Patents by Inventor Osamu Sato
Osamu 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).
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Publication number: 20250133193Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a light source to emit light; an imager to generate an image with the light from the light source; a projection optical system to project the image generated by the imager to a projection surface; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to: acquire image data of the image projected onto the projection surface; classify a pattern of the image indicated by the image data into one of multiple patterns; detect whether the one of multiple patterns has been switched from the one of multiple patterns classified previously; and switch a gamma curve to be applied to the image data, to a gamma curve corresponding to the one of multiple patterns in response to a detection of switching of the one of multiple patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventor: Osamu SATO
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Patent number: 12263555Abstract: A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Toru Momose, Osamu Sato, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Nobuhiko Takeshita
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Publication number: 20240287277Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery method that is method of separating and recovering, from a mixture containing at least a resin layer 1 containing a hydrolyzable polymer A as a main component and a resin layer 2 containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer B as a main component, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the method including a decomposition and separation step of subjecting the mixture to a hydrothermal reaction treatment to hydrolyze and separate the hydrolyzable polymer A, and to separate the nonhydrolyzable polymer B while a molecular weight of thereof is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicants: UBE Corporation, Keiwa Kogyo Co., Ltd., TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Masaru WATANABE, Aritomo YAMAGUCHI, Osamu SATO, Yuuma IRISA, Akira TAKAMA, Kousuke NISHIMURA, Hiroki KUJIRAOKA, Hideki MIYAZAKI, Keita AKIMOTO, Takuya TAKAHATA, Daisuke KUGIMOTO, Shingo KOUDA, Satoshi HAMURA, Takahiro IMAI, Yumiko OMORI, Manabu KAWA
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Publication number: 20240227117Abstract: A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toru MOMOSE, Osamu SATO, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Nobuhiko TAKESHITA
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Patent number: 12028493Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a casing accommodating the image forming unit, a pair of doors which open from center, and a protrusion portion. The pair of doors which open from center include a first door, a second door, and a handle. The handle is disposed on an opposite surface of an exterior surface of the first door. The protrusion portion protrudes from an end of the second door toward the first door in a direction intersecting with the second pivot axis and extending an exterior surface of the second door when the pair of doors are closed. The handle covers a gap between the first door and the protrusion portion in a front-back direction of the image forming apparatus when the pair of doors are closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Osamu Sato
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Patent number: 11969857Abstract: A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Toru Momose, Osamu Sato, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Nobuhiko Takeshita
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Publication number: 20240123654Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery apparatus for continuously separating and recovering, from a resin mixture containing a resin containing a hydrolyzable polymer and a resin containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the apparatus including: a crushing unit that crushes the resin mixture a melting/discharging unit that melts a crushed product obtained by the crushing unit to form a fluid and discharges the fluid at a high pressure; and a hydrothermal reaction treatment unit that continuously subjects the fluid discharged from the melting/discharging unit to a hydrothermal reaction treatment, wherein, in the melting/discharging unit, the hydrolyzable polymer A is hydrolyzed, and the hydrolytic component a thereof is dissolved and transferred into water permeating a sintered alloy diaphragm, thereby separating the nonhydrolyzable polymer B.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Masaru WATANABE, Aritomo YAMAGUCHI, Osamu SATO, Yuuma IRISA, Akira TAKAMA, Kousuke NISHIMURA, Hiroki KUJIRAOKA, Hideki MIYAZAKI, Keita AKIMOTO, Takuya TAKAHATA, Daisuke KUGIMOTO, Shingo KOUDA, Satoshi HAMURA, Takahiro IMAI, Yumiko OMORI, Manabu KAWA
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Patent number: 11835911Abstract: An image forming system includes an openable portion, an operating unit, a cable, an accommodating portion, a cable cover, a retaining portion, and an opening. When the cable cover is viewed along a vertical direction, an edge portion of the opening and an end portion of the cable are defined, specifically, the opening defines an edge portion of an edge of the opening on a side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to a left-right direction, and the cable defines an end portion of an outer peripheral surface of the cable retained by the retaining portion with respect to the left-right direction. With respect to the left-right direction, the edge portion is positioned further on a side opposite from the side where the openable portion is positioned than the end portion is.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu Sato, Hiromichi Koseki
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Patent number: 11796932Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a first door rotatable about a first rotation axis extending in a width direction within a first rotation range between a first open position and a first closed position; a second door provided below the first door and rotatable about a second rotation axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis within a second rotation range between a second open position and a second closed position, a part of the first rotation range making inroads into the second rotation range; and a retracting portion configured to rotate the first door to a retracted position to allow a rotation of the second door in conjunction with the second door being rotated to the second closed position from a state in which the first door is in the first open position and the second door is in the second open position.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Hiura, Shigeo Doi, Osamu Sato
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Publication number: 20230247152Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a casing accommodating the image forming unit, a pair of doors which open from center, and a protrusion portion. The pair of doors which open from center include a first door, a second door, and a handle. The handle is disposed on an opposite surface of an exterior surface of the first door. The protrusion portion protrudes from an end of the second door toward the first door in a direction intersecting with the second pivot axis and extending an exterior surface of the second door when the pair of doors are closed. The handle covers a gap between the first door and the protrusion portion in a front-back direction of the image forming apparatus when the pair of doors are closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: OSAMU SATO
