Patents by Inventor Masaya Sato

Masaya 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).

  • Publication number: 20240148699
    Abstract: The present invention provides a oxazole compound represented by Formula (1), or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is an aryl group which may have one or more substituents; R2 is an aryl group or a nitrogen atom-containing heterocyclic group each of which may have one or more substituents; and W is a divalent group represented by —Y1-A1- or —Y2—C(?O)— wherein Y1 is a group such as —C(?O)—, A1 is a group such as a lower alkylene group, and Y2 is a group such as a piperazinediyl group. The oxazole compound has a specific inhibitory action against phosphodiesterase 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Okada, Masaya Kato, Norifumi Sato, Tetsuyuki Uno, Hideki Kitagaki, Junpei Haruta, Hidetaka Hiyama, Tomonori Shibata
  • Patent number: 11953384
    Abstract: A temperature measuring device includes an ultrasonic sensor attached to a rear surface side of the structural body having the multilayer structure, an acquisition unit configured to, through the ultrasonic sensor, acquire a signal of a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave incident at the internal side of the structural body, an extraction unit configured to extract, from the signal of the reflected wave, a domain including a reflected wave reflected on a surface on the internal side of the structural body, and an identification unit configured to, based on a signal of the reflected wave in the extracted domain, identify the temperature of the surface on the internal side of the structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Kawano, Masahiro Sugihara, Tadashi Kimura, Shinsuke Sato
  • Patent number: 11941182
    Abstract: A housing of an example of an electronic apparatus has a top surface and a bottom surface and has a flat shape. A power supply section having a flat shape is a power supply section, which is a housing case capable of accommodating a battery or is a battery, and the power supply section is provided at a position inside the housing that intersects with a reference plane perpendicular to the up-down direction. A first substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the top surface side relative to the power supply section. A second substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the bottom surface side relative to the power supply section. The electronic apparatus includes at least one of a vibrator and a speaker at a position that intersects with the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wakana Ohori, Kazuhiro Maruyama, Yoshitaka Tamura, Masaya Takei, Takahiro Sato, Koji Saito, Mitsuru Katayama
  • Patent number: 11912036
    Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Hideaki Matsumura, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Takahiro Kiuchi, Yusuke Tanaka, Kyohei Sato
  • Patent number: 11859645
    Abstract: A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics includes a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. On a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, the embossed surface having a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed. The one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Aoyanagi, Hideki Hata, Masaya Sato
  • Publication number: 20230398664
    Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes a hammer, an anvil, an output shaft, a housing, a bearing (first bearing), and a buffer member. The buffer member includes an elastic member. The anvil has a first facing region. The output shaft has a second facing region. The buffer member is interposed between the anvil and the output shaft. The buffer member regulates a gap distance between the second facing region and the first facing region such that when a maximum load is transmitted from the hammer to the elastic member, the second facing region faces the first facing region with a gap left between the second facing region and the first facing region in a thrusting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Akiko HONDA, Masaya SATO, Takahiro UEDA, Kimitaka OZAWA, Takashi KUSAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230398674
    Abstract: An impact rotary tool includes a hammer, an anvil, an output shaft, a housing, and a bearing (first bearing). The bearing (first bearing) is held by the housing. The anvil includes a first contact portion. The output shaft includes a second contact portion. The second contact portion receives, from the first contact portion, force that causes the output shaft to rotate. The bearing (first bearing) is in contact with at least one of the first contact portion or the second contact portion and supports at least one of the output shaft or the anvil rotatably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya SATO, Kimitaka OZAWA, Takashi KUSAGAWA, Akiko HONDA, Takahiro UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230091761
    Abstract: A vehicle capable of traveling with a embossed surface of a directionality pattern includes a vehicle body and an under cover member. The under cover member is disposed on one or both of a front portion and a rear portion of a lower surface of the vehicle body. The embossed surface of the directionality pattern is formed on a plane portion of the under cover member. The embossed surface of the directionality pattern is configured to accelerate an airflow along a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki AOYANAGI, Hideki HATA, Masaya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230085826
    Abstract: A vehicle with an improved front aerodynamic characteristic includes a front exterior member disposed on a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. The front exterior member includes a front inlet port, a funnel member, and a specially processed surface. The front inlet port is formed in the front exterior member. The front inlet port is configured to draw in an airflow in front of the front exterior member. The funnel member is formed around the front inlet port. The specially processed surface is formed on an inner surface of the funnel member, and has recesses that are arrayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki AOYANAGI, Hideki HATA, Masaya SATO
  • Publication number: 20220410352
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a hammer, and an anvil. The hammer is configured to be rotated around a rotation axis by motive power provided from the motor. The anvil is configured to be rotated around the rotation axis by receiving striking force from the hammer in a circumferential direction of the rotation axis. In the impact tool, moment of inertia of the hammer around the rotation axis is 10 or more times moment of inertia of the anvil around the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kimitaka OZAWA, Akiko HONDA, Takahiro UEDA, Takashi KUSAGAWA, Masaya SATO, Mitsumasa MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 11517287
    Abstract: There is provided a tissue elasticity measurement device 100 and a measurement method that allow for quantitative evaluation of biological changes related to tissue elasticity such as liver fibrosis. The tissue elasticity measurement device 100 has a supersonic wave measuring instrument 100a that measures a pulse waveform corresponding to a blood flow velocity by a pulse wave Doppler method, and an information processor 100b that calculates a deviation index value corresponding to a coefficient of variation from a pulse waveform obtained by the supersonic wave measuring instrument 100a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoko Soroida, Takuma Nakatsuka, Masaya Sato, Hayato Nakagawa, Hitoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiko Koike, Yutaka Yatomi
