Patents by Inventor Hiromi Sato
Hiromi 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: 20240116709Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a loading/unloading part having a first side surface into or from which a container accommodating a substrate is loaded or unloaded and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface; a substrate transfer part extending in a first direction orthogonal to the second side surface; and a plurality of batch processors adjacent to each other in a length direction of the substrate transfer part. The loading/unloading part includes: a first transfer device and a second transfer device configured to transfer the container; a first area accessible to the first transfer device and having a plurality of first storage shelves configured to store the container, a second area accessible to the second transfer device and having a plurality of second storage shelves configured to store the container; and a movable shelf configured to be movable between the first area and the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Masato KADOBE, Hiromi NITADORI, Takahiro ABE, Junichi SATO
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Publication number: 20230311783Abstract: A mounting structure (X), comprising: a cover (5) provided on an inboard side of a pillar (P) of a vehicle, and having an opening (15) facing inboard; an illuminating device (9) configured to illuminate interior of the vehicle via the opening; and an imaging device (11) configured to capture an image of the interior of the vehicle via the opening, wherein the illuminating device and imaging device are provided with respective working ends facing the interior of the vehicle which are positioned one above and inboard of another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Kodai USUKI, Hiroyuki SUKIGARA, Tadayoshi IWASE, Hiromi SATO, Arata ISOBE, Yoshito TERAYAMA
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Patent number: 11653821Abstract: An endoscope includes a handle operation unit. The handle operation unit includes: an outer ring; a cam ring accommodated in the outer ring to rotate in accordance with rotation of the outer ring about a central axis and having a pair of guide holes; a pair of slide members accommodated in the respective guide holes and fixed to a force transmission member; and a support portion having a pair of slide grooves extending along a longitudinal direction of the endoscope, the support portion being accommodated in the cam ring to support the pair of slide members. The slide members slide in the respective slide grooves in accordance with the rotation of the outer ring. The field of view of the image-capturing unit is changed in accordance with sliding of the pair of slide members.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: NIREC CORPORATION, MIZUHO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Sumida, Hiromi Sato, Haruyasu Katahira, Ichiro Kitani
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Publication number: 20220386850Abstract: An endoscope includes a handle operation unit. The handle operation unit includes: an outer ring; a cam ring accommodated in the outer ring to rotate in accordance with rotation of the outer ring about a central axis and having a pair of guide holes; a pair of slide members accommodated in the respective guide holes and fixed to a force transmission member; and a support portion having a pair of slide grooves extending along a longitudinal direction of the endoscope, the support portion being accommodated in the cam ring to support the pair of slide members. The slide members slide in the respective slide grooves in accordance with the rotation of the outer ring. The field of view of the image-capturing unit is changed in accordance with sliding of the pair of slide members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicants: NIREC CORPORATION, MIZUHO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo SUMIDA, Hiromi SATO, Haruyasu KATAHIRA, Ichiro KITANI
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Patent number: 11443532Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a situation acquiring unit configured to acquire a situation of one movable object, and a storing execution unit configured to store a face image of an occupant on the one movable object, captured by an image-capturing unit mounted on the one movable object when the one movable object is in a predetermined situation, as a face image of the occupant with neutral facial expression is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Matsuo, Hisumi Esaki, Takashi Okada, Hiromi Sato
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Patent number: 11235723Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a camera that can capture an image of a vehicle occupant; and a state change unit that can change an image capturing state for the vehicle occupant by the camera to each of an image capturing permitted state where an image of the vehicle occupant is permitted to be captured and an image capturing limited state where capturing the image of the vehicle occupant is limited. The state change unit changes the image capturing state for each vehicle occupant.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Hiromi Sato, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Seungho Choi, Yuki Matsuura
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Patent number: 11220181Abstract: An operation control device includes a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle, a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image, a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and an operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Weifeng Zhang, Takashi Kusaka, Katsuya Ikenobu, Hiromi Sato
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Patent number: 10963064Abstract: A control device includes: a recognition unit that recognizes predetermined behavior of a user; an estimation unit that estimates a situation of the user on the basis of the predetermined behavior that is recognized by the recognition unit; an evaluation unit that evaluates certainty of an estimation result from the estimation unit; and an output unit that outputs to the control unit, an operation instruction in accordance with the certainty.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kota Saito, Yoshihiro Matsugi, Yuki Matsuura, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Hiromi Sato
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Publication number: 20210053440Abstract: An operation control device includes a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle, a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image, a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and an operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Weifeng Zhang, Takashi Kusaka, Katsuya Ikenobu, Hiromi Sato
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Patent number: 10870436Abstract: An operation assistance system includes: a motion recognition unit that recognizes predetermined motion of a hand of a vehicle occupant; a position recognition unit that recognizes a first relative position corresponding to a relative position of the hand of the vehicle occupant with respect to a first vehicle; a specifying unit that specifies a second on-vehicle device of a second vehicle that is operated by using an operation unit of the second vehicle provided at a second relative position that is a relative position with respect to the second vehicle and corresponds to the first relative position; and a control unit that assists an operation for a first on-vehicle device of the first vehicle, the first on-vehicle device including a function common with that of the second on-vehicle device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kota Saito, Yoshihiro Matsugi, Yuki Matsuura, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Hiromi Sato
