Patents by Inventor Masashi Tanaka

Masashi Tanaka 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: 20240327184
    Abstract: A conveyance system comprises a conveyed object and an automated guided vehicle that conveys the conveyed object, wherein the automated guided vehicle includes a connecting part that detachably connects to a connected part provided on the conveyed object, a pair of electrodes that energize through connection between the connecting part and the connected part, an energized state detecting unit that acquires information on an energized state of an electric circuit provided with the pair of electrodes, and a judging unit that judges a connection state between the automated guided vehicle and the conveyed object based on the information on the energized state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Masaya ASO, Alex TANAKA, Leo HORSMAN, Masashi KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12103363
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an instrument panel reinforcement that extends in a vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel, a steering wheel located behind the instrument panel reinforcement, and an air duct that is disposed inside the instrument panel and passes between the instrument panel reinforcement and the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marie Sakata, Masashi Kawamoto, Ken Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12099312
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit that reflects a laser beam emitted from a light source by a polygon mirror having a plurality of reflection surfaces to form a latent image on a photosensitive member, and a control unit that controls the image forming apparatus in a plurality of operation modes including a normal mode and a low speed mode having a slower process speed than the normal mode. The control unit controls the polygon mirror to use all of the plurality of reflection surfaces to reflect the laser beam when in the normal mode. When in the low speed mode, the control unit makes the process speed faster than 0.5 times that of the normal mode, rotates the polygon mirror faster than in the normal mode, and controls the polygon mirror to use only some of the plurality of reflection surfaces to reflect the laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Ito, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240309579
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an apparatus for applying hydroxyapatite to a nonwoven fabric includes a tank, a shower head, an ultrasonic wave generator, and a drying section. The tank stores suspension containing hydroxyapatite. The shower head jets the suspension against the nonwoven fabric in the suspension in the tank. The ultrasonic wave generator emits ultrasonic waves against the nonwoven fabric. The drying section dries the nonwoven fabric in a wet state removed from the suspension in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Brainy Inc.
    Inventors: Nobukiyo Tanaka, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240313506
    Abstract: A surface emitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first reflective layer; a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type, the first semiconductor layer being stacked on the first reflective layer; an active layer stacked on the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductive type that is a conductive type opposite to the first conductive type, the second semiconductor layer being stacked on the active layer; a tunnel junction layer stacked on the second semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer of the first conductive type, the third semiconductor layer being stacked on the tunnel junction layer; a second reflective layer stacked on the third semiconductor layer, at a side opposite to a side of the first reflective layer; a dielectric layer formed, through non-selective oxidation, between the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer or between the third semiconductor layer and the second reflective layer
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Daiji KASAHARA, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Michinori SHIOMI, Masayuki TANAKA, Tomomasa WATANABE, Masashi TAKANOHASHI, Mikihiro YOKOZEKI
  • Patent number: 12080356
    Abstract: Methods of forming integrated circuit structures for a capacitive sense NAND memory include forming a first semiconductor overlying a dielectric, forming a second semiconductor to be in contact with a first end of the first semiconductor, forming a third semiconductor to be in contact with a second end of the first semiconductor opposite the first end of the first semiconductor, forming a vertical channel material structure overlying the first semiconductor and having a channel material capacitively coupled to the first semiconductor, and forming a plurality of series-connected field-effect transistors adjacent the vertical channel material structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Jun Fujiki, Shuji Tanaka, Masashi Yoshida, Masanobu Saito, Yoshihiko Kamata
  • Patent number: 12080142
    Abstract: An information presentation method includes: sequentially obtaining, from a first appliance, appliance data including an operation status of the first appliance; receiving, from a second appliance different from the first appliance, notification of an opportunity of presenting information by the second appliance; determining, after receiving the notification in the receiving, whether to present the information by the second appliance, based on the appliance data obtained in the sequentially obtaining; and instructing the second appliance to present the information when determining to present the information by the second appliance in the determining, and prohibiting the second appliance from presenting the information when determining not to present the information by the second appliance in the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Yamamoto, Tomoki Ogawa, Kunio Gobara, Atsushi Tanaka, Masashi Hitotsuya, Makoto Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20240280965
    Abstract: A generation device that includes: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to generate an action series for performing positioning on a target object, the action series including two or more combinations of at least one of a first action of grasping the target object using a gripper of a robot, a second action of placing the target object grasped by the gripper on a support surface, or a third action of pushing the target object with the gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Felix von Drigalski, Kazumi KASAURA, Cristian C. Beltran Hernandez, Masashi HAMAYA, Kazutoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240273264
