Patents by Inventor Masaki Wakao
Masaki Wakao 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).
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Publication number: 20230153313Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programming products for estimating ingestion time of ingested files to be transformed into a searchable state for content mining by an on-premises computing environment or cloud environment, including multi-tenant cloud environments. Ingested files being indexed are analyzed for divisibility. Ingestion time varies based on the number of divisible elements (such as lines) of data within the ingested file and the amount of data per divisible element. A converter divides files into a plurality of elements treated as independent data and calculates the estimated ingestion time based on the number of divisions and file size for each divisible element. Estimated ingestion time is stored to internal fields corresponding to each divisible element in the index for the search data. During content mining, an internal condition is added to received search queries, displaying only search results where the estimated ingestion time is older than the current time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Tohru Hasegawa, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10684750Abstract: A method for collaborative data entry in which a primary user enters data into an input terminal includes data being entered into a number of input fields on an input screen by the primary user. The input terminal has an interface for assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. The method includes, with the interface, assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. An apparatus allowing collaborative data entry includes an input terminal comprising a display device for displaying data to a user and a user input device for receiving input from a user; and a user interface of the input terminal, the interface comprising a number of input fields for receiving the input from a user and for assigning at least one the input field to an alternate user.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hisatoshi Adachi, Masato Noguchi, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10659522Abstract: Cloning a local environment is described. Cloning a local environment can enable sharing the environment during pair programming. Cloning can have other uses as well. A server or other computer may maintain a clone environment of a first client apart from a second client such that the cloned computing environment, mimicking the environment of the first client, may be maintained on behalf of and used by a second client.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Kenji Uchida, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10633242Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel supply structure for a filler pipe including the hollow circular cylindrical part having the fuel filler port and the connection opening, the first flap mechanism which is disposed on a side of the fuel filler port of the hollow circular cylindrical part and opens the fuel filler port in response to press by a nozzle, the drain through hole for communication between the inside and the outside of the hollow circular cylindrical part, and the drain hole shutting valve for open and shutting the drain through hole. The drain hole shutting valve is provided with the opening/shutter mechanism including the valve member for shutting the drain through hole in response to an opening operation of the first shutter member.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaki Wakao
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Publication number: 20200016975Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a fuel tank with an internal support structure and external reinforcements to minimize deformations due to pressure variations, such as may arise from diurnal temperature variations. Uncontrolled contraction of fuel tanks may result in undesirable reductions of tank volume, and uncontrolled expansion of fuel tanks may result in unwanted collision of fuel tanks with other vehicle components. The fuel tank of the present disclosure may find utility in applications where regular venting of fuel tanks is not practical, such as in hybrid vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Kevin J. KAASHOEK, Masaki Wakao, Hiroshi Kitamura
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Publication number: 20200016976Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a fuel tank with internal support structures and external reinforcements to minimize deformations due to pressure variations, such as may arise from diurnal temperature variations. Uncontrolled contraction of fuel tanks may result in undesirable reductions of tank volume, and uncontrolled expansion of fuel tanks may result in unwanted collision of fuel tanks with other vehicle components. The fuel tank of the present disclosure may find utility in applications where regular venting of fuel tanks is not practical, such as in hybrid vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Kevin J. KAASHOEK, Masaki WAKAO, Hiroshi KITAMURA
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Patent number: 10518635Abstract: To prevent fuel from leaking to outside even when the fuel flows back at the time of an automatic stop operation during refueling. A fuel supply portion structure of a fuel supply pipe, including a tubular portion having a filler port and a connection port, a first flap mechanism which is provided on the filler port side of the tubular portion, a drain hole, and a drain hole on-off valve, wherein the drain hole on-off valve is disposed on a placement surface located at the lowermost side of a vehicle on an inner wall of a first inner diameter member, the placement surface is made of an inclined surface falling from the filler port side toward the connection port with respect to a horizontal plane of the vehicle, and a wall portion rising toward the filler port is provided on the filler port side of the inclined surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaki Wakao
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Publication number: 20190240890Abstract: A process of producing a hollow resin-molded article includes: arranging covers on inner walls of mold halves, the covers having shapes corresponding to the inner walls; introducing a pair of sheets of thermoplastic resin each facing the cover arranged on the inner wall of a corresponding mold half; blowing air into a space between the sheets to cause the sheets to respectively contact the covers arranged on the inner walls, and thereby fusion-welding the sheets to the covers; and closing the mold halves; and cooling down the covers and the sheets in a state where the mold halves are closed. In the step of arranging, there are uncovered portions of the inner walls that are not covered by the cover. In the step of closing, there are mold contact portions of the sheets that respectively contact the uncovered portions directly and the mold contact portions are fusion-welded to each other in an overlapping manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Takeharu YOSHIHASHI, Kotaro TANAKA, Masaki WAKAO, Susumu MURAYAMA, Nao SATO, Toshiharu FUKUSHIMA
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Patent number: 10169393Abstract: In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a calculation section, an identification section, and a notification section. The calculation section is configured to calculate similarity among a plurality of documents. The identification section is configured to identify, in response to a change made to a first document, a second document having a similarity greater than or equal to a first criterion as compared to the first document before the change. The notification section is configured to notify a user of the identified second document that the first document has been changed, in response to the change to the first document.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Kenji Uchida, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10161367Abstract: A fuel shutoff structure that prevents a fuel outflow to an external fuel line of a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle includes a fuel shutoff valve provided in the rear section of the fuel tank and a canister that is provided so as to be located across the front section of the fuel tank from the fuel shutoff valve and that is connected to the external fuel line, in which an in-tank fuel line extending from the fuel shutoff valve and the external fuel line are connected to each other at a location that is different from the fuel shutoff valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Wakao, Kiyofumi Shida, Akira Isayama
