pigment and having excellent color developability and light resistance. The compound is a compound in which a natural pigment of curcumin is bound to an organic acid has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 400 to 4,950.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: DIC Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Takahiko Ootsubo, Hitoshi Sekine, Atsushi Yamamoto, Koji Nemoto, Masaru Yoshida, Masanori Tamura
  • Publication number: 20240318838
    Abstract: An air sending device includes: a housing; a fan motor; a fan configured to generate an air current; a motor support base provided upstream of the fan and the fan motor in a flow direction of the air current, and supporting the fan motor; and a rectifying member provided upstream of the motor support base, protruding in a direction from the motor support base toward the upstream side, and having a rectifying surface configured to change the flow direction of the air current such that the air current flows toward an inner circumferential region of the fan. The rectifying surface of the rectifying member includes an upstream-side distal end surface formed spherically, and a main surface located between the upstream-side distal end surface and the motor support base, forming an outer peripheral surface of the rectifying member, and tapered in a direction away from the motor support base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuyuki YAMAMOTO, Takuya TERAMOTO, Atsushi KONO, Tetsuji SAIKUSA, Atsushi KIBE, Hironori YABUUCHI, Yuki NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20240320553
    Abstract: A learning device includes a processor configured to execute a program to generate learning source data by classifying product data, which includes a plurality of data sets that are pairs of explanatory variables indicating product materials or design matters and target variables indicating performance of the product, into each predetermined classification, distribute the learning source data into training data and verification data, generate a machine learning model on the basis of the training data, and compare a target variable included in the verification data and a target variable predicted by the machine learning model on the basis of explanatory variables of the verification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sho Nakajima, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jun Okano
  • Publication number: 20240323802
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to perform first communication using a first communication method, a second communication unit configured to perform second communication using a second communication method, and a controller. The controller performs the second communication via the second communication unit with a terminal apparatus supporting both of the first communication method and the second communication method and not performing communication using the first communication method, to acquire connection configuration information in the first communication method. The controller performs the first communication with a device other than the terminal apparatus via the first communication unit, using a configuration according to the connection configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: KATSUTOSHI ISHIKURA, ATSUSHI YAMAZAKI, MAKOTO YAMAMOTO, RYOKI HINATA, HIDEAKI SHINMEI, Atsuko KUNISADA
  • Publication number: 20240320554
    Abstract: A model setting support device includes a model learning unit having a plurality of learning models for estimating an objective variable indicating performance of a product from an explanatory variable group and configured to learn each of the plurality of learning models using training data including a dataset including the explanatory variable group and a target value of the objective variable, an analysis unit configured to execute first analysis for calculating a predicted value of the objective variable from the explanatory variable group and calculating prediction accuracy of the predicted value on the basis of the target value of the objective variable and second analysis for deriving a degree of contribution of the explanatory variable to the objective variable, for each learning model, and a learning result processing unit configured to output learning result information indicating the prediction accuracy and the contribution degree for each learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sho Nakajima, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jun Okano
  • Publication number: 20240320404
    Abstract: A design support device includes a processor configured to execute a program to estimate a plurality of types of performance of a product from a design factor group including a plurality of design factors of the product using a machine learning model, and generate candidates for design information of the product on the basis of comprehensive evaluation of the estimated plurality of types of performance. The processor is further configured to execute the program to acquire Pareto solutions to the plurality of types of performance as the candidates for design information using a genetic algorithm with the plurality of design factors as chromosome information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sho Nakajima, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jun Okano
  • Publication number: 20240322603
    Abstract: A power transmitting and receiving system includes a power receiving device including a power receiving coil, and a power transmission device including power transmission coils arranged in a line, a power transmission circuit, and control circuitry. The control circuitry switches an electrical connection between the power transmission circuit and each power transmission coil, detects a relative position between the power receiving coil and each power transmission coil, selects adjacent power transmission coils based on the relative position, and causes the power transmission circuit to supply AC power to the selected power transmission coils. In an array direction of the power transmission coils, width Dwt of each power transmission coil is shorter than width Dwr of the power receiving coil. In a direction perpendicular to the array direction, width Dlt of each power transmission coil is equal to or longer than width Dlr of the power receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromu MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi KANNO, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240324066
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a communication system, a communication control method, and a base station capable of improving security in communication using a tethering function. The communication system includes: a base station; a terminal apparatus capable of performing data communication with the base station, the terminal apparatus including a tethering function of operating as a master terminal apparatus communicatively connecting a slave terminal apparatus to the base station; and the slave terminal apparatus capable of utilizing the communicative connection using the tethering function of the terminal apparatus, in which at least the communicative connection between the slave terminal apparatus and the base station is stopped, in a case that the communicative connection by the slave terminal apparatus to the base station is not allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: MAKOTO YAMAMOTO, KATSUTOSHI Ishikura, ATSUSHI YAMAZAKI, HIDEAKI SHINMEI, Atsuko KUNISADA, RYOKI HINATA
  • Patent number: 12094737
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a discharge part including a nozzle configured to discharge a processing liquid onto a substrate; a liquid feeder configured to feed the processing liquid to the discharge part; a replenishment part configured to replenish the liquid feeder with the processing liquid to be fed to the discharge part; a connector including a switching valve configured to open/close a flow path between the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; a filter configured to remove foreign matters contained in the processing liquid; a replenishment preparation part configured to open the switching valve after reducing a pressure difference between the inside of the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; and a replenishment controller configured to start replenishment of the processing liquid from the replenishment part to the liquid feeder in a state in which the switching valve is opened by the replenishment preparation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Kajiwara, Katsunori Ichino, Daisuke Ishimaru, Takuya Tajiri, Atsushi Yamamoto, Masato Imamura, Tomohiko Muta, Tetsuro Iriyama, Takeaki Sakamoto, Hiroki Okaguchi, Kenji Adachi
  • Publication number: 20240302436
    Abstract: A short circuit detection device for a rotating electrical machine includes: a signal processing device including a signal acquisition unit, a signal decomposing unit, a specific frequency component reducing unit, a signal conversion unit, and a short circuit detection unit; and a magnetic detector placed inside a stator, and detects short circuit of a field winding. The signal decomposing unit decomposes a voltage signal from the signal acquisition unit into a plurality of frequency components having different orders. The specific frequency component reducing unit reduces frequency components for odd-number orders and frequency components for even-number orders higher than a threshold less than a fundamental order of a slot harmonic. The signal conversion unit performs conversion to a voltage signal. The short circuit detection unit generates a difference waveform between voltage signals corresponding to magnetic poles, and detects short circuit of the field winding and a short circuit position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji TAKIZAWA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Susumu MAEDA