  • Publication number: 20220340157
    Abstract: A vehicle system, including: an on-board device mounted on a vehicle; and a control device configured to control the on-board device such that the vehicle travels in a target traveling state, wherein the control device includes: a predicting portion that predicts a state of the on-board device when the vehicle travels in the target traveling state; and a modifying portion that modifies the target traveling state when the control device determines based on the state of the on-board device predicted by the predicting portion that an operation of the on-board device needs to be limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji WATARI, Masaya SATO, Ryo IRIE, Takeshi KANOU
  • Patent number: 11377149
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a turning device that turns a wheel of a vehicle; a steering sensor that detects a driver's steering operation; and a control device configured to execute automated turning control that controls the turning device to automatically turn the wheel, independently of the driver's steering operation. A modification desire degree represents a degree to which the driver's steering operation modifies vehicle travel caused by the automated turning control. During execution of the automated turning control, the control device calculates the modification desire degree based on a result of detection by the steering sensor. When the modification desire degree exceeds a threshold, the control device executes system suppression processing without terminating the automated turning control. In the system suppression processing, the control device weakens the automated turning control as compared to a case where the modification desire degree is equal to or lower than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Sato, Yoji Kunihiro, Yoshinori Watanabe, Shunsuke Tanimori, Hisaya Akatsuka
  • Publication number: 20220154744
    Abstract: A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics includes a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. On a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, the embossed surface having a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed. The one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki AOYANAGI, Hideki HATA, Masaya SATO
  • Publication number: 20210217523
    Abstract: A diagnosis assistance system (100) includes a determiner (21) configured to receive trained model information (M) generated by a trained model generator (11) via an external network (30), the determiner (21) being configured to determine, based on the received trained model information (M), a presence or absence of a disease in a patient (P2) who is not included in a patient group (PF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kentaro MORIMOTO, Masaya SATO, Yutaka YATOMI, Ryosuke TATEISHI, Kazuhiko KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20200262478
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a turning device that turns a wheel of a vehicle; a steering sensor that detects a driver's steering operation; and a control device configured to execute automated turning control that controls the turning device to automatically turn the wheel, independently of the driver's steering operation. A modification desire degree represents a degree to which the driver's steering operation modifies vehicle travel caused by the automated turning control. During execution of the automated turning control, the control device calculates the modification desire degree based on a result of detection by the steering sensor. When the modification desire degree exceeds a threshold, the control device executes system suppression processing without terminating the automated turning control. In the system suppression processing, the control device weakens the automated turning control as compared to a case where the modification desire degree is equal to or lower than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya SATO, Yoji Kunihiro, Yoshinori Watanabe, Shunsuke Tanimori, Hisaya Akatsuka
  • Publication number: 20200245974
    Abstract: There is provided a tissue elasticity measurement device 100 and a measurement method that allow for quantitative evaluation of biological changes related to tissue elasticity such as liver fibrosis. The tissue elasticity measurement device 100 has a supersonic wave measuring instrument 100a that measures a pulse waveform corresponding to a blood flow velocity by a pulse wave Doppler method, and an information processor 100b that calculates a deviation index value corresponding to a coefficient of variation from a pulse waveform obtained by the supersonic wave measuring instrument 100a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yoko SOROIDA, Takuma NAKATSUKA, Masaya SATO, Hayato Nakagawa, Hitoshi IKEDA, Kazuhiko KOIKE, Yutaka YATOMI
  • Publication number: 20200010113
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle travel support apparatus including: a normal control module configured to execute travel support control; a correction control module configured to execute correction control in addition to the travel support control when a state of the vehicle is brought into an abnormal state during the execution of the travel support control; and a compensation control module configured to, when a finish condition is satisfied during the execution of the correction control, stop both the travel support control and the correction control and execute compensation control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Watari, Takafumi Tashiro, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Kojo, Ryo Irie, Yuichiro Ido, Masaya Sato, Hisaya Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 9842409
    Abstract: An image transmission device includes an image input unit that inputs a plurality of continuous images, a data amount reduction unit that reduces an amount of data of the plurality of images that are input to the image input unit, and generates a data amount reduced image, and a transmission unit that transmits the data amount reduced image to an image reception device that performs a recognition/authentication process with respect to the data amount reduced image. The data amount reduction unit reduces the amount of data of the plurality of images by a reduction method corresponding to the recognition/authentication process that is performed in the image reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Marie Kuwahara, Jun Ikeda, Manabu Nakamura, Sumio Yokomitsu, Masaya Sato
  • Patent number: 9199188
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb structured body, a ceramic block is formed by binding multiple pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies with adhesive layers interposed therebetween. The multiple pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies are bound on a support by piling up the multiple pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies successively. A placing position where a primary honeycomb fired body is to be placed is determined. A position of an end face of at least one secondary honeycomb fired body is fixed by applying force to the end face of the at least one secondary honeycomb fired body. The primary honeycomb fired body is placed on the placing position with the position of the end face of the at least one secondary honeycomb fired body being fixed. The fixing further includes first positioning or second positioning based on a number of the at least one secondary honeycomb fired body before the fixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kanai, Yuu Yamakawa, Masaya Sato