Patents by Inventor Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi 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).

  • Patent number: 12157187
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a support portion, a first laser processing head, a second laser processing head, a first vertical movement mechanism, a second vertical movement mechanism, a first horizontal movement mechanism, a second horizontal movement mechanism, and a controller configured to control rotation of the support portion, emission of a first and a second laser lights from the first and the second laser processing heads, and movement of a first and a second focusing points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakamoto, Junji Okuma
  • Patent number: 12158662
    Abstract: Provided is a barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet that, when applied to a wavelength conversion sheet, can suppress in-plane uneven brightness of the wavelength conversion sheet. A barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet, the barrier film including a first base material film, a second base material film, a barrier layer, a primer layer, and an adhesive layer positioned between the first base material film and the second base material film, wherein the barrier film satisfies the following condition 1: <Condition 1> A surface of the barrier film on a side having the primer layer with respect to the adhesive layer is defined as a surface 1; an elevation of the surface 1 is measured at intervals of 1 mm to obtain elevation data about the surface 1; a contour curve of the surface 1 determined by the elevation data is defined as a contour curve 1; at least a part of the surface 1 has at least one irregularity 1 having a height difference between an adjacent peak and valley of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakamoto, Shuichi Tamura, Akihito Haruki, Ryutaro Harada
  • Patent number: 12149285
    Abstract: In an optical wireless communication system including: an optical wireless communication apparatus that moves along with a first optical wireless station; and a second optical wireless station opposed to the first optical wireless station, the optical wireless communication apparatus includes at least one reference light transmitting unit that transmits reference light to the second optical wireless station with a position in front in a moving direction of the first optical wireless station defined as a transmission position, the second optical wireless station includes a reference light receiving unit that receives the reference light transmitted from the at least one reference light transmitting unit, an estimation unit that estimates an influence of atmospheric air on transmission of signal light based on a reception state of the reference light received by the reference light receiving unit, a compensation unit that performs compensation processing on the signal light based on the influence of the atmosph
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Sakamoto, Yohei Katayama, Kento Yoshizawa, Takeshi Kinoshita, Etsushi Yamazaki, Takayuki Mizuno, Takuya Ohara
  • Patent number: 12145214
    Abstract: A laser processing head includes: a housing; an entrance portion; an adjustment portion; and a condensing portion. A distance between a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion facing each other in a second direction is shorter than a distance between a first wall portion and a second wall portion facing each other in a first direction. The housing is configured to be attached to an attachment portion of a laser processing apparatus, with at least one of the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion, and a fifth wall portion disposed on the side of the attachment portion. The condensing portion is disposed on a sixth wall portion, and is offset toward the fourth wall portion in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakamoto, Junji Okuma
  • Patent number: 12139449
    Abstract: An alcohol production method in which an alcohol is produced from a carbonyl compound, the method including producing an alcohol by using a catalyst, the catalyst including a metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less and a carrier supporting the metal component, the carrier including zirconium oxide. A catalyst for producing an alcohol by hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound, the catalyst including a carrier including zirconium oxide and a metal component supported on the carrier, the metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Yumiko Yoshikawa, Naoyuki Sakamoto, Takayuki Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20240372063
    Abstract: A primary battery includes a positive electrode containing isatin, a negative electrode containing magnesium or aluminum, and an electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Sho Okubo, Mikayo Iwata, Shuhei Sakamoto, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 12131246
    Abstract: A distributed deep learning system that can achieve speeding-up by processing learning in parallel at a large number of learning nodes connected with a communication network and perform faster cooperative processing among the learning nodes connected through the communication network is provided. The distributed deep learning system includes: a plurality of computing interconnect devices 1 connected with each other through a ring communication network 3 through which communication is possible in one direction; and a plurality of learning nodes 2 connected with the respective computing interconnect devices 1 in a one-to-one relation, and each computing interconnect device 1 executes communication packet transmission-reception processing between the learning nodes 2 and All-reduce processing simultaneously in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kato, Kenji Kawai, Huycu Ngo, Yuki Arikawa, Tsuyoshi Ito, Takeshi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20240351513
    Abstract: A control system controls a system including an autonomously movable mobile robot configured to transport a transport object. The mobile robot includes at least one light-emitting unit. The control system is configured to change a light emission pattern of the light-emitting unit according to transport object information indicating whether the mobile robot is transporting the transport object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro ODA, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240353847
    Abstract: A control system includes one or more processors configured to execute system control of controlling a system including a mobile robot that includes a contact portion configured to come into contact with a transport object in a case where the transport object is mounted and transported, and is configured to move based on a movement operation received by an operation interface. The system control includes light emission control of causing a light emission unit including a first light emission unit disposed in a surrounding of the contact portion and a second light emission unit disposed on or in a surrounding of the operation interface, to emit light in different light emission patterns associated with each of a plurality of predetermined conditions. The light emission control includes control of linking a light emission pattern in the first light emission unit with a light emission pattern in the second light emission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro Oda, Takeshi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20240353862
    Abstract: A control system according to the present disclosure performs system control for controlling a system including a mobile robot that is autonomously movable and operable by a user. The mobile robot includes at least one light-emitting unit. The system control includes mode switch control of switching between an autonomous movement mode and a user operation mode, and the light emission control of controlling the light-emitting unit to emit light in different light emission patterns associated with a plurality of predetermined conditions. The light emission control includes controlling the light-emitting unit to emit light in different light emission patterns, for at least one of the predetermined conditions, depending on whether the mobile robot is in the autonomous movement mode or the user operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro ODA, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240351189
    Abstract: A control system includes one or more processors configured to perform system control for controlling a system including a mobile robot configured to move autonomously and transport a transport object. The mobile robot includes a contact portion which comes into contact with a transport box configured to store the transport object when loading and transporting the transport box, and a first light-emitting unit provided around the contact portion and configured to emit light in a predetermined light emission pattern associated with a state of the mobile robot. The transport box includes a box-side light-emitting unit which is a light-emitting unit provided on the transport box. The system control includes control on the box-side light-emitting unit to emit light in a light emission pattern corresponding to the predetermined light emission pattern of the first light-emitting unit when the transport box is loaded on the contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro ODA, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240353870
    Abstract: A control system controls a system including an autonomously movable mobile robot. The mobile robot includes a light-emitting unit. The mobile robot is configured to determine the traveling state of the mobile robot associated with a traveling environment of the mobile robot, and to control the light-emitting unit to emit light in different light emission patterns depending at least on whether the determination result indicates that there is an abnormality or there is no abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro ODA, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240353868
    Abstract: A control system is configured to execute system control of controlling a system including a mobile robot that is configured to autonomously move and on which a user operation is executed. The system includes a light emission unit. The control system includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the system control. The system control includes light emission control of causing the light emission unit to emit light in different light emission patterns associated with each of a plurality of predetermined conditions. At least one of the plurality of predetermined conditions is a recommendation condition that is a predetermined condition for recommending a user operation on the mobile robot or a non-recommendation condition that is a predetermined condition for not recommending a user operation on the mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro ODA, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240353848
    Abstract: An operation device according to the present disclosure includes: an operation unit configured to receive an operation including a direction operation for a mobile robot; and a light emitting unit configured to emit light in a light emission pattern that indicates the state of the mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi SAKAMOTO, Shiro Oda, Takeshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 12122474
    Abstract: A control device 20 of a rideable mobile body 1 determines a target speed of the rideable mobile body 1 according to at least the steering operation by a rider, and controls the travel of the rideable mobile body 1 according to the target speed. In the processing for determining a target speed, the target speed is restricted according to the positional relationship between a virtual wall set in a travel environment of the rideable mobile body 1 and the rideable mobile body 1. Thus, the comfort of the rider is secured while the travel of the rideable mobile body is restricted by the virtual wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Ozaki, Masaki Goto, Tomokazu Sakamoto, Takeshi Echizenya, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12112873
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes first, second, third, and fourth terminal electrodes; a first planar spiral coil formed on a substrate, the first planar spiral coil having an outer peripheral end connected to the first terminal electrode; a second planar spiral coil stacked on the first planar spiral coil through a first insulating layer, the second planar spiral coil having an outer peripheral end connected to the second terminal electrode; and first and second lead-out patterns stacked on the second planar spiral coil through a second insulating layer. The first lead-out pattern connects the third terminal electrode and an inner peripheral end of the first planar spiral coil. The second lead-out pattern connects the fourth terminal electrode and an inner peripheral end of the second planar spiral coil. The second insulating layer is thicker than the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Tsutsui, Kouji Kawamura, Hiromu Sakamoto, Kengo Osada, Takuro Tsuruta, Takeshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 12107218
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is provided with a higher capacity and a longer life. The lithium secondary battery includes: a cathode containing a material that is capable of inserting and desorbing lithium ions; a lithium ion conductive electrolyte; and an anode containing a material that is capable of occluding and releasing lithium metal or lithium ions, wherein the electrolyte contains indigo or indigo carmine, which is an organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Sakamoto, Yoko Ono, Hironobu Minowa, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 12103110
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes: a laser oscillator configured to oscillate a laser pulse; a first laser deflection unit configured to deflect the laser pulse emitted from the laser oscillator in a two-dimensional direction; a second laser deflection unit having a slower operation speed and configured to deflect the laser pulse emitted from the first laser deflection unit in a two-dimensional direction on a same plane; a laser oscillation control unit configured to control the laser oscillator; and first and second laser deflection control units respectively configured to control operations of the first and second laser deflection units. The first laser deflection control unit controls the first laser deflection unit to successively irradiate the laser pulse to multiple sites along a predetermined track in each of the processing positions in turn, and to change energy of the laser pulse emitted therefrom in a middle of repeated irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakamoto, Masaru Futaana, Takeshi Satoh, Yusuke Takegawa
  • Patent number: 12093061
    Abstract: A movable body control device controls a movable body which a worker who performs a work task at a workplace is capable of boarding and which is capable of traveling in a state where the worker is boarding. The movable body control device includes: an acquisition part that acquires, from a terminal device that is carried by the worker and that receives information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task, information based on input information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task; and a control part that controls a speed of the movable body based on the information which is acquired by the acquisition part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sakamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Takeshi Echizenya, Taiki Iimura, Takayuki Nakagawara, Etsuko Takasugi
  • Patent number: 12078890
    Abstract: Provided is a barrier film that can suppress a change in color when applied to a wavelength conversion sheet. A barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet, comprising an inorganic oxide layer A, an organic coating layer B, an inorganic oxide layer C, and a primer layer D in presented order on a light-transmitting base material, wherein thicknesses of the light-transmitting base material, the inorganic oxide layer A, the organic coating layer B, the inorganic oxide layer C, and the primer layer D are defined as t0, tA, tB, tC, and tD, respectively; tB is 150 nm or more and 500 nm or less; and tD/tB is 0.55 or more and 1.65 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Nakajima, Ryutaro Harada, Takeshi Sakamoto, Shuichi Tamura, Akihito Haruki, Shota Yamanishi, Ryoma Yasui