Patents by Inventor Jun Sato

Jun 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).

  • Patent number: 10046335
    Abstract: A centrifuge including a lid section of a sample container, the lid section having a rotating shaft for swinging, and a swing-type rotor, and the centrifuge conducts centrifugation operation in a state where the sample container is seated in a bucket housing section by making the sample container in which the rotating shaft is mounted to a rotating shaft engagement groove of the rotor swing due to the rotation of the rotor. The rotating shaft comprises a plurality of members connected by a connection section and is configured so as to be bendable at the connection section by a centrifugal load accompanying the rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Kenichi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 10047953
    Abstract: This gasification melting facility includes: a fluidized bed gasification furnace that generates pyrolysis gas by thermally decomposing waste and discharges incombustibles; a vertical cyclone melting furnace that includes a pyrolysis gas duct through which the pyrolysis gas is introduced; a pyrolysis gas passage that connects the fluidized bed gasification furnace with the pyrolysis gas duct of the vertical cyclone melting furnace; pulverizer that pulverize the incombustibles into pulverized incombustibles so that the particle size of the incombustibles becomes fine; and airflow transporter that puts the pulverized incombustibles in the pyrolysis gas passage, and separating metal contained in the pulverized incombustibles by a difference in specific gravity while conveying the pulverized incombustibles together with airflow. The pyrolysis gas and the pulverized incombustibles are melted in the vertical cyclone melting furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENVIRONMENTAL & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Toshimasa Shirai, Yoshihisa Saito, Norio Yoshimitsu, Yasunori Terabe
  • Publication number: 20180201314
    Abstract: An automatic driving control device performs an automatic driving control for causing a vehicle to travel along a reference travel trajectory set in a lane in advance. The automatic driving control device reflects the steering by the driver during the automatic driving control in the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected during the automatic driving control by the steering detection unit and when a position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in an allowance range, and alerts the driver to the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected and in a case where it is determined that the position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in the second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Masaki MATSUNAGA, Yuichi KUMAI
  • Patent number: 10017116
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image related to an autonomous driving control of an autonomous driving system on a display surface of an in-vehicle display of a vehicle is configured such that, when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving control, the image display apparatus displays: a traveling road overlook image showing the vehicle and a traveling road where the vehicle runs in a bird's-eye view; a stability display image positioned in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the traveling road overlook image, the stability display image being configured to change according to stability information inside a rectangular frame extending in a direction intersecting with the travelling direction; and a subsequent action text image positioned in the traveling direction relative to the stability display image and indicative of subsequent action information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Sato
  • Patent number: 10005391
    Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Ayako Shimizu, Yuichi Kumai, Yuma Kawamori, Takeshi Matsumura, Tsukasa Shimizu, Yasuo Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180169716
    Abstract: A particle removal method is provided for removing particles on a film etched using a fluorine-containing gas. In the method, a mixed gas of an activated oxygen-containing gas and hydrogen gas added to the activated oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the etched film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Masato YONEZAWA, Takashi CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20180153648
    Abstract: Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. These palatal expanders may be configured to have a variable surface smoothness on one side (e.g., the lingual-facing surface) compared to the opposite side (e.g., the palatal-facing surface). These palatal expanders may be configured to have a varying thickness in the palatal region. These palatal expanders may be adapted for ease in removal by the patient or caregiver (e.g., including a hinged region and/or detachment region, and/or including a thinner buccal side then occlusal side, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Yaser SHANJANI, Jeremy RILEY, Ryan KIMURA, Jun SATO, Norman SU, Jihua CHENG, Fuming WU
  • Publication number: 20180153649
    Abstract: Methods for designing and fabrication of a series of apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”). In particular, described herein are methods and apparatuses for forming palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, as well as series of palatal expanders formed as described herein and apparatuses for designing and fabricating them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Fuming WU, Ryan KIMURA, Jeremy RILEY, Yaser SHANJANI, Norman SU, Jun SATO, Bastien PESENTI, John Y. MORTON, Jihua CHENG
  • Publication number: 20180135178
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus includes a process chamber and a turntable provided in the process chamber. The turntable includes a substrate receiving region to receive a substrate thereon and provided along a circumferential direction of the turntable. A source gas supply unit extending along a radial direction of the turntable is provided above the turntable with a first distance from the turntable such that the source gas supply unit covers an entire length of the substrate receiving region in the radial direction. An axial-side supplementary gas supply unit is provided in the vicinity of the source gas supply unit and above the turntable with a second distance from the turntable. The second distance is longer than the first distance. The axial-side supplementary gas supply unit covers a predetermined region of the substrate receiving region on the axial side in the radial direction of the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Shigehiro MIURA, Jun SATO
  • Publication number: 20180110591
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, computing device readable medium, and devices for dental appliances formed with folded material components. An example of a method of forming a dental appliance, includes forming a shell having a number of tooth apertures configured to receive and reposition a number of teeth of a patient along one jaw of a patient, the shell having a number of specialized components and wherein the number of specialized components are formed from folding multiple sections of the first sheet of material over each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Ryan Kimura, Yaser Shanjani
  • Patent number: 9950740
    Abstract: An automatic driving control device performs an automatic driving control for causing a vehicle to travel along a reference travel trajectory set in a lane in advance. The automatic driving control device reflects the steering by the driver during the automatic driving control in the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected during the automatic driving control by the steering detection unit and when a position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in an allowance range, and alerts the driver to the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected and in a case where it is determined that the position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Masaki Matsunaga, Yuichi Kumai
  • Publication number: 20180074367
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal device, liquid crystal molecules are oriented between a first substrate provided with pixel electrodes and a second substrate provided with a common electrode in a quadrangular display area. In a casing area between a seal material and a display area in the second substrate, a light blocking area, in which a first shading layer is formed along a side of the display area, and a light transmission area, which has higher light transmittance than the light blocking area, are provided. In the first substrate, a second shading layer, which overlaps light transmission area in plan view, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Jun SATO
  • Publication number: 20180065552
    Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki MORI, Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Ayako Shimizu, Yuichi Kumai, Yuma Kawamori, Takeshi Matsumura, Tsukasa Shimizu, Yasuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9910435
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device that is configured to be capable of switching from an automatic travel of the vehicle to manual travel by a driver, a manual driving adaptation degree of a driver during an automatic travel is calculated based on a driver state (S16), a notification timing is set such that the notification timing is earlier as the manual driving adaptation degree becomes lower (S18), and the automatic travel end notification is given to the driver at the set notification timing (S20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Masahiro Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20180059662
    Abstract: A control system for an autonomous driving vehicle is provided with an information provision device 10 configured to provide a driver with information and an operation request part configured to control the information provision device to provide the driver with information during autonomous driving to thereby request a predetermined operation to the driver. The operation request part is provided with a margin time calculation part configured to calculate a margin time until a timing at which the driver should start the operation when the operation should be requested to the driver and an information provision control part configured to provide the driver with information differing according to the margin time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Yuma Kawamori, Keiko Tosaki
  • Publication number: 20180059661
    Abstract: A control system for an autonomous driving vehicle is provided with a notification device 10 for giving notification to a driver and an electronic control unit 20. Autonomous driving is performed and an autonomous driving reliability value expressing a degree of reliability of autonomous driving is calculated during autonomous driving. If the autonomous driving reliability value is equal to or smaller than a predetermined preparation request value, the notification device is controlled to notify a request for preparing for manual driving to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Yuma Kawamori, Keiko Tosaki
  • Patent number: 9903011
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a Ni-based heat-resistant superalloy a primary ?? phase with an average particle size of at least 500 nm comprising the steps of: providing a material to be hot-worked having a composition consisting of, by mass, 0.001 to 0.05% C, 1.0 to 4.0% Al, 4.5 to 7.0% Ti, 12 to 18% Cr, 14 to 27% Co, 1.5 to 4.5% Mo, 0.5 to 2.5% W, 0.001 to 0.05% B, 0.001 to 0.1% Zr, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities; heating the material to be hot-worked in a temperature having a range of 1,130 to 1,200° C. for at least 2 hours; cooling the material to be hot-worked heated by the heating step to a hot working temperature or less at a cooling rate of at most 0.03° C./second; and subjecting the material to be hot-worked to hot working after the cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomonori Ueno, Takehiro Ohno, Chuya Aoki, Eiji Shimohira
  • Publication number: 20180046185
    Abstract: A control system for an autonomous driving vehicle comprises an operation device configured to be operated by a driver; a notification device configured to give notification to the driver; and an electronic control unit. Autonomous driving is performed. When the driver operates the operation device during autonomous driving, autonomous driving is terminated and vehicle driving is switched to manual driving. Further, when the driver should be requested to terminate autonomous driving during autonomous driving, the notification device is controlled to first notify a request for preparing for manual driving to the driver and then notify a request for terminating autonomous driving to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Yuma Kawamori, Keiko Tosaki
  • Patent number: 9878403
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy for a welding material including, by mass, 0.001 to 0.1% of C, 18 to 25% of Co, 16 to 20% of Cr, 2.5 to 3.5% of Al, 9.0 to 15.0% of Mo+W, 0.001 to 0.03% of B and the balance being Ni and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Hiroyuki Doi, Jun Sato
  • Patent number: D810173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Sato