Patents by Inventor Sho Watanabe

Sho Watanabe 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: 11936828
    Abstract: An application distribution device includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Jin Kamada, Hideaki Suzuki, Sho Sakuma, Tomoki Maeda
  • Patent number: 11902700
    Abstract: A recording device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information including at least an image of an area around a vehicle, a recording unit configured to record the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit as a file, a playback unit configured to play back a designated file among a plurality of files recorded in the recording unit, and a file management unit configured to extract a file recorded in a period substantially continuous in time series with a file being played back from the plurality of files and protect writing of the extracted file. Thus, it is possible to provide a recording device capable of preventing writing of a file related to a file being played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Sato, Fumio Tsukamoto, Hirohiko Yasue, Yusuke Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yamane, Sho Watanabe, Junichi Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20230355483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-phase composition comprising an oil phase comprising: an oil phase comprising (a) at least one hydrocarbon oil; and an aqueous phase comprising (b) at least one ester of citric acid, and (c) water, wherein the amount of the (a) hydrocarbon oil in the composition is 6% by weight or more, preferably 7% by weight or more, and more preferably 8% by weight or more, relative to the total weight of the composition. The composition according to the present invention has two visually distinct phases when not being mixed. However, the composition according to the present invention can be transformed into a single phase composition when being mixed. The single phase composition, such as an emulsion, can provide good cosmetic effects such as good make-up removability, without discomfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Natsuno MISHINA, Masanori ORITA, Sho WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230355484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-phase composition comprising an oil phase comprising (a) at least one oil, and an aqueous phase comprising: (b) at least one aromatic ketone compound represented by formula (I); (c) at least one polyglyceryl fatty acid ester; and (d) water. The composition according to the present invention has two visually distinct phases when not being mixed. However, the composition according to the present invention can be transformed into a single phase composition when being mixed. The single phase composition, such as an emulsion, can provide good cosmetic effects such as good make-up removability, without discomfort. The single phase composition can return to a two-phase composition with a clean interface between the two re-formed phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yukinori YAMADA, Masanori ORITA, Natsuno MISHINA, Sho WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11700447
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording control unit that records a captured image acquired by the camera image acquisition unit in an image file for each of front cameras, and the degree-of-importance determination unit that determines a degree of importance of each of the plurality of image files. The recording control unit continues to record the captured image in a first image file, and executes close processing on the first image file at a timing based on a recordable duration time during which the captured image is continuously recorded in the first image file as an image file having the highest degree of importance when an electric power supply from a main power unit is cut off and the electric power supply source is switched by an electric power supply source switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamaguchi, Sho Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230099467
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes dielectric layers made of a ceramic material and internal electrode layers laminated therein. The internal electrode layers each include dielectric columns provided therein. A solid solution layer in which S is solidly dissolved is provided at an interface between each of the dielectric columns and each of the internal electrode layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi ENDOU, Sho WATANABE, Akito MORI, Masahiro WAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230101251
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including an inner layer portion including internal electrode layers and inner dielectric layers laminated alternately, and internal electrode layers at both ends thereof in a lamination direction, and outer dielectric layers covering the inner layer portion, and two external electrodes on both end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction intersecting the lamination direction. The inner and outer dielectric layers each include grains, and a difference between an average grain size of grains in the inner dielectric layers and an average grain size of grains in the outer dielectric layers is about 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Akito MORI, Masahiro WAKASHIMA, Sho WATANABE, Takumi ENDOU
  • Publication number: 20230033883
    Abstract: A scroll type gas machine that can suppress wear of tip seals is provided. The scroll type compressor includes: a fixed scroll 11 having a helical wrap 16; an orbiting scroll 12 having a helical wrap 21; a drive shaft 13 that causes the orbiting scroll 12 to orbit relative to the fixed scroll 11; and a helical tip seal 29A inserted into a seal groove 28A of the wrap 21. The tip seal 29A has: a groove 36A that has an opening at a central portion of a sliding surface 30 in the seal width direction; and a communication groove 37A that establishes communication between the inside of the groove 36A and a working chamber SH on the inner side in the wrap width direction. The groove 36A is provided in a range where the differential pressure (PH?PL) is equal to or higher than 0.1 Mpa between the working chamber SH on the inner side in the wrap width direction and a working chamber SL on the outer side in the wrap width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshio KOBAYASHI, Shumpei YAMAZAKI, Sho WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230018138
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect obstacles, an autonomous travel controller to perform autonomous travel of the vehicle body, the autonomous travel controller being configured or programmed to, when performing the autonomous travel, stop the vehicle body based on detection information about an obstacle detected by the obstacle detector, and a mode switch to switch a mode during the autonomous travel in an agricultural field between an effective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is allowed and an ineffective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is not allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Takanori MORIMOTO, Tomohiro KINOSHITA, Ken SAKUTA, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Tsuyoshi HARADA, Sho WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220247969
    Abstract: A recording device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information including at least an image of an area around a vehicle, a recording unit configured to record the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit as a file, a playback unit configured to play back a designated file among a plurality of files recorded in the recording unit, and a file management unit configured to extract a file recorded in a period substantially continuous in time series with a file being played back from the plurality of files and protect writing of the extracted file. Thus, it is possible to provide a recording device capable of preventing writing of a file related to a file being played back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki SATO, Fumio TSUKAMOTO, Hirohiko YASUE, Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro YAMANE, Sho WATANABE, Junichi KASUYA
  • Publication number: 20220247920
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording control unit that records a captured image acquired by the camera image acquisition unit in an image file for each of front cameras, and the degree-of-importance determination unit that determines a degree of importance of each of the plurality of image files. The recording control unit continues to record the captured image in a first image file, and executes close processing on the first image file at a timing based on a recordable duration time during which the captured image is continuously recorded in the first image file as an image file having the highest degree of importance when an electric power supply from a main power unit is cut off and the electric power supply source is switched by an electric power supply source switching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Sho WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11202750
    Abstract: A composition contains: (a) at least one oil; (b) at least one polyglyceryl fatty acid ester; (c) at least one polyoxyalkylenated organosilicon compound; (d) at least one nonionic surfactant other than the (b) polyglyceryl fatty acid ester; and (e) at least one anionic surfactant. An embodiment according to the present invention is a composition that provides no sticky feeling or a reduced sticky feeling to the touch, and is stable, in particular stable over time and/or under elevated temperature, although the composition includes a polyglyceryl fatty acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Maruyama, Sho Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11118583
    Abstract: The present invention makes a lap clearance between a fixed scroll and an turning scroll as small as possible to suppress leakage of compressed fluid from a compression chamber in a compression operation, thereby improving a compression efficiency. Provided is a scroll-type fluid machine characterized by comprising: a fixed scroll having a scroll lap portion; and an orbiting scroll that is provided to face the fixed scroll and that has a scroll lap portion turning so as to form a plurality of compression chambers in a clearance relative to the lap portion of the fixed scroll, wherein the lap portion of at least one of the fixed scroll and the turning scroll is provided with, in a predetermined region, a recessed portion on one lateral surface thereof and a protruding portion on the other lateral surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Watanabe, Susumu Sakamoto, Yoshio Kobayashi, Kiminori Iwano
  • Patent number: 11085444
    Abstract: Provided is a scroll-type fluid machine that prevents wear of the parts of the fluid machine and improves the reliability thereof by reducing the amount of dust that reaches a face seal. The present invention comprises a revolving scroll that includes an end plate and a lap part provided to the end plate, and that moves in a revolving manner; a fixed scroll that includes an end plate, a lap part provided to the end plate such that a compression chamber is formed between itself and the lap part of the revolving scroll, and a flange that opposes the end plate of the revolving scroll; and a face seal that is provided between the flange of the fixed scroll and the end plate of the revolving scroll, and that seals a space between the fixed scroll and the revolving scroll, with the scroll-type fluid machine further comprising a shield part that suppresses dust from reaching the face seal from the outside in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shumpei Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Kanemoto, Sho Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11041387
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a scroll fluid machine configured so that, during maintenance, grease can be easily supplied to a bearing regardless of an installation environment, thereby improving work efficiency. The present invention provides a scroll fluid machine characterized by comprising: a stationary scroll obtained by forming a wrap section on an end plate; an orbiting scroll obtained by forming a wrap section on an end plate such that the wrap section faces the wrap section of the stationary scroll; a drive shaft for driving the orbiting scroll; an orbiting bearing for supporting the drive shaft relative to the orbiting scroll; and a plurality of pouring openings for pouring a lubricant into the orbiting bearing from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Watanabe, Yoshio Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Kanemoto
  • Publication number: 20200309125
    Abstract: Provided is a scroll-type fluid machine that prevents wear of the parts of the fluid machine and improves the reliability thereof by reducing the amount of dust that reaches a face seal. The present invention comprises a revolving scroll that includes an end plate and a lap part provided to the end plate, and that moves in a revolving manner; a fixed scroll that includes an end plate, a lap part provided to the end plate such that a compression chamber is formed between itself and the lap part of the revolving scroll, and a flange that opposes the end plate of the revolving scroll; and a face seal that is provided between the flange of the fixed scroll and the end plate of the revolving scroll, and that seals a space between the fixed scroll and the revolving scroll, with the scroll-type fluid machine further comprising a shield part that suppresses dust from reaching the face seal from the outside in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Shumpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiyuki KANEMOTO, Sho WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10705446
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an information processing section that is provided with a housing and an image forming section that is disposed above the housing in a gravitational direction. In the image forming apparatus, a gap exists between the housing and the image forming section, and a ventilation hole is formed in an upper surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Hidaka, Sho Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10605083
    Abstract: A scroll-type fluid machine and maintenance method for same are provided in order to improve reliability and workability by supplying sufficient grease to necessary parts of an orbiting bearing or auxiliary crank bearing without entailing a complicated operation during maintenance. The scroll-type fluid machine includes a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, a casing provided on the outer side of the orbiting scroll in the radial direction, a drive shaft, an orbiting bearing supporting the drive shaft with respect to the orbiting scroll, and a piping supplying a lubricant to the orbiting bearing. The orbiting scroll is provided with a boss plate that is attached to the drive shaft, the piping is provided in the boss plate, and the tip of the piping faces toward an opening provided between the casing and the fixed scroll or toward an opening provided in the fixed scroll or the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Watanabe, Kiminori Iwano, Yoshio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200054545
    Abstract: A composition contains: (a) at least one oil; (b) at least one polyglyceryl fatty acid ester; (c) at least one polyoxyalkylenated organosilicon compound; (d) at least one nonionic surfactant other than the (b) polyglyceryl fatty acid ester; and (e) at least one anionic surfactant. An embodiment according to the present invention is a composition that provides no sticky feeling or a reduced sticky feeling to the touch, and is stable, in particular stable over time and/or under elevated temperature, although the composition includes a polyglyceryl fatty acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MARUYAMA, Sho WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200050125
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an information processing section that is provided with a housing and an image forming section that is disposed above the housing in a gravitational direction. In the image forming apparatus, a gap exists between the housing and the image forming section, and a ventilation hole is formed in an upper surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke HIDAKA, Sho WATANABE