Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Sasaki

Kazuyuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240102334
    Abstract: The size of a driving portion for a sliding door is reduced. Drive mechanism drives sliding door that can move along rail provided in a lower part of a vehicle. Drive mechanism comprises: door opening and closing cables each having first end that is fixed to sliding door; and driving portion to which a. second end of door opening cable and a second end of door closing cable are fixed, wherein driving portion drives door opening cable and door closing cable. Driving portion includes: door opening drum to which the second end of door opening cable is fixed and onto which door opening cable is wound; and door closing drum to which the second end of door closing cable is fixed and onto which door closing cable is wound. Door opening drmn and door closing drum are arranged along rail between a front end and a rear end of rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sasaki, Shinichiro Kita
  • Publication number: 20240104397
    Abstract: A processing device for time-series data for reducing a data amount of time-series data, comprising: a compression processing unit that performs predetermined compression processing on original data of quantized time-series data, reduces the data amount, and converts the data into data for storage in a form that can be stored in a storage unit, wherein the compression processing unit calculates a first statistical index related to the original data, excludes data corresponding to an exclusion condition from the original data as a missing value, performs compression processing on the original data excluding a missing value, generates compressed data in which the data amount is reduced, and stores the compressed data and the first statistical index in the storage unit as data for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240067044
    Abstract: In a method for generating matrix data for a convolutional neural network that performs a convolution operation based on the matrix data in which vehicle information is arranged as an matrix element, the matrix data is composed of predetermined time-series data in which each row changes continuously in terms of time in an arrangement direction of each column, the time-series data is composed of first data of which degree of influence on the convolution operation is high and second data of which degree of influence is lower than the first data, the convolution operation is performed using a kernel that partitions the matrix data into the rows and columns corresponding to a predetermined coefficient, and at least one row of the first data is arranged for each set of rows corresponding to the coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230386253
    Abstract: A face region of a person appearing in an image is detected, a body region of the person appearing in the image is detected; face collation processing is performed using image information of the face region, a correspondence relationship between the image information of the face region and the image information of the body region is identified when the image information of the face region and the image information of the body region satisfy a predetermined correspondence relationship, and the image information of the body region is recorded when the image information of the body region of the person identified as a result of the face collation processing satisfies a recording condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230342900
    Abstract: A certificate determination apparatus (3) includes: a generation unit (311) configured to generate, based on an image (21) in which an identity certificate (5) appears, shadow information related a shadow (51) of the identity certificate appearing in the image; and a determination unit (312) configured to determine, based on the shadow information, whether or not the identity certificate appearing in the image is authentic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11454059
    Abstract: A vehicle side door opening/closing device includes a motor, a gear case to which the motor is fixed and which is fixed to a side door, a speed reducer built in the gear case, an output gear provided to the speed reducer, a rack of which an end portion is pivotably supported to a vehicle body and which is provided with a rack gear, and an engagement holding unit connected with the gear case and movably supporting the rack while constantly keeping an engagement allowance between the rack and the output gear. The side door is moved in an opening direction by pushing the rack and in a closing direction by pulling the rack respectively following the rotation of the output gear. The engagement holding unit rotates around a rotation center of the output gear by a swing of the rack following the opening/closing operation of the side door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Kiichi Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220262363
    Abstract: A speaker extracting unit extracts a speaker area from an image. A first utterance data generating unit, on the basis of the shape of the lips of the speaker, generates first utterance data indicating the content of the utterance by the speaker. A second utterance data generating unit, on the basis of a speech signal corresponding to the utterance by the speaker, generates second utterance data indicating the content of the utterance by the speaker. A comparison unit compares the first utterance data and the second utterance data with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11314968
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects leaving of an object to be determined from an object queue (20) included in video data (12) generated by a camera (10). The information processing apparatus (2000) infers a global behavior of the object to be determined on the basis of a relationship between the object to be determined and another object (22) included in the object queue (20). The information processing apparatus (2000) determines whether or not the object to be determined has left the object queue (20) on the basis of the global behavior of the object to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11111713
    Abstract: An operator for a vehicle side door including a metallic outer panel, a metallic inner panel, and a door glass partitioning a storage space between a downward movement locus line of the door glass and the metallic inner panel, the operator including: a drive unit provided in the storage space such that the drive unit overlaps with the downward movement locus line of the door in a width direction of the door; a pinion gear fixed to an output shaft of the drive unit; a rack including a rack gear configured to engage with the pinion gear; and a connecting arm pivotally supported on a vehicle body side bracket fixed to the vehicle body, the connecting arm being connected to a front end of the rack, wherein the side door moves in a direction of opening the door and closing the door in accordance with the movement of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiichi Noguchi, Shungo Ikeno, Shintaro Okawa, Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11014455
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a rotating electrical machine that serves as a drive power source for a first wheel and a second wheel; a differential gear device that distributes drive power from the rotating electrical machine to the first wheel and the second wheel; a reduction device that includes a planetary gear mechanism with a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear; and a case that accommodates the rotating electrical machine, the differential gear device, and the reduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Suyama, Hiroaki Sanji, Mitsuhiro Ichioka, Yuki Kawaguchi, Koji Ota, Kazuyuki Sasaki, Isao Fujishima
  • Publication number: 20210025213
