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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20250076243
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement device that measures a specimen using a sheet-shaped sensor. The measurement device includes: a main body portion in which an insertion port into which the sensor is inserted is formed and a measurement unit that executes measurement related to the specimen is provided; and a movable portion that is movable with respect to the main body portion in a direction along a sheet surface of the sensor in a state of being inserted into the insertion port, and is movable between a storage position and an extension position where an area of the main body portion in planar view is increased more than an area when the movable portion is disposed at the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki ARIMA, Oki SATO, Shun NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20250073720
    Abstract: A measuring device, which measures a specimen by using a sheet-shaped sensor, includes: a housing; a guiding surface which is one end surface of the housing and which is surrounded by peripheral edges; and an insertion port which is formed in the guiding surface at a position that is distant from all of the peripheral edges, and into which the sensor is inserted, wherein the guiding surface is recessed continuously from the peripheral edges toward the insertion port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki ARIMA, Oki SATO, Shun NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20250067335
    Abstract: A traveling device (11) is provided with a cylindrical spindle (12), a rotation shaft (14) that is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the spindle (12) and is rotated by a traveling motor (13), a wheel attaching cylinder (16) that is rotatably disposed on an outer peripheral side of the spindle (12) and to which a wheel (7) is attached and in the inside of which the lubricating oil (L) is accommodated, a gear reduction mechanism (21) that decelerates the rotation of the rotation shaft (14) and transmits the decelerated rotation to the wheel attaching cylinder (16), a retainer (42) that is provided with a bearing fitting hole (42A) and is disposed on the inner peripheral side of the spindle (12), and a bearing (44) that is attached to the retainer (42) and supports the rotation shaft (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Akinori KONDO, Takeshi SHINOHARA, Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Daisuke TAKESHITA, Yuutarou IWABUCHI, Takahiro SATO
  • Patent number: 12233957
    Abstract: A vehicle with an improved front aerodynamic characteristic includes a front exterior member disposed on a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. The front exterior member includes a front inlet port, a funnel member, and a specially processed surface. The front inlet port is formed in the front exterior member. The front inlet port is configured to draw in an airflow in front of the front exterior member. The funnel member is formed around the front inlet port. The specially processed surface is formed on an inner surface of the funnel member, and has recesses that are arrayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Aoyanagi, Hideki Hata, Masaya Sato
  • Publication number: 20250063796
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a first electrode; a first semiconductor region of a first conductive type provided on the first electrode; a second semiconductor region of a second conductive type provided on the first semiconductor region; a third semiconductor region of a first conductive type provided on the second semiconductor region; a gate electrode provided in the second semiconductor region via a gate insulating film; a contact portion having a first portion and a second portion; and a second electrode electrically connected to the contact portion. The first portion is aligned with the third semiconductor region and a part of the second semiconductor region, and the second portion is provided at a lower end of the first portion and has a width larger than a width of the first portion at an upper end of the third semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroki NEMOTO, Tsuyoshi KACHI, Hiroaki KATOU, Kazuyuki SATO, Toshifumi NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250058420
    Abstract: A machining defect analysis device includes: a cutting point information acquisition unit that acquires cutting point information indicating a position of a cutting point that is a point at which a tool attached to a machine tool cuts a workpiece, the cutting point corresponding to each of a plurality of tip points included in a tool trajectory that is information indicating a movement path of the tip point of the tool; a feature acquisition unit that acquires a feature indicating a characteristic of machining, the feature being calculated corresponding to each of the plurality of tip points; and a machining defect analysis unit that identifies, based on the cutting point information and the feature, a machining defect region in which a machining defect of the workpiece occurs and a cause of the machining defect in the machining defect region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Go SATO, Hiroki KANEKO
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 12220732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate cleaning system and a substrate cleaning method for cleaning a substrate. The substrate cleaning system (50) includes a heater (51), a chemical-liquid diluting module (52), and a cleaning module. A temperature of the diluted-chemical-liquid mixed by the chemical-liquid diluting module (52) is determined to be higher than normal a temperature and lower than a glass transition point of a cleaning member. The cleaning member scrubs the substrate (W) with the diluted chemical liquid having the determined temperature supplied to the substrate (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takahashi, Kohei Sato, Koichi Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20250035530
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a vision sensor that has a plurality of pixels, each outputting an event signal in an asynchronous manner according to a luminance change of an incident light, a cluster forming unit that forms, as a cluster, a point group of events generated by identical target particles on the basis of an event signal input in a predetermined period, a feature amount calculating unit that calculates the feature amount of the cluster, and a cluster classifying unit that classifies the cluster on the basis of the feature amount calculated by the feature amount calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu TAKATSUKA, Hidehito SATO, Hiroki TETSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250038558
    Abstract: A power source apparatus includes: an auxiliary power source; and a control circuit configured to control charging and discharging of the auxiliary power source. The control circuit is configured to, after completion of the initial check, charge the auxiliary power source after waiting for traveling preparation of the vehicle to be completed. The control circuit is configured to, after the completion of the initial check, charge the auxiliary power source when both of a first condition and a second condition are satisfied even before the completion of the traveling preparation of the vehicle. The first condition is a condition in which an amount of elapsed time from when the initial check is completed is equal to or more than a time threshold. The second condition is a condition in which voltage across the auxiliary power source is less than a voltage threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokuaki HIBINO, Fumihiko SATO, Hiroki NITTA, Kohei OTA, Takumi MIO, Daiki INABA, Atsushi SATOU, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Yasushi HORA
  • Publication number: 20250030087
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery case, battery cells, and coolant jackets. A cell joined body formed of the battery cells joined in a row and the coolant jacket are alternately arranged in surface contact with each other in a first direction. Each coolant jacket is connected to coolant circulation pipes provided on both sides in a second direction. At least apart of the coolant jackets is a reinforcing plate-type coolant jacket configured such that upper parts of both end parts in the second direction of the reinforcing plate-type coolant jacket are extended and are joined to upper parts of end plates of the battery case while avoiding the coolant circulation pipes to enhance a rigidity of the battery case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio SATO, Hiroki MAEMOTO, Masashi MACHIDA, Koichiro KINUGAWA
  • 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: 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: 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