Patents by Inventor Kenta Sato

Kenta Sato 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: 20250110017
    Abstract: An inspection method of an optical fiber ribbon where a plurality of colored optical fibers are intermittently connected in a longitudinal direction through a connecting resin in a state where the optical fibers are arranged in parallel, the inspection method includes a step of irradiating a surface of the optical fiber ribbon with light from a light source while causing the optical fiber ribbon to travel in the longitudinal direction, and causing an imaging device to acquire a two-dimensional color image based on scattered light that is emitted from the light source and scattered from the surface of the optical fiber ribbon; and a step of specifying colors and positions of the optical fibers based on the color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Tatsuya KUROKI, Yoshiki SONOYAMA, Fumiaki SATO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Reo AMANO, Kenji KAWAI, Kounan SHIN, Satoshi YOSHIKAWA, Itaru SAKABE
  • Publication number: 20250110016
    Abstract: An inspection method of an optical fiber ribbon where a plurality of optical fibers are intermittently connected in a longitudinal direction through a connecting resin in a state where the optical fibers are arranged in parallel, the inspection method includes a step of irradiating a surface of the optical fiber ribbon where the connecting resin is provided with light from a light source while causing the optical fiber ribbon to travel in the longitudinal direction, and causing an imaging device to acquire an image based on reflected light that is emitted from the light source and reflected from the surface; and a step of detecting a position of the connecting resin based on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Fumiaki SATO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Tatsuya KUROKI, Yoshiki SONOYAMA, Reo AMANO, Kenji KAWAI, Kounan SHIN, Satoshi YOSHIKAWA, Itaru SAKABE
  • Patent number: 12260950
    Abstract: A nutrient intake amount estimation system according to an embodiment includes: a sensor that is disposed in a toilet space, and configured to detect an excretion smell related to excretion of a user of the toilet space; an estimation unit configured to estimate an estimated nutrient intake amount that is an amount of nutrients taken by the user by using an output of an estimation model that outputs information indicating an amount of nutrients estimated to be taken by the user in accordance with an input based on an output value of the sensor; and an output unit configured to output information based on the estimated nutrient intake amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Suzuki, Mizuki Watanabe, Isao Okayama, Yusuke Sato, Ryoji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20250084287
    Abstract: An adhesive of the present invention satisfies the following requirements: the turbidity is 5.0 or less; the dissolution rate of the adhesive is 10% or more and 70% or less; the logarithmic viscosity number of a dissolved component of an adhesive solution is 0.5 dL/g or more and less than 2.5 dL/g; A1735 cm?1/A3025 cm?1 of the dissolved component of the adhesive solution is 0.20 or more and 0.80 or less; and the logarithmic viscosity number of the adhesive is greater than that of the dissolved component of the adhesive solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: Kureha Corporation, KUREHA (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD, KUREHA (CHANGSHU) FLUOROPOLYMERS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kenta AOKI, Fei YU, Hiroshi SATO
  • Patent number: 12247499
    Abstract: A tail pipe (50) comprises: a pipe (51); an acoustic attenuator (61) that forms an acoustic space (Ss) on the outer peripheral side of the pipe (51); and a cooling air jacket (65) that forms a cooling air space (Sa) isolated from the outer space (So), which is the space on the outer peripheral side of the pipe (51). The pipe (51) has: a first air flow path (56) that is formed between the outer peripheral surface (55o) and the inner peripheral surface (55i); and an acoustic hole (59) that penetrates from the acoustic space (Ss) to a combustion space (Sc), which is a space on the inner peripheral side of the pipe (51c). The first air flow path (56) has: an inlet (56i) that faces into the cooling air space (Sa) and guides the air in the cooling air space (Sa) into the first air flow path (56); and an outlet (56o) that faces into the acoustic space (Ss) and guides the air passing through the first air flow path (56) into the acoustic space (Ss).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Kinoshita, Sosuke Nakamura, Kotaro Miyauchi, Kenji Sato, Kenta Taniguchi, Satoshi Mizukami, Yoshinori Wakita, Shinji Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 12220925
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, a flow passage, and a valve. The carriage includes a recording head that ejects liquid contained in the tank and supplied from the flow passage. The flow passage includes (i) a fixed flow passage connected to the tank without following a movement of the carriage, (ii) a first flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head, and (iii) a second flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head. The valve is provided in one of the first and second flow passages and limits a flow of liquid from the tank to the recording head and allows liquid to flow from the recording head to the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Kenta Iimura, Daigo Kuronuma, Takaya Sato, Tomohito Abe, Naoaki Wada, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Ryutaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20250046527
