Patents by Inventor Hiroki Sato

Hiroki 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).

  • Publication number: 20250149309
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus disclosed herein includes a chamber, a substrate support, a plasma generator, at least one electromagnet, and a power source. The substrate support is provided in the chamber. The substrate support includes a first region on which a substrate is placeable and a second region which surrounds the first region and on which an edge ring is placed. The plasma generator is configured to generate a plasma in the chamber. The at least one electromagnet is configured to generate a magnetic field localized in an annular space above the edge ring. The power source is electrically connected to the at least one electromagnet and is configured to adjust a strength of the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki SATO, Yuki KAWADA, Akihiro YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20250093803
    Abstract: A sheet detection device includes a measurement unit for measuring a feature amount of a sheet conveyed by a conveyance unit, a pressing member movable between a first position separated from the measurement unit and a second position closer to the measurement unit than the first position, and a moving unit configured to move the pressing member, wherein the pressing member is arranged by the moving unit at the first position in a case where the measurement unit detects that the sheet has not been conveyed to a measurement position of the measurement unit, wherein the moving unit is configured to move the pressing member from the first position to the second position in a case where the measurement unit detects that the sheet has been conveyed to the measurement position of the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO OONUMA, KATSUHIDE KOGA, HIROKI SATO, NORIO NEGISHI, KAZUSA MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250093804
    Abstract: A sheet detection device includes a measurement unit for measuring a feature amount of a sheet conveyed by a conveyance unit, a pressing member movable between a first position separated from the measurement unit and a second position closer to the measurement unit than the first position, and a moving unit configured to move the pressing member, wherein the pressing member is arranged by the moving unit at the first position in a case where the sheet has not been conveyed by the conveyance unit to a measurement position of the measurement unit, wherein the moving unit is configured to move the pressing member to the second position from the first position in a case where the sheet has been conveyed by the conveyance unit to the measurement position of the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: KAZUSA MORIMOTO, TAKAHIRO OONUMA, HIROKI SATO, NORIO NEGISHI, KATSUHIDE KOGA
  • Publication number: 20250093802
    Abstract: A sheet detection device includes a measurement unit configured to measure a sheet, and a power supply voltage controller configured to control supply of a power supply voltage to the measurement unit, wherein the power supply voltage controller is configured to start supplying the power supply voltage to the measurement unit when receiving a notification indicating that a mode for performing sheet measurement is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: HIROKI SATO, KAZUSA MORIMOTO, NORIO NEGISHI, TAKAHIRO OONUMA, KATSUHIDE KOGA
  • Publication number: 20250093805
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a measurement unit for measuring a feature amount of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, a sheet detection sensor for detecting the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, a pressing member movable between a first position separated from the measurement unit and a second position closer to the measurement unit than the first position, a moving unit configured to move the pressing member, an image forming unit configured to form, based on a predetermined image forming condition, an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, and a controller, the controller is configured to stop conveyance of the sheet by the conveyance unit in a case where the sheet is detected by the sheet detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: KATSUHIDE KOGA, KAZUSA MORIMOTO, NORIO NEGISHI, HIROKI SATO, TAKAHIRO OONUMA
  • Patent number: 12246541
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid onto a medium, and a control unit configured to control the discharge of the liquid by the recording head based on recording data. The control unit is configured to execute a plurality of combined halftone processes, the combined halftone process being a combination of a plurality of halftone processes and the plurality of combined halftone processes being different from each other in mode of the combination of the plurality of halftone processes. When performing recording on the medium by executing a recording mode designated from among a plurality of the recording modes having different degrees of error in landing position of dots of the liquid on the medium, the control unit selects the combined halftone process and executes the selected combined halftone process to generate the recording data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Sato
  • Patent number: 12229089
    Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one processor configured to perform: receiving a selection operation from a user that selects one of a plurality of data types for a first data, the first data having a hierarchical structure, the plurality of data types being different from each other at least in terms of a way the first data is associated with a second data that is described at a different level in the hierarchical structure; and adapting the first data in accordance with the data type selected by the selection operation, and causing the adapted first data to be saved in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20250049868
    Abstract: A drug and a health food for suppressing gene mutations using nucleic acids and RNA. The drug or the health food contains a yeast extract and one or more components derived from a plant, fish, and a dairy product. The yeast extract is present as an active ingredient and particularly contains the RNA as an active ingredient. It does not inhibit DNA damage, but promotes an action of repairing damaged DNA or promotes an action of killing cells containing damaged DNA to suppress gene mutations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Keisuke KIRIYAMA, Kunio MATSUMOTO, Keita SUTOH, Katsuya SAKAI, Ryu IMAMURA, Hiroki SATO
  • Publication number: 20250053352
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select, based on a selection criterion, one or more first colorimetric regions in an image to be formed based on image data; an input/output control unit configured to receive a first user input for selecting one or more second colorimetric regions from the one or more first colorimetric regions selected by the selection unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job including information indicating the one or more second colorimetric regions and the image data, to an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventor: Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20250021746
    Abstract: A document creation support apparatus displays a subject document creation screen for creating a subject document and a reference document display screen for displaying a reference document to be used for creating the subject document, and in a case where a plurality of the reference documents are displayed on the reference document display screen, displays an overlapping part included in the reference document in a non-highlighted manner with respect to a non-overlapping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro MISAWA, Nobuya KITAMURA, Yukie SUGIYAMA, Hiroki SATO, Hirokazu YARIMIZU, Kohei ONODA
  • Patent number: 12199616
    Abstract: In a first correction process, a correction value T(0) is set as a median value between minimum and maximum correction values Tmin(0) and Tmax(0). A provisional adjustment value B=T(0)+Bini is input to the circuit section. A signal value output from the circuit section in accordance with the provisional adjustment value B is obtained by an A/D converter, and the magnitude relationship between the signal value and a target value is determined. When the signal value is smaller than the target value, a value that is smaller than the correction value T(0) by an error tolerance is set as a new minimum correction value Tmin(1). The median value between the minimum correction value Tmin(1) and the maximum correction value Tmax(1)=Tmax(0) is set as a next correction value T(1). In the next correction process, the provisional adjustment value B=T(1)+Bini is input to the circuit section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sato, Yasuhiko Sato, Hideki Yamazaki, Katsuaki Morishita
  • Patent number: 12187399
    Abstract: A propulsion device for a marine vessel includes an engine and a forward/reverse shifting mechanism. The direction of a propulsive force generated by the propulsion device is changed according to a shift position of the forward/reverse shifting mechanism. The shift position is changeable between a forward position and a reverse position via a neutral position. In response to a command signal based on an operation of a joystick or an operator, the shift position of the forward/reverse shifting mechanism and the engine are controlled. When the shift position of the forward/reverse shifting mechanism is changed from the neutral position to a position corresponding to a direction opposite to a travelling direction of the marine vessel, which is determined based on the speed of the marine vessel, a correction control is performed to increase an output of the engine based on the speed of the marine vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA KATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Hara, Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20240420923
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a bias power supply, a substrate support configured to support a substrate and an edge ring in the chamber, a plurality of first impedance adjusting mechanisms, and an electrical path. The substrate support includes a first region configured to support the substrate, a second region provided around the first region and configured to support the edge ring, a first bias electrode provided in the first region, a plurality of first impedance adjusting electrodes provided in the first region and grounded, and a second bias electrode provided in the second region. The plurality of first impedance adjusting mechanisms are configured to be respectively connected to the plurality of first impedance adjusting electrodes. The electrical path is configured to connect the bias power supply, the first bias electrode, and the second bias electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Manabu ISHIKAWA, Takumi IMAHASHI, Hiroki SATO
  • Patent number: 12168488
    Abstract: A steering holding determination device configured to determine whether a driver holds a steering member, the steering holding determination device including: a predicted value calculation unit configured to sequentially calculate a predicted value of a state quantity with reference to a steering torque and an actual measured value of the state quantity, the state quantity being related to a turning angle of a wheel; and a steering holding determination unit configured to determine whether the driver holds the steering member with reference to the predicted value calculated by the predicted value calculation unit and an actual measured value corresponding to the predicted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Fujimoto, Tatsuru Niihara, Yoshinori Kohno, Hiroki Sato, Shigeharu Shibahata, Daisuke Tsuga
  • Patent number: 12168486
    Abstract: A steering holding determination device configured to determine whether a driver holds a steering member, the steering holding determination device including: a predicted value calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted value of at least one of one or more state quantities related to steering of the steering member and one or more state quantities related to turning of a wheel; and a steering holding determination unit configured to determine whether the driver holds the steering member with reference to the predicted value calculated by the predicted value calculation unit and a variance of the predicted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Fujimoto, Tatsuru Niihara, Yoshinori Kohno, Hiroki Sato, Shigeharu Shibahata, Daisuke Tsuga
  • Patent number: 12163034
    Abstract: A silver ink including silver particles and a protective agent containing at least one amine compound dispersed in a dispersion medium containing, as a main solvent, a solvent having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of 40 mmHg or less and a vapor pressure at 70° C. of 0.09 mmHg or more, in an amount of 80% or more on a mass basis relative to the total dispersion medium. The amine compound has a mass average molecular weight of 115 or less, and the total amount of the amine compound is 1 part by weight or more and 14 parts by weight or less per 100 parts by weight of the silver particles. The silver ink has a moisture content of 500 ppm or more and 50,000 ppm or less and enables a practical metal film to be formed even through calcination at a low temperature of 70° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Ohshima, Yuichi Makita, Hiroki Sato, Noriaki Nakamura, Kenjiro Koshiji, Masato Kasuga, Hitoshi Kubo
  • Patent number: 12159070
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select, based on a selection criterion, one or more first colorimetric regions in an image to be formed based on image data; an input/output control unit configured to receive a first user input for selecting one or more second colorimetric regions from the one or more first colorimetric regions selected by the selection unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job including information indicating the one or more second colorimetric regions and the image data, to an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20240365669
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material is a polycrystalline material composed of a plurality of crystal grains and has a composition represented by formula (I): Mg3+mSbaBi2?a?cAc. In the formula (I), A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Se and Te, the value of m is greater than or equal to 0.01 and less than or equal to 0.5, the value of a is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.0, and the value of c is greater than or equal to 0.001 and less than or equal to 0.06. The thermoelectric conversion material has an Mg-rich region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yuriko KANEKO, Hiromasa TAMAKI, Tsutomu KANNO, Reiko HAGAWA, Hiroki SATO, Hyunjeong NAM
  • Patent number: 12117767
    Abstract: A second duct for guiding air outside an image forming apparatus A to a charging device includes: a first flow passage; a second flow passage bent from the first flow passage and extending in a direction orthogonal to a rotational direction and a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive drum, the second flow passage being provided with an outlet; and a plurality of flow dividing plates provided in the second flow passage, the plurality of flow dividing plates being disposed in parallel along the rotational axis direction and forming a third flow passage between the flow dividing plates adjacent to each other, in which a relationship between a length in the orthogonal direction and a length in the rotational axis direction of the third flow passage is a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuya Otsuka, Hiroki Sato, Ryuichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20240336763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal paste for forming a metal wiring containing a solid content of a silver particle and kneaded with a solvent. The solid content of the metal paste contains a silver particle having prescribed particle size distribution and average particle size, and using an amine compound as a protective agent. The solvent is a mixed solvent in which two organic solvents of a solvent A and a solvent B are mixed. The solvent A is dihydroterpineol or terpineol, and the solvent B is at least one organic solvent having a boiling point of 240° C. or more. The mixed solvent has a Hansen solubility parameter distance Ra from dihydroterpineol of 3.0 MPa1/2 or less. The metal paste further contains a high molecular weight ethyl cellulose as a first additive, and a polyvinyl acetal resin as a second additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki SATO, Yuki FUJITA, Teruhisa IWAI, Yuusuke OHSHIMA, Shuntaro TAKAHASHI, Shigeyuki OOTAKE