Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Ito
Hiroyuki Ito 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: 20240124954Abstract: A pure copper sheet of the present invention has a composition including 99.96 mass % or more of Cu, 0.01 mass ppm or more and 3.00 mass ppm or less of P, 10.0 mass ppm or less of a total content of Pb, Se, and Te, 3.0 mass ppm or more of a total content of Ag and Fe, and inevitable impurities as a balance, in which an average crystal grain size of crystal grains on a rolled surface is 10 ?m or more, an aspect ratio of the crystal grain on the rolled surface is set to 2.0 or less, and a length percentage of the small tilt grain boundary and the subgrain boundary with respect to all grain boundaries is set to 80% or less in terms of partition fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka MATSUNAGA, Yuki ITO, Hiroyuki MORI, Norihisa IIDA, Motohiro HITAKA
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Patent number: 11958385Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Ryuichiro Hirose, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Atsushi Kusano, Yoshikazu Ito, Yousuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Publication number: 20240117218Abstract: Provided are a polishing method and a polishing composition that are applied to polishing of silicon carbide and allows reduction of rise in pH of the polishing composition and increase in pad temperature during polishing. Provided is a method of polishing an object to be polished having a surface formed of silicon carbide. The method includes steps of preparing a polishing composition, and supplying the polishing composition to the object to be polished and polishing the object to be polished. The polishing composition contains permanganate, a metal salt A, and water. The metal salt A is a salt of a metal cation having a pKa of less than 7.0 in form of a hydrated metal ion, and an anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yuichiro NAKAGAI, Hiroyuki ODA, Yasuki ITO, Shogaku IDE, Shinichiro TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240117219Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition that can reduce increase in temperature of a polishing pad during polishing. The polishing composition provided by the present invention contains water, oxidant A selected from compounds other than peroxide, a first metal salt selected from alkaline-earth metal salts, and a second metal salt selected from salts each of which has a cation of a metal belonging to groups 3 to 16 in the periodic table, and an anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yasuaki ITO, Hiroyuki ODA, Yuichiro NAKAGAI, Shogaku IDE, Naoto NOGUCHI, Shinichiro TAKAMI
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Patent number: 11954546Abstract: Provided is a structure for individual authentication in which a pillar pattern region including a plurality of nanopillars formed of synthetic quartz glass is formed on at least a part of a surface portion of a synthetic quartz glass substrate. In the pillar pattern region, the nanopillars have an indentation elastic modulus of 35 to 100 GPa as measured by a nanoindentation method, and the nanopillars are plastically deformed.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Masao Ando, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Masaki Takeuchi, Masaru Nakagawa, Shunya Ito
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Patent number: 11952441Abstract: A method for producing polytetrafluoroethylene, which includes polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene in an aqueous medium in the presence of a nucleating agent and a hydrocarbon anionic surfactant to obtain polytetrafluoroethylene. A total amount of the nucleating agent and the hydrocarbon anionic surfactant at the initiation of polymerization is more than 50 ppm based on the aqueous medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taketo Kato, Yohei Fujimoto, Kenji Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshinori Nanba, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Kengo Ito, Chiaki Okui, Masamichi Sukegawa, Taku Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20240110080Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition containing an abrasive, permanganate, an aluminum salt, and water. In the polishing composition, a relation of a content W1 [% by weight] of the abrasive, a concentration C1 [mM] of the permanganate, and a concentration C2 [mM] of the aluminum salt satisfies at least one condition of the following conditions [A], [B], and [C]: satisfying both of 500?(C1/W1) and 0.04?(C2/C1);??[A] satisfying both of 200?(C1/?(W1)) and 8?C2; and??[B] satisfying both of 500?(C1/W1) and 8?C2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuichiro NAKAGAI, Yasuaki ITO, Hiroyuki ODA, Shogaku IDE, Shinichiro TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240111366Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to execute a program so as to: acquire viewpoint information, motion information and object information; process an object image wherein: the object image is an image representing a virtual substance and is updated based on the viewpoint information and the motion information; calculate a position when superimposing a background image and the object image, wherein: the background image is an image according to the field of view of the user; generate visual information superimposing the background image and the object image based on the position calculated, and output the generated visual information to a display device; and generate tactile information for an ultrasound generator irradiating the user with ultrasound corresponding to the object based on the position calculated, the motion information and the object information, and output the generated tactile information to the ultrasound generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Mamoru MIYAWAKI, Hiroyuki SHINODA, Takaaki KAMIGAKI, Mitsuru ITO, Tao MORISAKI, Shun SUZUKI, Atsushi MATSUBAYASHI, Ryoya ONISHI, Yasutoshi MAKINO, Seki INOUE
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Patent number: 11946013Abstract: A lubricating oil composition which contains a base oil and a fluorine compound and may have improved cooling performance. The base oil may contain a mineral oil. The base oil may have a kinematic viscosity in a range of from 1 to 25 mm2/s at 40° C. The content of the fluorine compound may be in a range of from 3 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhito Nakahara, Hiroyuki Tatsumi, Keiichi Narita, Koki Ito
