Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Watanabe

Hiroyuki Watanabe 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).

  • Method for producing castings, casting apparatus, and gas-blowing nozzle used in casting apparatus
    Patent number: 10213828
    Abstract: A method for producing a casting by pouring a metal melt by gravity into a gas-permeable casting mold having a cavity comprising at least a sprue, a runner and a product-forming cavity, comprises pouring a metal melt into a desired cavity portion including the product-forming cavity through the sprue, the melt being in a volume smaller than the volume of an entire cavity of the gas-permeable casting mold and substantially equal to the volume of the desired cavity portion; supplying a gas to the desired cavity portion through the sprue before the desired cavity portion is filled with the poured melt, so that the melt fills the desired cavity portion and solidifies; the gas being supplied from a gas-blowing nozzle fit into the sprue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Toru Iwanaga, Lin Wang
  • DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190027041
    Abstract: A display control device includes: an acquisition section that acquires captured image data items from imaging sections that image a surrounding region of a vehicle; a display control section that displays first bird's-eye view image data representing surroundings of the vehicle from a bird's eye viewpoint above the vehicle, which has been generated on the basis of the captured image data items; and a specification section that specifies a candidate region where the vehicle is to be parked in the surrounding region that is present in a side direction of the vehicle, the surrounding region having been imaged as the captured image data items, wherein the display control section displays second bird's-eye view image data with a wider display range in the side direction in which the candidate region is present as compared with the first bird's-eye view image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki WATANABE
  • INK JET HEAD AND INK JET PRINTER
    Publication number: 20190023006
    Abstract: An ink jet head includes a pressure chamber, a nozzle plate including a nozzle, an actuator configured to cause an ink to be discharged from the pressure chamber via the nozzle, and a drive circuit configured to supply to the actuator an expansion signal, having a pulse width equal to a natural vibration cycle of the ink in the pressure chamber, that expands the pressure chamber to an expanded state from an initial state, a release signal, having a pulse width longer than the natural vibration cycle and shorter than three times the natural vibration cycle, that returns the pressure chamber to the initial state from the expanded state, and a contraction signal, having a pulse width longer than the natural vibration cycle and shorter than three times the natural vibration cycle, that contracts the pressure chamber to a contracted state from the initial state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroyuki WATANABE
  • ALUMINUM-BASED ALLOY
    Publication number: 20190024220
    Abstract: An aluminum-based alloy has high stiffness without containing hard particles such as ceramics, can be produced easily, and is easily processed by machine processing, the alloy contains aluminum as a main element and is shown by the following general formula (1), in which X and Y are respectively selected from Cu, Zn, Ag, and Li, and a and b are values in mass % in which a solid solution is possible by solution heat treatment in this range Al-aX-bY (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shoichi Hirosawa
  • Electronic component mounting device
    Patent number: 10172268
    Abstract: A component mounting device includes a mounting head that is movable in a horizontal direction and mounts a held component on a substrate and a control portion that controls the operation of the mounting head. The control portion is configured to perform control of a speed of mounting, by the mounting head, of a component to be located closely adjacent to another component and to be mounted on the substrate such that an interval to an adjacent component is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, on the substrate. A speed of mounting of the component is less than a speed of mounting in a normal state in which the mounting head mounts a component, which is not the component to be located closely adjacent to another component, on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Ohnishi, Koichi Izuhara, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takashi Yoshii
  • Image capturing apparatus, method, and program with operation state determination based upon angular velocity detection
    Patent number: 10171742
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image capturing apparatus, a method, and a program for performing appropriate zoom control. An angular velocity detection unit detects an angular velocity of movement of an image capturing apparatus. An operation determination unit determines an operation state of a user based on the angular velocities at a plurality of times. A zoom control unit performs zoom control based on the operation state. As described above, by using angular velocities at a plurality of times, it is possible to identify the operation state in more detail and to perform appropriate zoom control depending on the user's operation state. The present technology can be applied to a digital camera, a digital still camera, a multifunctional mobile phone and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Bryn Baritompa, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Lighting device
    Patent number: 10151468
    Abstract: A lighting device that allows efficient heat discharge from a light source while avoiding accidents such as firing due to a flammable foreign object in contact with the light source or the like and failures such as reduction in luminous efficiency due to dust or the like adhered to and accumulated on the internal surface of a lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: APS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Watanabe, Hisanori Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • PHOTOCATALYTIC AIR CLEANING STRUCTURE FOR AIR CLEANER, AIR CLEANER HAVING THE AIR CLEANING STRUCTURE, AND PHOTOCATALYTIC FILTER FOR USE IN THE AIR CLEANING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180344890
    Abstract: A photo catalytic filter is configured such that a plurality of plate-shaped members on which a photocatalyst is carried face each other with a gap therebetween, and the gaps form an air flow path. Each plate-shaped member has end surfaces respectively on an air entrance side and an air exit side of the gap. A UV irradiation unit faces the end surfaces on at least one of the air entrance side and the air exit side of the plate-shaped members, and is a predetermined distance away from those end surfaces. An air supply path for taking air from a lateral direction substantially parallel to the end surfaces, and supplying the air to the flow path, or an air discharge path for discharging the air exiting the flow path to a lateral direction substantially parallel to the end surfaces, is formed between the UV irradiation unit and the end surfaces of the plate-shaped members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: APS Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo WATANABE, Hidemitsu WATANABE, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi WATANABE
  • Quinoxaline compounds and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10144742
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I and subsets thereof: wherein T, J, R, R4, Rq, o, RA, and RB and subsets thereof are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of NAMPT and are thus useful for treating cancer, inflammatory conditions, or T-cell mediated autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Gigstad, David P. Cardin, Takaharu Hirayama, Masaaki Hirose, Yongbo Hu, Hiroyuki Kakei, Hong Myung Lee, Takashi Motoyaji, Noriyuki Nii, Zhan Shi, Stepan Vyskocil, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180341190
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member in which a photosensitive layer has strong close adhesiveness even when used repeatedly, and a positive ghost is reduced. An undercoat layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a cured product of an electron transport material having a polymerizable functional group; a polyolefin resin having at least one group/structure selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and an anhydrous carboxylic acid structure, and a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and an isocyanate compound having two or more isocyanate groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Masashi Nishi, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20180319812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) or a salt thereof which has a ROR?t inhibitory action. wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Junya Shirai, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shoji Fukumoto, Tsuneo Oda, Hidekazu Tokuhara, Yoshihide Tomata, Naoki Ishii, Michiko Tawada, Mitsunori Kono, Atsuko Ochida, Takashi Imada, Yoshiyuki Fukase, Tomoya Yukawa
  • Image capturing apparatus, method, and program with operation state determination based upon angular velocity detection
    Patent number: 10116872
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image capturing apparatus, a method, and a program for performing appropriate zoom control. An angular velocity detection unit detects an angular velocity of movement of an image capturing apparatus. An operation determination unit determines an operation state of a user based on the angular velocities at a plurality of times. A zoom control unit performs zoom control based on the operation state. As described above, by using angular velocities at a plurality of times, it is possible to identify the operation state in more detail and to perform appropriate zoom control depending on the user's operation state. The present technology can be applied to a digital camera, a digital still camera, a multifunctional mobile phone and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Bryn Baritompa, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • INKJET HEAD, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND DISCHARGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180272698
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, an actuator configured to change a pressure in the pressure chamber, and a controller configured to apply an expansion signal to the actuator for expanding the pressure chamber, apply, subsequent to at least one expansion signal, a contraction signal to the actuator for contracting the pressure chamber, and apply, while the pressure chamber is contracted, an intermediate signal for contracting the pressure chamber by less than the contraction signal contracts the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Lens driving device
    Patent number: 10079533
