Patents by Inventor Masahiro Tanaka

Masahiro Tanaka 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: 20240386722
    Abstract: A data collecting device includes a processor configured to determine whether snow lies around a vehicle, set a type of feature to be detected, based on the result of determination of the presence or absence of the snow, detect a feature of the set type from an image representing an area around the vehicle generated by a camera mounted on the vehicle, and generate probe data representing the detected feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240383478
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a memory configured to store trajectory distribution information representing distribution of trajectories for each lane in a predetermined section of a road; and a processor configured to set a target trajectory of a vehicle by referring to the trajectory distribution information of a second lane different from a first lane being traveled by the vehicle, when the vehicle travels the predetermined section, and make the vehicle travel along the target trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Woven by Toyota ,Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240382065
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Maki SANO, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Motoyasu OKUTSU, Chiemi TANAKA, Masahiro SAIKOU, Hitoshi IMAOKA, Kenichi KAMIJO, Ryuji HAMAMOTO, Yutaka SAITO, Masayoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240382066
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information 10 when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Maki SANO, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Motoyasu OKUTSU, Chiemi TANAKA, Masahiro SAIKOU, Hitoshi IMAOKA, Kenichi KAMIJO, Ryuji HAMAMOTO, Yutaka SAITO, Masayoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240382064
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Maki Sano, Kimiyasu Tokoh, Motoyasu Okutsu, Chiemi Tanaka, Masahiro Saikou, Hitoshi Imaoka, Kenichi Kamijo, Ryuji Hamamoto, Yutaka Saito, Masayoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240375158
    Abstract: A detoxifying device of a structure wherein the deposits can be removed cleanly, without leaving residue, even for a nozzle that is provided with a narrow diameter portion and a wide diameter portion that is further to the downstream side than the narrow diameter portion, and to provide a nozzle scraper used in said detoxifying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240378995
    Abstract: A trajectory information collecting device includes a processor configured to determine whether a trajectory along which a host vehicle has traveled through a predetermined section is within a predetermined standard travel area, generate trajectory information by including individual position coordinates on the trajectory in the trajectory information when the trajectory is within the standard travel area, generate the trajectory information by including individual position coordinates on the trajectory and operation information indicating how much the host vehicle is operated by a driver in the predetermined section in the trajectory information when the trajectory deviates from the standard travel area, and transmit the generated trajectory information to a server via a communication device mounted on the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240377222
    Abstract: A data collection instruction device includes a memory configured to store travel history of each of a plurality of vehicles; and a processor configured to select one or more vehicles satisfying a predetermined condition related to travel in an update target region of map information from among the plurality of vehicles, based on the travel history of each of the plurality of vehicles, instruct the selected one or more vehicles to collect probe data representing a predetermined feature of the update target region, via a communication device, and instruct the plurality of vehicles except the selected one or more vehicles to collect the probe data of a predetermined road section, via the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Tatsuyoshi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 12138930
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a liquid discharge head, a carriage, a carriage moving mechanism, a carriage motor, an output unit outputting a discharge determination signal, and a controller configured to carry out a determination of whether or not a liquid is discharged normally from the nozzle, based on the discharge determination signal outputted from the output unit when the liquid discharge head carries out an inspection driving. If a first condition is satisfied, then after a carriage drive in order to move the carriage to a predetermined position, the inspection driving is performed. If a second condition other than the first condition is satisfied, then the inspection driving is performed without performing the carriage drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zenichiro Sasaki, Kenta Horade, Nobumasa Tanaka, Ryuji Horata, Takafumi Nakase, Masahiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240367201
    Abstract: In order to efficiently remove deposited material adhering to the interior of an abatement device, an abatement device is equipped with a deposited material removing means for removing deposited material produced during abatement of exhaust gas. The deposited material removing means includes: a storage unit that stores a liquid; a gas supply unit that supplies pressurized gas to the storage unit; and a valve that sprays a mixed fluid of the liquid stored in the storage unit and the gas supplied by the gas supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Masahiro Tanaka, Jinquan Guan
  • Publication number: 20240370039
    Abstract: Provided is a reception device comprising: a reception part configured to receive the control signal from a transmission device; and a controller configured to performs a process of outputting a motor driving instruction value corresponding to the control signal received by the reception part as a motor driving instruction value for controlling a driving amount of a motor, wherein the controller performs: a hold process for holding and outputting a value corresponding to the control signal during a reception period as the motor driving instruction value when the control signal is not receivable; and a failsafe gradual change process for gradually changing the motor driving instruction value from the value during the hold process toward a failsafe value determined for failsafe when a period of the hold process reaches a certain period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventor: MASAHIRO TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240361777
    Abstract: A gyro unit mounted on a steered object for performing steering based on a steering signal received from the outside comprises a gyro sensor, a calculation portion and a controller. The calculation portion is configured to perform calculations for posture control of the steered object based on the steering signal and a detection signal of the gyro sensor. The controller is configured to perform control such that a control direction of the posture control switches when the steered object moves forward and backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro TANAKA, Yuhei SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12131196
    Abstract: A technique for efficiently determining the optimal deployment for the application distribution processing can be offered. A distributed processing support apparatus configured to support distributed processing of an application on a plurality of information processing devices includes a source code acquisition unit configured to acquire a source code of the application; a source code partition unit configured to partition the source code into a plurality of logics; a candidate extraction unit configured to extract, based on a processing order of the logics of the application, information relating to the operational environments of the information processing devices, deployment pattern candidates of the logics which are to be deployed in a distributed manner to any of the information processing devices; and an optimal pattern determination unit configured to determine an optimal deployment pattern from the extracted deployment pattern candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Matsuo, Masahiro Yoshida, Koya Mori, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240353237
    Abstract: A data collecting device includes a processor configured to store an image representing an area around a vehicle and generated by a camera mounted on the vehicle during travel of the vehicle 2 in a memory, generate probe data representing a predetermined feature detected from the image in the area around the vehicle, store the generated probe data in the memory, set a probe communication band, depending on the amount of a set of probe data stored in the memory, and transmit the set of probe data to a server via a communication device, using the probe communication band, prior to a set of images stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240351549
    Abstract: To obtain a gas generator that is easier to manufacture than before. A gas generator 100 has a long substantially columnar outer shape, and includes a housing 10, a first holder 20, a second holder 25, and a third holder 53 attached near one opening end of the housing 10, an igniter 50 that is held by the second holder 25 and ignites a gas generating agent 31, a closing member 12 attached to the other end of the housing 10 so as to close the other opening end of the housing 10, and a filter 41. The second holder 25 is fixed to the housing 10 by forming a circumferential wall 10d and a circumferential wall 10e in a state where the second holder 25 is sandwiched between the first holder 20 and the third holder 53. The third holder 53 is fixed to the housing 10 by performing diameter reduction processing (caulking processing or the like) from an outer circumference to an inner side of the housing 10 at a position corresponding to an annular groove portion 54 to form the circumferential wall 10d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Yuichiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12122988
    Abstract: To provide a cell evaluation device capable of evaluating cells and a secretory substance emitted from the cells accurately and precisely. Provided is a cell evaluation device including a first capturing unit that captures a secretory substance secreted by cells, and an image acquisition unit that acquires an image obtained by imaging observation light of the cells and light emitted from a luminescent substance bonded to the secretory substance, in which the image acquisition unit and the first capturing unit are disposed in this order, and the image acquisition unit acquires position information for the cells and the secretory substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiori Oshima, Koji Futamura, Kenji Tanaka, Tomoyuki Umetsu, Masahiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12109507
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to eliminate unnatural behaviors of a wireless controlled airplane during PID control. In a wireless controlled airplane, a receiving section receives a first operation signal for a first actuator, a second operation signal for a second actuator, and a third operation signal for a third actuator, wherein the first, second and third operation signals are provided as operation signals wirelessly transmitted. A first actuator control section is configured to generate an actuation signal for the first actuator by means of PID control depending on the first operation signal, and to reduce an integral element in the PID control depending on an operation value for the second or third operation signal. Alternatively, the first actuator control section is configured to perform switching to a control without an integral element from the PID control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240327611
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides organic fine particles and a slip-resistance agent composition which are capable of providing excellent slip-resistance to a base material. Said organic fine particles contain a polymer having a repeating unit formed of: (I) a hydrophobic monomer that has a single ethylenically unsaturated double bond and at least one branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3-40 carbon atoms; and, if necessary, (II) a cross-linking monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds. Said slip-resistance agent composition contains (A) the organic fine particles and (B) an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko SHIOTANI, Mayumi IIDA, Marina AIHARA, Yoshito TANAKA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Kanako TAKAHASHI, Norimasa UESUGI
  • Publication number: 20240331397
    Abstract: A data collecting device includes a processor configured to detect a predetermined feature in an area around a vehicle during travel of the vehicle from an image representing the area around the vehicle generated by a camera mounted on the vehicle, generate probe data, based on the detected feature, store the generated probe data in a memory, and transmit, upon or after entry of the vehicle into a collection target region, the probe data generated in the collection target region and an additional section traveled by the vehicle immediately before the entry or immediately after an exit of the vehicle from the collection target region as well as the image generated in the collection target region to a server via a communication device mounted on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240328378
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a pair of front wheel; a pair of rear wheels; a saddle-style seat positioned at an intermediate region in a width direction of the vehicle; a steering shaft positioned ahead of the seat; a radiator positioned more forward than the steering shaft; an air intake portion having an air intake port, which is positioned more rearward than the steering shaft; a drive shaft provided at a lower position than the steering shaft and extending in a fore-aft direction; a windshield plate extending in the width direction of the vehicle for separating a radiator region and an air intake port region; and a pair of fenders provided respectively behind the pair of front wheels and connected by the windshield plate. The windshield plate has a first through-hole and a second through-hole through which the steering shaft and the drive shaft respectively penetrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya TANAKA, Masahiro YOSHIDA