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Publication number: 20240101867Abstract: Provided are a polishing method and a polishing composition that are applied to polishing of silicon carbide and allows reduction of rise in pH of the polishing composition and increase in pad temperature during polishing Provided is a method of polishing an object to be polished having a surface formed of silicon carbide. The method includes steps of preparing a polishing composition, and supplying the polishing composition to the object to be polished and polishing the object to be polished. The polishing composition contains permanganate, a metal salt A, and water. The metal salt A is a salt of a metal cation having a pKa of less than 7.0 in form of a hydrated metal ion, and an anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Yuichiro NAKAGAI, Hiroyuki ODA, Yasuaki ITO, Shogaku IDE, Shinichiro TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240105996Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains: as an electrolyte, LiN(FSO2)2; and as an additive, at least one selected from the group consisting of a boron atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (3): B(OR6)3, a carbon atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (4): C(?O)(R5)(OR6), a sulfur atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (5): {S(?O)2(R5)y}x(OR6)x(2-y), and a phosphorus atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (6): P(?O)(R5)y(OR6)2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki MIZUNO, Ryo NISHIHATA, Masayuki OKAJIMA, Yutaro ITO, Toru ODANI
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Patent number: 11941549Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 11932147Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Patent number: 11928591Abstract: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of accurately recognizing an object to be sensed are provided. One or a plurality of learning models are selected from among learning models corresponding to a plurality of categories, a priority of each of the selected learning models is set, observation data obtained by sequentially compounding pieces of sensor data applied from a sensor is analyzed using the learning model and the priority of the learning model, a setting of sensing at a next cycle is selected based on an analysis result, predetermined control processing is executed in such a manner that the sensor performs sensing at the selected setting of sensing, and the learning model corresponding to the category estimated as the category to which a current object to be sensed belongs with a highest probability is selected based on the categories to each of which the previously recognized object to be sensed belongs.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kanako Esaki, Tadayuki Matsumura, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Kiyoto Ito
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Patent number: 11912308Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 11914407Abstract: The flow rate control device 10 includes a control valve 11, a restriction part 12 provided downstream of the control valve 11, an upstream pressure sensor 13 for measuring a pressure P1 between the control valve 11 and the restriction part 12, a differential pressure sensor 20 for measuring a differential pressure ?P between the upstream and the downstream of the restriction part 12, and an arithmetic control circuit 16 connected to the control valve 11, the upstream pressure sensor 13, and the differential pressure sensor 20.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Keisuke Ideguchi, Shinya Ogawa, Katsuyuki Sugita, Masaaki Nagase, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda, Hiroyuki Ito
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Patent number: 11900331Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of, when a first vehicle body unit on which a first vending machine is mounted is laid at a specific place, determining a time for maintenance defined as a time to perform maintenance of the first vending machine, and sending a replacement command to a chassis unit that is configured in such a way as to be capable of travelling autonomously and being coupled to and separated from a vehicle body unit, as per the time for maintenance. The replacement command is a command to transport a second vehicle body unit on which a second vending machine is mounted to the specific place and retrieve the first vehicle body unit from the specific place.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Yuji Suzuki, Keita Yamazaki, Kei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Takashi Ogawa, Yukiya Sugiyama, Masaru Ando, Yasushi Fujiwara, Azusa Nakagame, Erina Toyama
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Publication number: 20240017939Abstract: Provided is an article sorting device that can handle various containers without necessarily requiring a change of parts. The article sorting device includes a rotating table, a pocket, a guide, a position control unit, and a sorting unit. The position control unit controls a radial position of the pocket to a specified position that is a first position or a second position located radially outward relative to the first position. The sorting unit guides an article to different paths depending on whether the radial position of the pocket is at the first position or the second position when a circumferential position of the pocket reaches a sorting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Mitsuhiro KUREISHI, Hironori IWAMATSU, Akira SUMITANI, Shinichi TANAKA, Hiroyuki ITO, Akiyoshi ANDO
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Publication number: 20230416006Abstract: Provided is a transport device that can transport two or more types of articles without necessarily requiring a change of parts. The transport device includes a guide extending in a transport direction of an article, and a holding unit configured to hold the article between the holding unit and the guide and to move in the transport direction. The holding unit includes two or more roller units. In each roller unit, two or more rollers, including a first roller and a second roller with a diameter larger than a diameter of the first roller, are aligned along an axial direction. The holding unit is movable in the axial direction. The holding unit is moved in the axial direction to thereby switch the rollers abutting the article among the two or more rollers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Mitsuhiro KUREISHI, Hironori IWAMATSU, Akira SUMITANI, Shinichi TANAKA, Hiroyuki ITO, Akiyoshi ANDO
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Patent number: 11834075Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori