Patents by Inventor Shintaro ANDO

Shintaro ANDO 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: 12215905
    Abstract: An outdoor unit control unit includes a degree-of-dryness calculating unit that calculates the degree of dryness of a refrigerant flowing into an heat exchanger (an indoor heat exchanger at the time of a cooling operation, and an outdoor heat exchanger at the time of a heating operation) disposed on the downstream side of a liquid pipe, and performs an inhibition mode of inhibiting, when the degree of dryness exceeds a threshold A, control that is performed in the direction of decreasing the degree of opening of the expansion valve (an indoor expansion valve at the time of the cooling operation, and an outdoor expansion valve at the time of the heating operation) disposed on the upstream side of the liquid pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Hirosaki, Tokihiko Ando, Shintaro Sanada, Koya Aoki, Tatsuro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12127430
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (?-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the ?-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the ?-OLED display panel. A U-shaped heat sink can be disposed in the standoff, and heat generated by the ?-OLED display can be mitigated by a system fan when a U-shaped heat sink is disposed in the standoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Publication number: 20240255619
    Abstract: To provide a sensor device (100) capable of more accurately detecting a target using rough measurement and fine measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Norihiro Tomago, Shintaro Ando, Ryosuke Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20230400361
    Abstract: Provided is a method of estimating temperature in a device including a main printed circuit board (PCB), a protection and control module (PCM), and one or more batteries electrically connected to the PCM. The method includes sensing a temperature of the PCB, via a PCB temperature sensor and sensing a temperature of the PCM via a PCM temperature sensor. The method also includes estimating a temperature of at least one of the batteries based on (i) the temperature determined via the PCB temperature sensor and (ii) the temperature determined via the PCM temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rajat Mittal, Ethan Chen, Samvit Monga, Mark Shintaro Ando, Adam Alan Mudrick, Jason Howard
  • Publication number: 20230276595
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (µ-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. An air duct is physically coupled to the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. The air duct functions to cool the µ-OLED display panel when air flows through the air duct. A system fan provides air flow to the air duct and dissipates heat away from the display panel. A system fan can be located disconnected from the µ-OLED display panel and can provide air flow to the air duct to dissipate heat away from the display panel. The device can be implemented with a single fan solution or a multiple fan solution (e.g., two or more fans).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Publication number: 20230247811
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (µ-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the µ-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the µ-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the µ-OLED display panel. A fan that is integrated with the µ-OLED display panel is placed in the standoff and actively cools the display panel. When the fan provides air flow over the µ-OLED display panel, heat generated by the µ-OLED display is mitigated by cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Publication number: 20230247861
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (?-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the ?-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the ?-OLED display panel. A U-shaped heat sink can be disposed in the standoff, and heat generated by the ?-OLED display can be mitigated by a system fan when a U-shaped heat sink is disposed in the standoff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Publication number: 20230181418
    Abstract: A semen collection sheet has a front surface to which semen attaches and a back surface having a fixing portion, and when the sheet is unfolded, a reservoir portion is formed to accumulate semen that attaches to the front surface. In a clinic, at home, or other appropriate environment, a user unfolds the semen collection sheet and fixes the sheet to a mounting surface such that the reservoir portion is positioned vertically downward. A user ejaculates aiming at a target portion. Ejaculate semen attaches to the front surface and runs down along the front surface under gravity, and accumulates in the reservoir portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Shintaro ANDO
  • Patent number: 10989890
    Abstract: A heat management device able to be manufactured using 3-D printing and corresponding to a body of a head mounted display system having an outer wall that partially encloses a chamber. The outer wall of the heat management device comprises a plurality of channels that traverse a thickness of the outer wall, each channel shaped to allow air to flow between the interior and exterior of the chamber, while preventing light from outside the chamber from entering the chamber. In some embodiments, each channel may be shaped to comprise a first portion and a second portion connected at an acute angle, the connection between the first and second portions serving to block a direct path for light to traverse between the ends of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Shintaro Ando, Kurt Jenkins
  • Patent number: 10606373
    Abstract: A hand-held controller is enables a user to manipulate objects in a VR environment with hand movement. The hand-held controller includes a handle, a ring attached to an end of the handle and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The handle has appropriate shape and dimensions so that it can be grasped by the user's hand. The ring has an outer body that includes an inner surface that is formed with one or more concave dome and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface. Each of the one or more LED is mounted under a concaved dome. Light emitted from the LED spreads at the concaved dome to form uniform illuminous intensity. The light transmits out of the body through the outer surface of the outer body. The light can be captured by a camera for tracking the hand-held controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Boyd Drew Allin, Mark Shintaro Ando, Glen Jason Tompkins, Andrew Melim, Robert Carey Leonard
  • Patent number: 10579111
    Abstract: A head mounted display system (HMD) includes an eyecup, an optical assembly, a backlit electronic display, and a heat management device. The heat management device couples to the eyecup on a first side and couples to the electronic display on a second side. The heat management device includes a heat dissipation structure to dissipate heat generated by the electronic display, as well as an insulating structure to thermally insulate the eyecup from the electronic display and the optical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Jenkins, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Patent number: 10514458
    Abstract: A detection system includes a detection device and a display device. The detection device includes a light projecting unit that projects light to a detection object, a light receiving unit that receives reflection light of the light, a light reception quantity acquiring unit that acquires a light reception quantity, and a distance acquiring unit that acquires a distance between a position at which the light is reflected and the detection object. The control device includes a setting unit that sets a threshold value range which is a combination of a threshold value of the light reception quantity and a threshold value of the distance, a detector that detects the detection object based on whether the light reception quantity and the distance belong to the threshold value range, and a display unit that displays correspondence information in which the light reception quantity and the distance are related to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Shintaro Ando
  • Patent number: 10409392
    Abstract: A hand-held controller is enables a user to manipulate objects in a VR environment with hand movement. The hand-held controller includes a handle, a ring attached to an end of the handle and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The handle has appropriate shape and dimensions so that it can be grasped by the user's hand. The ring has an outer body that includes an inner surface that is formed with one or more concave dome and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface. Each of the one or more LED is mounted under a concaved dome. Light emitted from the LED spreads at the concaved dome to form uniform illuminous intensity. The light transmits out of the body through the outer surface of the outer body. The light can be captured by a camera for tracking the hand-held controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Boyd Drew Allin, Mark Shintaro Ando, Glen Jason Tompkins, Andrew Melim, Robert Carey Leonard
  • Patent number: 10343059
    Abstract: Handheld controllers having flexible thumbstick guards are disclosed herein for use with a handheld controller having a thumbstick or other pivotal control member. A representative guard has a tubular neck that sealably connects to a shaft portion of the thumbstick, and a skirt that sealably connects to an interior portion of the handheld controller around the control opening. The guard has a flexible joint portion interconnecting the neck and the skirt to allow the neck to move relative to the skirt upon pivoting the control member relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Elliot Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Peter Wesley Bristol, Mark Shintaro Ando, Blake Francis Andersen
  • Publication number: 20190128732
    Abstract: Provided are an optical sensor and a detection method which can suppress an influence of an ambient light to detect a target. An optical sensor which detect a target includes: a light reception portion, in which multiple pixels respectively receive lights and a light reception distribution signal showing a light reception amount of each pixel is obtained; an A/D conversion portion, which converts the light reception distribution signal to a digital signal for each pixel; an integration portion, which integrates multiple converted light reception distribution signals for each pixel; and a determination portion, which determines the presence or absence of the target based on the integrated light reception distribution signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro ANDO, Yusuke IIDA, Tetsu SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10258280
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a composite band, a touch-sensor display, a skin sensor, and a course of electrical conductors. The composite band forms a loop having two or more rigid segments and a flexible segment coupled between the rigid segments. The touch-sensor display is arranged in a first of the rigid segments, and a skin sensor is arranged in a second of the rigid segments. The course of electrical conductors runs between the first and second rigid segments, inside the flexible segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Kim Justice, Vinod L. Hingorani, Farah Shariff, Stephen John Minarsch, Thomas E. McCue, Jr., Amish Patel, Mark Shintaro Ando, Scott F. Williams, Mohammad Shakeri, Byung J. Cho
  • Patent number: 10182284
    Abstract: A connector assembly mountable to a head strap comprises a connector plate with an engagement portion and a threaded attachment member projecting therefrom. Two cylindrical bosses are adjacent to the attachment member and project away from the engagement portion. Spring-biased pin connectors extend through the bosses and connect electrical line coupled to the engagement portion. The pin connectors have retractable tips projecting from their respective boss for engagement with an electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao
  • Patent number: 10123108
    Abstract: An earbud assembly with separate, flexible overmold sections configured to cover a seam between adjacent portions of an underling earbud housing. The earbud assembly includes a first housing member and a second housing member attached to the first housing member and forming enclosure with the first housing member that houses an audio transducer. A first flexible overmold is formed on an first exterior surface of the first housing member, and a second flexible overmold is formed on an exterior surface of the second housing member. The flexible overmolds each include an edge portion along their perimeters. Each edge portion is configured to abut the other and thereby cover the seam of the earbud housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao, Daniel James Faulkner
  • Patent number: D834561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Wesley Bristol, Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, David Tao
  • Patent number: D840979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao