Patents by Inventor Makoto Ito

Makoto Ito 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: 10975550
    Abstract: In a vibration suppression control OFF state, a signal pressure supply control valve stops supplying a first signal pressure, a pressure-regulating valve is in first position where a supply/discharge port connects to a pump port, and an open/close signal pressure is not supplied to an open/close control valve, so an open/close valve is closed. When the OFF state switches to ON state, the signal pressure supply control valve allows supplying the first signal pressure, and the pressure-regulating valve is in second position where the supply/discharge port connects to a tank port, so the pressure of a pressure accumulator decreases. In the ON state, when the pressure of the pressure accumulator is equal to pressure of a pressure chamber, the pressure-regulating valve is in third position where the supply/discharge port is blocked, and the open/close signal pressure is supplied to the open/close control valve, so the open/close valve is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Syunichi Sakamoto, Takahiro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10979861
    Abstract: An information transmission system includes a communication connection device and a server. The communication connection device includes a use determination unit, a first communicator, a second communicator, and a communication control unit. The use determination unit determines whether a movable object is in use. The second communicator communicates with the server for a larger volume of data than the first communicator at a time, or communicates with the server more frequently than the first communicator. The communication control unit causes the second communicator to transmit, selectively from transmission information, specific transmission information including predefined movable object information to the server when the use determination unit determines that the movable object is not in use and the second communicator is enabled to communicate with a communication base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Ito
  • Patent number: 10969230
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display configured to display a mesh of mesh information based on longitude and latitude. A mesh is composed of a plurality of blocks. The mesh information includes area information about a traveling area where a moving body can travel. The area information is the additional information added to each of the plurality of blocks. The additional information is the display information that is weighted and sorted, based on the number of overlapping points of the plurality of locus logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Michihiro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20210075233
    Abstract: A charger according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a current outputter, a first charge controller, and a second charge controller. The first charge controller receives a first required information from a first device in accordance with a first communication protocol. The first communication protocol requires at least a first minimum volume of communication to acquire the first required information from the first device. The second charge controller receives a second required information from a second device in accordance with a second communication protocol. The second communication protocol requires at least a second minimum volume of communication to acquire a second required information from the second device. The second minimum volume is smaller than the first minimum volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisakazu OKABAYASHI, Masaya MIZUTANI, Makoto ITO
  • Patent number: 10894589
    Abstract: A ship maneuvering system includes first and second propulsion devices, a shift actuator, and a controller. The shift actuator switches a shift state of each of the propulsion devices. The controller causes the shift actuator of one of the first and second propulsion devices to execute intermittent control during low-speed navigation of the ship. The intermittent control intermittently switches the shift state to a shift-in state and a shift-out state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Kohei Yamaguchi, Yuji Ikegaya
  • Publication number: 20200400438
    Abstract: An on-board device includes a sensor device that detects at least one sensor detection value. Sensor information includes the at least one sensor detection value and a detection time. A mobile terminal receives the sensor information and positioning information from the on-board device. The mobile terminal includes an information synchronizer that synchronizes positioning information with the sensor information when a time difference between a time at which the positioning information is obtained and the detection time is equal to or less than a predetermined value. The positioning information includes a position obtained by a positioning information obtaining unit and the time at which the position is obtained. A movable-object position estimation unit estimates a position of a movable object based on the positioning information and the sensor information synchronized with each other by the information synchronizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi FUJII, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20200393645
    Abstract: An optical information reader includes an imaging lens and a lens retainer retaining the imaging lens and assembled, in this state, into the holder. The lens retainer includes a flange bottom surface and end faces as a reference surface that is parallel to an optical axis of the imaging lens. The holder includes a top surface and edge faces as a guide surface. The guide surface is brought into surface contact with the flange bottom surface and the end faces when the lens retainer is assembled into the holder, and is brought into slidable contact with the flange bottom surface and the end faces when the lens retainer is moved along the optical axis. Thus, influence of one-sided blur is minimized in terms of variation in resolution which is measured when obtaining an optimal focus position by changing relative positions of the area sensor and the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Makoto ITO, Ryo SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 10844886