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor in which the transpiration of the electrolytic solution is suppressed even under the high-temperature environment is provided. The electrolytic capacitor comprising: a capacitor element having anode foil, cathode foil, electrolytic solution, and a solid electrolyte layer; a casing housing the capacitor element therein; and a sealing body sealing the casing, in which the sealing body includes butyl rubber, and the electrolytic solution includes glycerin, diglycerin, or both of 60 wt % or more relative to the solvent in the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta SATO, Hideaki TAKAHASHI, Tetsuo MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20250046525
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor with low ESR even in the high frequency range, and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes anode foil, a cathode body, and an electrolyte layer. The anode foil id formed of valve action metal, and dielectric oxide film is formed on a surface thereof. The cathode body includes cathode foil formed of valve action metal and a conductive layer formed a surface of the cathode foil. The electrolyte layer intervenes between the anode foil and the cathode foil, and includes electrolytic solution and conductive polymers. The electrolytic solution includes phosphoric acid compound having alkyl groups with the carbon number of 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventors: Zhuguang JIN, Takashi MIURA, Yoshiki KAWAI, Katsumi MOGAKI, Kenji MACHIDA, Kenta SATO, Ippei NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250023054
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition in which viscosity increases of an electrode mixture slurry is prevented or reduced while a high peel strength between a current collector and an electrode mixture layer is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicants: KUREHA CORPORATION, KUREHA (CHANGSHU) FLUOROPOLYMERS CO., LTD, KUREHA (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Fei YU, Kenta AOKI, Hiroshi SATO, Kana ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250020770
    Abstract: A radar apparatus includes: a first module; a second module; and a cable that connects the first module to the second module, in which the first module includes: a signal processing circuit that outputs a plurality of beat signals respectively for a plurality of reception antennas, and a control circuit that starts the signal processing circuit in accordance with a start command received from the second module via the cable, and the second module includes: a detection circuit that detects an object based on the plurality of beat signals received from the first module via the cable, and a command circuit that transmits the start command to the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Hidekuni YOMO, Tomohiro YUI, Kenta IWASA, Kouji SUZUKI, Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Noriaki SAITO, Junji SATO
  • Patent number: 12123891
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes: a base portion; a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and a third arm portion that are coupled to the base portion and that are provided with fixing portions; a movable portion disposed between the first arm portion and the second arm portion and between the first arm portion and the third arm portion in a plan view; a constricted portion that is disposed between the base portion and the movable portion, and that couples the base portion and the movable portion; and a physical quantity detection element that is disposed across the constricted portion in the plan view and that is attached to the base portion and the movable portion. Thin portions are formed at least at two positions in at least one of the second arm portion and the third arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Sato
  • Publication number: 20240328785
    Abstract: In a double-ended tuning fork vibrator, a pair of vibration beams having a pair of bases coupled to both ends have a first end region, a first excitation region, a first relay region, a second excitation region, a second relay region, a third excitation region, and a second end region in this order toward a first direction, and an interconnect coupling an excitation electrode in the first excitation region and an excitation electrode in the second excitation region and an interconnect coupling an excitation electrode in the first excitation region and an excitation electrode in the second excitation region are provided on a front surface of the first relay region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Masayuki Oto, Kenta Sato
  • Publication number: 20240303996
    Abstract: A dark place judgment device includes: an acquisition portion, acquiring a composite image, which is a composite of a first captured image captured in front of a vehicle with a first sensitivity and a second captured image captured in front of the vehicle with a second sensitivity; a dark place progression calculation portion, calculating a time change amount of a ratio of a first number of pixels of first pixels of the first captured image in a predetermined judgment area or a second number of pixels of second pixels of the second captured image in the judgment area to a number of pixels of judgment pixels in the judgment area of the composite image as the dark place progression; and a judgment portion, judging that a dark place is scheduled to be entered when the dark place progression is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta SATO, Yuki IMATOH
  • Publication number: 20240288466
    Abstract: A physical quantity detector includes a base member, a movable part coupled to the base member, a physical quantity detection element which is attached to the base member and the movable part, and which detects a physical quantity caused by a stress according to a displacement of the movable part, a supporter configured to support the base member, and a weight bonded to a principal surface of the movable part, wherein the weight includes a main body overlapping the movable part and the supporter when viewed from a perpendicular direction of the principal surface, and a first protrusion which protrudes from the main body toward the movable part, and which is bonded to the movable part, and the main body and the first protrusion are disposed integrally with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta SATO, Masayuki OTO
  • Patent number: 12057276
    Abstract: A hybrid-type solid electrolytic capacitor which suppresses corrosive reaction even if chlorine ions are contaminated while suppressing deterioration of product characteristics. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element including an anode foil and a cathode foil facing each other and an electrolyte layer formed in the capacitor element. The electrolyte layer includes a solid electrolyte layer including a dopant and a conjugated polymer, and an electrolyte solution filled in air gaps in the capacitor element on which the solid electrolyte layer is formed. The electrolyte layer includes a cation component at a molecular ratio of 6 or less relative to 1 mol of a functional group which can contribute to a doping reaction of the dopant, and the electrolytic solution includes a sulfolane-based solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Sato, Ippei Nakamura, Masao Sakakura
  • Publication number: 20240256410
    Abstract: An information processing system includes storage apparatuses installed in areas, SDSs provided on a cloud, and a management system. The management system estimates, in reference to configuration information and performance information regarding a volume of each of the storage apparatuses, a required resource amount required to fail over the volume of each storage apparatus to a duplicate volume. The management system selects an SDS of a replication destination in such a manner as to minimize a required resource amount aggregated for each installation location and for each storage system SDS, while locating in a distributed manner, in the SDSs, duplicate volumes related to the storage apparatuses located at an identical point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta SATO, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12026391
    Abstract: A copy control device for controlling a data copy between a plurality of cloud systems each including one or a plurality of storage devices collects predetermined information for determining data duplication between storage devices, accepts a copy process request for a data copy from a storage device in a copy source cloud system to a copy destination storage device in a different cloud system, determines duplication between copy target data designated in the copy process request and data in the different cloud system on the basis of the collected predetermined information, instructs the different cloud system to copy duplicate data from the storage device having the duplicate data to the copy destination storage device, and instructs the copy source cloud system to copy remaining data of the copy target data to the copy destination storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuei Hironaka, Kenta Sato
  • Publication number: 20240192848
    Abstract: A management computer receives designation of an operation content and an operation target resource from a management user of a first type (managed or self). In a case where the operation target resource is a system resource managed by a management user of a second type (self or managed) and an operation according to the operation content for the operation target resource influences storage management by the management user of the second type, the management computer changes an authority of an operation regarding an influence for the management user of the second type to an authority not to influence an environment realized by construction including performing an operation according to the operation content for the operation target resource, and then performs the operation according to the operation content for the operation target resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Kenta SATO, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240110960
    Abstract: A sensor module includes: a count unit configured to generate first to n-th count values of a time event of one of a measurement target signal output from a physical quantity sensor and a reference periodic signal output from a reference periodic signal generation unit in synchronization with the other; a time digital value generation unit configured to generate first to n-th time digital values based on a phase difference between the measurement target signal and the reference periodic signal; and a combined output value generation unit configured to generate an i-th combined output value based on the i-th time digital value and the i-th count value. A quantization error of the j-th combined output value is fed back to generation of the (j+1)-th combined output value, and a period of a change in the physical quantity when a frequency, at which the physical quantity changes, is a maximum frequency is longer than eight times an average period in which first to n-th combined output values are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Sato, Masayoshi Todorokihara
  • Patent number: D1040345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TENGA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamane, Hitoshi Watanabe, Kenta Sato