Patents by Inventor Makoto Tanaka

Makoto Tanaka 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: 20250002182
    Abstract: The information processing device 2X includes a data acquisition means 32X and a maneuver detection means 33X. The data acquisition means 32X acquires time series data indicating an observed position and time of a space object equipped with a propulsion system. The maneuver detection means 33X detects a maneuver by use of the propulsion system of the space object, based on the time series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun YOSHIDA, Makoto TANAKA, Masatoshi EBARA
  • Patent number: 12171686
    Abstract: A motorized bedding system includes: an acquisition unit that is capable of acquiring a setting of motorized bedding of each of users, a state of each of the users, and snoring detection information of each of the users; a computation unit that is configured to compute a sleep score based on the state of each of the users; a memory that is configured to store data including multiple sets of the setting of the motorized bedding and the sleep score associated with each of the multiple sets of the setting; and an output unit that is configured to output a recommendation setting of the motorized bedding based on the setting associated with the high-level sleep score among the multiple sleep scores stored in the memory, in which the motorized bedding system includes: a first mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the state of each of the users; and a second mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the snoring detect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sota Nishiura, Tomokazu Nikaido, Junko Nishimura, Shinnosuke Kubota, Toshihide Shiino, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12173666
    Abstract: An object of the present application invention is to provide a throttle valve control device capable of effectively cooling a bearing of a throttle shaft while preventing an increase in size of a throttle body. Therefore, in a throttle valve control device in which flow paths 5T1 to 5T3 through which a heat exchange medium flows are formed in a throttle body 5, the diameter of a first bearing 8 of a throttle shaft 3 is greater than the diameter of a second bearing 9, the flow paths 5T1 to 5T3 are disposed along an outer periphery of an intake passage 1 to overlap with the second bearing 9 when viewed from a flow direction of the intake passage 1, and an inlet portion 5T1 and the outlet portion 5T3 of the flow paths 5T1 to 5T3 are disposed to sandwich the first bearing 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Hatsuzawa, Hiroyuki Ota, Takuya Tanaka, Makoto Kawano, Yoshihiko Akagi
  • Publication number: 20240416339
    Abstract: Due to a relationship between a channel wall and an electrode with respect to a porous substrate, it has been difficult to achieve both adhesiveness between the electrode and the substrate and suppression of electrode cracks caused by deformation of the substrate in a high-humidity environment or the like, and an inability to achieve both may inhibit ion concentration measurement from being correctly performed in some cases. Provided is a configuration in which the electrode has at least a part formed inside the porous substrate in an electrode portion that achieves contact with an external measuring instrument and the channel wall is always present on a straight line on which the electrode is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: JUN MIURA, MAKOTO FUKATSU, TAKESHI YAMAMOTO, MASANORI TANAKA, HARUNOBU MAEDA, FUKA ENOKIDO, KEIJI MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12169608
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, one or more embodiments relate to an input device that includes a proximity sensing panel including sensor electrodes, and a proximity sensing circuit. The proximity sensing circuit configured to receive an indication of a transition from a first image refresh rate to a second image refresh rate, wherein the first image refresh rate is greater than a beacon signal rate and the second image refresh rate is equal to or lower than the beacon signal rate. The proximity sensing panel is also configured to align transmitting a beacon signal on the proximity sensing panel to a non-refresh period corresponding to the second refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masaaki Shiomura, Hirokazu Hatayama, Makoto Takeuchi, Takayuki Noto, Nobukazu Tanaka, Daisuke Ito, Tomohiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 12161989
    Abstract: Provided are a cobalt ion adsorption material which has a large adsorption capacity and which tends not to generate fine powder, and a method for producing the same. This cobalt ion adsorption material is a powder with a particle diameter of 100-1,000 ?m, and contains 0.3-8.0 parts by mass of a binder constituted of a water-insoluble metal oxide or metal hydroxide fine particles with respect to 100 parts by mass of a cobalt adsorption main agent constituted of potassium hydrogen dititanate hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TITAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Izumi, Takashi Sakuma, Makoto Komatsu, Hidenori Ishioka, Takafumi Tanaka, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Ayaka Ando, Tomoko Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 12151686
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information provision system that provides a user with information for coping with a problem by using an information terminal having a camera and a display, wherein the information terminal includes at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions cause the at least one processor to at least: identify a problem area in a captured image obtained by the camera; and display, on the display, a plurality of procedure screens indicating contents of a procedure for coping with the identified problem area, in accordance with an answer from the user, the plurality of procedure screens include a first procedure screen on which a plurality of answer items selectable by the user are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamaoka, Yu Takiguchi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hitomi Hamamura, Taku Aoki, Takuya Ishii, Hideki Kazami, Taisuke Kotani, Makoto Terada, Kunio Nakakita, Hironao Ito
  • Patent number: 12147170
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member that bears and conveys developer. The developer carrying member has at least a base and a surface layer, with the surface layer having an electron donating portion that mainly donates charge to the developer when the developer and the surface layer make frictional contact to exchange charge and an electron accepting portion that mainly accepts charge from the developer when the developer and the surface layer makes frictional contact to exchange charge. A controller applies an AC voltage to the developer carrying member during a period in which an image forming operation is not performed and the developer carrying member is driven, with the AC voltage being different from that applied during an image forming period, and a rotating speed of the developer carrying member during a non-image forming period is slower than that during an image forming period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Isobe, Kuniaki Tamagaki, Takashi Koyanagi, Akihisa Matsukawa, Ryosuke Kanai, Hiroki Tanaka, Motonari Ito, Kazuhisa Shida, Makoto Fukatsu
  • Patent number: 12146697
    Abstract: An inside air-conditioning device includes a refrigerant circuit (50) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (50). The refrigerant circuit (50) includes a compressor (10), a condenser (25), an electronic expansion valve (13), and an evaporator (17). The refrigerant contains at least 1,2-difluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ikemiya, Shinichi Fujinaka, Masaru Tanaka, Shun Ohkubo, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Mitsushi Itano, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240379969
    Abstract: A current collector includes a resin layer, a conductive layer, a first intermediate layer that is positioned between the resin layer and the conductive layer and a second intermediate layer that is positioned between the first intermediate layer and the resin layer, the first intermediate layer includes a metal as a main component, and the second intermediate layer includes a metal oxide as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo SASAKI, Makoto ENDO, Mignyu CHEN, Yoshihiro KANBAYASHI, Takasi SATOU, Natsumi KOZAI, Yoshihiko TANABE, Syuji TSUKAMOTO, Miyuki YANAGIDA, Kosuke TANAKA, Shun IKENARI
  • Patent number: 12137824
    Abstract: The present invention provides a housing body that is to house a container on which a food and/or beverage item is to be placed and that is to be transported along a transport path, the housing body including: a placement table having a placement position where the container is to be placed; a lid body that is attached to the placement table so as to be openable and closable; an opening/closing mechanism for causing the lid body to transition to a closed state when the container is placed at the placement position of the placement table, and causing the lid body to transition to an open state when the container is moved away from the placement position; and an operation portion for moving the container away from the placement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KURA SUSHI, INC.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tanaka, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12142730
    Abstract: A thread battery that includes: a thread-like solid electrolyte that extends in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end that face each other in the longitudinal direction; a first electrode on a first part of an outer peripheral surface of the solid electrolyte along the longitudinal direction; a second electrode on a second part of the outer peripheral surface of the solid electrolyte along the longitudinal direction, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode do not contact each other; a first current collector on an outer peripheral surface of the first electrode along the longitudinal direction; and a second current collector on an outer peripheral surface of the second electrode along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kou Tanaka, Masahiko Kondo, Makoto Yoshioka, Yukio Ehara
  • Publication number: 20240370148
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of efficiently and accurately checking an occurrence distribution of discontinuities. An information processing apparatus (10) is an information processing apparatus (10) including a processor (14), in which the processor (14) is configured to: receive a display selection instruction from an operation unit (24) operated by a user; acquire discontinuity information that is information related to a discontinuity of a component and includes positional information of the discontinuity on the component; acquire an occurrence position distribution of the discontinuity based on the discontinuity information; and display the occurrence position distribution on an image of the component in response to the display selection instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi TAIRA, Makoto YONAHA, Eiichi TANAKA, Seiya INAGI, Haruka IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240368412
