Patents by Inventor Satoru Abe

Satoru Abe 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: 12626535
    Abstract: A posture estimating device includes: at least one sensor attached to the person to be measured, the at least one sensor acquiring walking data based on an acceleration of three axes and an angular velocity of the three axes at at least one location of the person to be measured; a processing circuitry that estimates, using an estimation model trained by machine learning, the whole body posture of the person to be measured during the predetermined motion from the walking data acquired by the sensor; and an output device that outputs estimation data. The estimation model is generated in advance by training by machine learning based on the walking data acquired by the sensor during the predetermined motion and based on posture data obtained by measuring the whole body posture of the person to be measured at a timing when the walking data is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Okamoto, Satoru Abe, Shunsuke Yamagata, Masanori Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 12533862
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shoe includes preparing a flexible shell having an internal space, preparing an upper body in a form of a bag, the upper body being provided with an opening in a portion corresponding to a topline, preparing a sole body, accommodating the upper in the shell, partially fixing the shell and the upper body, and forming the upper body with a last being located in the upper body accommodated in the shell, taking the last out of the formed upper body, and inserting the sole body in the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsaku Wakasugi, Satoru Abe, Genki Hatano, Norihiko Taniguchi, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka, Yousuke Atarashi, Masanori Sakaguchi, Kenta Takahama
  • Patent number: 12465114
    Abstract: A sole structure of a shoe includes a rearfoot-side concave-shaped portion including a vertex region in a bottom surface of the sole in a rearfoot region. The vertex region is positioned at a highest position within the bottom surface of the sole in the rearfoot region and configured to be positioned at a position corresponding to a center of a heel of a wearer such that center of pressure of the wearer overlaps with the center of the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takashima, Norihiko Taniguchi, Yuya Kozuka, Genki Hatano, Satoru Abe, Masanori Sakaguchi, Hisashi Maejima, Seiji Yano, Takayuki Ueda, Katsunori Yagyu
  • Publication number: 20250319928
    Abstract: A vehicle lower part structure includes: a rocker located outward in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle cabin and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a shock absorbing portion composed of a plurality of energy absorbing portions arranged in the vehicle width direction in the rocker; and a battery disposed in a lower part of a vehicle. A part of the shock absorbing portion that is located outward in the vehicle width direction of a fastening portion has a lower rigidity than a part of the shock absorbing portion that is located inward in the vehicle width direction of the fastening portion, the fastening portion being a portion where the battery is fastened to the rocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru ABE, Tetsuo NURUKI, Seiji ARAKAWA, Kazusa ENDO, Yuzuru SHIOTA
  • Patent number: 12440000
    Abstract: An upper includes an upper body covering the instep of a foot. An upper body includes a first layer, a second layer disposed with a gap from the first layer, and a third layer connecting the first layer and the second layer. A part of the upper body is disposed with a low stiffness region having lower stiffness than an adjacent region. At least a part of the low stiffness region has a point in which the third layer is not disposed. A plurality of holes is disposed in at least a part of a portion of the first layer and the second layer of the low stiffness region corresponding to the point in which the third layer is not disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihaya Suzuki, Seiji Yano, Hiroki Nakamura, Satoru Abe, Sho Takamasu
  • Publication number: 20250263124
    Abstract: The vehicle includes a motor, a bulkhead portion constituting a part of a front part formed as a metal casting and partitioning the vehicle cabin and the power unit room on a vehicle rear side of the motor, a front mount portion which supports a vehicle front side portion of the motor with respect to the front part and is capable of releasing a support state of the motor when a load of a predetermined size or more is input from the vehicle front side, a rear mount portion which supports a vehicle rear side portion of the front mount portion and the vehicle upper side of the motor with respect to the front part, and an impact absorbing portion which is integrally provided with the bulkhead portion on the vehicle front side of the bulkhead portion and deforms when an impact load from the vehicle front side is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru ABE
  • Patent number: 12373619
    Abstract: A design element index input unit 10 inputs multiple design element indexes obtained by quantifying design in association with multiple portions constituting shoes. A learning unit 40 uses, as teacher data, pairs of multiple design element indexes and an impression index to learn correlations between multiple design element indexes and the impression index, and creates an impression estimation model. By means of a learned impression estimation model, an impression index estimation unit 60 estimates an impression index obtained by quantifying an impression of shoes, based on a set of multiple design element indexes that have been input. An output unit 70 outputs the estimated impression index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Inomata, Satoru Abe, Mizuho Irie, Masaru Ichikawa, Shiori Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20250187552
    Abstract: A dash panel includes: a resin panel that is provided at a vehicle front portion and that partitions an interior of a vehicle cabin and an exterior of the vehicle cabin; and a dash silencer that is arranged at a surface at a vehicle cabin inner side of the resin panel and that is integrally molded with the resin panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventor: Satoru ABE
  • Publication number: 20250171084
    Abstract: An inclined rib is provided on a bottom wall of the battery case. The inclined rib transmits the collision load input from the vehicle front side to the rocker side, and the inclination transmits the collision load input from the vehicle rear side to the rocker side. That is, by providing the inclined rib in the bottom wall of the battery case, it is possible to secure the transmission path of the collision load (so-called front collision load or so-called rear collision load) input from the vehicle front side or the vehicle rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru ABE, Yuzuru SHIOTA, Tetsuo NURUKI, Seiji ARAKAWA, Kazusa ENDO
  • Publication number: 20250170882
    Abstract: In the battery case, the rib extending between the side walls is provided, so that the rigidity of the battery case itself can be improved as compared with the case where the rib is not provided. Further, at the time of a side collision of the vehicle, the side collision load input to the rocker is transmitted to the battery case side via the fastening portion. Since the fastening portion is provided on an extension line of the rib in the vehicle width direction in a plan view of the vehicle, the side protruding load transmitted to the battery case side through the fastening portion is transmitted from one side wall side to the rib, and is transmitted to the other side wall side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru ABE, YUZURU SHIOTA, Tetsuo NURUKI, Seiji ARAKAWA, Kazusa ENDO
  • Publication number: 20250153775
    Abstract: A vehicle lower body structure includes: a pair of rockers that extend in the vehicle front and rear direction on both outer sides in the vehicle width direction; a crossmember that extends in the vehicle width direction between the pair of rockers and on the vehicle upper side of a battery connected to the pair of rockers, with both end portions of the crossmember in the extension direction thereof being connected to the pair of rockers; and an impact absorption member that is provided inside each of the pair of rockers, disposed so as to overlap the crossmember and the battery as viewed in a vehicle side view, and provided with first guide portions that guide to the crossmember an impact load input from outside in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Yuzuru SHIOTA, Satoru ABE, Tetsuo NURUKI, Seiji ARAKAWA, Kazusa ENDO
  • Patent number: 12295455
    Abstract: A shoe comprises a flexible shell having an internal space and a sole body accommodated in the shell. The shell includes a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion. The bottom wall portion and a portion of the peripheral wall portion adjacent to the bottom wall portion define a lower space which is a space of the internal space in which the sole body is disposed. A portion of the peripheral wall portion located above the portion adjacent to the bottom wall portion forms an upper space of the internal space that is a space in which the wearer's foot is inserted. The bottom wall portion covers a lower surface of the sole body and thus has an external surface configuring a tread of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki Hatano, Norihiko Taniguchi, Shinsaku Wakasugi, Yousuke Atarashi, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka, Satoru Abe, Masanori Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 12285080
    Abstract: A data generating apparatus generates shoe last data for manufacturing a shoe from measured foot shape data. The data generating apparatus includes: an input unit that receives the foot shape data; a processor that computes the shoe last data from the foot shape data received by the input unit; and an output unit that outputs the shoe last data computed by the processor. The input unit further receives selected additional information. The processor specifies a portion of the shoe last data to be corrected, based on the additional information, and calculates an amount of correction of the specified portion based on the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki Hatano, Shingo Takashima, Yuya Kozuka, Satoru Abe, Kenta Takahama
  • Patent number: 12265070
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensor element to which a control current is inputted, a DA converter to output the control current, and a control part configured to generate a control current instruction value and input the control current instruction value to the DAC, and further includes an instruction value generation part to sequentially generate an inspection current instruction value to be inputted to the DAC instead of the control current instruction value, an inspection current detection part to detect an inspection current value of an inspection current, an expected value calculation part to calculate an inspection current expected value, a difference value acquisition part to acquire a difference value between the inspection current value and the inspection current expected value, and a failure detection part to detect a failure of a bit in the DA converter, by frequency analysis of a temporal change of the difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NITERRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akitsugu Ikeda, Michinori Tani, Yuzo Higuchi, Satoru Abe
  • Publication number: 20250104135
    Abstract: A virtual fitting apparatus is provided with a user information acquiring unit, a wearing item information acquiring unit, a prediction condition acquiring unit, a prediction unit, and an output unit. The user information acquiring unit acquires physical information on a user. The wearing item information acquiring unit acquires wearing item information related to characteristics of a predetermined wearing item. The prediction condition acquiring unit acquires, as a prediction condition, information related to a situation in which a predetermined exercise is performed. The prediction unit predicts, based on the physical information, the wearing item information, and the prediction condition, a user state resulting when the user does the predetermined exercise by wearing the predetermined wearing item. The output unit outputs information related to the predicted user state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Masayuki TSUTSUI, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Satoru ABE, Genki HATANO, Yuya KOZUKA, Lingyu HSU, Ryo KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20250005633
    Abstract: A review presentation system that receives a selection of a service or a product that a user has not previously purchased or used, receives user information and user perception, generates, based on the user information and the user perception, a provisional review sentence for the selected service or product using a prediction model to simulate the provisional review sentence as if written by the user, and presents, to the user, the generated provisional review sentence and the selected service or product. The user information includes the user's attributes and the user's preferences. The user perception includes results from a comprehensive survey previously given to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Satoru ABE, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Yuya KOZUKA
  • Patent number: 12178281
    Abstract: A shoe includes an outsole including a ground contact surface to be in contact with the ground, and an upper attached directly or indirectly to the outsole opposite to the ground contact surface. The outsole includes an outsole body, and a roll-up portion extending from an edge of the outsole body toward the upper. The outsole also includes a flexible region in which at least one cut is formed to extend from the outsole body to the roll-up portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genki Hatano, Satoru Abe, Shohei Kitao, Yasuyuki Takada, Naoki Sakajo, Yuji Tamakoshi
  • Patent number: 12174139
    Abstract: A gas sensor control device having a DA conversion circuit configured to supply a pump current having a magnitude corresponding to an inputted digital signal to the pump cell, a reference electric potential generating circuit configured to keep an electric potential of the first pump electrode at a reference electric potential, a diagnostic resistance connected to the pump cell parallel to the pump cell, and an output part configured to output a signal relating to voltage applied to the diagnostic resistance when inputting an arbitrary digital signal to the DA conversion circuit in a situation in which oxygen ion conductivity does not occur in the pump cell to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Niterra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzo Higuchi, Koji Ishibashi, Junichiro Mitsuno, Satoru Abe, Yuji Oi
  • Patent number: 12163917
    Abstract: A sensor system (1, 1S) including a current DA converter (42) outputting a control current (Ip) of a sensor element (3S), a control unit (4C) generating a control current instruction value (Ipcmd) corresponding to magnitude of the control current and inputting this instruction value to the current DAC, an instruction value sequence generating unit (47) generating, instead of the control current instruction value, an inspection instruction value sequence (RChcmd) in which predetermined inspection current instruction values (Chcmd) inputted to the current DAC are arranged in order and by which failure of the current DAC can be detected, an inspection current detection unit (71) detecting an inspection current value (Ichv) of an inspection current (Ich) outputted from the current DAC, and a failure detection unit (8) detecting failure of the current DAC from an inspection current value sequence (RIchv) in which the inspection current values are arranged in order of detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NITERRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuzo Higuchi, Yuji Oi, Satoru Toda, Satoru Abe, Junichiro Mitsuno, Hidetoshi Makino
  • Publication number: 20240398065
    Abstract: An upper is used for a shoe. The upper includes a main body portion located on an upper side of the shoe and a bottom surface portion connected to the main body portion at at least a part of an outer periphery of the main body portion. The main body portion is seamless and in a shape having an inner periphery on an inner side of the outer periphery. The shoe includes the upper that includes the main body portion that is seamless and is in the shape having the inner periphery on the inner side of the outer periphery and a sole provided on a bottom surface portion side of the upper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya KOZUKA, Shinsaku WAKASUGI, Misao NAKAGAWA, Norihiko TANIGUCHI, Genki HATANO, Shingo TAKASHIMA, Satoru ABE, Kenta TAKAHAMA