Patents by Inventor Masashi Sato
Masashi 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).
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Patent number: 11223243Abstract: A contactless power supply system includes a contactless power supply device and a power receiving device. Power is supplied from the contactless power supply device to the power receiving device while communication is performed therebetween. The power receiving device includes a power receiving coil unit, and a first communication unit that attaches information having continuity to data transmitted to the contactless power supply device. The contactless power supply device includes a power supply coil unit, a second communication unit, and a power supply control unit that, in a steady state where communication is performed between two communication units after the second communication unit begins receiving the data transmitted from the first communication unit, refers to information having continuity attached to the data, and if continuity has been lost, performs correction to increase the output value of the power from the power supply coil unit to the power receiving coil unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Miura, Toshiyasu Miwata, Yusuke Kawai, Masashi Sato
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Patent number: 11205785Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell configured to be supplied with fuel and air to generate electricity, a reformer configured to reform the fuel to be supplied to the fuel cell, a heat source device configured to heat an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell to produce a heating gas and configured to heat the reformer, a fuel cell heating device configured to heat the air to be supplied to the fuel cell using the heating gas, a fuel cell temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the fuel cell, and a reformer temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the reformer.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hayato Chikugo, Shinichi Miyazaki, Tatsuya Yaguchi, Masashi Sato
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Publication number: 20210287540Abstract: To provide a vehicle sharing system that allows the user to use a shared vehicle having a battery with a reduced risk of the battery running out, a management server (1) includes a management information database (122) configured to store information on (i) a plurality of shared-vehicle standby locations (2) at each of which a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3) having a battery (302) is on standby, (ii) a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3), and (iii) the destination desired by the user; and a location specifying section (115) configured to, in a case where the location specifying section (115) has determined that the remaining battery power of the motor-assisted bicycle (3) that the user is using is not enough to continue to travel to the destination desired by the user, specify a transfer location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Hideaki Kojima, Masashi Sato, Takanori Oka
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Patent number: 11110891Abstract: An onboard authentication device (60) includes: a communication unit (62) configured to receive key information; an existing electronic key determining unit (65C) configured to determine whether the key information received by the communication unit matches registered information; and an execution unit (65D, 65F) configured to execute a registration process of registering a second electronic key in the onboard authentication device or an invalidation process of invalidating the first electronic key registered in the onboard authentication device at a first time in a case that the existing electronic key determining unit determines the received key information matches the key information of the first electronic key and to execute the registration process or the invalidation process at a second time later than the first time in a case that the existing electronic key determining unit determines the received key information does not match the key information of the first electronic key.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Shinichi Ueda, Masashi Sato
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Publication number: 20210202966Abstract: The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a first injection device associated with a supply of a fuel to the fuel cell, and a second injection device provided on an upstream side of the first injection device in a fuel flow passage from a fuel storage unit to the first injection device. The first and second injection devices switch a flow passage extending downstream from the fuel flow passage, between a first flow passage via the first injection device and second flow passage via the second injection device. The second injection device operates at a lower frequency than the first injection device during an operation of the fuel system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Susumu MAESHIMA, Akinobu MORIYAMA, Tatsuya YAGUCHI, Masashi SATO, Tadaki MANO, Hiroyuki WADA
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Publication number: 20210167639Abstract: A contactless power supply system includes a contactless power supply device and a power receiving device. Power is supplied from the contactless power supply device to the power receiving device while communication is performed therebetween. The power receiving device includes a power receiving coil unit, and a first communication unit that attaches information having continuity to data transmitted to the contactless power supply device. The contactless power supply device includes a power supply coil unit, a second communication unit, and a power supply control unit that, in a steady state where communication is performed between two communication units after the second communication unit begins receiving the data transmitted from the first communication unit, refers to information having continuity attached to the data, and if continuity has been lost, performs correction to increase the output value of the power from the power supply coil unit to the power receiving coil unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Takashi MIURA, Toshiyasu MIWATA, Yusuke KAWAI, Masashi SATO
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Publication number: 20210167634Abstract: A contactless power supply system includes a contactless power supply device and a power receiving device. Power is supplied from the contactless power supply device to the power receiving device while communication is performed therebetween. The power receiving device includes a power receiving coil unit, and a first communication unit that communicates with the contactless power supply device and attaches information having continuity to data transmitted to the contactless power supply device. The contactless power supply device includes a power supply coil unit, a second communication unit, and a power supply control unit that, when the second communication unit begins to receive data transmitted from the first communication unit, refers to the information having continuity attached to the continuously received data, and if continuity has been lost, performs correction to increase the output value of the power supplied from the power supply coil unit to the power receiving coil unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Takashi MIURA, Toshiyasu MIWATA, Yusuke KAWAI, Masashi SATO
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Patent number: 10985387Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell supplied with fuel and air to generate electricity, an evaporator evaporating the fuel, an off-gas heating device heating an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell to produce a heating gas, a fuel cell heating device heating the fuel cell using the heating gas, an evaporator heating device heating the evaporator using the heating gas, a fuel cell temperature acquisition unit, an evaporator temperature acquisition unit, and a controller configured to, in a warm-up operation to perform a warm-up of the evaporator and a warm-up of the fuel cell, control at least one of the evaporator heating device and the fuel cell heating device based on the temperature of the evaporator and the temperature of the fuel cell to adjust at least one of a heating amount of the evaporator and a heating amount of the air by the heating gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Miyazaki, Hayato Chikugo, Masashi Sato, Tatsuya Yaguchi
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Patent number: 10931485Abstract: An adaptive equalization circuit includes: a first filter configure to perform filtering on an input signal based on a tap coefficient; an applying circuit configured to apply, to the signal, noise outside a band of the signal; and a controller configured to set, for the first filter, the tap coefficient that compensates for transmission line characteristics of the signal, based on the signal to which the noise is applied by the applying circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yuya Imoto, Kazuhiko Hatae, Nobukazu Koizumi, Yasuo Ohtomo, Masashi Sato, Daisuke Sasaki
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Publication number: 20200388862Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell supplied with fuel and air to generate electricity, an evaporator evaporating the fuel, an off-gas heating device heating an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell to produce a heating gas, a fuel cell heating device heating the fuel cell using the heating gas, an evaporator heating device heating the evaporator using the heating gas, a fuel cell temperature acquisition unit, an evaporator temperature acquisition unit, and a controller configured to, in a warm-up operation to perform a warm-up of the evaporator and a warm-up of the fuel cell, control at least one of the evaporator heating device and the fuel cell heating device based on the temperature of the evaporator and the temperature of the fuel cell to adjust at least one of a heating amount of the evaporator and a heating amount of the air by the heating gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi MIYAZAKI, Hayato CHIKUGO, Masashi SATO, Tatsuya YAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10850704Abstract: An electronic key management device includes a generator (152, 153) configured to generate at least one of a first execution key and a second execution key for obtaining a permission for transiting to a registration mode for registering an electronic key of a vehicle in an in-vehicle authentication device or to an invalidation mode for invalidating the electronic key registered in the in-vehicle authentication device, in response to a predetermined request, and a communication controller (154) configured to transmit the first execution key generated by the generator to a first terminal device, and transmit the second execution key generated by the generator to a second terminal device that is a terminal device different from the first terminal device and is registered in advance as a terminal device of an authorized owner.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Shinichi Ueda, Masashi Sato
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Patent number: 10843661Abstract: An electronic key management system assisting device including: a connector (31) that is mounted in a vehicle and is used for a connection with an in-vehicle authentication device communicating with a management server using an in-vehicle communication device; and a requester (35B) that requests the management server to transmit an execution key for obtaining a permission for a transition to a registration mode in which an electronic key of the vehicle is registered in the in-vehicle registration device or an invalidation mode in which the electronic key registered in the in-vehicle registration device is invalidated using a communication device other than the in-vehicle communication device in a case which the in-vehicle authentication device connected through the connector is not able to communicate with the management server using the in-vehicle communication device.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Shinichi Ueda, Masashi Sato