    Abstract: A coating for protecting a ceramic-matrix composite against a high-temperature environment including dust is provided with a top layer of a substance represented by a formula a(ReO1.5)b(AlO1.5)c(TrO2) as an average composition at least on a face exposed to the environment, wherein a, b and c satisfy 1>a?0.5, b>0 and c=1?(a+b), Re is one or more selected from rare earth elements, and Tr is Hf or Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAZAKI, Shingo KANAZAWA, Yuta TANAKA, Nagisa HOSOYA, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Satoshi KITAOKA, Makoto TANAKA, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Taishi ITO
  • Publication number: 20240362769
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program with which a state of a manufactured component can be accurately understood. An information processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor acquires first information including information on severity of a discontinuity obtained by analyzing an image obtained by imaging an object, calculates a distribution of the severity of the discontinuity based on the first information, acquires information on a threshold value of a defect, generates second information in which the distribution of the severity of the discontinuity and the threshold value are displayed, and displays the second information on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi TAIRA, Makoto YONAHA, Eiichi TANAKA, Seiya INAGI, Haruka IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240362888
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of recording useful discontinuity information of a subject. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a processor, in which the processor is configured to: acquire first discontinuity information obtained by analyzing an image of a subject with a first criterion, the first discontinuity information including information indicating a feature of a discontinuity; acquire second discontinuity information obtained by analyzing the image of the subject with a second criterion that is stricter than the first criterion, the second discontinuity information including information indicating the feature of the discontinuity; and record the second discontinuity information in association with the first discontinuity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi TAIRA, Makoto YONAHA, Eiichi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240361143
    Abstract: A display device includes: a controller that determines a form in which to display a display object indicating a guide image based on a route (scheduled route) a vehicle is scheduled to drive on; and a display that projects light that forms the display object in the form determined by the controller onto a display medium in the vehicle that reflects the light toward a user in the vehicle, making the display object displayed beyond the display medium visible to the user as a virtual image. When a condition related to driving of the vehicle is satisfied, the controller determines the form so as to give the display object a shape corresponding to a view of the virtual image from an angle of depression greater than an angle of depression corresponding to a view of the virtual image from a viewpoint of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihito INUKAI, Akira TANAKA, Toshiya MORI, Makoto FUNABIKI, Takuma SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 12128663
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a pressure bonding device is configured to bond, to a plate-like first workpiece having a curved surface part, a plurality of plate-like second workpieces smaller than the first workpiece. The pressure bonding device includes: a vacuum chamber; a stage disposed in the vacuum chamber and having a shape extending along a first surface of the curved surface part of the first workpiece so as to fix the first surface on the stage; and a bonding unit configured to deform an elastic diaphragm by internal pressure and pressure-bond one of the second workpieces to a second surface of the first workpiece. A plurality of the bonding units are disposed facing the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Shinichiro Tanaka, Makoto Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12128882
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 as a host vehicle includes: detection unit that detects a translationally-moving two-wheeled vehicle 9 traveling in front of or alongside the host vehicle; an on-board communication device capable of communicating with a communication device mounted on the vehicle 9; an ECU that determines whether the host vehicle is at either one of blind spots BR and BL of the vehicle 9, based on a detection result of the detection unit, and that transmits a warning notification from the on-board communication device to the communication device mounted on the vehicle 9 when determining that the host vehicle is at the blind spot BR or BL. In this case, it is preferable that the ECU changes an actuation condition so that an automatic operation according to contact avoidance control is started more promptly than when the host vehicle is determined to be outside the blind spots BR, BL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Makoto Katayama, Osamu Ito, Hideo Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20240327803
    Abstract: A liquid (30) containing a virus passes through a solid phase (10) made of a polymer having a hydrophobic group to cause the solid phase (10) to retain viruses (40), and then an organic solvent (70) causes the viruses (40) to be eluted from the solid phase (10). As a result, it is possible to rapidly concentrate a virus sample at a high concentration rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Makoto YASOJIMA, Hiroaki TAKEMORI, Takuya TOMONO, Fumi DAIGO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Masaru IHARA