Patents by Inventor Mitsuaki Watanabe

Mitsuaki 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).

  • Patent number: 11775081
    Abstract: The information processing device includes at least one processor which executes a first relaying process for obtaining sensor data transmitted from each of sensors included in a sensor group and providing the sensor data thus obtained to main equipment, a second relaying process for obtaining accessory equipment data transmitted from each of pieces of accessory equipment included in an accessory equipment group and providing the accessory equipment data thus obtained to the main equipment, and a displaying process for causing a display device to display at least any of the sensor data obtained in the first relaying process, information obtained from the sensor data, the accessory equipment data obtained in the second relaying process, and information obtained from the accessory equipment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nakazawa, Takahiro Naito, Mitsuaki Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Naoya Sogo
  • Publication number: 20220236812
    Abstract: The information processing device includes at least one processor which executes a first relaying process for obtaining sensor data transmitted from each of sensors included in a sensor group and providing the sensor data thus obtained to main equipment, a second relaying process for obtaining accessory equipment data transmitted from each of pieces of accessory equipment included in an accessory equipment group and providing the accessory equipment data thus obtained to the main equipment, and a displaying process for causing a display device to display at least any of the sensor data obtained in the first relaying process, information obtained from the sensor data, the accessory equipment data obtained in the second relaying process, and information obtained from the accessory equipment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya NAKAZAWA, Takahiro NAITO, Mitsuaki WATANABE, Tomoyoshi KAWAGUCHI, Naoya SOGO
  • Publication number: 20220236865
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including at least one processor, the at least one processor executing a first obtaining process for obtaining accessory equipment data transmitted from each of pieces of accessory equipment included in an accessory equipment group, a first converting process for converting the accessory equipment data, which has been obtained in the first obtaining process, into a particular format, and a first providing process for providing, to main equipment, the accessory equipment data whose format has been converted in the first converting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya NAKAZAWA, Takahiro NAITO, Mitsuaki WATANABE, Tomoyoshi KAWAGUCHI, Naoya SOGO
  • Publication number: 20220236713
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including at least one processor which executes an obtaining process for obtaining sensor data transmitted from each of sensors included in a sensor group, a converting process for converting the sensor data, which has been obtained in the obtaining process, into a particular format, and a providing process for providing, to main equipment, the sensor data whose format has been converted in the converting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya NAKAZAWA, Takahiro NAITO, Mitsuaki WATANABE, Tomoyoshi KAWAGUCHI, Naoya SOGO
  • Patent number: 9531910
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions including first generating processing, first determination processing, second determination processing, second generating processing, and third determination processing for a terminal device with a camera. The first generating processing generates extracted image data from captured image data acquired by the camera. The first determination processing determines representative luminance values respectively representing luminances of the extracted image data. The second determination processing determines luminance correction values with respect to each of the plurality of extracted image data, based on a reference luminance value and the representative luminance values. The second generating processing generates composite image data from the extracted image data. The luminance of each extracted image data has been corrected using the luminance correction values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9158666
    Abstract: If simultaneous replacement main system and standby system of a management module was necessary due to a failure, fault or other problem in a structure containing redundant management modules, then the management information retained in the management module will be lost. A computer system contains an external storage device that is outside the manager module. This external storage device stores the same information as the management information held by the main system management module, and after replacing the management modules the management information held in the external storage device is restored in the management module. A switch is further included between the external storage device and the management module, and controlling this switch from the management module allows the plurality of management modules to exclusively access the external memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Kawamata, Takeshi Fukue, Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150281476
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions including first generating processing, first determination processing, second determination processing, second generating processing, and third determination processing for a terminal device with a camera. The first generating processing generates extracted image data from captured image data acquired by the camera. The first determination processing determines representative luminance values respectively representing luminances of the extracted image data. The second determination processing determines luminance correction values with respect to each of the plurality of extracted image data, based on a reference luminance value and the representative luminance values. The second generating processing generates composite image data from the extracted image data. The luminance of each extracted image data has been corrected using the luminance correction values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9142223
    Abstract: A sound process apparatus includes a processor. The processor may execute instructions, which are stored on a memory, and when executed cause the sound process apparatus to perform operations. An obtaining operation may obtain sound data in a remote site. A first determining operation may determine volume levels of voice and noise in the remote site based on the sound data. A second determining operation may determine a volume level of noise in a local site based on the sound in the local site. A third determining operation may determine a target volume level based on the volume level of the voice in the remote site, the volume level of the noise in the remote site, and the volume level of the noise in the local site. A notifying operation may notify a user of the target volume level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8819319
    Abstract: A PCI card's HBA identifier table held in an IODC in an IO slot expansion unit is read and recorded on a PCIe switch register of a PCIe switch. After a server blade is powered on so that an EFI is activated, the EFI reads the HBA identifier table recorded on the PCIe switch register and updates an HBA identifier of an HBA mounted in each PCI card. The HBA mounted in the PCI card operates with the updated HBA identifier of the PCI card. Thus, even when the PCI card is replaced by a new PCI card because of failure or the like, the new PCI card can operate with the same HBA identifier as that before the replacement. Therefore, a user does not have to register the HBA identifier of the PCI card newly in a device connected to the PCI card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Shirai, Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8706284
