Patents by Inventor Masato Shibata

Masato Shibata 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: 20240123744
    Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Koshiro YAMAGUCHI, Tsutomu KATO, Masato KATO, Yasuhiro IRIYAMA, Yasuhiro SHIBATA, Teruo IMAMAKI, Akira SAGO, Tsuyoshi NAGAE, Takashi HORIUCHI, Tomohiko SUGINO, Kengo NODA
  • Publication number: 20240123741
    Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a front wall, and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and a first indicator aperture positioned on the front wall and a second indicator aperture position on a rear portion of the bottom surface. A position of the first indicator aperture on the front wall indicates a type of the tape included within the housing. A position of the second indicator aperture indicates a color of characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Koshiro YAMAGUCHI, Tsuyoshi NAGAE, Teruo IMAMAKI, Masato KATO, Takashi HORIUCHI, Akira SAGO, Yasuhiro IRIYAMA, Yasuhiro SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11961329
    Abstract: The disclosure is inputting a first image obtained by capturing an object of authentication moving in a specific direction; inputting a second image at least for one eye obtained by capturing a right eye or a left eye of the object; determining whether the second image is of the left eye or the right eye of the object, based on information including the first image, and outputting a determination result associated with the second image as left/right information; comparing characteristic information relevant to the left/right information, the characteristic information being acquired from a memory that stores the characteristic information of a right eye and a left eye pertaining to object to be authenticated, with characteristic information associated with the left/right information, and calculating a verification score; and authenticating the object captured in the first image and the second image, based on the verification score, and outputting an authentication result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Shibata, Shoji Yachida, Chisato Funayama, Masato Tsukada, Yuka Ogino, Keiichi Chono, Emi Kitagawa, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11955211
    Abstract: A first-aid information provision system of the example embodiments includes: an information display device that includes first capture means for capturing an iris image, code acquisition means for acquiring a code associated with the captured iris image, and code display means for displaying the acquired code; and an information output device that includes second capture means for imaging the code displayed by the information display device, first-aid information acquisition means for acquiring first-aid information about an individual associated with the iris image by using the imaged code, and first-aid information output means for outputting the first-aid information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Shibata, Shoji Yachida, Chisato Funayama, Masato Tsukada, Yuka Ogino, Keiichi Chono, Emi Kitagawa, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yusuke Mori, Toru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11945217
    Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koshiro Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Kato, Masato Kato, Yasuhiro Iriyama, Yasuhiro Shibata, Teruo Imamaki, Akira Sago, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Takashi Horiuchi, Tomohiko Sugino, Kengo Noda
  • Publication number: 20240097980
    Abstract: A common control unit (141A) acquires a configuration input request to a communication device accommodating a user using a network. An individual control unit (142A) identifies a variable group necessary for a command to execute the configuration input based on request content of the configuration input received by the common control unit (141A) and a type of communication device and transmits the identified variable group to the common control unit (141A). A command execution unit (143A) acquires the variable group identified by the individual control unit (141A) from the common control unit (141A), generates a command based on the acquired variable group, and executes the generated command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki IWAHASHI, Takahiro SHIBATA, Toshiyuki KANAZAWA, Masato NISHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11922677
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an object recognition unit (11) that outputs, by using a first modal signal and a first modal recognition model corresponding to the first modal signal, an inference result regarding the first modal signal; a training data processing unit (12) that generates first modal training data regarding the first modal signal by using the inference result, and updates second modal training data regarding a second modal signal that is different from the first modal signal by using the first modal training data; and a recognition model update unit (13) that updates a second modal recognition model corresponding to the second modal signal by using the second modal training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Miyano, Masato Toda, Azusa Sawada, Takashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11146743
    Abstract: A display control apparatus is provided with: a first controlling device configured to perform still picture reproduction or motion picture reproduction of motion picture content, within a screen of a displaying device; a second controlling device configured to superimpose and display bookmark data indicating a bookmark having a predetermined shape, on the motion picture content only in a predetermined period on a time axis of the motion picture content, in a predetermined position or range within the screen, during the still picture reproduction or the motion picture reproduction of the motion picture content; and a holding device configured to hold the bookmark data in association with the time axis of the motion picture content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PARONYM INC.
