Patents by Inventor Masato Sato

Masato 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: 11978292
    Abstract: A storage device of a noise inspection apparatus is configured to store a neural network machine-learned to receive, as inputs, an original sound characteristic value indicating a characteristic of sound generated by a transmission and an evaluation sound characteristic value indicating a characteristic of sound that reaches a vehicle cabin, and output a route part characteristic value that is a value indicating a characteristic of a vibration transfer of a vehicle part positioned on a vibration transfer route from the transmission to the vehicle cabin. An execution device of the noise inspection apparatus is configured to calculate, as an estimated value of the route part characteristic value, an output of the neural network that has received, as inputs, measured values of the original sound characteristic value and the evaluation sound characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Nakano, Daiki Sato, Hiroki Onuma
  • Publication number: 20240140581
    Abstract: A ship launching support system configured to support launching work of a ship of disengaging the ship from a trailer on which the ship is loaded, the ship including an actuator having a function of generating propulsion power of the ship and a function of generating a moment on the ship, and a ship control device configured to actuate the actuator, during the launching work of the ship, the ship control device causing the actuator to generate backward propulsion power of the ship, and executing feedback control of a bow azimuth of the ship on the basis of a deviation between an actual bow azimuth that is a bow azimuth of the ship in actuality and a target bow azimuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato SHIRAO, Marino SATO, Jun TOKUSHIGE, Takafumi KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240132196
    Abstract: A ship including an engine, a jet propulsion device, a ship controller, and a ship position detection unit, in which the jet propulsion device includes a nozzle that ejects a jet stream generated by the driving force output from the engine, and a bucket that changes a direction of the jet stream, the position of the bucket includes at least a forward-side intermediate position between the forward position and the neutral position, the ship controller has a ship fixed point holding mode in which feedback control of the engine and the jet propulsion device is performed based on a deviation between a preset target ship position and the actual ship position, and both control of the position of the bucket including the forward-side intermediate position and control of a rotational speed of the engine are performed in the ship fixed point holding mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masato SHIRAO, Takafumi KAMIYA, Jun TOKUSHIGE, Marino SATO
  • Patent number: 11959775
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device and an information processing method that enable simple and appropriate calibration. When a pen-type device incorporating an inertial measurement unit such as an IMU is moved and a drawn image corresponding to a track is displayed, calibration is implemented on the basis of a measurement value of the inertial measurement device in one stationary attitude and a latitude and an absolute azimuth of the inertial measurement device at that time when the pen-type device is inserted into a pen stand to be fixed in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Kimishima, Kosei Yamashita, Toru Amano, Tetsuro Sato
  • Patent number: 11962729
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a mounting surface provided on a main body and on which paper is placed; a person detection section provided in the main body; a processor configured to control return from a sleep state of the main body, based on the detection of a person by the person detection section, and perform control such that in a case where there is no paper on the mounting surface when transition to the sleep state, a nearby person approaching the main body is included in a detection target of the person detection section, and a passerby passing near the main body is not included in the detection target, in the sleep state, and in a case where there is a paper on the mounting surface when the transition, the nearby person and the passerby are included in the detection target, in the sleep state; and a notification section that notifies of paper remaining in a case where there is a paper on the mounting surface after the return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Miki, Teiju Sato, Masato Saito, Yasuhiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20240116709
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a loading/unloading part having a first side surface into or from which a container accommodating a substrate is loaded or unloaded and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface; a substrate transfer part extending in a first direction orthogonal to the second side surface; and a plurality of batch processors adjacent to each other in a length direction of the substrate transfer part. The loading/unloading part includes: a first transfer device and a second transfer device configured to transfer the container; a first area accessible to the first transfer device and having a plurality of first storage shelves configured to store the container, a second area accessible to the second transfer device and having a plurality of second storage shelves configured to store the container; and a movable shelf configured to be movable between the first area and the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Masato KADOBE, Hiromi NITADORI, Takahiro ABE, Junichi SATO
  • Publication number: 20240098190
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to form an image, transmit the image to a server that generates a processed image of the image by executing a designated image process on the image and is on an outside of a firewall, and, in a case where the image includes designation information designating the processed image to be transmitted to an instructed transmission destination via a fax line, request an alternative apparatus to fax-transmit the processed image to the transmission destination, the alternative apparatus being on an inside of the firewall together and having a fax function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato SUGII, Satoshi WATANABE, Hiroshige NONAKA, Haruhisa HOSHINO, Yusuke SATO
  • Patent number: 11634630
    Abstract: A phosphor and a light source device having the phosphor having a high internal quantum yield by enabling a large Ce amount, capable of shifting the fluorescence wavelength of yellow fluorescence to the long wavelength side, having satisfactory heat quenching resistance, and excellent in blue light transmittance. The phosphor includes a Ce:YAG single crystal having a Ce amount of 0.7 parts by mole or more when the total amount of Y and Ce is 100 parts by mole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Terui, Masato Sato
  • Publication number: 20230118035
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cell culture having a cartilage-like tissue forming property, including a cell population in which the expression intensity of at least one cell surface marker selected from the group consisting of CD166, CD165, CD99, GD2, STRO-1, CD108, CD164, CD6, CD106, and CD107b is not higher than the threshold for each cell surface marker, and/or, the expression intensity of at least one cell surface marker selected from the group consisting of CD26, CD73, CD105, CD44, CD120a, CD201, EGFR, CD146, CD140a, and CD90 is not lower than the threshold for each cell surface marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Masato Sato, Takumi Takahashi, Yuka Kawaguchi, Chikako Sato, Satoshi Tsunoda, Chiharu Tohyama, Dandan Song, Michihide Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20220269766
    Abstract: A valet key distribution system distributes key information of a vehicle among the vehicle, an owner terminal, and a guest terminal. The vehicle includes a vehicle-side storage storing a vehicle-side owner private key, a vehicle-side distribution key, a vehicle-side variable value, and a vehicle-side one-time password; and a vehicle-side controller controlling running of the vehicle and performing information processing. The owner terminal includes an owner-terminal input unit receiving an operation instruction from a utilization manager of the vehicle; an owner-side storage storing a terminal-side owner private key, a terminal-side distribution key, a terminal-side variable value, and a terminal-side one-time password; and an owner-side controller performing information processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kouki NISHIKAWA, Kazuki TOMIMATSU, Masato SATO
  • Publication number: 20220257833
    Abstract: Provided is a cell sheet suitable for cartilage repair. The present invention provides a cell sheet for cartilage repair, formed from a culture of cells derived from a cartilage tissue, and the cell sheet is negative for immunostaining using an antibody against type II collagen. The present invention also provides a method for producing a cell sheet for cartilage repair, formed from a culture of cells derived from a cartilage tissue, and the method includes culturing cells derived from a cartilage tissue on a surface of a membrane, where a temperature-responsive polymer is immobilized on the surface, to give the cell sheet. The culturing is stopped before the cell sheet becomes positive for immunostaining using an antibody against type II collagen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: CellSeed Inc., TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
    Inventors: Masato SATO, Chikako SATO, Tomomi KOTOKU, Tomoko KAWAKE
  • Publication number: 20220064592
    Abstract: Cell microsheets are formed from a culture of cells. The cell microsheets has a size that can pass through an injection needle with a certain thickness. The cell microsheets can be produced on a surface of a cell cultureware. A stimulus-responsive polymer is immobilized on the surface having small divisions of the cell cultureware. The cell microsheets are suitable for minimally invasive treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, CellSeed Inc.
    Inventors: Masato SATO, Shiho WASAI, Yuka KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11186256
    Abstract: A vehicle wireless key apparatus includes a wireless key memory, a terminal information memory, and a memory updating unit. The wireless key memory is provided in a vehicle. Key identification information of a wireless key of the vehicle is to be registered in the wireless key memory. Terminal identification information of a mobile terminal is to be registered in the terminal information memory. The mobile terminal is used separately from the wireless key. The memory updating unit is configured to perform update of the key identification information registered in the wireless key memory. The memory updating unit is configured to verify, upon the update, the mobile terminal against the terminal identification information registered in the terminal information memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kato, Masato Sato
  • Publication number: 20210039594
    Abstract: A vehicle wireless key apparatus includes a wireless key memory, a terminal information memory, and a memory updating unit. The wireless key memory is provided in a vehicle. Key identification information of a wireless key of the vehicle is to be registered in the wireless key memory. Terminal identification information of a mobile terminal is to be registered in the terminal information memory. The mobile terminal is used separately from the wireless key. The memory updating unit is configured to perform update of the key identification information registered in the wireless key memory. The memory updating unit is configured to verify, upon the update, the mobile terminal against the terminal identification information registered in the terminal information memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Toru KATO, Masato SATO
  • Publication number: 20210017447
    Abstract: A phosphor and a light source device having the phosphor having a high internal quantum yield by enabling a large Ce amount, capable of shifting the fluorescence wavelength of yellow fluorescence to the long wavelength side, having satisfactory heat quenching resistance, and excellent in blue light transmittance. The phosphor includes a Ce:YAG single crystal having a Ce amount of 0.7 parts by mole or more when the total amount of Y and Ce is 100 parts by mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya TERUI, Masato SATO
  • Patent number: 10533158
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cultured cell sheet that expresses phenotypes of the chondroid tissue. The problems can be solved by producing the cultured cell sheet in which cells are cultured on a surface of a cell cultureware that is coated with a temperature responsive polymer having an upper or lower critical solution temperature ranging from 0° C. to 80° C. in water, including steps of: adjusting the temperature of the culture medium to a temperature below the lower critical solution temperature or above the upper critical solution temperature; bringing the cultured cell sheet in close contact with the carrier; and detaching the cultured cell sheet together with the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, CELLSEED, INC.
    Inventors: Masato Sato, Hideaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 10476454
    Abstract: A power amplifier module includes a first current source that outputs a first current corresponding to a level control voltage for controlling a signal level of an amplified signal, a second current source that outputs a second current corresponding to the level control voltage, a first transistor in which an input signal and a first bias current are supplied to a base and an emitter is grounded, a second transistor in which an emitter is connected to a collector of the first transistor, the second current is supplied to a base, and a first amplified signal obtained by amplifying the input signal is output from a collector, and a third transistor in which the first current is supplied to a collector, a bias control current or voltage is supplied to a base, and the first bias current is supplied from an emitter to the base of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Ishihara, Seiko Ono, Yusuke Shimamune, Fuminori Morisawa, Shizuki Nakajima, Yuri Honda, Kazuhiro Koshio, Masato Sato
  • Patent number: 10464440
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a drive motor and a motor controller. The drive motor is configured to transfer torque to a wheel. The motor controller is configured to perform torque variation control during a predetermined period, in which, in response to a predetermined trigger for performing a pseudo shift change, torque of the drive motor is decreased by a set variation amount and is then increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Daisuke Umiguchi, Masato Sato, Toshiya Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20190210635
    Abstract: A vehicle rack-and-pinion mechanism (1), which is applicable to a steering device (S), includes: a pinion (11) that is formed with a gear tooth (12) and is supported so as to be rotatable about its axis; and a rack shaft (21) that is formed with a rack tooth (22) to engage with the gear tooth (12), wherein the rack tooth (22) is formed, on its surface, with a coating film (31) of coatings having different degrees of hardness laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Masato SATO
  • Publication number: 20190181816
    Abstract: A power amplifier module includes a first current source that outputs a first current corresponding to a level control voltage for controlling a signal level of an amplified signal, a second current source that outputs a second current corresponding to the level control voltage, a first transistor in which an input signal and a first bias current are supplied to a base and an emitter is grounded, a second transistor in which an emitter is connected to a collector of the first transistor, the second current is supplied to a base, and a first amplified signal obtained by amplifying the input signal is output from a collector, and a third transistor in which the first current is supplied to a collector, a bias control current or voltage is supplied to a base, and the first bias current is supplied from an emitter to the base of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Shota ISHIHARA, Seiko ONO, Yusuke SHIMAMUNE, Fuminori MORISAWA, Shizuki NAKAJIMA, Yuri HONDA, Kazuhiro KOSHIO, Masato SATO