Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sawada

Hiroshi Sawada 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: 20240344907
    Abstract: An electrode structure is an electrode structure to be wound around a rim of a steering wheel provided in a vehicle, the electrode structure including: a base material; a first sensor electrode disposed on one surface of the base material; a second sensor electrode disposed on the one surface of the base material to be aligned with the first sensor electrode; a first harness extended from the first sensor electrode; a second harness extended from the second sensor electrode; a connector to which the first harness and the second harness are connected; and a relay connector including a male connector and a female connector that is connected to the male connector. At least one of the first harness or the second harness is provided with the relay connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Takumi YAMADA, Takateru SAWADA, Hiroshi NAITOU
  • Publication number: 20240344906
    Abstract: An electrode structure is an electrode structure that is wound around a rim of a steering wheel and includes: a base material including a first region disposed on a front surface side of the rim and a second region disposed on a back surface side of the rim; a first sensor electrode disposed in the first region; and a second sensor electrode disposed in the second region. When the steering wheel is in a neutral position, in a lower-limb facing portion of the rim that faces a lower limb of a driver, neither the first sensor electrode nor the second sensor electrode is disposed, or only one of the first sensor electrode or the second sensor electrode is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Takumi YAMADA, Takateru SAWADA, Hiroshi NAITOU
  • Publication number: 20240339795
    Abstract: The rotary connector includes: an outer peripheral electrode; an inner peripheral electrode which is inserted through the outer peripheral electrode and is disposed to be rotatable; a plurality of roller current collectors which are arranged to make a planetary motion between the outer peripheral electrode and the inner peripheral electrode; a bearing that axially supports the inner peripheral electrode to be rotatable; and a bearing holder that holds the bearing, wherein bent portions are provided at a passage extending from a contact portion between the inner peripheral electrode and the roller current collector to the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKATA, Hiroshi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20240322145
    Abstract: A nickel-metal hydride battery of the present disclosure comprises: a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and an aqueous electrolyte, wherein a negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode active material layer is a hydrogen storage alloy having an AB2 main phase, the A site includes Ti, Zr, or a combination thereof, and the B site includes Mn, Cr, Ni, Fe, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makio KON, Naotaka SAWADA, Hiroyuki KAIYA, Masanobu OUCHI, Tomoya MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi SUYAMA, Shigeki SATO
  • Publication number: 20240319943
    Abstract: A display terminal for playing back a predetermined area of a wide-view image that is recorded, includes: a display to display a first display area and a second display area, the first display area being related to a first recording duration in which a speech is made when a first predetermined area of the wide-view image is being displayed by a first display terminal, the second display area being related to a second recording duration in which a speech is made when a second predetermined area of the wide-view image is being displayed by the first display terminal; and circuitry that receives selection of the second display area during display of a first predetermined-area image, and controls the display to display a second predetermined-area image in response to receipt of selection of the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Kyoya SAWADA, Hiroshi HINOHARA, Takeshi HOMMA, Takeshi HORIUCHI, Takashi HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240312446
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic signal enhancement device that receives, as an input, a recording sound obtained by frequency division and updates parameters, the device including: assuming that a switch weight is a weight indicating a ratio of a classification to which a recording sound at each timing belongs in classifications of spatial states where a recording sound temporally changes, a beamformer unit that performs beamformer processing based on a weighted spatial covariance matrix which is updated and updates an auxiliary estimation value of a target sound; a switch unit that updates the switch weight and power of a target sound based on the updated auxiliary estimation value and outputs an estimation value of the target sound; and a weighted spatial covariance estimation unit that updates the weighted spatial covariance matrix based on the updated switch weight and the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKATANI, Rintaro IKESHITA, Keisuke KINOSHITA, Hiroshi SAWADA, Naoyuki KAMO, Shoko ARAKI
  • Patent number: 12087089
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Takezawa, Hirotaka Todaka, Takao Kiguchi, Chieko Sawada, Yosuke Tokuda, Ayaka Kagami, Natsuki Sugiyama, Takuzo Hirano, Taichi Amakasu, Seiei Hibino, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 12077686
    Abstract: A temporary adhesive has excellent spin coating properties of a circuit side of a wafer and a support, and excellent heat resistance when the circuit side of the wafer or the support is attached to an adhesion layer or a rear surface of the wafer is processed, and is capable of easily separating the circuit side of the wafer from the support after polishing the rear surface of the wafer, and simply removing an adhesive attached to the wafer or the support after the separation. The adhesive contains a component (A) to be cured by a hydrosilylation reaction, and a component (B) containing an epoxy-modified polyorganosiloxane at a ratio in % by mass of the component (A) to the component (B) of 99.995:0.005 to 30:70. The component (B) is an epoxy-modified polyorganosiloxane having an epoxy value of 0.1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sawada, Tetsuya Shinjo, Hiroshi Ogino, Satoshi Kamibayashi, Shunsuke Moriya
  • Publication number: 20240285302
    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment tool includes: an ultrasound transducer configured to generate ultrasound vibration; a vibration transmission portion configured to transmit the ultrasound vibration; and a fastener that includes a first fastening portion screwed with the ultrasound transducer and a second fastening portion screwed with the vibration transmission portion, the fastener being configure to connect the ultrasound transducer and the vibration transmission portion. The fastener is configured with a material that has a higher strength than a proximal end portion of the vibration transmission portion, the proximal end portion being screwed with the second fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAEDA, Minoru KATSUMATA, Yukihiko SAWADA, Hideto YOSHIMINE, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Satoshi SHIMABUKURO, Shunsuke MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240288020
    Abstract: A fastener includes: a main body including a first fastening portion configured to be screwed together with a ultrasound transducer configured to generate ultrasound vibration, and a second fastening portion configured to be screwed together with a vibration transmission portion configured to transmit the ultrasound vibration, the main body being configure to connect the ultrasound transducer and the vibration transmission portion; and a rupture portion configured to be ruptured as a result of a specific torque being applied when the first fastening portion is screwed together with the ultrasound transducer or when the second fastening portion is screwed together with the vibration transmission portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAEDA, Yukihiko SAWADA, Hideto YOSHIMINE, Minoru KATSUMATA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Shunsuke MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240283881
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a restriction member that restricts part of reflected light from a target object, the restriction member being formed from resin, the restriction member having an opening and a hole, the opening extending in a first direction crossing a propagation direction of the reflected light and formed at an upstream end in the propagation direction, the hole extending through the restriction member in the propagation direction; an optical member that transmits the reflected light that has passed through the opening; and a correction member that holds the optical member, and that comes into contact with part of an inner circumferential surface of the hole to correct a width of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAWADA, Kazuo MATSUMAE
  • Publication number: 20240265175
    Abstract: A technique for stably optimizing a variable of model so as to conform the learning data set is provided, even when there is a statistical deviation in a learning data set distributed and accumulated in a plurality of nodes, or communication between nodes is asynchronous and sparse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta NIWA, Hiroshi SAWADA, Akinori FUJINO, Noboru HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240232624
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for performing learning of a neural network including an encoder and a decoder such that a certain latent variable included in a latent variable vector is larger or the certain latent variable included in the latent variable vector is smaller as a magnitude of a certain property included in an input vector is larger. A neural network learning device performs learning of a neural network including an encoder that converts an input vector into a latent variable vector and a decoder that converts the latent variable vector into an output vector such that the input vector and the output vector are substantially equal to each other, and the learning is performed to cause the latent variable to have monotonicity with respect to the input vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi HATTORI, Hiroshi SAWADA, Tomoharu IWATA
  • Publication number: 20240220800
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for performing learning of a neural network including an encoder and a decoder such that a certain latent variable included in a latent variable vector is larger or the certain latent variable included in the latent variable vector is smaller as a magnitude of a certain property included in an input vector is larger. A neural network learning device performs learning of a neural network including an encoder that converts an input vector into a latent variable vector and a decoder that converts the latent variable vector into an output vector such that the input vector and the output vector are substantially identical to each other, and the learning is performed in such a manner that a condition that all weight parameters of the decoder are non-negative values or all weight parameters of the decoder are non-positive values is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi HATTORI, Hiroshi SAWADA, Tomoharu IWATA
  • Patent number: 11967328
    Abstract: A sound source separation filter information estimation device (10) estimates a covariance matrix having information on a correlation between sound source spectra and information on a correlation between channels as information on sound source separation filter information for separating an individual sound source signal from a mixed acoustic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rintaro Ikeshita, Nobutaka Ito, Tomohiro Nakatani, Hiroshi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20240127841
    Abstract: An acoustic signal enhancement device includes: a spatiotemporal covariance matrix estimation unit 2 configured to estimate spatiotemporal covariance matrices Rf(j) and Pf(j); a reverberation suppression unit 3 configured to obtain a reverberation suppression filter Gf(j) of the sound source j using the estimated spatiotemporal covariance matrices Rf(j) and Pf(j) for each sound source j and to generate a reverberation suppression signal vector using the obtained reverberation suppression filter Gf(j) and the observation signal vector Xt,f; a sound source separation unit 4 configured to obtain an enhanced sound yt,f(j) of the sound source j and power of the sound source j using the generated reverberation suppression signal vector for each sound source j (where 1?j?J) corresponding to the target sound; and a control unit 5 configured to perform control such that processes of these units are repeatedly performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKATANI, Rintaro IKESHITA, Keisuke KINOSHITA, Hiroshi SAWADA, Shoko ARAKI
  • Patent number: 11922966
    Abstract: A signal separation device for acquiring a source signal from a mixed signal observed by a plurality of sensors includes: a database that stores feature information of a clean signal; separation matrix calculation means for repeatedly performing processes of, based on a separated signal obtained by multiplication of a mixed signal converted into a time-frequency representation by a separation matrix and on the feature information stored in the database, calculating a parameter to be used for an objective function for optimizing the separation matrix, and calculating a separation matrix for minimizing the objective function using the parameter; and output means for outputting a separated signal calculated using the optimized separation matrix obtained by the separation matrix calculation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20240069479
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a radiation portion that sends light toward a predetermined position; a lens body including plural lenses that are arranged in an array direction and on which reflection light reflected at the predetermined position is incident; a first support body having a light limiting portion and supporting the radiation portion, the light limiting portion extending in the array direction on the incident side of reflection light relative to the lens body, the light limiting portion limiting incidence of at least a portion of light having an influence on an image based on reflection light; and a second support body supporting the lens body and being movable, relative to the first support body, in an optical axis direction of reflection light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masaki HACHISUGA, Hiroshi SAWADA
  • Patent number: 11915717
    Abstract: The signal separation device includes: cross product calculation means receiving an input of an observed signal that is a mixture of a plurality of target signals, and calculating a cross product of the observed signal; model calculation means updating a parameter of a model for estimating the cross product with a predetermined algorithm using an inverse matrix of a matrix that represents an estimate of the cross product; inverse matrix calculation means calculating the inverse matrix of a matrix by a SIMD command when the parameter is updated; and separation means calculating the target signals using a matrix representing an estimate of the cross product, the updated parameter, and the observed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sawada, Rintaro Ikeshita, Nobutaka Ito, Tomohiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 11859992
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and methods of estimating a traffic volume of moving objects. In particular, the present disclosure estimates the traffic volume based on amounts of traffic volume of the moving objects observed at observation points based on a routing matrix and a visitor matrix. The routing matrix indicates whether moving objects that pass through specific waypoints are to be observed at an observation point. The visitor matrix indicates whether a moving object departing or arriving at the observation point. The present disclosure enables estimating a traffic volume of moving objects on various routes based on observed data with errors in data and varying lengths in observation periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimizu, Tatsushi Matsubayashi, Yusuke Tanaka, Takuma Otsuka, Hiroshi Sawada, Tomoharu Iwata, Naonori Ueda