Patents by Inventor Satoshi Masuda

Satoshi Masuda 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: 12359965
    Abstract: An optical measuring device includes: a stimulus value acquirer that receives light from a measurement target and continuously acquires intensity corresponding to a stimulus value at a regular time interval; a response characteristic acquirer that acquires an impulse response characteristic from a storage that stores the impulse response characteristic corresponding to a luminous stimulus response; and a hardware processor that performs digital filter processing on continuous data of stimulus value intensity acquired by the stimulus value acquirer by the impulse response characteristic acquired by the response characteristic acquirer to generate data on which the luminous stimulus response is superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 12286118
    Abstract: The hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a clutch, an accelerator operation amount detecting unit, and a control device. The control device is configured to include: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the accelerator operation amount is equal to or greater than a threshold value when there is a start request for the engine; and an ignition timing control unit configured to advance an ignition timing of the engine, when an affirmative determination is made by the determination unit, than when a negative determination is made by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshida, Masahiro Kachi, Satoshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20250020578
    Abstract: The photometric apparatus includes a light receiver having one or a plurality of light receiving sensors that receive light to be measured from an object to be measured; a controller that calculates a measured value based on an output from the one or plurality of light receiving sensors; a light attenuation member that is disposed so as to be insertable in and removable from a light path of the light to be measured and attenuates the light to be incident on the light receiver; and a corrector that corrects a difference between a measured value calculated by the controller in a state in which the light attenuation member is inserted in the light path and a measured value calculated by the controller in a state in which the light attenuation member is not inserted in the light path, the measured values varying depending on a characteristic of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Akira KOSAKA, Satoshi MASUDA, Junichi YAMAZOE, Katsutoshi TSURUTANI
  • Publication number: 20250020507
    Abstract: A photometric apparatus includes: a dimming member disposed so as to be insertable in and removable from a light path of light to be measured from a display; and a hardware processor that acquires a photometric value of the light to be measured in a state in which the dimming member is inserted in the light path and a photometric value of the light to be measured in a state in which the dimming member is not inserted in the light path in order to generate a calibration coefficient for suppressing a measurement error between the state in which the dimming member is inserted in the light path and the state in which the dimming member is not inserted in the light path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Satoshi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 12128897
    Abstract: A method is provided for driving model calibration. The method clusters a plurality of vehicle trajectories into a plurality of datasets for different driving styles based on a score. The score is calculated for each vehicle trajectory by an objective entropy weight method. The method trains, for each of the plurality of datasets for the different driving styles relative to an existing target driving model, a respective neural network which inputs a respective one of the plurality of datasets and outputs a respective parameter for the existing target driver model to obtain a plurality of trained neural networks. The existing target driver model is for simulating human driving behaviors. The method performs, for each trained neural network, an online adaptation of the existing target driving model based on a respective output of each of the plurality of trained neural networks to obtain a plurality of adapted driver models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhanhong Yan, Satoshi Masuda, Michiaki Tatsubori
  • Patent number: 12015878
    Abstract: A train monitoring system in the present embodiment is provided with a compartment camera 10 that takes an image of the inside of a compartment of the train, a processing server 30 that calculates a vacancy probability for each reserved seat on the basis of the image taken by the compartment camera 10 while the train is running and detects a resale candidate seat by comparing the vacancy probability with a threshold value, and a touch panel monitor 40 that displays resale candidate seat information indicating the resale candidate seat that has been detected by the processing server 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Naoi, Satoshi Masuda, Tetsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20240140286
    Abstract: An air supply apparatus supplies air to an airbag of a seat includes a support panel and a functional component. A first direction is a thickness of the base, a second direction is orthogonal to the first direction, and a direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is a third direction. A first restriction wall and a second restriction wall extend from the base in the first direction, spaced at an interval in the second direction, and sandwich the functional component in the second direction. A coupling wall extends from the base in the first direction and couples the first restriction wall to the second restriction wall in the second direction. Two guide walls are spaced in the third direction and sandwich the functional component in the third direction. Pressing portions sandwich the functional component together with the coupling wall in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi MASUDA, Tomokazu SEKI, Tomohiro HORI, Reiji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11959449
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a start-up control of shifting the connection and disconnection clutch to a coupled state at the time of starting the internal combustion engine to rotate the internal combustion engine by the driving torque of the electric motor, and starting the first fuel injection mode using the direct injection injector. The electronic control unit is configured to switch from the first fuel injection mode to a second fuel injection mode for using the port injector prior to an end of the start-up control when the number of times of combustion cycles of the internal combustion engine with the first fuel injection mode reaches a predetermined first target number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshida, Masanao Idogawa, Masahiro Kachi, Koji Ichikawa, Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11943531
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus configured to communicate with a content processing system, the electronic apparatus includes a communication controller configured to control transmission of a processing instruction for content to the content processing system and control acquisition of a remaining content amount available for the processing from the content processing system via a communication unit, and a display controller configured to control display of a numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount in a specific display area, and in a case where a predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, control performing of a specific display related to the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, the specific display being different from the numerical value indicating the remaining content amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Imai, Satoshi Masuda, Ryo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11932152
