Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Sato

Kazuhiro 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: 10224682
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a coaxial wire in which an inner insulator, an outer conductor and a sheath are sequentially and coaxially provided around a center conductor, and a substrate having a surface on which a first contact pad and a second contact pad are arranged. The sheath is removed at one end portion of the coaxial wire by a predetermined length, so that the inner insulator and the outer conductor are exposed, and a tip end of the inner insulator is removed by a predetermined length, so that the center conductor is exposed. The exposed portion of the center conductor is soldered to the first contact pad with the exposed portion of the inner insulator being bent relative to the sheath, and the exposed portion of the outer conductor is soldered to the second contact pad with being bent in a direction different from the bending direction of the inner insulator. A part of the coaxial wire covered by the sheath is standing at an angle of 30° or greater relative to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Watanabe, Kazuhiro Sato, Hitomi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10198075
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, an index determining unit, a predetermined image detecting unit, and a notification unit. The imaging unit has a preset imaging range and which images a target within the imaging range. The index determining unit determines whether an image of a particular index image has intruded into the imaging range. The predetermined image detecting unit detects a predetermined image part within the imaging range. The notification unit notifies that the index determining unit determines that the index image overlaps the predetermined image part. The predetermined image detecting unit is configured to determine a change direction of a changed part of image information and a no-change direction, and the notification unit notifies in accordance with the relation between a change direction of the index image and a change direction of image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Sumio Kawai, Osamu Nonaka, Shinsuke Homma
  • Patent number: 10165178
    Abstract: An image management server including a receiver configured to receive an image file. The image file includes image data, copyright information, and tag information including route information for transmitting the image data. The image file is transmitted by an external device in accordance with the route information. The image management server further includes a processor configured to add digital watermark information to the image data to make the image file in a state in which the copyright information is protected or waived, and a transmitter configured to transmit the image file to an image display server in the state in which the copyright information in the image file is protected or waived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuzawa, Kazuhiro Sato, Sumio Kawai, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10095713
    Abstract: The information device includes an imaging unit that images a subject and generates image data of the subject, a meta information generating unit that generates meta information related to the image data generated by the imaging unit, a possibility information generating unit that generates, with respect to the meta information, possibility information setting whether or not change of original information is possible by an external device when the meta information is transmitted to the external device, and an image file generating unit that generates an image file associating the image data generated by the imaging unit, the meta information generated by the meta information generating unit, and the possibility information generated by the possibility information generating unit with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuzawa, Sumio Kawai, Kazuhiro Sato, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10063773
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes a photographing module, an image processor, a line-of-sight direction determination module, a main subject determination module, and an emphasis processor. The line-of-sight direction determination module determines a line-of-sight direction of the photographer by comparing with the reference line-of-sight direction of the photographer in the image data acquired by the image processor. The main subject determination module determines a main subject to be photographed by the photographer, based on the line-of-sight direction determined by the line-of-sight direction determination module. The emphasis processor executes an emphasis process on the main subject determined by the main subject determination module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Sachie Yamamoto, Kyoichi Numajiri, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10043236
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display, a display control circuit for causing operation screens, for selection of setting items to be used from among a plurality of provided setting items, to be displayed on the display, and causing switching from the operation screen to another operation screen to be displayed, and an operation member for operating in order to switch from the operation screen to another operation screen, wherein the display control circuit causes display of change in display appearance of the setting items, when there is a switch from the operation screen to another operation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Kensei Ito, Tomomi Kaminaga, Naoki Fujii, Kyoichi Numajiri
  • Publication number: 20180149969
    Abstract: An imprint apparatus forms a pattern of an imprint material in a shot area of the substrate using the mold, and includes a heating mechanism that changes a shape of the substrate by irradiating the shot area of the substrate with light, wherein the heating mechanism includes a plurality of optical modulators that forms an illuminance distribution in the shot area of the substrate, and light beams from the plurality of optical modulators illuminate mutually different areas of the shot area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Takafumi Miyaharu
  • Patent number: 9927906
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control unit that displays, on a screen, a setting item list for setting a condition of an appliance, and further displays, for a designated item designated in the setting item list, an option row for selecting a specific condition in the designated item, and a selection operation guide for selecting an option from options arranged in the option row. The display control unit separates the option row and the selection operation guide, displays the option row and the selection operation guide by superposing them on the setting item list, and further displays an option selected in accordance with a touch operation performed on the selection operation guide so as to be identifiable in the option row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kensei Ito, Kazuhiro Sato, Naoki Fujii, Kyoichi Numajiri
  • Publication number: 20180084397
    Abstract: A control apparatus has one or more built-in functions that are selectively usable. The control apparatus includes a first communication unit conducting a first communication and a second communication unit conducting a second communication, a built-in function unit configured to execute the built-in function, and at least one control circuit. The control circuit determines which of the built-in functions is selected, determines whether there is an external device to execute an external function related to the selected built-in function based on the first communication, controls an icon display to present to a user that the selected built-in function is also executable by the external device, and causes the second communication unit to communicate with the external device through a second communication to execute the external function when the external device is selected in accordance with the icon display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Akinobu SATO, Toshihiro OGATA, Kazuhiro SATO, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20180048208