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Patent number: 11691914Abstract: A glass member includes a recessed portion, wherein in cross-sectional view, an angle formed between a principal surface of the glass member and an edge face of an opening of the recessed portion is 90 degrees to 130 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shingo Seki, Osamu Sato
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Publication number: 20230051824Abstract: A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toru MOMOSE, Osamu SATO, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Nobuhiko TAKESHITA
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Publication number: 20230009872Abstract: A submersible vessel includes: a hull; a propulsor that propels the hull; a front sensor that sequentially detects locations of an inspection target in front of the hull; a controller that controls the propulsor such that the hull passes through above the detected locations; a movable arm attached to an arm reference point of the hull; an inspection tool at the movable arm that inspects the inspection target; and a position detector that acquires positional information including a position, attitude, or speed of the hull. Based on the information from the position detector, the controller estimates a pass-through position of the arm reference point after a predetermined time. The controller controls the movable arm such that before the time elapses, a positional relation between the arm reference point and inspection tool becomes a positional relation between the estimated pass-through position and a target point on or above each location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyuki OKAYA, Fumitaka TACHINAMI, Yuki KAGA, Yusuke OKIMURA, Satoshi HASHIMOTO, Kaoru KOYANO, Osamu SATO
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Publication number: 20220350270Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a first door rotatable about a first rotation axis extending in a width direction within a first rotation range between a first open position and a first closed position; a second door provided below the first door and rotatable about a second rotation axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis within a second rotation range between a second open position and a second closed position, a part of the first rotation range making inroads into the second rotation range; and a retracting portion configured to rotate the first door to a retracted position to allow a rotation of the second door in conjunction with the second door being rotated to the second closed position from a state in which the first door is in the first open position and the second door is in the second open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi Hiura, Shigeo Doi, Osamu Sato
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Publication number: 20220326650Abstract: An image forming system includes an openable portion, an operating unit, a cable, an accommodating portion, a cable cover, a retaining portion, and an opening. When the cable cover is viewed along a vertical direction, an edge portion of the opening and an end portion of the cable are defined, specifically, the opening defines an edge portion of an edge of the opening on a side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to a left-right direction, and the cable defines an end portion of an outer peripheral surface of the cable retained by the retaining portion with respect to the left-right direction. With respect to the left-right direction, the edge portion is positioned further on a side opposite from the side where the openable portion is positioned than the end portion is.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Osamu SATO, Hiromichi KOSEKI
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Patent number: 11402789Abstract: An image forming system includes an openable portion, an operating unit, a cable, an accommodating portion, a cable cover, a retaining portion, and an opening. When the cable cover is viewed along a vertical direction, an edge portion of the opening and an end portion of the cable are defined, specifically, the opening defines an edge portion of an edge of the opening on a side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to a left-right direction, and the cable defines an end portion of an outer peripheral surface of the cable retained by the retaining portion with respect to the left-right direction. With respect to the left-right direction, the edge portion is positioned further on a side opposite from the side where the openable portion is positioned than the end portion is.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu Sato, Hiromichi Koseki
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Publication number: 20220221415Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor assembly and a control method therefor. The sensor assembly according to the present disclosure may include a plurality of gate lines, at least one detection line, and a plurality of sensors respectively disposed at portions where the plurality of gate lines intersect with the at least one detection line. In this case, the plurality of sensors include an olfactory sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Masaki TAKADA, Katsuyoshi HIRAKI, Osamu SATO, Sungmin KANG
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Publication number: 20220033300Abstract: A glass member includes a recessed portion, wherein in cross-sectional view, an angle formed between a principal surface of the glass member and an edge face of an opening of the recessed portion is 90 degrees to 130 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shingo SEKI, Osamu SATO
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Patent number: 11233225Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor on the substrate; a first electrode, a light emitting diode and a second electrode sequentially on the thin film transistor; a barrier layer on the second electrode, the barrier layer including at least one organic layer; and a front film on the barrier layer, wherein the at least one organic layer includes a chemically self-healing material.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Osamu Sato
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Publication number: 20210302899Abstract: An image forming system includes an openable portion, an operating unit, a cable, an accommodating portion, a cable cover, a retaining portion, and an opening. When the cable cover is viewed along a vertical direction, an edge portion of an edge of the opening on a side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to a left-right direction is positioned on a side opposite from the side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to the left-right direction when an end portion, on the side where the openable portion is positioned, of an outer peripheral surface of the cable retained by the retaining portion with respect to the left-right direction is.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Osamu SATO, Hiromichi KOSEKI