Patents by Inventor Takashi Kawato

Takashi Kawato 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: 11973310
    Abstract: A light source unit for thermally-assisted magnetic head includes a substrate member having a first bonding surface; a light source assembly attached on the first bonding surface of the substrate member and having a second bonding surface; and a heater circuit assembly formed between the substrate member and the light source assembly, the heater circuit assembly having a heater formed on the substrate member and two leads connected at two ends of the heater, the lead being thicker than the heater, thereby a distance between the heater and the second bonding surface is farther than that between the lead and the second bonding surface. The light source unit can reduce mechanical stress and thermal conduction between a light source assembly and a substrate member, thereby improving the performance of the light source assembly and the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD., HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Honda, Kowang Liu, Kwun Pan Ng, Makoto Kawato
  • Patent number: 11966645
    Abstract: A document creation method includes: specifying a missing unit in document information divided into units; and specifying a unit serving as a reference for inserting the missing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LEGALON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawato, Ruka Funaki
  • Publication number: 20230335001
    Abstract: A document processing method is provided for causing a processor to execute a process. The document processing method includes: generating questionnaire information including a region where text can be freely input as an answer based on document information and question information, the question information being associated with at least one of a type and a situation of the document information and being for use in acquiring information for reviewing the document information; and generating request information for requesting a review of the document information, the request information including the document information and the questionnaire information in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Takashi KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20230196002
    Abstract: A document processing method comprising: acquiring original document information associated with modified document information that includes an indication of modification including at least one of addition, replacement, and deletion; and displaying the original document information and the modified document information such that a portion of the original document information indicated by the modified document information is associated with a content to be modified indicated by the modified document information, wherein the document is a legal document, wherein the modified document information includes a content to be modified of the document information after an agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: LEGALON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka Funaki
  • Publication number: 20230177859
    Abstract: A document processing method comprising: obtaining a character string indicating a content of a document extracting from document information; and obtaining a normalized extracted information by normalizing the character string information in the document information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LEGALON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
  • Publication number: 20230106060
    Abstract: An information processing device includes one or more hardware processors configured to divide first document information and second document information in a predefined unit; calculate a degree of relevance between units included in the first document information and units included in the second document information; link the units included in the first document information with the units included in the second document information on a one-to-one basis according to the degree of relevance; and display combinations of the units in the first document information and the units in the second document information linked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: LegalForce, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI, Tomoko UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220413783
    Abstract: A document creation method includes: specifying a missing unit in document information divided into units; and specifying a unit serving as a reference for inserting the missing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: LegalForce, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
  • Publication number: 20220076363
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus and a program that separate versions of an input contract document based on an amendment history; specify a template document from the versions of the input contract document; search a database containing past contract documents that share identical or a similar template document with the input document, wherein each of the past contract documents includes versions of the past contract documents; extract one or more versions of the past contract documents that contain contents similar to the input contract document from the past contract documents that share the identical or similar template document with the input document; and present a first amendment candidate of the input contract document based on contents of a first version of the extracted past contract document in the extracted one or more versions of the past contract documents, together with the input contract document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
  • Publication number: 20220043849
    Abstract: A document processing program and an information processing apparatus that present a contract status of an organization based on the contents of contract documents. The document processing program including instructions that causes the information processing apparatus to: accept a condition for analyzing a contract document by an acceptance unit; extract a contract document by an analysis target extraction unit, wherein the contract document containing extraction information matching the condition accepted by the acceptance unit from a contract document database which includes a plurality of contract documents and in which information indicating a contract status of the plurality of contract documents is extracted as extraction information; analyze the contract document extracted by the analysis target extraction unit based on the condition accepted by the acceptance unit, by an analysis unit; and display and output an analysis result of the analysis unit by the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
  • Patent number: 8967708
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units arranged in a widthwise direction, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kikuta, Takashi Kawato, Daisuke Yuasa, Nobuyasu Bessho
  • Patent number: 8967709
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units provided in a widthwise direction, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Yuasa, Takashi Kikuta, Nobuyasu Bessho, Takashi Kawato, Masato Saita
  • Publication number: 20140145474
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units arranged in a widthwise direction, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KIKUTA, Takashi KAWATO, Daisuke YUASA, Nobuyasu BESSHO
  • Publication number: 20140145473
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units provided in a widthwise direction, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke YUASA, Takashi Kikuta, Nobuyasu Bessho, Takashi Kawato, Masato Saita
  • Patent number: 8731783
    Abstract: An open/close actuating mechanism control device for a vehicle includes: an actuating mechanism (24, 30) that is exposed to outside air and that opens or closes on the basis of whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; an open/close failure determining unit (32) that determines whether an open/close failure of the actuating mechanism (24, 30), in which the actuating mechanism (24, 30) fails to open or close, has occurred; an outside air temperature detecting unit (26, 32) that detects an outside air temperature; and a determination timing changing unit (32) that changes timing, at which the open/close failure determining unit (32) determines that the open/close failure of the actuating mechanism (24, 30) has occurred, on the basis of the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature detecting unit (26, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hayakawa, Toshiro Maeda, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Asano, Takashi Kawato, Morio Sakai
  • Publication number: 20140005897
    Abstract: An open/close actuating mechanism control device for a vehicle includes: an actuating mechanism (24, 30) that is exposed to outside air and that opens or closes on the basis of whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; an open/close failure determining unit (32) that determines whether an open/close failure of the actuating mechanism (24, 30), in which the actuating mechanism (24, 30) fails to open or close, has occurred; an outside air temperature detecting unit (36, 32) that detects an outside air temperature; and a determination timing changing unit (32) that changes timing, at which the open/close failure determining unit (32) determines that the open/close failure of the actuating mechanism (24, 30) has occurred, on the basis of the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature detecting unit (36, 32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hayakawa, Toshiro Maeda, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Asano, Takashi Kawato, Morio Sakai
  • Patent number: 8571749
    Abstract: A grille control mechanism for a vehicle includes a movable member being switchable between opened and closed positions, an electric motor actuating the movable member, and a control device controlling a supply of electric current until detecting a lock current value to execute an opening operation or a closing operation, wherein the control device executes a checking operation for returning the movable member to an initial position and executing once again the opening or closing operation in a case where a detecting time of the lock current value since the opening or closing operation is started exceeds a predetermined time, and the control device determines that the movable member is in an abnormal state in a case where a detecting time of the lock current value after the operation is started from the initial position in the checking operation exceeds the predetermined time for a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20110118931
    Abstract: A grille control mechanism for a vehicle includes a movable member being switchable between opened and closed positions, an electric motor actuating the movable member, and a control device controlling a supply of electric current until detecting a lock current value to execute an opening operation or a closing operation, wherein the control device executes a checking operation for returning the movable member to an initial position and executing once again the opening or closing operation in a case where a detecting time of the lock current value since the opening or closing operation is started exceeds a predetermined time, and the control device determines that the movable member is in an abnormal state in a case where a detecting time of the lock current value after the operation is started from the initial position in the checking operation exceeds the predetermined time for a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi KAWATO
  • Patent number: 7031814
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first power source means, a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means, a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision, a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle on the basis of an output from the collision-predicting means, and a switching means for switching over from the first power source means to the second power source means for supplying power to the driving means when a collision is predicted to occur by the collision-predicting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kawato, Koji Aoki, Koichi Hirota
  • Publication number: 20050283292
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first power source means, a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means, a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision, a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle on the basis of an output from the collision-predicting means, and a switching means for switching over from the first power source means to the second power source means for supplying power to the driving means when a collision is predicted to occur by the collision-predicting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Kawato, Koji Aoki, Koichi Hirota