Patents by Inventor Hideki Kato
Hideki Kato 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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Publication number: 20250000350Abstract: The imaging device of the present invention is an imaging device including a pixel array in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements that perform photoelectric conversion are disposed in a matrix, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements of a plurality of pixels adjacent in a column direction share a floating diffusion that accumulates photoelectrically converted charge, vertical signal lines that output signals based on the charge accumulated in the floating diffusion to the outside are wired to each column of the pixel array, a column selection signal line that transmits a selection control signal selecting one of a plurality of vertical signal lines adjacent in a row direction is wired within a region of the pixel array, and one column processing circuit that processes the signal is provided for the plurality of vertical signal lines selected by the selection control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Katsumi Hosogai, Masashi Saito, Hideki Kato
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Patent number: 12173767Abstract: A coil spring jig includes a spring support portion where one end of a coil spring is capable of being placed, a plurality of displacement regulating portions extending along an axis of the coil spring from the spring support portion with the coil spring supported by the spring support portion as a reference, capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the coil spring, and regulating displacement of the coil spring in a radial direction of the coil spring, and a lid portion supported by the displacement regulating portions and capable of keeping the coil spring in a compressed state by sandwiching the coil spring together with the spring support portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokatsu Kameda, Toshihiro Ogawa, Shinji Kasatori, Atsushi Murakami, Hideki Kato, Kenji Nagaoka
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Patent number: 12156926Abstract: The present invention provides a topical composition for a nanobubble cosmetic with which functional properties required by various types of cosmetic products can be improved. The present invention is a topical composition for a nanobubble cosmetic to be used in a container equipped with a device mechanism for generating nanobubbles, the topical composition containing a polyoxypropylene diglyceryl ether and ethoxydiglycol, or containing hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof, or containing ethanol and menthol or a derivative thereof, or containing sorbitol and glycerin, or containing phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, or containing glycereth-26, or containing hydrogenated lecithin and polysorbate 20, or containing ethanol and polysorbate 20.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TOA Inc.Inventors: Hideki Kato, Takeo Yoneda, Seiki Hori, Hideki Nishiura, Takahito Nakai
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Patent number: 12097591Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a coil spring and for determining a propelling condition for a shot medium. In a case where it is confirmed that the coating film remains in a third step, at least one or more of conditions of the shot peening treatment including a propelling speed of the shot medium, a propelling time of the shot medium, a material of the shot medium, and an average particle diameter of the shot medium are changed and the second step and the third step are repeated until the coating film does not remain. In a case where it is confirmed that the coating film does not remain in the third step, the condition of the shot peening treatment in the second step in which the coil spring is obtained with no remaining coating film is determined as the propelling condition for the shot medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokatsu Kameda, Toshihiro Ogawa, Shinji Kasatori, Hideki Kato, Keiichi Maekawa, Kentaro Tokita, Kenji Nagaoka, Atsushi Murakami
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Publication number: 20240147058Abstract: A first power source voltage transferred from a control unit by a power source line is input to an imaging device as a second power source voltage. The imaging device generates a first voltage in a first period and generates a second voltage in a second period. The imaging device generates a reference voltage. The imaging device outputs a first signal indicating the first voltage and the reference voltage to a video signal line and outputs a second signal indicating the second voltage and the reference voltage to the video signal line. An amount of current consumption in the imaging device in the first period is less than an amount of current consumption in the imaging device in the second period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Hideki Kato
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Publication number: 20240025196Abstract: A method of transfer printing on a tatami mat cover includes a printing step for performing printing on an intermediate transfer medium using a color ink composition containing a sublimable dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and a transfer step for transferring the print on the intermediate transfer medium to a tatami mat cover, wherein the transfer step is performed under conditions of a heating temperature of from 170° C. to 180° C., a pressure of from 0.5 kg/cm2 to 0.6 kg/cm2, and a heating time of from 60 seconds to 180 seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Hideki KATO, Mugio KAWASAKI, Masahiro OGIHARA, Yusuke KATO, Nobuyuki FUJIMORI
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Publication number: 20230293394Abstract: The present invention provides a topical composition for a nanobubble cosmetic with which functional properties required by various types of cosmetic products can be improved. The present invention is a topical composition for a nanobubble cosmetic to be used in a container equipped with a device mechanism for generating nanobubbles, said topical composition containing a polyoxypropylene diglyceryl ether and ethoxydiglycol, or containing hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof, or containing ethanol and menthol or a derivative thereof, or containing sorbitol and glycerin, or containing phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, or containing glycereth-26, or containing hydrogenated lecithin and polysorbate 20, or containing ethanol and polysorbate 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NIHON KOLMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki KATO, Takeo YONEDA, Seiki HORI, Hideki NISHIURA, Takahito NAKAI
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Publication number: 20230016208Abstract: In a case where the coating film is confirmed to remain in a third step, at least one or more of conditions of the shot peening treatment including a propelling speed of the shot medium, a propelling time of the shot medium, a material of the shot medium, and an average particle diameter of the shot medium are changed and the second step and the third step are repeated until the coating film does not remain In a case where the coating film is not confirmed to remain in the third step, the condition of the shot peening treatment in the second step in which the coil spring is obtained with no remaining coating film is determined as the propelling condition for the shot medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokatsu KAMEDA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Shinji KASATORI, Hideki KATO, Keiichi MAEKAWA, Kentaro TOKITA, Kenji NAGAOKA, Atsushi MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230014164Abstract: A coil spring jig includes a spring support portion where one end of a coil spring is capable of being placed, a plurality of displacement regulating portions extending along an axis of the coil spring from the spring support portion with the coil spring supported by the spring support portion as a reference, capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the coil spring, and regulating displacement of the coil spring in a radial direction of the coil spring, and a lid portion supported by the displacement regulating portions and capable of keeping the coil spring in a compressed state by sandwiching the coil spring together with the spring support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokatsu KAMEDA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Shinji KASATORI, Atsushi MURAKAMI, Hideki KATO, Kenji NAGAOKA
