Patents by Inventor Masaki Ito

Masaki Ito 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: 20240242556
    Abstract: A coin change machine includes a reception counting unit to count types and the numbers of received coins, a storage state calculating unit to accumulate a counting result of the reception counting unit to thereby calculate types and the numbers of stored coins, a dispensing counting unit to count types and the numbers of dispensed or collected coins and an illumination control unit to turn on LEDs, which illuminate the inside of a storing unit, on condition that a lid covering the storing unit for coins is opened, if the types and the numbers of the coins calculated by the storage state calculating unit and the types and the numbers of the coins counted by the dispensing counting unit if the coins are collected or instructed dispensing content and the types and the number of the coins counted by the dispensing counting unit, are inconsistent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 12037441
    Abstract: To provide a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization having a small amount of fine powder. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and an internal electron donor. The solid catalyst component has an absolute difference in binding energy of 73.50 to 75.35 eV between a peak (1) with the binding energy of 457.00 to 459.00 eV and a peak (2) with the binding energy of 532.50 to 534.50 eV. The peak (1) and the peak (2) are within peak components measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the peak (1) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the 2p orbitals of the titanium atom, and the peak (2) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the is orbital of an oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Suzuki, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 12005920
    Abstract: A control device that executes display control to perform emphasis display of a preceding vehicle, includes a detection unit that detects a candidate vehicle for a following target from among a plurality of the preceding vehicles; a calculation unit that calculates, a reduction effect of energy consumption to be obtained when traveling following the candidate vehicle; and an emphasis display setting unit that performs setting for performing emphasis display of the candidate vehicle. Further, when the display control is executed, the emphasis display of the candidate vehicle is performed according to a degree of emphasis set by the emphasis display setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Sui Kurihashi, Hiroya Chiba
  • Patent number: 11995629
    Abstract: A merchandise registration apparatus includes: a first reading unit to form a first reading area in which a code symbol attached to merchandise can be read; a second reading unit provided at a location different from that of the first reading unit, and to form a second reading area overlapping with at least a part of the first reading area, in which the code symbol can be read; a first acquisition unit to acquire first code information; a second acquisition unit to acquire second code information; and a registration unit to register the merchandise based on the first code information and the second code information, if the first code information and the second code information match each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20240167835
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power transmission coils, a display layer, and a controller. The power transmission coils are arranged in a predetermined direction on a road and configured to transmit electric power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving coil mounted on a vehicle. The display layer is provided above the power transmission coils. The controller controls a display mode of the display layer so as to guide the vehicle in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki ITO, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Takahiro HIRANO, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA, Daiki TAJIMA, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11945336
    Abstract: An information creation apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where priorities of power supply are set to power supply targets, set upper limits of power storage remaining amounts of the power supply targets such that the upper limit of the power storage remaining amount of a power supply target with a lower priority is set to a value larger than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Watanabe, Kizuku Yamada, Masaki Ito, Sakiko Yoshida, Yuki Takahashi, Tomonori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20240076423
    Abstract: To produce an olefin-based polymer having a minor amount of decrease in bulk density due to heat. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and an internal electron donor, and having an envelope E1 calculated by the following Formula (1) in a range of 0.810 to 0.920. E1=LE1/LS1??(1) (In Formula, LE1 is a convex hull perimeter of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization obtained from an image of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization captured with a scanning electron microscope, and LS1 is an actual perimeter of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization obtained from the image of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization captured with the scanning electron microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Masaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20240046780
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that acquires travel data of a target vehicle, determines whether the target vehicle obeys a traffic rule, and adjusts a usage form of the travel data in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OYAGI, Masaki ITO, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Koji IDE, Tomohiro KANEKO, Yoshihisa SHINODA, Shigeki NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11853992
    Abstract: A settlement device includes a packing unit located near a reading unit to pack a commodity, a symbol of which is read by a reading unit, a measuring unit to measure the packed commodity, a light emitting unit, determining means for determining, using data of weight measured, whether the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, and light-emission controller for, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a first form and, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is not packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a second form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kawaguchi, Hidehiro Naito, Shinsuke Yajima, Daisuke Hattori, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou, Kota Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230410485