    Abstract: A lens driving device capable of efficiently inhibiting garbage from falling to the side of a photosensitive sensor includes a lens support for retaining a lens, a fixed member, one or two spring members for connecting the lens support and the fixed member, and an electromagnetic driving assembly. The fixed member includes a substrate defining a circular through hole, a cylindrical dividing wall extending from an edge defining the circular through hole, several protruding parts protruding from the substrate outside the dividing wall, and concave parts formed between the protruding parts and the dividing wall. The lens support is provided with an end face capable of contacting a second front end face of the protruding parts and opposite to the concave parts, and a ring-shaped end surface arranged opposite to an end face of the dividing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: HUIZHOU DAYAWAN EVER BRIGHT ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY CO, JSS OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUIZHOU DAYA BAY JSS OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY.CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shouchun Li
  • Casino table capable of tracking gaming cards
    Patent number: 10074234
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a casino table capable of adequately determining whether a dishonest act is committed on a card arranged on a casino table while reducing a maintenance cost, a personnel cost, etc., by using a normal card not containing the tag, etc. A game surface is imaged by an imaging device, the presence of the card placed on the game surface is detected from image data produced by an imaging signal issued from the imaging device, and trajectory data of the card placed on the game surface is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Emori, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Heterocyclic compound
    Patent number: 10053468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) or a salt thereof which has a ROR?t inhibitory action. wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Junya Shirai, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shoji Fukumoto, Tsuneo Oda, Hidekazu Tokuhara, Yoshihide Tomata, Naoki Ishii, Michiko Tawada, Mitsunori Kono, Atsuko Ochida, Takashi Imada, Yoshiyuki Fukase, Tomoya Yukawa
  • Transporter vehicle, dump truck, and transporter vehicle control method
    Patent number: 10049574
    Abstract: Provided is a transporter vehicle including: a vehicle; an object detection device that detects an object at a front side of the vehicle; a collision determination unit that determines a possibility of a collision with the object based on a detection result of the object detection device; a process system that performs a process for reducing damage caused by the collision; a control unit that outputs a signal for reducing the damage caused by the collision to the process system based on a determination result of the collision determination unit; a time point data acquisition unit that acquires time point data in which the signal is output from the control unit; and an output unit that outputs process history data indicating at least a state of the process system. The output unit outputs the time point data and the process history data in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ohsugi, Shinji Mitsuta, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hirofumi Minato, Tetsuya Fujita
  • Saddle Type Vehicle
    Publication number: 20180215435
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an analog display unit, a liquid crystal display unit, a meter circuit board, a communication unit, a housing, and a meter harness. The analog display unit has a dial plate and a pointer. The liquid crystal display unit is a display for displaying vehicle information. The meter circuit board electronically controls contents displayed on the liquid crystal display unit. The communication unit performs the wireless communication with an external communication terminal. The meter circuit board and the communication unit are disposed within the housing. The meter harness supplies the power with at least the analog display unit, the liquid crystal display unit, the meter circuit board, and the communication unit, and they have a common power conduction path at the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Taro IWAMOTO, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Jun Tominaga, Masanori Kinuhata, Dirk Braas
  • UREA DERIVATIVE OR PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180208552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that has a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (hereinafter may be abbreviated as FPRL1) agonist effect, a pharmaceutical composition containing the urea compound or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical use thereof. It has been found that a urea derivative represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has a superior FPRL1 agonist effect. Compound (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is highly useful for treatment, prevention, or suppression of inflammatory diseases, chronic airway diseases, cancers, septicemia, allergic symptoms, HIV retrovirus infection, circulatory disorders, neuroinflammation, nervous disorders, pains, prion diseases, amyloidosis, immune disorders and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Kiyoshi FUJII, Mitsuhito SHIBASAKI, Mikako KAWASHIMA, Megumi KAMIYA, Kohei OHATA
  • NITRIDE FLUORESCENT MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180194999
    Abstract: A method for producing a nitride fluorescent material having high emission luminance can be provided. The method includes heat-treating a raw material mixture containing silicon nitride, silicon, an aluminium compound, a calcium compound, and a europium compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMATA, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Shoji HOSOKAWA