Patents by Inventor Takeshi Watanabe

Takeshi 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: 12260719
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring system configured such that, even when there is a deviation of a shooting region of a camera, if the deviation is within an acceptable level, an accurate vehicle detection using a recognition model can be performed without readjusting parameters or re-training the model. Based on an image of a no-entry zone and a platform zone, a processor performs a first operation for detecting a person in the no-entry zone and a second operation for detecting a vehicle in the no-entry zone; and based on detection results, determines whether an alert needs to be issued. When there is a deviation of the shooting region of a camera, the processor performs a conversion operation for converting an image of a current shooting region to an image that would be captured by the camera with an original shooting region and uses the converted image for the two detection operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Yamada, Kazuhiko Iwai, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12252114
    Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: storing positions of target objects detected around the target parking position as learned target object positions; when the own vehicle travels in a vicinity of the target parking position after the learned target object positions are stored, counting the number of times that the learned target object position coincides with a surrounding target object position of a target object detected around the own vehicle and providing a higher degree of reliability to the learned target object position having a larger number of times of coincidence with the surrounding target object position; by comparing the learned target object position having a degree of reliability greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold degree of reliability with a position of a target object detected around the own vehicle, calculating a relative position of the own vehicle with respect to the target parking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muku Takeda, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250085529
    Abstract: A lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements arrayed in a main scanning direction. Each of the optical elements includes an incident surface, at least one reflection surface, and an emission surface. The incident surface transmits and converges light made incident thereon. The reflection surface has positive optical power for reflecting and converging the light made incident via the incident surface. The emission surface emits the light reflected by the reflection surface. The lens mirror array includes a plurality of grooves and a light blocking member. The plurality of grooves are provided among a plurality of the reflection surfaces arranged in the main scanning direction of the plurality of optical elements. The light blocking member is provided in the plurality of grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Takashi SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 12246704
    Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: detecting, from an image of surroundings of a vehicle, a first target object position; detecting a first image capturing situation when the image is captured; with respect to a second target object position of a target object detected from a past image of surroundings of a target parking position in a past, retrieving one or more combinations of a relative positional relationship between the second target object position and the target parking position and a second image capturing situation when the past image is captured; selecting, the relative positional relationship combined with the second image capturing situation having a difference from the first image capturing situation less than or equal to a predetermined difference; and calculating, based on the selected relative positional relationship and the first target object position, a relative position between a current position of the vehicle and the target parking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Muku Takeda
  • Publication number: 20250075854
    Abstract: A mandrel around which fiber-reinforced resin is wound, the mandrel including a cylinder portion having a plurality of first flat surface portions, and a pair of dome portions that are formed at respective ends of the cylinder portion and each include a plurality of second flat surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke TSUCHIYAMA, Yuta URUSHIYAMA, Takeshi WATANABE, Kosuke TATSUSHIMA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Koji NOZOE, Michael BRUYNEEL
  • Patent number: 12229607
    Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamaki, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20250043504
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a conductive fiber including a synthetic fiber and a conductive film that is formed on a surface of the synthetic fiber and includes single-wall carbon nanotubes, the method including: a conductive ink immersion step of immersing the synthetic fiber in a conductive ink having the single-wall carbon nanotubes dispersed in an aprotic solvent and causing the conductive ink to adhere to the synthetic fiber; and a solvent removal step that is performed after the conductive ink immersion step for drying the synthetic fiber to which the conductive ink adheres and removing the aprotic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kazuyuki ENDO, Shinji KOH, Takeshi WATANABE, Sho KUROMATSU, Yuito HORITA, Taiki FUKASE
  • Patent number: 12214778
    Abstract: A parking assistance method including: detecting a target object position that is a relative position with respect to the own vehicle; retrieving a known target object and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position from a storage device; based on the detected target object position detected and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position, estimating a relative position of the target parking position with respect to a current position of the own vehicle; based on the estimated relative position, calculating a target travel trajectory from a current position of the own vehicle to the target parking position; determining estimation precision of the estimated relative position; when the estimation precision is low, limiting a speed limit of movement speed at which the own vehicle is caused to travel along the target travel trajectory to a speed lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Muku Takeda
  • Publication number: 20250026335
    Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: storing positions of target objects detected around the target parking position as learned target object positions; when the own vehicle travels in a vicinity of the target parking position after the learned target object positions are stored, counting the number of times that the learned target object position coincides with a surrounding target object position of a target object detected around the own vehicle and providing a higher degree of reliability to the learned target object position having a larger number of times of coincidence with the surrounding target object position; by comparing the learned target object position having a degree of reliability greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold degree of reliability with a position of a target object detected around the own vehicle, calculating a relative position of the own vehicle with respect to the target parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Muku Takeda, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250018933
    Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: detecting, from an image of surroundings of a vehicle, a first target object position; detecting a first image capturing situation when the image is captured; with respect to a second target object position of a target object detected from a past image of surroundings of a target parking position in a past, retrieving one or more combinations of a relative positional relationship between the second target object position and the target parking position and a second image capturing situation when the past image is captured; selecting, the relative positional relationship combined with the second image capturing situation having a difference from the first image capturing situation less than or equal to a predetermined difference; and calculating, based on the selected relative positional relationship and the first target object position, a relative position between a current position of the vehicle and the target parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Muku Takeda
  • Publication number: 20250010846
    Abstract: A parking assistance method including: detecting a target object position that is a relative position with respect to the own vehicle; retrieving a known target object and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position from a storage device; based on the detected target object position detected and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position, estimating a relative position of the target parking position with respect to a current position of the own vehicle; based on the estimated relative position, calculating a target travel trajectory from a current position of the own vehicle to the target parking position; determining estimation precision of the estimated relative position; when the estimation precision is low, limiting a speed limit of movement speed at which the own vehicle is caused to travel along the target travel trajectory to a speed lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Muku Takeda
  • Publication number: 20250010248
    Abstract: A monolayer membrane containing gelling polymer particles having at least one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group, and having a thickness of less than 5 ?m. A composite having a porous carrier and gelling polymer particles having at least any one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group and filling up the surface pores of the porous carrier. The invention can provide a novel material capable of efficiently separating an acid gas from a mixed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Yu HOSHINO, Kazushi IMAMURA, Tomohiro GYOBU, Ikuo TANIGUCHI, Akira HAMASAKI, Chie YAMASHITA, Takeshi WATANABE, Yoshiko MIURA
  • Publication number: 20250005507
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate locating temporary distribution lanes on a road for transshipment are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executes components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise a vehicle network component that can determine one or more vehicles for package delivery from a network of connected vehicles based on delivery destination information. The computer executable components can comprise a lane definition component that can define one or more temporary lanes based on predicted travel positions from the delivery destination information for the one or more vehicles. The computer executable components can comprise a transshipment component that can perform transshipment of packages between the one or more vehicles within the one or more temporary lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Sanehiro Furuichi, Yohkichi Sasatani, Tooru Tabara, Hirotaka Matsumoto, Akira Saito, Tsend Ochir Bat Ulzii, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250001767
    Abstract: A control unit 81 determines nozzles corresponding to an image to be printed, correspondingly to a position of a print sheet, and causes a recording head to eject ink from its nozzles. A correction processing unit 83 performs a correction process corresponding to each of plural ink ejection malfunction positions in the aforementioned image. Further, the correction processing unit 83 prints a test pattern using the recording head 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d, determines the ink ejection malfunction positions and ink ejection malfunction types on the basis of a scanned image of the test pattern, and performs the correction process such that the ink ejection malfunction of which the ink ejection malfunction type is non ejection is preferentially performed than the ink ejection malfunction of which the ink ejection malfunction type is ink ejection deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventor: Takeshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240429644
    Abstract: The object is to provide a connector and a connector connection structure that, even if an electric wire is vibrated, may suppress influence of the vibration. A housing 22, 23 includes an insertion cylinder 221, 231 in communication with a main body 222, 232 and having a high-voltage electric wire 201 inserted thereinto. An electric wire retaining portion 28 provided on the harness insertion outer cylinder 231 and retaining the high-voltage electric wire 201 has an electric wire insertion hole 281 retaining the high-voltage electric wire 201 inserted thereinto, and further includes a securing-side retaining portion 282 provided on the harness insertion outer cylinder 231 and having securing-side arcked grooves 281a, and an attachment retaining portion 283 having attachment-side arcked grooves 281b and attached to the securing-side retaining portion 282.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANIGAWA, Takayuki HIGUCHI, Takeshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240426618
    Abstract: A computer implemented method provides transshipping. A number of processor units identifies destination information for a load for a first transport vehicle having a first destination and a second transport vehicle having a second destination. The number of processor units determines a lane definition for an ad-hoc transport node on a road based on predicted locations for the first transport vehicle bound for the first destination and the second transport vehicle bound for the second destination. The lane definition defines a set of transfer lanes for the ad-hoc transport node. The number of processor units transfers the load between the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle in response to the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle being within the ad-hoc transport node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mitsuru Chinen, Tsend Ochir Bat Ulzii, Akira Saito, Hirotaka Matsumoto, Yohkichi Sasatani, Kenichi Takasaki, Takeshi Watanabe, Sanehiro Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20240422410
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light-emitting device to be attached to a vehicle together with an image capturing device, and the light-emitting device emits near infrared light to a road in a lateral area of vehicle and a road in at least one of the front area or the rear area of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro UCHIDA, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Toshinao AKIE, Takeshi WATANABE, Ryohei KIMOTO, Toshiaki MURAI
  • Publication number: 20240422648
    Abstract: A method can include obtaining device data for a set of edge devices. The method can further include obtaining a predicted travel path of a focal entity. The method can further include determining, for a first edge device of the set of edge devices and based on the device data, a first proximity of the first edge device to the predicted travel path. The method can further include selecting the first edge device based, at least in part, on the first proximity. The method can further include transmitting, in response to the selecting the first edge device, a workload to the first edge device. The method can further include receiving, in response to the transmitting the workload, first captured data obtained by the first edge device. The method can further include transmitting the first captured data to an electronic user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Mitsuru Chinen, Takeshi Watanabe, Taku Sasaki, Takuya Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20240413559
    Abstract: A female terminal includes a terminal body including a base portion to be connected to the electric wire and a spring member to be attached to the base portion. The base portion includes a pair of side walls disposed at a predetermined interval into which a male terminal can be inserted, the spring member includes an inner plate along at least an inner side surface of each of the side walls and an arm spring extending from the inner plate toward the side wall facing the inner plate, and the side wall and the flange plate are welded to form a welded portion. A fulcrum portion of the arm spring abutting the side wall is provided between the welded portion and a contact portion abutting the male terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Takuro YAMADA, Takeshi WATANABE, Tomoaki TANIGAWA, Mitsuko ADACHI, Ryosuke NISHII, Junya TAKESHITA, Takahiro IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 12128366
    Abstract: A monolayer membrane containing gelling polymer particles having at least one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group, and having a thickness of less than 5 ?m. A composite having a porous carrier and gelling polymer particles having at least any one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group and filling up the surface pores of the porous carrier. The invention can provide a novel material capable of efficiently separating an acid gas from a mixed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: JCCL, INC.
    Inventors: Yu Hoshino, Kazushi Imamura, Tomohiro Gyobu, Ikuo Taniguchi, Akira Hamasaki, Chie Yamashita, Takeshi Watanabe, Yoshiko Miura