Patents by Inventor Makoto Kawasaki

Makoto Kawasaki 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: 20240301168
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an aliphatic amine compound and/or an alicyclic amine compound (B), core-shell particles (C), and an imidazole compound (D), wherein a ratio H/E of an amount by mole H of active hydrogen in the aliphatic amine compound and/or the alicyclic amine compound (B) to an amount by mole E of epoxy group in the epoxy resin (A) is 0.3 to 0.9. The curable composition has rapid curing properties, and forms a cured object having favorable heat resistance and toughness. Therefore, the curable composition can be suitably used for a fiber-reinforced composite material and a molded fiber-reinforced resin article, in addition to an application in which the curable composition is cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: DIC Corporation, DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Akito Kawasaki, Kunihiro Morinaga, Makoto Kimura
  • Patent number: 12073135
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more image capturing devices and circuitry. The one or more image capturing devices capture a first slip and a second slip to generate one or more images. The first slip has a first image code corresponding to a first type of identification information thereon, and the second slip has a second image code corresponding to a second type of identification information thereon. The circuitry is to manage a position of the first slip based on the first image code recognized from the one or more images, manage a position of the second slip based on the second image code recognized from the one or more images, and display the position of the second slip in response to an operation performed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki
  • Publication number: 20220351092
    Abstract: A space staging method includes a reservation information acquisition step, an entry detection step, a determination step, and a staging execution step. The reservation information acquisition step is a step of acquiring reservation information about a reservation of a target space of a facility from a server. The entry detection step is a step of detecting whether a user specified by the reservation information has entered a specific space in the facility. The determination step is a step of determining a number of times of entry of the user into the specific space upon detection of entry of the user into the specific space in the entry detection step. The staging execution step is a step of causing a staging system generating a stimulus to at least one of five senses of human in the facility to execute staging processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinori OKAZAKI, Takashi YAMADA, Yoshito TANAKA, Hisao SASAI, Makoto KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200220743
    Abstract: An activity management device includes a data acquirer, an inferrer, an information acquirer, and an outputter. The data acquirer acquires in-residence data relating to a living environment of a user and acquired in a residence of the user. The inferrer infers a past or future change event in the lifestyle pattern of the user based on the in-residence data acquired by the data acquirer. The information acquirer acquires recommendation information which is information corresponding to the change event inferred by the inferrer and which prompts the user to perform an activity according to the change in the lifestyle pattern. The outputter outputs the recommendation information acquired by the information acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiko FUJITA, Hidetoshi MITSUSHIO, Naoki UMEDA, Makoto KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10659249
    Abstract: An activity management device includes a data acquirer, an inferrer, an information acquirer, and an outputter. The data acquirer acquires in-residence data relating to a living environment of a user and acquired in a residence of the user. The inferrer infers a past or future change event in the lifestyle pattern of the user based on the in-residence data acquired by the data acquirer. The information acquirer acquires recommendation information which is information corresponding to the change event inferred by the inferrer and which prompts the user to perform an activity according to the change in the lifestyle pattern. The outputter outputs the recommendation information acquired by the information acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Fujita, Hidetoshi Mitsushio, Naoki Umeda, Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10503385
    Abstract: A switch includes a manipulation display, a processor, and an outputter. The manipulation display includes a manipulation section and a display section. The processor is configured to select one of a first state for giving an instruction as to operation of a specific device and a second state for giving an instruction as to operation of a prescribed device which is determined so as to correspond to a specific scene. The outputter is configured to output an instruction signal according to the first state or the second state selected by the processor when the manipulation display is manipulated. The processor is configured to select one of the first state and the second state in response to a specific manipulation performed on the manipulation display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Usuki, Kiyotaka Takehara, Tsuyoshi Wanaka, Toshiaki Nakao, Kazuhiro Kawamoto, Makoto Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20180173409
    Abstract: A switch includes a manipulation display, a processor, and an outputter. The manipulation display includes a manipulation section and a display section. The processor is configured to select one of a first state for giving an instruction as to operation of a specific device and a second state for giving an instruction as to operation of a prescribed device which is determined so as to correspond to a specific scene. The outputter is configured to output an instruction signal according to the first state or the second state selected by the processor when the manipulation display is manipulated. The processor is configured to select one of the first state and the second state in response to a specific manipulation performed on the manipulation display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Izumi USUKI, Kiyotaka TAKEHARA, Tsuyoshi WANAKA, Toshiaki NAKAO, Kazuhiro KAWAMOTO, Makoto KAWASAKI, Yasuhiro YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20170302468
    Abstract: An activity management device includes a data acquirer, an inferrer, an information acquirer, and an outputter. The data acquirer acquires in-residence data relating to a living environment of a user and acquired in a residence of the user. The inferrer infers a past or future change event in the lifestyle pattern of the user based on the in-residence data acquired by the data acquirer. The information acquirer acquires recommendation information which is information corresponding to the change event inferred by the inferrer and which prompts the user to perform an activity according to the change in the lifestyle pattern. The outputter outputs the recommendation information acquired by the information acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiko FUJITA, Hidetoshi MITSUSHIO, Naoki UMEDA, Makoto KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9734677
    Abstract: There is provided a tactile sensation providing device having a tactile sensation provider (20, 21, 22) configured to provide a tactile sensation by vibration and an atmospheric pressure controller 11 configured to control the atmospheric pressure of the space 50 opposite to the tactile sensation providing face 20a of the tactile sensation provider, when the tactile sensation provider vibrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kono, Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9618948
    Abstract: An appliance control system includes: a sensor (3) that detects environmental data of a surrounding environment; a plurality of appliances (2) as control targets; a remote controller including: a display unit (15) that displays a list of the appliances (2); an input unit (16) that receives an operation of controlling the appliances (2); a storage unit (13) that stores a threshold value in the environmental data for each of the plurality of appliances (2); and a processing unit (12) that gives higher priority to an appliance in which the environmental data has exceeded a threshold value, the priority being concerned with a display order of the appliance (2) on the display unit (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamaguchi, Akihiko Hiroishi, Makoto Kawasaki, Satoshi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20150205508
