Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Sasaki

Tomoaki Sasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240342798
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a multilayer structure manufacturing device and a multilayer structure manufacturing method, which enable control to accelerate the cooling rate in any layer region and facilitates the development of a desired metal structure by controlling the cooling rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki AMANO, Tomohiro OYAMA, Tomoaki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 12103120
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of counting the spatters by a simple method while suppressing costs, and the present invention provides a spatter counting method performed by a portable terminal device provided with an image capturing device comprising: an image capturing step of capturing a moving image of an area including spatters generated during welding: and a counting step of counting a number of the spatters captured in each still image constituting the moving image captured in the capturing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ando, Tomoaki Sasaki, Katsunori Wada, Yusaku Nanao
  • Publication number: 20240302810
    Abstract: A programmable controller includes a parameter manager to manage a parameter including an operation mode setting indicating whether an operation mode of the programmable controller is an active mode or a debug mode, and a character string data outputter to output character string data based on a message output command included in a program in the programmable controller. The message output command includes a first argument specifying whether a command is to be executed when the operation mode is the active mode or to be executed when the operation mode is the debug mode. The character string data outputter outputs or does not output the character string data to a preset destination, based on a result of a comparison between the operation mode setting and the first argument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo MASUI, Tomoaki TAKAGI, Ryoichi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 12059729
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal printed object that can reduce the generation of sputters, and the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal printed object in which, in the presence of a shielding gas supplied around metal powder in a chamber, heat is supplied to the metal powder using energy rays to form a metal layer and laminate the metal layer, wherein the mass per unit volume of the shielding gas at a temperature of 25° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa is 1.30×10?3 g/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamaguchi, Toyoyuki Sato, Tomoaki Sasaki, Hiroki Amano
  • Publication number: 20230105672
    Abstract: Disclosed is a notifying device which reduces notifications that are irritating to a passenger. This notifying device is provided with: a notifying unit which detects an object present at the periphery of a vehicle, and notifies a passenger of the presence of the object; and a notification control unit in which a low departure operation, among the operations of an operating unit for operating the vehicle, for which the intention of the driver to depart is estimated to be at most equal to a predetermined threshold, is set in advance, wherein, if the low departure operation is executed while the vehicle is stopped, the notification control unit controls the notifying unit to suppress the level of notifications compared with a situation in which the vehicle is traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Tomokazu TOJO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Naoki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11046244
    Abstract: A vehicle interior lamp includes a housing having an opening, a lens arranged at the opening, a compartment provided in the housing and surrounding the opening at which the lens is arranged, a light source arranged in a corner of the compartment and emitting light toward the lens, and a reflector arranged inside the compartment, the reflector for introducing the light emitted from the light source to the lens. A plurality of steps is provided on a surface of the lens facing the light source, the steps having a thickness that reduces as the distance from the light source increases and arranged to be brought close uniformly a brightness of a surface of the lens by the light source. The lens is provided with a protrusion or a serration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Ken Suzuki, Tomoaki Sasaki, Kenichi Baba
  • Publication number: 20210086263
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal printed object, which can reduce the manufacturing time by a simple method without requiring a large-scale modification of the manufacturing apparatus, and the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal printed object in which, in the presence of a shielding gas supplied around a metal powder on a base plate, heat is supplied to the metal powder using energy rays to print a metal layer on the base plate, and the metal layer is subsequentially laminated, wherein when modeling a first metal layer in contact with the base plate, mass per unit volume of the shield gas at a temperature of 25° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa is in a range of 1.00×10?4 g/cm3 to 1.3×10?3 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Toyoyuki SATO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Hiroki AMANO
  • Publication number: 20210060644
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal printed object that can reduce the generation of sputters, and the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal printed object in which, in the presence of a shielding gas supplied around metal powder in a chamber, heat is supplied to the metal powder using energy rays to form a metal layer and laminate the metal layer, wherein the mass per unit volume of the shielding gas at a temperature of 25° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa is 1.30×10?3 g/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Toyoyuki SATO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Hiroki AMANO
  • Publication number: 20210016383
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of counting the spatters by a simple method while suppressing costs, and the present invention provides a spatter counting method performed by a portable terminal device provided with an image capturing device comprising: an image capturing step of capturing a moving image of an area including spatters generated during welding: and a counting step of counting a number of the spatters captured in each still image constituting the moving image captured in the capturing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Koji ANDO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Katsunori WADA, Yusaku NANAO
  • Publication number: 20200317121
    Abstract: A vehicle interior lamp includes a housing having an opening, a lens arranged at the opening, a compartment provided in the housing and surrounding the opening at which the lens is arranged, a light source arranged in a corner of the compartment and emitting light toward the lens, and a reflector arranged inside the compartment, the reflector for introducing the light emitted from the light source to the lens. A plurality of steps is provided on a surface of the lens facing the light source, the steps having a thickness that reduces as the distance from the light source increases and arranged to be brought close uniformly a brightness of a surface of the lens by the light source. The lens is provided with a protrusion or a serration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki IKEDA, Ken SUZUKI, Tomoaki SASAKI, Kenichi BABA
  • Publication number: 20190006824
    Abstract: A housing includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall face each other in a first direction. A printed circuit board is accommodated in the housing with one surface of a substrate facing the first wall. The housing has a through hole. The through hole extends from an outer surface through an inner surface of the housing. The through hole is open in the inner surface of the housing along a second direction. The second direction is orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoaki SASAKI, Yasuhiro SUMINO
  • Patent number: 10123416
    Abstract: A vehicular wiring structure includes a panel and a printed wiring part. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a flat face of the panel, a conductive member is printed on the flat face directly. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a non-flat face of the panel, a film on which a conductive member is printed is pasted to the non-flat face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Nomura, Gaku Ito, Taku Furuta, Shuji Kimura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Masahiro Ito, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Eiji Shimochi
  • Patent number: 10017133
    Abstract: An instrument panel as a vehicular panel includes a panel body on a surface side of which key tops are installed, a printed wiring section arranged on the surface side of the panel body, and an insulation outer layer arranged on the surface side of the panel body so as to cover the printed wiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Gaku Ito, Tomoaki Sasaki, Shuji Kimura, Taku Furuta, Shoichi Nomura
  • Patent number: 9976895
    Abstract: A sensor control device which controls: a first sensor which detects, based on a captured image, whether a person is present in a first detection range, and detects, for each of regions into which the first detection range is divided, whether a person is present in the region, based on a captured image; and a plurality of second sensors which detect, based on infrared radiation, whether a person is present in respective second detection ranges includes a determiner which matches, for each of the regions, an on or off state of a detection function of the first sensor in the region with an on or off state of a detection function of a second sensor whose second detection range overlaps the region, among the plurality of second sensors, by controlling the first sensor and the plurality of second sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Koichiro Kui, Yoshitaka Kimura, Hirofumi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9925622
    Abstract: A hybrid welding method capable of improving arc stability and improving the welding speed and the welding efficiency is provided. A hybrid welding method includes generating a TIG arc on a leading side in a welding direction and generating a MIG arc on a trailing side in the welding direction to weld a base metal, in which a TIG current is set to be higher than a MIG current so as to continuously generate arcs in a TIG electrode and a MIG electrode, and an absolute value of a distance from an intersection between a central axis of the TIG electrode and a surface of the base metal to an intersection between a central axis of the MIG electrode and the surface of the base metal is 20 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Kanemaru, Tomoaki Sasaki, Toyoyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9869581
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a first sensor which detects, based on a captured image, whether a person is present in a first detection range; a plurality of second sensors which are disposed around the first sensor, and detect, based on infrared radiation, whether a person is present in respective second detection ranges each of which overlaps at least a portion of the first detection range; and at least one hood which blocks part of infrared radiation directed to at least one of the plurality of second sensors, to reduce a non-overlapping portion of a combined detection range of the first detection range of the first sensor and the second detection ranges of the plurality of second sensors, the non-overlapping portion being a portion in which the first detection range and the second detection ranges do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Koichiro Kui, Yoshitaka Kimura, Hirofumi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9792493
    Abstract: A sensor control device includes: a determiner which has a first determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by a first sensor and a result of detection by a second sensor, and a second determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by the second sensor, wherein the determiner suspends determination as to whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if a brightness change value indicating a change in brightness in a first detection range during a certain time period is greater than a predetermined value in the first determination mode, and determines whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if the brightness change value in the first detection range is less than the predetermined value in the first determination mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Koichiro Kui, Yoshitaka Kimura, Hirofumi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20170215285
    Abstract: A vehicular wiring structure includes a panel and a printed wiring part. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a flat face of the panel, a conductive member is printed on the flat face directly. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a non-flat face of the panel, a film on which a conductive member is printed is pasted to the non-flat face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi NOMURA, Gaku ITO, Taku FURUTA, Shuji KIMURA, Tomoaki SASAKI, Masahiro ITO, Mitsunori TSUNODA, Eiji SHIMOCHI
  • Patent number: 9708356
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for efficiently producing monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and furfurals from biomass. A biomass is hydrolyzed under conditions under which monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and furfurals are produced while continuously supplying an aqueous suspension of the biomass from a supply port of a continuous primary hydrolysis device and moving the suspension through the device. A hydrolysis solution is continuously discharged from a discharge port of the continuous hydrolysis device, and a hydrolysis solution containing monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and furfurals are extracted from an intermediate extraction port provided at any position between the supply port and the discharge port of the continuous primary hydrolysis device. The extracted hydrolysis solution is then subjected to secondary hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Oji Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Nakagame, Nobuhisa Dano, Takayuki Obuchi, Shinya Hagiwara, Yosuke Uchida, Koki Kisara, Tomoaki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170151916
    Abstract: An instrument panel as a vehicular panel includes a panel body on a surface side of which key tops are installed, a printed wiring section arranged on the surface side of the panel body, and an insulation outer layer arranged on the surface side of the panel body so as to cover the printed wiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori TSUNODA, Gaku ITO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Shuji KIMURA, Taku FURUTA, Shoichi NOMURA