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: 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: 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
  • 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: 11451712
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a recording control unit configured to perform control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and a control unit configured to perform control to: record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Takeshi Kikkawa, Soshi Takita, Takeshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220283637
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation member configured to receive an operation performed by a user, a display device configured to display a display item, an eye tracking unit configured to detect a gaze point of the user on the display device, and an execution unit configured to perform control to execute a first processing corresponding to a first operation item assigned to the operation member or a second processing corresponding to a second operation item assigned to the display item displayed at the detected gaze point, in response to an operation to the operation member performed by a user. In a case where the display item is not displayed at the detected gaze point, the execution unit performs control to execute the first processing, and in a case where the display item is displayed at the detected gaze point, the execution unit performs control to execute the second processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Kikkawa, Mayu ONO, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11436776
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate at least a part of a plurality of frame areas in each of which an image provided on a screen is arrangeable; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a frame area that satisfies a predetermined condition from the designated frame area; a first determination unit configured to automatically determine an image to be arranged in the frame area that satisfies the predetermined condition; and a display control unit configured to arrange and display the determined image in the frame area that satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuko Hokari, Akane Sakamoto, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11403424
    Abstract: To enable a user himself/herself who is the owner of management data of a P2P database to disclose data while maintaining authenticity of the data. An information processing apparatus is provided including a creation unit that creates public data by using management data of a P2P database, and a registration control unit that controls registration of the public data to the P2P database, on the basis of first identification information that uniquely identifies the management data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki Takahashi, Masaaki Isozu, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11388230
    Abstract: To more appropriately perform a consensus processing regarding update of a peer-to-peer database. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires a value indicating an influence of a user; and a consensus processing unit that performs consensus processing regarding update of a P2P database on the basis of the value indicating the influence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Matthew Lawrenson, Christopher Wright, Jan Jasper van den Berg
  • Patent number: 11358514
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Hiroshi Okada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Hirofumi Yuchi, Kohei Asada
  • Patent number: 11354309
    Abstract: To be able to deal with more request information without increasing the load on a peer-to-peer database system. An information processing apparatus is provided including an acquisition unit that acquires data provided from a P2P database on the basis of request information, and a storage control unit that controls storage of the data performed by a cache storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki Takahashi, Masaaki Isozu, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11332182
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus includes a shaft member, a moving portion, a support member, and a stop portion. The moving portion includes a first abutting surface that faces the stop portion in a circumferential direction of the shaft member. The first abutting surface is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the shaft member to face a shaft support portion side when the moving portion is viewed in a radial direction of the shaft member. The stop portion includes a first abutted surface that abuts the first abutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ishimura, Masaaki Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Naohiro Oosono
  • Publication number: 20220080744
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is smaller than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is larger than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state when the amount of the printing material is larger than the predetermined amount to a state when the amount of the printing material is smaller than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220078346
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11247489
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11203210
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11197641
    Abstract: Communication device includes first sensor configured to measure a state of a sensing target person to acquire first measurement data, second sensor configured to measure a body temperature to acquire second measurement data, and memory unit configured to store a reference body temperature for a single or each of a plurality of predetermined states of the sensing target person. Communication device further includes state determiner configured to determine whether or not the sensing target person is in the single or any one of the plurality of predetermined states, and abnormality determiner configured to compare the reference body temperature with the body temperature of the sensing target person to determine whether or not the sensing target person has a body temperature abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Masaru Yamaoka, Kenji Masuda, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210373504
    Abstract: A control method includes acquiring time information including a wake-up set time; acquiring a sleep state of a sleeper who is stimulated by a stimulation device; determining a change of the sleep state; causing the stimulation device to start increasing a stimulus which urges the sleeper to awake at a control start time as time before the wake-up set time by a predetermined time period; and controlling a change amount of the stimulus based on the change of the sleep state with the stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Masaaki HARADA
  • Patent number: D956134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: GRAPHTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Umezawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Ryoichi Oka