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).
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Publication number: 20250149309Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Hiroki SATO, Yuki KAWADA, Akihiro YOKOTA
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Patent number: 12295202Abstract: Provided are a foldable optical film with excellent impact resistance and with capability to improve design quality, and an image display device including the same. An aspect of the present invention provides a foldable optical film 10 with a front surface 10A and a back surface 10B opposite to the front surface 10A, wherein optical film 10 includes a hard coat layer 12, a resin layer 13, and a decorative layer 14; the hard coat layer 12 is located closer to the front surface 10A than the resin layer 13 and the decorative layer 14 in the optical film 10; and the resin layer 13 has a film thickness of 10 ?m or more, and the resin layer 13 has a Martens hardness of 1 MPa or more and 100 MPa or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa Ogawa, Keisuke Ebisu, Yousuke Kousaka, Jun Sato, Takahito Kawakami, Atsuhiro Kobayashi, Hiroki Matsushita
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Patent number: 12289826Abstract: A multilayer resin substrate includes insulating resin base material layers, and conductor patterns on at least one of the insulating resin base material layers. The conductor patterns include a ground conductor on a main surface of the insulating resin base material layers and extend into a frame shape or a planar shape, and the ground conductor includes openings. An aperture ratio of the openings in an outer peripheral portion of the ground conductor is less than an aperture ratio of the openings in an inner peripheral portion of the ground conductor.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takako Sato, Hiroki Maegawa
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Publication number: 20250132508Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire is formed by joining a terminal and a core wire exposed from an insulation sheath of an electric wire by method of ultrasonic joining, and the terminal includes a joining portion having a square shape or a round shape in plan view, to which a distal end portion of the core wire is joined. When the joining portion has a square shape, a longitudinal direction of the electric wire is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomoaki HAYAKAWA, Hiroki Kitagawa, Shotaro Shibata, Motohide Sato, Kengo Aoshima, Narumi Suzuki, Takashi Ishihara
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Publication number: 20250128549Abstract: A tire management device (10) includes: an information acquisition section (131) that acquires mounted position information indicating a mounted position of a tire on a vehicle (20) and mounted tire information that is information on the state of the tire including internal pressure; a determination section (132) that determines an abnormal internal pressure of the tire based on the mounted tire information; and a notification section (133) that outputs the mounted position and an abnormal internal pressure determination result of the tire that has been determined to have an abnormal internal pressure to a notification destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shuzo YANAGIDA, Daisuke SATO, Hiroki YASUDA, Takanori KARUBE, Shunsuke SENTOKU, Tomoaki MIYOSHI, Eri HARADA
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Publication number: 20250128378Abstract: A display device includes: a cutting point information acquisition unit acquiring cutting point information indicating a position of a cutting 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 acquiring a feature indicating a characteristic of machining, the feature being calculated corresponding to each of the tip points based on operational information that is information indicating an operational status of the machine tool, the tool trajectory, and the cutting point information; and a display unit displaying each of a plurality of the cutting points using an expression method indicating the feature corresponding to the cutting point based on the cutting point information and the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroki KANEKO, Go SATO
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Publication number: 20250127480Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reduces the clutter component, which results from the tissues, from a data row of the plurality of frames and estimates first-type blood flow information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi SATO, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Shoya SASAKI, Naoya IIZUKA
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Patent number: 12282061Abstract: The wafer test system includes: a prober including a chuck that holds a semiconductor wafer and a probe card having probe needles thereon, and brings the probe needles in contact with semiconductor chips formed on the semiconductor wafer to inspect the semiconductor chips; an overhead hoist transport that delivers the cassette that houses the plurality of semiconductor wafers to be inspected to the prober and withdraws, from the prober, the cassette that houses the semiconductor wafers that have been inspected; a conveying control unit that controls the overhead hoist transport to convey the probe card between a replacement position of the probe card predetermined in the prober and a storage of the probe card located in a place different from the prober; and a card conveying mechanism that conveys the probe card between a holding position in the prober and the replacement position.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Yuta Sato, Naoki Kasai, Naoyuki Yamazoe, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Kazuma Takii, Teppei Aoki, Wataru Kawasaki, Hiroki Ishida, Yasuhito Iguchi
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Patent number: 12275398Abstract: A surrounding environment recognition device recognizes a surrounding environment around a vehicle. A traveling control unit centrally controls a whole of the entire vehicle. An obstacle presumer presumes presence of an obstacle ahead of the vehicle based on a behavior distribution of preceding vehicles recognized by the surrounding environment recognition device, and estimates a position and an area where the obstacle is present when the presence of the obstacle is presumed. A traveling path calculator calculates candidates for traveling path areas along which the vehicle is expected to travel while avoiding collision with the presumed obstacle. A traveling path selector selects a traveling path area from among the calculated traveling path areas and sets the selected traveling path area. The traveling control unit controls the vehicle to travel along the set traveling path area.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Kuramochi, Shota Yasuda, Shigeki Mukai, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Wataru Munemura, Seiya Sato, Hiroki Maniwa
