Patents by Inventor Satoru Inoue

Satoru Inoue 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: 20200136061
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an organic semiconductor composition suitable for preparing an organic thin film by a solution method, an organic thin film obtained by using the organic semiconductor composition, and a practical field effect transistor which uses the organic thin film. The practical field effect transistor which uses the organic thin film has small variances in mobility and a threshold value, while maintaining a high mobility. Disclosed in the present specification is an organic semiconductor composition including an organic semiconductor compound, an insulation compound, an organic solvent A, which is a good solvent for the insulation compound, and an organic solvent B, which is a poor solvent for the insulation compound and has a higher boiling point than the organic solvent A. The mass ratio a:b of the organic solvent A and the organic solvent B is 1:8 to 8:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nozomi Onodera, Satoru Inoue, Yuichi Sadamitsu
  • Patent number: 10618528
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique which enables a driver to intuitively select and determine a target object to which a vehicle is to travel. A driving assistance apparatus includes a candidate selection unit which selects a target object candidate when the candidate selection unit determines that a visual line position of a driver is included in any setting range of a plurality of target object candidates and a target object determination unit which determines the target object candidate selected by the candidate selection unit as a target object when a determination button which can be operated by the driver is operated after the candidate selection unit selects the target object candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Tadashi Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20200057157
    Abstract: A parking assistance device (100) is provided with distance sensors (2FL, 2FR, 2RL, 2RR) which transmit detection waves laterally with respect to a host vehicle (1) while the host vehicle (1) travels and receive reflected waves of the detection waves, a reflection point calculating unit (11) which calculates a reflection point indicating a position where the detection wave is reflected, a grouping unit (13) which groups the reflection points, a parking space pitch calculating unit (14) which calculates a parking space pitch indicating a width of each parking space by using periodicity of a shape of a reflection point group set by grouping, a parking target area setting unit (15) which sets a parking target area which is a target of perpendicular parking by the host vehicle (1), and a parking assistance controlling unit (21) which guides the host vehicle (1) to the parking target area on the basis of the parking space pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi HARASE, Satoru INOUE, Ryotaro SUZUKI, Wataru TSUJITA, Yoshitsugu SAWA, Tsutomu ASAHINA
  • Patent number: 10559284
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita
  • Publication number: 20200006687
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a light emitting layer containing a first host compound, a second host compound, and a phosphorescent metal complex disposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein the first and the second host compounds satisfy the requirements that: in comparison of emission bands of maximum emission intensity in fluorescence emission spectra of single films of the first host compound alone, the second host compound alone, and a mixture of the first and the second host compounds, a difference between a wavelength of a fluorescence emission end located on a longer wavelength side among fluorescence emission ends of the first host compound and the second host compound, and a wavelength of a fluorescence emission end of the mixture is ?3 to 3 nm; and a LUMO energy level and a HOMO energy level of the first host compound and the second host compound satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Taketo NAMIKAWA, Kenichi TABATA, Yuta NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10464553
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Junichi Kimura, Yoshio Sato
  • Publication number: 20190329760
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: distance sensors for transmitting detection waves toward a side of a host vehicle while the host vehicle is traveling and receiving reflected waves of the detection waves; a reflection point calculating unit for calculating reflection points indicating positions where the detection waves have been reflected; a grouping unit for grouping the reflection points; a reference distance setting unit for setting a reference distance corresponding to a distance between a host vehicle position indicating the position of the traveling host vehicle and a reflection point group set by grouping; and an object determining unit for setting an object determining threshold value to be compared with the reference distance and determining whether an object corresponding to the reflection point group is a parked vehicle or a parking reference object by comparing the reference distance with the object determining threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi HARASE, Satoru INOUE, Ryotaro SUZUKI, Wataru TSUJITA, Tsutomu ASAHINA, Yoshitsugu SAWA
  • Publication number: 20190319210
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: an organic electroluminescent element which is capable of emitting light with high luminous efficiency, while having a long service life; and a composition for organic materials. An organic electroluminescent element according to the present invention comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and one or more organic functional layers arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and is characterized in that: the organic functional layers contain a phosphorescent metal complex and a fluorescent compound; the phosphorescent metal complex is a compound having a structure that is represented by a specific general formula; and the phosphorescent metal complex is a core-shell type dopant that satisfies a specific formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yuta NAKAMURA, Satoru INOUE, Taketo NAMIKAWA, Yasuo MIYATA, Kenichi TABATA, Hiromoto II
  • Publication number: 20190315032
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes a first mold plate formed with a runner flow path, a second mold plate, a runner stripper plate having a through hole that communicates with the runner flow path, a runner locking part formed with an inverse tapered space which communicates with the through hole and has an inverse tapered shape and in which a locking portion made of a molding material is formed, and a runner unlocking means for moving the runner stripper plate away from the runner locking part to unlock the locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Satoru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190315033
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes first and second mold plates that constitute a cassette mold, a first base mold, a base intermediate mold for loading the first mold plate, a second base mold for loading the second mold plate, a base intermediate mold driving device for positioning and fixing the base intermediate mold at any position between the first and second base molds, and a controller for performing control to position and fix the base intermediate mold so that the first mold plate and the first base mold are in contact with each other when a molded product is taken out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Satoru INOUE, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190280236
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichi TABATA, Yuta NAKAMURA, Taketo NAMIKAWA, Satoru INOUE, Yasuo MIYATA, Hiromoto II
  • Publication number: 20190217856
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a pair of left and right sonar devices provided in a vehicle, an obstacle detection controller for determining whether an obstacle present within a determination target distance range on a side of the vehicle is a wall or a curb by comparing a level value of a reflection wave received by one of the sonar devices with each of a first threshold value and a second threshold value that are different from each other, and an automatic parking controller for setting a guiding route for automatic parking depending on a determination result, and the automatic parking controller sets the guiding route requiring a large amount of steering of the vehicle in a case where the determination result indicates a curb, compared with a case where the determination result indicates a wall in the automatic parking in the form of parallel parking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Shinichi HARASE, Ryotaro SUZUKI, Wataru TSUJITA, Tsutomu ASAHINA, Yoshitsugu SAWA
  • Publication number: 20190157599
    Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide a thin film having a long light-emitting life span, and an organic electroluminescence element. The above problem is solved by the thin film containing a light-emitting metallic complex and a host, the light-emitting metallic complex being represented by general formula (1) and satisfying formula (1), and the host being: a nonmetallic organic compound demonstrating phosphorescent light-emission at room temperature; a compound demonstrating heat activated-type delayed fluorescence; or a compound exhibiting an inverse intersystem crossing phenomenon between a singlet excitation state demonstrating a level higher than the lowest singlet excitation state, and a triplet excitation state demonstrating a level higher than the lowest triplet excitation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yuta NAKAMURA, Satoru INOUE, Masato NISHIZEKI
  • Publication number: 20190135342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a parking assist device (100) including a parking assist control unit (5) that performs parking assist for a host vehicle (1) by using a first sensor (4) for parking assist disposed in the host vehicle (1), and a guide display control unit (25) that causes a display device (20) to display a guide display based on a first effective detection range (AL, AR) of the first sensor (4) in a state in which the guide display is superimposed on a front view with respect to the host vehicle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Tadashi MIYAHARA
  • Patent number: 10282408
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores a plurality of templates having different predetermined designs with template attribute information, the plurality of templates each being applied to a display of a content including at least one of a document and an image with the content being laid out on the template. The control section performs a matching processing of component information, as a search key, of the content with the template attribute information, and selects, as a template corresponding to the content to be applied to the display of the content, a template whose template attribute information has a higher match rate than others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunayuki Ohwa, Satoru Inoue, Nariaki Satoh, Shinji Yuhara, Daiki Ito, Takayuki Usami
  • Patent number: 10246010
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor (10) includes a transmission and reception unit (11) for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave, a holder (12) and an attachment (13) for fixing the transmission and reception unit (11) to the bumper (1) of a vehicle, and light source units (14a, 14b) mounted in a back side of the bumper (1). The holder (12) is shaped so as to be exposed on a surface of the bumper (1), and guides light beams emitted by the light source units (14a, 14b) to the surface of the bumper (1), to project the light beams from a light projecting surface (12a) to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Takashi Ohsawa, Masato Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 10222521
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet-form transparent molding for use for a transparent screen, satisfying both visibilities of a projected light and a transmitted light by anisotropically scattering and reflecting the projected light emitted from a light source. A sheet-form transparent molding according to the present invention comprises a transparent light scattering layer comprising a resin and bright flake-form microparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Matsuo, Suzushi Nishimura, Satoru Inoue, Kousuke Yamaki
  • Publication number: 20190048021
    Abstract: In the present invention, a composition comprising two types of thienothiophene compounds selected from the group consisting of the compounds indicated by formulas (1) to (4) (in formulas (1) to (4), either one of R1 and R2 represents an alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group having an alkyl group or a heterocyclic group having an alkyl group, and the other represents a hydrogen atom, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, a heterocyclic group or a substituent represented by formula (5) (in formula (5), R3 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heterocyclic group)) can form an organic thin film which is homogeneous over a large area, and an organic semiconductor device including the organic thin film is capable of exhibiting high mobility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunto ARAI, Tatsuo HASEGAWA, Satoru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190012988
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA
  • Publication number: 20190009773
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Junichi KIMURA, Yoshio SATO