Patents by Inventor Kenji Watanabe

Kenji 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: 20250104415
    Abstract: An image recognition assistance apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a recognition result acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of image recognition carried out by an image recognition engine on a target image output by an image output unit using a predetermined set value; and a setting unit configured to determine a set value with which the recognition result meets a predetermined criterion and set the determined set value in an image output unit. Accordingly, by adjusting a target image to be input to the image recognition engine in consideration of the recognition results obtained by the image recognition engine, improvement of a recognition accuracy is assisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Masaru KAWASAKI, Hideaki KAMIGA, Nobuyuki MATSUKAWA, Masaki GOTO, Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Takeshi IBARAKI, Norio KURASHIGE, Eiji MATSUMOTO, Hideaki OGAWA, Tsuyoshi SUZUKI, Kenji MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 12260961
    Abstract: The generation device 100 according to the present application includes an acquisition unit 131 and a generation unit 134. The acquisition unit 131 acquires a first pathological image captured and an annotation that is information added to the first pathological image and is meta information related to the first pathological image. The generation unit 134 generates learning data for evaluating pathological-related information based on a second pathological image according to the second pathological image different from the first pathological image, the learning data being learning data obtained by transcribing the annotation in a manner corresponding to the second pathological image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12261402
    Abstract: A spring connector includes: a tube; a movable pin having a distal end portion that protrudes from an opening of the tube, and having a hole portion that opens on a side opposite to a protruding direction; and a coil spring configured to bias the movable pin in the protruding direction. The coil spring includes an eccentric winding portion whose winding center is eccentric relative to an axial straight line connecting a winding center of a winding portion at one end portion and a winding center of a winding portion at the other end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Takahashi, Yasushi Watanabe, Kenji Endo
  • Publication number: 20250093887
    Abstract: A route generation system for automated travel of an agricultural machine includes a processor configured or programmed to generate an automated travel route of the agricultural machine. The processor is configured or programmed to acquire, from a vehicle that manually travels along a route that the agricultural machine is scheduled to travel automatically while recording a travel path, data representing the travel path; remove, from the travel path, a path associated with an avoidance action performed to avoid an oncoming vehicle; and generate an automated travel route of the agricultural machine based on the travel path from which the path associated with the avoidance action has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Keigo KOMARU, Toru TAMBO, Takashi NISHIYAMA, Yoshihiro WATANABE, Takashi ISHIZAKI, Ken SAKUTA, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Wataru MORIMOTO, Kenji ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20250092280
    Abstract: A resin composition, containing: a component (A) being a base resin containing an ethylene-?-olefin random copolymer including an ?-olefin component having 4 to 12 carbon atoms; a component (B) being a wet dispersant; a component (C) being an antioxidant; and a component (D) being a crosslinking aid, wherein the ethylene-?-olefin random copolymer including the ?-olefin component having 4 to 12 carbon atoms has a crystallinity of 15 to 24%, and wherein a content of the component (B) is 2 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a content of the component (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Michimasa WATANABE, Minoru ASANO, Akihiro NAGAO, Hideyuki OSUGA
  • Publication number: 20250088919
    Abstract: A display communication processing apparatus including a plurality of antennas, a link controller, a communication controller and a display, wherein the plurality of antennas are provided on a display screen of the display, a with link a n adjacent display communication processing apparatus via a first antenna of the plurality of antennas is established by the link controller, a network is connected via the first antenna by the communication controller, a predetermined communication setting for a third antenna of the plurality of antennas is set by the communication controller, when a connection request is received from a terminal apparatus via a second antenna of the plurality of antennas, and a service from the network to the terminal apparatus via the third antenna is provided by the communication controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu ONO, Shingo WATANABE, Kohei YOSHIDA, Kenji WAKAFUJI
  • Patent number: 12249768
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device including an antenna array including a plurality of patch antennas arrayed in a grid, a first switch group including a first switch disposed on a wiring line connecting two adjacent patch antennas, and a second switch group including a second switch disposed on a wiring line between an antenna assembly formed by at least four adjacent patch antennas and a signal source connected to at least one patch antenna constituting the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Nihei, Junichi Funada, Kenji Wakafuji, Kazuyuki Hayashi, Kohei Yoshida, Shingo Watanabe, Kazushi Sugyo, Masakazu Ono, Fujio Okumura
  • Patent number: 12243361
