Patents by Inventor Daisuke Sakamoto
Daisuke Sakamoto 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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Patent number: 12688564Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a processor, and a memory soring a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic apparatus to execute acquisition processing to acquire a live view image, and execute display control processing to perform geometric transformation for a display range, which is a partial region of the live view image, and to perform control so as to display a geometrically transformed image for display, where the display range is changeable, wherein in the display control processing, control is performed so as to further display an item which makes the region displayed in the live view image identifiable.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2024Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Daisuke Sakamoto
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Patent number: 12688755Abstract: A game device is configured to: cause a first character related to a game that is played on the game device to be displayed on a display; and perform communication by a first method of transmitting and receiving information to and from another game device and a second method of transmitting and receiving information to and from an external device. The game device is configured to: obtain information about a second appearing in the game that is played on the another game device from the another game device through the first method, and obtain information about a third character appearing in the game that is played on any one game device from the external device through the second method. The game device is configured to cause characters selected from the second character and the third character to be displayed in a predetermined area during the game.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2024Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuri Okamoto, Erika Yasuda, Asaki Murakami, Atsushi Yashiki
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Publication number: 20260183660Abstract: A game apparatus that executes a game in which a character appears, includes: an execution unit that executes the game; a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the character; and an operation input unit that receives an operation input for the game. The operation input unit is capable of receiving at least a first operation input related to switching of a display mode of a display element related to the character and a second operation input related to selection of a game element acting on the character, and on condition that the first operation input is received, the display control unit switches and displays a display mode of the display element, and the execution unit changes a type of the game element selectable by the second operation input.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2025Publication date: July 2, 2026Inventors: Chisato OSHIKIRI, Yuri OKAMOTO, Atsushi YASHIKI, Hirotaka HATAYAMA, Daisuke SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260175644Abstract: The vehicle heat management device includes a control unit, and the control unit switches the switching unit so that the coolant flows from the first connecting portion to LT radiator and does not flow from the second connecting portion when the heating operation is performed based on the operation state of the air conditioner. On the other hand, in cases other than the heating operation, the switching unit is switched so that the coolant flows into LT radiator from the second connecting portion and does not flow into the first connecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2025Publication date: June 25, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke SAKAMOTO, Keita HIRANO
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Publication number: 20260156254Abstract: An image processing device comprising, an encoding mode determination unit configured to determine, based on information on a first encoding mode in a first encoding scheme for an encoding-target image, a second encoding mode in a second encoding scheme different from the first encoding scheme through inference using a neural network, for the encoding-target image, and an encoding unit configured to encode the encoding-target image using the second encoding mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2025Publication date: June 4, 2026Inventors: DAISUKE SAKAMOTO, KOJI TOGITA, KATSUHIKO AZUMA
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Publication number: 20260000982Abstract: A game apparatus executes a game, and the game apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires character string information related to acquisition of a game element; an identification unit that identifies the game element from the character string information; a display control unit that causes a display unit to display one or more pieces of the character string information acquired by the acquisition unit in a selectable state; and a control unit that performs control such that the game element identified from the selected character string information is brought into an acquisition state in the game on a basis of selection of one of the one or more pieces of the character string information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2025Publication date: January 1, 2026Inventors: Daisuke SAKAMOTO, Yuri OKAMOTO, Atsushi YASHIKI
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Publication number: 20250225631Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to acquire a captured image, and a processor configured to perform predetermined transformation processing for correcting image distortion for at least one partial area of the captured image to generate a transformed image, perform focus peaking processing for at least one of the captured image and the transformed image to generate a focus-peaking image, generate a combined image of the at least one of the captured image and the transformed image, and the focus-peaking image, and control a display unit so as to display the combined image. In a case where the processor is set to perform the focus peaking processing for the transformed image to display the combined image, the processor causes the display unit to display the combined image of the transformed image and the focus-peaking image. The partial area includes a peripheral part of the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventor: DAISUKE SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20250022110Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a processor, and a memory soring a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic apparatus to execute acquisition processing to acquire a live view image, and execute display control processing to perform geometric transformation for a display range, which is a partial region of the live view image, and to perform control so as to display a geometrically transformed image for display, where the display range is changeable, wherein in the display control processing, control is performed so as to further display an item which makes the region displayed in the live view image identifiable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventor: Daisuke SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240278131Abstract: A game device for playing a game accompanied by display of a character includes: an operation input interface; a management circuit configured to manage a time; a setting circuit configured to set a state of the character; a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device; and a controller configured to control an operation of the communication interface. The setting circuit is configured to set the state of the character to a first state when a current time falls within a predetermined time zone, and the controller is configured to enable the communication interface to communicate with the external device on a condition that the current time falls within the predetermined time zone and the state of the character is the first state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke SAKAMOTO, Yuri OKAMOTO, Erika YASUDA, Asaki MURAKAMI, Atsushi YASHIKI
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Publication number: 20240265785Abstract: A game device is configured to: cause a first character related to a game that is played on the game device to be displayed on a display; and perform communication by a first method of transmitting and receiving information to and from another game device and a second method of transmitting and receiving information to and from an external device. The game device is configured to: obtain information about a second appearing in the game that is played on the another game device from the another game device through the first method, and obtain information about a third character appearing in the game that is played on any one game device from the external device through the second method. The game device is configured to cause characters selected from the second character and the third character to be displayed in a predetermined area during the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke SAKAMOTO, Yuri OKAMOTO, Erika YASUDA, Asaki MURAKAMI, Atsushi YASHIKI
