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: 20240415369
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes: a medical manipulator including an insertion portion having a bending portion and a wire connected to the bending portion; a drive device connected to the medical manipulator and driving the wire to bend the bending portion, wherein the drive device pulls the wire at a higher speed when the wire is slack than when the wire is not slack, and determines whether the wire is slack or not based on a comparison between a threshold tension estimated from a shape of the insertion portion and a tension of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Kosuke KISHI, Michito MATSUOKA, Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240407628
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes: a medical manipulator having a bending portion; a drive device connected to the medical manipulator and bending the bending portion; and a controller into which a manipulation input for bending the bending portion is input. The drive device is configured to determine a bending direction in which the bending portion is bent based on a first part of the manipulation input, and determine an amount of bending drive based on an entire input from a start to an end of the manipulation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Kosuke KISHI, Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Michito MATSUOKA, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240407874
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes: a medical manipulator having a movable portion; and a drive device to which the medical manipulator is detachably connected. The medical manipulator includes a driven portion to which a driving force for driving the movable portion is input. The drive device includes: a drive portion that is attached to the driven portion when the medical manipulator is connected and drives the driven portion; and a controller that controls the drive portion. The number of the drive portions is greater than the number of the driven portions. The drive device is capable of simultaneously connecting a first manipulator and a second manipulator that are the medical manipulators. All of the driven portions of the first manipulator and the second manipulator are attachable to the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Kosuke KISHI, Michito MATSUOKA, Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240407875
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes a medical manipulator having an insertion portion to be intracorporeally inserted, a drive device to which the medical manipulator is detachably connected, and a controller which is communicatively connected to the drive device and to which a manipulation input for driving the medical manipulator is input. The controller has a groove engaged with a part of the medical manipulator. The medical manipulator has a connection portion and an extracorporeal flexible portion. The connection portion rotatably connects the insertion portion and the extracorporeal flexible portion around a rotation axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the medical manipulator. The connection portion has a fitting portion fitted with the groove of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Michito MATSUOKA, Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Kosuke KISHI, Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240376356
    Abstract: A temporary adhesive having 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 a 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAWADA, Tetsuya SHINJO, Hiroshi OGINO, Satoshi KAMIBAYASHI, Shunsuke MORIYA
  • 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