    Abstract: A training device of a training and control device generates plural dynamics model, and trains a switching model for designating a dynamics model therefrom that corresponds to a state of a robot and a command action. A control device acquires a state of the robot generates plural candidate command series for the robot, by executing the switching model input with each command contained in each candidate command series and state corresponding to each command, designates the dynamics model applicable to each command and state corresponding to the command. For each of the candidate command series, the control device generates a predicted state series using the dynamics model designated as corresponding to the commands contained in the candidate command series, generates a predicted command series predicted to maximize a reward of the predicted state series, and outputs a first command contained in the predicted command series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa IJIRI, Felix VON DRIGALSKI, Kazutoshi TANAKA, Masashi HAMAYA, Ryo YONETANI
  • Patent number: 12063236
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from a log obtained from a device, a graph structure indicating one or more associations between one or more processes and one or more objects related to the one or more processes, and an identifying unit configured to, in a case where one of objects of the device is specified, identify at least one process related to the specified one of the objects, based on the generated graph structure, and identify one or more objects related to the identified at least one process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka, Takuma Koyama, Keita Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12040681
    Abstract: A housing is shaped in a bottomed tubular form. A stator is fixed to a stator receiving portion of a tubular portion of the housing at an arbitrary angle position around an axis of the tubular portion. A heat sink is fixed to a heat sink fixing portion of the tubular portion at an arbitrary angle position around the axis of the tubular portion. A control device includes a connector for electrically connecting with an external device and is configured to control energization of the stator. Each of a plurality of externally mounting portions is a part of a bottom portion of the housing and is formed integrally with the housing in one-piece. A plurality of housing positioning holes are formed at the bottom portion of the housing and are arranged at equal intervals along a circle that is concentric with the tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Tomizawa, Asuka Tanaka, Masashi Yamasaki, Takamasa Mutou, Yasuaki Koyano, Hisashi Yamamoto, Yusuke Shikata
  • Patent number: 11962605
    Abstract: A storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, first data output by a device or any one of multiple devices in association with first context information related to the first data, and a determining unit configured to obtain second context information related to second data in a case where the second data is received from the device or any one of the multiple devices, and determine whether an analysis of the received second data is necessary based on the received second data and the obtained second context information and based on the first data and the first context information stored in the storage unit, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Koyama, Keita Hasegawa, Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240097441
    Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI
  • Publication number: 20240036501
    Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a heater, a holding member, and a heat equalization member. In a case where a direction of a long side of a first surface of the heater is defined as a longitudinal direction, a direction of the first surface perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is defined as a transverse direction, and a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction is defined as a thickness direction, the heat equalization member is between the heater and the holding member in the thickness direction and includes, in the longitudinal direction, first and second abutment regions that abut against the heater and a first non-abutment region that does not abut against the heater. The first abutment region, the first non-abutment region, and the second abutment region are arranged in this order as viewed from one end toward another end of the heater in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: MASASHI TANAKA, SHINGO ITO
  • Publication number: 20240015047
    Abstract: A mobile body including an apparatus and an information processing device, wherein the information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a first signal and a second signal that are transmitted from the apparatus; and a determination unit that determines a relevance between the first signal and the second signal on the basis of a first spectrum of a frequency component of the first signal and a second spectrum of a frequency component of the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yasushi OKANO, Masashi TANAKA, Takuma KOYAMA, Masaru MATSUBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240006781
    Abstract: A locator of a connector is attached to a shell so that it is moveable from a first position to a second position. The shell is made of metal, and each of side wall portions thereof is provided with a first aperture and a second aperture. The locator is provided with protruding portions. When the locator is positioned at the first position, each of the protruding portions is in the first aperture. When the locator is positioned at the second position, the protruding portion is in the second aperture. The shell is made of metal, so that it has predetermined strength even if the first aperture and the second aperture are provided therein. Since the first aperture and the second aperture pierce the side wall portion in a width direction, the protruding portions of the locator are visible. Thus, a position of the locator can be grasped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11863574
    Abstract: A storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, first data output by a device or any one of multiple devices in association with a first feature context related to the first data, and an analyzing unit configured to obtain a second feature context related to second data in a case where the second data is received from the device or any one of the multiple devices, and analyze an anomaly of the received second data based on the received second data and the obtained second feature context and based on the first data and the first feature context stored in the storage unit, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Hasegawa, Takuma Koyama, Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D1026824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D1026825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D1027863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi Tanaka