Patents by Inventor Tomoki Watanabe

Tomoki 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: 12293876
    Abstract: A power supply device converts power supplied from a power source to power to be supplied to a load and supplies the converted power to the load from an output terminal. The power supply device includes a capacitor that includes a case, a first terminal exposed outside the case, and a second terminal exposed outside the case. The first terminal is fixed to a busbar. The busbar electrically connects the first terminal to the output terminal of the power supply device. The second terminal is fixed to an electrically conductive support that receives a reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Takada
  • Patent number: 12247898
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a housing having an opening, an openable and closable cover disposed over the opening, a sealing member disposed around the opening such that the sealing member is held between the housing and the cover when the cover is closed, at least one first vibration sensor to measure mechanical vibration of the cover, and a degradation determiner to determine whether any degradation occurs in the sealing member. The degradation determiner determines whether any degradation occurs in the sealing member on the basis of the mechanical vibration measured by the at least one first vibration sensor while the cover is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nakamura, Taichi Yoshida, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12058458
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of current sources including first group current sources and second group current sources; and a control unit that controls driving of the first group current sources to generate a first-phase ramp voltage and controls driving of the first group current sources and at least one current source of the second group current sources to generate a second-phase ramp voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Kyoichi Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11980791
    Abstract: A living body guidance device includes: a measurement unit 1 that measures biometric information of a user; a stimulus unit 2 that is installed in contact with the user's body and presents a tactile stimulus to the user; a database unit 3 that has a relationship between the tactile stimulus presented by the stimulus unit and the biometric information according to the tactile stimulus recorded; an input unit 4 that sets target biometric information which is target biometric information that is desired of the user to realize; and a control unit 7 that, when there is a difference between current biometric information which is current biometric information of the user estimated based on the measurement result by the measurement unit and the target biometric information, controls the tactile stimulus presented by the stimulus unit so that the difference is reduced, so as to guide the user so that the current biometric information approaches the target biometric information, based on the relationship recorded in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mana Sasagawa, Arinobu Niijima, Kana Eguchi, Ryosuke Aoki, Takashi Isezaki, Tomoki Watanabe, Toshitaka Kimura
  • Patent number: 11837105
    Abstract: The number n of times of chewing is counted by chewing number of times calculation means (13b2) based on a change in the distance l from a photoreflector (50), which is received together with time t by measurement value receiving means (13b1). To vary hardness h of a bag (30) to a stage that can be sensed, according to the number n of times of chewing, a required air pressure is set according to the current number n of times, based on a hardness/air pressure correspondence recording unit (13g) in which stages that have a significant difference therebetween and are stored in association with the number n of times of chewing are recorded. To realize the set air pressure inside the bag (30), the amount of sucking performed using a vacuum pump 20 is controlled by air pressure control means (13b4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Mana Sasagawa, Arinobu Niijima, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, Tomohiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230362510
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of current sources including first group current sources and second group current sources; and a control unit that controls driving of the first group current sources to generate a first-phase ramp voltage and controls driving of the first group current sources and at least one current source of the second group current sources to generate a second-phase ramp voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Kyoichi Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11716553
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of current sources including first group current sources and second group current sources; and a control unit that controls driving of the first group current sources to generate a first-phase ramp voltage and controls driving of the first group current sources and at least one current source of the second group current sources to generate a second-phase ramp voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solution Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Kyoichi Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11687554
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is provided with a projective transform model including a plurality of nodes and a projection table, the plurality of nodes each holding a reference vector having a dimension corresponding to the dimension of multi-dimensional data. The projection table indicates the correspondence relation between the number of each node and a coordinate in a two-dimensional space as a projection target of the reference vector held by the node. First in a learning phase, multi-dimensional input data of a positive example and a negative example is acquired, the amplitude characteristic amounts thereof are calculated, and this amplitude characteristic amount data is learned as the reference vectors of the nodes for each sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Isezaki, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, Tomohiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11654553
    Abstract: A robot system according to an embodiment includes one or more processors. The processors acquire first input data predetermined as data affecting an operation of a robot. The processors calculate a calculation cost of inference processing using a machine learning model for inferring control data used for controlling the robot, on the basis of the first input data. The processors infer the control data by the machine learning model set according to the calculation cost. The processors control the robot using the inferred control data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shuhei Nitta, Atsushi Yaguchi, Yukinobu Sakata, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Yasutoyo Takeyama, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11640871
    Abstract: A transformer includes: a base that is a plate-like member and has a first surface and a second surface, a core attached to the first surface of the base, coils wound around the core, coil terminals attached to the second surface of the base, and a cooling unit that is thermally connected to the core and is to release heat transferred from the core. The coil terminals are disposed on the second surface of the base opposite to the first surface of the base to which the core is attached. The cooling unit is disposed on a side of the core opposite to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawaguchi, Tomoki Watanabe, Yumi Najima
  • Patent number: 11596336
