Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Sato

Toshihiro Sato 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: 20230054859
    Abstract: A display device includes: a resin layer on the circuit layer including a groove surrounding and separating a display area; light-emitting elements on an upper surface of the resin layer so as to emit light with luminances controlled by the currents; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting elements; a second substrate above the sealing layer; a sealing material provided between the sealing layer and the second substrate so as to surround the display area and the groove; and a filling layer surrounded by the sealing material between the sealing layer and the second substrate. The groove is formed along a line describing a shape that is inscribed in a rectangle and not in contact with corners of the rectangle as viewed in a direction vertical to the upper surface of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takayasu SUZUKI, Toshihiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20220416603
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor hub including a through-hole to which the shaft is fixed. An upper end and a lower end of an opposing region where an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole oppose each other in a radial direction are respectively provided with an upper gap portion and a lower gap portion opposing each other through a space in the radial direction. The upper gap portion and the lower gap portion each include a bottom portion extending in a direction intersecting the center axis and a peripheral wall portion connected to a radial outer edge of the bottom portion and extending along the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo MIYOSHI, Kazuhiro SATO, Toshihiro AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11522158
    Abstract: A display device includes: a resin layer on the circuit layer including a groove surrounding and separating a display area; light-emitting elements on an upper surface of the resin layer so as to emit light with luminances controlled by the currents; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting elements; a second substrate above the sealing layer; a sealing material provided between the sealing layer and the second substrate sc as to surround the display area and the groove; and a filling layer surrounded by the sealing material between the sealing layer and the second substrate. The groove is formed along a line describing a shape that is inscribed in a rectangle and not in contact with corners of the rectangle as viewed in a direction vertical to the upper surface of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayasu Suzuki, Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11515570
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: a positive electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a positive electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; a negative electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a negative electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; and an inorganic solid electrolyte, the secondary battery being charged and discharged at a temperature of 100° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Iwao Owada, Yukinobu Yura, Yosuke Sato, Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuji Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20220371582
    Abstract: A moving object that travels from a current position toward a target position includes a first section candidate searching unit configured to search for a plurality of first section candidates in which the moving object is capable of traveling from the current position, a second section candidate searching unit configured to, for each ending point of the first section candidates, search for a plurality of second section candidates in which the moving object is capable of traveling from the ending points of the first section candidates, an obstacle position recognition unit configured to detect a position of an obstacle around the moving object, and a route decision unit configured to decide a first section and a second section used as a traveling route of the moving object from the plurality of first section candidates and the plurality of second section candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Takanobu Nasu, Toshihiro Wakita
  • Publication number: 20220350106
    Abstract: Provided is a lens barrel including: a fifth lens unit barrel; a fourth lens unit barrel; a linear ultrasonic motor configured to electrically drive the fourth lens unit barrel in an optical axis direction; a rack configured to transfer a driving force of the linear ultrasonic motor to the fourth lens unit barrel; a rack spring configured to bias the rack so that the rack is brought into contact with the fourth lens unit barrel; and a rack guide shaft. The rack guide shaft is fixed to the fourth lens unit barrel. The fourth lens unit barrel and the rack move together in the optical axis direction. When the fifth lens unit barrel is brought into contact with the fourth lens unit barrel, a relative position of the fourth lens unit barrel and the rack in the optical axis direction changes against a biasing force of the rack spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tadanori Okada, Toshihiro Okuda, Takehiko Sato, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shu Ito, Toshimune Nagano
  • Publication number: 20220350222
    Abstract: A lens apparatus is provided with movable first and second units, first and second holders for holding the first and second units, a driving unit for electrically driving the second holder, a transmission member movable relative to the second holder in the optical axis direction and transmits driving force to the second holder, a biasing member for biasing the second holder toward the first holder side relative to the transmission member, a controller for controlling the driving unit, and first and second detectors for detecting the positions of the first and second holders, wherein movable ranges of the first and second holders have interference region which interfere with each other, and controller changes a control of driving unit between the interference region where the first and the second holding members interfere each other and an interference-free region based on detection results of the first and second detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshihiro Okuda, Takehiko Sato, Tadanori Okada, Shu Ito, Toshimune Nagano
  • Publication number: 20220336559
    Abstract: A display device includes two or more transistors in one pixel, and the two or more transistors include a first transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is polycrystalline silicon, and a second transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Toshihiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20220324907
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following compounds having Formula I and Formula (I?): where the substituents R1, R2, R2?, R3, R4, R5, R?, R?, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein and where the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R?, R?, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein. These compounds are used in the treatment of bacterial infections, parasite infections, fungal infections, cancer, immunologic disorders, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, inflammatory disorders, or muscular dystrophy or for providing immunosuppression for transplanted organs or tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gang LIN, Carl NATHAN, Laura KIRKMAN, Wenhu ZHAN, Trevor MORGAN, Kenjiro SATO, Ryoma HARA, Masanori KAWASAKI, Toshihiro IMAEDA, Akinori TOITA, Rei OKAMOTO, Takafumi YUKAWA, Kazuyoshi ASO, Tzu-Tshin WONG, John D. GINN, Michael A. FOLEY
  • Publication number: 20220308311
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes: a first holder holding a first lens unit and being moved in optical axis direction manually or by an external driver; a second holder holding a second lens unit and being electrically moved in optical axis direction; a first and second detectors respectively detecting positions of the first and second holders; a driving unit configured to move the second holder in optical axis direction; and a controller controlling the driving unit, in which movable ranges of the first and second holders overlap each other in optical axis direction; in which a position of the second holder in optical axis direction corresponds to a position of a movable portion of the driving unit; and wherein the controller changes a control of the driving unit based on a detection of the first and second detectors before the second holder interferes with the first holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihiro Okuda, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shu Ito, Tadanori Okada, Takehiko Sato, Toshimune Nagano
  • Publication number: 20220296916
    Abstract: A phototherapy device 1 includes a laser light source 8 for emitting laser light at a target portion T, a limit switch 10 for detecting an approach of the laser light source 8 to a target portion T up to a predetermined distance and outputting a proximity signal, and an optical sensors 7 for detecting a distance to the target portion T and outputting a distance signal S corresponding to the distance and is configured so that a reference value L0 is set based on the distance signal S detected after the proximity signal is detected and emission of laser light by the laser light source 8 is permitted in accordance with an amount of fluctuation of the distance signal S with respect to the reference value L0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Takuya NANJO, Yuki KAWASE, Toshihiro SATO, Kazunori TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220283749
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a processor configured to, in a case where a determination that an abnormality is not present in an image printed on a paper sheet fed from a first paper feeding source is made, discharge a first paper sheet on which the image determined as not having the abnormality is printed to a first discharge destination, in a case where a determination that the abnormality is present in the image is made, discharge a second paper sheet on which the image determined as having the abnormality is printed to a second discharge destination, discharge a paper sheet of a subsequent page of the second paper sheet to a third discharge destination and temporarily stop printing processing, notify a user of an instruction to arrange the paper sheet discharged to the third discharge destination in a second paper feeding source different from the first paper feeding source, and in a case where a notification indicating that the paper sheet discharged to the third discharge destination is arranged in
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masae TAKABAYASHI, Katsuyuki FUJII, Toshihiro OSAKABE, Koji SUNOHARA, Takayoshi SATO, Masashi HARA, Ryoji KAWAGUCHI, Yuki AKECHI, Yutaka WATANABE, Yumiko ARAI
  • Publication number: 20220271392
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for lithium ion battery separators which has high adhesion to an inorganic particle layer, can be made thin and is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and a lithium ion battery separator including the substrate for lithium ion battery separators. The substrate for lithium ion battery separators which contains heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers contains fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml as the heat-resistant fibers and has a content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml of not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the substrate. The modified freeness is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Tomohiro SATO, Makoto KATO, Masatoshi KITO, Noriko KASAI, Kukjin YOON, Wakana AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11404041
    Abstract: A message management unit receives and accumulates a message, wherein the message is distributed for every update, is the message data representing a latest situation of a competition, an explanation generation unit generates an explanatory text for conveying unconveyed information detected from the message, based on conveyed information, a speech synthesis unit outputs a speech converted from the explanatory text, wherein the explanation generation unit stores the unconveyed information for the explanatory text as the conveyed information, stands by until completion of completion of the speech, and initiates a procedure for generating a new explanatory text based on updated unconveyed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI, NHK Engineering System, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kumano, Ichiro Yamada, Atsushi Imai, Hideki Sumiyoshi, Yuko Yamanouchi, Toshihiro Shimizu, Nobumasa Seiyama, Shoei Sato, Reiko Saito, Taro Miyazaki, Kiyoshi Kurihara, Manon Ichiki, Tohru Takagi
  • Publication number: 20220231114
    Abstract: An OLED display panel is provided which can control the problem of shedding even in high definition panels. Metal wiring 5 which conducts with an earth line of a flexible printed substrate 15 is provided on a substrate 1. A display area 2 comprised from a plurality of OLED elements is provided at the center of the substrate 1 and four low resistance metal films 3 are provided along each of four edges of the display area 2 on a surface of insulation films 8, 10 at the periphery of the display area 2. Among these, one low resistance metal film 3 conducts with the metal wiring 5 via a contact 3a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kouhei TAKAHASHI, Hirotsugu SAKAMOTO, Takeshi OOKAWARA, Toshihiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20220219440
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a laminated film, the method including laminating a glass film and a resin film via an adhesive layer, by which peeling between the glass film and the resin film is prevented, and hence a laminated film excellent in appearance can be obtained. The method of manufacturing a laminated film of the present invention includes the steps of: laminating a glass film and a resin film via an adhesive to provide a precursor laminate; and curing the adhesive by applying an active energy ray to the precursor laminate, wherein the curing step includes nonuniformly applying the active energy ray in a surface of the precursor laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Inagaki, Takeshi Murashige, Keisuke Sato, Toshihiro Kanno
  • Patent number: 11387304
    Abstract: A display device includes two or more transistors in one pixel, and the two or more transistors include a first transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is polycrystalline silicon, and a second transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11329123
    Abstract: An OLED display panel is provided which can control the problem of shedding even in high definition panels. Metal wiring 5 which conducts with an earth line of a flexible printed substrate 15 is provided on a substrate 1. A display area 2 comprised from a plurality of OLED elements is provided at the center of the substrate 1 and four low resistance metal films 3 are provided along each of four edges of the display area 2 on a surface of insulation films 8, 10 at the periphery of the display area 2. Among these, one low resistance metal film 3 conducts with the metal wiring 5 via a 3a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kouhei Takahashi, Hirotsugu Sakamoto, Takeshi Ookawara, Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11296172
    Abstract: A display device is provided including a plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix form, wherein each of the plurality of pixels has an emission region and a transparent region, and wherein the emission region has a light-emitting element, and the transparent region has at least a part of a storage capacitor having transparency and is covered with at least one electrode of the storage capacitor, a first electrode covers the plurality of pixels, a light-emitting layer is arranged below the first electrode, a second electrode is arranged below the light-emitting layer, and the storage capacitor includes the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11289565
    Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sato, Genshiro Kawachi, Yoshiro Mikami, Masaya Adachi