Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Watanabe

Kazuhiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20230092351
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device related to electronic commerce that can efficiently or constantly obtain information on consumer needs regarding the specifications of products, etc. that have not yet been provided from information in search queries entered by general consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230082797
    Abstract: A mobile body control device includes: an observation trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a trajectory along which the subject walks; a basic trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a basic trajectory that matches the observation trajectory; a subject predicted trajectory acquisition unit that acquires a trajectory along which the subject walks after the current time point based on the specific basic trajectory; a prediction reliability calculation unit that calculates a prediction reliability based on uncertainty added along the subject predicted trajectory; a target trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a trajectory formed by a target position of a mobile body set ahead of the subject in a traveling direction of the subject; and a control-command-sequence-generating unit that generates a control command sequence using an evaluation function that uses as input the subject predicted trajectory, prediction reliability, target trajectory, and a control trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KUNO, Yutaka WATANABE, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Ayanori YOROZU, Shunichi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230046302
    Abstract: A blood flow field estimation apparatus is provided, including an estimation unit that uses a learned model obtained in advance by performing machine learning to learn a relationship between organ tissue three-dimensional structure data including image data of a plurality of organ cross-sectional images serving as cross-sectional images of an organ and having each pixel provided with two or more bit depths and image position information serving as information indicating a position of an image reflected on each of the organ cross-sectional images in the organ, and a blood flow field in the organ, and estimates the blood flow field in the organ of an estimation target, based on the organ tissue three-dimensional structure data of the organ of the estimation target, and an output unit that outputs an estimation result of the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hitomi ANZAI, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Gaoyang LI, Makoto OHTA, Teiji TOMINAGA, Kuniyasu NIIZUMA, Shinichiro SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230045444
    Abstract: A mechanism that enables developer replenishment by a simpler structure and a mechanism that enables more user-friendly developer replenishment are provided. An attachment port to which a developer supply bottle containing a developer stored therein is detachably attachable is disposed in an interior of an image forming apparatus. The developer supply bottle can be attached when the cover is in an open state. According to this image forming apparatus, when the developer supply bottle is attached to the attachment port, the developer inside the developer supply bottle moves into a developer housing chamber by its own weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Masatake Tanaka, Kentaro Yamawaki, Kenichi Iida, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Umeda, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11549461
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy having excellent high temperature strength and thermal conductivity; and an internal combustion engine piston including the alloy. The aluminum alloy includes 11.0-13.0% Si, ?0.3% Fe, 0.3-2.0% Mg, 2.0-5.0% Cu, 3.0-4.0% Ni, 0.2-1.0% Mn, 0.05-0.4% Cr, and 0.05-0.4% V, with the remainder including aluminum and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., ART METAL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Izumi Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Oda, Hiroshi Horikawa, Katsumi Fukaya, Takashi Seki, Tadashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11539690
    Abstract: An application server of an authentication system includes a requesting part that makes a request for possession authentication which is authentication using an authenticator, when the requesting part receives a request for authentication of a user from a terminal, a verifying part that receives an authentication result of the possession authentication and information for verification from the authentication server, and verifies the validity of the authentication server on the basis of the received information for verification, and a providing part that provides a function related to the application to the terminal if the verifying part verifies that the authentication server is valid. The authentication server of the authentication system includes a possession authentication part and a result transmission part that transmits the authentication result of the possession authentication and the information for verification to the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Capy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Takanobu Watanabe, Mitsuo Okada
  • Bag
    Patent number: 11535426
    Abstract: To suppress damage such as the formation of holes and wrinkles in laminated bodies constituting a bag. A bag having a storage section includes: laminated bodies that include a sealant film positioned on an inner surface of the bag and at least one plastic film positioned on an outer surface side of the sealant film; and a seal section where inner surfaces of one pair of laminated bodies are joined together. The seal section has an outer edge seal part that is positioned along an outer edge of the bag, and a steam-releasing seal part that is positioned closer to a center point side of the storage section than the outer edge seal part and peels off due to an increase in pressure in the storage section. The steam-releasing seal part peels off when the pressure in the storage section is 130 kPa or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanaka, Yasunari Iio, Kaoru Watanabe, Kazuhiro Takushima, Kiyoshi Toda, Shiomi Nakagawa, Kaeko Hayashi, Satomi Ishida, Keita Goto, Mariko Nakatsuka, Koki Akutsu, Yuki Tatsuta, Hideaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11523804
    Abstract: In order to estimate a temperature of a transmission-reception wavefront of a probe head, a first computing unit and a second computing unit are provided. The first computing unit estimates a temperature TA of the transmission-reception wavefront according to a basic function based on an internal temperature T1, an ambient temperature T2, power consumption Ptotal (=Pic+Ptd), and any other parameter. The basic function is a linear function. The second computing unit estimates a temperature TB of the transmission-reception wavefront according to an auxiliary function based on a previously estimated temperature Tpre, an internal temperature difference ?T1, and any other, parameter. A selection unit selects any of the temperatures TA and TB depending on situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Motoki, Toru Watanabe, Gen Shiina, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220391861
    Abstract: It is made possible to maintain confidentiality of data in a service using a public-type blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: KOKI TAKAHASHI, YOSHIHIKO IKENAGA, MASAAKI ISOZU, KAZUHIRO WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11519860
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit, a method, and a reagent which prevent the problem of false positive due to nonspecific adsorption, suppress the increase in noise to be generated, and are capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Chiku, Tomoaki Yoshioka, Kousuke Watanabe, Kazuhiro Hamada, Kouitsu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220378367
    Abstract: A management apparatus includes an obtainer that obtains detected information from a sensor that detects sleep of a user; a sleep determiner that determines whether the user is in a sleep state, based on the detected information; a manager that is connected to an appliance via a network, and obtains state information indicating an operation state of the appliance; an appliance determiner that determines whether the state information is different from predetermined normal information indicating a normal operation state of the appliance, when the sleep determiner determines that the user is in the sleep state; and a notification controller that outputs a notification signal, when the appliance determiner determines that the state information is different from the normal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuhiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220375363
    Abstract: An information processing device that supports programming education combined with another lesson subject. The information processing device includes an editing support unit that supports editing of a program by an editor, an execution unit that executes the program edited through the editing support unit on a program execution device, and an evaluation unit that evaluates the editor on the basis of activity of the program execution device. The editing support unit supports editing of the program for the program execution device to act on the basis of knowledge of a lesson subject other than programming education of the editor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO WATANABE, YUGA HARADA
  • Patent number: 11501650
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an aviation weather control system including: a processing unit configured to receive weather information of an area to be overseen including a vertically integrated liquid water content, and specify a weather phenomenon affecting an airplane based on the received weather information; and a notification unit configured to notify the weather phenomenon specified by the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 11493859
    Abstract: A mechanism that enables developer replenishment by a simpler structure and a mechanism that enables more user-friendly developer replenishment are provided. An attachment port to which a developer supply bottle containing a developer stored therein is detachably attachable is disposed in an interior of an image forming apparatus. The developer supply bottle can be attached when the cover is in an open state. According to this image forming apparatus, when the developer supply bottle is attached to the attachment port, the developer inside the developer supply bottle moves into a developer housing chamber by its own weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Masatake Tanaka, Kentaro Yamawaki, Kenichi Iida, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Umeda, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220348490
    Abstract: Provided is a heat reflective member, which is prevented from braking even in a high-temperature environment. It generates no dust in use, and can be washed with a chemical liquid. The heat reflective member has a laminated structure in which quartz glass layers are formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of a siliceous sintered powder layer. The heat reflective member includes: an impermeable layer which is formed at a portion of the siliceous sintered powder layer at an end portion of the heat reflective member, which has a thickness at least larger than half of a thickness of the siliceous sintered powder layer, and through which a gas or a liquid is prevented from penetrating; and a buffer layer which is formed between the impermeable layer and the siliceous sintered powder layer, and which changes in density from the impermeable layer toward the sintered powder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD., YAMAGATA SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ CO., LTD., HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Daiki FUJITA, Yoshihiro HARADA, Toru SEGAWA, Tomonori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220350274
    Abstract: A cartridge attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording material, the cartridge includes: an image bearing member; a developer container that contains therein a developer; a developing member that is rotatable and carries the developer supplied from the developer container and supplies the developer to the image bearing member; a developer supplying member that is rotatable and provided in the developer container and in contact with the developing member to supply the developer to a surface of the developing member; and a contact member provided in the developer container and in contact with a surface of the developer supplying member, wherein the developer remaining on the image bearing member after image formation is collected to the developing member, and the developer collected to the developing member is collected into the developer container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori Watanabe, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Funatani, Kensuke Umeda, Ai Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11486879
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit and a method capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a biological sample in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration by sufficiently avoiding the influence of antibodies such as anti-serum albumin antibody present in blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Chiku, Tomoaki Yoshioka, Kousuke Watanabe, Kazuhiro Hamada, Kouitsu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220324740
    Abstract: One aspect is a reflective member, which has a laminated structure in which transparent quartz glass members are formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of an opaque siliceous sintered powder layer. The opaque siliceous sintered powder layer has a thickness of 0.1 mm or more and a thickness distribution of ±0.05 mm or less. When a load is applied to each of the transparent quartz glass members on an upper surface and a lower surface of the laminated structure in a direction parallel to the laminated structure, the reflective member is fractured at a load of 5 N or more per square centimeter. The laminated structure includes a semi-transparent portion having a width of 0.01 mm or less, which has an intermediate opacity between an opacity of the opaque siliceous sintered powder layer and an opacity of each of the transparent quartz glass members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD., YAMAGATA SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ CO., LTD., HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Toru SEGAWA, Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tomonori WATANABE, Daiki FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20220326651
    Abstract: Provided are an image bearing member; a charging member that charges the image bearing member; an exposure unit that exposes the image bearing member; a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image as a developer image by supplying a developer, charged to regular polarity, to the image bearing member; a transfer member that transfers the developer image to a transfer-receiving body; and a collecting member that collects a deposit on the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion of the image bearing member at which the developer image is transferred to the transfer-receiving body by the transfer member, and upstream of a charging portion of the image bearing member charged by the charging member, in a rotation direction of the image bearing member. After transfer of the developer image to the transfer-receiving body, the developer remaining on the image bearing member is collected by the developing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Umeda, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220308495
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic electroconductive member including an electroconductive support and an electroconductive layer on the support, an electroconductive member is used, in which an electroconductive layer has a matrix comprising a first rubber, and domains dispersed in the matrix, the domains each comprising a second rubber and an electronic electroconductive agent, and for impedance measured by applying an AC voltage with an amplitude of 1 V to the electroconductive layer while varying frequencies between 1.0×10?2 Hz to 1.0×107 Hz under a specific environment, when a double logarithmic plot with a frequency on an abscissa and an impedance on an ordinate is obtained, a slope on a high frequency side is ?0.8 or more and —0.3 or less, and the impedance a low frequency side is from 1.0×103 to 1.0×107?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Kikuchi, Satoru Nishioka, Kenji Takashima, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Masahiro Kurachi, Takumi Furukawa, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kenya Terada, Yuya Tomomizu, Toshimitsu Nakazawa