Patents by Inventor Haruko Sato

Haruko Sato 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).

  • Patent number: 10569706
    Abstract: An overhead console includes: a light source; and a light guiding member including bending portions at intermediate positions in the light guiding member such that the light guiding member extends from the light incident surface to the light exit surface so as to form an optical path in which light incident on the light incident surface is reflected by reflecting surfaces provided in the bending portions so as to reach the light exit surface, the light guiding member having such a shape that line segments drawn between given points on the light incident surface and given points on the light exit surface do not include a line segment that passes through only the light guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruko Sato
  • Patent number: 10406996
    Abstract: A luggage side trim includes a body portion having an upper edge portion extending in a vehicular front-rear direction, a wall portion extending in a vehicular width direction from a part of the upper edge portion, the wall portion having an insertion hole through which a damper is to be inserted, and a slit that is communicated with the insertion hole and extends upward and toward a vehicular exterior side from the insertion hole and has a damper insertion opening being open toward the vehicular exterior side, the damper insertion opening receiving the damper that is to be guided along the slit toward the insertion hole when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel. When the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, an upper edge of the upper edge portion is above the damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruki Ono, Haruko Sato
  • Publication number: 20180148004
    Abstract: A luggage side trim includes a body portion having an upper edge portion extending in a vehicular front-rear direction, a wall portion extending in a vehicular width direction from a part of the upper edge portion, the wall portion having an insertion hole through which a damper is to be inserted, and a slit that is communicated with the insertion hole and extends upward and toward a vehicular exterior side from the insertion hole and has a damper insertion opening being open toward the vehicular exterior side, the damper insertion opening receiving the damper that is to be guided along the slit toward the insertion hole when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel. When the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, an upper edge of the upper edge portion is above the damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruki ONO, Haruko SATO
  • Publication number: 20180118103
    Abstract: An overhead console includes: a light source; and a light guiding member including bending portions at intermediate positions in the light guiding member such that the light guiding member extends from the light incident surface to the light exit surface so as to form an optical path in which light incident on the light incident surface is reflected by reflecting surfaces provided in the bending portions so as to reach the light exit surface, the light guiding member having such a shape that line segments drawn between given points on the light incident surface and given points on the light exit surface do not include a line segment that passes through only the light guiding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruko SATO
  • Patent number: 9685143
    Abstract: A display control device for displaying content, the representation form of which is changeable by a user's operation on a display screen, on a display screen is provided. The display control device includes an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire a change instruction to change the representation form of the content and an image changing unit configured to distort the representation form of the content, in response to a change instruction which instructs to change the representation form of the content beyond a threshold value, to be different from the representation form as instructed. Thus, the display control device facilitates the user to recognize the threshold for change when the representation form of the content is changed by zooming in, zooming out, scrolling the content and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruko Sato, Shinya Takeichi
  • Patent number: 9456191
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus, which is provided to reproduce a moving image recorded in a recording apparatus, includes: a storage unit configured to store change information indicating a change of a position of a scene included in the moving image recorded in the recording apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive start information designating a reproduction start position of the moving image based on a reference position of the moving image before the change of the position of the scene; and an identifying unit configured to identify the distance from the reference position to the reproduction start position changed by the change of the position of the scene, on the basis of the change information and the start information received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruko Sato
  • Publication number: 20140285507
    Abstract: A display control device for displaying content, the representation form of which is changeable by a user's operation on a display screen, on a display screen is provided. The display control device includes an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire a change instruction to change the representation form of the content and an image changing unit configured to distort the representation form of the content, in response to a change instruction which instructs to change the representation form of the content beyond a threshold value, to be different from the representation form as instructed. Thus, the display control device facilitates the user to recognize the threshold for change when the representation form of the content is changed by zooming in, zooming out, scrolling the content and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Haruko Sato, Shinya Takeichi
  • Publication number: 20130236165
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus, which is provided to reproduce a moving image recorded in a recording apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store change information indicating a change of a position of a scene included in the moving image recorded in the recording apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive start information designating a reproduction start position of the moving image based on a reference position of the moving image before the change of the position of the scene; and an identifying unit configured to identify a distance from the reference position to the reproduction start position changed by the change of the position of the scene, on the basis of the change information and the start information received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruko Sato
  • Patent number: 8475424
    Abstract: The disposable pull-on garment has a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region. The front and back regions are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings. The pull-on garment comprises a main portion, a side portion, and a waist portion. The side portion is disposed transversely outboard of the main portion. The waist portion comprises a center waist portion, an outer side waist portion, and an inner side waist portion. The contraction rate of the inner side waist portion is less than that of the center waist portion, and the contraction rate of the side portion longitudinally inboard of the inner side waist portion is greater than that of the inner side waist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenji Fujimoto, Haruko Sato, Masato Higaki, Toshiyuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Nakahata
  • Publication number: 20070287975
    Abstract: The disposable pull-on garment has a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the front region and the back region being joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings. The pull-on garment comprises a main portion, a side portion, and a waist portion. The side portion is disposed transversely outboard of the main portion. The waist portion comprises a center waist portion, an outer side waist portion, and an inner side waist portion. The center waist portion is disposed longitudinally outboard of the main portion. The outer side waist portion is disposed longitudinally outboard of the side portion, transversely outboard of the center waist portion, and contiguous with the seam. The inner side waist portion is disposed longitudinally outboard of the side portion, transversely inboard of the outer side waist portion, and transversely outboard of the center waist portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Kenji Fujimoto, Haruko Sato, Masato Higaki, Toshiyuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Nakahata