Patents by Inventor Kenji Sakamoto

Kenji Sakamoto 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: 11964621
    Abstract: A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes circumstances around a vehicle, a steering operator that is able to adjust steering of the vehicle, a vibrator that causes a portion of the steering operator to vibrate, a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of an occupant of the vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, and a controller that controls the vibrator and the tension adjustment mechanism on the basis of the circumstances recognized by the recognizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Odai, Yuji Yasui, Kenji Komori, Yosuke Sakamoto, Yosuke Koike, Kenshi Torikai
  • Patent number: 11955637
    Abstract: To provide an electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, which traps hydrogen sulfide gas, generated from the inside thereof for some reason, in the electrode, and suppresses the outflow of hydrogen sulfide gas to the outside of the battery. An electrode for lithium ion batteries includes a coating material which contains a silanol group and is present on at least a surface of an active material layer. The active material layer contains a sulfur-based material and a resin-based binder. The sulfur-based material is an active material capable of alloying with lithium metal or an active material capable of occluding lithium ions. The coating material containing the silanol group is a silicate having a siloxane bond or a silica fine particle aggregate having a siloxane bond as a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ATTACCATO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Mukai, Naoto Yamashita, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Kenji Kakiage, Hiroyuki Osada, Yohei Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20240085764
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of contacts electrically connectable to an accessory and arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a direction in which the accessory is attached. The contacts include an attachment detection contact to detect an attachment of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, and a communication request contact for a communication request from the accessory to the electronic apparatus. The attachment detection and communication request contacts are disposed between a contact closest one end and a contact closest to another end in the first direction. The attachment detection contact is disposed between the communication request contact and the contact closest to the one end. In the first direction, a distance between the attachment detection contact and the communication request contact is shorter than that between the communication request contact and the contact closest to the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromichi Sakamoto, Kei Tohyama, Takayuki Shu, Hiromi Hayasaki, Kouji Ikeda, Yuhei Hattori, Kenji Ishii, Yoshinobu Okano
  • Patent number: 11860520
    Abstract: A projector includes a main body and a projection lens. The main body includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light outputted from the light source, and a lens holder to and from which the projection lens is attachable and detachable. The projection lens projects the light modulated, and the lens holder includes a first lens holding mechanism and a second lens holding mechanism that hold the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20230352023
    Abstract: A method for supporting online dialogue includes: receiving, by a computer, an utterance to a second speaker from a first speaker in an online dialogue; converting, by the computer, a voice of the utterance into a character string; analyzing, by the computer, the utterance; accessing, by the computer, a database having one or more utterance examples on a basis of a result of the analysis; extracting, by the computer, a desirable response as a response to the utterance by the first speaker from the one or more utterance examples on a basis of the utterance of the first speaker; and outputting, by the computer, the extracted utterance example to the second speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11644737
    Abstract: A projector includes: an exterior case having plurality of penetration holes; first base member fixed inside the exterior case and made of metal or crystalline resin; illumination unit fixed to first base member; image forming unit fixed to first base member; optical projection unit coupled to image forming unit; and second base member fixed inside exterior case and coupled to first base member, and having lower rigidity than first base member. First base member has plurality of first fixing parts which are arranged corresponding to position of part of plurality of penetration holes in exterior case and to which suspension fitting is fixed. Second base member has second fixing part which is arranged corresponding to position of penetration hole other than penetration holes having plurality of first fixing parts arranged therein, of plurality of penetration holes in exterior case, and to which suspension fitting is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sakamoto, Yohei Sakai
  • Publication number: 20230110153
    Abstract: A projector includes a main body and a projection lens. The main body includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light outputted from the light source, and a lens holder to and from which the projection lens is attachable and detachable. The projection lens projects the light modulated, and the lens holder includes a first lens holding mechanism and a second lens holding mechanism that hold the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230064925
    Abstract: Provided is a medical observation system capable of preventing disconnection of metal cables without increasing the thickness of a braided shield wire. The medical observation system includes a transmission cable including: an optical cable having one or more optical fiber cores; a plurality of metal cables arranged around the optical cable; and a tension member made of a high-strength fiber, and disposed in parallel with an extending direction of the optical cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11556049
    Abstract: A projector includes a main body and a projection lens. The main body includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light outputted from the light source, and a lens holder to and from which the projection lens is attachable and detachable. The projection lens projects the light modulated, and the lens holder includes a first lens holding mechanism and a second lens holding mechanism that hold the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220315742
    Abstract: A thermally expandable fire-resistant resin composition contains a vinyl resin, a nitrogen-containing foaming agent, a phosphorus flame retardant, a polyhydric alcohol, titanium dioxide, and a straight-chain acrylic polymer. The straight-chain acrylic polymer has a weight-average molecular weight within a range of greater than or equal to 4,000,000 and less than or equal to 20,000,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAMOTO, Satoru MORIYA, Kouiti WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220244626
