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: 20120146171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Akira KOSAKA, Masataka Hamada, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshihiro Hara, Yasutaka Tanimura
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Patent number: 8138564Abstract: 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: July 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kosaka, Masataka Hamada, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshihiro Hara, Yasutaka Tanimura
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Patent number: 7988745Abstract: A method for manufacturing highly reliable batteries includes the steps of placing in a battery container an electrode assembly; arranging an upper current collecting plate to be electrically connected to one of the electrodes of the electrode assembly; bringing a lead previously welded to the inner surface of a lid in contact with the upper current collecting plate; and welding the points of contact between the lead and the upper current collecting plate. Also batteries are produced by the method, and a method for inspecting battery including the steps of detecting defective welds by measuring alternating-current resistance of a battery.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Okabe, Satoshi Yokota, Takahiro Itagaki, Tomonori Kishimoto, Shuichi Izuchi
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Publication number: 20090233174Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing highly reliable batteries and a method for inspecting batteries that can achieve firm, low-resistance welding upon welding of points of contact between a lead welded to the lid of a battery and an upper current collecting plate and that can eliminate batteries with defective welds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: GS YUASA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Okabe, Satoshi Yokota, Takahiro Itagaki, Tomonori Kishimoto, Shuichi Izuchi
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Publication number: 20090208830Abstract: A lead for a sealed battery having a specific profile can realize a low resistance welding process when connecting the upper current collecting plate and the lid in order to make the sealed battery show a low resistance and excellent output characteristics. A sealed battery is realized by using such a lead and a method of manufacturing such a battery employs a specific welding step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: GS YUASA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Okabe, Satoshi Yokota, Takahiro Itagaki, Tomonori Kishimoto, Shuichi Izuchi
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Publication number: 20080243393Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YOKOTA, Yoshiroh NAGAI, Kazumi KITAJIMA, Norihiro TATEDA
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Patent number: 7420886Abstract: There is disclosed a magnetic recording medium in which a seed layer, under layer, intermediate layer, first magnetic layer, nonmagnetic layer, second magnetic layer, protective layer, and lubricant layer are successively laminated on a glass substrate, the nonmagnetic layer is constituted of an alloy containing Cr and C, and the magnetic layer is constituted of an alloy containing Co and Pt. The under layer includes at least the seed layer for finely dividing the crystal particles of the magnetic layer, the seed layer includes at least two or more layers of nonmagnetic films, and the intermediate layer formed of the material different from that of the nonmagnetic film is interposed between the nonmagnetic films. In measurement of the thermal stability of the magnetic recording medium, a head is used, the head includes a read/write element, and a write track width is twice or more as large as a read track width in the head.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Tomiyasu, Teiichiro Umezawa, Genshichi Hata, Takashi Morikawa, Masato Kobayashi, Masashi Suzuki, Satoshi Yokota, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20080166630Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a sealed battery having a low resistance, excellent in the output power, and provided with a current collecting structure by setting welding points of a lower current collecting plate and a container bottom surface at specified positions without requiring a current collecting substrate with a special structure or a complicated welding method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2005Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: GS YUASA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Okabe, Satoshi Yokota, Takahiro Itagaki, Tomonori Kishimoto, Shuichi Izuchi
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Sealed Battery, Lead for Sealed Battery and Battery Stack Comprising a Plurality of Sealed Batteries
Publication number: 20080038629Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a sealed battery having a low resistance and is excellent in output power performance, and a lead suitable for the sealed battery, and a battery stack comprising a plurality of such sealed batteries as described above, Provided is a sealed battery comprising a lid (50) for closing the open end of a container (60) which has, at the center of its upper surface, a valve body (90) covered with a cap (80) to form a safety valve, and an upper current collecting plate (2) connected via lead (20, 30) to the inner surface of lid (50), wherein a welding point of lead (20) to the inner surface of lid (50) is, in a flat view, outside the periphery of cap (80), and the length of lead (20, 30) from the welding point (20) on the inner surface of lid (50) to the nearest welding point (30) on the upper current collecting plate (2) is 1 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: GS YUASA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Okabe, Takahiro Itagaki, Satoshi Yokota, Tomonori Kishimoto, Shuichi Izuchi, Masahiko Oshitani -
Publication number: 20080017942Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Akira Kosaka, Masataka Hamada, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshihiro Hara, Yasutaka Tanimura
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Publication number: 20070248844Abstract: There is disclosed a magnetic recording medium in which a seed layer, under layer, intermediate layer, first magnetic layer, nonmagnetic layer, second magnetic layer, protective layer, and lubricant layer are successively laminated on a glass substrate, the nonmagnetic layer is constituted of an alloy containing Cr and C, and the magnetic layer is constituted of an alloy containing Co and Pt. The under layer includes at least the seed layer for finely dividing the crystal particles of the magnetic layer, the seed layer includes at least two or more layers of nonmagnetic films, and the intermediate layer formed of the material different from that of the nonmagnetic film is interposed between the nonmagnetic films. In measurement of the thermal stability of the magnetic recording medium, a head is used, the head includes a read/write element, and a write track width is twice or more as large as a read track width in the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Hiroshi Tomiyasu, Teiichiro Umezawa, Genshichi Hata, Takashi Morikawa, Masato Kobayashi, Masashi Suzuki, Satoshi Yokota, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 7286163Abstract: A digital camera having an image shake correction apparatus and a method of preventing the image shake of an image taken by the digital camera. The digital camera includes optical elements arranged along a bent line for focusing an object image upon a light receiving plane in which the elements include at least one mirror which reflects a light from an object toward the light receiving plane, a driver for moving the mirror so as to turn its light axis having been bent by the mirror, a vibration sensor for sensing a vibration of a camera body, and a processor for making the driver move the mirror based on the sensed vibration. The mirror turns so as to cancel the vibration of the object image focussed on the light receiving plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Hara, Sadanobu Ueda, Yoshito Iwasawa, Kazuaki Matsui, Akira Kosaka, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20070195012Abstract: A see-through type image display apparatus and a method for displaying image are provided. This is an image display apparatus mounted on the head or face of a user wherein the user can see through the apparatus to observe the external world, and includes: a see-through type display section for displaying an image; an audio input section for inputting the sound generated from the sound source of the external world and generating an audio signal; a sound source detection section for detecting the relative direction with reference to the image display apparatus of the sound source, based on the audio signal generated by the audio input section; and an image generation section for generating an image representing the direction of the aforementioned sound source based on the direction of the sound source detected by the sound source detection section and for outputting it to the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Tsutomu Ichikawa, Satoshi Yokota, Dai Shintani, Hitoshi Hagimori, Kazuo Mitsuyoshi
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Patent number: 7220500Abstract: There is disclosed a magnetic recording medium in which a seed layer, under layer, intermediate layer, first magnetic layer, nonmagnetic layer, second magnetic layer, protective layer, and lubricant layer are successively laminated on a glass substrate, the nonmagnetic layer is constituted of an alloy containing Cr and C, and the magnetic layer is constituted of an alloy containing Co and Pt. The under layer includes at least the seed layer for finely dividing the crystal particles of the magnetic layer, the seed layer includes at least two or more layers of nonmagnetic films, and the intermediate layer formed of the material different from that of the nonmagnetic film is interposed between the nonmagnetic films. In measurement of the thermal stability of the magnetic recording medium, a head is used, the head includes a read/write element, and a write track width is twice or more as large as a read track width in the head.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Tomiyasu, Teiichiro Umezawa, Genshichi Hata, Takashi Morikawa, Masato Kobayashi, Masashi Suzuki, Satoshi Yokota, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 7180542Abstract: Imaging lens device has a zoom lens system and an image sensor. The zoom lens system has a first reflecting surface, a first movable lens unit, an aperture stop, a second reflecting surface, a second movable lens unit. A first reflecting surface bends a first optical axis which is an incident optical axis of the zoom lens system 90 degrees into a second optical axis. A second reflecting surface bends the second optical axis 90 degrees into a third optical axis. The first optical axis, the second optical axis and the third optical axis are mutually perpendicular. The first movable lens unit and the aperture stop are disposed on the second optical axis. The second movable lens unit is disposed on the third optical axis. During zooming, the first and second reflecting surfaces and the aperture stop are stationary; the first and second movable lens units are moved, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshito Iwasawa, Kazuaki Matsui, Yoshihiro Hara, Akira Kosaka, Sadanobu Ueda, Satoshi Yokota
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Patent number: 7170558Abstract: A digital camera which allows to make thickness, height and width of its camera body small. The camera has a first optical member for generally perpendicularly bending a first optical axis of light coming from an object through a lens opening part, a second optical member for bending a second optical axis of light coming from the first optical member, and an image taking element having a light receiving surface for receiving a third optical axis of light coming from the second optical member in which the light receiving surface crosses the third optical axis of light. The third optical axis of light is included in a plane which is different from a plane including both of the first optical axis of light and the second optical axis thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yokota, Akira Kosaka, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yoshihiro Hara, Kazuaki Matsui, Sadanobu Ueda, Yoshito Iwasawa
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Publication number: 20060127080Abstract: When a selector button is pressed in optical viewfinder mode, a display in live view mode is started. If the metered light value, measured focus detection result, and position information stored in the optical viewfinder mode are set so as to be reflected in the live view mode, exposure control is performed based on the stored metered light value and position information, and focusing is performed based on the stored focus detection result and position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Satoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Makoto Akesaka, Kazumi Kageyama
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Publication number: 20050168615Abstract: To provide a camera with a slide barrier that achieves reduced activation time. The camera is composed of a slide barrier which is slidable along between a close position to cover a taking lens and an open position to retreat from the taking lens, a detection switch for detecting that the slide barrier is positioned in between the close position and the open position, and a controller for activating the camera when it is detected by the detection switch that the slide barrier is positioned in between the close position and the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Masahiko Sakimoto, Satoshi Yokota
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Patent number: D573947Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: GS Yuasa CorporationInventors: Tomonori Kishimoto, Satoshi Yokota, Takahiro Itagaki, Takehito Matsubara, Kazuya Okabe, Shuichi Izuchi
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Patent number: D573948Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: GS Yuasa CorporationInventors: Takahiro Itagaki, Tomonori Kishimoto, Satoshi Yokota, Takehito Matsubara, Kazuya Okabe, Shuichi Izuchi