Patents by Inventor Satoshi Yokota
Satoshi Yokota 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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Publication number: 20240097317Abstract: In order to ensure isolation between a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a narrow space while reducing a size of an antenna device for a vehicle, an antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), a base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), and a first antenna element (122) and a second antenna element (123) that are accommodated in the accommodation space. The first antenna element (122) and the second antenna element (123) at least transmit or receive radio waves in different frequency bands. The first antenna element (122) at least partially has a meandering shape in a first direction that intersects polarization of radio waves transmitted or received by the second antenna element (123).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO, Tomohiro HOSHI, Yusuke YOKOTA, Satoshi IWASAKI
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Patent number: 11344976Abstract: The present invention provides a solder material containing Sn or a Sn-containing alloy and 40 to 320 ppm by mass of A, the solder material including an As-enriched layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kawasaki, Hiroki Sudo, Takahiro Roppongi, Hiroshi Okada, Daisuke Soma, Takashi Akagawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hiroshi Kawanago, Satoshi Yokota, Osamu Munekata
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Patent number: 11169023Abstract: An optical measuring device includes a light measurement unit, an acceleration sensor for detecting the acceleration of the optical measuring device, a storage for storing reference data obtained from the light measurement unit by measuring light from a reference object at a first timing and storing the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as history information, a first determination unit for determining whether the result of comparison between measurement data obtained from the light measurement unit by measuring light from the reference object at a second timing later than the first timing and the reference data satisfies a first malfunction condition, a second determination unit for determining whether the acceleration included in the history information satisfies a second malfunction condition, and an output unit for outputting that the optical measuring device malfunctions when the first malfunction condition and the second malfunction condition are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Masahiko Sakimoto, Naoki Sagisaka, Akihiro Okayama, Satoshi Yokota, Norimasa Kubota
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Patent number: 11089225Abstract: An optical measuring device comprises: a lens to form an image with reflected light from a measuring object; an image sensor to receive the reflected light that has passed through the lens and generate an image representing the measuring object; a driver to drive a drive object, the drive object being at least one of the lens and the image sensor; and a controller to control the optical measuring device. The controller acquires, from the image sensor, a plurality of images generated by the image sensor successively imaging the measuring object while the driver is driving the drive object in accordance with a predetermined driving pattern, and outputs the plurality of images.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Satoshi Yokota, Norimasa Kubota, Yoshihisa Abe, Yuta Yamanoi, Masaaki Chigasaki, Osamu Toyama
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Publication number: 20200376607Abstract: The present invention provides a solder material containing Sn or a Sn-containing alloy and 40 to 320 ppm by mass of A, the solder material including an As-enriched layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.,Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kawasaki, Hiroki Sudo, Takahiro Roppongi, Hiroshi Okada, Daisuke Soma, Takashi Akagawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hiroshi Kawanago, Satoshi Yokota, Osamu Munekata
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Publication number: 20200326237Abstract: An optical measuring device includes a light measurement unit, an acceleration sensor for detecting the acceleration of the optical measuring device, a storage for storing reference data obtained from the light measurement unit by measuring light from a reference object at a first timing and storing the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as history information, a first determination unit for determining whether the result of comparison between measurement data obtained from the light measurement unit by measuring light from the reference object at a second timing later than the first timing and the reference data satisfies a first malfunction condition, a second determination unit for determining whether the acceleration included in the history information satisfies a second malfunction condition, and an output unit for outputting that the optical measuring device malfunctions when the first malfunction condition and the second malfunction condition are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Masahiko SAKIMOTO, Naoki SAGISAKA, Akihiro OKAYAMA, Satoshi YOKOTA, Norimasa KUBOTA
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Patent number: 10651121Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, the electrode including a looped portion, a cylindrical electrode including a main portion having a screw thread formed therein and a narrow portion continuous with the main portion, the narrow portion having a smaller width than the main portion, the cylindrical electrode being electrically connected to the electrode by the narrow portion being inserted into the looped portion, and a case for the semiconductor chip and the electrode, the case contacting the main portion while causing the screw thread and a connecting portion between the looped portion and the cylindrical electrode to be exposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Oya, Satoshi Yokota
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Patent number: 10401227Abstract: A colorimetry device and a colorimetry method according to the present invention relatively move the position of a color measuring unit with respect to a color chart to the position of each of a plurality of patches obtained based on an image of the color chart by a moving unit for a chart region selected by a user out of chart regions extracted based on the image of the color chart, and measure the color of each of the plurality of patches by the color measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Koji Harada, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20190244889Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, the electrode including a looped portion, a cylindrical electrode including a main portion having a screw thread formed therein and a narrow portion continuous with the main portion, the narrow portion having a smaller width than the main portion, the cylindrical electrode being electrically connected to the electrode by the narrow portion being inserted into the looped portion, and a case for the semiconductor chip and the electrode, the case contacting the main portion while causing the screw thread and a connecting portion between the looped portion and the cylindrical electrode to be exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke OYA, Satoshi YOKOTA
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Patent number: 10340217Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, the electrode including a looped portion, a cylindrical electrode including a main portion having a screw thread formed therein and a narrow portion continuous with the main portion, the narrow portion having a smaller width than the main portion, the cylindrical electrode being electrically connected to the electrode by the narrow portion being inserted into the looped portion, and a case for the semiconductor chip and the electrode, the case contacting the main portion while causing the screw thread and a connecting portion between the looped portion and the cylindrical electrode to be exposed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Oya, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20190158756Abstract: An optical measuring device comprises: a lens to form an image with reflected light from a measuring object; an image sensor to receive the reflected light that has passed through the lens and generate an image representing the measuring object; a driver to drive a drive object, the drive object being at least one of the lens and the image sensor; and a controller to control the optical measuring device. The controller acquires, from the image sensor, a plurality of images generated by the image sensor successively imaging the measuring object while the driver is driving the drive object in accordance with a predetermined driving pattern, and outputs the plurality of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YOKOTA, Norimasa KUBOTA, Yoshihisa ABE, Yuta YAMANOI, Masaaki CHIGASAKI, Osamu TOYAMA
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Publication number: 20180247888Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, the electrode including a looped portion, a cylindrical electrode including a main portion having a screw thread formed therein and a narrow portion continuous with the main portion, the narrow portion having a smaller width than the main portion, the cylindrical electrode being electrically connected to the electrode by the narrow portion being inserted into the looped portion, and a case for the semiconductor chip and the electrode, the case contacting the main portion while causing the screw thread and a connecting portion between the looped portion and the cylindrical electrode to be exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke OYA, Satoshi YOKOTA
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Patent number: 9965872Abstract: In a photometric system, a photosensor-equipped unit includes a transmission information holding portion that holds transmission information relating to a screen display direction of a display portion with a content suitable for a photosensor. When the photosensor-equipped unit is connected to a display processing terminal device, the photosensor-equipped unit can transmit the transmission information to the display processing terminal device. The display processing terminal device includes a screen display control portion that executes a display direction setting process during connection for setting a screen display direction of the display portion based upon the transmission information.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takehiro Yashiro, Yuta Yamanoi, Kouichi Ishida, Keizou Ochi, Noriaki Matsubara, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20180045572Abstract: A colorimetry device and a colorimetry method according to the present invention relatively move the position of a color measuring unit with respect to a color chart to the position of each of a plurality of patches obtained based on an image of the color chart by a moving unit for a chart region selected by a user out of chart regions extracted based on the image of the color chart, and measure the color of each of the plurality of patches by the color measuring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Koji HARADA, Satoshi YOKOTA
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Patent number: 9494423Abstract: A photometric apparatus includes a photosensor portion that receives light and performs a measuring operation for acquiring predetermined photometric data relating to the received light, a tilt sensor portion that detects a tilt angle with respect to a predetermined reference plane, and a measurement control portion that determines a tilt state of the photosensor portion based upon the tilt angle, and executes a measurement control process for specifying the photometric data acquired by the photosensor portion as effective photometric data, when the tilt state satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Yuta Yamanoi, Takehiro Yashiro, Kouichi Ishida, Keizou Ochi, Noriaki Matsubara, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20150109317Abstract: In a photometric system, a photosensor-equipped unit includes a transmission information holding portion that holds transmission information relating to a screen display direction of a display portion with a content suitable for a photosensor. When the photosensor-equipped unit is connected to a display processing terminal device, the photosensor-equipped unit can transmit the transmission information to the display processing terminal device. The display processing terminal device includes a screen display control portion that executes a display direction setting process during connection for setting a screen display direction of the display portion based upon the transmission information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Takehiro Yashiro, Yuta Yamanoi, Kouichi Ishida, Keizou Ochi, Noriaki Matsubara, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20150092187Abstract: A photometric apparatus includes a photosensor portion that receives light and performs a measuring operation for acquiring predetermined photometric data relating to the received light, a tilt sensor portion that detects a tilt angle with respect to a predetermined reference plane, and a measurement control portion that determines a tilt state of the photosensor portion based upon the tilt angle, and executes a measurement control process for specifying the photometric data acquired by the photosensor portion as effective photometric data, when the tilt state satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Yuta Yamanoi, Takehiro Yashiro, Kouichi Ishida, Keizou Ochi, Noriaki Matsubara, Satoshi Yokota
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Patent number: 8836096Abstract: An image sensor unit includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate, an actuate section including an actuator for moving the movable substrate against the fixed substrate, an image sensor having an imaging surface on a front surface of the image sensor, and at least, a part of a rear surface of the image sensor being directly fixed onto the movable substrate, an external electrical connecting member for conducting a transmission and reception of signals between the actuate section and the image sensor and an outside of the image sensor unit, and an internal electrical connecting member electrically connects the actuate section, the image sensor and the external connection wiring, wherein the actuate section, the image sensor, the internal connection wiring and a part of the external connection wiring are sealed into the same space.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kosaka, Masataka Hamada, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshihiro Hara, Yasutaka Tanimura
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Patent number: 8815430Abstract: A sealed battery includes a lid closing a container of a sealed battery, an upper current collecting plate, a lead connecting an upper surface to an inner surface of the lid. A welding point of the lead is outside a position corresponding to a periphery of the cap. The lead includes a cylindrical lateral wall part extending vertically, an annular frame portion extending substantially horizontally from a first end of the lateral wall part, and a plurality of supplementary leads that extends substantially horizontally from a second end part of the lateral wall part. The frame portion extends from the first end part in substantially a first direction along a radial direction of the cylindrical lateral wall part, whereas the plurality of supplementary leads extends from the second end part in substantially a second direction opposite to the first direction along the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Okabe, Takahiro Itagaki, Satoshi Yokota, Tomonori Kishimoto, Shuichi Izuchi, Masahiko Oshitani
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Patent number: 8600468Abstract: A biometric information measuring apparatus has a storage device for storing data concerning a biometric signal or biometric information derived from the biometric signal in association with position information indicating the current location of a sensor unit of the apparatus. Since the biometric information measuring apparatus provides the position information acquired when the data on the biometric signal or the biometric information was obtained, one can know the location and behavior of a subject at the time of measurement and exactly analyze the biometric information on the subject.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc.Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshiroh Nagai, Kazumi Kitajima, Norihiro Tateda