Patents by Inventor Ryo Ota
Ryo Ota 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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Patent number: 11955917Abstract: A motor control system includes host control circuitry configured to generate a first control command; a plurality of motor control apparatuses configured to control a plurality of motors, respectively, based on the first control command; and reference information output circuitry configured to output reference information to one of the plurality of motor control apparatuses which is configured to control one of the plurality of motors. The reference information relates to control of the plurality of motors. Each of the plurality of motor control apparatuses corresponds to a corresponding motor among the plurality of motors and includes information sharing circuitry configured to share the reference information among the plurality of motor control apparatuses via data communication; command conversion circuitry configured to convert the reference information into a second control command; and motor control circuitry configured to control the corresponding motor based on the second control command.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Toshinobu Kira, Tadashi Okubo, Isamu Matsumura, Ryo Ota, Yu Katono
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Publication number: 20230395884Abstract: The degradation suppression system includes a secondary battery, a usage history acquisition unit, a degradation amount estimation unit, a degradation factor identification unit, and a suppression control unit. The usage history acquisition unit acquires usage history information indicating the usage history of the secondary battery. The degradation amount estimation unit estimates the degradation amount of the secondary battery by using the usage history information acquired by the usage history acquisition unit. The degradation factor identification unit uses the usage history information to identify multiple degradation factors relating to the degradation amount, of the secondary battery, estimated by the degradation amount estimation unit. The suppression control unit controls the secondary battery to suppress the secondary battery degradation according to the configuration of degradation factors of the secondary battery degradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Ryo OTA, Sho NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20230110855Abstract: A motor control system includes host control circuitry configured to generate a first control command; a plurality of motor control apparatuses configured to control a plurality of motors, respectively, based on the first control command; and reference information output circuitry configured to output reference information to one of the plurality of motor control apparatuses which is configured to control one of the plurality of motors. The reference information relates to control of the plurality of motors. Each of the plurality of motor control apparatuses corresponds to a corresponding motor among the plurality of motors and includes information sharing circuitry configured to share the reference information among the plurality of motor control apparatuses via data communication; command conversion circuitry configured to convert the reference information into a second control command; and motor control circuitry configured to control the corresponding motor based on the second control command.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Toshinobu KIRA, Tadashi OKUBO, Isamu MATSUMURA, Ryo OTA, Yu KATONO
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Publication number: 20220014674Abstract: An imaging system includes a camera and an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus tracks an object image included in an output image by the camera, and generates information for correcting distortion of the output image based on a change in shape accompanying movement of the object image. Then, the image processing apparatus corrects the output image using the generated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryo OTA
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Publication number: 20210269692Abstract: The present invention is to provide a refrigeration cycle apparatus that has a low GWP of 750 or less and low flammability and that maintains performance and safety for an extended period of time. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor (300) that compresses a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the compressor (300), a pressure reducer that reduces a pressure of the refrigerant condensed by the condenser, and an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant reduced in pressure by the pressure reducer. The refrigerant is a mixed refrigerant which contains difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, and trifluoroiodomethane and which has a global warming potential of 750 or less and a vapor pressure at 25° C. of 1.1 MPa or more and 1.8 MPa or less. The compressor (300) is a sealed electric compressor in which a refrigerator oil to lubricate a sliding portion is charged. The refrigerator oil is polyol ester oil and has a water content of 300 ppm by weight or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Ryo OTA, Koji NAITO, Hideyuki UEDA
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Publication number: 20200208882Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus including, a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducer, and an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant. The refrigerant is a mixed refrigerant which contains refrigerant components of difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and trifluoroiodomethane and which has a global warming potential and a specific vapor pressure. The compressor is a sealed electric compressor which includes a compression mechanism and a motor to drive this compression mechanism, and which is charged with a refrigerator oil to lubricate a sliding portion, and the refrigerator oil is polyvinyl ether oil, and contains 0.1% by mass to 2.0% by mass of a stabilizer constituted by at least one of an alicyclic epoxy compound and a monoterpene compound, 0.1% by mass to 2.0% by mass of an acid scavenger constituted by an aliphatic epoxy compound, and 0.1% by mass to 2.0% by mass of an extreme pressure agent constituted by tertiary phosphate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Ryo OTA, Koji NAITO, Hideyuki UEDA
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Patent number: 10669529Abstract: Provided is a method for producing vascular endothelial cells from pluripotent stem cells, the method comprising the following steps (i) to (iii): (i) a step of culturing pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium comprising a BMP, on a culture vessel coated with a first matrix, to produce mesodermal progenitor cells; (ii) a step of dissociating the resulting cells into single cells; and (iii) a step of culturing the resulting cells in a culture medium comprising VEGF, on a culture vessel coated with a second matrix selected from the group consisting of laminin-411 or a fragment thereof, laminin-511 or a fragment thereof, Matrigel, type IV collagen and fibronectin.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: Kyoto University, Osaka UniversityInventors: Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Megumu Saito, Akira Niwa, Ryo Ota, Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 10570323Abstract: Provided is a refrigerant composition as a mixed refrigerant containing refrigerant components of difluoromethane (HFC32), pentafluoroethane (HFC125), and hexafluoropropene (FO1216). The makeup of the refrigerant components in the mixed refrigerant is configured such that a global warming potential (GWP) is 750 or less, a vapor pressure at 25° C. is in a range of 1.4 to 1.8 MPa, and a flame retardant parameter Fmix represented by formula (1) below is 0.46 or more. Fmix=?iFixi??(1) Here, Fmix indicates a flame retardant parameter of the refrigerant composition, Fi indicates a flame retardant parameter of each of the refrigerant components, and xi indicates a molar fraction of each of the refrigerant components.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.Inventors: Ryo Ota, Koji Naito, Yasutaka Yoshida
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Patent number: 10554945Abstract: In order to provide a small, stereo camera with stable errors of distance measurement, there are provided: an image acquisition unit that acquires plural images imaged by plural imaging units; a first region processing unit that divides each of the plural images acquired by the image acquisition unit into first regions composed of predetermined plural pixels, and measures a distance for each of the divided first regions to generate a first distance image; a target object extraction unit that extracts a target object from the distance image or the image, and extracts a second region composed of the plural first regions including the extracted target object; an error factor identification unit that extracts a predetermined representative value from the inside of the second region, compares the brightness value of an arbitrary pixel in the second region with that in a correspondence region up to the position moved from the arbitrary pixel by a disparity represented by the representative value, and determines anType: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Oshima, Haruki Matono, Hiroto Mitoma, Ryo Ota, Shinya Ohtsuji
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Publication number: 20190382638Abstract: Provided is a refrigerant composition as a mixed refrigerant containing refrigerant components of difluoromethane (HFC32), pentafluoroethane (HFC125), and hexafluoropropene (FO1216). The makeup of the refrigerant components in the mixed refrigerant is configured such that a global warming potential (GWP) is 750 or less, a vapor pressure at 25° C. is in a range of 1.4 to 1.8 MPa, and a flame retardant parameter Fmix represented by formula (1) below is 0.46 or more. Fmix=?iFixi??(1) Here, Fmix indicates a flame retardant parameter of the refrigerant composition, Fi indicates a flame retardant parameter of each of the refrigerant components, and xi indicates a molar fraction of each of the refrigerant components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Ryo OTA, Koji NAITO, Yasutaka YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20180208893Abstract: Provided is a method for producing vascular endothelial cells from pluripotent stem cells, the method comprising the following steps (i) to (iii): (i) a step of culturing pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium comprising a BMP, on a culture vessel coated with a first matrix, to produce mesodermal progenitor cells; (ii) a step of dissociating the resulting cells into single cells; and (iii) a step of culturing the resulting cells in a culture medium comprising VEGF, on a culture vessel coated with a second matrix selected from the group consisting of laminin-411 or a fragment thereof, laminin-511 or a fragment thereof, Matrigel, type IV collagen and fibronectin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Megumu Saito, Akira Niwa, Ryo Ota, Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 9697421Abstract: In order to provide a stereoscopic camera apparatus capable of rapidly and accurately detecting a three-dimensional object even when the three-dimensional object abruptly appears in an angle of view, a stereoscopic camera apparatus 100 includes: three-dimensional object detecting means 105, 106, 107; to-be-covered object detecting means 108 for detecting a to-be-covered object having a known shape; and to-be-covered object covering-detecting means 109 and 110 for detecting whether or not the three-dimensional object detected by the three-dimensional object detecting means covers the to-be-covered object when the to-be-covered object is detected by the to-be-covered object detecting means 108.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroto Mitoma, Ryo Ota, Yuji Otsuka
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Patent number: 9424462Abstract: To provide an object detection device and an object detection method in which incorrect grouping based on a range image can be prevented, processing is implemented including: generating a range image based on a pair of gray-scaled images (S603); grouping adjacent regions having range data representing close distances in the range image (S604); calculating differences between the luminance values of pixels in a vertical line below a ground plane above which objects are imaged and the luminance values of pixels in a vertical line above the ground plane in the gray-scaled images and dividing the group region into laterally separated sub-regions (S605); and determining whether or not there is a section without vertical edge in either of the left and right areas of each of sub-regions made based on the gray-scaled images and merging sub-regions whose areas including a section without vertical edge are next to each other (S607).Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Otsuka, Hiroto Mitoma, Ryo Ota
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Publication number: 20160012283Abstract: In order to provide a stereoscopic camera apparatus capable of rapidly and accurately detecting a three-dimensional object even when the three-dimensional object abruptly appears in an angle of view, a stereoscopic camera apparatus 100 includes: three-dimensional object detecting means 105, 106, 107; to-be-covered object detecting means 108 for detecting a to-be-covered object having a known shape; and to-be-covered object covering-detecting means 109 and 110 for detecting whether or not the three-dimensional object detected by the three-dimensional object detecting means covers the to-be-covered object when the to-be-covered object is detected by the to-be-covered object detecting means 108.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Hiroto MITOMA, Ryo OTA, Yuji OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20150278578Abstract: To provide an object detection device and an object detection method in which incorrect grouping based on a range image can be prevented, processing is implemented including: generating a range image based on a pair of gray-scaled images (S603); grouping adjacent regions having range data representing close distances in the range image (S604); calculating differences between the luminance values of pixels in a vertical line below a ground plane above which objects are imaged and the luminance values of pixels in a vertical line above the ground plane in the gray-scaled images and dividing the group region into laterally separated sub-regions (S605); and determining whether or not there is a section without vertical edge in either of the left and right areas of each of sub-regions made based on the gray-scaled images and merging sub-regions whose areas including a section without vertical edge are next to each other (S607).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Yuji Otsuka, Hiroto Mitoma, Ryo Ota
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Publication number: 20150145963Abstract: In order to provide a small, stereo camera with stable errors of distance measurement, there are provided: an image acquisition unit that acquires plural images imaged by plural imaging units; a first region processing unit that divides each of the plural images acquired by the image acquisition unit into first regions composed of predetermined plural pixels, and measures a distance for each of the divided first regions to generate a first distance image; a target object extraction unit that extracts a target object from the distance image or the image, and extracts a second region composed of the plural first regions including the extracted target object; an error factor identification unit that extracts a predetermined representative value from the inside of the second region, compares the brightness value of an arbitrary pixel in the second region with that in a correspondence region up to the position moved from the arbitrary pixel by a disparity represented by the representative value, and determines anType: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Akira Oshima, Haruki Matono, Hiroto Mitoma, Ryo Ota, Shinya Ohtsuji
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Patent number: 8982188Abstract: A running-environment recognition apparatus includes an information recognition section mounted in a vehicle and configured to recognize an information of at least a frontward region of the vehicle relative to a traveling direction of the vehicle; and a road-surface calculating section configured to calculate a road surface of a traveling road and a portion lower than the road surface in the frontward region of the vehicle, from the information recognized by the information recognition section.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Ota, Toshiya Oosawa, Akira Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140349383Abstract: A fluorescent sensor includes a detecting substrate, an indicator, a filter layer, a light blocking layer, and an LED chip. In the detecting substrate, a PD element for converting fluorescence into electric signals is positioned on wall surfaces of a through-hole which penetrates a first main surface and a second main surface. The indicator is arranged inside the through-hole and generates fluorescence of intensity corresponding to analyte density when the indicator receives excitation light. The filter layer covers the PD element, transmits fluorescence and blocks excitation light. The light blocking layer, through which an analyte can pass, covers an opening of the first main surface of the through-hole. The LED chip covers a region just below an opening of the second main surface of the through-hole, and generates excitation light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo OTA, Atsushi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8853649Abstract: A fluorescence sensor includes a detection substrate section, on a first principal plane of which a concave portion having a bottom surface parallel to the first principal plane is present and, on a side surface of the concave portion of which a PD element configured to receive fluorescent light and output a detection signal is formed, an LED element disposed on the bottom surface of the concave portion of the detection substrate section and configured to generate excitation light, and an indicator layer disposed on an inside of the concave portion on the LED element and configured to generate the fluorescent light corresponding to the excitation light and an analyte amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryo Ota, Etsuro Shimizu
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Patent number: 8755983Abstract: In vehicular control apparatus and method, a traveling environment of a forward position of an advance direction of a vehicle in which an actuator for a vehicular control purpose is mounted is detected, a reliability of a result of measurement of the traveling environment by the traveling environment measurement section is determined, and an operation of the actuator is determined with the determined reliability as a requiring condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Ota, Toshiya Oosawa, Jun Kubo