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes: a control valve connected to a pump and a tank; a cylinder connected to the control valve by a rod-side and a head-side supply lines; a recycle line connects the rod-side to the head-side supply lines; a recycle valve on the recycle line being opened at a time of extending the cylinder and closed at a time of retracting the cylinder; a switching valve on the recycle line between the recycle valve and the head-side supply line being switched to a first state at the time of extending the cylinder and switched to a second state at the time of retracting the cylinder; a release line branches off from the recycle line at a position between the recycle and switching valves, and connects to the tank; and a release valve closed at the time of extending the cylinder and opened when retracting the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kondo, Makoto Ito, Naoki Hata, Hideyasu Muraoka, Hitoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10826884
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is communicably connected to a server and performs authentication without inconvenience to a user. An information processing system includes an information processing terminal, a server, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing terminal is defined as a central device, and the server and the information processing apparatus are defined as peripheral devices in the information processing system. The information processing terminal and the server are connected to each other, and the information processing terminal and the information processing apparatus are connected to each other. The information processing terminal performs authentication of the information processing apparatus with the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Okazaki, Makoto Ito
  • Patent number: 10815505
    Abstract: A microbial oil is extracted from stramenopile transformed with a gene associated with synthesis of fatty acids, the gene encoding a fatty acid desaturase. The stramenopile belongs to the class Labyrinthulomycete. The microbial oil satisfies one or more of the following requirements: (a) an amount of arachidonic acid is 7% or less based on a total amount of the fatty acid composition; (b) an amount of DPA is 9% or less based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition; (c) an amount of ETA is 0.04% or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition; (d) an amount of EPA is 7% or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition; and (e) an amount of DHA is 45% or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI, Konan Gakuen, NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Keishi Sakaguchi, Takanori Matsuda, Takumi Kobayashi, Makoto Ito, Naoki Nagano, Masahiro Hayashi, Daisuke Honda, Yosuke Taoka, Yuji Okita, Hitoshi Izumida, Shinichi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20200331578
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion system includes a bow thruster located at a bow of a hull, an outboard motor located on the hull and provided separately from the bow thruster, and a navigation controller. The navigation controller controls at least one of the bow thruster and the outboard motor in accordance with a state of at least one other of the bow thruster and the outboard motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei SAKASHITA, Makoto ITO
  • Patent number: 10775808
    Abstract: A boat maneuvering control method for a boat provided with a propulsion device includes acquiring a target orientation, acquiring an actual orientation of the boat, setting a target yaw rate value based on orientation information of at least one of the target orientation and the actual orientation, detecting an actual yaw rate value of the boat, and controlling a direction of a thrust force of the propulsion device based on the target yaw rate value and the actual yaw rate value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Sebastian Nilsson, Mathias Lindeborg
  • Patent number: 10766589
    Abstract: A controller receives a bow turning signal to turn a bow of a watercraft and a propulsion signal to move the watercraft forward or rearward. The controller controls left and right outboard motors under a first control when receiving the propulsion signal after receiving the bow turning signal in a composite in which the controller receives both the bow turning signal and the propulsion signal. The controller controls the left and right outboard motors and a steering actuator under a second control different from the first control when receiving the bow turning signal after receiving the propulsion signal in the composite operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Ito
  • Publication number: 20200263392
    Abstract: In a vibration suppression control OFF state, a signal pressure supply control valve stops supplying a first signal pressure, a pressure-regulating valve is in first position where a supply/discharge port connects to a pump port, and an open/close signal pressure is not supplied to an open/close control valve, so an open/close valve is closed. When the OFF state switches to ON state, the signal pressure supply control valve allows supplying the first signal pressure, and the pressure-regulating valve is in second position where the supply/discharge port connects to a tank port, so the pressure of a pressure accumulator decreases. In the ON state, when the pressure of the pressure accumulator is equal to pressure of a pressure chamber, the pressure-regulating valve is in third position where the supply/discharge port is blocked, and the open/close signal pressure is supplied to the open/close control valve, so the open/close valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto ITO, Syunichi SAKAMOTO, Takahiro OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200256294
    Abstract: A connector includes: a connector body formed in a tubular shape; a valve housing formed in a tubular shape and provided inside the connector body with a seal structure interposed therebetween, the seal structure restricting flow of fuel between the valve housing and an inner circumferential surface of the connector body; and a valve body stored inside the valve housing, the valve body being configured to, when high-pressure fuel does not flow back, come into a first state in which a forward flow path is formed between the valve body and an inner circumferential surface of the valve housing by a pressure of low-pressure fuel, and when the high-pressure fuel flows back, come into a second state in which an orifice flow path having a smaller flow path sectional area than the forward flow path is formed between the valve body and the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Yorihiro TAKIMOTO, Yoshiki KODAKA, Ryousuke KANEGAE, Makoto ITO, Ryuji SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20200256493
    Abstract: A pair of first leg portions of a retainer have first taper surfaces at distal end sides on surfaces on the side to which a first pipe is to be inserted. The first taper surfaces cause the retainer to move from an initial position to an insertion position by an axial-direction pressing force from an annular protrusion, during a period until the first pipe is inserted to a regular position. During the period until the first pipe is inserted to the regular position, a pair of second leg portions restrict the retainer from moving from the initial position to a confirmation position. In a state in which the first pipe is inserted to the regular position, the pair of second leg portions allow the retainer to move from the initial position to the confirmation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryousuke KANEGAE, Kazushige SAKAZAKI, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20200248661
    Abstract: A connector includes: a connector body formed in a tubular shape; and a valve body stored inside the connector body, the valve body being configured to, when high-pressure fuel does not flow back, come into a first state in which a forward flow path is formed between the valve body and an inner circumferential surface of the connector body by a pressure of low-pressure fuel, and when high-pressure fuel flows back, come into a second state in which an orifice flow path having a smaller flow path sectional area than the forward flow path is formed between the valve body and the inner circumferential surface of the connector body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryousuke KANEGAE, Yorihiro TAKIMOTO, Ryuji SHIBATA, Yoshiki KODAKA, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20200248851
    Abstract: A connector includes: a tube body formed in a tubular shape having a first opening and a second opening at both ends thereof, a first opening side of the tube body being connectable to an end of a first pipe, a second opening side of the tube body being connectable to an end of a second pipe, the tube body allowing a fluid to flow therethrough between the first opening and the second opening; a temperature detection element embedded in a tubular part of the tube body and configured to detect a temperature of the fluid flowing through the tube body; and a terminal electrically connected to the temperature detection element and exposed to outside of the tube body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Yorihiro TAKIMOTO, Yoshiki KODAKA, Ryousuke KANEGAE, Makoto ITO
  • Patent number: 10703207
    Abstract: In an outboard motor, a controller controls an electric motor. An output outputs a predetermined notification information in response to a notification command signal output from the controller. When the controller receives a shut-off signal indicating that a semiconductor fuse is off, the controller outputs the notification command signal and causes the output to output notification information. When the controller receives a recovery operation signal indicating a predetermined operation performed by a user from an operator in a state where the semiconductor fuse has turned off, the controller outputs a recovery command signal to the semiconductor fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Naito, Yoshihiro Mizushima, Makoto Mizutani, Noriyoshi Ichikawa, Makoto Ito
  • Publication number: 20200213810
    Abstract: An information transmission system includes a communication connection device and a server. The communication connection device includes a use determination unit, a first communicator, a second communicator, and a communication control unit. The use determination unit determines whether a movable object is in use. The second communicator communicates with the server for a larger volume of data than the first communicator at a time, or communicates with the server more frequently than the first communicator. The communication control unit causes the second communicator to transmit, selectively from transmission information, specific transmission information including predefined movable object information to the server when the use determination unit determines that the movable object is not in use and the second communicator is enabled to communicate with a communication base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: MICWARE CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto ITO