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Publication number: 20200365916Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell configured to be supplied with fuel and air to generate electricity, a reformer configured to reform the fuel to be supplied to the fuel cell, a heat source device configured to heat an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell to produce a heating gas and configured to heat the reformer, a fuel cell heating device configured to heat the air to be supplied to the fuel cell using the heating gas, a fuel cell temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the fuel cell, and a reformer temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the reformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hayato CHIKUGO, Shinichi MIYAZAKI, Tatsuya YAGUCHI, Masashi SATO
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Patent number: 10793110Abstract: A vehicle authentication apparatus including an acquisition unit (65D) configured to acquire information indicating a content of a manipulation on a vehicle from a detection unit mounted on the vehicle; a manipulation determination unit (65E) configured to determine whether a predetermined collaborative manipulation executable by two or more manipulators is performed on the basis of information acquired by the acquisition unit; and an execution unit (65F, 65H) configured to execute a registration process of registering an electronic key of the vehicle in the on-vehicle authentication apparatus or an invalidation process of invalidating the electronic key registered in the on-vehicle authentication apparatus, in a case that it is determined by the manipulation determination unit that the collaborative manipulation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Masashi Sato, Shinichi Ueda
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Publication number: 20200275908Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement system includes a display device configured to display an ultrasonic image and an ultrasonic probe electrically connectable to the display device. The ultrasonic probe includes an image capturing unit joined to or detachably attached to a first cable, the image capturing unit comprising a first optical lens to capture an image of a nearby object, and a probe head joined to or detachably attached to the first cable, the probe head being configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam toward a body surface of a subject and to receive a reflected wave from the body surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA, Masashi SATO, Takuya AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20200267030Abstract: An adaptive equalization circuit includes: a first filter configure to perform filtering on an input signal based on a tap coefficient; an applying circuit configured to apply, to the signal, noise outside a band of the signal; and a controller configured to set, for the first filter, the tap coefficient that compensates for transmission line characteristics of the signal, based on the signal to which the noise is applied by the applying circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yuya IMOTO, KAZUHIKO HATAE, Nobukazu KOIZUMI, Yasuo OHTOMO, Masashi Sato, Daisuke SASAKI
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Publication number: 20200235412Abstract: To provide a fuel cell system including: a fuel cell group including a plurality of fuel cells; a refrigerant distribution passage through which a refrigerant is individually distributed to the fuel cells composing the fuel cell group; a pre-distribution refrigerant flow rate acquiring unit configured to acquire a first outlet temperature flow rate that is a flow rate of the refrigerant before distribution; a first outlet temperature detecting unit that is provided at a refrigerant outlet of at least one first fuel cell in the fuel cell group in the refrigerant distribution passage, and is configured to detect a first outlet temperature that is a refrigerant outlet temperature of the first fuel cell; a voltage acquiring unit configured to acquire at least a first voltage that is a voltage of the first fuel cell; a current acquiring unit configured to acquire at least a first current that is a current of the first fuel cell; and a controller that calculates a first individual supply flow rate of the first fuelType: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masashi SATO
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Patent number: 10560199Abstract: A signal processing circuit includes: a processor configured to adjust phases of reception samples which is supplied at a supply interval, according to a phase adjustment amount; and a processing circuit including a finite impulse response (FIR) filter with taps and configured to process, by the FIR filter, each of the reception samples and output output symbols at an output interval different from the supply interval, the processor is configured to: derive initial values of tap coefficients for the respective taps; and derive the phase adjustment amount such that a center of centroids of the tap coefficients at respective output time points of the output symbols coincides with a center of a number of taps of the FIR filter, the tap coefficients at respective output time points of the output symbols being set according to a deviation between the supply interval and the output interval and the initial values.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yuya Imoto, Kazuhiko Hatae, Nobukazu Koizumi, Yasuo Ohtomo, Masato Oota, Masashi Sato, Daisuke Sasaki
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Patent number: 10501137Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
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Patent number: D928970Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventor: Masashi Sato