Patents by Inventor Masanori Sato

Masanori Sato 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: 10425985
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method provide logic for provisionally transferring shared connection rights to one or communications devices. In one implementation, a information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from a first communications device, a request to join a group of second communications devices associated with at least one shared connection right A control unit of the information processing apparatus may be configured to provisionally transfer the shared connection right to the first communications device, in response to the received request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10420142
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism of carrier sense considering the influence of not only the own network but also other networks in a wireless communication system. [Solution] Provided is a terminal device, including: a wireless communication unit that performs communication with a base station that forms a first wireless network; a carrier sense unit that performs carrier sense with another device; and a control unit that controls a signal detection threshold so that another terminal device belonging to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network is outside a signal detection range, based on a carrier sense result by the carrier sense unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20190275673
    Abstract: A robot has a vertical 6-axis articulated arm having an offset arm having a fifth axis and length link, and mutually linking fourth and sixth axes. The fourth and sixth axes shaft centers are parallel. The articulated arm has a head portion designated as a control point. A position and an orientation targeted to the control point is processed by an inverse transform to calculate angles of the axes. A provisional target position of the sixth axis is obtained by subtracting the link length from a target position of the sixth axis. The link length to the provisional target position is given zero to perform the inverse transform process. Processed results are evaluated. Until a difference between a calculated sixth-axis angles and provisionally decided sixth-axis angles becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, processes started from the angle provisional decision of the sixth axis are repeatedly performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWASE, Yuto KAWACHI, Masanori SATO
  • Publication number: 20190277572
    Abstract: A phase-change cooling apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an evaporator a condenser; a refrigerant liquid driving means for circulating the refrigerant liquid; a first piping section configured to connect the evaporator and the condenser; a second piping section configured to connect the condenser to the refrigerant liquid driving means; a third piping section configured to connect the refrigerant liquid driving means to the evaporator; a refrigerant pooling means for pooling the refrigerant liquid, the refrigerant pooling means being located in a flow path constituted by the second piping section; and a fourth piping section, with one end of the fourth piping section connected to the first piping section at a first connecting point, and another end of the fourth piping section connected to the refrigerant pooling means at a second connecting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Masaki CHIBA, Hisato SAKUMA, Masanori SATO, Mizuki WADA, Koichi TODOROKI
  • Patent number: 10409345
    Abstract: With a phase change cooling device, it is difficult to obtain reliable high-efficiency cooling performance due to a change in heat exchange performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Minoru Yoshikawa, Akira Shoujiguchi, Arihiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10375550
    Abstract: A control apparatus that transmits a confirmation request to confirm whether a direct communication is possible to each terminal as a target of the direct communication. Each terminal confirms whether the direct communication is possible and transmits the confirmation result to the control apparatus. The control apparatus judges whether the direct communication is possible based on the confirmation result transmitted from the terminal and transmits a switch request for the direct communication to the terminal side. Therefore, a situation where a communication cannot actually be established when switching to the direct communication can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Katsutoshi Itoh, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10361816
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform a process on a frame so that the frame has redundancy corresponding to first information indicating at least one of a first transmission period or a band used for transmission, or uses a modulation scheme corresponding to the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Sakai, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato, Takeshi Itagaki, Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 10362601
    Abstract: To efficiently use radio resources. An information processing device is an information processing device that receives a packet transmitted from another information processing device using wireless communication. The information processing device is an information processing device that includes a control unit. The control unit included in the information processing device performs control such that one packet detection condition is selected to be used from a plurality of packet detection conditions in regard to a plurality of packets transmitted from the other information processing device using wireless communication. The control unit included in the information processing device performs control such that one reception operation is selected to be performed from a plurality of reception operations in regard to a plurality of packets transmitted from the other information processing device using wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10348710
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a determination unit which determines whether a predetermined condition for performing communication processing between an information processing system relating to a service provider and a wireless communication apparatus is satisfied, and a control unit which sets a connection right to connect to a predetermined network using wireless communication for the wireless communication apparatus, and performs control in a manner that the wireless communication apparatus connects to the network based on the set connection right and performs the communication processing with the information processing system, when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Takae, Katsutoshi Itoh, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10349231
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control system that receives monitoring information from a plurality of wireless terminals, the monitoring information indicating reception powers at each of the plurality of wireless terminals in a case that packets transmitted from other of the plurality of wireless terminals are received at each of the plurality of wireless terminals; and determines a representative wireless terminal from the plurality of wireless terminals based on the collected monitoring information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Tomoya Yamaura, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190184707