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Patent number: 11516420Abstract: An imaging system includes a camera unit and a main body. A clock detection circuit is configured to detect a first clock signal of the camera unit from first digital data transmitted from the camera unit. A phase comparator is configured to generate second digital data that represent a difference between a phase of the first clock signal and a phase of a second clock signal of the main body. A second communicator is configured to perform communication in a second direction in which the second digital data are transmitted to the camera unit in a blanking period. A first clock generation circuit is configured to generate the first clock signal synchronized with the second clock signal on the basis of the second digital data.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideki Kato
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Patent number: 11487485Abstract: An advertisement system has a printer and a posting server that can communicate with the printer. The advertisement system uses the printer to issue a flyer on which advertisement images are printed. The posting server acquires a plurality of advertisement images of different advertisers, and selects a plurality of advertisement images from the plurality of acquired advertisement images according to a distribution period for the flyer, the distribution period being set for each acquired advertisement image. The posting server then creates print data involved in printing the plurality of selected advertisement images, and transmits the created print data to the printer. The printer receives the print data created by the posting server. To issue the flyer, the printer executes printing according to the received print data.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hideki Kato, Kan Matsuda, Tomomi Miyasaka
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Publication number: 20220142165Abstract: A compound of formula (I) (in the formula (I), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group or the like, Y represents an oxygen atom or NH, A1 represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, or NR4, R4 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, A2 is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, X represents a substituent, n represents the chemically acceptable number of X, and is an integer of 0 to 3, and, when n is 2 or more, X may be identical to or different from each other), or a salt thereof is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya KOUBORI, Syuichi ITO, Tetsuo TAMAI, Hiroaki KOYAMA, Tatsuhiro KAWASAKI, Takayuki FUJII, Shigeki NISHINO, Shinya WATANABE, Hideki KATO, Mikiko KUNISHIMA, Shinya UESUSUKI, Juri NOMURA, Hiroshi SANO, Tomoyuki SAIGA
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Patent number: 11242029Abstract: A seat belt device includes a buckle provided on a side portion of a seat for a vehicle, and configured such that a tongue plate is inserted into the buckle; a buckle force limiter mechanism connected to the buckle via a connecting member having an elongate shape, the buckle force limiter mechanism being configured to allow the buckle to move in a pulling direction when a tensile load equal to or larger than a predetermined tensile load is applied to the buckle; and a case covering the connecting member from an inner side in a seat width direction, the case having a corner at an upper end portion of the case, the corner facing the connecting member, and the corner having an arc shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki SeisakushoInventors: Daiki Furukawa, Yusuke Hirao, Yasuaki Kosugi, Shigekazu Imanaka, Hideki Kato, Katsuya Shimazu, Yoshio Mizuno, Shigeru Kotama, Hikaru Ikefuji
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Patent number: 11055036Abstract: An advertisement system includes a distribution member computer that causes a printer to print the test image data received from a posting server and transmits read data obtained by reading an image of a printed matter obtained by printing test image data by the printer to a posting server, and the posting server including an evaluation unit that evaluates printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data and a decision unit that determines whether to distribute the advertisement data to the distribution member computer based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hideki Kato, Kan Matsuda, Tomomi Miyasaka
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Publication number: 20210174283Abstract: An advertisement system that issues a leaflet by a distributor printer of the distributor who distributes the leaflet on which an advertisement image is printed includes a processing unit that causes a same model printer whose model is the same as a model of the distributor printer to issue, as a sample of the leaflet, a print sample on which the advertisement image is printed, and that transmits a requests for delivering the print sample issued by the same model printer to an advertiser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Tomoyuki KURATA, Hideki KATO, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210166191Abstract: In an advertisement system that issues a leaflet using a printer of a distributor who distributes a leaflet, the advertisement system includes a server storage unit that stores distributor information about a distributor, a reception unit that receives, from an advertiser, an advertisement request including a distribution condition related to a distribution of the leaflet, an identification unit that identifies the distributor who satisfies the distribution condition included in the advertisement request received by the reception unit based on the distributor information stored in the server storage unit, and a server communication unit that transmits, to the printer of the distributor identified by the identification unit, print data instructing issuance of the leaflet based on the advertisement request received by the reception unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Tomoyuki KURATA, Hideki KATO, Yoshiaki SHIBASAKI, Tomomi MIYASAKA, Kan MATSUDA
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Patent number: 11021165Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving state detection portion that detects a driving state of a vehicle by a driver; an environment detection portion that detects an environment in which the vehicle travels; an emotion detection portion that detects the driver's emotion or change in emotion; a characteristic estimation portion that estimates the drivers characteristic with respect to the vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the environment detected by the environment detection portion, and the driver's emotion or change in emotion during the driving; and a change portion that changes setting of various control in the vehicle on the basis of the driver's characteristic estimated by the characteristic estimation portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Noguchi, Ryuichi Nagai, Hideki Kato, Yuki Tsuda, Atsushi Ito
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Patent number: D1019768Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki Isobe, Manabu Kawahara, Hideki Kato
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Patent number: D1025204Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Kaminaga, Hideki Kato, Manabu Kawahara
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Patent number: D1043814Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki Isobe, Manabu Kawahara, Hideki Kato