Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ito

Masahiro 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: 11721818
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell in which cells are stacked, a voltage sensor that detects a voltage in unit of one or more of the cells, a control unit that determines an operating point of the fuel cell and causes the fuel cell to operate. The control unit causes the fuel cell to operate at a low efficiency operating point having a lower efficiency than an efficiency of a reference operating point in a warm-up operation. In the warm-up operation, the control unit calculates a total number of the cells in which the voltage detected by the voltage sensor is equal to or less than a predetermined first reference voltage and calculates an exhaust hydrogen concentration based on the total number or the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryouichi Namba, Toshiyuki Sanada, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa, Yoshihiro Ikogi, Masahiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11695136
    Abstract: The control device is configured so that when a temperature of the fuel cell at the time of start of power generation of the fuel cell is less than a standard temperature, it makes the fuel cell generate power so that the amount of heat generation of the fuel cell accompanying the power generation loss becomes a first amount of heat generation and so that when a cumulative value of current of a time period during which the fuel cell is made to generate power so that the amount of heat generation becomes the first amount of heat generation is equal to or greater than a predetermined cumulative value, it makes the fuel cell generate power so that the amount of heat generation becomes a second amount of heat generation larger than the first amount of heat generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryouichi Namba, Masahiro Ito, Koro Fujio, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa
  • Publication number: 20230204276
    Abstract: A control device controls a heating capacity during a heating operation and a defrosting capacity during a defrosting operation. The defrosting capacity of the first refrigeration cycle unit is determined to fall within a range satisfying a first determination condition and within a range satisfying a second determination condition. The first determination condition is a condition that a sum of a load capacity of a load device when the first defrosting start condition is satisfied, and the defrosting capacity of the first refrigeration cycle unit does not exceed the heating capacity of a second refrigeration cycle unit. The second determination condition is a condition that a sum of an inter-unit defrosting interval and a defrosting period of the first refrigeration cycle unit does not exceed a shortest defrosting interval of the second refrigeration cycle unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20230195075
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information extraction apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor extracts a description of a problematic event from text data. The processor extracts, from the text data, a description of a candidate action for taking an action against the problematic event. The processor discerns an effect of the candidate action against the problematic event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masahiro ITO, Tomohiro YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230183227
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC6 inhibitory action, which is useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro ITO, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Jinxing LI, Junsi WANG, Takahito KASAHARA, Masato YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230176548
    Abstract: A control apparatus which generates control signal for controlling a control object, includes a first compensator configured to generate a first signal based on a control deviation of the control object, a corrector configured to generate a correction signal by correcting the control deviation in accordance with an arithmetic expression having an adjustable coefficient, a second compensator configured to generate a second signal by a neural network based on the correction signal, and an arithmetic device configured to generate the control signal based on the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKAZU KUSAYANAGI, TOMOYASU HATA, YUUYA INOMATA, YASUNOBU ASAKURA, TAKUMI HASHIMOTO, HIROSHI MORIKAWA, MASAHIRO ITO, YUJI ISHII
  • Patent number: 11634374
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance; a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid containing the fluorinated ether compound; an article having a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain having a unit (?) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and a unit (?) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having at most 4 carbon atoms, and having at least one of a hydrolysable silyl group and a silanol group on at least one terminal of the poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain via a linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Makoto Uno, Masahiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20230117295
    Abstract: Provided is a compound that may have a superior CDK12 inhibitory action and is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for cancer and the like. A compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji ONO, Masahiro ITO, Toshio TANAKA, Moriteru ASANO, Takaharu HIRAYAMA, Jun FUJIMOTO, Nobuki SAKAUCHI, Yasuhiro HIRATA, Akinori TOITA, Nao MORISHITA, Hironori KOKUBO, Yasuhiro IMAEDA, Hironobu MAEZAKI, Douglas Robert CARY, Ryo MIZOJIRI, Nobuo CHO, Hiroshi BANNO, Hidekazu TOKUHARA, Yasuyoshi ARIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11621431
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, a hydrogen supply passage connecting the hydrogen tank and the fuel cell, a cutoff valve configured to cut off circulation of hydrogen in the hydrogen supply passage, a detection unit configured to detect a start of filling of the hydrogen tank with hydrogen, and a purge controller configured to close the cutoff valve in a case where the fuel cell system is stopped and the detection unit detects the start of filling with hydrogen in a state in which purge processing of purging the in-cell hydrogen flow passage is to be executed, and to execute processing of purging the in-cell hydrogen flow passage by causing hydrogen remaining on a downstream side of the cutoff valve in a hydrogen flow in the hydrogen supply passage to flow in the in-cell hydrogen flow passage as the purge processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ito, Masashi Toida, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa, Tsuyoshi Maruo
  • Publication number: 20230070324
    Abstract: An input device has an operative member on which switches are arranged to receive a pushing force. The input device has a control unit which is configured to store both a first correction coefficient and a second correction coefficient. The first correction coefficient may correct variations in displacement caused by differences in pushing positions on the operative member. The second correction coefficient may correct differences in sensitivity among a plurality of sensors. The control unit is configured to perform: correcting a plurality of displacements by the first correction coefficient and the second correction coefficient; and determining whether presence or absence of a push operation by comparing a summation of corrected values with a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro ITO, Kazuteru ITOU
  • Patent number: 11584737
    Abstract: Provided is a compound that may have a superior CDK12 inhibitory action and is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for cancer and the like. A compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Ono, Masahiro Ito, Toshio Tanaka, Moriteru Asano, Takaharu Hirayama, Jun Fujimoto, Nobuki Sakauchi, Yasuhiro Hirata, Akinori Toita, Nao Morishita, Hironori Kokubo, Yasuhiro Imaeda, Hironobu Maezaki, Douglas Robert Cary, Ryo Mizojiri, Nobuo Cho, Hiroshi Banno, Hidekazu Tokuhara, Yasuyoshi Arikawa
  • Patent number: 11585578
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an indoor heat exchanger, a water heat exchanger, a pump, an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor, an expansion valve, a four-way valve, a third pipe, and an open/close valve, and configured to enable hot-gas defrosting and reverse cycle defrosting. A controller selects, based on the indoor load, either one of the hot-gas defrosting and the reverse cycle defrosting to be performed. In this way, defrosting can be performed with a minimum decrease of the chiller water temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ito, So Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20230037538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds expected to be useful in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, multisystem proteinopathy and the like, a method for preventing or treating such diseases, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Dennis Solas, Anatoliy Kitaygorodskyy, Kumar Paulvannan, Vishwanath R. Lingappa, Masato Yoshikawa, Masahiro Ito, Yuta Tanaka, Keiko Kakegawa, Tomohiro Ohashi, Takuto Kojima, Akinori Toita, Osamu Kubo, Fumiaki Kikuchi, Florian Pünner, Junsi Wang
  • Publication number: 20230033535
    Abstract: Glasses are used to determine a color of each position of a face of a user by a computer system based on first image data (with-glasses face image) obtained by capturing an image of the user wearing the glasses, and second image data (no-glasses face image) obtained by capturing an image of the user without the glasses. The glasses include a position determination marker at a predetermined position and has a predetermined color (color pattern) at a predetermined position. The computer system determines the color of each position of the face of the user based on the first image data and the second image data using the marker and the color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: ZOZO, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20230019029
    Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a hydrogen tank that stores hydrogen, a fuel cell that generates electricity from the hydrogen in the hydrogen tank, a filling device 4 that fills a fuel cell vehicle with the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank, and a charger with which electricity generated by the fuel cell is charged to an electric vehicle. Using the vehicle, hydrogen and electricity are delivered to the home of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Koji IKEGAYA, Masahiro ITO
  • Patent number: 11542407
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m—Rf2-Z1-Q1 (R1)b, wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, Rf2 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, Z1 is a single bond, —(CR2R3)c— (wherein R2 and R3 are a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 monovalent organic group or the like, and c is an integer of from 1 to 10), a specific bond or a bivalent organic group having a specific bond, Q1 is a group having a (b+1) valent ring, R1 is a monovalent organic group having at least one hydrolyzable silyl group, and b is an integer of at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Keigo Matsuura, Eiichiro Anraku, Masahiro Ito, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Motoshi Aoyama, Yusuke Tomiyori, Yutaka Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11530854
    Abstract: An ejector refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a radiator, a branch portion, an ejector, a suction side decompressor, a windward evaporator, and a leeward evaporator. The ejector includes a nozzle portion and a pressure increasing portion. The windward evaporator and the leeward evaporator include at least one outflow side evaporation portion. The leeward evaporator includes a suction side evaporation portion. An outflow side evaporation temperature is a refrigerant evaporation temperature in the at least one outflow side evaporation portion of the leeward evaporator. A suction side evaporation temperature is a refrigerant evaporation temperature in the suction side evaporation portion of the leeward evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Hiroshi Oshitani, Yoichiro Kawamoto, Yohei Nagano, Daisuke Sakurai, Masahiro Ito, Hang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11525031
    Abstract: A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m—Rf2—[C(O)N(R1)]p-Q1-C(R2)[-Q2-SiR3nL3-n]2, wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, Rf2 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, p is 0 or 1, Q1 is a single bond or an alkylene group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like, Q2 is an alkylene group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, L is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2 is provided. A fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Keigo Matsuura, Makoto Uno, Masahiro Ito, Kenji Ishizeki, Lilin Zhou, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220381483
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a compressor, a first outdoor heat exchanger, and a second outdoor heat exchanger that; and a flow path switching mechanism configured to switch a flow direction of refrigerant compressed by the compressor in the refrigerant circuit. The first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger are arranged to allow the refrigerant to flow in parallel in the refrigerant circuit. The refrigeration cycle apparatus further includes a flow rate adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an amount of refrigerant flowing through the second outdoor heat exchanger. When switching between a cooling operation and a heating operation, the flow path switching mechanism switches the flow direction of the refrigerant while the flow rate adjustment mechanism temporarily closes a refrigerant flow path to the second outdoor heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shunya GYOTOKU, Masahiro ITO
  • Patent number: 11496100
    Abstract: A matching network is a matching network of a power amplifier circuit that outputs a signal obtained by a differential amplifier amplifying power of a high-frequency signal. The matching network includes an input-side winding connected between differential outputs of the differential amplifier; an output-side winding that is coupled to the input-side winding via an electromagnetic field and whose one end is connected to a reference potential; a first LC series resonant circuit including a capacitive element and an inductive element connected in series with each other, and being connected in parallel with the input-side winding; and a second LC series resonant circuit including a capacitive element and an inductive element connected in series with each other, and being connected in parallel with the output-side winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Takenaka, Masahiro Ito, Tsuyoshi Sato, Kozo Sato, Hidetoshi Matsumoto