Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Sato
Hirotsugu 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: 20240128047Abstract: A sample inspection apparatus is provided. The invention is directed to a sample inspection apparatus 200 that includes an inspection means that is executed when a sample 11 is placed on a stage 8, the inspection means including the steps of (a) scanning a surface of the sample 11 with an electron beam EB1 with a probe 10a in contact with a conductor 11a and a probe 10b in contact with a conductor 11b, (b) measuring a differential value of a change in potential difference between the probes 10a and 10b while synchronizing with the scanning of the electron beam EB1, (c) acquiring a DI-EBAC image in which a fault spot 12 existing between the conductors 11a and 11b is shown as a bright part and a dark part based on the differential value of the change in the potential difference, and (d) specifying a direction of the fault spot 12 from the DI-EBAC image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Junichi FUSE, Norio SATO, Hirotsugu KAJIYAMA
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Publication number: 20230195401Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of intuitively and easily indicating a state of feeling of the autonomous moving body to the user. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that, according to a change in a position of the autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit that senses the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating the feeling of the autonomous moving body, causes a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an apparatus and the like that controls an autonomous moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Emika KANEKO, Hirotsugu SATO
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Patent number: 11620097Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of intuitively and easily indicating a state of feeling of the autonomous moving body to the user. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that, according to a change in a position of the autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit that senses the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating the feeling of the autonomous moving body, causes a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an apparatus and the like that controls an autonomous moving body.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Emika Kaneko, Hirotsugu Sato
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Publication number: 20220083302Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of intuitively and easily indicating a state of feeling of the autonomous moving body to the user. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that, according to a change in a position of the autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit that senses the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating the feeling of the autonomous moving body, causes a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an apparatus and the like that controls an autonomous moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Emika KANEKO, Hirotsugu SATO
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Patent number: 8327267Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image data processing method for processing image data forming a video material includes, an obtaining step of obtaining image data at a plurality of points in time forming the video material, from the video material, and a generating step of generating image data for display to display the image data at the plurality of points in time obtained in the obtaining step in a grouped state in a display area corresponding to the video material within a story board display area in which a plurality of materials are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fumio Shimizu, Hirotsugu Sato
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Patent number: 7949406Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after starting the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determine whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Ito Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Patent number: 7519427Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after starting the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determine whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignees: ITO Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Publication number: 20090069864Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after starting the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determine whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicants: ITO CO., LTD., HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Publication number: 20060214026Abstract: A slightly acid solution nebulizer comprises a gas generator, a reservoir device, a nebulization device and a cleaning device, wherein the gas generator generates chlorine gas by electrolyzing diluted hydrochloric acid, the reservoir device reserves water to be mixed with the chlorine gas to produce a hypochlorous acid solution, the nebulization device nebulizes the hypochlorous acid solution, and the cleaning device cleans the gas generator by leading the water reserved in the reservoir device to the gas generator after production of the hypochlorous acid solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicants: Toray Ireeve Corporation, Hokuetsu Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Nomura, Tadao Katsura, Kosuke Mita, Masaki Suzuki, Hirotsugu Sato, Tetsuo Nakagawa, Takashi Nemoto, Kazuhiko Takano
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Publication number: 20050257152Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image data processing method for processing image data forming a video material includes, an obtaining step of obtaining image data at a plurality of points in time forming the video material, from the video material, and a generating step of generating image data for display to display the image data at the plurality of points in time obtained in the obtaining step in a grouped state in a display area corresponding to the video material within a story board display area in which a plurality of materials are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fumio Shimizu, Hirotsugu Sato
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Publication number: 20050249068Abstract: When an optical recording device of a recording apparatus that is for executing optical recording of information on an optical disk records data on an optical disk, it obtains information by which the content of the data optically recorded can be guessed from the data recorded or from data of the recording apparatus. An image representing the obtained information by which the content of the data can be guessed is formed on a thermosensitive medium provided on the optical disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Hiroki Sugahara, Ichiro Moritomo, Hirotsugu Sato, Mitsuyuki Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Hotta, Yoshiko Nakata, Yukiko Inada
