Patents by Inventor Mayu WATANABE

Mayu 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: 20260257133
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a user video game experience are described. In an example, a computer system may access game data for a video game. The game data may include video depicting game play of a user of the video game against a target opponent of the video game. The computer system may further access a video game signal associated with a video game controller that is used by the user to play the video game and that is generated during the game play. The computing system may then generate, using an AI model and based on the game data and the video game signal, evaluation data for the game play. Additionally, the computing system may generate, based on the evaluation data, at least one of an instruction for controlling the video game controller and a minigame for facilitating a practice match against the target opponent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Alex Song, Daniel Hiatt, Mayu Watanabe, Chris Thielbar
  • Publication number: 20260253771
    Abstract: An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes: a soft magnetic powder formed of an Fe—Si—B—C-based amorphous alloy soft magnetic material; and an insulating coating that coats a surface of the soft magnetic powder and contains a phosphate-based glass; wherein the average particle diameter is 15.0 ?m or more and 40.0 ?m or less; the phosphate-based glass is a glass containing phosphorus oxide as a main component and containing Li; and the ratio Li/P of the content of Li to the content of P quantified by an elemental analysis method is 0.01 or more and 0.20 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260253769
    Abstract: An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes: a soft magnetic powder formed of an Fe—Si—B—C-based amorphous alloy soft magnetic material; and an insulating coating that coats a surface of the soft magnetic powder and contains a phosphate-based glass; wherein the average particle diameter is 1.0 ?m or more and less than 15.0 ?m; the phosphate-based glass is a glass containing phosphorus oxide as a main component and containing Li; and the ratio Li/P of the content of Li to the content of P quantified by an elemental analysis method is 0.01 or more and 0.20 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260117355
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder includes: impurities; and a composition represented by a composition formula Fea(Si1-xBx)bCcSd represented by an atomic ratio, where a is 100?b?c?d. In addition, b, c, d, and x are 16.0?b?22.0, 0<c?4.0, 0.001?d?0.080, and 0.5?x?0.9. In a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution obtained using a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measurement device, when D50 is a particle diameter at which a cumulative frequency is 50% from a small diameter side, the particle diameter D50 is 22.0 ?m or more and 32.0 ?m or less, hollow particles are contained, and a number ratio of the hollow particles is 3% or more and 22% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Kohei KASAI, Mayu WATANABE, Shiho KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20260117350
    Abstract: A nanocrystalline alloy soft magnetic powder contains: impurities; and a composition represented by a composition formula FeaCubNbc(Si1-x(B1-yCry)x)100-a-b-c-dSd represented by an atomic ratio, where a, b, c, d, x, and y satisfy 75.5?a?79.5, 0.3?b?2.0, 2.0?c?4.0, 0.001?d?0.080, 0.55?x?0.91, and 0?y?0.185. The nanocrystalline alloy soft magnetic powder has crystal grains having a crystallite diameter of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less, a particle diameter D10 is 7.0 ?m or more and 15.0 ?m or less, and a particle diameter D50 is 22.0 ?m or more and 32.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Kohei KASAI, Mayu WATANABE, Shiho KAWAHARA
  • Patent number: 12553116
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder has a composition represented by (FexCo1?x)100?(a+b)(SiyB1?y)aMb, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of C, S, P, Sn, Mo, Cu, and Nb, and x, y, a, and b satisfy 0.73?x?0.85, 0.02?y?0.10, 13.0?a?19.0, and 0?b?2.0. A Si—K absorption edge XANES spectrum obtained when performing an XAFS measurement on particles has a peak A present in a range of 1842±1 eV, a peak B present in a range of 1845±1 eV, and a peak C present in a range of 1848±1 eV. An intensity ratio A/C is 0.40 or less, and an intensity ratio B/C is 0.60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayu Watanabe, Takuma Enomoto, Kai Kitamura, Junya Abe, Atsushi Nakamura, Masayuki Omoto, Ichiro Asaoka
  • Publication number: 20250303467
    Abstract: A method for producing an amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder includes: a powder production step of producing an amorphous alloy powder that has an average particle diameter of 3.0 ?m or more and 40.0 ?m or less and that is formed of impurities and a composition represented by a composition formula (Fe1-xCrx)a(Si1-yBy)100-a-bCb; and a heat treatment step of subjecting the amorphous alloy powder to a heat treatment at a temperature of 400° C. or higher and 540° C. or lower to produce an amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder that has volume resistivity of 7.0×10?2 [?·cm] or less when the amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder is pressurized under a pressure of 63.7 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250299855
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder includes: impurities and a composition represented by a composition formula FexCuaNbb(Si1-y(B1-zCrz)y)100-x-a-b [a, b, x, y, and z satisfy 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, 75.5?x?79.5, 0.55?y?0.91, and 0.015?z?0.185]. The soft magnetic powder has an average particle diameter of 5.0 ?m or more and 45.0 ?m or less, and has a crystallite diameter of 5.0 nm or more and 20.0 nm or less, as measured by an X-ray diffraction method, and a reduction rate d of permeability is 3.0% or less, as represented by the following equation: d = ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" ? 1 - ? 100 ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" / ? 1 × 100 in the above equation, ?1 is permeability measured at a frequency of 1 MHz, and ?100 is permeability measured at a frequency of 100 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Takayuki MURAI, Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250232900
    Abstract: A method for producing a soft magnetic alloy powder includes: a step of producing an amorphous alloy powder that has an average particle diameter of 10.0 ?m or more and 45.0 ?m or less and that is formed of a composition represented by a composition formula FexCuaNbb (Si1-yBy)100-x-a-b, where 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, and 72.5?x<75.5 are satisfied, and y is a number that satisfies f(x)?y?0.99, and f(x)=(4×10?34)x17.56; and a step of heating at a temperature of 500° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower to produce a soft magnetic alloy powder containing 30 vol % or more of crystal grains having a crystal grain size of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less, and volume resistivity of a green compact is 10.0×10?3 [?·cm] or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250232901
    Abstract: A method for producing a soft magnetic alloy powder includes: a step of producing an amorphous alloy powder that has an average particle diameter of 10.0 ?m or more and 45.0 ?m or less and that is formed of impurities and a composition represented by a composition formula FexCuaNbb (Si1-y (B1-zCrz)y)100-x-a-b, where 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, 75.5?x?79.5, 0.55?y?0.91, and 0.015?z?0.185 are satisfied; and a step of heating at a temperature of 420° C. or higher and 620° C. or lower to produce a soft magnetic alloy powder, and a crystal grain size is 5.0 nm or more and 20.0 nm or less, as measured by an X-ray diffraction method, and volume resistivity of the green compact is 9.0×10?3 [?·cm] or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250163556
    Abstract: A method for producing an amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder, includes: producing an amorphous alloy powder that has an average particle diameter of 3.0 ?m or more and 40.0 ?m or less and that is formed of impurities and a composition represented by Fea(Si1-xBx)bCc, where 76.0?a?81.0, 16.0?b?22.0, 0<c?3.0, and 0.5?x?0.9; and performing a heat treatment of heating at 370° C. or higher and 460° C. or lower. When the amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder is pressurized at a pressure of 63.7 MPa to produce a green compact having a mass of 7.0 g, volume resistivity is 3.7×10?2 [?·cm] or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250029758
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder has a composition represented by FexCuaNbb(Si1-y(B1-zCrz)y)100-x-a-b [where a, b, x, y, and z satisfy 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, 75.5?x?79.5, 0.55?y?0.91, and 0.015?z?0.185], and includes an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase, wherein defining a content of Cr determined by OES as X(Cr), and a content of Cr and a content of B in the amorphous phase determined by EDX as Y(Cr) and Y(B), the formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: X ? ( Cr ) < Y ? ( Cr ) ? X ? ( Cr ) + 1. ( 1 ) 3. ? Y ? ( B ) ? 15. .
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Mayu WATANABE, Mitsutaka INUI
  • Patent number: 12170160
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains a particle having a composition represented by FexCuaNbb(Si1-yBy)100-x-a-b, and 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, and 75.5?x?79.5, and y is a number satisfying f(x)?y?0.99, and f(x)=(4×10?34)x17.56. The particle includes a crystal grain having a grain size of 1 nm to 30 nm, a Cu segregation portion, and a crystal grain boundary. A content proportion of the crystal grain is 30% or more. When the Cu segregation portion positioned in a surface layer portion and having a grain size of 2 nm to 10 nm is referred to as a first Cu segregation portion, and the Cu segregation portion positioned in an inner portion and having a grain size of 2 nm to 7 nm is referred to as a second Cu segregation portion, a number proportion of the first Cu segregation portion is 80% or more, a number proportion of the second Cu segregation portion is 80% or more, and the number of the second Cu segregation portion is twice or more the number of the first Cu segregation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayu Watanabe, Mitsutaka Inui
  • Patent number: 12168821
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains a particle having a composition represented by FexCuaNbb(Si1-yBy)100-x-a-b, and 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, and 72.5?x?75.5, and y is a number satisfying f(x)?y?0.99, and f(x)=(4×10?34)x17.56. The particle includes a crystal grain having a grain size of 1.0 nm to 30.0 nm, a Cu segregation portion, and a crystal grain boundary. A content proportion of the crystal grain is 30% or more. When the Cu segregation portion positioned in a surface layer portion and having a grain size of 1.0 nm to 5.0 nm is referred to as a first Cu segregation portion, and the Cu segregation portion positioned in an inner portion and having a grain size of 3.0 nm to 10.0 nm is referred to as a second Cu segregation portion, a number proportion of the first Cu segregation portion is 80% or more, and a number proportion of the second Cu segregation portion is 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayu Watanabe, Mitsutaka Inui
  • Publication number: 20240278316
    Abstract: Amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder includes a composition expressed by a composition formula in atomic ratio (FexCo1-x)100?(a+b)(SiyB1-y)aMb, where M is at least one type selected from the group consisting of C, S, P, Sn, Mo, Cu, and Nb, 0.73?x?0.85, 0.02?y?0.10, 13.0?a?19.0, and 0?b?2.0; and impurities. The amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder has an average circularity of 0.85 or more, an average aspect ratio of 1.20 or less, and an average particle size of 10 ?m or more and 40 ?m or less. In the amorphous alloy soft magnetic powder, a rate of decrease D in magnetic permeability accompanying an increase in frequency is 15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240186038
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains a composition represented by a composition formula FexCuaNbb(Si1-y(B1-zCrz)y)100-x-a-b in terms of atomic ratio [in which a, b, x, y, and z satisfy 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, 75.5?x?79.5, 0.55?y?0.91, and 0.015?z?0.185], and impurities. A crystallite diameter measured by X-ray diffractometry is 6.0 nm or more and 13.0 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Mayu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11961646
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder including particles having a composition represented by FexCuaNbb(Si1-yBy)100-x-a-b [provided that a, b, and x are each a number whose unit is at % and satisfy 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, and 73.0?x?79.5, respectively, and y is a number satisfying f(x)?y?0.99, in which f(x)=(4×10?34)x17.56], wherein the particle contains a crystal grain having a grain diameter of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less, and includes a Cu segregated portion in which Cu is segregated, the Cu segregated portion is present at a position deeper than 30 nm from a surface of the particle, and a maximum Cu concentration in the Cu segregated portion exceeds 6.0 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mayu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11894168
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder has a composition represented by Fe100-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-hCuaSibBcMdM?eXfAlgTih (at %) (wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and the like, M? is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V and the like, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of C and the like, and a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h satisfy the following formulae: 0.1?a?3, 0<b?30, 0<c?25, 5?b+c?30, 0.1?d?30, 0?e?10, 0?f?10, 0.002?g?0.032, and 0?h?0.038), wherein a crystalline structure having a particle diameter of 1 to 30 nm is contained in an amount of 40 vol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuko Kudo, Mayu Watanabe, Hiroyoshi Otaka
  • Publication number: 20230235433
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains a particle having a composition represented by FexCuaNbb(Si1-yBy)100-x-a-b, and 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, and 72.5?x?75.5, and y is a number satisfying f(x)?y?0.99, and f(x)=(4×10?34)×17.56. The particle includes a crystal grain having a grain size of 1.0 nm to 30.0 nm, a Cu segregation portion, and a crystal grain boundary. A content proportion of the crystal grain is 30% or more. When the Cu segregation portion positioned in a surface layer portion and having a grain size of 1.0 nm to 5.0 nm is referred to as a first Cu segregation portion, and the Cu segregation portion positioned in an inner portion and having a grain size of 3.0 nm to 10.0 nm is referred to as a second Cu segregation portion, a number proportion of the first Cu segregation portion is 80% or more, and a number proportion of the second Cu segregation portion is 80% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mayu WATANABE, Mitsutaka INUI
  • Publication number: 20230238162
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains a particle having a composition represented by FexCuaNbb(Si1-yBy)100-x-a-b, and 0.3?a?2.0, 2.0?b?4.0, and 75.5?x?79.5, and y is a number satisfying f(x)?y?0.99, and f(x)=(4×10?34) x17.56. The particle includes a crystal grain having a grain size of 1 nm to 30 nm, a Cu segregation portion, and a crystal grain boundary. A content proportion of the crystal grain is 30% or more. When the Cu segregation portion positioned in a surface layer portion and having a grain size of 2 nm to 10 nm is referred to as a first Cu segregation portion, and the Cu segregation portion positioned in an inner portion and having a grain size of 2 nm to 7 nm is referred to as a second Cu segregation portion, a number proportion of the first Cu segregation portion is 80% or more, a number proportion of the second Cu segregation portion is 80% or more, and the number of the second Cu segregation portion is twice or more the number of the first Cu segregation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mayu WATANABE, Mitsutaka INUI