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Patent number: 12037935Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a vehicle includes air-cooling first and second heat exchangers that are placed beside each other. A coolant flow-out portion of the first heat exchanger from which a first coolant which is a cooling target of the first heat exchanger flows out and a coolant flow-out portion of the second heat exchanger from which a second coolant which is a cooling target of the second heat exchanger flows out are placed at ends at opposite positions separated along a diagonal line on a parallel placement surface of the two heat exchangers. A first cooling fan is placed opposing the coolant flow-out portion of the first heat exchanger, and a second cooling fan is placed opposing the coolant flow-out portion of the second heat exchanger. With this configuration, cooling performance of two air-cooling heat exchangers placed beside each other can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Sakamoto, Shunsuke Aka, Tetsuya Ikeda, Koji Norisada, Souta Okabe, Etsuko Kamakura, Masataka Minamigawa, Junichi Suematsu, Masashi Shibata
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Patent number: 11960522Abstract: An information management system is provided. An occurrence frequency of sensitivity information over a designated period that is associated with each of designated texts and stored in a database is evaluated over the designated period and a plurality of designated unit periods constituting the designated period for each sensitivity category. Then, a reference image showing the evaluation result is generated and transmitted to an information terminal device, and the reference image about each of a plurality of entities is simultaneously outputted on an output interface of the information terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Daisuke Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11833883Abstract: A cooling fan device includes an electronic control unit that controls an engagement rate of a fan clutch. The electronic control unit executes a first calculation process that calculates an air conditioner requested engagement rate, a second calculation process that calculates, as a first guard value, a value of an engagement rate at which a fan rotation speed increases at a specified speed and an upper limit guarding process that sets a value of the air conditioner requested engagement rate to the first guard value when a calculated value of the air conditioner requested engagement rate in the first calculation process exceeds the first guard value. The electronic control unit further controls the engagement rate of the fan clutch based on a value of the air conditioner requested engagement rate after execution of the upper limit guarding process.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Akiyama, Dai Okumura, Atsushi Fukuda, Daisuke Sakamoto, Hiromu Watanabe
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Patent number: 11785352Abstract: This invention provides an image encoding apparatus operable to encode RAW image data obtained from a capturing sensor that has a color filter array in which a plurality of filters for each of three primary colors and a plurality of filters for a specific color for luminance are arranged in an N×N pixel region, where the image encoding apparatus comprises a conversion unit which converts the RAW image data into a plurality of planes each configured by a single color component; and an encoding unit which encodes each of the planes, wherein the conversion unit, for each component representing the three primary colors, by referencing pixel values of the same component in the N×N pixel region, generates a plane configured by a low-frequency component data and a plane configured by a high-frequency component.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Daisuke Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20220335449Abstract: An information management system is provided. By performing designated filter processes on data collected via a network, a post number set, an estimation number set, and a sales number set are acquired for each type of product handled by a designated entity. By combining the post number set, the estimation number set, and the sales number set based on a unified notation common to each set, combined data in which a post number, an estimation number, and a sales number are associated for each type of product is generated. Correlation information indicating correlations between the post number, the estimation number, and the sales number is generated for each type of product based on the combined data and is outputted to an output interface of an information terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Daisuke SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220292127Abstract: An information management system is provided. Based on a designated item (an entity (first designated element item) and a keyword (second designated element item)) inputted through an input interface, a designated text group which is a part of a secondary text group is searched from a database and saved to a queue. Further, designated texts of a designated number are extracted from the designated text group preferentially in an order according to one designated priority item among a plurality of designated priority items (sensitivity amount and latest information (information freshness)). Then, a first report showing a time series of an occurrence frequency of the designated texts of the designated number is outputted on an output interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Daisuke SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220292126Abstract: An information management system is provided. An occurrence frequency of sensitivity information over a designated period that is associated with each of designated texts and stored in a database is evaluated over the designated period and a plurality of designated unit periods constituting the designated period for each sensitivity category. Then, a reference image showing the evaluation result is generated and transmitted to an information terminal device, and the reference image about each of a plurality of entities is simultaneously outputted on an output interface of the information terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Daisuke SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11436278Abstract: To provide a database creation apparatus and the like capable of creating a database with its usefulness increased. A data processing server 2 acquires Japanese language data and foreign language data from external servers 6, creates machine-translated data by translating the foreign language data into data written in the Japanese language using machine translation, creates mixed data by combining the machine-translated data as an additional part of the Japanese language data, and creates retained data using the mixed data.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Daisuke Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11429678Abstract: The disclosure provides a system that can easily calculate a similarity rate of a target document when comparing the target document. An array set of a designated type of words (e.g., nouns) is respectively extracted from a test document and a reference document as an arrayed test document and an arrayed reference document. A word included in a common word set of the arrayed test document and the arrayed reference document is defined as true as a proposition, and other words are defined as false as propositions. Further, when a ratio of words defined as true as propositions in a word array of a first designated length including a word among words defined as false as propositions is greater than or equal to a first designated value, the word is redefined as a wildcard and true as a proposition.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Daisuke Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20220256127Abstract: This invention provides an image encoding apparatus operable to encode RAW image data obtained from a capturing sensor that has a color filter array in which a plurality of filters for each of three primary colors and a plurality of filters for a specific color for luminance are arranged in an N×N pixel region, where the image encoding apparatus comprises a conversion unit which converts the RAW image data into a plurality of planes each configured by a single color component; and an encoding unit which encodes each of the planes, wherein the conversion unit, for each component representing the three primary colors, by referencing pixel values of the same component in the N×N pixel region, generates a plane configured by a low-frequency component data and a plane configured by a high-frequency component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventor: Daisuke Sakamoto