Patents by Inventor Hideaki Watanabe

Hideaki Watanabe 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: 20230140031
    Abstract: There is provided a sensor attachment structure for a straddle-type vehicle including: a sensor unit including a sensor configured to detect a state of a tire; and a fender formed along an outer surface shape of an upper portion of the tire. The sensor unit is attached to a rear portion of the fender and faces the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki WATANABE, Makoto SATOU
  • Patent number: 11545695
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer. The solid electrolyte layer separates the positive electrode layer from the negative electrode layer. The positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, an oxide-based lithium ion conductor, and a sulfide-based solid electrolyte. A cross section of the positive electrode layer satisfies a relational expression (1): 3%?SB/SA?30%. In the relational expression (1), “SA” represents a partial area of the oxide-based lithium ion conductor that is in contact with the positive electrode active material, and “SB” represents a partial area of the oxide-based lithium ion conductor that is surrounded by the sulfide-based solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220351600
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs a process of detecting, as sensing information, information that indicates an operation status of a device, and a process of judging, when the sensing information has been detected, by referring to a storage unit that stores therein response content associated with the sensing information, whether to notify a user of the operation status of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, YOSHINORI MAEDA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220293010
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that generate second setting information related to a first setting item and a second setting item different from the first setting item of a second object used by the user based on first setting information related to the first setting item of a first object acquired when the user uses the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: HIDEAKI WATANABE, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA, HIROAKI OGAWA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, JUNYA SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220223167
    Abstract: A device and a method capable of performing audio recognition based on clear user speech by removing an external apparatus output sound from audio input through the audio input unit are realized. The device includes a user spoken voice extraction unit that extracts a user spoken voice from a microphone input sound. The user spoken voice extraction unit analyzes a sound source direction of an input sound, determines whether the input sound includes an external apparatus output sound on the basis of sound source directions of external apparatus output sounds recorded in a database, and removes a sound signal corresponding to a feature amount, for example, a frequency characteristic of the external apparatus output sound recorded in the database, from the input sound to extract a user spoken voice from which the external apparatus output sound has been removed upon determining that the input sound includes the external apparatus output sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: AKIRA TAKAHASHI, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, EMIRO TSUNOO, YUKI TAKEDA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, KAN KURODA, AKIRA FUKUI, HIDEAKI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220200046
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery capable of decreasing the heating value. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and the cathode layer includes a complex cathode active material containing a spinel type active material, and a lithium oxide layer coating a surface of the spinel type active material; and a halide solid electrolyte containing an X element wherein X is a halogen, as a main component of an anion, and the anode layer includes a Si based anode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11357144
    Abstract: A component supply device includes a transport path that guides a component connected body from a component insertion port on an upstream side in a component feeding direction to a component supply position on a downstream side, the component connected body including a plurality of axial components arranged and connected at a predetermined pitch, the plurality of axial components each having a lead, and a feed mechanism that pitch-feeds the component connected body along the transport path to the downstream side. The feed mechanism includes a feed member which has a plurality of feed hooks disposed at the predetermined pitch along the component feeding direction, a rotating shaft which is connected to one end side of the feed member, and a moving mechanism which is connected to the feed member through the rotating shaft and reciprocates the rotating shaft along the component feeding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Watanabe, Dai Yokoyama, Shigeki Imafuku, Yosuke Nagasawa, Satoshi Matsuoka, Kazuo Nagae
  • Publication number: 20220141283
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko TOTSUKA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Yuki TAKEDA, Kan KURODA, Yoshinori MAEDA, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Kazuya TATEISHI, Chie KAMADA, Emiru TSUNOO, Akira FUKUI, Hideaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220122604
    Abstract: Information equipment includes: a reception unit that receives control information to control an operation of the information equipment; a detection unit that detects a living body located around the information equipment and detects a distance between the information equipment and the living body; and a determination unit that determines a response to the control information on the basis of the information detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Chie KAMADA, Hiroaki OGAWA, Emiru TSUNOO, Noriko TOTSUKA, Kazuya TATEISHI, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori MAEDA, Hideaki WATANABE, Akira FUKUI, Kan KURODA, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220122600
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method capable of improving the convenience of voice operation. Provided is an information processing device including a control unit configured to perform control for giving an instruction on a function corresponding to an utterance for an operating apparatus that can operate an operation target apparatus having a function corresponding to the utterance on the basis of operation information regarding the operating apparatus that operates the operation target apparatus in a case where the utterance is made by the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a dedicated apparatus that can control a plurality of operating apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya TATEISHI, Hiroaki OGAWA, Noriko TOTSUKA, Chie KAMADA, Yuichiro KOYAMA, Emiru TSUNOO, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yuki TAKEDA, Yoshinori MAEDA, Hideaki WATANABE, Akira FUKUI, Kan KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220108693
    Abstract: A response processing device includes a reception unit configured to receive input information being information that triggers generation of a response by an information device, a presentation unit configured to present to a user each of the responses generated by a plurality of the information devices for the input information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit user's reaction to the presented responses, to the plurality of information devices. For example, the reception unit receives the voice information from the user, as the input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHINORI MAEDA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA, HIROAKI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220101850
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable intuitive voice operation. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology presents first information indicating that voice input for voice operation is possible and second information representing a domain of utterance in which voice operation is possible in response to an occurrence of a predetermined state transition, and performs voice recognition for voice input by a user. The present technology can be applied to various apparatuses equipped with a voice assistant function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: AKIRA FUKUI, HIROAKI OGAWA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220075881
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a behavior detector that detects a behavior performed by a user when the user makes a request to an information providing apparatus with respect to information from the user, and a response determination section that determines a response to be made by the information providing apparatus to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: YUICHIRO KOYAMA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, EMIRU TSUNOO, NORIKO TOTSUKA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAN KURODA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, YOSHINORI MAEDA, AKIRA FUKUI, HIDEAKI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220076671
    Abstract: An information processing terminal according to the present disclosure includes a control unit (100) that performs a process of transmitting inquiry information on a specific device to a server on the basis of a spoken content of a user or a state of the specific device that is voluntarily collected, a process of outputting answer information when receiving, from the server, the answer information based on an answer database in which answer information prepared in advance is registered, and a process of making an inquiry to an operator with respect to the inquiry information if the answer information is not detected in the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: EMIRU TSUNOO, HIROAKI OGAWA, CHIE KAMADA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, NORIKO TOTSUKA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, YUKI TAKEDA, YOSHINORI MAEDA, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, KAN KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220051679
    Abstract: A control section performs control to give notification of information regarding a previous dialogue on the basis of each status of participants in dialogue. For example, the information regarding the previous dialogue includes information regarding a significant word extracted from a speech of the previous dialogue. In this case, the information regarding the previous dialogue further includes, for example, additional information related to the significant word. For example, when one of utterers currently in dialogue makes an utterance indicative of intention to call up information, the control section perform control to give notification of the information regarding a previous dialogue in which all utterers currently in dialogue participated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: KAN KURODA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, CHIE KAMADA, YUKI TAKEDA, KAZUYA TATEISHI, YUICHIRO KOYAMA, EMIRU TSUNOO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI WATANABE, AKIRA FUKUI, YOSHINORI MAEDA, HIROAKI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220008549
    Abstract: Desired is development of novel CDN derivatives having STING agonist activity; and a therapeutic agents and/or therapeutic methods using the novel CDN derivatives for diseases associated with STING agonist activity. Further desired is development of a therapeutic agents and/or therapeutic methods capable of delivering the novel CDN derivatives specifically to targeted cells and organs for diseases associated with STING agonist activity. The present invention provides novel CDN derivatives having potent STING agonist activity, and antibody-CDN derivative conjugates including the novel CDN derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshifumi TSUDA, Toshiki TABUCHI, Hideaki WATANABE, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Masayuki ISHIZAKI, Kyoko HARA, Teiji WADA, Masami ARAI
  • Patent number: 11202374
    Abstract: A method of mounting a component includes an approaching step of causing the pair of clamping members to approach each other with the first body of the first component disposed between the paired clamping members, a clamping step of clamping the first component, and a mounting step of moving the pair of clamping members clamping the first component to the substrate and pressing out the first component clamped by the pair of clamping members with the pusher for mounting on the substrate, when the clamping members mount the first component on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Watanabe, Dai Yokoyama, Shigeki Imafuku, Yosuke Nagasawa, Yew Song Danny Ng, Yet Ling Loh
  • Publication number: 20210384483
    Abstract: An electrode slurry is prepared by mixing at least an electrode active material, a sulfide solid electrolyte, a binder, and an organic solvent. The electrode slurry is coated on a surface of a substrate to manufacture an electrode. The electrode active material includes a lithium compound. The binder includes a fluorine-containing polymer. During the preparation of the electrode slurry, the variation range of a potential difference between a pH response electrode and a reference electrode in the electrode slurry is maintained within a predetermined reference range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Hideaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210238316
    Abstract: This photocurable resin composition contains a polymer cross-linked material (A) and a polymeric material (B), wherein the polymer cross-linked material (A) contains urethane(meth)acrylate, and the polymeric material (B) contains a polyurethane resin that includes a structure derived from polycarbonate polyols and that does not have an acrylic group. This photocurable resin composition has excellent high-temperature adhesion. The urethane(meth)acrylate in the polymer cross-linked material (A) preferably includes a structure derived from polycarbonate polyols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya TAKIGAWA, Hideaki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11006560
    Abstract: A component mounting device configured to mount an axial component on a substrate, comprising: a movable forming-die; a fixed forming-die; a mounting head; and a distance adjustment portion, wherein the distance adjustment portion makes an adjustment such that when the movable forming-die delivers the axial component to the mounting head the distance between the claws is larger than a distance of the fixed forming-die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Watanabe, Dai Yokoyama, Shigeki Imafuku, Yosuke Nagasawa, Satoshi Matsuoka, Kazuo Nagae