    Abstract: A machine learning device includes a processor which performs, when performing learning of a model with image data, the learning of the model while excluding the image data of an animal having a feature amount common with a feature amount of a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SHINODA, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Koji IDE, Tomohiro KANEKO, Hiroshi OYAGI, Masaki ITO, Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230401871
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a vehicle that captures an image of a periphery by an in-vehicle camera; and an information processing device including a processor. Further, the processor stores acquired image data without performing privacy processing in a case where a predetermined specific event is occurred therein, and stores the acquired image data after performing the privacy processing in a case where the specific event is not occurred therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Yuki Takahashi, Koji Ide, Hiroshi Oyagi, Yoshihisa Shinoda, Shigeki Nakayama, Tomohiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11840595
    Abstract: To produce an olefin-based polymer having a minor amount of decrease in bulk density due to heat. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and as internal electron donor, and having an envelope E1 calculated by the following Formula (1) in a range of 0.810 to 0.920. E1=LE1/LS1??(1) (In Formula, LE1 is a convex hull perimeter of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization obtained from an image of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization captured with a scanning electron microscope, and LS1 is an actual perimeter of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization obtained from the image of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization captured with the scanning electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20230376262
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle is provided. The display control device includes a processor configured to display a primary plan on a first display and a secondary plan on a second display. The primary plan is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, and the secondary plan is to be performed subsequently to the primary plan. The first display may be provided on an upper side of the second display. The first display may be a head-up display, and the second display may be a meter panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori YAMADA, Masaki ITO
  • Patent number: 11822849
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle is provided. The display control device includes a processor configured to display a primary plan on a first display and a secondary plan on a second display. The primary plan is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, and the secondary plan is to be performed subsequently to the primary plan. The first display may be provided on an upper side of the second display. The first display may be a head-up display, and the second display may be a meter panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20230306402
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20230303729
    Abstract: To provide a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization having a small amount of fine powder. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and an internal electron donor. The solid catalyst component has an absolute difference in binding energy of 73.50 to 75.35 eV between a peak (1) with the binding energy of 457.00 to 459.00 eV and a peak (2) with the binding energy of 532.50 to 534.50 eV. The peak (1) and the peak (2) are within peak components measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the peak (1) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the 2p orbitals of the titanium atom, and the peak (2) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the is orbital of an oxygen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuo SUZUKI, Masaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20230303730
    Abstract: To provide a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization having a small amount of fine powder. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and an internal electron donor. The solid catalyst component has an absolute difference in binding energy of 73.50 to 75.35 eV between a peak (1) with the binding energy of 457.00 to 459.00 eV and a peak (2) with the binding energy of 532.50 to 534.50 eV. The peak (1) and the peak (2) are within peak components measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the peak (1) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the 2p orbitals of the titanium atom, and the peak (2) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the is orbital of an oxygen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuo SUZUKI, Masaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20230282079
    Abstract: There are provided a product placing portion provided for placing a product; a scanner that is provided on a downstream side of the product placing portion in a movement direction of the product and that reads a symbol attached to the product removed from the product placing portion; a bagging portion that is provided on a downstream side of the scanner in the movement direction of the product and that is provided for bagging the product whose symbol has been read by the scanner into a bag that has been set; an article placing portion including a placing portion provided for placing an article related to sale of the product on an upper surface, provided below an installation position of the scanner; and a regulating portion that regulates protrusion of the product placed on the product placing portion to the article placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Taiki TANIHIRA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Masaki ITO, Hidehiro NAITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Patent number: 11732523
    Abstract: A vehicle power window control device includes an opening-closing section, a detection section, and a controller. The opening-closing section is disposed at a side door of a vehicle, and is configured to move window glass provided at the side door. The detection section is disposed at a location further toward a vehicle upper side than an armrest of the side door and further toward a vehicle front side than a door inner handle of the side door, and is configured to detect a hand movement by an occupant within a detection region set at a vehicle inner side of the location. The controller closes the window glass in a case in which an upward hand movement by the occupant has been detected by the detection section, and opens the window glass in a case in which a downward hand movement by the occupant has been detected by the detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwano, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11715083
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Yuki Kawaguchi, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou