Patents by Inventor Masahiro Yamaguchi

Masahiro Yamaguchi 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: 20210293426
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato SAKAI, Hidenori SYOUGEN, Nobuyuki MORIMOTO, Tsuraki NAKAJIMA, Shingo TAKENAWA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Kazuki DOUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210247227
    Abstract: A product weight calculation system includes an accommodation section, a door portion that switches between a closed state and an open state, a weight detector that detects a weight of the products accommodated in the accommodation section and outputs an output value, a door detector that detects a state of the door portion, and a product weight calculation unit that calculates a weight value of a product taken out from the accommodation section based on a difference between a first output value and a second output value when an output value of the weight detector decreases from the first output value and becomes the second output value in a case where it is determined from a detection result of the door detector that the door portion is transitioned from the open state to the closed state, and sets an output value after the calculation as a new first output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi FURUKAWA, Susumu KIMOTO, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11054158
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato Sakai, Hidenori Syougen, Nobuyuki Morimoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Shingo Takenawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kazuki Doumoto
  • Patent number: 11035275
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heater control device and a heater control method capable of suppressing a maximum value of a current flowing through a current supply circuit to a heater in a reducing agent supplier. The heater control device is a heater control device including: a tank heater for heating a reducing agent stored in a tank; and a piping heater for heating the reducing agent in a flow channel including a supply channel, and includes: a first current supply circuit that supplies a current to the tank heater; a second current supply circuit that supplies a current to the piping heater; a common current supply circuit that connects between a battery and each of the first current supply circuit and the second current supply circuit; and a heater control unit that controls driving of the tank heater and the piping heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Sakuma, Keijiro Ozaki, Eiichi Kitazawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210163006
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a guide line detecting unit configured to detect the guide line, a remaining distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a remaining distance to the scheduled stop position, and a braking control unit configured to control deceleration of a vehicle. The guide line detecting unit detects a base-point mark, a curvature of the guide line, and a curvature feature point. The remaining distance acquiring unit acquires the remaining distance on the basis of the position of the base-point mark when the guide line detecting unit has detected the base-point mark, and acquires the remaining distance on the basis of the position of the curvature feature point when the guide line detecting unit has not detect the base-point mark and has detected the curvature feature point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: Hino Motors, Ltd., ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirofumi YASUI, Motoaki HIBI, Takaaki SEKINE, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Masato AMINO
  • Publication number: 20210109366
    Abstract: A blur compensation system includes: a mirror on which light of an image from a predetermined position is incident and which reflects light of a specific wavelength such that an incidence angle and an emission angle of the light of the specific wavelength are different from each other; a mirror that is disposed at a position on which the light of an image which is reflected by the mirror is incident and reflects the light of the specific wavelength such that an incidence angle and an emission angle of the light of the specific wavelength are different from each other; and a lens that is disposed on an optical axis of the light of an image between the mirror and the mirror and changes a direction of the light of an image which is reflected by the mirror such that light of a wavelength other than the specific wavelength out of the light of an image which is reflected by the mirror is emitted in the same direction as the light of the specific wavelength from an emission position of the light of the specific wave
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shinji KIMURA, Kazuhiko TAKAHASHI, Yuji ABURAKAWA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Tomoya NAKAMURA, Shunsuke IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20210064412
    Abstract: A container image integration system integrates a plurality of layer-by-layer images that are container images of components of a plurality of layers created for the plurality of layers of an integrated image configured by the plurality of layers that is a container image to be created to create the integrated image by copying files from the plurality of layer-by-layer images to the integrated image on the basis of the plurality of layer-by-layer images and configuration definition information of the plurality of layer-by-layer images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210034079
    Abstract: A personal space creation system includes: an autonomous mobile body having a part that blocks a line of sight of a user; and an information processor that controls behavior of the autonomous mobile body, the personal space creation system moving the autonomous mobile body in an open space to provide a personal space to the user, wherein the information processor includes a hardware processor that acquires position information and state information of at least a user as a target to which a blind effect is applied, sets an exclusive area and a free area in accordance with the position information and the state information of the user, and sets a blind spot near a boundary between the exclusive area and the free area, and creates and notifies the autonomous mobile body of a moving route through which the autonomous mobile body is moved to the blind spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Daichi SUZUKI, Hideo UEMURA
  • Patent number: 10800478
    Abstract: A swing arm structure for a saddle riding electric vehicle includes a swing arm pivotably supported by a vehicle body frame at a pivot section and extending rearward from the pivot section to rotatably support a rear wheel, an electric motor that drives the rear wheel, and a speed reduction mechanism that reduces an output of the electric motor and transmit the output to the rear wheel, and a housing installed separately from the swing arm and attached to the swing arm, wherein the speed reduction mechanism and the housing are configured as a speed reduction mechanism unit in which the speed reduction mechanism is attached to the housing and integrated with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Shimizu, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200273846
    Abstract: In the semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces. A circuitry layer is formed over the first surface and a first insulating layer is further formed over the circuitry layer. A second insulating layer including a first insulating element is formed over the second surface. A third insulating layer including a second insulating element different from the first insulating element of the second insulating layer is formed over the second surface with an intervention of the second insulating layer therebetween. A penetration electrode penetrates through the semiconductor substrate, the circuitry layer, the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ryohei Kitada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200199312
    Abstract: There is provided a surface protective film having an excellent writing sensation when a touch pen is used. A surface protective film has a protective layer made of a polyurethane on the outermost surface, and the protective layer has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.3 ?m or more and 0.6 ?m or less, and a maximum height (Rz) of 1.5 ?m or more and 3.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka KAMADA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200185080
    Abstract: A therapy assistance system includes: a display device 1 configured to be mounted on a head and configured to display an image; and a control device configured to reproduce the image on the display device. The control device includes: a content storage means configured to store image content to be reproduced on the display device; and a rendition process means configured to perform a rendition process on the image content to be reproduced, which is loaded from the content storage means, so as to display the image content on the display device as an image in a virtual reality space. The rendition process means includes an FOV control means configured to perform control so as to narrow a field of view (FOV) for an image to be reproduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Psychic VR Lab Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Masayo MATSUMURA, Hikari SHIMADA, Kenji ARAKI
  • Patent number: 10651158
    Abstract: In the semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces. A circuitry layer is formed over the first surface and a first insulating layer is further formed over the circuitry layer. A second insulating layer including a first insulating element is formed over the second surface. A third insulating layer including a second insulating element different from the first insulating element of the second insulating layer is formed over the second surface with an intervention of the second insulating layer therebetween. A penetration electrode penetrates through the semiconductor substrate, the circuitry layer, the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Longitude Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Ryohei Kitada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10640167
    Abstract: A frame structure of a saddle riding type vehicle, the frame structure includes a main frame body configured to support the power unit and the front wheel suspension device; and a steering post configured to support a steering shaft at above of the main frame body, wherein the steering post includes a shaft holder configured to rotatably support the steering shaft, and a plurality of column members that extend downward from the shaft holder and that are fixed to the main frame body, and wherein the steering post is detachable with respect to the main frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200102869
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heater control device and a heater control method capable of suppressing a maximum value of a current flowing through a current supply circuit to a heater in a reducing agent supplier. The heater control device is a heater control device including: a tank heater for heating a reducing agent stored in a tank; and a piping heater for heating the reducing agent in a flow channel including a supply channel, and includes: a first current supply circuit that supplies a current to the tank heater; a second current supply circuit that supplies a current to the piping heater; a common current supply circuit that connects between a battery and each of the first current supply circuit and the second current supply circuit; and a heater control unit that controls driving of the tank heater and the piping heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke Sakuma, Keijiro Ozaki, Eiichi Kitazawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10582154
    Abstract: A picture presentation system 1 presents a user U with a picture where a virtual image Di is created in a space in front of the user U. The picture presentation system 1 includes a hologram mirror 10 configured to reflect a picture composed of light of a specific wavelength at an angle different from an angle of incidence and transmit light other than the light of the specific wavelength, and a screen 20 configured to display the picture toward the hologram mirror. The hologram mirror 10, being placed opposite to the user U, reflects the picture from the screen 20 in such a way that the user U can visually recognize the virtual image Di of the picture at a position on the opposite side from the user U across the hologram mirror 10 (arrow AR1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: NTT DOCOMO, INC., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shinji Kimura, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Yuji Aburakawa, Shunsuke Igarashi, Tomoya Nakamura, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10497676
    Abstract: In The semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces. A circuitry layer is formed over the first surface and a first insulating layer is further formed over the circuitry layer. A second insulating layer including a first insulating element is formed over the second surface. A third insulating layer including a second insulating element different from the first insulating element of the second insulating layer is formed over the second surface with an intervention of the second insulating layer therebetween. A penetration electrode penetrates through the semiconductor substrate, the circuitry layer, the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Longitude Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Ryohei Kitada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190344592
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyor including a conveyance belt that conveys a recording medium along a conveyance direction; at least one or more heads that discharge ink to the conveyed recording medium; and a suction part that causes the recording medium to be adsorbed to the conveyance belt, wherein the conveyor is provided with: a first suction region including at least a region where the head discharges ink in accordance with an image forming region of the recording medium; and a second suction region located in a periphery of the first suction region, and suction force by the suction part is larger in the first suction region than in the second suction region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yukimoto, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Shibata, Shoichi Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20190242599
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato SAKAI, Hidenori SYOUGEN, Nobuyuki Morimoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Shingo Takenawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kazuki Doumoto
  • Publication number: 20190206842
    Abstract: In the semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces. A circuitry layer is formed over the first surface and a first insulating layer is further formed over the circuitry layer. A second insulating layer including a first insulating element is formed over the second surface. A third insulating layer including a second insulating element different from the first insulating element of the second insulating layer is formed over the second surface with an intervention of the second insulating layer therebetween. A penetration electrode penetrates through the semiconductor substrate, the circuitry layer, the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ryohei Kitada, Masahiro Yamaguchi