Patents by Inventor Masahiro Saito

Masahiro Saito 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: 20250095922
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately laminated therein, and external electrode layers respectively provided on both end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction intersecting a lamination direction, and each connected to the internal electrode layers, the external electrode layers each further including a base electrode layer including a first region, a second region, and a third region divided therein, in order from the multilayer body. The first region includes a metal included in the internal electrode layers in a higher amount than the second region and the third region, the second region includes glass in a higher amount than the first region and the third region, and the third region includes copper in a higher amount than the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Keita KITAHARA, Yuta SAITO, Noriyuki OOKAWA, Riyousuke AKAZAWA, Takefumi TAKAHASHI, Masahiro WAKASHIMA, Yuta KUROSU, Akito MORI
  • Patent number: 12251770
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control device controls a welding device performing resistance welding. When an inspection value satisfies a first condition, the control device modifies a setting value for the resistance welding and causes the welding device to perform the resistance welding. The inspection value is obtained by an inspection of a weld zone formed by the resistance welding. The control device does not cause the welding device to perform the resistance welding when the inspection value satisfies a second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Masahiro Saito, Yasunori Chiba
  • Publication number: 20250077912
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that, upon execution of the stored instructions cause the at least one processor to set up, in an input image, an inference target region subjected to an inference by a model established based on machine learning and decide, according to a size of the set inference target region, a model to be applied to an inference in which the input image is set as input data from among a plurality of models which have mutually different sizes of input data and on which an initialization for initiating a state in which the inference is executable on the input data is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sho SAITO, Masahiro MATSUSHITA, Hajime MUTA, Shozo YOSHIMURA, Hitoshi FUKAMACHI
  • Patent number: 12240011
    Abstract: A sliding device configured to perform a sliding process on a surface of an object to be slid includes a sliding part including sliding bodies each having a flat working surface; a first driving mechanism configured to regularly move the sliding bodies in parallel with the working surfaces of the sliding bodies; and a second driving mechanism configured to regularly move the sliding part in parallel with the working surfaces in a direction different from a moving direction by the first driving mechanism while the first driving mechanism moves the sliding bodies. This enables uniform supply of the sliding process material onto the surface of the object to be slid or clean the surface of the object to be slid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Saito, Masahiro Nishimoto, Ikuo Mitsushima, Masaki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20250065574
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a bumper reinforcement in which bonding process time is short and open time is long. A method for manufacturing a bumper reinforcement of one embodiment includes: a pre-bonding step of preparing a layered body containing, in the following order, a metal member, which is a body section, a solid adhesive mainly comprising an amorphous thermoplastic resin that is at least one of a thermoplastic epoxy resin and a phenoxy resin, and a resin member, which is a resin reinforcement; and a bonding step of heating and pressurizing the layered body to melt the solid adhesive, and bonding the metal member and the resin member. Either the epoxy equivalent of the amorphous thermoplastic resin is 1,600 or more or the amorphous thermoplastic resin does not contain epoxy groups, and the heat of fusion of the amorphous thermoplastic resin is 15 J/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SATO, Hayato SAITO
  • Publication number: 20250065835
    Abstract: A top sheet (210), two walls (221, 222), and two ridge portions (231, 232) are provided, tensile strengths of the top sheet (210) and the walls (221, 222) are 1470 MPa or more, each of the two ridge portions (231, 232) extend between the top sheet (210) and the walls (221, 222), in a longitudinal direction of the top sheet (210), and a cross section of a center portion in the longitudinal direction is an open cross section having a groove shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro SAITO, Yasuhiro ITO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Junichiro SUZUKI, Susumu YUASA
  • Publication number: 20250069198
    Abstract: A restored image in which degradation in an image quality has been sufficiently reduced is generated. An image processing apparatus which generates a data of a restored image to be obtained by reducing degradation in an image quality contained in an input image by a method of inference using a neural network, according to the present disclosure, estimates a degree of the degradation in the image quality contained in the input image, and determines an adjustment parameter to be used in image restoration processing of reducing the degradation in the image quality, based on the estimated degree of the degradation in the image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: HITOSHI FUKAMACHI, SHO SAITO, MASAHIRO MATSUSHITA, HAJIME MUTA, SHOZO YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 12237114
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a second alloy portion including one metal element provided in a greatest amount among metal elements of an internal electrode layer, and one or more metal elements among a metal group including Sn, In, Ga, Zn, Bi, Pb, Cu, Ag, Pd, Pt, Ph, Ir, Ru, Os, Fe, V, and Y is provided between a second dielectric ceramic layer and a first internal electrode layer, and between a second dielectric ceramic layer and a second internal electrode layer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Kurosu, Yuta Saito, Masahiro Wakashima, Daiki Fukunaga, Yu Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20250046847
    Abstract: A solid oxide electrochemical cell stack includes: a first planar electrochemical cell; a second planar electrochemical cell stacked with the first planar electrochemical cell; a separator electrically connected to a first hydrogen electrode and a second oxygen electrode; a first conductor connecting the first hydrogen electrode and the separator; and a second conductor connecting the second oxygen electrode and the separator. The second conductor includes a porous conductor through which at least one supplied gas is supplied and diffused to second the oxygen electrode, and a structure-supporting conductor to prevent mechanical displacements of the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro MATSUNAGA, Norikazu OSADA, Masato YOSHINO, Takahiro ONO, Hisao WATANABE, Yusuke SUZUKI, Kazuhiro SAITO, Masahiro ASAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250048676
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A semiconductor device includes a metal oxide, a first conductor and a second conductor over the metal oxide, a first insulator positioned over the metal oxide and between the first conductor and the second conductor, a second insulator over the first insulator, a third insulator over the second insulator, a third conductor over the third insulator, a fourth insulator positioned between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a fifth insulator positioned between the second conductor and the first insulator. The first insulator is in contact with the top surface and the side surface of the metal oxide, and oxygen is less likely to pass through the first insulator than the second insulator. The first conductor, the second conductor, the fourth insulator, and the fifth insulator contain the same metal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ryota HODO, Satoru SAITO, Hitoshi KUNITAKE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Masahiro WAKUDA, Toshiki HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20250040193
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high on-state current is provided. A transistor included in the semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a first semiconductor layer over the first insulator; a second semiconductor layer including a channel formation region over the first semiconductor layer; a first conductor and a second conductor over the second semiconductor layer; a second insulator over the second semiconductor layer and between the first conductor and the second conductor; and a third conductor over the second insulator. In a cross-sectional view in a channel width direction of the transistor, the third conductor covers a side surface and a top surface of the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has a higher permittivity than the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hitoshi KUNITAKE, Satoru SAITO, Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Naoki OKUNO, Masashi OOTA
  • Publication number: 20250028249
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical solution that, in the case of being used in a step of bringing a contact-target member and the chemical solution into contact with each other, is less likely to cause a predetermined defect in the contact-target member. A chemical solution according to the present invention includes an organic solvent and a metal-containing particle including a metal element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, and Zn, wherein an I value determined by a method X is 0.010 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko OHTSU, Masahiro YOSHIDOME, Tetsuya KAMIMURA, Ryo SAITO
  • Patent number: 12207363
    Abstract: A heat-radiating light source including a heat-radiating layer and a substrate laminated thereon for heating the heat-radiating layer is disclosed. A heat-radiating layer and a substrate for heating the heat-radiating layer are laminated. In the heat-radiating layer, there are provided a radiation control portion and a radiating transparent oxide layer, the radiation control portion having an MIM lamination portion including a pair of platinum layers juxtaposed along lamination direction and a resonating transparent oxide layer formed of a transparent oxide and disposed between the pair of platinum layers, the radiation control portion and the radiating transparent oxide layer are laminated with the radiation control portion and the radiating transparent oxide layer are disposed closer to the substrate in this order. The resonating transparent oxide layer R has a thickness providing a resonance wavelength equal to or smaller than 4 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Suemitsu, Tadashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20250020459
    Abstract: A road surface abnormality detection apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, a prediction unit, and an abnormality detection unit. The data acquisition unit acquires road surface observation data obtained by observing a road surface in a chronological order. The prediction unit predicts road surface data at a first timing from a plurality of road surface observation data at a plurality of respective timings earlier than the first timing by using a trained model generated in advance through machine learning. The abnormality detection unit detects, when a difference between road surface observation data at the first timing and the predicted road surface data at the first timing is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, an abnormality of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Kyota HIGA, Yusuke NONAKA, Hideo SAITO, Hideaki UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240426792
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing system includes a manipulator, a detection device, and a processing device. The detection device is mounted to the manipulator. The detection device includes a detector, a first propagating member, and a second propagating member. The detector is configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward an object and detect a reflected wave. The first propagating member is mounted to the detector, the ultrasonic wave propagating through the first propagating member. The second propagating member is mounted to the first propagating member, the ultrasonic wave propagating through the second propagating member, the second propagating member being softer than the first propagating member. The processing device is configured to receive intensity data from the detector and detect a surface position of the object in the intensity data, the intensity data being of an intensity of the reflected wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro SAITO, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 12153018
    Abstract: A processing system according to an embodiment includes a processing device. The processing device receives a detection result of a reflected wave from a detector that includes multiple detection elements arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing each other, and performs a probe that includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a welding object and detecting the reflected wave. The processing device performs a first determination of determining a joint and a non-joint at multiple points along the first and second directions of the welding object based on the detection result. The processing device performs a second determination of determining an appropriateness of a result of the first determination based on the detection result or the result of the first determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Masahiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20240311232
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a memory cell, and a controller. The controller is configured to write multi-bit data into the memory cell through a first write operation of writing a first part, and not a second part, of the multi-bit data and then a second write operation of writing the first and second parts. The controller is configured to, during writing of the multi-bit data, determine an amount of time that has passed since the first write operation, perform the second write operation in a first manner by inputting the second part, and not the first part, from the controller, when the determined amount is less than a threshold amount, and perform the second write operation in a second manner by inputting the first and second parts from the controller, when the determined amount is greater than the threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuko NODA, Kiwamu WATANABE, Masahiro SAITO, Yoshiki TAKAI
  • Patent number: 12076986
    Abstract: A manifold includes: a liquid chamber including an elastic damper, the liquid chamber configured to store a liquid; multiple head couplers on a lower end of the liquid chamber, the multiple head couplers configured to be respectively coupled to multiple liquid discharge heads and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the liquid chamber; and a tank coupler on an upper end of the liquid chamber, the tank coupler configured to be coupled to a tank configured to store liquid to be supplied to or discharged from the manifold, wherein a length of the liquid chamber increases from the tank coupler on the upper end toward the multiple head couplers on the lower end of the liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Saito
  • Patent number: 12065324
    Abstract: Provided is a sticking body holding member capable of suppressing generation of slack in a carrier tape without excessively strong winding of the carrier tape. A sticking body holding member includes a plurality of sticking bodies, a carrier tape, and a reel. The sticking bodies are each configured to have a planar shape, and each include a first surface being an adhesive surface that is stickable with respect to an adherend. In the carrier tape, the plurality of sticking bodies are stuck and arranged in a line. The carrier tape is wound around the reel. A second surface of the sticking body is provided with an adhesive region having adhesiveness and an adhesion suppressing region where adhesiveness is suppressed, and the second surface of the sticking body is configured to have weaker adhesiveness than adhesiveness of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Tachi, Satoshi Deguchi, Masahiro Saito, Yasuhiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240261589
    Abstract: A liquid drug delivery device 5 for delivering a liquid drug to a target site 2a in a living tissue 2 by irradiating the liquid drug with laser light L at a location 1a near the target site 2a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshio YAHATA, Masahiro SAITO, Hitoshi SOYAMA