Patents by Inventor Ryo Sakai

Ryo Sakai 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: 20250143345
    Abstract: A creamy product having a high visual effect for decorating a toy, a piping tool for a creamy product, and a method for producing a creamy product are provided. A creamy product to be discharged using a piping tool to prepare a decorative body toy, the creamy product includes a transparent resin containing starch and one or both of a glitter and a decorative chip body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20250144540
    Abstract: A fusible toy bead includes a water-soluble resin and two or more pigments as coloring agents, the water-soluble resin includes polyvinyl alcohol as a main component, and includes 3% by weight of polypropylene, and two or more colors appear on a surface in a mixed manner without intermixing with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20250122904
    Abstract: In a material for a ceramic ball according to an embodiment, a sphericity is 2% or less, and an arithmetic mean roughness Ra is 0.2 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less. In the material for the ceramic ball, a total height of profile Rt is preferably 4 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less. In the material for the ceramic ball, when a surface roughness Ra in a circumferential direction of a belt-like portion mark is defined as Ra1, and a surface roughness Ra of a circumference in a direction perpendicular to the belt-like portion mark is defined as Ra2, Ra1/Ra2 is preferably 0.2 or more and 2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoya SANO, Katsuhiko YAMADA, Ryo SAKAI, Haruhiko YAMAGUTI, Kai FUNAKI, Suguru AKIYA, Kouichi KIJIMA
  • Patent number: 12251644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusible toy bead containing a pigment as a colorant and a water-soluble resin, in which the pigment contains a gold or silver pigment, and the fusible toy comprising at least one weld line formed on a surface of the bead. A total content of the gold or silver pigment may be 45 wt % or more with respect to a total content of the pigment, and the gold or silver pigment may be a pearl powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: 12154294
    Abstract: A model creation apparatus being configured to: hold at least one image of the registration target object in one or more postures and a reference model indicating a shape of a reference object; acquire information indicating a feature of the registration target object in a first posture; and correct, when a shape in the first posture that is indicated by the reference model is determined to be dissimilar based on a predetermined first condition, the reference model based on the information indicating the feature to thereby create the model indicating the shape of the registration target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiki Yano, Nobutaka Kimura, Ryo Sakai
  • Publication number: 20240367068
    Abstract: A creation table for fusible toy bead includes: a first table having a plurality of through holes extending in a penetrating direction and configured to allow fusible toy beads; and a second table including: a plurality of pins configured to be inserted into and removed from the plurality of through holes; and a sheet holding portion configured to hold a sheet. The plurality of through holes include at least one through hole group, and each of the at least one through hole group has two or more through holes. The first table has a communication groove penetrating through the first table in the penetrating direction such that adjacent through holes contained in each of the at least one through hole group communicate with each other in a radial direction of the adjacent through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Publication number: 20240367070
    Abstract: A creation table for fusible toy bead includes: a first table having through holes and configured to allow a fusible toy bead to be placed; and a second table including pins configured to be inserted into and removed from the through holes. The first table is configured to be stacked on the second table in a first direction along a normal direction of the second table such that the pins are inserted into the through holes. The first table includes a protruding portion protruding in the first direction. The second table includes a lug portion connected via a hinge so as to be foldable in the first direction. The lug portion is engaged with the protruding portion by folding the lug portion in the first direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240317449
    Abstract: A ceramic ball storage tray includes a storage portion that stores a ceramic ball. The storage portion of the ceramic ball storage tray has a protruding portion formed such that a center of a bottom surface portion of the storage portion is hollow. A height of an outer circumferential surface of the protruding portion relative to a diameter of the ceramic ball is within a range of 0.05 or more and 0.30 or less. A height of the storage portion relative to the diameter of the ceramic ball is preferably within a range of 1.05 or more and 2.00 or less. A height of an inner circumferential surface of the protruding portion relative to the diameter of the ceramic ball is preferably within a range of 0.01 or more and 0.10 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YAMADA, Ryo SAKAI, Shoya SANO, Haruhiko YAMAGUTI, Akihiro YAMADA, Akira SATO
  • Publication number: 20240246003
    Abstract: A fusible toy bead is formed by blending a pigment serving as a colorant into a water-soluble resin. The fusible toy bead includes a surface. The surface includes: a textured region having a textured surface with irregularities; and a smooth region having a smooth surface. The textured region has a texturing depth such that the textured surface is smoothed when the irregularities dissolve in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240238690
    Abstract: A creation table for fusible toy bead, includes a first table having a plurality of through holes and a second table including a plurality of pins. The first table is configured to allow a fusible toy bead to be placed on a first direction side of the plurality of through holes. The plurality of pins is allowed to be inserted into and removed from a second direction side of the plurality of through holes, respectively. The second direction side is opposite to the first direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240238687
    Abstract: A storage case for fusible toy bead includes: a main body portion; and a storage portion provided in the main body portion. The main body portion has a recess portion configured to allow one fusible toy bead to be fitted and held. The recess portion has: a first opening portion which is provided to be exposed to outside from the main body portion and which opens at a first opening diameter substantially equal to an outer diameter of the one fusible toy bead; and a second opening portion which is provided at a bottom portion of the recess portion and which opens at a second opening diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the one fusible toy bead. The recess portion has a dimension in a depth direction to store an entire part of the one fusible toy bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240149180
    Abstract: A creamy substance for preparing a decoration toy including a resin, and a coloring agent including a pearl powder, in which the creamy substance is discharged from a piping tool, for the purpose of providing a creamy substance having glossiness and excellent in decorativeness, a piping tool for preparing the decoration toy, and the decoration toy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240119618
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: an input unit that enters scene information indicating the state of a prescribed scene in a container that stores an object; a processing unit that, on the basis of the scene information entered into the input unit, sorts objects in the container by size and, on the basis of the number of sorted objects of different sizes, detects objects of sizes that are not acceptable for storage in the container; and an output unit that outputs the results of processing by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo SAKAI, Nobutaka KIMURA
  • Patent number: D1018053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: D1020481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: D1020482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: D1023575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: D1024553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: D1026461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai
  • Patent number: D1049629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Sakai