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).
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Patent number: 11148563Abstract: An airbag includes plural bag portions respectively including two sheet members which are attached to each other, the plural bag portions arranged to be overlapped with each other in a thickness direction of the sheet member, and a welded portion at which the sheet members being in contact with each other are attached to each other. The welded portion includes a communication hole penetrating the sheet members which are in contact with each other to communicate the bag portions which are arranged to be overlapped with each other, and a rib portion arranged radially outward of the communication hole, the rib portion protruding in the thickness direction from a welded surface of the welded portion. The rib portion includes an annular rib surrounding the communication hole, and a cutout portion provided at the annular rib.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Masuda, Ryosuke Mizuno, Makoto Sakai
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Patent number: 11144581Abstract: Methods and systems for text classification include identifying a text sample, classified according to a first class in a set of hierarchical graphs of classes, that is more similar to a second class in the set of hierarchical graphs of classes than to the first class according to a similarity metric. A word is deleted from the identified text sample that is associated with the second class. A word is added to the identified text sample that is associated with the first class. A text classification model is trained using the text sample as training data. Text classification is performed on an input text using the trained text classification model implemented on a processor device.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Masuda, Kohtaroh Miyamoto, Futoshi Iwama, Hironori Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11100450Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products are provided for generating one or more condition sets from one or more documents. The method includes recognizing one or more paragraphs in each document having one or more listing and nested paragraphs and generating one or more paragraph trees wherein each node in the paragraph tree corresponds to a paragraph text in the document. The method further includes extracting one or more conditions as a logical formula from each paragraph text comprising a condition expression; and obtaining one or more condition sets written by a set of logical formulas from the one or more extracted conditions, according to a set of child nodes belonging to each common parent node in each of the paragraph trees; generating one condition set used for quality inspection, for each of the one or more condition sets written by the set of logical formulas.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nobuhiro Hosokawa, Futoshi Iwama, Satoshi Masuda, Hiroaki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210078475Abstract: An airbag includes a bag portion including two sheet members which are attached to each other. The bag portion provided with the sheet members which are attached to each other includes a peripheral rim portion having a plurality of bent side portions, the bent side portions which each is bent by filling with air inside the bag portion, the bent side portions, the bent side portions which each is formed with a groove-shaped constriction at a surface of the bag portion which is configured to inflate by filling with air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhito KUREMATSU, Ryosuke MIZUNO, Satoshi MASUDA, Takahiro JOMEN, Makoto SUEYOSHI
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Publication number: 20210039527Abstract: An airbag includes plural bag portions respectively including two sheet members which are attached to each other, the plural bag portions arranged to be overlapped with each other in a thickness direction of the sheet member, and a welded portion at which the sheet members being in contact with each other are attached to each other. The welded portion includes a communication hole penetrating the sheet members which are in contact with each other to communicate the bag portions which are arranged to be overlapped with each other, and a rib portion arranged radially outward of the communication hole, the rib portion protruding in the thickness direction from a welded surface of the welded portion. The rib portion includes an annular rib surrounding the communication hole, and a cutout portion provided at the annular rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi MASUDA, Ryosuke Mizuno, Makoto Sakai
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Publication number: 20200393840Abstract: Predicting simulation parameters is performed by obtaining a plurality of datasets, each dataset including simulation parameters, time series data and a label. Wherein the time series data represents a simulation status for each time and the label represents a simulation result. Learning a metric of the simulation parameters including two datasets of the plurality of datasets. Wherein the metric imitates the similarity of time series data of the two datasets, and training a model for predicting the label for simulation parameters by using the metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Satoshi Masuda, Takayuki Katsuki, Kugamoorthy Gajananan
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Patent number: 10864669Abstract: Provided is a method for extruding molten resin in a charging space from a head by converting a rotational motion of an electric motor into a linear motion of a piston disposed in the charging space through a ball screw and thus causing the piston to move vertically, the charging space being a space into which the molten resin can be charged and formed in an accumulator, the head having an extrusion port at a lower end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuji Ito, Satoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 10857784Abstract: Reaction liquid application S1 to an ink receiving medium, formation of a first image by ink application S2, liquid absorption S3 from the first image by a porous body of a liquid absorbing member, cleaning S4 of the porous body, and liquid collection S5 from the porous body are repeated in an inkjet printing method. When the porous body comes into contact with the first image, first chemical species in the reaction liquid contributing to increasing the ink viscosity is contained, on the ink receiving medium and in the porous body, at a higher level in terms of molar equivalent per unit area than second chemical species in the ink also contributing to increasing the ink viscosity. In the liquid collection S5, the liquid is collected so that the liquid remains in the porous body on the side to be brought into contact with the first image.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki Honda, Atsushi Sakamoto, Satoshi Masuda, Toru Yamane, Kyosuke Deguchi, Ryosuke Hirokawa, Toru Ohnishi, Akihiro Mouri, Noboru Toyama
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Patent number: 10858521Abstract: An antifouling coating composition contains a silyl ester (co)polymer and medetomidine and is used to prevent the fouling of substrates by aquatic organisms and which can form antifouling coating films exhibiting outstanding antifouling properties over a long period and also has good storage stability. The antifouling coating composition includes a silyl ester (co)polymer (A) and medetomidine (B), the silyl ester (co)polymer (A) including structural units derived from a monomer (a) represented by the general formula (I): R1—CH?C(CH3)—COO—(SiR2R3O)n—SiR4R5R6, and structural units derived from an unsaturated monomer (b) copolymerizable with the monomer (a).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD.Inventors: Yuki Iwata, Soichiro Tanino, Satoshi Masuda, Hideyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20200267301Abstract: A two-dimensional flicker measurement device includes: a two-dimensional imaging device having a partial reading function for reading a part of an imaging region; a setting unit that sets a plurality of parts, which correspond to partial regions each of which includes two or more of measurement regions, in the imaging region; a control unit that acquires a photometric quantity of each of the plurality of partial regions corresponding to the plurality of parts by causing the two-dimensional imaging device to image the measurement target multiple times using the partial reading function with the number of set parts as the number of times of imaging; and a calculation unit that executes processing, which is for calculating flicker amounts of the two or more measurement regions included in the partial region based on the acquired photometric quantity of the partial region, for each of the plurality of partial regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventor: Satoshi MASUDA
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Patent number: 10730285Abstract: On a conveyance path of a liquid absorbing member including a porous body, a liquid absorbing unit 2 that absorbs a first liquid from a first image, a recovery liquid applying unit 3 that applies a recovery liquid to the porous body absorbing the liquid and a liquid collecting unit 4 that collects a liquid component absorbed by the porous body are arranged in this order, and a cleaning unit 5 that brings a cleaning member into contact with the conveyance path of the porous body is disposed at least between the liquid absorbing unit and the recovery liquid applying unit or between the liquid collecting unit and the liquid absorbing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Sakamoto, Satoshi Masuda, Yoshiyuki Honda, Toru Yamane, Kyosuke Deguchi, Ryosuke Hirokawa, Toru Ohnishi, Akihiro Mouri, Noboru Toyama, Toshimori Miyakoshi, Hiroaki Motooka, Ryohei Goto
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Publication number: 20200225668Abstract: Methods and systems for deploying an automated driving model include testing an automated driving model with a set of scenarios that include a single obstacle. The set of scenarios is pruned to include only those scenarios that do not result in a collision, but that may result in a collision with the addition of another obstacle. New scenarios are added to the set of scenarios to include scenarios that have an additional obstacle to form an updated set of scenarios. The automated driving model is tested with the updated set of scenarios. The automated driving model is deployed to a vehicle to control operation of one or more systems in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Satoshi Masuda, Hiroaki Nakamura, Koichi Kajitani
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Patent number: 10606658Abstract: A method of recommending Mashups, including identifying, using a processor, pre-existing Mashups implementing application program interfaces (APIs), where each implemented API has one or more attached Tag(s) including API characteristics; extracting the characteristics from the Tags attached to the API(s) implemented in the Mashup, form a set including all of the characteristics from the APIs implemented in Mashup; identifying one or more API(s) not implemented in the Mashups; extracting the characteristics from the Tags attached to the API(s) not implemented in the Mashup to form another set; identifying API characteristics that are an element of one set, but not an element of the other set, forming a third set of these characteristics; modeling a relationship between API(s) using the sets; calculating the probability of one or more API(s) not implemented in a Mashup being used for new Mashup; and presenting the API(s) to a user for new Mashups.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Masuda, Akiko Suzuki, Hiroaki Nakamura, Toshiro Takase
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Patent number: 10569580Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus including: an image forming unit that forms a first image containing a first liquid and a coloring material on a transfer body; and a liquid absorbing device including a liquid absorbing member having a porous body coming in contact with the first image to at least partially absorb the first liquid from the first image, and a cleaning member coming in contact with the porous body to clean the porous body wherein surface free energy Y1 of the transfer body, surface free energy Y2 of the porous body, surface free energy Y3 of the cleaning member, and a dispersion force component Yd of surface free energy of the first image satisfy the following Equation (1): |Yd,?Y3|<|Yd,?Y1|<|Yd,?Y2|??(1).Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kyosuke Deguchi, Toru Yamane, Atsushi Sakamoto, Satoshi Masuda, Yoshiyuki Honda, Ryosuke Hirokawa, Akihiro Mouri, Toru Ohnishi, Noboru Toyama
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Patent number: 10557499Abstract: A thrust roller bearing includes: a plurality of rollers which are radially arranged; a retainer having a pocket which is formed in a circular ring shape as a whole and rollingly retains the plurality of rollers; and at least one raceway ring which is provided with a race surface on which the plurality of rollers roll. The raceway ring includes an iron raceway ring and a resin raceway ring having insulating properties, and the iron raceway ring and the resin raceway ring are integrally assembled by being engaged with each other. In addition, the raceway ring may include a resin raceway ring having insulating properties and a pair of iron raceway rings disposed on both front and back surfaces of the resin raceway ring, and the pair of iron raceway rings and the resin raceway ring may be integrally assembled by being engaged with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Yuki Shimpo, Shigenori Murata, Satoshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20200034482Abstract: Methods and systems for text classification include identifying a text sample, classified according to a first class in a set of hierarchical graphs of classes, that is more similar to a second class in the set of hierarchical graphs of classes than to the first class according to a similarity metric. A word is deleted from the identified text sample that is associated with the second class. A word is added to the identified text sample that is associated with the first class. A text classification model is trained using the text sample as training data. Text classification is performed on an input text using the trained text classification model implemented on a processor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Satoshi Masuda, Kohtaroh Miyamoto, Futoshi Iwama, Hironori Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10543679Abstract: A liquid holding amount of a porous body of a liquid absorbing member for removing at least a portion of an aqueous liquid component from an image obtained by ink jet printing is controlled so as to reduce damage to the porous body while maintaining performance of removing attached matters from the porous body by using a cleaning member which abuts on the porous body and has an adhesive force.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Masuda, Toru Yamane, Kyosuke Deguchi, Ryosuke Hirokawa, Toru Ohnishi, Akihiro Mouri, Noboru Toyama, Atsushi Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Honda, Taku Higashiyama, Susumu Hirosawa
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Publication number: 20190330479Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antifouling coating composition capable of forming an antifouling coating film that retains a high antifouling performance for a prolonged period of time and has an excellent damage resistance. Another object of the present invention is to provide an antifouling coating film formed with the antifouling coating composition, a substrate with an antifouling coating film and a method for producing the same, and an antifouling method using the antifouling coating film. The antifouling coating composition of the present invention contains a hydrolyzable polymer (A) containing a metal ester group, zinc oxide (B), and medetomidine (C), and has a content of the zinc oxide (B) in a solid content of the antifouling composition of 27 to 60% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD.Inventors: Jyunji NIIMOTO, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi MASUDA, Hideyuki TANAKA
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Patent number: 10443653Abstract: A sliding member having a supporting layer composed of an iron-based metallic material and a sliding layer formed on a surface of the supporting layer and composed of a copper-based metallic material. The surface of the supporting layer and the sliding layer have non-flat surfaces. A sliding surface having a non-flat surface is formed on the surface of the sliding layer. The sliding layer is formed on the roughened surface of the supporting layer by thermal spraying. The surface of the sliding layer is then subjected to a shot blasting treatment to form the sliding surface which has an uneven surface having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of more than 0 ?m and 2.0 ?m or less, a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of more than 0 ?m and 7.5 ?m or less and a surface hardness (Hv) of 150-250, and which slidably supports an object to be slid.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Masuda, Takashi Akagawa, Naoki Sato, Ryoichi Kurata
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Patent number: 10406632Abstract: A laser machining device having a surface plate upon which a material to be machined is placed, a rail, a saddle, a garter, a horizontal carriage, and a laser nozzle. On it is attached: a machining trolley that causes the saddle to travel along rail, causes the horizontal carriage to travel horizontally along garter, irradiates laser light from laser nozzle towards a material to be machined, and cuts or welds the material. A cover is provided that covers substantially the entire surface of machining trolley and has an upper surface cover, a laser nozzle-side cover, a garter-side cover, and a side surface body. On a lower end side of the laser nozzle-side cover and the garter-side cover, there is a flexible light-blocking member for preventing laser light from leaking from a gap between the lower end section and the upper surface of the surface plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Maruyama, Satoshi Masuda, Keisuke Nakagawa, Takumi Omori