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).
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Patent number: 11973310Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD., HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takashi Honda, Kowang Liu, Kwun Pan Ng, Makoto Kawato
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Patent number: 11966645Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LEGALON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takashi Kawato, Ruka Funaki
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Publication number: 20230335001Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventor: Takashi KAWATO
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Publication number: 20230196002Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: LEGALON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka Funaki
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Publication number: 20230177859Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: LEGALON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
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Publication number: 20230106060Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: LegalForce, Inc.Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI, Tomoko UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20220413783Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: LegalForce, Inc.Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
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Publication number: 20220076363Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
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Publication number: 20220043849Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Takashi KAWATO, Ruka FUNAKI
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Patent number: 8967708Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kikuta, Takashi Kawato, Daisuke Yuasa, Nobuyasu Bessho
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Patent number: 8967709Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Yuasa, Takashi Kikuta, Nobuyasu Bessho, Takashi Kawato, Masato Saita
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Publication number: 20140145474Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi KIKUTA, Takashi KAWATO, Daisuke YUASA, Nobuyasu BESSHO
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Publication number: 20140145473Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke YUASA, Takashi Kikuta, Nobuyasu Bessho, Takashi Kawato, Masato Saita
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Patent number: 8731783Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Hayakawa, Toshiro Maeda, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Asano, Takashi Kawato, Morio Sakai
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Publication number: 20140005897Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Hayakawa, Toshiro Maeda, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Asano, Takashi Kawato, Morio Sakai
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Patent number: 8571749Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi Kawato
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Publication number: 20110118931Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi KAWATO
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Patent number: 7031814Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kawato, Koji Aoki, Koichi Hirota
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Publication number: 20050283292Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Inventors: Takashi Kawato, Koji Aoki, Koichi Hirota