Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi 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).

  • Publication number: 20230177597
    Abstract: An information processing system according to the present disclosure includes an owner terminal, a user terminal, and a management device. The owner terminal outputs vehicle information indicating whether at least a partial period of a lendable period is designated as a standing period in which a vehicle is not traveling. The user terminal outputs driver’s license information indicating whether a user is holding a driver’s license. The managing apparatus selects a vehicle at least a vehicle cabin of which is available to the user from a plurality of vehicles including a vehicle in a standing period in a lendable period, based on matching permission information, in which correspondences among whether vehicles are in respective standing periods, whether users are holding respective driver’s licenses, and whether vehicle lending is permitted are registered in advance, the vehicle information, and the driver’s license information, and outputs information indicating the selected vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YAMAUCHI, Hiroshi KATO, Takenori MATSUMOTO, Akinori OZEKI, Chinatsu YONEYAMA, Masashi FUMOTO, Matthew KAMIYA, Tatsuyuki NEGISHI, Kiyotaka TANIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11649131
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to pull in a recording medium transported from an upstream apparatus and perform processing on the recording medium; a discharge unit to which the recording medium processed by the processing unit is discharged; and a lifting drive device configured to, in a case where a folded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit, move the discharge unit downward such that a height of the discharge unit is lower than a height of the discharge unit in a case where an unfolded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takuya Makita, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20230134048
    Abstract: An exhaust structure for an engine includes: a catalyst converter configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; a catalyst pipe in which the catalyst converter is accommodated; and a lead-out pipe configured to lead the exhaust gas to the catalyst pipe. The lead-out pipe is closed at a downstream end thereof, and has a plurality of discharge holes formed in a peripheral wall thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunal Shamsundar KOYANDE, Hisatoyo ARIMA, Kozo SUZUKI, Yasuhiko KANATAKE, Hiroshi KATO, Akio FUJIKI, Tomoyuki TAKESHITA, Kazuki AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11554742
    Abstract: A head portion protection airbag device includes: an airbag, formed into a folded body being folded such that a lower edge side in an unfolded state approaches an upper edge side, wrapped with an unfoldment preventing tape material and attached to the upper edge side of the window, assembled with a twisting restriction member, which is configured to prevent twisting of the folded body, on an upper edge side of the airbag, and attached to the upper edge side of the window as a bag attachment body. A plurality of attachment piece portions, which are attached to a body side of the vehicle, are arranged side by side on the upper edge side of the airbag. The bag attachment body is wrapped with the tape material in a state where the twisting restriction member is assembled to the upper edge side of the airbag in the folded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ichimura, Hiroki Imaeda, Junpei Hamamoto, Makoto Yamanaka, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20230010624
    Abstract: A substrate alignment device includes first and second support members that are arranged to be opposite to each other and be spaced apart from each other in a plan view, and respectively support an outer peripheral end of a substrate from a position below the substrate. Further, the substrate alignment device includes a first pressing member that is arranged to be opposite to the first support member in a plan view, and moves the substrate by pressing one portion of the outer peripheral end of the substrate in a first direction directed from the second support member toward the first support member with the substrate supported by the first and second support members. The first support member includes a movement limiter that limits movement of the substrate in the first direction past a predetermined prescribed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuaki OKITA, Tomoyuki SHINOHARA, Junichi ISHII, Kazuki NAKAMURA, Takashi SHINOHARA, Takuma TAKAHASHI, Yoshifumi OKADA, Hiroshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20230011596
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present application includes a hardware processor functioning as an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a provision unit. The acquisition unit acquires user information that is information relative to a user. The determination unit determines a recommended battery on the basis of the user information acquired by the acquisition unit. The recommended battery is recommended to the user and used for a moving object. The provision unit provides information relative to the recommended battery determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KATO, Takuma IIDA, Masashi FUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11535034
