Patents by Inventor Masato Watanabe

Masato Watanabe 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: 20200249090
    Abstract: The purpose is to reduce the influence on the measurement due to high order diffracted light without arranging a filter for removing high order diffracted light between a diffraction grating and a PDA. The correction method includes a correction coefficient determination step of determining a correction coefficient on a rate of a detection signal value derived from a second order diffracted light of light in the first wavelength range contained in a detection signal value of a long wavelength side photodiode for detecting light in the second wavelength range in the photodiode array, and a correction unit configured to obtain a detection signal value derived from light in the second wavelength range from a detection signal value of the long wavelength side photodiode by using the correction coefficient determined by the correction coefficient determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200158569
    Abstract: A spectral detector includes a light source, a sample cell in which a sample flows therein, an optical sensor, an optical system that guides light from the light source to the sample cell and guides light from the sample cell to the optical sensor, the optical system has a spectroscope for dispersing light and the spectroscope is arranged between the light source and the sample cell or between the sample cell and the optical sensor, and a housing integrally including a lamp house part for housing the light source and an optical system housing part for housing at least the sample cell and the optical system. Since the lamp house part and the optical system housing part are integrated to constitute the housing, heat is easily transmitted from the lamp house part to the optical system housing part, and the time until the entire detector reaches thermal equilibrium is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masato WATANABE, Hiroyuki TOGO
  • Publication number: 20200158626
    Abstract: A flow cell includes a cell into which a liquid to be measured is introduced and is arranged so that a measurement light to be used for measuring an optical characteristic of the liquid enters one side of the cell and exits from the other side of the cell, an inlet for leading the liquid to flow into the cell, and an outlet for leading the liquid in the cell to flow out from the cell. The inlet and the outlet are provided to form an interface between a liquid flowing into the cell through the inlet and a liquid with which the cell has been already filled at two places on an optical path of the measurement light passing through the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200158571
    Abstract: Provided is a spectrophotometer having a positional relationship between the spectroscope and a PDA that is set to have a distance between a reflection position of light reflected on a light receiving surface of a corresponding one of PDs constituting the PDA, being configured to receive at least light having a wavelength of from 200 nm to 300 nm, and an incident position at which light reflected at the reflection position is incident on a light receiving surface of the PDA after being re-reflected on the protective plate, the distance being equal to or less than a width dimension of any one of the PDs constituting the PDA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masato WATANABE, Masahide GUNJI
  • Patent number: 10644628
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes a power conversion unit configured to supply a drive current to a motor, a current detector configured to detect a current flowing from the power conversion unit into the motor, an A/D converter configured to convert the current detected by the current detector into digital data and outputs the digital data, a motor control unit configured to control the drive current supplied from the power conversion unit to the motor, using the digital data output from the A/D converter, and a sampling adjustment unit configured to adjust a sampling operation of the A/D converter performed for the current detected by the current detector, in accordance with the response time taken after the current detector detects the current until the A/D converter outputs the digital data of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Taku Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10631668
    Abstract: The invention provides an inspection system having an information acquisition unit that acquires product information from a product having a loading board surface side to which the product information is attached and an output unit that outputs a collation result between an acquisition result of the product information and order information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200116566
    Abstract: A spectroscopic detector includes a lamp house, a sample cell, an optical sensor, a heater, a cooling fan, a temperature sensor, and a control device. The heater heats the lamp house while being directly or indirectly in contact with the lamp house containing a light source. The cooling fan is for cooling the lamp house. The temperature sensor is for detecting a temperature of the lamp house. The control device is configured to control operations of the light source, the heater, and the cooling fan. The control device includes a temperature control part configured to maintain a temperature of the lamp house while the light source is lit at a set temperature by controlling at least output of the heater based on a detection signal of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masato WATANABE, Takuya YONEKURA, Hiroyuki TOGO, Shinji TSUJI, Yugo ISHIHARA, Atsushi SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10620173
    Abstract: Provided is an analytical measurement device system 10 having a plurality of units (liquid-sending pump 12; detector 15) including: a sensor (flow sensor 121; light amount detector 151) provided in at least one unit among the plurality of units, for detecting the condition of a specific portion of the unit; a determination section (flow rate determiner 122; light amount determiner 152) provided in the unit, for receiving a signal from the sensor and for determining an overall condition of the unit based on a predetermined determination criterion; a storage section (flow-rate determination information storage section 123; light-amount determination information section 153) provided in the unit, for storing the determination criterion and a result of the determination by the determination section; and a display section (flow-rate determination result display section 124; light-amount determination result display section 154) provided in the unit, for displaying the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Masato Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10597086
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body structure with improved rigidity of a vehicle body. The vehicle body structure includes a side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and having at least a side sill inner member, a side sill reinforcing member disposed outside in a vehicle width direction of the side sill inner member at a rear portion of the side sill inner member, and a wheel arch member disposed behind the side sill, wherein the side sill reinforcing member includes a first fixing portion fixed to an outer surface of the wheel arch member from the outside in the vehicle width direction, and a second fixing portion fixed to a front surface of the wheel arch member from the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Sadayuki Asano
  • Publication number: 20200088699
    Abstract: A detector includes a light source configured to emit measurement light, a flow cell incorporating a cell channel through which a sample solution flows inside, a photodetector configured to detect light from the flow cell, an optical system configured to guide light from the light source to the flow cell and guide light from the flow cell to the photodetector, and a flow cell accommodating part configured to cover the flow cell so as to spatially separate the flow cell from the optical system. Of the side surfaces of the flow cell accommodating part, the side surfaces facing the light incident surface and the light exit surface of the flow cell are formed from wall surfaces made of a light transmissive material, or sealed by a light transmissive plate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Masato WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10578544
    Abstract: A flow cell includes a housing, a window member, and a pressing member. The housing includes a cell channel in which a sample flows through, has, on at least one end side of the cell channel, an opening communicating with the cell channel, and has a flat surface at an edge of the opening. The window member has a lens portion at a central portion and a peripheral edge portion whose one surface and the other surface are flat. In the window member, one surface of the peripheral edge portion is provided facing the flat surface of the housing so as to seal the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Masato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200049418
    Abstract: Provided is a heat sink where the formation of a boundary layer on surfaces of heat radiating fins is suppressed so that portions other than on the windward side along the cooling air flow can also exhibit excellent heat radiation property. The heat sink includes: a base plate; a first heat radiating fin thermally connected to the base plate; and a second heat radiating fin disposed adjacently to a side end portion of the first heat radiating fin, and thermally connected to the base plate, wherein a surface of the first heat radiating fin is not parallel to a surface of the second heat radiating fin, and at least one of the second heat radiating fins is disposed at a position lower than at least one of the first heat radiating fins in a vertical direction with respect to a front surface of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuang Yu CHU, Masaaki YAMAMOTO, Hung Wei TSENG, Masahiro MEGURO, Masato WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10507748
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided in which a seat back is constrained from tilting down when a seat cushion is moved to a position in which the seat back cannot be tilted down. The vehicle seat includes a base frame, a seat cushion frame (3) horizontally movable relative to the base frame between a first position and a second position different from the first position, a seat back frame (4) rotatable relative to the seat cushion frame (3), a lock member (5) configured to constrain the seat back frame (4) from tilting rearward, and an unlock mechanism (6) configured to release a lock applied by the lock member (5) when the seat cushion frame (3) is moved from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10502253
    Abstract: A machine learning device includes a state observation unit for observing state variables that include at least one of the state of an assembly constituted of first and second components, an assembly time and information on a force, the result of a continuity test on the assembly, and at least one of position and posture command values for at least one of the first and second components and direction, speed and force command values for an assembly operation; and a learning unit for learning, in a related manner, at least one of the state of the assembly, the assembly time and the information on the force, the result of the continuity test on the assembly, and at least one of the position and posture command values for at least one of the first and second components and the direction, speed and force command values for the assembly operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Taku Sasaki, Kiichi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20190333005
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a product registration apparatus including an information acquisition unit that determines a placement position of a product having a placing table surface side to which product information is attached and acquires the product information attached to the product, and an output unit that outputs information indicating at least one of the placement position of the product from which the product information can be acquired and the placement position of the product from which the product information cannot be acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190333004
    Abstract: The invention provides a processing system including an information acquisition unit that acquires product attribute information from a product having a loading table surface side to which the product attribute information is attached, a judging unit that judges whether or not a sales time limit determined on the basis of the product attribute information has passed, and an output unit that outputs information indicating a judging result of the judging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190328157
    Abstract: The invention provides an inspection system having an information acquisition unit that acquires product information from a product having a loading board surface side to which the product information is attached and an output unit that outputs a collation result between an acquisition result of the product information and order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10442470
    Abstract: A vehicle side structure has: a front door and a rear door; a side sill that is arranged under the front door and the rear door; a side sill garnish that is fixed to the side sill; and a molding member that is arranged between lower ends of the front door and the rear door and an upper end of the side sill garnish, and that protrudes more outside in a lateral direction than the lower ends of the front door and the rear door. The molding member includes: a front door lower portion; a rear door lower portion; and a center pillar outer portion that is arranged outside in the lateral direction of a lower portion of the center pillar. The front door lower portion and the rear door lower portion are recessed more inside in the lateral direction than the center pillar outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Taiga Marukawa
  • Patent number: 10408335
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a case, a motor, a gear mechanism, a lubrication mechanism, and a cooling mechanism. The motor and the gear mechanism are housed in the case. The gear mechanism includes a specified gear and a first gear. A vertical lower section of the first gear is positioned above a surface of the oil. The lubrication mechanism lubricates the gear mechanism by the oil thrown up by the specified gear. The cooling mechanism includes an oil pump and a pipe. The oil pump and the pipe supply the oil reserved in the case to the motor. The pipe is located above the first gear. The pipe has a hole, and the oil discharged from the hole. The hole is positioned above the first gear. A normal line direction of the hole differs from a vertically downward direction. The first gear does not overlap the normal line direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Suenaga, Ryuichi Hasegawa, Masato Watanabe, Tatsuo Obata, Satoshi Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 10354941
    Abstract: A heat sink capable of dissipating heat concentrating on a chip portion of a power semiconductor device module efficiently is provided. A heat sink (20) includes a heat sink body (21) in which a power semiconductor device module (10) having a plurality of power semiconductor devices (11) is placed on a cooling surface F1 and which radiates heat generated by the power semiconductor device (11); and a heat dissipation structure portion (25) having a higher heat conductivity than the heat sink body (21) and capable of dissipating heat generated by the power semiconductor device (11), wherein the heat dissipation structure portion (25) is provided at a position overlapping the power semiconductor device (11) disposed in the power semiconductor device module (10) in a direction (Z) orthogonal to the cooling surface (F1) of the heat sink body (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Taku Sasaki