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Publication number: 20180329595Abstract: A method for collaborative data entry in which a primary user enters data into an input terminal includes data being entered into a number of input fields on an input screen by the primary user. The input terminal has an interface for assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. The method includes, with the interface, assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. An apparatus allowing collaborative data entry includes an input terminal comprising a display device for displaying data to a user and a user input device for receiving input from a user; and a user interface of the input terminal, the interface comprising a number of input fields for receiving the input from a user and for assigning at least one the input field to an alternate user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Hisatoshi Adachi, Masato Noguchi, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10114635Abstract: Supporting communications between developers of interdependent tasks of software parallel development can include inserting metadata, which expresses the existence of dependent code on which a first source code depends, into the first source code, at a time a first owner creates the first source code. A task to create the dependent code is created in response to detection of the metadata. Metadata expressing a second owner who owns the task of creating the dependent code and a status of the task is inserted into the first source code.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Kenji Uchida, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10101886Abstract: A method for collaborative data entry in which a primary user enters data into an input terminal includes data being entered into a number of input fields on an input screen by the primary user. The input terminal has an interface for assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. The method includes, with the interface, assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. An apparatus allowing collaborative data entry includes an input terminal comprising a display device for displaying data to a user and a user input device for receiving input from a user; and a user interface of the input terminal, the interface comprising a number of input fields for receiving the input from a user and for assigning at least one the input field to an alternate user.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hisatoshi Adachi, Masato Noguchi, Masaki Wakao
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Patent number: 10059194Abstract: A fluid storage apparatus includes a guiding mechanism that linearly guides a flexible container in accordance with expansion and contraction of the flexible container. The guiding mechanism includes a guiding column that is disposed adjacent to the flexible container and that extends linearly and a slider that has a guiding hole, in which the guiding column is inserted, and that is formed on an upper edge portion of the flexible container.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Ogiwara, Masaki Wakao, Akihiro Taguchi, Kotaro Tanaka, Takeshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20180170174Abstract: To prevent fuel from leaking to outside even when the fuel flows back at the time of an automatic stop operation during refueling. A fuel supply portion structure of a fuel supply pipe, including a tubular portion having a filler port and a connection port, a first flap mechanism which is provided on the filler port side of the tubular portion, a drain hole, and a drain hole on-off valve, wherein the drain hole on-off valve is disposed on a placement surface located at the lowermost side of a vehicle on an inner wall of a first inner diameter member, the placement surface is made of an inclined surface falling from the filler port side toward the connection port with respect to a horizontal plane of the vehicle, and a wall portion rising toward the filler port is provided on the filler port side of the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventor: Masaki WAKAO
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Publication number: 20180079296Abstract: A fuel filler structure includes a cylindrical part having a fueling port and a connecting port; a first flap mechanism and a second flap mechanism that are disposed close to the fueling port and the connecting port of the cylindrical part, respectively, and when a nozzle is inserted through the fueling port, the respective flap mechanisms are pressed by the nozzle to open the fueling port and an opening on the connecting port side; a drain hole formed in the cylindrical part and allowing the inside of the cylindrical part to be communicated with the outside; and an opening and closing valve for opening and closing the drain hole. The opening and closing valve includes a valve mechanism that maintains a closed state of the drain hole through negative pressure suction by a volatile fuel suction mechanism attached to the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Masaki WAKAO, Hiroshi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20170362074Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel supply structure for a filler pipe including the hollow circular cylindrical part having the fuel filler port and the connection opening, the first flap mechanism which is disposed on a side of the fuel filler port of the hollow circular cylindrical part and opens the fuel filler port in response to press by a nozzle, the drain through hole for communication between the inside and the outside of the hollow circular cylindrical part, and the drain hole shutting valve for open and shutting the drain through hole. The drain hole shutting valve is provided with the opening/shutter mechanism including the valve member for shutting the drain through hole in response to an opening operation of the first shutter member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Masaki WAKAO
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Patent number: 9760611Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a text mining section configured to perform text mining on text data acquired from the outside and to output extracted information; an identification section configured to search a development database storing elements constituting a product and the relationship among the elements by using the information extracted by text mining to identify an element related to the information; and a notification section configured to notify the identified element to a user, a program for use in the information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Seiji Hamada, Yutaka Moriya, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masaki Wakao, Takeshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170161386Abstract: A system may administer a survey to a user who is test driving a vehicle. The system may identify a profile for the user. The system can detect a driving condition from external devices, for example, sensors on the vehicle. A first query of the survey, based on the driving condition, can be sent to a client device like a cell phone. The system can then receive an answer to the query, and analyze the answer as well as the driving condition. Based on the analysis, the system can then send a second query to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Kinichi Mitsui, Masaki Wakao, Takeshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9551605Abstract: A fuel-level measuring apparatus measures the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus can ensure a sufficient capacity of the fuel tank and sense the fuel level even when the fuel tank has a thin or complicated shape. A fuel-level measuring apparatus that senses the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle includes a tank band that secures the fuel tank to a body of the vehicle, and a strain gauge attached to the tank band. The fuel level can be obtained from strain in the tank band detected by the strain gauge.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Ogiwara, Masaki Wakao, Takeshi Watanabe, Kotaro Tanaka, Akihiro Taguchi