Patents by Inventor Masahiko Sato

Masahiko 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).

  • Patent number: 11449699
    Abstract: An information code reading system including an information code display device and an information code reading device. The information code display device generates, corresponding to an information code to be displayed, multiple partial code images to be different from one another. A code area of the information code to be displayed includes multiple cells and each cell is included in at least one of the multiple partial code images. Each partial code image is generated by removing a part of the cells from the code area to be different from one another. The multiple partial code images are displayed on a display screen in a cyclic manner. The information code reading device captures, as an information code, an image of the display screen with an exposure time set to be longer than a cycle of cyclic display of the multiple partial code images, and decodes the captured information code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shin Nakayama, Takao Ushijima, Masahiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20220276822
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable screen sharing to be easily and reliably performed. Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that generates, on the basis of a message transmitted from a sharing source device that performs screen sharing, identification information that identifies the information processing apparatus serving as a sharing candidate device as a candidate for screen sharing, provides the sharing source device with device information regarding the information processing apparatus, and outputs the generated identification information. The present technology can be applied to a device that performs screen sharing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: MASAHIKO SATO, HIDEAKI MIYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220256220
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable improvement of the convenience of a user. The convenience of the user can be improved by providing an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to receive control information from a device associated with a network service and present presentation information regarding the network service designated by the control information on the basis of an identification result for a user who uses the device. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: HIDEAKI MIYAHARA, MASAHIKO SATO
  • Publication number: 20220245965
    Abstract: An authentication system, wherein an RF tag stores a first facial feature point extracted from a captured image of a user's face. In an authentication device, a wireless communication unit wirelessly reads and writes information from and to the RF tag. A controller adjusts wireless communication conditions of the wireless communication unit, and estimates a position of the RF tag according to a distance to the RF tag. The controller adjusts imaging conditions of an imaging unit. A position of the user is detected according to an imaging resulting from the imaging unit. A second facial feature point is extracted from an image of the user's face captured by the imaging unit, and is collated with the first facial feature point read from the RF tag. Based on a collation result, authentication of the user is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAMIYA, Masahiko SATO
  • Patent number: 11390553
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass tube is disclosed that includes the step of forming a through hole in a tube wall of a glass tube with two ends including a first end and a second end, each having an opening, near the first end. The method further includes the step of forming a sealed portion by performing thermal processing on a predetermined portion of the glass tube between the first end and the through hole after the formation of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20220203420
    Abstract: This manufacturing method for a link part is a method of manufacturing a link part having one end portion having a connecting hole and provided on one side in one direction from an intermediate part which is long in the one direction and has a first side wall and a second side wall each having a pilot hole at least at one end portion and disposed to face each other and a connecting wall connecting one side edge of the first side wall and one side edge of the second side wall, and the other end portion provided on the other side therefrom in the one direction. The method includes a reinforcing process of inserting a metal core into the pilot hole, and an O-bending process of O-bending the first side wall and the second side wall so that the other side edge of the first side wall and the other side edge of the second side wall are brought into contact with each other after the reinforcing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Masaaki MIZUMURA
  • Patent number: 11374250
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11342574
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Takanori Mori
  • Publication number: 20220126349
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a member according to an aspect of the present invention is a manufacturing method of a member including a specific three-dimensional tubular portion, the manufacturing method including: a U-forming step of performing U-forming on metal material sheet using a U-forming die and punch including a U-forming punch to manufacture a U-formed article having a recessed cross-sectional shape; and an O-forming step of causing side end portions of the U-formed article to abut each other by an O-forming die to form abutting portions, in which a forming condition ratio a=Du/Do is set to 0.85 to 0.95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11312138
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles, in which the planar shape of the ejecting face on which the nozzles are formed is a shape in which a first portion that passes through the center line parallel to the long side of the rectangle of the minimum area including the ejecting face and a second portion that does not pass through the center line are arranged in the direction of the long side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Katsuhiro Okubo, Masahiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11302952
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20220109382
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a power converter to output AC power by converting input DC power, an electric leakage detector to detect electric leakage in a power supply line through which the AC power output by the power converter flows when the AC power is being output by the power converter, and a power conversion controller configured to control power conversion of the power converter. The power conversion controller is configured to stop power conversion operation of the power converter based on a detection result of the electric leakage detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhisa ANDO, Hiroki KATSUMATA, Masahiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20220097541
    Abstract: A control device for a mobile body is equipped with a charging and electrical power supplying unit including a first smoothing capacitor positioned on a connector side and a second smoothing capacitor positioned on a battery side, and a control unit configured to control the charging and electrical power supplying unit. When the battery is charged using electrical power supplied from the electrical power source device, the control unit completes precharging a first smoothing capacitor and a second smoothing capacitor using electrical power supplied from the battery, before the electrical power from the electrical power source device starts to be supplied to the charging and electrical power supplying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuteru YANO, Shinichi YOKOYAMA, Masahiko SATO, Tomoki NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220102990
    Abstract: A control device for a mobile body is equipped with a switching unit configured to switch a conductive path between a charging and electrical power supplying unit, a charging connector, and an electrical power supplying connector, a connection determination unit configured to determine whether or not an electrical load is connected to the electrical power supplying connector, a failure determination unit configured to execute a failure determination to determine a failure of the switching unit based on a conductive state when the conductive path is switched, and a control unit configured to limit execution of the failure determination by the failure determination unit, in the case it is determined by the connection determination unit that the electrical load is connected to the electrical power supplying connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shinichi YOKOYAMA, Mitsuteru YANO, Masahiko SATO, Atsushi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20220067990
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus comprising: a selection unit configured to select, among a plurality of state values corresponding to measurement values from a plurality of sensors for monitoring states of a plurality of facilities, a state value that has changed by an amount equal to or greater than a predetermined change width or change rate during a predetermined time length period; a sort unit configured to sort at least one state value selected, according to a change width or a change rate; and a display processing unit configured to perform processing to display an information screen corresponding to the at least one state value sorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiko SATO
  • Patent number: 11259068
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including an inputting apparatus connected to a target apparatus that executes a process according to a manipulation of a user, and a control apparatus connected to the inputting apparatus, in which the control apparatus transmits a plurality of manipulation data prepared in advance and individually indicative of manipulation contents of the user to the inputting apparatus in order one by one, and the inputting apparatus transmits in order one by one the manipulation data transmitted from the control apparatus to the target apparatus at time intervals corresponding to time intervals at which contents of the manipulation are accepted in a case in which the target apparatus executes a process according to a manipulation of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ogura, Masahiko Sato, Naoki Matsuoka, Takashi Enokihara
  • Patent number: 11244459
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for segmentation and tracking of objects recorded in a grayscale video stream and three-dimensional image slices obtained from various devices, including microscopes, video cameras, medical apparatus, and remote sensing devices, using an approach to correct background, segment images using an improved approach, track a segmented area by evaluating surrounding information of the area, analyze data, and create archives of video streams or three-dimensional image slices, segmented areas and the results of tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Sachiko Sato, Ann Rancourt
  • Publication number: 20210383088
    Abstract: An information code reading system including an information code display device and an information code reading device. The information code display device generates, corresponding to an information code to be displayed, multiple partial code images to be different from one another. A code area of the information code to be displayed includes multiple cells and each cell is included in at least one of the multiple partial code images. Each partial code image is generated by removing a part of the cells from the code area to be different from one another. The multiple partial code images are displayed on a display screen in a cyclic manner. The information code reading device captures, as an information code, an image of the display screen with an exposure time set to be longer than a cycle of cyclic display of the multiple partial code images, and decodes the captured information code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shin NAKAYAMA, Takao USHIJIMA, Masahiko SATO
  • Patent number: 11155096
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting unit includes: a first chamber; a second chamber; a third chamber; a fourth chamber; a first liquid passage for supplying a first type of liquid to the first chamber and the third chamber; a second liquid passage for supplying a second type of liquid to the second chamber and the fourth chamber, the second type of liquid differing from the first type of liquid; a first fluid passage for supplying fluid to the first chamber and the second chamber; and a second fluid passage for supplying the fluid to the third chamber and the fourth chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Hironori Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takahiro Kanegae
  • Patent number: 11148183
    Abstract: A method of production of a shaped article able to suppress occurrence of shaping defects, that is, a method of production of a shaped article including a first step of press-forming a metal plate (1a) into a U-shape to obtain a U-shaped article (1b) having a bottom part (2) straight extending in a longitudinal direction and a second step of press-forming the U-shaped article (1b) to bend it in the longitudinal direction so that the bottom part (2) of the part projects to the inside and obtain a U-cross-section bent article (1c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Tohru Yoshida