Patents by Inventor Naoko Matsumoto

Naoko Matsumoto 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: 20240109459
    Abstract: A seat cushion is formed integrally by a body pad portion, an outer peripheral edge portion, and a connection portion. The outer peripheral edge portion protrudes toward a floor panel from the outer peripheral edge portion in a plan view and contacts a floor panel at its lower face. The connection portion is provided to protrude toward the floor panel at a portion which is separated from a front-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion and a rear-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion, respectively. The connection portion connects the floor panel and the body pad portion. A portion between the front-side part and the rear-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction is a separation portion where a lower face of the seat cushion faces an upper face of the floor panel with a gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUMOTO, Miho KURATA, Sakayu TERADA, Daisuke YAMADA, Yuki HANAZAWA, Naoko MOTOYOSHI, Aoi FUJIMOTO, Junsuke INOUE, Takashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240041165
    Abstract: A measurement device for shoe fitting evaluation is disclosed. The measurement device for shoe fitting evaluation includes a last insertable into a shoe, a pressure measurement unit configured to measure a wearing pressure on a top surface of a foot of the last, and a gap measurement unit configured to measure a gap between an end portion of the last and an end portion of the shoe. The last includes a main body portion and a variable portion. The variable portion is changeable in its shape, its weight, or its position with respect to the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken KISHIMOTO, Naoko MATSUMOTO, Aya YOSHIMURA, Kei KANEMATSU
  • Patent number: 10745296
    Abstract: A fluid processing apparatus includes: a casing having a fluid inlet pipe and a fluid outlet pipe; multiple rectifying plates with holes in parallel with each other provided within the casing on a side of the fluid inlet pipe, the rectifying plates being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the casing; and a light source for irradiating fluid passing from the fluid inlet pipe through the casing to the fluid outlet pipe with ultraviolet rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Junji Matsuda, Naoko Matsumoto, Tomoaki Kodama
  • Patent number: 10746371
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp having a novel structure includes: a light source configured to emit light from a semiconductor light-emitting element along an optical path; a light distribution control device disposed on the optical path of the light emitted from the light source; and a blower fan configured to generate an airflow while the light source and the light distribution control device are disposed downwind of the blower fan, and blow air to the light source and the light distribution control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Matsumoto, Hiroaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190383458
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp having a novel structure includes: a light source configured to emit light from a semiconductor light-emitting element along an optical path; a light distribution control device disposed on the optical path of the light emitted from the light source; and a blower fan configured to generate an airflow while the light source and the light distribution control device are disposed downwind of the blower fan, and blow air to the light source and the light distribution control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Naoko Matsumoto, Hiroaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190256379
    Abstract: A fluid processing apparatus includes: a casing having a fluid inlet pipe and a fluid outlet pipe; multiple rectifying plates with holes in parallel with each other provided within the casing on a side of the fluid inlet pipe, the rectifying plates being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the casing; and a light source for irradiating fluid passing from the fluid inlet pipe through the casing to the fluid outlet pipe with ultraviolet rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Junji Matsuda, Naoko Matsumoto, Tomoaki Kodama
  • Patent number: 10359170
    Abstract: The lamp fitting for a vehicle includes a plurality of laser light sources, and laser light from the plurality of laser light sources is introduced into a plurality of optical systems, and is used in the plurality of optical systems. The lamp fitting for a vehicle includes: a plurality of laser light sources; one or more optical fibers; one or more optical systems which are provided in conformity with the one or more optical fibers and to which a corresponding emission end of the optical fiber among the one or more optical fibers is connected; and a plurality of optical elements which are disposed between the laser light sources and an incident end of the one or more optical fibers, and constitute an optical path guiding laser light from at least one of the laser light sources to the incident end of the one or more optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Akisada, Naoko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9978922
    Abstract: A heat sink can include a fin using graphite, and a base with a high heat dissipation film formed on its surface to be provided with a high heat dissipation performance. The heat sink can include a base made of metal and a fin fixed to the base. The fin can include a graphite sheet. The base has a surface coated with a film having a higher heat dissipation property than that of the metal constituting the base. The film of the base is removed from at least the region where the fin is fixed, so that the fin is fixed to the metal constituting the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170117451
    Abstract: A heat sink can include a fin using graphite, and a base with a high heat dissipation film formed on its surface to be provided with a high heat dissipation performance. The heat sink can include a base made of metal and a fin fixed to the base. The fin can include a graphite sheet. The base has a surface coated with a film having a higher heat dissipation property than that of the metal constituting the base. The film of the base is removed from at least the region where the fin is fixed, so that the fin is fixed to the metal constituting the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Naoko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170097134
    Abstract: The lamp fitting for a vehicle includes a plurality of laser light sources, and laser light from the plurality of laser light sources is introduced into a plurality of optical systems, and is used in the plurality of optical systems. The lamp fitting for a vehicle includes: a plurality of laser light sources; one or more optical fibers; one or more optical systems which are provided in conformity with the one or more optical fibers and to which a corresponding emission end of the optical fiber among the one or more optical fibers is connected; and a plurality of optical elements which are disposed between the laser light sources and an incident end of the one or more optical fibers, and constitute an optical path guiding laser light from at least one of the laser light sources to the incident end of the one or more optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Akisada, Naoko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8500559
    Abstract: A game apparatus is provided that determines an operation result based on a player's input operation with respect to an operation instruction and comprises: an operating unit that is divided into a plurality of subregions and that has at least one input region formed from some or all of the subregions; a region display pattern table 333 that, for each game difficulty level, stores a region display pattern that assigns a specific input region to each of the subregions; an input region forming unit 325 that reads out the region display pattern that accords with the game difficulty level from the storing unit and forms the input region in the operating unit based on the region display pattern that was read out; and a determining unit 324 that determines the operation result based on the operation instruction given to the player and the input region wherein the player's input operation is accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoko Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Masuda, Masanori Kono, Yoshito Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8465354
    Abstract: At a game apparatus 1 which instructs a player the time to operate a play button 5p of each operation unit 4 by moving an operation indicator 102 toward an operation criterion line 101 on a monitor 3 having a display surface 3a facing upward, while the appearance position of the operation indicator 102 being varied, the moving speed of the operation indicator 102 is calculated based on the distance from the appearance position up to the position corresponding to each operation unit 4 on the operation criterion line 101, and the access time that it takes for the operation indicator 102 to reach the operation criterion line 101. Based on the moving speed, the game apparatus varies by degrees the display position of the operation indicator 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoko Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Masuda, Masanori Kono, Yoshito Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8419516
    Abstract: A game system guides operation timing of the operating section through a monitor by displaying an operation instructing indicator corresponding to the respective operation timings and an operation reference indicator corresponding to the current time in temporal order along a predetermined path on the game, and producing a relative displacement, which is along the predetermined path and is according to the progression of the time on the game, between the operation reference indicator and the operation instructing indicator in order that the operation instructing indicator agrees with the operation reference indicator at the operation timing that should be indicated by the operation instructing indicator, and changes at least either one of a starting position and a reaching position of the predetermined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Masuda, Yoshito Fukuda, Naoko Matsumoto, Masanori Kono
  • Publication number: 20110105227
    Abstract: At a game apparatus 1 which instructs a player the time to operate a play button 5p of each operation unit 4 by moving an operation indicator 102 toward an operation criterion line 101 on a monitor 3 having a display surface 3a facing upward, while the appearance position of the operation indicator 102 being varied, the moving speed of the operation indicator 102 is calculated based on the distance from the appearance position up to the position corresponding to each operation unit 4 on the operation criterion line 101, and the access time that it takes for the operation indicator 102 to reach the operation criterion line 101. Based on the moving speed, the game apparatus varies by degrees the display position of the operation indicator 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Masuda, Masanori Kono, Yoshito Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20110034247
    Abstract: A game system guides operation timing of the operating section through a monitor by displaying an operation instructing indicator corresponding to the respective operation timings and an operation reference indicator corresponding to the current time in temporal order along a predetermined path on the game, and producing a relative displacement, which is along the predetermined path and is according to the progression of the time on the game, between the operation reference indicator and the operation instructing indicator in order that the operation instructing indicator agrees with the operation reference indicator at the operation timing that should be indicated by the operation instructing indicator, and changes at least either one of a starting position and a reaching position of the predetermined path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Masuda, Yoshito Fukuda, Naoko Matsumoto, Masanori Kono
  • Patent number: 7646880
    Abstract: A texture word map is produced by selecting a plurality of texture words to express the makeup textures; classifying the plurality of selected texture words into two types; producing a texture word map by arranging one characteristic in the ordinate and the other characteristic in the abscissa and arranging positional correlations of the texture words one another in the coordinates of the ordinate and the abscissa. A texture image map is produced by overlapping individual images on the texture word map and makeup with a texture is done based on the texture image map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumiko Kamada, Hiroko Yano, Naoko Matsumoto, Nobuko Yamada, Chizuru Tomiyama
  • Publication number: 20090221356
    Abstract: A game apparatus is provided that determines an operation result based on a player's input operation with respect to an operation instruction and comprises: an operating unit that is divided into a plurality of subregions and that has at least one input region formed from some or all of the subregions; a region display pattern table 333 that, for each game difficulty level, stores a region display pattern that assigns a specific input region to each of the subregions; an input region forming unit 325 that reads out the region display pattern that accords with the game difficulty level from the storing unit and forms the input region in the operating unit based on the region display pattern that was read out; and a determining unit 324 that determines the operation result based on the operation instruction given to the player and the input region wherein the player's input operation is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Masanori KONO, Yoshito FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20090215526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game apparatus that comprises: an operation instructing unit 323 that outputs an operation instruction to a player; an operating unit, which is provided with one or a plurality of output regions, that accepts an input operation from the player; an outputting unit, which is provided to the operating unit corresponding to each of the output regions, that outputs one output pattern or any one of a plurality of output patterns to the corresponding output region; a changing unit 325, which is provided to the operating unit, that changes the output state of the output pattern output by at least one outputting unit in accordance with the game difficulty level; a determining unit 324 that determines an operation result based on the operation instruction and the output pattern output to the output region of the operating unit that accepted the player's input; and a game executing unit 321 that controls the execution of the game based on the determination result of the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Masanori KONO, Yoshito FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20060134153
    Abstract: A texture word map is produced by selecting a plurality of texture words to express the makeup textures; classifying the plurality of selected texture words into two types; producing a texture word map by arranging one characteristic in the ordinate and the other characteristic in the abscissa and arranging positional correlations of the texture words one another in the coordinates of the ordinate and the abscissa. A texture image map is produced by overlapping individual images on the texture word map and makeup with a texture is done based on the texture image map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Shisedo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumiko Kamada, Hiroko Yano, Naoko Matsumoto, Nobuko Yamada, Chizuru Tomiyama
  • Patent number: 6333985
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for selecting a suitable hair-style in conformity with individual personalities and face contours, adopting required request of a selector, and at the same time this invention provides an image map for the hair-style where various hair-style are arranged on an axis of co-ordinates according to images. Two lines, namely an inner line which constitutes a boundary line between a face and an inside of hairs and also an outer line which constitutes an outside of the hairs, are developed, and by making the most of these two lines, the selection of the hair-style can be attained in satisfactory manners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mieko Ueda, Yumiko Ishibiki, Kyoko Fukuzawa, Naoko Matsumoto, Ikumi Tokunaga