    Abstract: A method of producing a film including repeating a cycle comprised of an application step, a coat removal step and a sintering step N times (N?2), wherein relative to a liquid supply position in the (n)th (1?n?N-1) cycle coat removal step, a liquid supply position in the (n+1)th cycle coat removal step is the same or shifted in a direction approaching the center of a substrate for all n(s) and at the same time, shifted in a direction approaching the center of the substrate for at least one of the (n)s; or is the same or shifted in a direction away from the center of the substrate for all n(s) and at the same time, shifted in a direction away from the center of the substrate for at least one of the (n)s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20190179384
    Abstract: A freezer power calculation unit calculates power consumption Wc of a freezer, based on a heat exchanging amount Q of an electronic device and a performance coefficient COP_c of the freezer. An apparatus performance coefficient calculation unit calculates an apparatus performance coefficient ACOP, based on a calorific value Q of the electronic device, Wc, and power consumption Wf of an air conditioning blower unit. Note that the apparatus performance coefficient ACOP is a performance coefficient of an apparatus including an evaporator, a condenser, a heat exchanger, the freezer, and the air conditioning blower unit. A blower rotational speed control unit controls a rotational speed r of the air conditioning blower unit, based on the apparatus performance coefficient ACOP. A coolant temperature control unit controls a first coolant temperature Tin being a temperature of coolant COO flowing from the freezer, based on the apparatus performance coefficient ACOP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori SATO
  • Patent number: 10321407
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied, and a control unit configured to control a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied. The operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support. The first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode. The second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Katsutoshi Itoh, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shinji Takae
  • Publication number: 20190168703
    Abstract: A rear seat side airbag device includes: a case provided inside a vehicle cabin side portion in correspondence with a rear seat, the case being open substantially toward a vehicle front side; an inflator accommodated inside the case, the inflator configured to generate gas at a time of vehicle collision; and a side airbag accommodated inside the case and is configured to receive a supply of gas from the inflator and inflates and expands, the side air bag including a distal end portion being fixed to a region of the case or a vehicle body, which region is at a vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the inflator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanori SATO
  • Publication number: 20190158636
    Abstract: An electronic device including circuitry configured to perform control in a manner that a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) header format is selected from a plurality of PLCP header formats; and append the selected PLCP header to a physical layer packet for transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi ITAGAKI, Tomoya YAMAURA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Masanori SATO
  • Patent number: 10286204
    Abstract: A blood bag system includes a clamp installed in a flexible first tube. The clamp includes: a base section having a protrusion section, an opening/closing section having a pressing protrusion section that presses a side surface of the first tube, and a bent section that connects the base section and opening/closing section. The base section is provided with a pair of cutout sections opened to a side surface where the first tube can be inserted by interposing the protrusion section. The clamp is configured such that a portion of the first tube where the clamp is installed is bent while the clamp is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10242491
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a first and second captured images from first and second points of view respectively, an initial value acquisition unit acquiring initial values of respective clip positions to clip display images from the first and second captured images, a derivation unit deriving an amount of a first exterior region of a first display image outside a first region of the first captured image when the first display image is clipped based on the initial values, and deriving an amount of a second exterior region of a second display image outside a second region of the second captured image when the second display image is clipped based on the initial values, and a determination unit determining the respective clip positions to clip the display images from the first and second captured images based on the first and second amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10225794
    Abstract: [Object] To enable prompt switching of communication. [Solution] A terminal device includes a mobile communication unit configured to perform mobile communication of a mobile communication network, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding one or more wireless networks for wireless communication that is different from the mobile communication, and a providing unit configured to provide the information regarding the one or more wireless networks to another terminal device that performs the wireless communication. The information regarding the one or more wireless networks is at least partial information of information provided to the terminal device by an information providing device that provides information regarding a wireless network that is different from the mobile communication network to a device that performs the mobile communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Takae, Katsutoshi Itoh, Hideyuki Suzuki, Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20190066982
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a switch that switches a connection of an electrode to which a direct current voltage is applied, wherein the electrode is within an electrostatic chuck disposed in a plasma processing device; a component provided with electrostatic capacitance, wherein the component is connected to the switch; and a measuring unit that measures a value corresponding to an electric charge amount accumulated in the component provided with the electrostatic capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Ryusei KASHIMURA, Tetsu TSUNAMOTO, Yoshinori OSAKI, Toshiyuki ARAKANE
  • Patent number: 10215456
    Abstract: In order to supply a refrigerant to multiple-stage heat receivers equally while saving space, a refrigerant distribution device to distribute a refrigerant supplied from the upper stream according to the present invention includes a main body including a side wall part, an upper face part and a bottom face part, an upstream pipe provided on the upper face part in a manner communicating with an inside of the main body, a downstream pipe provided in a state partially inserted inside the main body via an under face hole part provided in the bottom face part, a tributary pipe provided in the side wall part or the bottom face part in a manner communicating with the inside of the main body, and a refrigerant direction changing means provided between the upstream pipe and the downstream pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Masaki Chiba, Minoru Yoshikawa, Tadao Hosaka, Shunsuke Fujii, Akira Shoujiguchi, Kenichi Inaba, Masanori Sato