    Abstract: An air pump device includes an electric pump unit including a pump mechanism and a motor configured to drive the pump mechanism, a case housing the electric pump unit, and a vibration-proof member interposed between the electric pump unit and the case. The vibration-proof member is a plate-shaped member made of an elastic resin material and is wound around the electric pump unit to wrap the electric pump unit therein. A part of the vibration-proof member is sandwiched between the electric pump unit and one of facing surfaces that are inner surfaces of the case and face each other inside the case. Another part of the vibration-proof member is sandwiched between the electric pump unit and the other one of the facing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Sakai, Kazuma Nishida, Takashi Yokoyama, Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11892350
    Abstract: A device for measuring two-dimensional flicker of the present application includes a plurality of two-dimensional sensors having a partial readout function of reading out only a pixel value of some of photoelectric conversion elements included in set partial readout regions, among a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. In the device for measuring two-dimensional flicker, a plurality of measurement regions are set two-dimensionally on a measurement target object. Each pixel in the plurality of measurement regions is individually acquired, by setting each of the plurality of partial readout regions of the plurality of two-dimensional sensors in each of a plurality of partial imaging regions obtained by dividing an entire imaging region including entirely the measurement target object. A flicker value of the plurality of measurement regions is individually obtained based on each pixel value in the plurality of measurement regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11850806
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an air bag includes forming a bag portion surrounded by a welded portion extending in an annular shape by pressing at least one welding mold against two sheet materials arranged to be stacked from a stacking direction of the sheet materials. The welding mold is pressed against the sheet materials to form the welded portion including a welding bead portion protruding to an inside of the bag portion between the sheet materials. A pressing surface of the welding mold against the sheet materials is provided with a slope portion facing in the stacking direction of the sheet materials and in a direction of the inside of the bag portion at a position further on an outside of the bag portion than a position at which the welding bead portion is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhito Kurematsu, Makoto Sakai, Ryosuke Mizuno, Satoshi Masuda, Tomokazu Seki, Masaaki Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20230364721
    Abstract: A brazing paste contain a brazing material in an amount of 80% by mass or more and 95% by mass or less; and a binder in an amount of 5% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. The brazing material contains a flux in an amount of 2% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less. The binder contains a solid solvent containing two or more hydroxyl groups and having 8 to 10 carbon atoms, and a liquid solvent. When the binder does not contain a thixotropic agent, the liquid solvent is contained in an amount of 68% by mass or more with respect to a total of the binder, and when the binder contains a thixotropic agent, the thixotropic agent is contained in an amount of 11% by mass or less with respect to a total of the binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshie TACHIBANA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Takashi AKAGAWA, Satoshi MASUDA, Masaki SUGIYAMA, Yosuke KAZUMOTO, Hisaya SUGIMOTO, Hiroaki HATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230364720
    Abstract: A brazing paste contain 80% by mass or more and 95% by mass or less of a brazing material; and 5% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less of a binder. The binder contains a solid solvent containing two or more hydroxyl groups and having 5 to 7 carbon atoms, and a liquid solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshie TACHIBANA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Takashi AKAGAWA, Satoshi MASUDA, Masaki SUGIYAMA, Yosuke KAZUMOTO, Hisaya SUGIMOTO, Hiroaki HATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11811980
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus capable of communicating with an image processing server, the electronic apparatus including transmitting means for transmitting, to the image processing server, an image and information indicating an image processing parameter to be used when the image processing server performs image processing on the image, and controlling means for controlling display of a guidance indicating that an image obtained by applying the image processing by the image processing server to the image is to be checked on another apparatus from the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Takahashi, Satoshi Masuda, Yuichiro Ishitsuka
  • Publication number: 20230296071
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a start-up control of shifting the connection and disconnection clutch to a coupled state at the time of starting the internal combustion engine to rotate the internal combustion engine by the driving torque of the electric motor, and starting the first fuel injection mode using the direct injection injector. The electronic control unit is configured to switch from the first fuel injection mode to a second fuel injection mode for using the port injector prior to an end of the start-up control when the number of times of combustion cycles of the internal combustion engine with the first fuel injection mode reaches a predetermined first target number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro YOSHIDA, Masanao IDOGAWA, Masahiro KACHI, Koji ICHIKAWA, Satoshi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230294704
    Abstract: The hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a clutch, an accelerator operation amount detecting unit, and a control device. The control device is configured to include: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the accelerator operation amount is equal to or greater than a threshold value when there is a start request for the engine; and an ignition timing control unit configured to advance an ignition timing of the engine, when an affirmative determination is made by the determination unit, than when a negative determination is made by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro YOSHIDA, Masahiro KACHI, Satoshi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11712985
    Abstract: An air bag includes a bag portion formed by bonding two sheet members together. The bag portion includes an expansion portion including an annular joining portion extending in an annular shape, and a passage portion including a pair of parallel linear joining portions and connected to the expansion portion. Air filled in the bag portion flows through an internal space of the expansion portion surrounded by the annular joining portion and a passage sandwiched between the linear joining portions defining the passage portion. At a connection portion between the expansion portion and the passage portion, the linear joining portions extend in parallel, or the linear joining portions extend so as to expand toward a deep side of the passage from an opening position of the passage with respect to the internal space of the expansion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ogiso, Tomoko Kanbara, Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11693752
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for redundancy reduction for driving test scenarios. The method includes receiving an original test set of driving scenarios and a driving model which simulates a vehicle behavior under a driving scenario inputted to the driving model. The method includes, for each driving scenario of the original test set, obtaining vehicle dynamics timeseries data as an output of the driving model. The method includes determining similar driving scenarios by comparing driving model outputs. The method additionally includes creating a new test set of driving scenarios by discarding duplicated ones of the similar driving scenarios from the original test set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhanhong Yan, Satoshi Masuda, Michiaki Tatsubori
  • Patent number: D1053033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Masuda