    Abstract: A projector includes: an exterior case having plurality of penetration holes; first base member fixed inside the exterior case and made of metal or crystalline resin; illumination unit fixed to first base member; image forming unit fixed to first base member; optical projection unit coupled to image forming unit; and second base member fixed inside exterior case and coupled to first base member, and having lower rigidity than first base member. First base member has plurality of first fixing parts which are arranged corresponding to position of part of plurality of penetration holes in exterior case and to which suspension fitting is fixed. Second base member has second fixing part which is arranged corresponding to position of penetration hole other than penetration holes having plurality of first fixing parts arranged therein, of plurality of penetration holes in exterior case, and to which suspension fitting is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAMOTO, Yohei SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11376967
    Abstract: This vehicle brake device performs raising processing for raising, by a predetermined raising amount, the target hydraulic pressure of hydraulic fluid when the pressure of the hydraulic fluid starts increasing in order to suppress a delay in response to the increase in the pressure of hydraulic fluid during switching processing for gradually switching at least part of regenerative braking force to hydraulic braking force, and includes a judging portion which judges whether or not required braking force or deceleration is reduced during cooperative control; and a raising amount setting portion which during the raising processing, sets a second predetermined pressure as a raising amount if the judgement result of the judging portion is positive, the second predetermined pressure being smaller than a first predetermined pressure that is the raising amount when the determination result of the determination result is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakata, Kosuke Hashimoto, Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210302813
    Abstract: A projector includes a main body and a projection lens. The main body includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light outputted from the light source, and a lens holder to and from which the projection lens is attachable and detachable. The projection lens projects the light modulated, and the lens holder includes a first lens holding mechanism and a second lens holding mechanism that hold the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11072243
    Abstract: A vehicle braking device sets a target hydraulic braking force based on the difference between the execution regeneration braking force, which is actually generated regeneration braking force and the requested braking force which is to be applied to the vehicle wheels and includes a hydraulic pressure control portion that raises the target hydraulic braking force by a predetermined value at a timing when the difference between the execution regeneration braking force and the maximum value thereof is equal to or less than a judgement threshold value and a threshold value setting portion that sets the judgement threshold value on the basis of the requested braking force gradient when the liquid amount inside the hydraulic chamber is less than a predetermined amount, and sets the judgement threshold value on the basis of the target hydraulic braking force gradient when the liquid amount is equal to or more than the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakata, Kosuke Hashimoto, Kenji Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11061306
    Abstract: A projector includes a main body and a projection lens. The main body includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light outputted from the light source, and a lens holder to and from which the projection lens is attachable and detachable. The projection lens projects the light modulated, and the lens holder includes a first lens holding mechanism and a second lens holding mechanism that hold the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210201860
    Abstract: A drum head and an attachment method of a cushion are provided. A drum head includes: a diaphragm; an outer cushion that is joined to the diaphragm and has a predetermined cushioning property; an inner cushion that is interposed between the outer cushion and the diaphragm and has a predetermined cushioning property; and at least one joint that joins the outer cushion to the diaphragm in a state in which the inner cushion is pressed against the diaphragm by the outer cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma SAKA, Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210171734
    Abstract: A thermally expandable fire-resistant resin composition contains a metallocene plastomer; a nitrogen-containing foaming agent; a phosphorus flame retardant; a polyhydric alcohol; and a titanium dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAMOTO, Takaya NIU, Satoru MORIYA
  • Patent number: 10842356
    Abstract: A plug as an optical connector is configured to connect mechanically and optically with a receptacle, wherein part of an optical fibre for transmitting an optical signal is disposed internally. The plug includes a tubular plug-side first outer wall into which the optical fibre is inserted, configured to cover an optical signal-emitting end of the optical fibre. An end side of the plug-side first outer wall to be connected to the receptacle is sealed by a plug-side cover member translucent to an optical signal. In the optical connector intrusion of liquid and foreign substances can be suppressed, and reliability of optical communication can be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hagihara, Kei Tomatsu, Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200150515
    Abstract: A projector includes a main body and a projection lens. The main body includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light outputted from the light source, and a lens holder to and from which the projection lens is attachable and detachable. The projection lens projects the light modulated, and the lens holder includes a first lens holding mechanism and a second lens holding mechanism that hold the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10640883
    Abstract: After removing deposit on a susceptor in an epitaxial growth furnace by a cleaning recipe (step S101), a first epitaxial wafer is produced by growing an epitaxial layer on a first wafer based on a process recipe A (step S102). Subsequently, a step of producing an epitaxial wafer by growing an epitaxial layer on a wafer based on a process recipe B including second control parameters set such that the epitaxial wafer has approximately the same film thickness profile as the first wafer (step S103) is repeated a plurality of times to successively produce a plurality of epitaxial wafers (step S104). The cleaning recipe, the process recipe A, and the process recipe B repeated a plurality of times are carried out repeatedly (step S105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SUMCO Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakamoto, Masayuki Tsuji