Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ozaki

Satoshi Ozaki 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: 20200343585
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which contains a composition expressed by 3LiOH.Li2SO4. The solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 0.1x10?6 S/cm or more at 25° C. and an activation energy of 0.6 eV or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Reona MIYAZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Satoshi OZAKI, Yosuke SATO, Yuji KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200080850
    Abstract: A self-propelled device capable of autonomously traveling on the left side or right side of a virtual path, a method of controlling traveling of the self-propelled device, and a computer program of controlling traveling of the self-propelled device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko MORI, Masaaki TANOUE, Kazuteru TOBITA, Satoshi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190114413
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server includes a transmitter. The transmitter transmits a first image to a first electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the first electronic apparatus and if the first electronic apparatus is associated with a first identifier of the first camera. The first image is captured by the first camera when a camera identifier of the first camera is the first identifier. The transmitter transmits a second image to a second electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the second electronic apparatus and if the second electronic apparatus is associated with a second identifier of the first camera. The second image is captured by the first camera when the camera identifier of the first camera is the second identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Satoshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20170228750
    Abstract: A server includes: a receiver configured to receive information transmitted from a terminal; a storage capable of storing first information related to a price of a product or service and second information related to intellectual property of a product or service; a processor configured to identify third information using the information received by the receiver and indicating a specific product or service and using the first information, the third information related to a price of the specific product or service, identify fourth information using the information indicating the specific product or service and using the second information, the fourth information related to intellectual property of the specific product or service, and calculate a price of the specific product or service using the third information; and a transmitter capable of transmitting the calculated price and transmission information including the fourth information to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki HIROTA, Satoshi OZAKI
  • Patent number: 9727777
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer acquiring a shot image of a user; a registered user information holder holding face identification data of a registered user; a face authentication carrying out authentication of a face image in the shot image by using the face identification data held in the registered user information holder; an information processing section executing information processing on a basis of an authentication result by the face authentication section; a face identification data registration section updating the face identification data on a basis of a face image extracted from the shot image; and a provisionally-registered data holder temporarily holding data relating to the face image when the face image satisfies a predetermined condition. The face identification data registration section determines whether or not to update the face identification data on the basis of the face image by evaluating the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ozaki, Shoichi Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 9634587
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a motor current shutoff unit inserted between a multi-phase inverter circuit and a multi-phase electric motor to shut off a current for each of plural phases, the inverter circuit including an arm for each of the plural phases, a redundant arm unit including one or more arms, a connection selecting unit selecting which one of windings of the electric motor is to be connected to each of the one or more arms of the redundant arm unit, an abnormal arm detection unit detecting an abnormality in each of the plural phases of the inverter circuit, and an abnormality control unit shutting off connection between an abnormal arm and the motor when the abnormal arm detection unit detects the abnormal arm, and connecting the one or more arms of the redundant arm unit to a winding of the motor shut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kikuchi, Atsushi Horikoshi, Satoshi Ozaki, Yoshihiro Aosaki, Takeshi Senba, Hisayoshi Koiwai, Shigeo Shinohara, Kenji Mori, Masahiro Okutani, Takaaki Sekine
  • Patent number: 9552467
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an image acquirer that acquires a shot image of a user, a registered user information holder that holds face identification data of a registered user, and a face authentication section that detects a face image of a registered user existing in the shot image by using face identification data held in the registered user information holder. The information processing device further includes an information processing section that executes information processing based on a detection result by the face authentication section, and a face identification data registration section that updates the face identification data based on a face image extracted from a shot image of a user at predetermined timings. The face identification data registration section determines whether or not to update the face identification data with a condition corresponding to a situation in which the timing is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shoichi Ikenoue, Naoyuki Onoe, Junichi Yamashita, Satoshi Ozaki, Natsuko Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20160134212
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a motor current shutoff unit inserted between a multi-phase inverter circuit and a multi-phase electric motor to shut off a current for each of plural phases, the inverter circuit including an arm for each of the plural phases, a redundant arm unit including one or more arms, a connection selecting unit selecting which one of windings of the electric motor is to be connected to each of the one or more arms of the redundant arm unit, an abnormal arm detection unit detecting an abnormality in each of the plural phases of the inverter circuit, and an abnormality control unit shutting off connection between an abnormal arm and the motor when the abnormal arm detection unit detects the abnormal arm, and connecting the one or more arms of the redundant arm unit to a winding of the motor shut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke Kikuchi, Atsushi Horikoshi, Satoshi Ozaki, Yoshihiro Aosaki, Takeshi Senba, Hisayoshi Koiwai, Shigeo Shinohara, Kenji Mori, Masahiro Okutani, Takaaki Sekine
  • Publication number: 20160110589
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer acquiring a shot image of a user; a registered user information holder holding face identification data of a registered user; a face authentication carrying out authentication of a face image in the shot image by using the face identification data held in the registered user information holder; an information processing section executing information processing on a basis of an authentication result by the face authentication section; a face identification data registration section updating the face identification data on a basis of a face image extracted from the shot image; and a provisionally-registered data holder temporarily holding data relating to the face image when the face image satisfies a predetermined condition. The face identification data registration section determines whether or not to update the face identification data on the basis of the face image by evaluating the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi OZAKI, Shoichi IKENOUE
  • Publication number: 20150125046
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an image acquirer that acquires a shot image of a user, a registered user information holder that holds face identification data of a registered user, and a face authentication section that detects a face image of a registered user existing in the shot image by using face identification data held in the registered user information holder. The information processing device further includes an information processing section that executes information processing based on a detection result by the face authentication section, and a face identification data registration section that updates the face identification data based on a face image extracted from a shot image of a user at predetermined timings. The face identification data registration section determines whether or not to update the face identification data with a condition corresponding to a situation in which the timing is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Shoichi IKENOUE, Naoyuki ONOE, Junichi YAMASHITA, Satoshi OZAKI, Natsuko SASAKI
  • Patent number: 8756630
    Abstract: An imaging distribution apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a distribution request for distribution of a specific program from a client apparatus via a network, a program scenario acquisition unit configured to acquire a program scenario corresponding to the specific program requested for by the distribution request, a content acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of information contents based on the program scenario, a conversion unit configured to convert the information contents to image scene based on the program scenario, an encoding unit configured to encode the image scene, to generate a stream, and a stream distribution unit configured to distribute the stream to the client apparatus via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiichi Teramoto, Shirou Wakayama, Satoshi Ozaki, Isao Takeyasu, Yoshiki Terashima, Kenji Odaka, Eiji Tokita
  • Patent number: 8752192
    Abstract: Whether a combination method defined in an output rule satisfies a combination condition of each content specified in a play list is judged in order of priority defined in a priority list. Based on the judgment result, the output rule is edited in such a manner that the combination condition of each content specified in the play list is satisfied. The resources of the combination target contents specified in the play list are combined in accordance with the combination method of the edited output rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenji Odaka, Yoshiki Terashima, Satoshi Ozaki, Shirou Wakayama, Keiichi Teramoto, Eiji Tokita
  • Patent number: 8737812
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content playback apparatus includes a playback module, a decision module, and a management module. The playback module is configured to play back a content includes components selected from moving picture data, image data, sound data and text data, thereby to produce video data and audio data. The decision module is configured to determine, based on a state of the content playback apparatus, whether the components of the content can be viewed and listened to. The management module is configured to manage video-audio management data includes data items based on a decision result of the decision module, each data item representing whether a video or audio data item has been viewed or listened to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenji Odaka, Satoshi Ozaki, Naoki Esaka, Shirou Wakayama, Kensaku Fujimoto, Yosuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8706780
    Abstract: A content item recommendation device includes; a storage which stores information of a plurality of content items describing identifiers and usage characteristics of the resources used in the content items; a first specifying unit which specifies first content items which use at least S number of resources in common with a specified content item; a second specifying unit which specifies second content items which use at least K number of resources in common with each of the first content items; a calculator which calculates relationship levels between the specified content item and each of the second content items; a selector which selects recommended content items from the second content items based on the relationship levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Eiji Tokita, Satoshi Ozaki, Kenji Odaka, Shirou Wakayama, Yoshiki Terashima, Kensaku Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20140026228
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a management module and a control module. The control module detects an event of requesting install of an application program, and transmits, prior to execution of the install, install event information including an application name of the application program to the management module. The management module notifies the install event information to a determination program, and transmits to the control module a determination result indicative of permission or prohibition of the install, the determination result being received from the determination program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isozaki, Ryuiti Koike, Jun Kanai, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Yuki Kanbe, Jun Ohashi, Satoshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20140026198
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control module detects each of a plurality of events. A management module transmits a determination result indicative of one of permission and prohibition of execution of a specific process to the control module when a second event of requesting execution of the specific process is detected before detection of a first event of requesting a connection to a specific external communication device. When the second event is detected after the detection of the first event, the management module transmits the other of permission and prohibition of the execution of the specific process to the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isozaki, Jun Kanai, Ryuiti Koike, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Hatakeyama, Yuki Kanbe, Jun Ohashi, Tatsunori Saito, Satoshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8635239
    Abstract: A keyword acquiring unit transmits a keyword acquisition request to a first server serving as a keyword providing service, and receives a keyword from the first server. An information acquiring unit transmits an acquisition request of information related to the keyword to a second server serving as an information providing service, and receives the information from the second server. A cover unit presents information acquired by the information acquiring unit to a user. An input unit receives selection of at least one of information presented by the cover unit. A service acquiring unit transmits a search request based on the keyword related to information selected at the input unit to a third server serving as a search service, and acquires a search result from the third server. A socket unit presents the search result to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shirou Wakayama, Sumihiko Yamamoto, Satoshi Ozaki, Hirokazu Nagata
  • Patent number: 8532979
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold, in advance, presentation data to be presented to a person; a detection unit configured to detect, in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a photographic subject, the photographic subject; a reading unit configured to read presentation data associated with a detection result of the photographic subject from among items of presentation data held in advance; and an output unit configured to output the read presentation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuko Sasaki, Satoshi Ozaki, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 8478943
    Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires each of the resources defined by the scenario, from locations depending on identifiers of the resources. A judging unit judge, when a resource having same identifier and structure as the resource acquired is existent in the cache storage, erases the resource, the identifier thereof, and the receipt time information from the cache storage, and when not existent, stores the acquired resource in association with the identifier thereof and the receipt time information of the bookmark instruction, in the cache storage. A second acquisition, when the identifiers of the resources specified by a first scenario are existent in the cache storage, acquires the resources from the cache storage according to the receipt time information corresponding to the first scenario and identifiers of the resources, and when not existent, acquires the resources from a location depending on the identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shirou Wakayama, Satoshi Ozaki, Naoki Esaka, Kensaku Fujimoto, Kenji Odaka, Yosuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130007048
    Abstract: A keyword acquiring unit transmits a keyword acquisition request to a first server serving as a keyword providing service, and receives a keyword from the first server. An information acquiring unit transmits an acquisition request of information related to the keyword to a second server serving as an information providing service, and receives the information from the second server. A cover unit presents information acquired by the information acquiring unit to a user. An input unit receives selection of at least one of information presented by the cover unit. A service acquiring unit transmits a search request based on the keyword related to information selected at the input unit to a third server serving as a search service, and acquires a search result from the third server. A socket unit presents the search result to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shirou Wakayama, Sumihiko Yamamoto, Satoshi Ozaki, Hirokazu Nagata