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Publication number: 20050238327Abstract: A recoding apparatus includes an optical recording device that optically records information on an optical disk and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a thermosensitive medium provided on the optical disk. When a moving image of a TV broadcast program is recorded on the optical disk by the optical recording device, it is possible to obtain information of TV broadcast such as a TV broadcast itself, an electronic program guide and the like, information held by the present recording apparatus or information relating to the program recorded by the optical recording device from information recorded on the optical disk. Then, the obtained information is image-formed on the thermosensitive medium provided on the optical disk by the image forming device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Hiroki Sugahara, Ichiro Moritomo, Hirotsugu Sato, Mitsuyuki Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Hotta, Yoshiko Nakata, Yukiko Inada
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Publication number: 20040230253Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after staring the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determined whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Patent number: 6222967Abstract: A packaging platform for optically coupling one or more optical waveguides of one or more optical components having the optical waveguide to one or more optical fibers is provided with a reference structure portion for the horizontal and vertical positioning of the optical component. The platform is further provided with one or more fiber positioning portions for inserting and holding the optical fiber and positioning the optical fiber at a position where the optical fiber is optically connected to the optical waveguide. The provided packaging platform and an optical module using the platform can simplify all alignment steps for optical coupling, electrical connection and sealing in the coupling of the optical component and the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Michiyuki Amano, Shunichi Tono, Hirotsugu Sato, Yasuaki Tamura, Yoshito Shuto, Kenji Yokoyama, Haruki Kozawaguchi, Makoto Hikita, Ryoko Yoshimura, Satoru Tomaru, Saburo Imamura, Toshikazu Hashimoto, Yasufumi Yamada, Kuniharu Kato, Masahiro Yanagisawa, Akio Sugita
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Patent number: 6142677Abstract: A plastic split optical alignment sleeve comprising a cylindrical plastic sleeve with a slit in a side surface thereof to be arranged in an adaptor which splices optical fiber chords having inserted therethrough optical fibers and having a ferrule on each end thereof, the sleeve being capable of engaging therein the ferrules on both sides thereof to splice the optical fibers, comprises a resin composition which when injection molded exhibits an anisotropy of 1.5 or less, the anisotropy being expressed in terms of ratio of a physical property, preferably flexural modulus, in a first direction in which a resin in the resin composition flew upon injection molding and that in a second direction which is at right angles to the first direction. The resin composition contains at least one resin selected from polyetherimides, polyethersulfones, and epoxy resins and at least one inorganic substance selected from whiskers and silica powder.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1997Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hirotsugu Sato, Yoshito Shuto, Shunichi Tohno
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Patent number: 5975770Abstract: A plastic ferrule for an optical connector comprises a cylindrical portion having one insertion hole for fixing an optical fiber and directly related to connection, a holding portion for allowing the cylindrical portion to be stably held in an optical connector, and an guiding portion for allowing an optical fiber to be guided into the ferrule. The ferrule has a hollow, cylindrical hole centering around the insertion hole inside the cylindrical portion. Thus, the ferrule has excellent dimensional accuracy of the outer diameter, and achieves connection of single mode fibers excellent in connection reliability and economy.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shuichi Yanagi, Hirotsugu Sato, Yoshito Shuto, Masayoshi Ohno, Yasuaki Tamura, Shunichi Tohno, Haruki Kozawaguchi
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Patent number: 4585722Abstract: Optical recording medium includes a substrate, a coloring agent layer formed on the substrate, a light absorber layer formed on the coloring agent layer and a developer layer formed on the light absorber layer. The coloring agent layer is separated from the developer layer by the light absorber layer and the lamination layer composed of these layers has a uniform thickness. The optical recording medium is produced by vacuum depositing a coloring agent, a light absorber and a developer successively on the substrate to form a multi-layer construction, the substrate being capable of transmitting visible light and near infrared light. Alternatively, the optical recording medium contains a plurality of lamination layers mentioned above. The optical recording medium has a high contrast and achieves a high speed multi-color recording.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1985Date of Patent: April 29, 1986Assignee: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Public CorporationInventors: Akira Morinaka, Shigeru Oikawa, Hirotsugu Sato
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Patent number: 4511642Abstract: Photo-fixing heat-sensitive recording media which comprise diazonium salts, couplers and/or basic materials, all of these components being insoluble or sparingly soluble in water. At least one of these components is present in the media in the form of a fine powder. The coupler may be a coupler which has a basic group therein and serves as both a coupler and a basic material.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1983Date of Patent: April 16, 1985Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp., Tomoegawa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensaku Higashi, Haruhiko Yano, Hirotsugu Sato, Ken Sukegawa, Yuji Ooba
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Patent number: 4286049Abstract: A method for forming a negative resist pattern which applies as a high energy beam-sensitive material a polymer consisting of components expressed by the general structural formula: ##STR1## where: X=halogen or ##STR2## (R.sub.2 is H or CH.sub.3) R.sub.1 =H or CH.sub.3n=1 to 3m, l=integers having a relationship of 50.ltoreq.m+l.ltoreq.50,000.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1979Date of Patent: August 25, 1981Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public CorporationInventors: Saburo Imamura, Shungo Sugawara, Hirotsugu Sato