    Abstract: A diagnostic system to diagnose a pressure profile of a molding machine M in an operating state is disclosed. The pressure profile of the molding machine M in the operating state is measured with a pressure sensor of a measurement system 3. In a diagnostic system A, a database is formed such that a reference pressure profile and the actual pressure profile selected according to a mold to be made are preserved therein. The diagnostic system A compares the reference pressure profile to the actual pressure profile in the database to determine whether the actual pressure profile is within a predetermined tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130085749
    Abstract: A sound process apparatus includes a processor. The processor may execute instructions, which are stored on a memory, and when executed cause the sound process apparatus to perform operations. An obtaining operation may obtain sound data in a remote site. A first determining operation may determine volume levels of voice and noise in the remote site based on the sound data. A second determining operation may determine a volume level of noise in a local site based on the sound in the local site. A third determining operation may determine a target volume level based on the volume level of the voice in the remote site, the volume level of the noise in the remote site, and the volume level of the noise in the local site. A notifying operation may notify a user of the target volume level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8341390
    Abstract: In a computer system including a server having a BIOS and a management module, the server includes therein a memory area and a server controller, and the management module includes therein a backup memory area and a management-module controller. When the BIOS changes the BIOS setting, the BIOS stores the BIOS setting into both of the memory area and the backup memory area by way of the server controller and the management-module controller. Here, the management module operates independently of the server. Accordingly, when a BIOS-setting read request is issued from the outside, the management-module controller makes the response to the request source by reading the data stored into the backup memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120185634
    Abstract: A PCI card's HBA identifier table held in an IODC in an IO slot expansion unit is read and recorded on a PCIe switch register of a PCIe switch. After a server blade is powered on so that an EFI is activated, the EFI reads the HBA identifier table recorded on the PCIe switch register and updates an HBA identifier of an HBA mounted in each PCI card. The HBA mounted in the PCI card operates with the updated HBA identifier of the PCI card. Thus, even when the PCI card is replaced by a new PCI card because of failure or the like, the new PCI card can operate with the same HBA identifier as that before the replacement. Therefore, a user does not have to register the HBA identifier of the PCI card newly in a device connected to the PCI card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Shirai, Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8007983
    Abstract: The photosensitive resin composition of the invention is characterized by comprising (A) a binder polymer, (B) a photopolymerizing compound with at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated bond in the molecule, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) a compound represented by the following general formula (1). In formula (1), R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen or a compound of the following general formula (2). In general formula (2), R5 represents a C4-30 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100248162
    Abstract: The photosensitive resin composition of the invention is characterized by comprising (A) a binder polymer, (B) a photopolymerizing compound with at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated bond in the molecule, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) a compound represented by the following general formula (1). In formula (1), R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen or a compound of the following general formula (2). In general formula (2), R5 represents a C4-30 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100250910
    Abstract: In a computer system including a server having a BIOS and a management module, the server includes therein a memory area and a server controller, and the management module includes therein a backup memory area and a management-module controller. When the BIOS changes the BIOS setting, the BIOS stores the BIOS setting into both of the memory area and the backup memory area by way of the server controller and the management-module controller. Here, the management module operates independently of the server. Accordingly, when a BIOS-setting read request is issued from the outside, the management-module controller makes the response to the request source by reading the data stored into the backup memory area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Mitsuaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20100241266
    Abstract: A diagnostic system to diagnose a pressure profile of a molding machine M in an operating state is disclosed. The pressure profile of the molding machine M in the operating state is measured with a pressure sensor of a measurement system 3. In a diagnostic system A, a database is formed such that a reference pressure profile and the actual pressure profile selected according to a mold to be made are preserved therein. The diagnostic system A compares the reference pressure profile to the actual pressure profile in the database to determine whether the actual pressure profile is within a predetermined tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7515066
    Abstract: In an apparatus for providing information about a vehicle's surroundings, if failure in a sensor occurs, a warning fault calculating unit registers “fault” in the entry of a warning type influenced by the failure in the sensor and generates a message warning that an operation fault has occurred in the warning type due to the failure. A warning generating unit determines whether the vehicle is in a state in which a warning the warning type should be generated on the basis of sensor information received from a sensor information processing unit. If the warning should be generated, the warning generating unit transmits a warning of the warning type to a warning output control unit. The warning generating unit does not transmit a warning of the warning type if the fault status of the warning type is “fault”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7386650
    Abstract: A memory test circuit receives test pattern data from a processing unit having a first data width, expands the test pattern to a second data width greater than the first data width, and writes the expanded test pattern data into a memory having the second data width, thereby avoiding the need for extra write cycles when a processing unit tests a memory having a greater data width. The test pattern data may be expanded by, for example, copying a specific bit to multiple bit positions, inverting a specific bit and copying the inverted bit to multiple bit positions, or performing arithmetic operations that generate a test pattern similar to the test pattern received from the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Oki Electric Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20070172756
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a binder polymer, (B) a photopolymerizing compound with at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated group in the molecule and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein component (B) contains a compound represented by the following general formula (2). (wherein the three R1 groups each independently represent hydrogen or methyl, the three X groups each independently represent C2-6 alkylene and i, j and k each independently represent an integer of 1-14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Chikara Ishikawa, Mitsuaki Watanabe, Naoki Sasahara