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer having a perovskite structure including lead, zirconium, and titanium, and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer is provided. In the piezoelectric layer, in a range of 50 nm or smaller from an interface between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode in a thickness direction, a ratio c/a of a lattice spacing a in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and a lattice spacing c in the thickness direction satisfies 0.986?c/a?1.014.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi Morozumi, Hiromu Miyazawa, Hiroshi Kato, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11524650
    Abstract: A head portion protection airbag device includes: an airbag, formed into a folded body being folded such that a lower edge side in an unfolded state approaches an upper edge side, wrapped with an unfoldment preventing tape material and attached to the upper edge side of the window, assembled with a twisting restriction member, which is configured to prevent twisting of the folded body, on an upper edge side of the airbag, and attached to the upper edge side of the window as a bag attachment body. A plurality of attachment piece portions, which are attached to a body side of the vehicle, are arranged side by side on the upper edge side of the airbag. The bag attachment body is wrapped with the tape material in a state where the twisting restriction member is assembled to the upper edge side of the airbag in the folded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ichimura, Hiroki Imaeda, Junpei Hamamoto, Makoto Yamanaka, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20220355657
    Abstract: A counter gear mechanism includes: a fifth gear in mesh with a third gear; a sixth gear in mesh with a fourth gear; and a seventh gear in mesh with a differential input gear. The seventh gear is disposed between the fifth gear and the sixth gear in an axial direction. A switching mechanism is disposed between the third gear and the fourth gear in the axial direction. The switching mechanism makes switching among: a state in which the third gear is coupled to a second input member; a state in which the fourth gear is coupled to the second input member; and a state in which the third gear and the fourth gear are decoupled from the second input member. This structure is able to make an entirety of an apparatus compact in size in the axial direction when the apparatus includes the switching mechanism to change the speed ratio between the second input member, which is drivingly coupled to an internal combustion engine, and output members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KAWAMOTO, Mitsuhiro ICHIOKA, Tomoka YAMAMOTO, Akira INOUE, Hiroshi KATO
  • Patent number: 11487595
    Abstract: An Application Program Interface (API) adapter creation apparatus is configured to accept, from a developing engineer, a setting of an execution order of a wholesale service API invoked by internal processing of an adapter API provided by an API adapter, a setting of a request parameter of the adapter API serving as an acquisition source of a request parameter of the wholesale service API, and a setting of a response parameter of the adapter API serving as a reflection destination of a response parameter of the wholesale service API. The API adapter creation apparatus generates a source code based on the accepted settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Take, Kensuke Takahashi, Tomoki Ikegaya, Nobuo Onai, Miwaka Otani, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20220308732
    Abstract: An operation input device including: a first detection section including a first detection surface that detects a position at which a detection target is touching or within a predetermined distance, the first detection section outputting a first signal representing the position; an operation control section that controls a first operation target based on the first signal; an operation determination section that outputs a second signal only when it has determined that the detection target has moved along the first detection surface; and a switching control section that switches the operation control section between an operation enabled state in which control of the first operation target is enabled, and an operation prevented state in which control of the first operation target is prevented, the switching control section switching from the operation prevented state to the operation enabled state in a case in which the second signal has been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki KOZONO, Shu NAKAJIMA, Takeshi NAWATA, Hiroshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20220290749
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided that can suppress the increase in dimension in the radial direction while ensuring a sufficient speed reduction ratio. Two driving force sources are arranged on a first axis, two output members are arranged on a second axis, two counter gear mechanisms are arranged on a third axis. A planetary gear mechanism is configured to transmit rotation from the two counter gear mechanisms to the output members, and is disposed so as to overlap with both of the two counter gear mechanisms as seen in an axial direction along and axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa MIZUTANI, Kenta KATAOKA, Taiki OWARI, Hiroaki OSANAI, Daiki SUYAMA, Hiroshi KATO, Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11419494
    Abstract: Provided is a portable, hand-held, self-powered, self-calibrated, easy-to-use “iCOBRA” system, a neural/neurological assessment tool for both operational decision-making in military, aerospace, sports, and other high-performance settings, and to assist in diagnostics in medical practice. The system harnesses multimodal 3D imaging technologies for robust, calibration free, head and eye tracking to allow for visual, vestibular, and oculomotor assessment of human neural health and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Leland Scott Stone, Dorion Bryce Liston, Bernard Dov Adelstein, Mark Richard Anderson, Kenji Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20220259000
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to pull in a recording medium transported from an upstream apparatus and perform processing on the recording medium; a discharge unit to which the recording medium processed by the processing unit is discharged; and a lifting drive device configured to, in a case where a folded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit, move the discharge unit downward such that a height of the discharge unit is lower than a height of the discharge unit in a case where an unfolded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takuya MAKITA, Hiroshi KATO
  • Patent number: 11407301
    Abstract: A first case portion includes an end wall portion disposed on a first axial side with respect to a transmission. A second case portion is disposed on the first axial side with respect to a rotor of a rotary electric machine, and includes a first support portion that supports a rotor shaft and a second support portion disposed on a second axial side with respect to the rotor of the rotary electric machine to support the rotor shaft. The second support portion includes a bearing attachment portion to which a rotor bearing for supporting the rotor shaft is attached, and radially extending portion that extends from bearing attachment portion toward an outer side in a radial direction. A speed reducer is disposed between the radially extending portion and the end wall portion in axial direction to face the radially extending portion and the end wall portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Daiki Suyama, Takuyo Maeda, Keita Inda, Kohei Ono, Toshihisa Mizutani, Ryosuke Muramatsu, Wataru Takaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220230787
    Abstract: A hermetic terminal includes a metal outer ring made of a low resistance conductor having a through hole, a lead made of a low resistance conductor inserted in the through hole of the metal outer ring, and an insulating material made of high expansion glass for sealing the metal outer ring and the lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto TANAKA, Hiroshi KATO, Tetsushi MORIKAWA, Akira OKUNO
  • Patent number: 11386638
    Abstract: The image data obtained by imaging the component in the component recognition when the component mounter mounts the component on the board is stored in the storage, and the luminance related condition is optimized based on this image data. Therefore, a proper luminance related condition corresponding to the component to be actually mounted can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11293771
    Abstract: A display device includes an emission level calculator and a display. On the basis of a first route for a vehicle from an origin to a destination and electricity information of electricity stored in an in-vehicle battery in which electricity to be used for travel of the vehicle is stored, the emission level calculator calculates a first emission level of carbon dioxide to be caused by travel of the vehicle on the first route. Furthermore, on the basis of a second route for public transportation from the origin to the destination, the emission level calculator calculates a second emission level of carbon dioxide to be caused by travel of the public transportation on the second route. The display displays information based on the first emission level and the second emission level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Takuma Iida, Akihiro Sawa
  • Publication number: 20220093420
    Abstract: A first substrate holder holds an outer peripheral end of a substrate. A second substrate holder holds a lower-surface center region of the substrate by suction at a position farther downward than the first substrate holder. The second substrate holder and the lower-surface brush are provided on a mobile base that is movable in a horizontal direction. The mobile base is moved between a position at which the lower-surface brush is opposite to a lower-surface outer region of the substrate and a position at which the lower-surface brush is opposite to the lower-surface center region of the substrate. The lower-surface center region of the substrate held by the first substrate holder is cleaned. At this time, a height position of the substrate is higher than an upper end portion of a processing cup. The lower-surface outer region of the substrate held by the second substrate holder is cleaned. At this time, a height position of the substrate is lower than the upper end portion of the processing cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHINOHARA, Yoshifumi OKADA, Nobuaki OKITA, Hiroshi KATO, Takashi SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20220065753
    Abstract: In a vehicle action simulation method according to the present invention, a behavior of an actual vehicle during travel is predicted, and an attitude of a tire and a rotational speed of a rotary drum are changed to reproduce a transient change in a tire attitude that occurs during the travel of the actual vehicle on the tire while the predicted behavior of the actual vehicle during travel is reflected, stress applied to the tire in contact with the rotary drum of a tire ground contact characteristic measuring portion is measured, tire ground contact characteristics are calculated, the behavior of the actual vehicle during travel is predicted while vehicle characteristics predicted from the tire ground contact characteristics are reflected, and the prediction, the reproduction, the measurement of stress, and the calculation are performed in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa KAMIKURA, Hiroshi KATO