    Abstract: A measurement data synchronization method for synchronizing, through use of a data analysis apparatus, time series outputted from first through fifth measuring instruments, includes a step ST1 for acquiring first through fifth reference data outputted from the first through fifth measuring instruments when a reference signal including a stationary interval and a rising interval is inputted to the measuring instruments simultaneously, steps ST3-ST5 for generating first through fifth filter processed data by applying median filter processing to the first through fifth reference data to extract the median value in a prescribed duration, a step ST6 for calculating first through fifth rising times as timing information of rising from each of the first through fifth filter processed data, and a step ST7 for synchronizing first through fifth measurement data outputted from the measuring instruments on the basis of the first through fifth rising times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: MEIDENSHA CORPRATION, JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Toshimichi Takahashi, Kenji Watanabe, Tomoya Nakajo, Motoaki Oyama, Takahiro Haniu
  • Publication number: 20250069895
    Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing methods may include providing a fluorine-containing precursor and a hydrogen-containing precursor to a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A substrate may be housed in the processing region. A layer of a silicon-containing material may be disposed on the substrate. The methods may include forming plasma effluents of the fluorine-containing precursor and the hydrogen-containing precursor. The methods may include contacting the substrate with the plasma effluents of the fluorine-containing precursor and the hydrogen-containing precursor. The contacting may etch a feature in the layer of silicon-containing material. A substrate support pedestal temperature may be maintained at less than or about ?20° C. during the semiconductor processing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Chlenov, Kenji Takeshita, Alok Ranjan, Qian Fu, Hikaru Watanabe, Akhil Mehrotra, Lei Liao, Zhonghua Yao, Sonam Dorje Sherpa
  • Publication number: 20250071934
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing element, a first circuit board to mount the image capturing element on the first circuit board, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a fan, and a first flexible board electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The image capturing element moves within a movable range in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The first flexible board is bent in an area that overlaps with the movable range of the image capturing element in the optical axis direction. When viewed from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, an orientation of an exhaust opening of the fan is arranged toward an inner surface of a bending portion of the first flexible board closest to the first circuit board at a center position of the movable range of the image capturing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kentaro Watanabe, Kenji Ishii, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12232660
    Abstract: There is provided a bathtub apparatus capable of satisfactorily detecting an electrocardiographic signal even in a state where water is being discharged into a bathtub by a water discharge device. The present invention is a bathtub apparatus (1) including a bathtub main body (2), a water discharge device (8) that discharges water toward inside of the bathtub main body and is provided above a first inner wall surface (2a) forming a short side of the bathtub main body, and electrodes (4a, 4b, 4c) attached to the bathtub main body to detect an electrocardiographic signal of a bathing person, where the electrodes are arranged on an inner wall surface of the bathtub main body, and are arranged closer to the first inner wall surface than a position (P) where water discharged from the water discharge device hits a water surface of the water stored in the bathtub main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuboi, Koji Sonoda, Kei Watanabe, Yu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Enoki, Kensuke Azuma, Ryoko Uno, Mao Jinde, Yuwa Ishii, Kenji Furukawa, Hiroki Kurita
  • Patent number: 12229607
    Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamaki, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenji Sato
  • Patent number: 12224063
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided that includes an identification data acquisition unit that acquires image data for identification in which a first biological region is captured and first site information of the first biological region, and an identification unit that selects an identifier corresponding to the first site information from identifiers associated respectively with a plurality of pieces of site information, and performs an identification process on the basis of the identifier and the image data for identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Shinji Watanabe, Takeshi Kunihiro, Kazuki Aisaka
  • Publication number: 20250043556
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flush toilet apparatus that includes a flush toilet main body, and a flush water tank that is fixed via at least two fixing points and causes flush water to flow into a water inlet of the flush toilet main body, in which the water inlet is provided at a position eccentric to one side with respect to a lengthwise center line of the flush toilet main body, two of fixing points are each disposed on both sides of the discharge port, and are disposed so that a straight line connecting the two fixing points passes through the discharge port in a top view, and the fixing point located on a rear side among the two fixing points is located closer to the lengthwise center line of the flush toilet main body than a center point of the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ryohei OKABE, Kenji HATAMA, Kenji WATANABE, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250043087
