Patents by Inventor Masahiro Watanabe

Masahiro Watanabe 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: 11934708
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a scanner mechanism; an inkjet-type print mechanism; a display mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the scanner mechanism, the print mechanism, and the display mechanism. The control unit includes a pattern storage unit configured to store a temperature, a humidity, and an adjustment pattern group including a plurality of adjustment patterns, in association with each other, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first measured temperature and a first measured humidity from a temperature and humidity sensor, and a data generation unit configured to read an adjustment pattern group corresponding to the first measured temperature and the first measured humidity acquired by the first acquisition unit from the pattern storage unit, and generate print data including the read adjustment pattern group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ikumi Watanabe, Masahiro Someno
  • Patent number: 11929049
    Abstract: An output content generation device, includes: a first calculation unit that calculates a size, in a display region of a display device, of each of pieces of information to be displayed in the display region; a determination unit that determines whether or not the pieces of information are arrangeable in the display region, based on the size of each of the pieces of information and a size of the display region; and a generation unit that allocates the pieces of information in a plurality of screens accommodated in the display region in a distributed manner, and generates output content of the pieces of information, when the pieces of information are not arrangeable in the display region, thereby enabling information to be legibly viewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Saito, Yumiko Matsuura, Kiyoshi Nakahama, Masahiro Watanabe, Junichi Sawase, Sayaka Teranaka
  • Patent number: 11914295
    Abstract: The present invention is a thermosetting silicon-containing material containing one or more of a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (Sx-1), a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (Sx-2), and a partial structure shown by the following general formula (Sx-3): where R1 represents an iodine-containing organic group; and R2 and R3 are each independently identical to R1, a hydrogen atom, or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms. This provides: a thermosetting silicon-containing material used for forming a resist underlayer film which is capable of contributing to sensitivity enhancement of an upper layer resist while keeping LWR thereof from degrading; a composition for forming a silicon-containing resist underlayer film, the composition containing the thermosetting silicon-containing material; and a patterning process using the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ogihara, Tsukasa Watanabe, Yusuke Biyajima, Masahiro Kanayama, Ryo Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20240060880
    Abstract: Provided is a spectroscopic measurement device capable of improving detection sensitivity to a change in a physical property value such as expansion of a sample to which energy is applied by an infrared ray or the like. The spectroscopic measurement device includes: a stage on which a sample is to be placed; an energy source configured to generate an energy beam to be emitted to a predetermined region of the sample; an electromagnetic wave source configured to generate an electromagnetic wave to be emitted to the sample; an objective lens configured to focus the electromagnetic wave in the predetermined region; two confocal detectors configured to detect the electromagnetic wave reflected by the sample; and a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on each of outputs of the confocal detectors, a change in a physical property value of the sample when the energy beam is emitted to the predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro WATANABE, Kaifeng ZHANG, Shuichi BABA, Takenori HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11905037
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle takeoff and landing system, an aerial vehicle takeoff and landing apparatus, and an aerial vehicle capable of reducing the influence of the ground effect and capable of taking off and landing smoothly even in a comparatively small and limited space. A pair of rails are arranged side by side with a gap therebetween, and are arranged with a space in an extension direction on at least an under side and one end side. An aerial vehicle has a suspension portion provided at an upper portion thereof so as to be inserted between the rails from the one end side. With the suspension portion is inserted between the rails, the aerial vehicle can be suspended at a predetermined landing position of the rails, and the aerial vehicle suspended at the landing position can take off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NPO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kazunori Ohno, Yoshito Okada, Masahiro Watanabe, Daiki Fujikura, Toshi Takamori
  • Publication number: 20240053699
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprising: a mandrel; and an elastic layer on an outer periphery of the mandrel, the elastic layer containing a polyurethane elastomer including a matrix and domains dispersed in the matrix, a parameter A and a parameter B satisfying a relationship of A<B, where the parameter A indicates a viscoelastic term of each of the plurality of domains and the parameter B indicates a viscoelastic term of the matrix, the elastic layer having a microrubber hardness at a temperature of 23° C. of 20 to 50, and in an indentation test of the elastic layer with a nanoindenter at 23° C., in which a Vickers indenter is indented into the elastic layer at a load speed of 10 mN/30 sec and is maintained at a load of 10 mN for 60 seconds, followed by unloading, strain after 5 seconds from the unloading being 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: MASAHIRO WATANABE, KANA SATO, TETSUO HINO, RYO OGAWA, TAKAYUKI HIRATANI
  • Publication number: 20240043685
    Abstract: Provided is a polyurethane elastomer having excellent friction properties (low friction coefficient), high wear resistance, and low hardness. The polyurethane elastomer includes: a first repeating structural unit represented by the general formula (1) and a second repeating structural unit represented by the general formula (2). The polyurethane elastomer includes a matrix phase and a domain phase dispersed in the matrix phase. The matrix phase includes the first repeating structural unit. The domain phase includes the second repeating structural unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI HIRATANI, RYO OGAWA, KANA SATO, MASAHIRO WATANABE, TETSUO HINO
  • Patent number: 11878412
    Abstract: A robot joint structure includes a first robot member, a second robot member, and a speed reducer incorporated in a joint portion that connects the first robot member and the second robot member to each other. The speed reducer includes an external gear, an internal gear that meshes with the external gear, and a fixing member that is provided so as to be non-rotatable relative to the internal gear and is fixed to the first robot member. The fixing member is fixed to the first robot member by bringing an inner peripheral surface of the first robot member and an outer peripheral surface of the fixing member into pressure contact with each other by fastening using a first fastening member. At least a part of an axial range of the first fastening member does not overlap internal teeth of the internal gear when viewed in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Yamamoto, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Tamura
  • Publication number: 20240005603
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates heart shape data indicating a three-dimensional shape including an internal structure of a heart of a subject based on echo image data indicating a cross-sectional image of the heart. The information processing apparatus then generates thorax shape data indicating a three-dimensional shape of a thorax of the subject based on X-ray image data indicating an X-ray image of the thorax of the subject. The information processing apparatus then decides, based on an image of the heart appearing in the X-ray image, a position and an orientation of the three-dimensional shape of the heart indicated by the heart shape data within the three-dimensional shape of the thorax indicated by the thorax shape data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, Japan Medical Device Corporation, UT-Heart Inc.
    Inventors: Jinse Shimo, Kazuo Minami, Shuichi Chiba, Yoshihiko Tokumaru, Takafumi Okano, Seiryo Sugiura, Jun-ichi Okada, Toshiaki Hisada, Takumi Washio, Masahiro Watanabe, Yasutomo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230420568
    Abstract: The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor film is reduced, and a highly reliability can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Motoki NAKASHIMA, Hideyuki KISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230420569
    Abstract: The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor film is reduced, and a highly reliability can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Motoki NAKASHIMA, Hideyuki KISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11856688
    Abstract: An adhesive film for a printed wiring board includes an adhesive layer 111 and an insulating protective layer 112. The insulating protective layer has an areal material ratio (Smr2) of 91% or less, the areal material ratio (Smr2) dividing reduced valleys from a core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230374906
    Abstract: A high-temperature part of the present disclosure includes: a high-temperature part body which includes a base and a coating layer formed on a part of a surface of the base; and a protective layer which is formed on at least a part of a surface of the coating layer. The protective layer is formed of a material which is allowed to disappear from a surface of the coating layer under an operation environment of a gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro WATANABE, Taiki KINOSHITA, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Sosuke NAKAMURA, Norihiko MOTOYAMA, Kenichi HASHIMOTO, Akito KIRA
  • Publication number: 20230332950
    Abstract: Provided is a spectrometry apparatus that suppresses a reduction in usage efficiency of an irradiation energy of a light. A spectrometry apparatus of the disclosure includes a stage on which a sample is placed, an electromagnetic source that emits an electromagnetic wave, one or a plurality of optical elements that transform a spatial energy distribution of the electromagnetic wave and emit the electromagnetic wave, and a reflective objective lens that collects the electromagnetic wave after a transformation of the spatial energy distribution and irradiates the sample with the collected electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kaifeng ZHANG, Masahiro WATANABE, Takenori HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20230328368
    Abstract: A signal processing device according to the present technology includes: a storage unit that stores size information of a specific subject; and a determination processing unit that acquires a second image as a distance image having a resolution lower than that of a first image used in identification processing of determining whether or not a subject is the specific subject, and performs determination of whether or not the subject in the second image is a processing target subject in the identification processing using the first image on the basis of size information of the subject in the second image and the size information of the specific subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: TOMONORI MASUNO, MASAHIRO WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11770001
    Abstract: A power system stability monitoring device comprising: a simple stability calculation unit that calculates the angular velocity and internal phase angle of a generator in each fault case based on fault conditions and the system configuration of the power system; a severity indicator calculation unit that calculates a severity indicator that represents the degree of system instability based on the angular velocity and internal phase angle; a PCS power supply severe parallel-off condition extracting unit that calculates a PCS power supply parallel-off severity indicator based on a parallel-off sensitivity indicator representing a degree of influence of PCS power supply parallel-off on the degree of instability and the severity indicator, and that extracts fault cases where the parallel-off severity indicator exceeds a prescribed threshold; and a detailed stability calculation unit that performs a detailed stability calculation for each extracted fault case based on the severity indicator or parallel-off severit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tsujii, Masahiro Watanabe, Masachika Nakatani, Ryousuke Nakamura, Masataka Imabayashi
  • Publication number: 20230237751
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus includes an interface that transmits or receives data to or from an input apparatus that inputs user position information indicating a position of a user, and a processor that calculates an evaluation value for an evaluation target position based on the user position information, determines a position in a virtual space or a real space where an agent supporting the user is placed based on the evaluation value, and places the agent at the determined position in the virtual space or real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ryohei SAIJO, Masahiro WATANABE, Tae SATO
  • Publication number: 20230219243
    Abstract: A robot joint structure includes a first robot member, a second robot member, and a speed reducer incorporated in a joint portion that connects the first robot member and the second robot member to each other. The speed reducer includes an external gear, an internal gear that meshes with the external gear, and a fixing member that is provided so as to be non-rotatable relative to the internal gear and is fixed to the first robot member. The fixing member is fixed to the first robot member by bringing an inner peripheral surface of the first robot member and an outer peripheral surface of the fixing member into pressure contact with each other by fastening using a first fastening member. At least a part of an axial range of the first fastening member does not overlap internal teeth of the internal gear when viewed in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira YAMAMOTO, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuhiro TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230221716
    Abstract: A power system monitoring control system and method that retains a control table and, when a failure occurs, controls a target according to a type of the failure according to the control table in which the method includes: estimating a contingency point which is an occurrence point of the failure that is assumed in the power system based on prescribed disaster information; estimating an assumed disaster content which is a content of a disaster at each contingency point based on the disaster information and an estimation result of the contingency point; changing contingency data based on an estimation result of the assumed disaster content at each contingency point, contingency data including an occurrence site and an aspect of each of the failures that are assumed to occur, and a contingency change rule including a contingency data change rule; and updating the control table based on changed contingency data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Kato, Eisuke Kuroda, Masahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: D1015073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TIGER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Yujin Morisawa