Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kato

Masahiro Kato 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: 20250094724
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing device acquires an image, a coordinate, and dialog data communicated between a first device and a second device. The first device is used by a first person performing a task, and the second device is used by a second person. The processing device extracts at least one of a plurality of the coordinates based on the dialog data. The processing device associates the extracted at least one of the plurality of coordinates with the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Xinyi ZHOU, Fumiya YAMAMOTO, Takanori YOSHII, Yasuo NAMIOKA, Takashi TANAKA, Kazuhiro OKA, Takehiro KATO, Keisuke NISHIMURA, Masahiro KOTAKE
  • Publication number: 20250085114
    Abstract: The information processing device includes a point cloud map data acquisition unit, a scan data acquisition unit, a scan data processing unit, and a matching unit. The point cloud map data acquisition unit is configured to acquire point cloud map data that is point cloud data whose reflection intensity is equal to or larger than a threshold value. The scan data acquisition unit is configured to acquire scan data that is point cloud data measured by receiving reflected light of emitted light. The scan data processing unit is configured to generate, from the scan data, high reflection intensity scan data whose reflection intensity is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value. The matching unit is configured to perform matching between the point cloud map data and the high reflection intensity scan data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Masami SUZUKI, Masahiro KATO
  • Patent number: 12248070
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire point cloud data outputted by a measurement device, an association unit configured to associate, through matching between the point cloud data and position information of an object for each of voxels into which a space is divided, measurement points constituting the point cloud data with the voxels, a position estimation unit configured to perform a position estimation of a moving body equipped with the measurement device, based on the measurement points associated with any of the voxels and the position information for the associated voxels, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a reliability index of a position acquired by the position estimation based on a ratio of a number of the measurement points associated with any of the voxels to a number of the measurement points constituting the point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 12240928
    Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol-based crosslinked copolymer may include an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid-based structural unit, wherein an amount of carboxylate-forming structural units in the crosslinked copolymer is 1% by mole or more and 35% by mole or less with respect to all structural units constituting the crosslinked copolymer, and a solubility of the crosslinked copolymer in water is 90% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Saegusa, Masahiro Baba, Toshinori Kato
  • Publication number: 20250059306
    Abstract: Provided is a modified product of a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer that can be added to obtain a resin composition having an excellent balance of mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tensile strain at break, and impact resistance. A modified hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, in which the conjugated diene compound contains isoprene and a conjugated diene compound other than isoprene; the polymer block has a vinyl bonding amount of 30 mol % or less; the modified hydrogenated product has one, or two or more functional groups selected from an alkoxysilyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group, and an acid anhydride-derived group, and has a peak top intensity of loss tangent of 0.95 or less and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.5 g/10 min or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro KATO, Yasushi SENDA, Ryo SATANI
  • Publication number: 20250063883
    Abstract: A detection device includes a photodiode, and a thin-film transistor coupled to the photodiode. The thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer between a light-blocking layer and the photodiode, and an electrode layer between the semiconductor layer and the photodiode, and the electric layer includes a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin-film transistor. The source electrode extends to a position facing the light-blocking layer with the semiconductor layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Makoto UCHIDA, Masahiro TADA, Marina MOCHIZUKI, Hirofumi KATO, Akio TAKIMOTO, Takao SOMEYA, Tomoyuki YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 12217469
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a living body with beams of light having a plurality of wavelengths different from one another, a photographing unit configured to photograph the living body irradiated by the irradiation unit to generate image data of the living body, an image processing module configured to generate, based on the image data generated by the photographing unit, a plurality of pieces of wavelength separation image data, by separation into the plurality of wavelengths, and a control module configured to control, based on the image data and on the plurality of pieces of wavelength separation image data generated by the image processing module, irradiation light amounts of the beams of light having the plurality of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsuda, Naoto Miura, Akio Nagasaka, Yo Nonomura, Keiichiro Nakazaki, Masahiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20250034371
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer latex composition capable of obtaining a dip-molded body having excellent flexibility, breaking elongation, and breaking strength. A polymer latex composition including a carboxy-modified acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (A), a carboxy-modified chloroprene copolymer (B), and a metal oxide (C), wherein a component ratio (A)/(B) of the carboxy-modified acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (A) and the carboxy-modified chloroprene copolymer (B) in the polymer latex composition is 90/10 to 50/50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro KATO, Yushi KUMAGAI, Misaki ITO
  • Patent number: 12209321
    Abstract: To provide a method and an apparatus for producing a sodium hypochlorite solution on-site at a high efficiency and at the initial cost and suppressing operating cost without any problems about impurities derived from raw material water and raw salt. A method of producing a sodium hypochlorite solution on-site in the vicinity of a physical plant where a sodium hypochlorite solution is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Hiroki Domon, Masahiro Ohara, Masaaki Kato
  • Patent number: 12210304
    Abstract: Provided is a heater including: a substrate that has electrical conductivity; a first insulation portion that is provided on a first surface of the substrate, has an insulation property; at least one heat generation body that is provided on the first insulation portion; a second insulation portion that is provided on a second surface of the substrate which is opposite to the first surface, has an insulation property; at least one detection unit that is provided on at least one of the first insulation portion and the second insulation portion; and a first wiring which is provided on at least one of the first insulation portion and the second insulation portion, and in which one end is electrically connected to one terminal of the detection unit and the other end is electrically connected to the substrate having the electrical conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Ueno, Masahiko Tamai, Shinjiro Aono, Akio Tsubouchi, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Satoko Kato, Masahiro Doi, Makoto Sakai
  • Patent number: 12203645
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a body having an inner space and an opening, the body incorporating at least one semiconductor laser element the body being made of a metal; and a sealing glass member joined to the body, to hermetically seal the inner space. The sealing glass member has a surface adjacent to the body, the surface of the sealing glass member being provided with a base joint layer in a joint region where the sealing glass member and the body are joined together, the base joint layer being made of a metal having a thermal expansion coefficient that falls between a thermal expansion coefficient of the sealing glass member and a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal constituting the body. The sealing glass member is joined to the body with the base joint layer and a solder-containing joint layer interposed between the sealing glass member and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Hiroyoshi Higashisaka, Hiroki Orita
  • Patent number: 12181284
    Abstract: The above measurement device acquires output data from a sensor unit for detecting surrounding feature, and extracts, from the output data, data corresponding to detection result in a predetermined range in a predetermined positional relation with an own position. The predetermined range is determined in accordance with accuracy of the own position. Then, the measurement device executes predetermined processing based on the extracted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Fujiya, Tomoaki Iwai, Masahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 12174021
    Abstract: The own vehicle position estimation unit 17 of the in-vehicle device 1 acquires the point cloud data which is the measurement result of the landmark by the rider 2, and acquires the feature information associated with the landmark in the map DB10. Then, the own vehicle position estimation unit 17 calculates, on the basis of the difference between the size of the landmark specified based on the acquired point cloud data and the size of the landmark indicated by the feature information, calculates the reliability information indicative of the measurement accuracy of the landmark by the lidar 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20240408335
    Abstract: An exacerbation risk prediction system predicts an exacerbation risk of a patient suffering from a respiratory disease. The exacerbation risk prediction system includes an oxygen concentrator that supplies oxygen to the patient through a cannula, an acquisition unit that acquires first information including biological information of the patient wearing the cannula on exertion and at rest and patient information regarding a disease state, a storage that stores the first information, a prediction unit that predicts the exacerbation risk based on the first information, and a learning unit that learns the first information and an evaluation regarding exacerbation in association with each other. The biological information is at least one of respiratory rate, respiratory waveform, and exhaled gas component amount. The biological information is acquired from the oxygen concentrator. The prediction unit predicts the exacerbation risk by inputting the first information to a learning model created by the learning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro HIRAYAMA, Masahiro KATO, Kenji HAYASHI, Tomoya HIRANO, Satoshi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240399596
    Abstract: A robot hand includes: a hand unit that grips a target object including a first member in a first direction and a second member in a second direction; and a control unit that controls the hand unit. The hand unit includes: a body portion including a suction pad that sucks the second member to grip the target object and a support portion that supports the suction pad; and an auxiliary portion provided to be opposed to the body portion when the suction pad grips the target object. When the suction pad grips the target object, a distance in the second direction between an axis of the suction pad and the auxiliary portion is larger than a distance in the second direction from the axis to a surface of the first member on a side opposite to a surface of the first member brought into contact with the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro KATO, Ikuya WAKAMORI, Kazushi HIRAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240400171
    Abstract: The controller 73 of a server device 7C stores a predicted water level DB 70 representing a predicted water level for each water level prediction point in the river. Then, the controller 73 receives, from plural ships, the measured water level information D2 relating to the measured water levels measured by the plural ships. Then, the controller 73 updates the predicted water level DB 70 based on the measured water level information D2. Then, the controller 73 distributes the predicted water level information D1 generated based on the predicted water level DB 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro KATO, Reiji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240400168
    Abstract: The controller 13 of the information processing device 1 is configured to acquire measurement data of a feature measured by a lidar 3 provided on a ship and measurement data of a water surface. In addition, the controllers 13 is configured to acquire information regarding a height of the feature from a river map DB 10. Then, the controller 13 is configured to acquire highest point information IH regarding a height of the highest point of the ship from a reference position of the ship. Then, the controller 13 is configured to calculate a ship highest point height based on the measurement data of the feature, the measurement data of the water surface, the information regarding the height of the feature, and the highest point information IH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro KATO, Takeshi KODA, Masahiro x KATO, Akira GOTODA, Kunio SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20240398297
    Abstract: In order to solve such a problem, the invention provides a blood collection system used for collecting blood of a subject and a blood collection method executed in the blood collection system. The blood collection system punctures a finger of the subject with a puncture needle; and then supplies pressurized air to a cuff attached to the finger of the subject in a rolling manner so as to inflate the cuff and apply a predetermined pressure to the finger of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro KATO, Akio NAGASAKA, Naoto MIURA, Yo NONOMURA, Yusuke MATSUDA, Keiichiro NAKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12157582
    Abstract: An observation control device is applicable to a detector installed onboard a spacecraft for performing observation. The observation control device includes an orthogonal direction control unit configured to move an observation range in a direction orthogonal to a travel direction of the spacecraft, the observation range being a range observed by the detector, and a travel direction control unit configured to move the observation range in the travel direction of the spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Takahiro Yamada, Kazunori Masukawa, Kenichiro Kawabata, Keisuke Ando, Hiroshi Kawato
  • Patent number: 12151280
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: flat tubes; a plate attached to the flat tubes; a medium tank configured to form a medium flow path by covering openings of flat tubes; and a reinforcing member to reinforce the openings. The reinforcing member includes a pair of leg portions and a connection portion that connects the leg portions. An insertion amount of the leg portions into the opening is larger than a sum of a gap between the connection portion and an inner surface and a length from the opening to a position corresponding to a brazed portion between the flat tube and the plate, or when a protruding portion protruding in a direction opposite an insertion direction is provided in the connection portion, larger than a sum of a gap between the protruding portion and the inner surface and a length from the opening to the position corresponding to the brazed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Marelli Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Takashi Kaneda, Fumihiro Kawashima