Patents by Inventor Masahiro Sato

Masahiro 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: 11210724
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a degree of user's repeated use of items available in a service used by the user from a use history of the service; and a notification unit that notifies the user about an item in descending order of a degree of matching with the user among the items available in the service by using the degree of matching of each of the items with the user that is obtained from features of the user indicative of item use tendency in the service reflecting the degree of user's repeated use acquired by the acquisition unit and features of the each of the items indicative of characteristics of the each of the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Koki Nagatani, Masahiro Sato, Takashi Sonoda, Tomoko Okuma
  • Publication number: 20210391644
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a first terminal to which a high-frequency signal is input; a second terminal connected to the ground; a first radiation unit that is formed in a helical shape whose maximum diameter is a first diameter; a second radiation unit that is formed in a helical shape having one end continuous with one end of the first radiation unit and whose maximum diameter is a second diameter larger than the first diameter, and having another end which is an open end; first wiring that connects another end of the first radiation unit and the first terminal; and second wiring that connects the another end of the first radiation unit and the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KAWAMURA, MASAHIRO SATO
  • Patent number: 11189064
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a luminance level of each pixel at each time position of a moving image; and a generation unit configured to generate, based on the information, a graph that includes a first axis which indicates the time position and a second axis which intersects with the first axis and indicates the luminance level, and indicates the presence/absence of corresponding pixels or a number of corresponding pixels in each coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Urabe, Masahiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20210351336
    Abstract: An object of the present technique is to provide a drive circuit, an electronic device, and a method of controlling a drive circuit that can reduce power consumption. The drive circuit includes: a control circuit that controls application of an AC voltage to a capacitive load; an inductive element which constitutes a closed circuit along with the capacitive load; a diode, which is connected in series to the inductive element between the capacitive load and the inductive element so as to constitute the closed circuit; and a switch element, which is connected in series to the diode between the capacitive load and the inductive element so as to constitute the closed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro SATO
  • Patent number: 11166921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer is non-aqueous, the adhesive agent layer contains nonylic acid vanillylamide, terpene-based resin, rosin-based resin, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, and liquid paraffin, a mass ratio of a content of the terpene-based resin to a content of the rosin-based resin ((content of the terpene-based resin)/(content of the rosin-based resin)) in the adhesive agent layer is 0.45 to 1.3, and a mass ratio of a content of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer to a content of the liquid paraffin ((content of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer)/(content of the liquid paraffin)) in the adhesive agent layer is 0.45 to 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Masahiro Sato, Kentaro Nakashima, Takaaki Yoshinaga
  • Publication number: 20210331305
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a motor; an output shaft; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of the motor to the output shaft. A motor control unit controls rotation of the motor in accordance with an on operation of the user operation switch performed by a user. A detector detects physical quantity data while the motor is being rotated. A status determination unit determines whether the electric power tool is in a deteriorated status, by using the physical quantity data. A notification interface communicates that the electric power tool is in a deteriorated status while the motor is not being rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru MURUI, Hiroaki MURAKAMI, Akiko HONDA, Masanori NAKAMOTO, Mitsumasa MIZUNO, Takashi KUSAGAWA, Masahiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20210323125
    Abstract: In an electric power tool, an acquisition unit acquires physical quantity data detected while a motor is being rotated. A storage unit stores the physical quantity data and time information related to time when the physical quantity data is acquired, mapping the physical quantity data and the time information to each other. A transmission unit transmits the physical quantity data and the time information to a server system. The server system includes: a server-side reception unit that receives the physical quantity data and the time information transmitted; and a status evaluation unit that evaluates a level of a status of the electric power tool by using the physical quantity data and the time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru MURUI, Hiroaki MURAKAMI, Akiko HONDA, Masanori NAKAMOTO, Takashi KUSAGAWA, Masahiro SATO, Mitsumasa MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 11148881
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of automated storages includes: storage shelves with multiple levels; a plurality of transport carriages; a plurality of relay portions; and a lift base capable of being raised and lowered. A transport device includes a plurality of transport conveyors. Each of the plurality of transport conveyors includes: a plurality of receiving portions configured to receive articles; a loading portion configured to deliver articles transported by the transport conveyor and to load the articles to the automated storages; and a transport portion configured to transport articles received at the receiving portions to the plurality of loading portions. The transport portion included in each of the plurality of transport conveyors is installed such that a movement trajectory of articles transported by the transport portion does not overlap a movement trajectory of articles transported by another transport portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tooru Siraisi, Norihiro Okatsu, Masahiro Sato, Masaru Yagi, Makoto Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11145468
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode lead frame, a cathode lead frame, and an exterior member. The capacitor element includes an anode part and a cathode part. The cathode lead frame includes a cathode mount, a cathode connection part connected to the cathode mount, and a cathode terminal connected to the cathode connection part. The cathode lead frame bends in one direction at a first boundary between the cathode mount and the cathode connection part, and further bends in another direction at a second boundary between the cathode connection part and the cathode terminal. At least one of the cathode mount and the cathode terminal has a projection at an edge of the at least one of the cathode mount and the cathode terminal. The edge is at a side close to the cathode connection part. The projection projects in a first direction along which the anode part and the cathode part are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamada, Masahiro Sato, Yasuyuki Komatsu, Mikio Kobashi, Atsushi Nagatomi
  • Publication number: 20210304702
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a processing unit, a display control unit, and a setting unit. The processing unit is configured to perform first image processing and second image processing. The display control unit is configured to perform control to perform a first display based on a result of the first image processing and a second display based on a result of the second image processing, together. The setting unit is configured to set upper-limit brightness of the second display. An Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF) type of the first display and an EOTF type of the second display are EOTF types dealing with high dynamic range (HDR). The processing unit converts brightness of an image according to the upper-limit brightness and the EOTF type of the first display in the second image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Hirofumi Urabe
  • Publication number: 20210287265
    Abstract: A charge calculation method executed by a processor included in a computer to execute a process, the process includes determining a degree of possibility that a virtual machine having redundant configuration exists in a plurality of virtual machines that provide a service, calculating a difference of charges for using the service before and after a first virtual machine among the plurality of virtual machines is migrated to an another location different from a location where the first virtual machine is located, and displaying the degree of possibility and the difference with respect to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arai, Masanori Yamazaki, Masahiro Sato, Yuji Wada
  • Publication number: 20210265961
    Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency amplifier capable of making a circuit substrate small and reducing a cost. A high-frequency amplifier is provided with a first substrate including a matching unit, and a second substrate including a transistor and a first impedance converter connected to each other, in which the matching unit of the first substrate and the first impedance converter are connected to each other via a first connection. Furthermore, the high-frequency amplifier is further provided with a third substrate including a matching unit, in which the second substrate may further include a second impedance converter connected to the transistor, and the second impedance converter and the matching unit of the third substrate may be connected to each other via a second connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KAWAMURA, MASAHIRO SATO
  • Publication number: 20210257472
    Abstract: The wiring length of MOS transistors is shortened. A source region has both ends made smaller in width than a central part. A first channel region and a second channel region are adjacent to corresponding outer peripheral parts. A first drain region and a second drain region are adjacent to the first channel region and the second channel region, respectively. Gate electrodes are on respective surfaces of the first channel region and the second channel region through an insulating film, joined to each other, and connected to a gate wire. Drain electrodes are placed on the respective surfaces of the first drain region and the second drain region and joined to each other near a second end and connected to a drain wire. At least one of the gate wire or the drain wire is smaller in width than the central part of the source region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro SATO, Takashi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210252681
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: an output shaft on which a front-end tool is adapted to be mounted; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of a motor to the output shaft. A posture information acquisition unit acquires posture information for identifying a posture of the electric power tool. A torque information acquisition unit acquires torque information indicating a measured value of tightening torque produced by the front-end tool. A transmission unit transmits the posture information, the torque information, and time information related to a time when respective information is acquired to an external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru MURUl, Mitsumasa MlZUNO, Hiroaki MURAKAMI, Takashi KUSAGAWA, Masahiro SATO, Masanori NAKAMOTO, Akiko HONDA
  • Publication number: 20210240433
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, if information regarding a psychological state or a feeling of a target satisfies a predetermined first condition, control outputting of sound around the target collected in a period in which the predetermined first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro SATO, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210225306
    Abstract: A display device comprising: a display; and an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image; and a display control unit configured to perform control such that a pixel having a brightness gradation value that is included within a setting range, which is a range of brightness gradation values and which is a range set to include at least a certain number of pixels in a target frame of the image, is displayed in the display in a display appearance different from that of a pixel having a brightness gradation value that is not included within the setting range in the target frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Hirofumi Urabe
  • Patent number: 11067022
    Abstract: Provided is a knocking detection apparatus capable of reducing erroneous determination of knocking during transition, and improving knocking detection accuracy regardless of whether an engine is in steady operation or transient operation. A knocking detection apparatus according to the present invention estimates a background level based on an operating state of an internal combustion engine, and calculates a knocking determination index by using the estimated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Akagi, Masashi Seimiya, Seiji Asano, Wataru Katou, Masanori Nukui, Masahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11062642
    Abstract: A display apparatus, comprising: a memory that stores correspondence to convert an image quality of an image signal; and at least one processor that operates as: an input unit that inputs a first image signal having a first image quality; a generation unit; and a display unit that displays the first image signal and the image signal generated by the generation unit, wherein in the case of the memory storing correspondence to generate a second image signal having a second image quality from the first image signal, the generation unit generates the second image signal from the first image signal in accordance with the correspondence, and in the case of the memory not storing the correspondence to generate the second image signal from the first image signal, the generation unit generates a third image signal by performing a predetermined luminance conversion on the first image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Urabe, Masahiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20210207550
    Abstract: Provided is a knocking detection apparatus capable of reducing erroneous determination of knocking during transition, and improving knocking detection accuracy regardless of whether an engine is in steady operation or transient operation. A knocking detection apparatus according to the present invention estimates a background level based on an operating state of an internal combustion engine, and calculates a knocking determination index by using the estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko AKAGI, Masashi SEIMIYA, Seiji ASANO, Wataru KATOU, Masanori NUKUI, Masahiro SATO
  • Patent number: 11049663
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, a lead member electrically connected to the capacitor element, an outer packaging member in which the capacitor element and a part of the lead member are sealed, and a heat barrier layer that covers at least a part of the outer packaging member. The heat barrier layer has an electrical insulation property, and contains at least one of metallic oxide and metal hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouta Muneyasu, Masahiro Sato, Naomi Kurihara, Keita Uenaka