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Takeo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11015586
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe capable of suppressing deformation of a member on which the shoe slides. The shoe includes: a first sliding surface which slides on a concave surface of a piston (first movable member); and a second sliding surface which bulges toward a side opposite to the first sliding surface and slides on a flat surface of a swash plate (second movable member). The second sliding surface includes: a curved outer peripheral portion which is provided along an outer periphery of the second sliding surface; and a central portion which is provided at a center of the second sliding surface so as to be continuous with the curved outer peripheral portion and has a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the curved outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Shingo Goto, Yasuyuki Tago
  • Publication number: 20200304728
    Abstract: A display control apparatus is provided with: a first controlling device configured to perform still picture reproduction or motion picture reproduction of motion picture content, within a screen of a displaying device; a second controlling device configured to superimpose and display bookmark data indicating a bookmark having a predetermined shape, on the motion picture content only in a predetermined period on a time axis of the motion picture content, in a predetermined position or range within the screen, during the still picture reproduction or the motion picture reproduction of the motion picture content; and a holding device configured to hold the bookmark data in association with the time axis of the motion picture content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Masato SHIBATA, Takeo YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190113030
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe capable of suppressing deformation of a member on which the shoe slides. The shoe includes: a first sliding surface 210 which slides on a concave surface of a piston (first movable member); and a second sliding surface 220 which bulges toward a side opposite to the first sliding surface 210 and slides on a flat surface of a swash plate (second movable member). The second sliding surface 220 includes: a curved outer peripheral portion 221 which is provided along an outer periphery of the second sliding surface 220; and a central portion 222 which is provided at a center of the second sliding surface 220 so as to be continuous with the curved outer peripheral portion 221 and has a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the curved outer peripheral portion 221.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato SHIBATA, Shingo GOTO, Yasuyuki TAGO
  • Patent number: 10260491
    Abstract: Provided is a sliding member, method for manufacturing sliding member, and compressor swash plate using sliding member in which adhesion between the substrate and the resin is enhanced, and which has the excellent durability whereby peeling of the resin film from the substrate does not occur due to prolonged sliding even under harsh load conditions. The sliding member provides a substrate irradiated laser light with energy intensity per unit area of 0.053 J/mm2 or more and configured an uneven part formed toward a vertical direction by the irradiated laser light and a melted and solidified portion on the uneven part and a resin film including solid lubricant and a binder resin on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatomo Kato, Masato Shibata, Shingo Goto, Eiji Yoshida, Keigo Ota
  • Patent number: 9528504
    Abstract: The outer periphery of the outer part of a substrate is a chamfer, and the outer part of the substrate is covered by a resin film layer. The thickness of the resin film layer at the chamfer is thicker than the locations radially further inwards from said chamfer. The surface of the resin film layer on the outer peripheral edge of the outer part is coplanar with the surface of the resin film layer further inwards. These locations act as the sliding surface (the surface of the swash plate) that slides on a shoe, and compared with conventional techniques, because the resin film layer in the outer peripheral edge is thick, attrition of the portion being pressed against the shoe is suppressed. For that reason, the outer peripheral edge of the substrate and the vicinity thereof are prevented from being exposed, and seizure of the swash plate can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Kyohei Yamane, Shingo Goto
  • Publication number: 20160076528
    Abstract: Provided is a sliding member, method for manufacturing sliding member, and compressor swash plate using sliding member in which adhesion between the substrate and the resin is enhanced, and which has the excellent durability whereby peeling of the resin film from the substrate does not occur due to prolonged sliding even under harsh load conditions. The sliding member provides a substrate irradiated laser light with energy intensity per unit area of 0.053 J/mm2 or more and configured an uneven part formed toward a vertical direction by the irradiated laser light and a melted and solidified portion on the uneven part and a resin film including solid lubricant and a binder resin on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Masatomo KATO, Masato SHIBATA, Shingo GOTO, Eiji YOSHIDA, Keigo OTA
  • Patent number: 9206890