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Patent number: 12276841Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicing method for performing fusion splicing through positioning of optical fibers to be spliced in a V-groove is provided. The optical fiber fusion splicing method includes pressing the optical fibers placed in the V-groove relatively toward the V-groove using a clamp, varying a clamp pressure of the clamp pressing the optical fibers, and moving the optical fibers placed in the V-groove with respect to the V-groove in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Akiyama, Makoto Miyamori, Kazuyoshi Ooki, Ryosuke Meo, Ryuichiro Sato, Hiroshi Takayanagi
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Patent number: 12269469Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus to be applied to a vehicle executes at least emergency braking control for avoiding collision of the vehicle with a recognized object. The vehicle drive assist apparatus includes a surrounding environment recognition device and a traveling control unit. The surrounding environment recognition device includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding environment around the vehicle, and a feature information acquirer that acquires feature information of a target object in the recognized surrounding environment. The traveling control unit centrally controls the entire vehicle. The traveling control unit includes a determiner that determines, based on the acquired feature information, whether the target object has a possibility of hindering traveling of the vehicle. The traveling control unit continues normal traveling control for the vehicle when the target object is determined to have no possibility of hindering the traveling of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Seiya Sato, Shota Yasuda, Shigeki Mukai, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Wataru Munemura, Hiroaki Kuramochi, Hiroki Maniwa
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Publication number: 20250110016Abstract: An inspection method of an optical fiber ribbon where a plurality of optical fibers are intermittently connected in a longitudinal direction through a connecting resin in a state where the optical fibers are arranged in parallel, the inspection method includes a step of irradiating a surface of the optical fiber ribbon where the connecting resin is provided with light from a light source while causing the optical fiber ribbon to travel in the longitudinal direction, and causing an imaging device to acquire an image based on reflected light that is emitted from the light source and reflected from the surface; and a step of detecting a position of the connecting resin based on the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Fumiaki SATO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Tatsuya KUROKI, Yoshiki SONOYAMA, Reo AMANO, Kenji KAWAI, Kounan SHIN, Satoshi YOSHIKAWA, Itaru SAKABE
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Publication number: 20250110017Abstract: An inspection method of an optical fiber ribbon where a plurality of colored optical fibers are intermittently connected in a longitudinal direction through a connecting resin in a state where the optical fibers are arranged in parallel, the inspection method includes a step of irradiating a surface of the optical fiber ribbon with light from a light source while causing the optical fiber ribbon to travel in the longitudinal direction, and causing an imaging device to acquire a two-dimensional color image based on scattered light that is emitted from the light source and scattered from the surface of the optical fiber ribbon; and a step of specifying colors and positions of the optical fibers based on the color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Tatsuya KUROKI, Yoshiki SONOYAMA, Fumiaki SATO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Reo AMANO, Kenji KAWAI, Kounan SHIN, Satoshi YOSHIKAWA, Itaru SAKABE
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Patent number: 12263265Abstract: A handrail disinfection system for vehicle with handrail is mounted on a vehicle having handrail for grasping by an occupant. The handrail disinfection system includes a tank to store disinfectant solution, an exudation part provided on the handrail, an actuator for exuding the disinfectant solution stored in the tank from the exudation part, and a controller for controlling the actuator. At least one processor included in the controller executes upon execution of at least one program, performing a disinfecting process in which the actuator is controlled to exude the disinfectant solution from the exudation part to a surface of the handrail when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Izu, Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20250106548Abstract: Electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first sound-emitting component provided at a first side in a left-right direction of the housing and having multiple sound-emitting elements whose main sound-emitting directions differ from each other, and a second sound-emitting component provided at a second side in the left-right direction of the housing and having multiple sound-emitting elements whose main sound-emitting directions differ from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, So SATO
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Publication number: 20250106551Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument includes a housing, a keyboard provided in connection with the housing and aligned in a left-right direction of the housing, a sound-emitting component provided inside the housing, and a reflector comprising a reflection surface configured to reflect sound from the sound-emitting component and provided at an upper portion of the housing inside the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: So SATO, Hiroki AKAI
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Patent number: 12258534Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a viscosity-index improving agent having an excellent friction reduction effect to reduce friction of a lubricating oil composition when the viscosity-index improving agent is added thereto. The present also aims to provide a lubricating oil composition containing the viscosity-index improving agent. The present invention relates to, for example, a viscosity-index improving agent containing: (co)polymer (A) containing, as an essential constituent monomer, a polyolefin-based monomer (a) represented by the following formula (1); an ester oil (B1) having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1.00 to 2.50 mm2/s; and an ester oil (B2) having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.51 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Naito, Satoshi Matsumoto, Masahiro Hashimoto, Kenyuu Yoshida, Hiroki Yamashita, Ryota Sato
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Publication number: 20250093805Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: KATSUHIDE KOGA, KAZUSA MORIMOTO, NORIO NEGISHI, HIROKI SATO, TAKAHIRO OONUMA
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Publication number: 20250093803Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: TAKAHIRO OONUMA, KATSUHIDE KOGA, HIROKI SATO, NORIO NEGISHI, KAZUSA MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20250093802Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: HIROKI SATO, KAZUSA MORIMOTO, NORIO NEGISHI, TAKAHIRO OONUMA, KATSUHIDE KOGA