    Abstract: An apparatus management device includes a display unit, an operation unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and an apparatus control unit. The storage unit stores a correspondence relationship between a user request, an apparatus, and a control condition. The control condition is a condition for the apparatus to be in an operating state appropriate for the user request. The operation unit receives an input operation of the user request. The selection unit selects an apparatus that does not satisfy the control condition from apparatuses that are associated, in the correspondence relationship stored in the storage unit, with the user request accepted by the operation unit. The display unit displays the apparatus selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Lt
    Inventors: Makoto Kawasaki, Akihiko Hiroishi, Hideaki Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20150187189
    Abstract: There is provided a tactile sensation providing device having a tactile sensation provider (20, 21, 22) configured to provide a tactile sensation by vibration and an atmospheric pressure controller 11 configured to control the atmospheric pressure of the space 50 opposite to the tactile sensation providing face 20a of the tactile sensation provider, when the tactile sensation provider vibrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kono, Makoto Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20140249681
    Abstract: An appliance control system includes: a sensor (3) that detects environmental data of a surrounding environment; a plurality of appliances (2) as control targets; a remote controller including: a display unit (15) that displays a list of the appliances (2); an input unit (16) that receives an operation of controlling the appliances (2); a storage unit (13) that stores a threshold value in the environmental data for each of the plurality of appliances (2); and a processing unit (12) that gives higher priority to an appliance in which the environmental data has exceeded a threshold value, the priority being concerned with a display order of the appliance (2) on the display unit (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamaguchi, Akihiko Hiroishi, Makoto Kawasaki, Satoshi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8656464
    Abstract: Upon obtaining second (first) class information corresponding to a second (first) device newly added to a network, the communication controller refers to fundamental request (notification) information and obtains request (notification) information corresponding to the obtained second (first) class information. The communication controller refers to notification (request) authorization information and obtains second (first) sender information associated with the notification (request) information indicative of the same processing as that indicated by the obtained request (notification) information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oda, Toshinobu Kawasaki, Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8526795
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information-processing apparatus including an event-log acquisition section acquiring an event log provided by a content reproduction apparatus capable of reproducing a content as an event log including at least information identifying the content and information indicating a reproduction start date/time and reproduction end date/time of the content, an event-log analysis section deriving a reproduction start date/time and reproduction end date/time of a content reproduced by the content reproduction apparatus from the event log, a playlist generation section generating a playlist, which is to serve as a set of pieces of information each used for identifying a content reproduced during a specific period of time, on the basis of the reproduction start date/time and reproduction end date/time of the content, and a playlist transfer section transmitting the playlist to the content reproduction apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kawasaki, Hideo Tsukazaki, Takashi Kinouchi, Susumu Takatsuka, Junichiro Sakata
  • Publication number: 20120054835
    Abstract: The communication controller (10) obtains second class information (first class information) corresponding to a second device (12) (first device (11)) newly added to a network (13). The communication controller (10) refers to fundamental request information (fundamental notification information) and obtains request information (notification information) corresponding to the obtained second class information (first class information). The communication controller (10) refers to notification authorization information (request authorization information) and obtains second sender information (first sender information) associated with the notification information (request information) indicative of the same processing as that indicated the obtained request information (notification information).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oda, Toshinobu Kawasaki, Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7921181
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method for enabling efficient content download and transfer processing operations are provided. In downloading content, a content identifier thereof is acquired, a particular piece of content subject to transfer to an external device is identified on the basis of the acquired content identifier, the identified content is retrieved from a data storage block, and the retrieved content is transferred to the external device or written to an information recording medium, so that the processing of content downloading, the processing of content transfer to an external device and content writing to an information recording medium such as CD can be executed as a sequence of processing operations, thereby providing significantly efficient content download and content transfer or content write processing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7877814
    Abstract: A content transferring apparatus is disclosed which includes: a source ID list reception unit for receiving a source ID list from a content reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing contents furnished with source IDs included in the source ID list; a first extraction unit for extracting from either one or a plurality of transfer-destined contents a content furnished with a source ID included in the source ID list; and a content transmission unit for transmitting the content extracted by the first extraction unit to the content reproducing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7774856
    Abstract: A content transferring apparatus is disclosed which includes: a source ID list reception unit for receiving a source ID list from a content reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing contents furnished with source IDs included in the source ID list; a first extraction unit for extracting from either one or a plurality of transfer-destined contents a content furnished with a source ID included in the source ID list; and a content transmission unit for transmitting the content extracted by the first extraction unit to the content reproducing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7540023
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an information processing apparatus and authentication program storage medium which can prevent unauthorized use reliably at low costs. The information processing apparatus has a connection section to which a device is removably connected and performs information processing using the device connected to the connection section. It is equipped with a condition setting section which establishes insertion/removal conditions for a device inserted into the connection section; and an authentication section which determines upon start-up of the information processing apparatus whether insertion/removal of a device satisfies the insertion/removal conditions established by the condition setting section, and permits the information processing apparatus to perform information processing if it is determined that the insertion/removal satisfies the established insertion/removal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideto Ito, Naoki Iwasa, Haruhisa Sakuma, Makoto Kawasaki, Yoshihisa Harada