    Abstract: This swash plate comprises a resin film layer formed on the front surface and the rear surface, and said resin film layer serves as the sliding surface which slides on a shoe. The inner periphery of the resin film layer is a tilted surface which a lubricant can easily cross over. In other words, angle ?1 is 10° or less and angle ?2 of the rising part is set to 20° or less, and when the lubricant is supplied from the inner periphery side of the swash plate, said lubricant easily crosses over said inner periphery which is a tilted surface, and is quickly supplied to the surface (the sliding surface) outside of said inner periphery. Because the lubricant is quickly supplied to the front surface and the rear surface (the sliding surface) of the swash plate, seizure of the swash plate can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Kyohei Yamane, Shingo Goto
  • Publication number: 20150033884
    Abstract: This swash plate comprises a resin film layer formed on the front surface and the rear surface, and said resin film layer serves as the sliding surface which slides on a shoe. The inner periphery of the resin film layer is a tilted surface which a lubricant can easily cross over. In other words, angle ?1 is 10° or less and angle ?2 of the rising part is set to 20° or less, and when the lubricant is supplied from the inner periphery side of the swash plate, said lubricant easily crosses over said inner periphery which is a tilted surface, and is quickly supplied to the surface (the sliding surface) outside of said inner periphery. Because the lubricant is quickly supplied to the front surface and the rear surface (the sliding surface) of the swash plate, seizure of the swash plate can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Kyohei Yamane, Shingo Goto
  • Publication number: 20150033940
    Abstract: The outer periphery of the outer part of a substrate is a chamfer, and the outer part of the substrate is covered by a resin film layer. The thickness of the resin film layer at the chamfer is thicker than the locations radially further inwards from said chamfer. The surface of the resin film layer on the outer peripheral edge of the outer part is coplanar with the surface of the resin film layer further inwards. These locations act as the sliding surface the surface of the swash plate) that slides on a shoe, and compared with conventional techniques, because the resin film layer in the outer peripheral edge is thick, attrition of the portion being pressed against the shoe is suppressed. For that reason, the outer peripheral edge of the substrate and the vicinity thereof are prevented from being exposed, and seizure of the swash plate can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Kyohei Yamane, Shingo Goto
  • Patent number: 8510423
    Abstract: An install system includes a host device, a portable device configured to connect with the host device, and a host device application providing system to which the host device is accessible via a network. The host device includes a host device application execution unit configured to execute host device applications as applications for host devices and an automatic install unit. The portable device includes a portable device application execution unit configured to execute portable device applications as applications for portable devices. The host device application providing system includes a host device application database for storing install data on host device applications contained therein and a host device application download server for transferring the install data on the host device applications stored in the host device application database, to the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsuura, Masato Shibata, Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Hideaki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20120198035
    Abstract: An install system includes a host device, a portable device configured to connect with the host device, and a host device application providing system to which the host device is accessible via a network. The host device includes a host device application execution unit configured to execute host device applications as applications for host devices and an automatic install unit. The portable device includes a portable device application execution unit configured to execute portable device applications as applications for portable devices. The host device application providing system includes a host device application database for storing install data on host device applications contained therein and a host device application download server for transferring the install data on the host device applications stored in the host device application database, to the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsuura, Masato Shibata, Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Hideaki Takeda
  • Patent number: 8123117
    Abstract: In a proximity card function content distribution system of the invention, an IP-side apparatus 5 adds identification information of a user to simplified data of contents for the proximity card function, a mobile terminal 1A acquires the simplified data from the IP-side apparatus 5, and distributes the simplified data to another mobile terminal 1B, and when the another mobile terminal 1B performs proximity card communication with a R/W of the IP-side apparatus 5, the another mobile terminal 1B checks whether the terminal 1B has the specific simplified data, and communicates the checking information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yasushi Imai, Taro Sasada, Masato Shibata