Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Sasaki

Hitoshi Sasaki 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).

  • Patent number: 11959250
    Abstract: A first operation mechanism 3 includes a first driving source 30 which generates a driving force based on a drive command and a first driving mechanism 32 which inclines a left-side traveling pedal 1c by the driving force from the first driving source 30. The first driving mechanism 32 has a first abutting portion 32a which abuts a pedal surface of the left-side traveling pedal 1c and a first driving unit 32b which inclines the left-side traveling pedal 1c by inclining the first abutting portion. The first driving unit 32b is arranged in a position shifted to a lateral side from a space in which the first abutting portion 32a moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Kohei Nakamizo
  • Publication number: 20240106454
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises: a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units that performs analog-to-digital conversion using ?? modulation by comparing a signal output from a plurality of pixels to a reference voltage; and a plurality of supply units that supply one of a plurality of different reference voltages to each of the plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units. The plurality of supply units supply different reference voltages to adjacent analog-to-digital conversion units among the plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: KEN SASAKI, HITOSHI NASU
  • Patent number: 11898322
    Abstract: A master-side device is provided outside a working machine and transmits, to a slave-side device, a command for controlling activation of an actuator. The master-side device is provided with a master-side lever and an operation pattern switching unit. The operation pattern switching unit switches a master-side operation pattern in which a first command according to an operation of the master-side lever is combined with a second command for an operation of a machine-side lever. The slave-side device transmits, to the master-side device, information of a machine-side operation pattern selected by an operation pattern switching valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki
  • Publication number: 20240034247
    Abstract: There is provided a camera installation structure for inside of operation room that can obtain a camera image with reduced shake to enable remote operation and hardly obstructs rear visual field in a case where an operator boards a working machine. A camera installation structure 10 includes an operation seat 3, a scaffold member 20 disposed in a rear space 4, and mounting portions for mounting the scaffold member 20. The scaffold member 20 includes a plurality of shelves 21, 23, 25, and 27, a camera 50 installed on the fourth shelf 27, and mounting brackets. In a state where the mounting brackets are mounted on the mounting portions, a lens 51 of the camera is disposed at a height position corresponding to a height of eyes of an operator in a case where the operator sits on the operation seat 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke SAWADA, Fumino HASEGAWA, Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11885101
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can avoid instability of an operating state of a working machine, when switching a remote operation actor of the working machine. In a case where a state of one or both of a working machine 40 or a first operator is a specified state when the working machine 40 is remotely operated through a first remote operation apparatus 10, a first notification corresponding to the specified state is transmitted to a remote operation server 30. In the remote operation server 30, a second remote operation apparatus 20 which is appropriate in view of content of the first notification is selected as the remote operation actor of the working machine 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Otani, Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11821170
    Abstract: A remote operation system for a working machine includes a control device enabling an operator wearing a wearable display to grasp the surrounding situation of himself/herself. The control device includes an operation intention judgment section judging the presence/absence of an operator's operation intention to a remote operation lever based on the contents of acquired judgment information, and a display image switching section. With judgment of presence of the operation intention, the display image switching section makes a working area image taken by a working area image taking camera be displayed in a particular display area of the wearable display. With judgment of absence of the operation intention, the display image switching section stops the display of the working area image in the at least a part of the particular display area and switches it to a surrounding visual-recognition allowing area allowing the operator to visually recognize the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Otani, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Seiji Saiki, Hitoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11821171
    Abstract: A work machine 10 includes: a load detection unit 22a that detects a load on an operation mechanism 100; information output devices 43, 44, and 41a that output at least one of an image, a sound, and a vibration to an operator; and a control unit 47a that controls, according to the magnitude of a load detected by the load detection unit 22a, one or more of the level of at least one of the color intensity, the brightness, and the transparency of an image output by the information output device 44, at least one of the intensity and the level of frequency of a sound output by the information output device 43, and at least one of the intensity and the level of frequency of a vibration output by the information output device 41a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Hitoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230279640
    Abstract: When a remote operation of a work machine 40 through one remote operation apparatus 20 as a first remote operation apparatus is stopped by one operator, operation of an engine 460 of the work machine 40 is continued without being stopped if another operator who may possibly continuously remotely operate the same work machine 40 through another remote operation apparatus 20 as a second remote operation apparatus exists. Therefore, the other operator can immediately remotely operate the work machine 40 through the second remote operation apparatus without causing the engine 460 of the work machine 40, which has been an operation target of the first remote operation apparatus so far, to restart and perform warm-up operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11732440
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can supply appropriate information to one operator from a viewpoint that the one operator grasps a remotely operated action of a working machine by another operator. In a first remote operation apparatus 10, a sight line detector 112 detects a sight line of a first operator, and transmits sight line detection data corresponding to the sight line of the first operator. In a second remote operation apparatus 20, a second image output device 221 displays a designated image region spreading with reference to the sight line of the first operator corresponding to the sight line detection data in an environmental image corresponding to captured image data acquired by an imaging device 401 of a working machine 40, in a form different from a form of an image region around the designated image region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Otani, Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11732439
    Abstract: A master acquires, from a slave, a surrounding image obtained by capturing an image of surroundings of a construction machine from inside a cab seat of the construction machine, determines whether or not a working device is included in the surrounding image, and in a case of determining that the working device is not included in the surrounding image, calculates a position of the working device from a posture of the construction machine and displays, on a display device, a display object for informing an operator of the calculated position, together with the surrounding image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Kazuhiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 11723976
    Abstract: In one non-limiting embodiment, the present disclosure relates to lyophilized formulations containing an IL-31 antagonist (for example, an anti-IL-31RA antibody) as an active ingredient, the lyophilized formulations further containing arginine and/or a salt thereof and sucrose and/or trehalose. In another non-limiting embodiment, the present disclosure relates to solution formulations containing an IL-31 antagonist as an active ingredient, the solution formulations further containing arginine and/or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Kameoka, Toru Yoshizawa, Megumi Numata, Hitoshi Sasaki, So Yamaguchi, Hiroko Murata, Naoka Hironiwa
  • Publication number: 20230245812
    Abstract: A coil device 1 comprises a coil 10, a T-shaped core 20 including a columnar portion 21 around which the coil 10 is disposed and a flange 22 formed at a first end 21a of the columnar portion 21 in an axial direction thereof, and an exterior body 30 covering the coil 10 and the columnar portion 21 and made of an exterior material including magnetic particles and a resin. The core 20 is provided with a recess 40 including at least one of a first recess 41 or a second recess 42. The first recess 41 extends between the first end 21a and a second end 21b of the columnar portion 21 in the axial direction. The second recess 42 extends from an inner side towards an outer side of the flange 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto TSUKAMOTO, Sena YOSHINO, Tomohiko AIDA, Shigeki YANAGIDA, Masashi GOTOH, Hirofumi SASAKI, Hitoshi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11680339
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor substrate including: a fixing step S10 of fixing abase substrate, which includes a group III nitride semiconductor layer having a semipolar plane as a main surface, to a susceptor; a first growth step S11 of forming a first growth layer by growing a group III nitride semiconductor over the main surface of the group III nitride semiconductor layer in a state in which the base substrate is fixed to the susceptor using an HVPE method; a cooling step S12 of cooling a laminate including the susceptor, the base substrate, and the first growth layer; and a second growth step S13 of forming a second growth layer by growing a group III nitride semiconductor over the first growth layer in a state in which the base substrate is fixed to the susceptor using the HVPE method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yujiro Ishihara, Hiroki Goto, Shoichi Fuda, Tomohiro Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230169422
    Abstract: There are provided a server and a system that can cause content of work to be achieved using a work machine at each of a plurality of work positions, and the like to be intuitively recognized by a worker of the work machine A work environment image of a worksite showing extension aspects of specified areas A1 and A2 specified through an input interface (for example, an input interface 610) of a first client (for example, a worker terminal 60) is outputted to an output interface (for example, a remote output interface 220) of a second client (for example, a remote operation device 20) together with specified area related information about the specified areas similarly specified through the input interface of the first client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke SAWADA, Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230167626
    Abstract: A remote operation assistance server, or the like, capable of providing an operator of a work machine with information about influence of various regional weather conditions, such as precipitation and temperature, on the transfer and work of the work machine includes a first operation reference information Img(info1), representing weather conditions (actual measurement values or analytic values) over a first designated period in the past and weather conditions (predictive values) over a second designated period in the future at a designated area A where a work machine 40 is present, which is output to a remote output interface 220 of a remote operation apparatus 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki OTANI, Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230167172
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods to prevent the formation of visible particles in aqueous protein formulations, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical products obtained with said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Keijiro HATADE, Stefan Josef FISCHER, Christina Roswitha HAEUSER, Stephen Alfred HYLAND, Tarik Ali KHAN, Ralph LOVIS, Satya Krishna Kishore RAVURI, Hitoshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230092296
    Abstract: A work assistance server 10 according to the present invention includes a first assistance processing element 121 that generates a surroundings image including a region around a work machine 40 when a request to start work by the work machine 40 is made, and a second assistance processing element 122 that permits the work by the work machine 40 on condition that the surroundings image is displayed on an image output device 221 of a remote operation apparatus 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230083016
    Abstract: Provided is a sorting method for valuable resources, including a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a target containing valuable resources, to melt aluminum and separate a melt, a pulverizing step of pulverizing a thermally treated product remaining after the melt is separated, to obtain a pulverized product, a magnetic sorting step of sorting the valuable resources from the pulverized product by a magnetic force, and a wind force sorting step of sorting one valuable resource from another valuable resource in the valuable resources by a wind force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya YODOSE, Ryoei WATANABE, Hitoshi SASAKI, Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA
  • Publication number: 20230073325
    Abstract: There is provided a technology capable of, when a remote operation target through a remote operation apparatus is switched from one work machine to another work machine, making it easy for an operator to respond to an environmental change of the remote operation target. A first work environment image based on first picked-up image data acquired through a work machine image-pickup device 412 of a first work machine which is a current remote operation target of a remote operation apparatus 20 is outputted on a remote output interface 220. In addition, a second work environment image based on second picked-up image data acquired through a work machine image pickup apparatus of a second work machine which is the next remote operation target of the remote operation apparatus 20 is outputted on the remote output interface 220.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230043651
    Abstract: A remote control system 1 having a function as an inspection system includes a plurality of cameras 25, 60 which are located in a location environment of a construction machine 10, a captured image processing unit 50a configured to cause a display unit 45 to display captured images, and a camera selection unit 50b configured to select an inspection camera from the plurality of cameras 25, 60 at a time of inspection of the construction machine 10. The captured image processing unit 50a is configured to receive an image captured by the selected inspection camera to include an image of a portion to be inspected and cause the display unit 45 to display the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI