Patents by Inventor Masahiro Suzuki

Masahiro Suzuki 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: 20200263007
    Abstract: Provided are a polyolefin-based resin composition having excellent antistatic performance, and a polyolefin-based resin film formed using the composition. More specifically, a polyolefin-based resin composition comprising a polyolefin-based resin, a polyalkylene carbonate resin, and a metal salt having a melting point higher than 100° C. is provided. Also provided is a polyolefin-based resin film formed using the polyolefin-based resin composition, the film being stretched at least uniaxially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: kIYOSHI NISHIOKA, Masahiro SUZUKI, Koh-hei NITTA, Miho MAE
  • Patent number: 10745598
    Abstract: The present invention is a thermoplastic polymer composition which contains 10-120 parts by mass of a polar group-containing polypropylene resin (B) per 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) that is a block copolymer having a polymer block containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block composed of a conjugated diene unit having 40% by mole or more of 1,2-bonds and 3,4-bonds in total, or a hydrogenated product of the block copolymer (provided that a thermoplastic polymer composition containing 1 part by mass or more of a polyvinyl acetal resin is excluded). This thermoplastic polymer composition is able to be bonded with a ceramic, a metal or a synthetic resin without requiring a primer treatment, and has excellent flexibility, mechanical characteristics, moldability, heat resistance and storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asako Minamide, Mikio Masuda, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200241532
    Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle includes an automatic driving mode in which autonomous traveling is carried out. The automatic driving vehicle receives information for estimating a setup for a destination and a time. The information is input by a driver or a user when the driver or the user gets out of the automatic driving vehicle. The automatic driving vehicle is controlled to move to the destination on a basis of the destination and the time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MICOLATTA INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro SUZUKI, Yoichiro SAKO
  • Patent number: 10726569
    Abstract: Whether to correct unevenness of brightness of a first image of an object onto which pattern light for three-dimensional shape measurement is projected is determined based on the first image or a second image of the object onto which the pattern light is not projected. If correction is performed, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using a corrected image obtained by correcting the unevenness of the brightness of the first image based on the second image; otherwise, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Akihiro Katayama, Masakazu Fujiki, Masahiro Suzuki, Toshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10713810
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit configured to control a pattern that a projection apparatus projects onto an object; an obtainment unit configured to obtain a plurality of images respectively captured at a plurality of times by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses that capture the object onto which the pattern has been projected; and a measurement unit configured to measure range information of the object by performing matching, between images respectively captured by the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, using information of temporal change of pixel values of the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Furihata, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200198658
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a traveling driving system configured to execute traveling of an own vehicle; a non-traveling-application providing unit configured to provide a passenger with an application other than the traveling of the own vehicle; and a control unit. The control unit includes: inquiry means for inquiring a usage application of the own vehicle to the passenger when it is detected that the passenger gets into the own vehicle, the usage application including a traveling application and the application other than traveling of the own vehicle; non-traveling-application providing unit activating means for activating the non-traveling-application providing unit in a case where the application other than traveling is selected in response to the inquiry by the inquiry means; and traveling driving system activating means for activating the traveling driving system in a case where the traveling application is selected in response to the inquiry by the inquiry means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Mico Latta Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro SUZUKI, Mayumi SUZUKI, Yoichiro SAKO
  • Patent number: 10657366
    Abstract: In order to reduce limitations on an arrangement of a posture visualization system as a whole, a posture recognition unit recognizes, based on image data of a real space captured by an image capture unit from a predetermined viewpoint, a posture of an object in the image data of the real space. A posture visualization viewpoint setting unit sets a viewpoint different from the predetermined viewpoint. A posture visualization unit visualizes a mirror image of the posture of the object viewed from the viewpoint set by the posture visualization viewpoint setting unit based on the posture recognized by the posture recognition unit. A space display unit displays the mirror image of the posture of the object generated by the posture visualization unit and a mirror image of the real space at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahoro Anabuki, Yasuo Katano, Masakazu Matsugu, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10656648
    Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle includes an automatic driving mode in which autonomous traveling is carried out. The automatic driving vehicle receives a setup for a destination and an arrival time after a driver or a passenger gets out of the automatic driving vehicle. The setup for the destination and the arrival time is input when the driver or the passenger gets out of the automatic driving vehicle. The automatic driving vehicle is controlled to move to the destination after the driver or the passenger gets out of the automatic driving vehicle on a basis of the destination and the arrival time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MICOLATTA INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Yoichiro Sako
  • Publication number: 20200145588
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus presenting information to an operator operating an image pickup device includes an image-pickup range setting portion setting an image pickup range over which an image can be taken by the image pickup device, a position and orientation calculation portion calculating a position and orientation of the image pickup device by using the image taken by the image pickup device, an evaluation portion evaluating an image pickup situation in the image pickup range, set by the image-pickup range setting portion, on the basis of the position and orientation calculated by the position and orientation calculation portion, and a guide information presentation portion presenting, in accordance with evaluation by the evaluation portion, guide information for guiding an operation of the image pickup device on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Nozomu Kasuya, Makoto Tomioka, Daisuke Kotake, Masahiro Suzuki, Takayuki Yamada, Masakazu Fujiki, Akihiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 10634996
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a composite member which can contribute to simple formation and/or increased quality of fine wiring. [Solution] A composite member 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base material, an aliphatic polycarbonate-containing layer with multiple island-shaped portions arranged on the base material, and a metal ink, wherein at least a surface of the aliphatic polycarbonate-containing layer with multiple island-shaped portions has a contact angle of 50° or more between pure water and the surface when exposed to ultraviolet light including a wavelength of 180 nm or more and 370 nm or less for 15 minutes, and the metal ink is arranged on the base material at at least a portion of a region sandwiched by the precursor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Tatsuya Shimoda, Kazuhiro Fukada, Kiyoshi Nishioka, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200109323
    Abstract: The present invention is a thermoplastic polymer composition which contains 10-120 parts by mass of a polar group-containing polypropylene resin (B) per 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) that is a block copolymer having a polymer block containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block composed of a conjugated diene unit having 40% by mole or more of 1,2-bonds and 3,4-bonds in total, or a hydrogenated product of the block copolymer (provided that a thermoplastic polymer composition containing 1 part by mass or more of a polyvinyl acetal resin is excluded). This thermoplastic polymer composition is able to be bonded with a ceramic, a metal or a synthetic resin without requiring a primer treatment, and has excellent flexibility, mechanical characteristics, moldability, heat resistance and storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asako MINAMIDE, Mikio MASUDA, Masahiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10603791
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a holding unit configured to hold data related to a worker; an obtaining unit configured to obtain measurement data for recognizing the worker; a recognizing unit configured to recognize the worker based on the data related to the worker and the measurement data; a determination unit configured to determine work information about a work which the worker and a robot perform on a target object together, corresponding to the recognized worker, based on a physical feature of the recognized worker; and a controlling unit configured to control the robot based on the work information so that the worker and the robot perform a work on the target object together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakazato, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200095410
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin-based resin composition that has improved resilience while maintaining mechanical strength and stretching properties, as well as a molded article and a polyolefin-based resin film formed from this composition. The polyolefin-based resin composition comprises a polyolefin-based resin, a polyalkylene carbonate resin, and an ionic liquid. The polyolefin-based resin film of the present invention is formed by molding the polyolefin-based resin composition and is stretched at least in a monoaxial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koh-hei NITTA, Makiko NAKAHARA, Miho MAE, Kiyoshi NISHIOKA, Nobutaka FUJIMOTO, Masahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200027743
    Abstract: The etching mask 80 for screen printing according to one embodiment of the present invention includes aliphatic polycarbonate. Further, the method of producing an oxide layer (the channel 44) according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an etching-mask forming step of forming a pattern of the etching mask 80 including aliphatic polycarbonate; a contact step of, after the etching-mask forming step, contacting the oxide layer with a solution for dissolving a portion of the oxide layer (the channel 44) which is not protected by the etching mask 80; and a heating step of, after the contact step, heating the oxide layer (the channel 44) and the etching mask 80 to or above a temperature at which the etching mask 80 is decomposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Tatsuya SHIMODA, Kazuhiro FUKADA, Kiyoshi NISHIOKA, Nobutaka FUJIMOTO, Masahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200028586
    Abstract: A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation method includes an optical signal transmission step of inserting at least one pair of signal sequences into transmission data and transmitting the transmission data into which the at least one pair of signal sequences is inserted, a signal sequence extraction step of extracting the at least one pair of signal sequences from a received signal obtained by receiving the transmitted transmission data, an inner product calculation step of calculating an inner product value of the extracted at least one pair of signal sequences, a reception power calculation step of calculating reception power of the extracted at least one pair of signal sequences, and an SNR calculation step of calculating an SNR of the at least one pair of signal sequences on the basis of the calculated inner product value and the calculated reception power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki KISAKA, Kengo HORIKOSHI, Mitsuteru YOSHIDA, Masahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200012877
    Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. From an image capturing apparatus which can move, a captured image of an object is obtained. The position of the image capturing apparatus is derived using the captured image and a three-dimensional map. The three-dimensional map is corrected using information indicating a reliability of: information indicating the three-dimensional position of the feature included in a predefined area in the three-dimensional map held by the holding unit; and information indicating a three-dimensional position of another feature of the object, the information obtained based on the captured image from an expanded area of the predefined area in the three-dimensional map held by the holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Kotake, Akihiro Katayama, Makoto Tomioka, Nozomu Kasuya, Takayuki Yamada, Masahiro Suzuki, Masakazu Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20190375066
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional measurement device applicable to a machining machine. A sensor head contains a body and a collet chuck. A light emitting window and a light receiving window are provided on the front end of the body. A non-contact sensor is incorporated in the body. Laser light emitted by the non-contact sensor is radiated onto a workpiece through the light emitting window. Laser light reflected from the surface of the workpiece is received by the light receiving window. A collet chuck is attached to the rear end of the body. The collet chuck has the same shape as a collet chuck provided by each tool housed in a tool magazine of a machining center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE
    Inventors: Satoshi SUZUKI, Masahiro SUZUKI, Yohichi SANO
  • Patent number: 10497111
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: a generating unit which generates, based on model information including a feature of an object, a model feature indicating the feature of the object to be acquired by observing the object respectively from a plurality of candidate viewpoints; an acquiring unit which acquires an image feature indicating features of images acquired by photographing the object respectively from the plurality of candidate viewpoints; an evaluating unit which evaluates each of the plurality of candidate viewpoints, based on a correspondence relation between the model feature and the image feature; and a selecting unit which selects, from the plurality of candidate viewpoints, one or more measurement viewpoints from which the object should be measured, on the basis of evaluation by the evaluating unit for each of the plurality of candidate viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hirota, Masakazu Fujiki, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Masahiro Suzuki, Keisuke Tateno
  • Publication number: 20190329409
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes an estimation unit to estimate information indicating a holding success possibility from an image of a plurality of the target objects by using a pre-trained model that estimates the information indicating the holding success possibility in at least one or more partial regions, a determination unit to determine a holding region for the robot to hold the target object among the partial regions based on the information indicating the holding success possibility, and a control unit to move the robot based on the holding region and cause the robot to perform a holding operation on the target object. In a case where the holding operation performed on the target object by the robot is failed, the determination unit determines a partial region, among the partial regions, satisfying a predetermined condition as a next holding region based on the information indicating the holding success possibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamada, Masahiro Suzuki, Tomoaki Higo, Yuichiro Hirota
  • Publication number: 20190334192
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a redox flow battery which has two electrodes including a positive electrode and a negative electrode and a membrane, and performs charge and discharge by supplying a positive electrode electrolyte to the positive electrode and supplying a negative electrode electrolyte to the negative electrode, the method including a step of changing one or both of pressures of the positive electrode electrolyte supplied to the positive electrode and the negative electrode electrolyte supplied to the negative electrode in a cycle of 1/60 to 10 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Masahiro SUZUKI