    Abstract: A vehicle side door opening/closing device includes a motor, a gear case to which the motor is fixed and which is fixed to a side door, a speed reducer built in the gear case, an output gear provided to the speed reducer, a rack of which an end portion is pivotably supported to a vehicle body and which is provided with a rack gear, and an engagement holding unit connected with the gear case and movably supporting the rack while constantly keeping an engagement allowance between the rack and the output gear. The side door is moved in an opening direction by pushing the rack and in a closing direction by pulling the rack respectively following the rotation of the output gear. The engagement holding unit rotates around a rotation center of the output gear by a swing of the rack following the opening/closing operation of the side door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kiichi NOGUCHI, Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10856435
    Abstract: A fan attachment structure for attaching a fan to a casing is provided. The casing includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the fan, and an engaged portion formed on a side surface of the accommodation portion. The fan includes an engagement portion formed in a housing, and configured to engage with the engaged portion to restrict movement of the fan in a direction from an interior of the accommodation portion to an opening portion, and a rattling suppressing mechanism formed on a surface of the housing facing toward the side surface of the accommodation portion and configured to bias the fan in a direction apart from the side surface of the accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200279103
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects leaving of an object to be determined from an object queue (20) included in video data (12) generated by a camera (10). The information processing apparatus (2000) infers a global behavior of the object to be determined on the basis of a relationship between the object to be determined and another object (22) included in the object queue (20). The information processing apparatus (2000) determines whether or not the object to be determined has left the object queue (20) on the basis of the global behavior of the object to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200217122
    Abstract: An operator for a vehicle side door including a metallic outer panel, a metallic inner panel, and a door glass partitioning a storage space between a downward movement locus line of the door glass and the metallic inner panel, the operator including: a drive unit provided in the storage space such that the drive unit overlaps with the downward movement locus line of the door in a width direction of the door; a pinion gear fixed to an output shaft of the drive unit; a rack including a rack gear configured to engage with the pinion gear; and a connecting arm pivotally supported on a vehicle body side bracket fixed to the vehicle body, the connecting arm being connected to a front end of the rack, wherein the side door moves in a direction of opening the door and closing the door in accordance with the movement of the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kiichi NOGUCHI, Shungo IKENO, Shintaro OKAWA, Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200215920
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a rotating electrical machine that serves as a drive power source for a first wheel and a second wheel; a differential gear device that distributes drive power from the rotating electrical machine to the first wheel and the second wheel; a reduction device that includes a planetary gear mechanism with a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear; and a case that accommodates the rotating electrical machine, the differential gear device, and the reduction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki SUYAMA, Hiroaki SANJI, Mitsuhiro ICHIOKA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Koji OTA, Kazuyuki SASAKI, Isao FUJISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200215883
    Abstract: An operator for a vehicle side door includes: a drive unit; a pinion gear fixed to an output shaft of the drive unit; a rack including a rack gear, the rack gear being configured to engage with the pinion gear; a connecting arm pivotally supported on a vehicle body side bracket fixed to the vehicle body, the connecting arm being connected to a front end of the rack; and a contact stopper fixed to a rear end of the rack, wherein the side door moves in a direction of opening the door when the rack moves forward by the rotation of the pinion gear and the side door moves in a direction of closing the door when the rack moves backward by rotation of the pinion gear, and the contact stopper is configured to come into contact with the drive unit when the rack moves forward by a specified amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kiichi Noguchi, Shungo Ikeno, Shintaro Okawa, Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10451574
    Abstract: An inspection method for a heatsink according to the present disclosure includes a measurement preparation step of placing the heatsink in a place where radiated-heat quantities can be measured by first and second thermal sensors, each of the first and second thermal sensors including a temperature sensor and a heat-concentrating mirror with a heat-receiving surface curved in a concave shape, the first and second thermal sensors being disposed in different places in a state where a heat-receiving line is inclined from a direction in which the fin protrudes by a predetermined angle, a measurement step of acquiring first and second radiated-heat quantities from the first and second thermal sensors, respectively, and a determination step of determining that a coating state of the coating is fine when a total value of the first and second radiated-heat quantities is larger than a predetermined range defined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10231355
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an electronic device is configured to include internal heat dissipating fins (first heat dissipating member) accommodated inside a casing together with being disposed on a printed circuit board serving as a circuit substrate, and external heat dissipating fins (second heat dissipating member), a portion of which is exposed externally of the casing. The external heat dissipating fins include a heat input blade member which is fitted into a first heat dissipating blade member that constitutes the internal heat dissipating fins, and a second heat dissipating blade member which is exposed externally of the casing. A heat transfer part adapted to transmit heat from the heat input blade member to the second heat dissipating blade member is interposed between the heat input blade member and the second heat dissipating blade member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10113614
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes: a motor; and an output shaft arranged on a line extending from an axial center of the motor, power of the motor being transmitted to the output shaft via a deceleration mechanism, the door opening/closing device opening and closing a door via the output shaft by driving the motor. Positional deviation on both end surfaces of the output shaft is set to equal to or higher than ?0.01 and equal to or lower than ?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10104804
    Abstract: Elongated top panel heat dissipation slits each include a first long side sidewall that extends in a depth direction of a first long side, and a second long side sidewall that extends in the depth direction of a second long side. For example, the second long side sidewall is provided with projection portions that protrude toward the first long side sidewall. Then, step portions are formed. The step portions incline to a lower side as the step portions extend away from printed circuit boards. An inclined rib inclining to a lower side in an extension direction of a casing locates near lower end portions of the step portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki