Patents by Inventor Takahiro Watanabe

Takahiro 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: 10759097
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article comprising an aliphatic polyester. The aliphatic polyester is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyglycolic acid and a copolymer of a glycolic acid monomer and a monomer other than the glycolic acid monomer. The molded article has a uniaxial compressive strength at a temperature of 23° C. of greater than 250 MPa and not greater than 350 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori Kobayashi, Takahiro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshinori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10764782
    Abstract: Control information for controlling a method of using data is generated by a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side, and the control information is added to data to generate data-with-control-information. A method of using data is controlled on the basis of control information included in data-with-control-information for controlling the method of using data, the data-with-control-information being acquired by adding the control information to data, the data-with-control-information being wirelessly transmitted, and data whose use method is controlled is output on the basis of the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suzuki, Jun Matsumoto, Takahiro Watanabe, Yuuki Matsumura, Chisato Kemmochi
  • Publication number: 20200270093
    Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a conveying unit, a presser, an end detector, and a setting unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet having a crease formed therein. The presser presses the crease in the sheet. The end detector detects an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction. The setting unit sets a crease position where the crease is to be formed. Upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the conveying unit conveys the sheet to a position where the crease faces the presser, on the basis of the crease position set by the setting unit. The presser presses the crease in the conveyed sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michitaka SUZUKI, Tomohiro FURUHASHI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Satoshi SAITO, Takahiro WATANABE, Takao WATANABE, Yuji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200247107
    Abstract: A sheet separation device separates a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are bonded together at a portion. The sheet separation device includes a rotator, a nipping member opposite the rotator, to nip the two-ply sheet with the rotator, a conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet between the rotator and the nipping member, a winding member adjacent to the rotator, to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator, and control circuitry. In winding the two-ply sheet, the control circuitry rotates the rotator at a first speed faster than a second speed at which the two-ply sheet moves to the rotator via the conveyor, and creates a difference in winding circumferential length between the two sheets, thereby separating the two sheets. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet with a bonded portion of the two-ply sheet being an upstream end or a downstream end in a conveyance direction of the two-ply sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya MORINAGA, Tomohiro FURUHASHI, Michitaka SUZUKI, Fumiharu YONEYAMA, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Koki SAKANO, Akira KUNIEDA, Yohsuke HARAGUCHI, Makoto HIDAKA, Kazuyoshi MATSUO, Takahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200237294
    Abstract: A sleep assessment system includes a blood flow measurement unit and a assessment unit. The blood flow measurement unit acquires first information related to the blood flow of the user. The assessment unit determines the sleep stage of the user based on the first biological information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Osamu TOCHIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20200239265
    Abstract: A sheet folding system includes a plurality of sheet folding apparatuses configured to receive and perform a folding process on a sheet and circuitry configured to distribute sheets to the plurality of sheet folding apparatuses. Each of the plurality of sheet folding apparatuses includes a folding device configured to fold the sheet, a first conveyance passage configured to convey the sheet downstream in a sheet conveyance direction without passing through the folding device, a second conveyance passage configured to convey the sheet to the folding device, a third conveyance passage configured to convey the sheet from the folding device downstream in the sheet conveyance direction, and a junction between the first conveyance passage and the third conveyance passage. The circuitry controls sheet conveyance to prevent an interference, at the junction, between the sheet conveyed from the first conveyance passage and the sheet conveyed from the third conveyance passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michitaka SUZUKI, Tomohiro FURUHASHI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Fumiharu YONEYAMA, Makoto HIDAKA, Koki SAKANO, Akira KUNIEDA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takuya MORINAGA, Yohsuke HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10717625
    Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a conveying unit, a presser, an end detector, and a setting unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet having a crease formed therein. The presser presses the crease in the sheet. The end detector detects an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction. The setting unit sets a crease position where the crease is to be formed. Upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the conveying unit conveys the sheet to a position where the crease faces the presser, on the basis of the crease position set by the setting unit. The presser presses the crease in the conveyed sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Michitaka Suzuki, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Tomomichi Hoshino, Satoshi Saito, Takahiro Watanabe, Takao Watanabe, Yuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10712473
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a weather data processing apparatus includes a storage configured to store weather data observed by a weather radar, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire three-dimensional data of a cumulonimbus from the weather data; to detect a core of the cumulonimbus by using a principal component analysis process of the three-dimensional data; to calculate core detection data for displaying the core; and to execute a display process for effecting three-dimensional display of the cumulonimbus, and display of the core, based on the three-dimensional data of the cumulonimbus and the core detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Armand Simon Alymamy Girier, Yeonsoo Yang, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200193848
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an aviation weather control system including: a processing unit configured to receive weather information of an area to be overseen including a vertically integrated liquid water content, and specify a weather phenomenon affecting an airplane based on the received weather information; and a notification unit configured to notify the weather phenomenon specified by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Kazuhiro YOSHIMI
  • Publication number: 20200182492
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing forming an outline of the outdoor unit, a partition plate extending from a front surface toward a rear surface of the housing and partitioning an interior of the housing into an air-sending device chamber and a machine chamber, a heat exchanger disposed in the air-sending device chamber and along an end portion located at the rear surface of the housing, and a holder mounted on the heat exchanger and accommodating a temperature-measurement unit that measures an outside air temperature. The partition plate includes a first flat portion disposed with a space between a rear surface of the first flat portion and the heat exchanger and extending in a longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger, and a second flat portion projecting from a side edge portion of the first flat portion toward the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Kazuho ITO, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20200130445
    Abstract: A vehicle front end assembly includes an engine cradle, a transverse link and a fastener. The engine cradle has an upper attachment portion and a lower attachment portion, both being rigidly attached to the engine cradle. The upper attachment portion has a recessed area that includes a first opening extending through the recessed area. The upper attachment portion has a first overall thickness with a portion of the recessed area surrounding the first opening having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The lower attachment portion has a second opening below the first opening. The transverse link has an inboard portion with a third opening that extends through the inboard portion. The fastener passes through the first opening, the third opening and the second opening such that the fastener retains the transverse link to the upper attachment portion and the lower attachment portion of the engine cradle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen FEKETE, Ryan CORBY, Adam STREAN, Takahiro WATANABE, Yunosuke YAMADA, Musashi KISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200103468
    Abstract: A state of charge estimation apparatus that estimates a state of charge of a secondary battery includes a processor and associated memory configured to: obtain a voltage measurement value, a current measurement value, and a temperature measurement value of the second battery; calculate a state of charge estimation value of the secondary battery based on the current measurement value; determine whether or not the voltage measurement value of the secondary battery has reached a predetermined voltage threshold during charge or discharge of the secondary battery; and in a case where the voltage measurement value of the secondary battery is determined to have reached the voltage threshold, correct the state of charge estimation value based on the current measurement value and the temperature measurement value that are obtained at a correction time point at which the voltage measurement value of the secondary battery has reached the voltage threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Masato HISANAGA, Takashi SHIMOMACHI
  • Patent number: 10530427
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executed by an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication portion which exchanges data with an information storage medium through near field wireless communication. The information processing program causes the information processing apparatus to perform the following acts. The acts include writing available content information in the information storage medium, reading the available content information from the information storage medium, and updating availability of a content based on the read available content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Moro, Kotaro Hiromatsu, Yoshifumi Masaki, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190358873
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article comprising an aliphatic polyester. The aliphatic polyester is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyglycolic acid and a copolymer of a glycolic acid monomer and a monomer other than the glycolic acid monomer. The molded article has a uniaxial compressive strength at a temperature of 23° C. of greater than 250 MPa and not greater than 350 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Fuminori Kobayashi, Takahiro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshinori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190345695
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive unit of a hydraulic excavator is configured to include a first hydraulic pump (P1) that discharges a hydraulic oil for activating a boom cylinder (36) and the like, a first electric motor (M1) that drives the first hydraulic pump (P1), a hydraulic pump for revolution (P2) that discharges a hydraulic oil for activating a revolution motor (26), a second electric motor (M2) that drives the hydraulic pump for revolution (P2), and a motor control device (150) that controls the rotation of the first electric motor (M1) and that of the second electric motor (M2). The motor control device (150) is configured such that when the revolution of the revolving body is not activated by the revolution motor (26), control to deactivate the second electric motor (M2) is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo KUMEUCHI, Koichi SHIMIZU, Yuta KOBAYASHI, Shumpei OKUTANI, Takahiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10472805
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive unit of a hydraulic excavator is configured to include a first hydraulic pump (P1) that discharges a hydraulic oil for activating a boom cylinder (36) and the like, a first electric motor (M1) that drives the first hydraulic pump (P1), a hydraulic pump for revolution (P2) that discharges a hydraulic oil for activating a revolution motor (26), a second electric motor (M2) that drives the hydraulic pump for revolution (P2), and a motor control device (150) that controls the rotation of the first electric motor (M1) and that of the second electric motor (M2). The motor control device (150) is configured such that when the revolution of the revolving body is not activated by the revolution motor (26), control to deactivate the second electric motor (M2) is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Kumeuchi, Koichi Shimizu, Yuta Kobayashi, Shumpei Okutani, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190285288
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan chamber, a machine chamber, a partition plate, and an electrical component unit. The partition plate is provided, in its upper part, with a planar receiving surface portion for receiving a holder. The holder is provided with a positioning protrusion protruding downward. A cutout portion into which the positioning protrusion is inserted is formed in the receiving surface portion. At least one inclined surface portion that is inclined downward from the receiving surface portion and guides the positioning protrusion to the cutout portion is provided at an end portion of the receiving surface portion that leads to the cutout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Kazuho ITO, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20190255750
    Abstract: Provided are an injection mold and an injection molding method by which a boundary line between a first material and a second material curved so as to be sharply bent like a round chamfered shape can be formed reliably in a desired position, and a molded article molded using the injection mold and the injection molding method. The sum of a length w of an inclined-part forming part 51a and a length y of a thinned-part forming part 51b in a width direction of a linear part or a width direction of a curved part is at least equal to a prescribed value, and the thinned-part forming part 51b forming the curved part has a second length y longer than a first length in the width direction of the curved part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Hanaoka, Atsushi Yusa, Takahiro Watanabe, Kentaro Sakai, Kazuhiro Kawano, Hajime Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10379259
    Abstract: An estimation apparatus includes an acquirer, a deriver, and a determiner. The acquirer acquires time-sequential observation data related to cloud-altitude. The deriver derives a first change in cloud altitude from at least a first altitude at a first time and a second altitude at a second time. The deriver derives a second change in cloud altitude from at least a third altitude at a third time and a fourth altitude at a fourth time. The determiner determines a cloud developmental stage based at least in part on the first and second changes in cloud altitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Aya Namiki, Fumihiko Mizutani, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10270856
    Abstract: An information storage system and an information storage method allow necessary information to be stored in the proper amount with a simple operation for people to share the information. The system includes an input unit including a plurality of press-type switches each of which accepts input for an on-signal or an off-signal and a data server storing pieces of identification information each identifying a corresponding one of the switches and messages in association with each other and outputs, in response to input accepted by each of the switches, a corresponding one of the messages. The input unit transmits an on-signal or an off-signal and a piece of identification information to the data server. The data server receives the on-signal or the off-signal and the piece of identification information and extracts and outputs a message associated with the piece of identification information received together with the on-signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nozawa, Chiho Ikeda, Takahiro Watanabe