Patents by Inventor Kousuke Suzuki

Kousuke Suzuki 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: 12673600
    Abstract: A hand rest device, including: a hand rest that is disposed at a front side of a seat of a vehicle, the hand rest being disposed at a usage position for supporting a hand of a vehicle occupant seated at the seat and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a height of the usage position of the hand rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chikanori Honda, Kousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20260065954
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device that can prevent occurrence of defects is provided. A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a wiring layer that includes a plurality of lines, and a columnar electrode that is integrally provided with the lines and extends from a bottom of one of the lines in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wiring layer. The lines include conductive films and a first film, the conductive and first films being alternately stacked in the direction substantially perpendicular to the wiring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Kousuke SUZUKI, Toshiyuki MORITA, Daichi NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12559009
    Abstract: A door-mounted handrest is at the vehicle upper side relative to a door armrest of a side door of a vehicle. The door-mounted handrest projects toward a passenger compartment inner side from the side door. The handrest is configured to support the back of a hand of a vehicle occupant who is resting an elbow on the door armrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kato, Kousuke Suzuki, Kenta Shintani
  • Publication number: 20260042549
    Abstract: A method and control device are provided for capturing high-resolution images using a flight vehicle. The method involves first determining, in advance, a set of photographing parameters required to obtain a predetermined image resolution of a target. These parameters include a specific exposure time, sensitivity (ISO), and illuminance level. The flight vehicle, which is equipped with an imaging device, is controlled to navigate to a designated imaging position based on pre-set flight information. When the vehicle is within a predetermined range of this position, a signal is transmitted to turn on an illuminating device to provide the predetermined illuminance on the target. The imaging device is then controlled to capture a still image using the predetermined exposure time and sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Kayoko TANAKA, Kousuke SUZUKI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takekazu KAKINUMA, Kazunori HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12479596
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device which enables a flight vehicle device to obtain a highly precise image. [Solution] Provided is the control device including an illuminating control unit configured to adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a fuselage of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Kayoko Tanaka, Kousuke Suzuki, Masaaki Masuda, Takekazu Kakinuma, Kazunori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12441216
    Abstract: A car sickness inhibition device includes: a memory and a processor connected to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire an acceleration a in a front-rear direction of a vehicle or angles of inclination ? of the head and upper body of an occupant sitting in a seat of the vehicle; and by using expression ?>tan?1(a/g)·(1), where g denotes gravitational acceleration, obtain from the acquired acceleration a an angle of inclination ?0 with which car sickness is inhibited, or obtain an acceleration a0 with which car sickness is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kato, Kousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12436479
    Abstract: A carrier for forming an electrophotographic image is provided. The carrier comprises a core particle and a coating layer coating the core particle. The coating layer contains chargeable particles and a dispersant. The carrier has an apparent density of from 2.0 g/cm3 or greater but less than 2.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nagayama, Kousuke Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kishida, Tohru Suganuma, Minoru Masuda, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko
  • Patent number: 12385743
    Abstract: Provided is a device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a position estimation system selected from among a plurality of position estimation systems for estimating a position of a flight vehicle, and a position estimation unit that estimates the position of the flight vehicle from first information generated by using an inertial sensor of the flight vehicle and second information generated through the position estimation system based on a parameter for the position estimation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Satoru Shimizu, Tsutomu Sawada, Kousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12379678
    Abstract: A carrier for forming an electrophotographic image is provided. The carrier comprises a core particle and a coating layer coating the core particle. The coating layer contains a conductive component comprising an element A, and a coating resin comprising an element B. The element A is undetected in the coating resin by an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer, and the element B is undetected in the conductive component by the energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer. A standard deviation of a value A/B is 0.4 or less, where the value A/B is a ratio of the element A to the element B in intensity measured by the energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Namie Suzuki, Kousuke Suzuki, Tohru Suganuma, Masashi Nagayama, Minoru Masuda, Hiroyuki Kishida, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko
  • Patent number: 12330542
    Abstract: The armrest of a vehicle seat is provided with a first armrest and a second armrest. The first armrest includes a first end portion rotatably supported by a side portion of a seatback, and selectively adopts a not-in-use position in which the first armrest is positioned so as to extend toward a seat upper side at the seatback side portion, and an in-use position in which the first armrest is positioned so as to be rotated from the seatback side portion toward a seat front side, so as to extend toward the seat front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kato, Kousuke Suzuki, Chikanori Honda
  • Publication number: 20250191221
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an imaging position information acquisition unit to acquire imaging position information at a time when a structure is imaged which is acquired by an imaging device configured to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of certain flight information, and a damage data generating unit to use a captured image of the structure imaged by the imaging device and the imaging position information and to generate data related to damage of the structure including position information of damage of the structure included in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kayoko TANAKA, Kohtaro SABE, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Kousuke SUZUKI, Peter DUERR, Miki SHIBUYA, Hironari MIZUMURA
  • Publication number: 20250021093
    Abstract: A control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kayoko TANAKA, Kohtaro SABE, Miki SHIBUYA, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Kousuke SUZUKI, Haruto TAKEDA, Peter DUERR, Masaomi NABETA, Takekazu KAKINUMA, Hironari MIZUMURA
  • Patent number: 12172563
    Abstract: A headrest includes a first configuration section comprising a hard urethane and formed with an indentation in a front face, the indentation enabling entry of a supported portion, and the supported portion being a location corresponding to an occipital bone of the head of the seated occupant; and a second configuration section comprising a soft urethane having a lower rigidity than the hard urethane, the second configuration section being provided at the indentation so as to be deformed by the supported portion. Part of the first configuration section, which is a bottom face of the indentation, is configured by a left-right pair of head support faces that support the supported portion and that are connected together at a connection location having a straight line shape. An angle formed between cross-sections of the left and right head support faces when sectioned along a plane perpendicular to the connection location is a first angle that is from 37.2° to 143°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikanori Honda, Kousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12145488
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seatback, a headrest, and a head support section. The seat cushion is configured so as to support the buttocks of a seated occupant from a seat lower side. The seatback is configured so as to support the back of the seated occupant from a seat rear side. The headrest is configured so as to support the head of the seated occupant from the seat rear side. The head support section is provided to the headrest and is configured so as to support a location corresponding the occipital bone of the head of the seated occupant from a seat left-right direction, and is also configured so as to support the location in a forward direction and in a seat obliquely upward direction from the seat rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kato, Kousuke Suzuki, Chikanori Honda
  • Patent number: 12147192
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image is provided. The carrier comprises a core particle having an internal void ratio of from 0.0% to 2.0% and a coating layer coating the core particle. The coating layer contains flat chargeable particles satisfying Formula 1 blow: 1.0?R1/R2?3.0??Formula 1 where R1 [nm] and R2 [nm] represent a major axis and a thickness, respectively, of each of the flat chargeable particles. The carrier has an apparent density of from 2.0 to 2.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishida, Kousuke Suzuki, Tohru Suganuma, Minoru Masuda, Masashi Nagayama, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko
  • Patent number: 12140952
    Abstract: A control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Miki Shibuya, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Masaomi Nabeta, Takekazu Kakinuma, Hironari Mizumura
  • Patent number: 12111157
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including: a plurality of survey markers each including a GNSS reception unit that receives a signal from a GNSS satellite; a first position measurement unit that measures a ground position of at least one survey marker on the basis of the signals received by the plurality of survey markers; and a processing unit that detects the survey marker from a captured image captured by a UAV and including the survey marker, and associates a position of the detected survey marker in the captured image with the ground position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AEROSENSE INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimizu, Kohtaro Sabe, Tomohiro Maeshiro, Kousuke Suzuki, Sho Murakoshi
  • Patent number: 12027042
    Abstract: A road information providing system includes: a first traffic state recognition unit that recognizes a first traffic state that is a traffic state of first-type movable bodies; a second traffic state recognition unit that recognizes a second traffic state that is a traffic state of second-type movable bodies smaller in size than the first-type movable bodies; a specific road area extraction unit that extracts, as a specific road area, a road area satisfying traffic determination conditions including a determination condition that the first traffic state shows that a traffic volume of the first-type movable bodies has decreased and a determination condition that the second traffic state shows that the second-type movable body is traveling; and a traveling obstruction information providing unit that provides traveling obstruction information serving as notification that an event has occurred which obstructs the traveling of the first-type movable bodies in the specific road area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Hagihara, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Shigeyuki Odashima, Kousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240123886
    Abstract: A hand rest device, including: a hand rest that is disposed at a front side of a seat of a vehicle, the hand rest being disposed at a usage position for supporting a hand of a vehicle occupant seated at the seat and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a height of the usage position of the hand rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chikanori HONDA, Kousuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240109670
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device which enables a flight vehicle device to obtain a highly precise image. [Solution] Provided is the control device including an illuminating control unit configured to adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a fuselage of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Kayoko TANAKA, Kousuke SUZUKI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takekazu KAKINUMA, Kazunori HAYASHI