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary unit and a rotary unit. The stationary unit includes a stator, a base portion having at least one hole extending in the up-down direction, and a flexible wiring substrate. The flexible wiring substrate reaches a position higher than a lower surface of the base portion through at least one hole and is arranged to supply electric power to the stator. The flexible wiring substrate includes a connection portion arranged higher than the lower surface of the base portion and connected to the stator. The connection portion includes a solder portion arranged on a lower surface thereof to cover a portion of a lead wire extending from a coil of the stator. At least a portion of the solder portion is positioned within the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yoichi SEKII, Takehito TAMAOKA, Kazuhiro SATO, Kazuhiko FUKUSHIMA, Hiroyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20180038448
    Abstract: In a planetary gear device including: a sun gear; a plurality of planet gears; a ring gear; and a tubular support member connected to the ring gear so as to rotate together with the ring gear; an outward flange provided at the ring gear and projecting radially outward and extend over an entire periphery thereof; an wavy inward flange provided at the tubular support member and having a plurality of projection pieces projecting radially inward over an entire periphery thereof, the outward flange and the inward flange are fastened to each other by means of bolts and nuts, and the inward flange has a plurality of recesses formed between the plurality of projection pieces and the plurality of recesses include shallow first recesses and second recesses deeper than the first recesses such that depth of the recesses becomes greater at regular intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MATSUOKA, Hiroyasu NISHIKAWA, Takahiko BANNO, Masato ASAHARA, Kazuhiro SATO
  • Patent number: 9865374
    Abstract: A multi-core cable includes a plurality of coaxial wires, each coaxial wire including a center conductor whose sectional area is 0.0006 mm2 to 0.25 mm2, a wrapping tape configured to cover all of the plurality of coaxial wires, and a sheath configured to cover the wrapping tape. The sheath is configured by a resin material coated with polyparaxylylene or fluorine resin in a thickness of 0.5 ?m to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsunori Hayashishita, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20170365963
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a coaxial wire in which an inner insulator, an outer conductor and a sheath are sequentially and coaxially provided around a center conductor, and a substrate having a surface on which a first contact pad and a second contact pad are arranged. The sheath is removed at one end portion of the coaxial wire by a predetermined length, so that the inner insulator and the outer conductor are exposed, and a tip end of the inner insulator is removed by a predetermined length, so that the center conductor is exposed. The exposed portion of the center conductor is soldered to the first contact pad with the exposed portion of the inner insulator being bent relative to the sheath, and the exposed portion of the outer conductor is soldered to the second contact pad with being bent in a direction different from the bending direction of the inner insulator. A part of the coaxial wire covered by the sheath is standing at an angle of 30° or greater relative to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa WATANABE, Kazuhiro SATO, Hitomi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9837872
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary unit and a rotary unit. The stationary unit includes a stator, a base portion having at least one hole extending in the up-down direction, and a flexible wiring substrate. The flexible wiring substrate reaches a position higher than a lower surface of the base portion through at least one hole and is arranged to supply electric power to the stator. The flexible wiring substrate includes a connection portion arranged higher than the lower surface of the base portion and connected to the stator. The connection portion includes a solder portion arranged on a lower surface thereof to cover a portion of a lead wire extending from a coil of the stator. At least a portion of the solder portion is positioned within the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sekii, Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiro Sato, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 9825490
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a transmission means including at least an oscillation means and a resonant means and for transmitting power to a power reception device by using a magnetic resonance-type power transmission technique; and a control means for controlling the reception power of the power reception device so as to be at a maximum by changing at least one of an oscillation frequency of the oscillation means and a resonant frequency of the resonant means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20170318219
    Abstract: An image management server including a receiver configured to receive an image file. The image file includes image data, copyright information, and tag information including route information for transmitting the image data. The image file is transmitted by an external device in accordance with the route information. The image management server further includes a processor configured to add digital watermark information to the image data to make the image file in a state in which the copyright information is protected or waived, and a transmitter configured to transmit the image file to an image display server in the state in which the copyright information in the image file is protected or waived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUZAWA, Kazuhiro SATO, Sumio KAWAI, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170285331
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination apparatus which performs oblique illumination, the apparatus including a first optical element formed with an array of a plurality of optical components each configured to generate a point light source, and a second optical element configured to receive light from the first optical element and form an illumination region, with a power thereof in one direction being different from a power thereof in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, wherein at least one of the first optical element and the second optical element has a rotation angle about an optical axis thereof so as to perform compensate for distortion of the illumination region by the oblique illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Takafumi Miyaharu, Ken-ichiro Shinoda, Takahiro Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20170255267
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, an index determining unit, a predetermined image detecting unit, and a notification unit. The imaging unit has a preset imaging range and which images a target within the imaging range. The index determining unit determines whether an image of a particular index image has intruded into the imaging range. The predetermined image detecting unit detects a predetermined image part within the imaging range. The notification unit notifies that the index determining unit determines that the index image overlaps the predetermined image part. The predetermined image detecting unit is configured to determine a change direction of a changed part of image information and a no-change direction, and the notification unit notifies in accordance with the relation between a change direction of the index image and a change direction of image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SATO, Sumio KAWAI, Osamu NONAKA, Shinsuke HOMMA
  • Patent number: 9742990
    Abstract: An image file recorded on a non-transitory computer readable recording medium is presented. The image file is readable by a transmitting device in communication with a plurality of transceiving devices. The image file includes electronic image data, and tag information including transmission route information for transmitting the image file to at least one of the plurality of transceiving devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuzawa, Kazuhiro Sato, Sumio Kawai, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: D793906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ian Richard Cartabiano, Katsuhiro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sato