Patents by Inventor Daisuke Ogawa

Daisuke Ogawa 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: 20260330343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system that analyzes a personnel database using generative AI, automatically groups employees who were enrolled together in the same department or project in the past, identifies a managerial employee from within the group as a leader, automatically distributes notifications of alumni events, participation requests, instructions for organizing to the leader, guidance on subsidies for communication expenses, and guidance on using an online meeting system through an internal SNS, e-mail, or the like, and collects and analyzes feedback from participants after the events end to reflect the feedback in subsequent events and company-wide communication measures, thereby realizing the rebuilding of bonds among employees, the strengthening of cross-departmental cooperative relations, and the improvement of engagement and productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Daisuke OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20260330196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system that automatically and multilaterally evaluates a new idea submitted by an employee using generative AI, integrates the new idea with work performance data to calculate an overall contribution degree, visualizes an evaluation result thereof on a dashboard or the like, automatically designs an optimal reward and commendation content using the generative AI, and further automatically generates and distributes feedback and a report such as the evaluation result, an improvement proposal, a progress status, and a prediction of a business impact, thereby dramatically improving fairness, transparency, and efficiency of idea evaluation, and realizing promotion of innovation and retention of excellent human resources in an organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Daisuke OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20260330390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system in which, in order to fairly and transparently realize personnel evaluation of a manager, a data collection unit automatically collects diverse personnel-related data such as a resignation rate, a transfer request rate, a rank-up record, a performance evaluation, and anonymous feedback, a generative AI analysis unit multilaterally analyzes the resignation rate, the transfer request rate, a rank-up rate, bias detection, a reliability score, an improvement point, and the like using these data, and an evaluation report generation unit automatically generates and distributes an evaluation report for each manager. Thereby, it is possible to break away from conventional subjective and person-dependent evaluation, realize evaluation based on objective and quantitative indicators, utilization of feedback, and a highly transparent evaluation process, and improve reliability and performance of the entire organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Daisuke OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20260299438
    Abstract: A substrate holding apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a substrate, and a gas supplier configured to supply a gas between the substrate and the holder, wherein when separating the substrate from the holder holding the substrate, the gas supplier supplies the gas based on information concerning an adhesive force between the substrate and the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2026
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Inventors: YUICHIRO MORIKUNI, SHIGEO KOYA, KAZUNORI NAKAJIMA, HIKARI WATANABE, DAISUKE OGAWA
  • Patent number: 12725519
    Abstract: A transport facility includes a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a travel data obtainer, a connection data obtainer, a display, and a controller. The travel data obtainer obtains travel data including position information and time information in a manner associated with each other. The position information indicates a position of a transport vehicle. The connection data obtainer obtains connection data including connection destination information and the time information in a manner associated with each other. The connection destination information indicates a relationship between a vehicle communicator and a destination wireless transmitter-receiver to which the vehicle communicator is connected. The controller performs a display process of causing the display to display connection information based on the travel data and the connection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao, Tatsuki Ii, Tomoaki Nishikawa, Kouji Ueba, Kosuke Sakamoto, Kosuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 12710700
    Abstract: A substrate holding apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a substrate, and a gas supplier configured to supply a gas between the substrate and the holder, wherein when separating the substrate from the holder holding the substrate, the gas supplier supplies the gas based on information concerning an adhesive force between the substrate and the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichiro Morikuni, Shigeo Koya, Kazunori Nakajima, Hikari Watanabe, Daisuke Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12679666
    Abstract: An article transport facility includes transport vehicles, a travel route which the travel vehicles travel, and a region control device. The travel route includes branching and merging region that includes a branching point and a merging point. If a transport vehicle is scheduled to pass through a branching point and then pass through a merging point while passing through a branching and merging region, a region control device gives the transport vehicle occupation permission for a first target point on a scheduled travel route and occupation permission for a second target point on a non-scheduled travel route, the first target point and the second target point being whichever one of an occupation target point and a secondary occupation target point is closest to the branching point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tanaka, Daisuke Ogawa, Kenshin Hashiguchi, Akira Suzuki, Ayaka Kawanami, Toshihito Ueda, Shota Inden
  • Patent number: 12668430
    Abstract: An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to switch an access point of a connection destination while moving along a path to maintain a communicable state with a control device. In a case in which a communication intensity of radio waves between the transport vehicle and the access point is lower than a predetermined switching threshold value, the transport vehicle performs switching processing of switching the connection destination to another access point having a stronger communication intensity. The switching threshold value is set to different values in accordance with a movement condition of the transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Kimura, Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao
  • Patent number: 12657584
    Abstract: This data transaction system is provided with: a data transport unit that is able to set a channel of data and deliver the data to a predetermined partner by control from outside; a data transaction unit that executes a transaction contract for the data; an acquisition unit that issues a selling offer of the data to the data transaction unit for the sake of a provider that provides the data; and a data broker that issues a buying offer of the data to the data transaction unit for the sake of a service provider that utilizes the data. The data transaction unit performs condition matching between the selling offer and the buying offer, and when both match, causes the data transport unit to set a channel for delivering the data from the data provider to the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Plat'Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Suzuki, Toshiya Goto, Daisuke Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20260164254
    Abstract: A verification system includes a reference field intensity setter, a field intensity obtainer, and a verification processor. The reference field intensity setter sets a reference radio field intensity at each of a plurality of observation sites in a target area. The field intensity obtainer obtains observation-site field-intensity information indicating at least one of a predictive value of a radio field intensity calculated for each observation site or a measurement value of the radio field intensity measured for each observation site. The verification processor performs a verification process based on the observation-site field-intensity information. The verification process includes a removable-access-point extraction process for extracting a removable wireless access point that is removable while satisfying a field intensity condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao, Kosuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 12591023
    Abstract: An abnormality locating system includes a display device, a controller, and a storage storing map data of a power feeder. The controller includes a distance information obtainer that obtains distance information indicating a distance from a power supply to a location of the abnormality, and an abnormality site display processor. The abnormality site display processor performs an abnormality site estimation process of estimating a location of an abnormality site based on the distance information, the abnormality site is a site of the abnormality of the thermal line, and a display process of causing the display device to display a map indicating a position of the thermal line based on the map data and to display, on the map, an estimated position of the abnormality site estimated through the abnormality site estimation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Ken Tokunaga, Masaki Hirano, Akira Murota
  • Patent number: 12578739
    Abstract: A controller in a vehicle control system includes a communication state determiner that determines a communication state between a facility communicator and a vehicle communicator in each vehicle, and a recorder. When the communication state determiner determines that the communication state between the facility communicator and the vehicle communicator in any vehicle has a communication failure, the controller obtains vehicle state information indicating a state of a target vehicle being the vehicle having the communication failure at at least one data obtaining point in a target period including at least one of a failure-occurrence point or a failure-recovery point of the communication failure, and records the vehicle state information in the recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao
  • Patent number: 12559063
    Abstract: An authentication device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute first authentication based on biometric information acquired from a user and biometric information preregistered in the vehicle. The processor is configured to execute second authentication different from the first authentication. The processor is configured to transit setting of the first authentication to a state in which the user is able to change the setting, when the second authentication is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Kosuke Taki, Daisuke Ogawa, Hirokazu Itakura, Takahiko Ando
  • Patent number: 12553602
    Abstract: An annular light emitting unit emits light from the inside of a louver toward an outer circumference, with respect to the entire circumference direction. A surface emitting unit emits light in a vertical direction directed opposite to a casing. Light intensity of the surface emitting unit is greater than light intensity of the annular light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12505415
    Abstract: The present invention provides an IoT data trading system including: a data transport unit capable of sending data to a predetermined counterparty; a data transaction unit that executes a trading contract of data; and an IoT device that provides IoT data, wherein the data transaction unit instructs, based on a buy offer of the IoT data issued from a predetermined account and a sell offer issued from an account of the IoT device, the data transport unit to send the IoT data from the IoT device to a data provider which owns the account from which the buy offer is issued, and imparts a monetary value of the sent IoT data to the account of the IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Plat'Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Suzuki, Daisuke Ogawa, Toshiya Goto
  • Patent number: 12486117
    Abstract: In the case where a transport vehicle has received both a first passage permission and a second passage permission and is to pass through a second passing point, when the travel distance of the transport vehicle from a first stopping point reaches a first set distance, the transport vehicle issues, to a zone control device, a first occupation revocation request for revoking permission to occupy a first passing point, and when the travel distance of the transport vehicle from the first stopping point reaches a second set distance, the transport vehicle issues, to the zone control device, a second occupation revocation request for revoking permission to occupy the second passing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihito Ueda, Shota Inden, Yoshitaka Tanaka, Akira Suzuki, Ayaka Kawanami, Daisuke Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12472904
    Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20250271132
    Abstract: An annular light emitting unit emits light from the inside of a louver toward an outer circumference, with respect to the entire circumference direction. A surface emitting unit emits light in a vertical direction directed opposite to a casing. Light intensity of the surface emitting unit is greater than light intensity of the annular light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250263097
    Abstract: A holding unit of a transport vehicle is coupled to the travel unit via a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism is configured to be able to transition between a coupled state in which the travel unit and the holding unit are coupled to each other, and a separated state in which the travel unit and the holding unit are separated from each other. The travel unit executes both a coupled traveling mode of traveling while being coupled to the holding unit via the coupling mechanism and a separated traveling mode of traveling alone while being separated from the holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishikawa, Daichi Tomida, Daisuke Ogawa, Yoshitaka Deguchi, Kenji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20250208003
    Abstract: A rail installation state determination system includes a vibration database storing vibration data indicating a relationship between a position, a vibration, and a travel speed of a vehicle traveling along a rail, a preprocessor that performs preprocessing on the vibration data stored in the vibration database, and a determiner that determines the installation state of the rail based on the vibration data on which the preprocessing has been performed. A path includes a straight section and a curved section. The preprocessor performs a curved section exclusion process of excluding pieces of the vibration data obtained in the curved section from the vibration data stored in the vibration database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Kazuhiro Saito, Tadashi Nishikawa, Hiroshi Sakata, Daichi Tomida, Kenshin Hashiguchi