    Abstract: A molded article including a plant material is produced by a production method including: mixing a plant material containing lignocellulose with an organic acid; dissolving the plant material in the organic acid to produce a lignocellulose solution; and removing a liquid component from the lignocellulose solution to produce a solid content. This plant material is an unused portion of an agricultural crop. The molded article including a plant material contains lignocellulose derived from the plant material as a main component. This lignocellulose has a higher-order structure similar to the plant material. A laminate includes the molded article including the plant material and a sheet laminated on the molded article. The peel strength between the molded article and the sheet is 0.005 MPa or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: Daicel Corporation, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Kenji KITAYAMA, Takashi WATANABE, Tomohiro HASHIZUME, Naoko KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12215492
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device for supplying flush water to the toilet main body, where the tank device includes a storage tank provided behind the toilet main body and above a floor surface, the storage tank includes a large tank section and a small tank section and has an asymmetrical shape in a front-back or left-right direction, the large tank section being a large-capacity side of the storage tank that is divided into two at a center in the left-right direction when seen in the front-back direction, the small tank section being a small-capacity side of the storage tank that is divided into two at the center in the left-right direction, and the storage tank or the toilet main body includes a deformation-preventing supporting member for preventing deformation of the storage tank by supporting the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsunaka, Kenji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250037260
    Abstract: An image processing device includes signal processors, a second-control-signal generator that generates second control signals in accordance with first control signals generated by the signal processors, and an image synthesizer. Each signal processor includes a first digital processor for performing image adjustment and a second digital processor. The second digital processor includes a defect detector that detects a defective pixel and a defective pixel adaptation processor that generates, in accordance with the result of defective pixel detection, the first control signal specifying a synthesis coefficient to the second-control-signal generator. In accordance with synthesis coefficients indicated by the second control signals, the image synthesizer synthesizes images that have undergone the image adjustment by the first digital processors of the signal processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jin MATSUMOTO, Katsumi TOKUYAMA, Kenji WATANABE, Mutsumi MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20250027557
    Abstract: A differential gear includes a first connecting member with straight-spline protrusions on its inner periphery; a second connecting member with straight-spline protrusions on its inner periphery; a first side gear; and a second side gear. The first side gear includes a first cylindrical portion coupled to the first connecting member by helical splines, and a first wall portion extending radially inward. The second side gear includes a second cylindrical portion coupled to the second connecting member by helical splines, and a second wall portion extending radially inward. The first wall portion of the first side gear protrudes radially inward beyond the straight-spline protrusions of the first connecting member, and the second wall portion of the second side gear protrudes radially inward beyond the straight-spline protrusions of the second connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KUSHIZAKI, Nobuyuki WATANABE, Kenji ASAMI
  • Publication number: 20250028244
    Abstract: An acetal modifier affording a group having an oxygen or sulfur-containing cyclic saturated heterocycle serving as a protective group for an aliphatic or aromatic hydroxy group is provided as well as a polymer adapted to turn alkali soluble as a result of deprotection under the action of acid, the polymer comprising repeat units A1 having on side chain a structure including an aromatic hydroxy group protected with an acid labile group. A chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising the polymer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Fukushima, Satoshi Watanabe, Kenji Funatsu, Keiichi Masunaga, Masaaki Kotake, Yuta Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20250016467
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel circuit that outputs a plurality of pixel signals, a detection circuit, and a signal processor. The pixel circuit includes a photodiode, a transfer transistor that reads out a signal of the photodiode to a charge storage, and a storage capacitance that stores a charge overflowing from the photodiode. The detection circuit compares a signal of the storage capacitance with a reference signal and, when the signal of the storage capacitance has reached the reference signal, initializes the photodiode and the storage capacitance and counts an initialization count. The signal processor calculates a first signal that indicates intensity of incident light, in accordance with the initialization count and a mixed signal of the signal of the storage capacitance and the signal of the photodiode that has been read out to the charge storage by the transfer transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Makoto IKUMA, Yutaka ABE, Takayasu KITO, Norihiko SUMITANI, Kenji WATANABE