Patents by Inventor Satoshi Hirano

Satoshi Hirano 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: 20240071237
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to predict a scattering range of a chemical to be sprayed onto a field by a first unmanned aircraft and control, in a case in which it is determined that the chemical will scatter near the field based on the scattering range, a three-dimensional position or a travel route of a second unmanned aircraft so that downwash of the second unmanned aircraft prevents scattering of the chemical near the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Fuhito KODAMA, Yuki UCHIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yoshinori OKADA, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240067339
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire weather information including a wind speed on a scheduled spraying date and time at which an unmanned aircraft is to spray an agricultural chemical on a field, determine a flight altitude of the unmanned aircraft according to the wind speed, and generate a plan for spraying of the agricultural chemical by the unmanned aircraft, the plan for spraying including the determined flight altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Fuhito KODAMA, Yuki UCHIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yoshinori OKADA, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240053509
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. In a case in which the controller predicts, based on weather data, that there will be adverse weather that could cause damage to a crop in a field, the controller is configured to present reference information and propose harvesting before the adverse weather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Fuhito KODAMA, Yuki UCHIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yoshinori OKADA, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230363303
    Abstract: An information processing method is executed by an information processing device configured to decide an execution timing of agricultural chemical spraying by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The information processing method includes acquiring information about each of a plurality of farm fields and deciding an execution timing of agricultural chemical spraying over a first farm field to be sprayed by the unmanned aerial vehicle based on information about a second farm field located around the first farm field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Fuhito KODAMA, Yuki UCHIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yoshinori OKADA, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11690534
    Abstract: A gait evaluation apparatus that evaluates a training gait of a paralyzed patient suffering from paralysis in a leg includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of motion amounts of a paralyzed body portion according to a gait motion and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate that the gait motion is an abnormal gait in a case where at least one of the motion amounts acquired by the acquisition unit meets any one of a plurality of abnormal gait criteria set in advance. The abnormal gait criteria include at least two or more first criteria, which are criteria relevant to motion amounts of different parts of the paralyzed body portion, or at least two or more second criteria, which are criteria relevant to motion amounts of the same part of the paralyzed body portion in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Masayuki Imaida, Takeru Fukagawa, Eiichi Saitoh, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Hiroki Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 11631940
    Abstract: A waveguide slot antenna is configured by a waveguide, formed by a dielectric substrate, a first conductive layer formed at a lower surface of the dielectric substrate, a second conductive layer formed at an upper surface of the dielectric substrate and provided with one or a plurality of slots, and a pair of side wall parts electrically connecting the first and second conductive layers and extending in a first direction, being provided with a power feeding part. The one or a plurality of slots include a first slot having a predetermined slot length along the first direction. The waveguide slot antenna has a structure in which, on a plan view from a second direction, the power feeding part overlaps the first slot, and the power feeding part does not deviate from a range of the slot length along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Hirano, Naoko Mori, Ikuro Aoki, Takuya Adachi
  • Patent number: 11588219
    Abstract: A waveguide includes a dielectric substrate, a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer formed on a lower surface and an upper surface thereof, a pair of side wall parts forming side walls of both sides of the waveguide, and a feed part feeding an input signal to the waveguide. The feed part includes a feed terminal formed on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and does not contact the first conductor layer, a first via conductor connected at a lower end thereof to the feed terminal, a first connection pad connected to an upper end of the first via conductor, and second via conductors that are each connected at a lower end thereof to the first connection pad. The sum of the cross-sectional areas of the second via conductors is greater than the sum of the cross-sectional area of the first via conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Hirano, Naoko Mori, Ikuro Aoki, Takuya Adachi
  • Patent number: 11565165
    Abstract: A walking training system includes a treadmill configured to prompt a trainee to walk, a display device installed such that the trainee views the display device while walking on the treadmill, a camera configured to image the trainee at an angle of view at which a gait of the trainee is recognizable, a calculation unit configured to calculate a tilt of a body core of the walking trainee based on an image captured by the camera, and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display a body core line associated with the tilt, and an index indicating at least an end of a permissible range of a deflection of the body core line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Nagisa Tanaka, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Publication number: 20220387630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening an anticancer agent by causing drosophila having the characteristics of a) expression of mutant Ras85D, b) deletion or suppressed expression of a p53 gene, c) overexpression of a cyclin E gene, and d) deletion or suppressed expression of a Med gene to ingest a test substance and comparing the survival rate thereof with the survival rate of drosophila that did not ingest the test substance. The present invention also relates to a combination drug of at least two kinase inhibitors for treatment of pancreatic cancer and to kinase inhibitors for use in said combination drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Masahiro Sonoshita, Sho Sekiya, Satoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11512395
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate includes: forming a preprocessing coating on a surface of a substrate having insulating properties by accelerating the powdered material together with gas and spraying the powdered material in a solid phase onto the surface of the substrate, the powdered material including aluminum or an aluminum alloy as a main component; and forming a heat-treated coating having a surface with irregular asperities by heating a preprocessing laminate including the substrate and the preprocessing coating formed on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11508258