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Publication number: 20200210735Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a situation acquiring unit configured to acquire a situation of one movable object, and a storing execution unit configured to store a face image of an occupant on the one movable object, captured by an image-capturing unit mounted on the one movable object when the one movable object is in a predetermined situation, as a face image of the occupant with neutral facial expression is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yoshikazu MATSUO, Hisumi ESAKI, Takashi OKADA, Hiromi SATO
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Publication number: 20200193197Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided, including: an emotion estimating unit configured to estimate an emotion of an occupant of a movable body based on an image of the occupant of the movable body captured by an image-capturing unit provided in the movable body; and an output control unit configured to perform control to output description information about a control operation performed by the movable body when the control operation performed by the movable body is a predetermined control operation and an emotion of the occupant estimated by the emotion estimating unit when the control operation is performed is surprise.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Yoshikazu MATSUO, Toshikatsu KURAMOCHI, Yusuke OI, Hiromi SATO
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Patent number: 10601009Abstract: An electric storage cell has an electric storage element and a covering film package. The covering film package houses the electric storage element and includes: a metal layer having a first principle face on the electric storage element side and a second principle face on the opposite side of the first principle face, an internal resin layer made of synthetic resin and laminated to the first principle face, and an external resin layer made of synthetic resin and laminated to the second principle face, with a slit formed at least in the external resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Tsuchiya, Hiromi Sato, Shinji Ishii
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Publication number: 20200047697Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a camera that can capture an image of a vehicle occupant; and a state change unit that can change an image capturing state for the vehicle occupant by the camera to each of an image capturing permitted state where an image of the vehicle occupant is permitted to be captured and an image capturing limited state where capturing the image of the vehicle occupant is limited. The state change unit changes the image capturing state for each vehicle occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Kenji OKUMA, Hiromi SATO, Yoshikazu MATSUO, Seungho CHOI, Yuki MATSUURA
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Patent number: 10553369Abstract: An electric storage cell has an electric storage element and a covering film package. The covering film package houses the electric storage element and includes: a metal layer having a first principle face on the electric storage element side and a second principle face on the opposite side of the first principle face, an internal resin layer laminated to the first principle face, and an external resin layer laminated to the second principle face, with a slit formed in the external resin layer; wherein the contact area further includes a non-seal area between the seal area and the electric storage element as viewed from above, wherein the seal area has a projecting area that penetrates into the non-seal area, and the slit is provided between the projecting area and the electric storage element as viewed from above.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Nagashima, Katsunori Yokoshima, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Hiromi Sato, Shinji Ishii
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Publication number: 20200031369Abstract: An operation assistance system includes: a motion recognition unit that recognizes predetermined motion of a hand of a vehicle occupant; a position recognition unit that recognizes a first relative position corresponding to a relative position of the hand of the vehicle occupant with respect to a first vehicle; a specifying unit that specifies a second on-vehicle device of a second vehicle that is operated by using an operation unit of the second vehicle provided at a second relative position that is a relative position with respect to the second vehicle and corresponds to the first relative position; and a control unit that assists an operation for a first on-vehicle device of the first vehicle, the first on-vehicle device including a function common with that of the second on-vehicle device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Kota SAITO, Yoshihiro MATSUGI, Yuki MATSUURA, Seungho CHOI, Yoshikazu MATSUO, Hiromi SATO
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Publication number: 20200026937Abstract: An information providing device can appropriately select how to provide information from the outside depending on the number of occupants in a vehicle. The information providing device includes an individual recognition function that recognizes the occupant in the vehicle, and performs individual recognition in the vehicle before the information is provided to the vehicle occupant. The vehicle includes the information providing device. In an information providing method, the individual recognition in the vehicle is performed prior to providing the occupant in the vehicle with the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Weifeng ZHANG, Hisumi ESAKI, Hiromi SATO, Yoshihiro MATSUGI, Yuki MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20190384410Abstract: A control device includes: a recognition unit that recognizes predetermined behavior of a user; an estimation unit that estimates a situation of the user on the basis of the predetermined behavior that is recognized by the recognition unit; an evaluation unit that evaluates certainty of an estimation result from the estimation unit; and an output unit that outputs to the control unit, an operation instruction in accordance with the certainty.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Kota SAITO, Yoshihiro MATSUGI, Yuki MATSUURA, Seungho CHOI, Yoshikazu MATSUO, Hiromi SATO
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Patent number: 10403871Abstract: An electric storage cell has an electric storage element and a covering film package. The covering film package houses the electric storage element and includes: a metal layer having a first principle face on the electric storage element side and a second principle face on the opposite side of the first principle face, an internal resin layer made of synthetic resin and laminated to the first principle face, and an external resin layer made of synthetic resin and laminated to the second principle face, with a slit formed at least in the external resin layer; wherein a stress mitigation part to mitigate any stress that tries to separate the internal resin layers that are contacting each other, and a stress concentration part where this stress concentrates, are provided between the slit and the electric storage element.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Tsuchiya, Hiromi Sato, Shinji Ishii
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Patent number: 10381171Abstract: An electric storage cell has an electric storage element and a covering body. The covering body houses the electric storage element and has a metal layer with a first principal face on the electric storage element side and a second principal face on the opposite side, an internal resin layer made of resin laminated onto the first principal face, and an external resin layer made of resin laminated onto the second principal face, with a groove part formed on the second principal face side of the metal layer. The above structures provides a highly reliable electric storage cell, covering film, and electric storage module capable of releasing the rising internal pressure safely in the event of abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi Sato, Tomofumi Akiba, Shinji Ishii, Katsunori Yokoshima