Patents by Inventor Naoki Saito

Naoki Saito 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: 10900820
    Abstract: An air flow rate measurement device capable of suppressing disturbance of a flow of measured gas and reducing a characteristic influence due to water droplets flowing with intake air is realized. An edge 800 of the upstream side where air flows in a circuit board 400 on which a flow rate detection portion 602 is mounted is provided with a segmentation portion 801 to be a semicircular notch structure to segment the edge 800. Water droplets flowing with measured gas 30 can be captured by the segmentation portion 801 to inhibit the water droplets from arriving at the flow rate detection portion 602.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Naoki Saito, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takahiro Miki
  • Publication number: 20210003209
    Abstract: An oil supply device has: a first hydraulic pump driven by power transmitted through a power transmission path; a second hydraulic pump driven by a second driving force source independent from the power transmission path; and a hydraulic circuit. In a specific state in which a first forward speed is formed by oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump being supplied to a hydraulic drive portion, when a failure occurs in which a discharge pressure of the second hydraulic pump is decreased, a state of the hydraulic circuit is switched from a first state in which oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump is supplied to the hydraulic drive portion to a second state in which oil discharged from the first hydraulic pump is supplied to the hydraulic drive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SAITO, Aito IDE
  • Publication number: 20210003196
    Abstract: An oil supply device has: a first hydraulic pump driven by power transmitted through a power transmission path; a second hydraulic pump driven by a second driving force source independent from the power transmission path; a first supply oil passage that supplies oil discharged by the first hydraulic pump to a lubrication required part of a transmission; and a second supply oil passage that supplies oil discharged by the second hydraulic pump to a hydraulic drive portion of a specific engagement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SAITO, Aito IDE, Takeshi TORII, Takuro IWASE
  • Publication number: 20200363605
    Abstract: A lens apparatus attachable to an imaging apparatus via an accessory, the lens apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire first power information indicating power available for the accessory, a determiner configured to determine second power information indicating power available for the lens apparatus based on the first power information, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the imaging apparatus, the second power information or power information relating to the first power information and the second power information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20200326218
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal flowmeter enabling a measurement error while fluid is pulsating, to fall below that of a conventional one. The thermal flowmeter includes a sub-passage configured to take in part of the fluid flowing in a main passage; and a flow-amount measuring unit disposed in the sub-passage. The sub-passage has a first passage provided on a measurement face side of the flow-amount measuring unit; a second passage provided on a back face side of the flow-amount measuring unit; and a slope passage provided on a downstream side in a forward direction of the fluid in the second passage with respect to an outlet of the second passage. The slope passage has a first slope face on a first passage side with respect to the flow-amount measuring unit, the first slope face sloping from a second passage side to the first passage side with respect to the forward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masashi FUKAYA, Shinobu TASHIRO, Akira UENODAN, Naoki SAITO, Tomoaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200314324
    Abstract: In a lens apparatus, a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal. The terminals on the accessory correspond to terminals on an imaging apparatus where a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Yasuyuki Watazawa, Naoto Fujihashi
  • Patent number: 10768033
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to obtain a thermal flowmeter which effectively causes water droplets to be directed to a discharge port when the water droplets adhered to a wall surface of a first passage are drawn into a third passage portion. A thermal flowmeter of the present invention includes a sub-passage that takes a measurement gas flowing through a main passage; and a flow detection unit that measures a flow rate of the measurement gas by performing heat transfer with the measurement gas flowing through a sub-passage. Further, the sub-passage includes a first passage, a second passage portion branching in the middle of the first passage portion to be directed toward the flow detection unit; and a third passage portion branching in the middle of the second passage portion to be directed toward a third outlet, and a pressure loss generation means is provided between a third inlet and the third outlet of the third passage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Saito, Shinobu Tashiro, Naoki Saito, Masashi Fukaya, Akira Uenodan
  • Patent number: 10771670
    Abstract: In a lens apparatus, a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal. The terminals on the accessory correspond to terminals on an imaging apparatus where a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Yasuyuki Watazawa, Naoto Fujihashi
  • Patent number: 10753358
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes an oil pump disposed between a hydraulic controller and a strainer. The oil pump includes a rotor (3) and a housing provided with a rotor chamber housing the rotor (3). Rotation of the rotor (3) causes oil to be sucked into an oil chamber (c1) defined by the rotor (3), and the oil is pressurized and discharged therefrom. The housing is provided with a first oil passage (71) through which oil sucked from a reservoir through the strainer flows toward the oil chamber, and a second oil passage (72) through which oil refluxed from the hydraulic controller flows toward the oil chamber. The second oil passage (72) includes a curved oil passage curved along the rotor (3) and is disposed such that the oil refluxed from the hydraulic controller flows in a rotation direction of the rotor (3) through the curved oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Takeshi Torii, Atsushi Chujo
  • Patent number: 10746296
    Abstract: A shift device of a transmission includes: a cylindrical or columnar shift cam that is formed, at an outer circumferential surface of the shift cam, with a cam groove for operating a shift fork; a drive plate that oscillates by rotation of a shift pedal shaft; a shift cam plate that is fixed to one end portion of the shift cam and rotates the shift cam according to the oscillation of the drive plate; a shift cam sensor that detects a rotation angle of the shift cam; and a transmission shaft that transmits the rotation of the shift cam to the shift cam sensor, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 10718647
    Abstract: A thermal flowmeter includes: a sub-passage (307) that takes a part of a gas (30) to be measured flowing through a main passage; and a flow measurement unit (451) disposed inside the sub-passage (307). The sub-passage (307) includes: a first passage (351) provided on a measurement surface (451a) side of the flow measurement unit (451); a second passage (352) provided on a back surface (451b) side of the flow measurement unit (451); and an inclined passage (361) provided on an upstream side of an inlet (351a) of the first passage in a forward flow direction F of the gas (30) to be measured in the first passage (351).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Uenodan, Tomoaki Saito, Naoki Saito, Masashi Fukaya, Shinobu Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20200196017
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a user information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on presence of one or more users who are using same content as output content, a user position decision unit configured to decide display positions of the presence of the users with the information on the presence of the users acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to exert control to display the information on the presence of the users on the basis of the display positions decided by the user position decision unit in a manner that the users appear to be using the content together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: REIKO MIYAZAKI, TAKAYUKI KANEKO, YUKIHITO ONO, NAOKI SAITO, SEIJI SUZUKI, OSAMU SHIGETA
  • Patent number: 10674220
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a user information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on presence of one or more users who are using same content as output content, a user position decision unit configured to decide display positions of the presence of the users with the information on the presence of the users acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to exert control to display the information on the presence of the users on the basis of the display positions decided by the user position decision unit in a manner that the users appear to be using the content together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Takayuki Kaneko, Yukihito Ono, Naoki Saito, Seiji Suzuki, Osamu Shigeta
  • Patent number: 10670439
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a thermal flowmeter that prevents a backflow generated from a trailing vortex downstream of the thermal flowmeter from inhibiting a flow flowing out from a dust discharge port. An opening surface of a dust discharge port is formed in a position that is displaced at least with respect to the direction of a backflow of air resulting from a trailing vortex generated as a result of the flow of air at a lower end surface in which the dust discharge port is formed. The main flow in an intake pipe flows from an upstream side to a downstream side, it is possible to avoid the flow from the dust discharge port opposing head-on a backflow from a trailing vortex on the lower end surface side, and suppress a reduction in the dust discharging effect and a worsening of mass flow rate measurement errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Fukaya, Shinobu Tashiro, Akira Uenodan, Tomoaki Saito, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 10656504
    Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus on which, and from which, an accessory is mountable and dismountable by relative rotation in a circumferential direction. The image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction of a mount and configured to be used in electrical connection, and a terminal holder. Each of the plurality of terminals is electrically connected to a corresponding terminal of the accessory. A first terminal of the terminals used in communication at a first voltage level and a second terminal of the terminals used in communication at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level are disposed on the same stage of the terminal holder. The second terminal is a terminal connected to ground via a first resistor. The first terminal is disposed adjacent to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Fujihashi, Yasuyuki Watazawa, Hitoshi Yasuda, Suguru Tsukamoto, Naoki Saito, Fuya Mizuochi, Toru Ohara
  • Patent number: 10641630
    Abstract: The purpose is to enhance the measurement stability of a flow rate detection unit in a physical quantity detection device by branching an auxiliary passage in which the flow rate detection unit is disposed into first to third passages and providing the third flow passage at an upstream part of the second flow passage. A physical quantity detection device has a circuit board provided with at least one detection unit for detecting the physical quantity of a gas flowing through a main passage and a circuit unit for computational processing of the physical quantity detected by the detection unit, a housing for accommodating the circuit board, a cover fixed to the housing, and an auxiliary passage formed by both the housing and cover that is configured to branch passages from a first passage to a third passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Miki, Hiroaki Hoshika, Naoki Saito, Takayuki Yogo, Takeo Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20200122950
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention has: an apparatus main body whose external appearance is configured from an upper casing, a lower casing, and a link casing that vertically links the upper casing and the lower casing and that has a paper discharge opening for discharging paper on one side face; a paper discharge portion that is formed as a space between the upper casing and the lower casing and that is to store paper discharged from the paper discharge opening; and an operation panel portion that is disposed in a vertically tiltable manner on a front face of the upper casing. When viewing the apparatus main body from the front side, an open space that allows paper discharged to the paper discharge portion to be viewed is provided between the operation panel portion and the link casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro KAWANO, Takashi MATSUDA, Naoki SAITO, Kenji OHTA
  • Patent number: 10620509
    Abstract: A lens apparatus is mounted to a camera body by moving in a first direction as to the camera body. The camera body has a DGND terminal and multiple electric contacts, used for communication with an accessory mounted thereto, that are arrayed in order in a first direction. Contact portions of the multiple electric contacts at the lens apparatus include contact portions that are lower from an accessory-side contact holding member than a contact portion of the DGND terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20200097465
    Abstract: Optimal information in consideration with time series environmental factors is provided to users. The information processing apparatus includes a retrieve module configured to retrieve environmental information indicating an ultraviolet ray exposure amount indicating an amount of ultraviolet rays exposed to a user, a temperature of an environment where the user stays, and a humidity of the environment where the user stays, a present module configured to present first information relating to the skin condition of the user based on the environmental information, and a present module configured to present second information relating to the skin condition of the user based on environmental log information including a plurality of environmental information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro MORI, Naoki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200084969
    Abstract: A harvesting machine including: a harvesting part 4 that is provided forward of a machine body, and harvests crops in a farm field; and a plurality of crop sensors that are provided in the harvesting part at intervals in a left-right direction, and detect the presence of crops upon coming into contact with the crops. The harvesting machine may also include: a harvesting width detector that detects a harvesting width corresponding to crops harvested through harvesting work that has actually been performed, included in a workable width within which harvesting work can be performed by the harvesting part 4; and a travel transmission unit that changes the travel speed of the machine body. The harvesting machine may also include a speed controller that shifts the travel transmission unit to a lower speed as the harvesting width increases, and shifts the travel transmission unit to a higher speed as the harvesting width decreases, based on the result of detection performed by the harvesting width detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Sotaro Hayashi, Mao Kitahara, Takashi Nakabayashi, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Shoma Deguchi, Sadanori Hida, Kazuhiro Takahara, Naoki Saito, Masayuki Horiuchi