    Abstract: The rehabilitation training system includes: an evaluation unit configured to evaluate rehabilitation training performed by a trainee; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of evaluation comments regarding the evaluation; a reception unit configured to receive, from an authorized training assistant, designation of an evaluation comment that is restricted from being presented to a specific trainee among the plurality of evaluation comments; a selection unit configured to select an evaluation comment to be presented to the specific trainee from the plurality of evaluation comments based on the evaluation for the rehabilitation training of the specific trainee that is performed by the evaluation unit and the designation; and a presentation unit configured to present the evaluation comment selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Makoto Kobayashi, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Patent number: 11484753
    Abstract: The walking training system includes: a treadmill; a determination unit configured to determine whether a walking of the trainee on the treadmill is an abnormal walking based on predetermined abnormal walking symptoms; a display unit configured to display a result of a determination of each of the abnormal walking symptoms; a reception unit configured receive a selection of at least one result of the determination from the results of the determinations, each of which displayed on the display unit, in which regarding pieces of advice about adjustment items for improving the abnormal walking symptoms in the result of the determination which the reception unit has received the selection, the display unit preferentially displays the pieces of advice that are common to pieces of advice about adjustment items for improving the abnormal walking symptoms in a result of another determination in which the determination unit determines the abnormal walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Takuma Nakamura, Taiga Matsumoto, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Patent number: 11477858
    Abstract: A small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The sheath heater according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a gap within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the gap, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hanamachi, Kenji Sekiya, Daisuke Hashimoto, Satoshi Hirano, Masaru Takimoto, Go Takahara, Yoshihito Araki, Arata Tatsumi, Takashi Kawasaki, Yuki Toyama, Satoshi Anzai
  • Patent number: 11393019
    Abstract: Purchase from sellers of selection is enabled to be made through simple operations. Furthermore, prospective purchase events are distributed to sellers as needed. Demands of purchase candidates are retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PEACE AND PASSION INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Nuttapong Attrapadung, Senlin Guan
  • Publication number: 20220108779
    Abstract: A rehabilitation assistance system, a rehabilitation assistance method, and a program capable of appropriately assisting rehabilitation are provided. A rehabilitation assistance system according to an embodiment includes: a storage unit configured to store, for each rehabilitation patient, evaluation indices of evaluation items regarding the evaluation items for evaluating a level of achievement of rehabilitation training; a processing unit configured to divide a plurality of rehabilitation patients into groups in accordance with the evaluation indices; and a display unit configured to update a display that shows a state of progress of a target patient in accordance with progress information of rehabilitation training and show the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeru Fukagawa, Issei Nakashima, Hisataka Yuasa, Takuya Iwata, Takashi Shimizu, Yohei Otaka, Satoshi Hirano, Masaki Katoh, Daisuke Imoto, Shin Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20220105415
    Abstract: A training support system including an information acquisition unit configured to acquire trainee information including a symptom of a trainee, a database configured to store at least a plurality of symptoms and a plurality of training items in association with each other, an extraction unit configured to extract from the database one or more training items corresponding to the symptom of the trainee acquired by the information acquisition unit, and an output unit configured to output the one or more training items extracted from the database by the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Iwata, Issei Nakashima, Hisataka Yuasa, Takeru Fukagawa, Takashi Shimizu, Yohei Otaka, Satoshi Hirano, Masaki Katoh, Yoko Inamoto, Daisuke Imoto
  • Publication number: 20220108780
    Abstract: A training support system including an information acquisition unit configured to acquire trainee information including a symptom of a trainee, a database configured to store a plurality of combinations of training experienced person information including a symptom of a training experienced person, a training performance, and a recovery status, a selection unit configured to select the training experienced person with the symptom similar to the symptom of the trainee acquired by the information acquisition unit from among a plurality of the training experienced persons, and an output unit configured to extract, from the database, at least any of the training performance and the recovery status of the training experienced person selected by the selection unit and then output at least any of the training performance and the recovery status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Hisataka Yuasa, Issei Nakashima, Takeru Fukagawa, Takuya Iwata, Takashi Shimizu, Yohei Otaka, Satoshi Hirano, Masaki Katoh, Daisuke Imoto, Shin Kitamura, Yoko Inamoto
  • Publication number: 20220105390
    Abstract: A rehabilitation assistance system, a rehabilitation assistance method, and a program capable of appropriately assisting the rehabilitation are provided. A rehabilitation assistance system according to an embodiment includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information in accordance with a level of achievement of rehabilitation training performed by a rehabilitation patient in a first training apparatus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information in accordance with a level of achievement of rehabilitation training performed by the rehabilitation patient in a second training apparatus which is different from the first training apparatus; and a display unit configured to display the first information and the second information in such a way that they are arranged close to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisataka Yuasa, Issei Nakashima, Takeru Fukagawa, Takuya Iwata, Takashi Shimizu, Yohei Otaka, Satoshi Hirano, Masaki Katoh, Daisuke Imoto
  • Patent number: 11293754
    Abstract: There is provided a surveying instrument including a monopod which is installed on a reference point, a surveying instrument main body which is provided at a known distance from a lower end of the monopod and a known angle with respect to an axis of the monopod, two auxiliary legs which extend downward from a middle portion of the monopod at a predetermined angle, and a lower image pickup module which is provided at a known position with respect to the surveying instrument main body, wherein the surveying instrument main body comprises a measuring unit, a measuring direction image pickup module, and an arithmetic control module, wherein the surveying instrument main body is supported by three points by the monopod and the auxiliary legs, and a positional change or a rotational change of the surveying instrument main body is calculated based on a change of the lower image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Kaoru Kumagai, Fumio Ohtomo, Kazuki Osaragi, Nobuyuki Nishita, Tetsuji Anai, Noriyasu Kiryuu
  • Patent number: D1006826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Kazuki Aikawa