Patents by Inventor Masao Kubota

Masao Kubota 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: 20240054834
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: a tracking unit that tracks a subject to be authenticated who is heading from a first region toward a second region into which entry is permitted in accordance with a result of authentication processing, even before the subject to be authenticated moves to the first region; an authentication unit that performs authentication processing on the subject to be authenticated, located in the first region; and a processing unit that, when the movement of the subject to be authenticated to the first region is detected by the tracking unit, associates the result of the authentication processing on the subject to be authenticated with the result of tracking the subject to be authenticated, and tracks the subject to be authenticated, and thereby manages entry of the subject to be authenticated into the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20230128568
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, a face authentication system, and an information processing method which can improve the processing speed for collation that uses a face image of a person passing through a specific area. This information processing device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring an image that is obtained by imaging, at a first site, a person who can ride a vehicle moving to a second site from the first site; and a processing unit for determining, on the basis of information about a face image contained in the image, a candidate of a person who can reach the second site with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao KUBOTA, Yoshinori KUNIEDA, Yutaka YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230076910
    Abstract: A verification device used in a gate equipped with a restriction unit that restricts a flow of people. The verification device is provided with: a processing unit for performing, in a path in which there is a flow of people from a first area to a second area located upstream of the restriction unit, a second face image verification using a first candidate face image having been narrowed down by the result of first face image verification using a first image in which the first area is imaged and a second image in which the second area is imaged; and a communication unit for outputting the result of the second face image verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao KUBOTA, Yoshinori KUNIEDA, Yutaka YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11482760
    Abstract: A busbar module includes a case to be attached to a battery assembly, a busbar supported by the case and to be connected to an electrode of single cells of the battery assembly and electric wires to be routed in the case. The case is provided with electric wire routing grooves to accommodate the electric wires, the electric wire routing grooves intersecting with one another. A part of the plurality of electric wires bends at a connection portion of the plurality of electric wire routing grooves. The connection portion is provided with a guide taper provided inside a bent portion of the part of the plurality of electric wires and a wire locking portion to lock the at least a part of the electric wires at a side of the bent portion of the at least the part of the electric wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro Okazaki, Yoh Matsui, Koji Haneda, Masao Kubota, Daiki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11288904
    Abstract: This gate device has: a pair of left and right passage walls that form a passage; opening and closing shutters that are attached to the passage walls and restrict a person from passing through the passage; and an arch which is attached to bridge the pair of passage walls, has a height at which a person can pass therethrough in the attached state, and has cameras which capture an image of a person passing through the passage and wiring for supplying electric power to an electric device provided in the passage walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kunieda, Masao Kubota
  • Publication number: 20210226303
    Abstract: A busbar module includes a case to be attached to a battery assembly, a busbar supported by the case and to be connected to an electrode of single cells of the battery assembly and electric wires to he routed in the case. The case is provided with electric wire routing grooves to accommodate the electric wires, the electric wire routing grooves intersecting with one another. A part of the plurality of electric wires bends at a connection portion of the plurality of electric wire routing grooves. The connection portion is provided with a guide taper provided inside a bent portion of the part of the plurality of electric wires and a wire locking portion to lock the at least a part of the electric wires at a side of the bent portion of the at least the part of the electric wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yutaro Okazaki, Yoh Matsui, Koji Haneda, Masao Kubota, Daiki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210166512
    Abstract: This gate device has: a pair of left and right passage walls that form a passage; opening and closing shutters that are attached to the passage walls and restrict a person from passing through the passage; and an arch which is attached to bridge the pair of passage walls, has a height at which a person can pass therethrough in the attached state, and has cameras which capture an image of a person passing through the passage and wiring for supplying electric power to an electric device provided in the passage walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KUNIEDA, Masao KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 10984623
    Abstract: A gate device disposed between a first space where a person waiting for passing through exists and a second space where a person already passed through exists, the device including: a gate main body disposed along a path through which the person existing in the first space passes when the person moves to the second space; and a shutter for blocking or opening the path. Furthermore, in plan view, a width of a first end portion positioned on a first space side in a short direction is narrower than a width of a second end portion positioned on a second space side in the short direction of the gate main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kunieda, Masao Kubota, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10931887
    Abstract: There is provided a collation device capable of capturing a face image suitable for collation by an imaging device while making a display suitable for collation by a display to a person in the front side of a half mirror. By disposing a plurality of displays with predetermined gap in the back side of the half mirror and disposing camera lenses and in this gap, it is possible to make the line of sight for viewing the display and the line of sight for imaging by the cameras be almost the same. As a result, it is possible to capture a face image suitable for collation by an imaging device while making a display suitable for collation by a display to a person in the front side of the half mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nozue, Kazuki Maeno, Hiroaki Yoshio, Masao Kubota, Yoshinori Kunieda, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10699501
    Abstract: A gate device disposed between a first space where a person waiting for passing through exists and a second space where a person already passed through exists, the device including: a gate main body disposed along a path through which the person existing in the first space passes when the person moves to the second space; a shutter for blocking or opening the path; and a structure disposed on an upper surface of the gate main body and having a first sensing device for sensing a person passing through the path, and a second sensing device for sensing a person passing through a side opposite to the path across the gate main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kunieda, Masao Kubota, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20200169670
    Abstract: There is provided a collation device capable of capturing a face image suitable for collation by an imaging device while making a display suitable for collation by a display to a person in the front side of a half mirror. By disposing a plurality of displays with predetermined gap in the back side of the half mirror and disposing camera lenses and in this gap, it is possible to make the line of sight for viewing the display and the line of sight for imaging by the cameras be almost the same. As a result, it is possible to capture a face image suitable for collation by an imaging device while making a display suitable for collation by a display to a person in the front side of the half mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke NOZUE, Kazuki MAENO, Hiroaki YOSHIO, Masao KUBOTA, Yoshinori KUNIEDA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190385395
    Abstract: A gate device disposed between a first space where a person waiting for passing through exists and a second space where a person already passed through exists, the device including: a gate main body disposed along a path through which the person existing in the first space passes when the person moves to the second space; a shutter for blocking or opening the path; and a structure disposed on an upper surface of the gate main body and having a first sensing device for sensing a person passing through the path, and a second sensing device for sensing a person passing through a side opposite to the path across the gate main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KUNIEDA, Masao KUBOTA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190279446
    Abstract: A gate device disposed between a first space where a person waiting for passing through exists and a second space where a person already passed through exists, the device including: a gate main body disposed along a path through which the person existing in the first space passes when the person moves to the second space; and a shutter for blocking or opening the path. Furthermore, in plan view, a width of a first end portion positioned on a first space side in a short direction is narrower than a width of a second end portion positioned on a second space side in the short direction of the gate main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KUNIEDA, Masao KUBOTA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10345704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive element comprising a support film, and a photosensitive layer on the support film, wherein a haze of the support film is 0.01 to 1.0% and a total light transmittance thereof is 90% or more, and the photosensitive layer contains a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Kubota
  • Patent number: 9439291
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photosensitive element comprising a support film and a photosensitive layer derived from a photosensitive resin composition formed on the support film, wherein the support film haze is 0.01-1.5%, the total number of particles with diameters of 5 ?m and larger and aggregates with diameters of 5 ?m or larger in the support film is no greater than 5/mm2, the photosensitive layer contains a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound with an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a photopolymerization initiator, and the thickness T of the photosensitive layer and the absorbance A of the photosensitive layer at 365 nm satisfies the relationship represented by inequality (I): 0.001?A/T?0.020??(I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150227042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive element comprising a support film, and a photosensitive layer on the support film, wherein a haze of the support film is 0.01 to 1.0% and a total light transmittance thereof is 90% or more, and the photosensitive layer contains a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Masao KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20130266900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photosensitive element comprising a support film and a photosensitive layer derived from a photosensitive resin composition formed on the support film, wherein the support film haze is 0.01-1.5%, the total number of particles with diameters of 5 ?m and larger and aggregates with diameters of 5 ?m or larger in the support film is no greater than 5/mm2, the photosensitive layer contains a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound with an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a photopolymerization initiator, and the thickness T of the photosensitive layer and the absorbance A of the photosensitive layer at 365 nm satisfies the relationship represented by inequality (I): 0.001?A/T?0.020??(I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Kubota
  • Patent number: 8092980
    Abstract: A photosensitive element 1 comprising a support film 10 and a layer (photosensitive layer) 20 composed of a photosensitive resin composition formed on the support film 10, wherein the haze of the support film 10 is 0.01-2.0%, the total number of particles and aggregates with diameters of 5 ?m or larger in the support film 10 is no greater than 5/mm2, the photosensitive layer 20 contains (A) a binder polymer, (B) a photopolymerizing compound with an ethylenic unsaturated bond and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, and the thickness of the photosensitive layer 20 is 3-30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Kubota, Shinji Takano, Eiichirou Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100112481
    Abstract: A photosensitive element 1 comprising a support film 10 and a layer (photosensitive layer) 20 composed of a photosensitive resin composition formed on the support film 10, wherein the haze of the support film 10 is 0.01-2.0%, the total number of particles and aggregates with diameters of 5 ?m or larger in the support film 10 is no greater than 5/mm2, the photosensitive layer 20 contains (A) a binder polymer, (B) a photopolymerizing compound with an ethylenic unsaturated bond and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, and the thickness of the photosensitive layer 20 is 3-30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Kubota, Shinji Takano, Eiichirou Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100028808
    Abstract: A photosensitive element wherein the haze of the support film 10 is no greater than 1.0% and the surface resistivity of the second main side 14 opposite the first main side 12 of the support film 10 is no greater than 1013?, and the layer 20 composed of the photosensitive resin composition contains a photopolymerizing compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a binder polymer comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and (meth)acrylic acid as monomer units. H2C?CR1—COOR2 ??(I) [In formula (I), R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a C3-7 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Kubota