    Abstract: A reliable technology for determining the masticatory side of the user is provided. First and second electromyographic waveforms respectively originating from left and right muscles related to masticatory actions of a user are acquired; a coefficient of correlation between pieces of information respectively extracted from the first and the second electromyographic waveforms is calculated as a first feature value; a second feature value is calculated from a power spectrum obtained by performing frequency analysis on the first electromyographic waveform; a third feature value is calculated from a power spectrum obtained by performing frequency analysis on the second electromyographic waveform; a learning model is generated by associating the first, second, and third feature values with a plurality of labels; and the masticatory side of the user is determined based on first, second, and third feature values calculated from a newly acquired electromyographic waveform and the learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arinobu Niijima, Takashi Isezaki, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, Tomohiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11584842
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composite comprising ultrafine cellulose fibers, in which deterioration of a resin component is suppressed. The present invention relates to a cellulose fiber-containing resin composition comprising cellulose fibers with a fiber width of 1000 nm or less having phosphoric acid groups or phosphoric acid group-derived substituents, and a resin, wherein the counterions of the phosphoric acid groups or phosphoric acid group-derived substituents are organic onium ions, and the conjugate bases of the organic onium ions have a pKb value of 1.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OJI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mengchen Zhao, Yuichi Noguchi, Yusuke Todoroki, Ikue Sugiyama, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11400923
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device is used for controlling a mobile object. The device includes one or more hardware processors configured to: generate risk information indicating a level of a risk that is caused when the mobile object moves, based at least in part on a position of an obstacle with respect to the mobile object, the risk being indicated for each of a plurality of areas; and generate condition information indicating a condition for performing a countermeasure operation for a risk in accordance with the risk information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takayuki Sugiura, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11390305
    Abstract: Locking members disposed on a casing of an underfloor device for railway vehicles engage hanging tools disposed on the vehicle, whereby the underfloor device for railway vehicles is attached to the vehicle. The locking member is a hollow locking member that includes a locking part to contact and engage a vertically upper face of part of the hanging tool, a mount part attached to the casing, and a connection part connecting the locking part and the mount part. The locking part is disposed at a position spaced apart from the casing horizontally and vertically upward. The locking part contacts and engages the vertically upper face of part of the hanging tool inserted into a space surrounded by the locking part, the mount part, and the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Shunsuke Okada, Takayuki Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220070398
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of current sources including first group current sources and second group current sources; and a control unit that controls driving of the first group current sources to generate a first-phase ramp voltage and controls driving of the first group current sources and at least one current source of the second group current sources to generate a second-phase ramp voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Kyoichi Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11257177
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a moving object action registration apparatus includes the following units. The acquisition unit acquires at least one reference image including a first reference image including a marker. The landmark detection unit detects, as a landmark, a feature point indicating a characteristic portion in an environment based on the at least one reference image. The marker detection unit detects the marker based on the first reference image. The calculation unit calculates a relative position between the landmark and the marker. The attribute identification unit identifies an attribute of the marker associated with an action. The registration unit registers the relative position and action information being based on the attribute in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yusuke Tazoe, Tomoki Watanabe, Akihito Seki, Ryo Nakashima, Takuya Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11250288
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an attribute determiner and a setter. Each of acquired first sets indicates a combination of observation information indicating a result of observation of an area surrounding a moving body and position information. The attribute determiner is configured to determine, based on the observation information, an attribute of each of areas into which the area surrounding the moving body is divided, and to generate second sets, each indicating a combination of attribute information indicating the attribute of each area and the position information. The setter is configured to set, based on the second sets, reliability of the attribute of the area of a target second set, from correlation between the attribute of the area of the target second set and the attribute of corresponding areas each indicating the area corresponding to the target area in the areas of the other second sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuma Sano, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11222438
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit calculates a first presence probability of an object present around a moving body with positional information measured by each of a plurality of sensors having different characteristics, acquires non-measurement information indicating that the positional information on the object has not been obtained for each of the sensors, and determines a second presence probability of the object based on the first presence probability and the non-measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuma Sano, Manabu Nishiyama, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11204610
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a memory having computer executable components stored therein; and a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the memory. The processing circuit acquires a plurality of pieces of observation information of surroundings of a moving body, generates a plurality of pieces of attribute information of the surroundings of the moving body on the basis of the plurality of pieces of observation information, and sets a reliability of the attribute information of the surroundings of the moving body on the basis of correlation of the plurality of pieces of attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuma Sano, Tomoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11120298
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computing device includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives an input of tensor data. The processing circuitry sets a window in the tensor data. The processing circuitry compares, for each pair of coordinates in the tensor data within the window, a pixel value at the pair of coordinates with one or more thresholds, and selects a weight value corresponding to a comparison result. The processing circuitry adds the weight values selected for the respective pairs of coordinates to obtain a cumulative value. The processing circuitry derives a value based at least in part on the cumulative value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Satoshi Ito, Susumu Kubota