Patents by Inventor Takahiro Sakamoto

Takahiro Sakamoto 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: 20240139716
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst providing a catalyst performance and an OSC performance at the same time even at low temperature. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh. The first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The second catalyst coating layer includes an upstream coating layer and a downstream coating layer. Rh in the upstream coating layer and the downstream coating layer are supported on specific carrier particles. Further, a particle diameter of Rh is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Nobuyuki Takagl, Takumi Tojo, Shogo Shirakawa, Kengo Shimizu, Sho Hoshino, Shun Sakamoto, Yosuke Toda
  • Publication number: 20240109874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Masami YAMADA, Shinkichi SUZUKI, Takahiro SUGIMOTO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Makoto KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20240062029
    Abstract: A printing apparatus management server manages a plurality of printing apparatuses, obtains, in response to a request from a voice device management server, information of a predetermined printing apparatus registered, from the plurality of printing apparatuses, as a printing apparatus to be used in the printing apparatus management server, transmits, to the voice device management server, the obtained information of the predetermined printing apparatus, obtains remaining amount information transmitted from the predetermined printing apparatus, and transmits the obtained remaining amount information to the consumable item management server. Voice notification to a user is performed, via a voice device configured to communicate with the voice device management server, based on the obtained remaining amount information, and processing for placing an order for the consumable item is performed based on a voice instruction from the user accepted by the voice device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11858092
    Abstract: A substrate processing method of thinning a substrate having a protective tape attached on a front surface thereof includes measuring a thickness of the protective tape; and grinding, by using a grinder, a rear surface of the substrate held by a substrate holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Munehisa Kodama, Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11847515
    Abstract: A printing apparatus management server manages a plurality of printing apparatuses, obtains, in response to a request from a voice device management server, information of a predetermined printing apparatus registered, from the plurality of printing apparatuses, as a printing apparatus to be used in the printing apparatus management server, transmits, to the voice device management server, the obtained information of the predetermined printing apparatus, obtains remaining amount information transmitted from the predetermined printing apparatus, and transmits the obtained remaining amount information to the consumable item management server. Voice notification to a user is performed, via a voice device configured to communicate with the voice device management server, based on the obtained remaining amount information, and processing for placing an order for the consumable item is performed based on a voice instruction from the user accepted by the voice device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11825042
    Abstract: A server system obtains instruction information based on voice data transmitted by a voice control device that receives an instruction by voice, obtains information related to a printing apparatus, performs a determination related to a function of the printing apparatus in accordance with the obtained information, and transmits an operation request based on the obtained instruction information to the printing apparatus. In a case where the instruction information corresponding to a print instruction has been obtained, a print request as the operation request is transmitted to the printer, and in a case where the instruction information corresponding to a maintenance instruction has been obtained, a maintenance request as the operation request is transmitted to the printer if the printer has a function that is able to accept the maintenance request from the server system based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20230306793
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging portion that captures an image of a portion of a living body to take in the image; a display portion that displays first and second display images with being superimposed on each other, the first display image being based on the taken-in image, the second display image including guidance regarding a way to place the portion of the living body in a prescribed position; a determination portion that determines whether the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position; and a control portion that, until it is determined that the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position, causes the imaging portion to newly capture and take in a new image of the portion of the living body and causes the display portion to display an image based on the new taken-in image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Masaki Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20230298387
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging portion that captures an image of a portion of a living body to take in the image; a display portion that displays first and second display images with being superimposed on each other, the first display image being based on the taken-in image, the second display image including guidance regarding a way to place the portion of the living body in a prescribed position; a determination portion that determines whether the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position; and a control portion that, until it is determined that the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position, causes the imaging portion to newly capture and take in a new image of the portion of the living body and causes the display portion to display an image based on the new taken-in image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Masaki KUROIWA
  • Patent number: 11699304
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging portion that captures an image of a portion of a living body to take in the image; a display portion that displays first and second display images with being superimposed on each other, the first display image being based on the taken-in image, the second display image including guidance regarding a way to place the portion of the living body in a prescribed position; a determination portion that determines whether the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position; and a control portion that, until it is determined that the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position, causes the imaging portion to newly capture and take in a new image of the portion of the living body and causes the display portion to display an image based on the new taken-in image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakamoto, Masaki Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20230129184
    Abstract: A fumes exhaust structure for a battery pack exhausts a fuming gas generated in a battery module in a battery case due to an abnormality to outside a vehicle compartment. The fumes exhaust structure includes a fumes exhaust duct, an inverter, an inverter casing, and a fan. The fumes exhaust duct is disposed near the battery module to communicate with it. The inverter casing is disposed on a periphery of the battery case to communicate with it. The fan is disposed inside the battery case and sends air to the inverter casing. The fumes exhaust structure has first and second fumes exhaust paths. The first fumes exhaust path is used to exhaust the fuming gas to outside the vehicle compartment via the fumes exhaust duct. The second fumes exhaust path is used to exhaust the fuming gas to outside the vehicle compartment via the inverter casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Takahiro SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230105522
    Abstract: A removing apparatus includes a table, multiple chucks, a nozzle and a table cover. The table is horizontally provided and configured to be rotated around a vertical rotation center line. The multiple chucks are disposed at a distance therebetween around the rotation center line of the table. The nozzle is configured to supply a processing liquid to a substrate held by the chuck. The table cover is configured to receive the processing liquid from above the table. The table cover has an inclined member of a conical shape having a decreasing height as the inclined member goes away from the rotation center line of the table while having a constant height in a rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Munehisa KODAMA
  • Patent number: 11589001
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control section that controls a second display device present in a second space. The second display device displays a first captured image obtained by imaging at least one or more first users present in a first space. The display control section superimposes and displays a second user object on the first captured image in accordance with line-of-sight relevant information of each of the first users. The second user object corresponds to each of at least one or more second users present in the second space. This makes it possible to achieve more realistic communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Miki, Takahiro Sakamoto, Katsunari Fukuya
  • Publication number: 20220158184
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a precursor of a positive electrode active material, capable of obtaining the positive electrode active material that can exhibit a high discharge capacity and high charge/discharge efficiency, by being mounted on a secondary battery using a non-aqueous electrolyte, and the positive electrode active material obtained from the precursor, as well as a method for producing the positive electrode active material. The nickel composite hydroxide particles that are precursors of a positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having a void ratio of 45.0% or more and 55.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki YASUDA, Kazuki KATAGIRI, Takaaki MASUKAWA, Masahiro TAKASHIMA, Takeshi CHIBA, Yasunobu KAWAMOTO, Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Masahiro KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220083829
    Abstract: A printing apparatus management server manages a plurality of printing apparatuses, obtains, in response to a request from a voice device management server, information of a predetermined printing apparatus registered, from the plurality of printing apparatuses, as a printing apparatus to be used in the printing apparatus management server, transmits, to the voice device management server, the obtained information of the predetermined printing apparatus, obtains remaining amount information transmitted from the predetermined printing apparatus, and transmits the obtained remaining amount information to the consumable item management server. Voice notification to a user is performed, via a voice device configured to communicate with the voice device management server, based on the obtained remaining amount information, and processing for placing an order for the consumable item is performed based on a voice instruction from the user accepted by the voice device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220019825
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging portion that captures an image of a portion of a living body to take in the image; a display portion that displays first and second display images with being superimposed on each other, the first display image being based on the taken-in image, the second display image including guidance regarding a way to place the portion of the living body in a prescribed position; a determination portion that determines whether the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position; and a control portion that, until it is determined that the portion of the living body is placed in the prescribed position, causes the imaging portion to newly capture and take in a new image of the portion of the living body and causes the display portion to display an image based on the new taken-in image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Masaki KUROIWA
  • Patent number: 11226786
    Abstract: In a case where based on a receipt by a voice device of an utterance requesting a use of a print content generation service, the print content generation service generates a print content, and from first and second print services, the first print service is identified, a print control system acquires the print content generated by the print content generation service. Then, the print control system identifies print setting information for executing a printing process based on the print content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11208726
    Abstract: A microetching agent is an acidic aqueous solution containing an organic acid, cupric ions, and halide ions. The molar concentration of halide ion of the microetching agent is 0.005 to 0.1 mol/L. By bringing the microetching agent into contact with a copper surface, the copper surface is roughened. An average etching amount in the depth direction during roughening is preferably 0.4 ?m or less. The microetching agent can impart on copper surfaces a roughened shape having excellent adhesiveness to resins and the like, even with a low etching amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MEC COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Ogino, Takahiro Sakamoto, Kaoru Urushibata
  • Publication number: 20210400234
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control section that controls a second display device present in a second space. The second display device displays a first captured image obtained by imaging at least one or more first users present in a first space. The display control section superimposes and displays a second user object on the first captured image in accordance with line-of-sight relevant information of each of the first users. The second user object corresponds to each of at least one or more second users present in the second space. This makes it possible to achieve more realistic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke MIKI, Takahiro SAKAMOTO, Katsunari FUKUYA
  • Publication number: 20210157546
    Abstract: In a case where based on a receipt by a voice device of an utterance requesting a use of a print content generation service, the print content generation service generates a print content, and from first and second print services, the first print service is identified, a print control system acquires the print content generated by the print content generation service. Then, the print control system identifies print setting information for executing a printing process based on the print content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10949165
    Abstract: In a case where based on a receipt by a voice device of an utterance requesting a use of a print content generation service, the print content generation service generates a print content, and from first and second print services, the first print service is identified, a print control system acquires the print content generated by the print content generation service. Then, the print control system identifies print setting information for executing a printing process based on the print content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto