Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Sasaki
Masatoshi Sasaki 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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Publication number: 20210040252Abstract: A material for a printed circuit board, which is a film composed of a fluorinated resin layer, where the fluorinated resin layer contains a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer having at least one functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, has a melt flow rate of at most 15 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a load of 49N, and has a storage elastic modulus of at least 650 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Wataru KASAI, Toru SASAKI, Masatoshi ABE
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Publication number: 20210032397Abstract: A 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer particle (X) which satisfies the following requirements (X-a), (X-b) and (X-c): (X-a) being composed of a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer which has a content of a constitutional unit derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene being 30.0 to 99.7% by mol, and a content of a constitutional unit derived from at least one olefin selected from ethylene and an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms (except for 4-methyl-1-pentene) being 0.3 to 70.0% by mol; (X-b) having, when measured in a cross fractionation chromatograph apparatus (CFC) using an infrared spectrophotometer as a detector part, at least one peak A of an amount of a component eluted present in the range of 100 to 140° C., and at least one peak B of an amount of a component eluted present at lower than 100° C.; and (X-c) having a meso diad fraction (m) measured by 13C-NMR falling within the range of 95.0 to 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Masakazu TANAKA, Toyoaki SASAKI, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Sadahiko MATSUURA, Naoto MATSUKAWA, Masatoshi CHINAKA
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Patent number: 10889244Abstract: The lighting control device includes a controller, a diagnosis circuit, a latch circuit, and a logic circuit. The controller outputs a control signal. The diagnosis circuit outputs an irregular signal. The latch circuit decides a state of a forcibly lighting signal. The logic circuit controls a light source in accordance with an ignition signal, the control signal, and the forcibly lighting signal. The logic circuit turns on the light source in accordance with the ignition signal while receiving the forcibly lighting signal, and turns on the light source in accordance with the control signal while not receiving the forcibly lighting signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Masaaki Takamatsu, Toshiaki Sasaki, Kazuya Kato
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Patent number: 10844153Abstract: A material having a fluorinated resin layer is subjected to heat treatment. The fluorinated resin layer is composed of a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer (a) having at least one type of functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, having a melting point of from 280 to 320° C. and a melt flow rate of at least 2 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a load of 49 N. The heat treatment is carried out at a temperature of at least 250° C. and lower by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the fluorinated copolymer (a) so that the ratio of the melt flow rate of the fluorinated resin layer after the heat treatment to that before the heat treatment, and the melt flow rate of the fluorinated resin layer after the heat treatment, are respectively within specific ranges.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Wataru Kasai, Toru Sasaki, Masatoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20200363390Abstract: An oil condition determination system includes a resistance value measurement unit and a determination unit. The resistance value measurement unit applies a measurement voltage between a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil. The determination unit determines, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, that condition of the oil is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Masatoshi SASAKI, Yasuteru ASAKAWA, Tomomi HONDA, Tatsunari KOYAMA, Akira NAKATSU
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Patent number: 10726740Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including an infrared image acquisition unit that acquires an infrared image of an imaged object, a visible light image acquisition unit that acquires a visible light image of the imaged object, a generation unit that generates cutaneous sensation control parameters on the basis of the infrared image acquired by the infrared image acquisition unit, and a data processing unit that associates the visible light image acquired by the visible light image acquisition unit with the cutaneous sensation control parameters generated by the generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Sasaki, Takahiro Nagano, Masatoshi Yokokawa, Takefumi Nagumo
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Patent number: 10702168Abstract: A blood pressure estimation apparatus includes: a pulse wave measurement unit measuring a user's pulse wave signal; an electrocardiogram signal measurement unit measuring a user's electrocardiogram signal; and a processing circuit estimating a user's blood pressure value by using the pulse wave and electrocardiogram signals, wherein the processing circuit (a) acquires a pulse wave signal feature by using the pulse wave signal, (b) acquires an electrocardiogram signal feature by using the electrocardiogram signal, (c) acquires a pulse wave propagation time by using the pulse wave and electrocardiogram signals, (d) selects a blood pressure group indicating a relationship between a pulse wave propagation time and blood pressure of the user by using the pulse wave signal feature, electrocardiogram signal feature, and pulse wave propagation time, and (e) estimates the blood pressure value by using the blood pressure group, pulse wave signal feature, electrocardiogram signal feature, and pulse wave propagation timeType: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Morikawa, Koichi Ikemoto, Masatoshi Sasaki, Satoshi Kanai
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Patent number: 10702989Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a robotic arm provided with a robotic hand capable of changing its position and its orientation by using joints; a visual sensor which measures a position or an orientation of a gripped object gripped with the robotic hand at a measurement teaching point; and a control device. The control device controls the position or the orientation of the gripped object when the gripped object is attached to an attachment target object at a corrected teaching point corrected based on a measurement result by the visual sensor. In this case, the control device determines a measurement teaching point, where the measurement with the visual sensor takes place, such that a driving direction of each of the joints from the measurement teaching point to the corrected teaching point is set to a definite driving direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masatoshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20200186693Abstract: Provided imaging control apparatus effectively avoid image capturing competition in a scene in which a large number of infrared cameras capture images. The imaging control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an infrared image generated by an infrared camera imaging reflected light of emitted infrared rays; and a control unit that controls a setting for the generation of the infrared image on the basis of a control parameter transmitted to another apparatus or received from another apparatus via a communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: TAKURO KAWAI, MASATOSHI YOKOKAWA, TOSHIYUKI SASAKI
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Patent number: 10609301Abstract: An imaging control apparatus configured to effectively avoid image capturing competition in a scene in which a large number of infrared cameras capture images. The imaging control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an infrared image generated by an infrared camera imaging reflected light of emitted infrared rays, and a control unit that controls a setting for the generation of the infrared image on the basis of a control parameter transmitted to another apparatus or received from another apparatus via a communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takuro Kawai, Masatoshi Yokokawa, Toshiyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20200024435Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising 10 to 80 parts by mass of polyolefin resin (A), 10 to 80 parts by mass of styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (B), and 1 to 20 parts by mass of at least partially crosslinked rubber (C) (with the total amount of the components (A), (B) and (C) being 100 parts by mass), wherein the composition has a type D hardness (i.e., the instantaneous value) of 35 or more and 70 or less in accordance with JIS K6253, and relates to a molded thermoplastic elastomer product obtained by molding the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Masatoshi SASAKI, Makoto YAEGASHI, Kakeru CHIGAMA, Remi KUSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10466995Abstract: A controller corresponding to production equipment, requiring upgrade can be selected automatically, thereby reduction in operating rate can be reduced. When software is upgraded, version upgrade software relating to a predetermined action description and version information are transferred to a controller management apparatus (S1). A version change determination unit selects a controller including the predetermined action description described in the version information (S2 and S3). The selected controller downloads the new version of software to change the software (S4 and S5) after stopping operation of the production equipment. On the other hand, a controller not selected does not download the software, and the operation of the production equipment is not stopped.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masatoshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190331227Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a mechanical seal for sealing a fluid flowing outwardly radially from sliding surfaces S where a stationary ring 221 and a rotating ring 211 slide against each other, includes: a bellows 222 interposed between the stationary ring 221 and a stationary wall 226; a case member 223 for holding an outer cylindrical part 222c of the bellows 222 to the stationary ring 221; and a holding member 224 fitted to an inner cylindrical part 222a of the bellows 222, and having an axial length substantially equal to a length fitted to the inner cylindrical part 222a, wherein the bellows 222 has a curved part 222b between the outer cylindrical part 222c and the inner cylindrical part 222a, and the case member 223 is provided with a wall part 223a covering the entire periphery of the radial outer side of the curved part 222b.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Masatoshi ITADANI, Yuki SASAKI, Keiichi CHIBA, Kenji KIRYU, Tetsuzo OKADA
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Publication number: 20190264014Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition including: a crystalline olefin resin (A) having a melting point of 100° C. or more; an olefin resin (B) satisfying requirements (B-1) to (B-3); and an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (C), the weight ratio of (A)/((B)+(C)) is from 70/30 to 30/70, and the weight ratio of (B)/(C) is from 100/0 to 1/99: (B-1) the resin (B) has a main chain of an ethylene copolymer and a side chain of an ethylene polymer or a propylene polymer, the ethylene copolymer includes repeating units derived from ethylene and repeating units derived from at least one ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the repeating units derived from the ?-olefin contained within the range of 10 to 50 mol % to the total repeating units in the main chain; (B-2) the melting point measured by DSC rom 60° C. to 170° C.; and (B-3) Tg measured by DSC from ?80° C. to ?30° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Masatoshi SASAKI, Hayato KURITA, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Yasushi YANAGIMOTO, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190253930Abstract: A resource management apparatus includes: a first section for monitoring, in a virtual network configured by virtualizing at least one first device that handles a control plane of the network and at least one second device that handles a user plane of the network, load statuses of the virtual first and second devices; and a second section for adjusting physical resources allocated to the virtual first and second devices, based on the load statuses of the virtual first and second devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi SENJU, Yuka SUGANO, Minoru TOMOBE, Shinobu SASAKI, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Publication number: 20190182711Abstract: A virtual network management apparatus includes a first section for causing shared nodes on a common base of computer resources to operate as virtual nodes on the plurality of virtual networks, a second section for collecting load status(es) of the shared nodes, and a third section for instructing a change in a resource amount of at least one of the shared nodes, based on the load status(es) of the shared nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi SENJU, Yuka SUGANO, Minoru TOMOBE, Shinobu SASAKI, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Patent number: 10317599Abstract: A wavelength plate, wherein first birefringent layer and second birefringent layer are laminated such that in-plane directions of optical axes of first birefringent layer and second birefringent layer cross each other, wherein the wavelength plate satisfies formulae (1), (2), (3), and (4), and wherein at least one of first birefringent layer and second birefringent layer is obliquely-deposited birefringent layer formed by oblique deposition, ?n1×t1=?/2??(1) 1.7?(?n1×t1)/(?n2×t2)?2.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Koike, Masatoshi Sasaki, Akio Takada
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Publication number: 20190168544Abstract: A tire is provided with a tread pattern comprising a series of a number N of tread design units arranged repeatedly and circumferentially of the tire in a sequence and having a number m of different circumferential lengths. A first pulse train is defined by viewing the tread design units as pulses arranged in the same sequence as the tread design units at intervals which are defined by the circumferential lengths of the corresponding tread design units expressed in term of a ratio to one of the number m of different circumferential lengths. A maximum value Pmax of amplitudes P(k) (k=order from 1 to 2N) of frequencies obtained by Fourier transforming the first pulse train is limited to specific values. The amplitudes P(k) and P(k+1) of every two of the adjacent orders (k) and (k+1) do not satisfy a condition that both of the amplitudes P(k) and P(k+1) have values of 2/3 or more times the maximum value Pmax.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sawa OGIHARA, Emi UEDA, Ken MIYAZAWA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Ryuhei SANAE, Masatoshi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190168545Abstract: A tire has a tread pattern comprising a series of a number N of tread design units arranged repeatedly and circumferentially of the tire in a sequence. The tread design units have at least two different circumferential lengths. Viewing the tread design units as pulses, a pulse train is defined. Magnitudes of the pulses are proportional to the circumferential lengths of the tread design units. The average of the magnitudes corresponding to the different circumferential lengths is limited to 1.00. Maximum value Fmax of amplitude F(k) of k-th order (k=1 to 2N) of frequencies obtained by Fourier transforming the pulse train is limited to be 4.52?0.0125 N. The amplitudes F(k) and F(k+1) of every two of the adjacent orders (k) and (k+1) are limited so as not to satisfy a condition that both of the amplitudes F(k) and F(k+1) are 2/3 or more times the Fmax.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Emi UEDA, Masatoshi TANAKA, Ken MIYAZAWA, Sawa OGIHARA, Ryuhei SANAE
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Publication number: 20190159362Abstract: A transmission device includes a housing, and a plurality of plug-in assemblies mounted in the housing, wherein each of the plug-in assembly that executes signal transmission and includes a board, heat generating parts mounted over the board and a fan that cools the heat generating parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Koji SASAKI, Masatoshi YONEKURA, Koji IWAMOTO, Katsunori SUZUKI