Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kato
Tsuyoshi Kato 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).
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Publication number: 20240123744Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Koshiro YAMAGUCHI, Tsutomu KATO, Masato KATO, Yasuhiro IRIYAMA, Yasuhiro SHIBATA, Teruo IMAMAKI, Akira SAGO, Tsuyoshi NAGAE, Takashi HORIUCHI, Tomohiko SUGINO, Kengo NODA
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Publication number: 20240129555Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that enable decoding of encoded data of an octree in various processing orders. The octree corresponding to point cloud data is encoded after the context is initialized for each layer of the octree. Further, a breadth-first order or a depth-first order is selected as the decoding order for the encoded data of the octree corresponding to point cloud data, and the encoded data is decoded in the selected decoding order. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an image processing method, a program, or the like, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: KOJI YANO, TSUYOSHI KATO, SATORU KUMA, OHJI NAKAGAMI
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Publication number: 20240129529Abstract: There is provided an image processing device and method capable of suppressing an increase in the amount of coding. A spraying attribute projection image, which is used for spraying for adding an attribute to a geometry in the reconstruction of 3D data in a three-dimensional space, is generated by projecting an attribute of 3D data representing an object in a three-dimensional shape onto a two-dimensional plane independently of the projection of the geometry of the 3D data onto the two-dimensional plane, and coding is performed on a frame image in which the spraying attribute projection image is disposed. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an electronic device, an image processing method, or a program or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kao HAYASHI, Satoru KUMA, Ohji NAKAGAMI, Tsuyoshi KATO, Koji YANO
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Publication number: 20240123741Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a front wall, and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and a first indicator aperture positioned on the front wall and a second indicator aperture position on a rear portion of the bottom surface. A position of the first indicator aperture on the front wall indicates a type of the tape included within the housing. A position of the second indicator aperture indicates a color of characters.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Koshiro YAMAGUCHI, Tsuyoshi NAGAE, Teruo IMAMAKI, Masato KATO, Takashi HORIUCHI, Akira SAGO, Yasuhiro IRIYAMA, Yasuhiro SHIBATA
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Patent number: 11944492Abstract: A medical ultrasonic sensor array includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors having a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a second electrode plate. Each of the ultrasonic sensors has a first electrode plate and a piezoelectric element sandwiched between the second electrode plate and the first electrode plate. Each first electrode plate of each ultrasonic sensor is separated from each other first electrode plate of each other ultrasonic sensor. The second electrode plate is a single body electrode plate shared by the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors. The second electrode plate includes a plurality of cavities, each cavity being formed in a surface of the second electrode plate at which the piezoelectric elements connect to the second electrode plate at a position between connection regions connecting a respective pair of the piezoelectric elements to the second electrode plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakayama, Kenta Kato
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Patent number: 11948337Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus and method that can prevent a reduction in image quality. Geometry data that is a frame image having arranged thereon a projected image obtained by projecting 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure on a two-dimensional plane and includes a special value indicating occupancy map information in a range is generated. The generated geometry data is encoded. Further, the encoded data on the geometry data is decoded, and a depth value indicating a position of the 3D data and the occupancy map information are extracted from the decoded geometry data. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, or a program.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Koji Yano, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Patent number: 11945217Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koshiro Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Kato, Masato Kato, Yasuhiro Iriyama, Yasuhiro Shibata, Teruo Imamaki, Akira Sago, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Takashi Horiuchi, Tomohiko Sugino, Kengo Noda
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Publication number: 20240101759Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following Formula. R1-[B]-[A]-CH2—R2—CH2-[C]-[D]-R3 (R2 is a perfluoropolyether chain; [A] is Formula (2-1); [B] is Formula (2-2); [C] is Formula (3-1); [D] is Formula (3-2); R3 is Formula (4); and R1 is a terminal group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Resonac CorporationInventors: Daisuke YAGYU, Tsuyoshi KATO, Naoya FUKUMOTO, Ayano ASANO, Masaki NANKO, Yutaka TANJI, Shoko UETAKE
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Patent number: 11943457Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, an information processing method, and a program that facilitate scalable decoding of attribute information. Regarding the attribute information about a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object, a process of classifying the respective points of the point cloud into prediction points that are the points at which difference values between the attribute information and predicted values are left, and reference points that are the points at which the attribute information is referred to during derivation of the predicted values is recursively repeated on the reference points, so that the attribute information is hierarchized.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Koji Yano
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Publication number: 20240084893Abstract: A power generation system includes: a prime mover; a magnetic gear generator configured to be driven by an input from the prime mover to generate power; a power converter connected to the magnetic gear generator; an operation mode switch unit configured to switch an operation mode of the magnetic gear generator to a step-out avoidance mode in response to that a step-out parameter indicating a risk of step-out of the magnetic gear generator exceeds a prescribed allowable range; and a reduction command unit configured to give the prime mover an input reduction command to reduce the input from the prime mover and configured to give the power converter a torque reduction command to reduce a generator torque of the magnetic gear generator, in the step-out avoidance mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Mikito Sasaki, Yuichiro Yazaki, Takatoshi Matsushita, Yoshiki Kato
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Publication number: 20240077819Abstract: Provided is a heater including: a substrate that has electrical conductivity; a first insulation portion that is provided on a first surface of the substrate, has an insulation property; at least one heat generation body that is provided on the first insulation portion; a second insulation portion that is provided on a second surface of the substrate which is opposite to the first surface, has an insulation property; at least one detection unit that is provided on at least one of the first insulation portion and the second insulation portion; and a first wiring which is provided on at least one of the first insulation portion and the second insulation portion, and in which one end is electrically connected to one terminal of the detection unit and the other end is electrically connected to the substrate having the electrical conductivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Kousuke Ueno, Masahiko Tamai, Shinjiro Aono, Akio Tsubouchi, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Satoko Kato, Masahiro Doi, Makoto Sakai
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Patent number: 11918917Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GREE, INC.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Tsukihara, Norikazu Kato, Tomoki Yasuhara
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Patent number: 11922579Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that are capable of suppressing an increase in loads when a point cloud is generated from a mesh. Point cloud data is generated by positioning points at intersection points between a surface of a mesh and vectors each including, as a start origin, position coordinates corresponding to a specified resolution. For example, intersection determination is performed between the surface of the mesh and each of the vectors, and in a case where the surface and the vector are determined to intersect each other, the coordinates of the intersection point are calculated. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an image processing method, a program, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ohji Nakagami, Koji Yano, Satoru Kuma, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hiroyuki Yasuda
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Patent number: 11912824Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula (1) is provided. R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3 (1) (In the formula (1), R1 is an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R3 is —OCH2CH(OH)CH2O(CH2)mOH (in in the formula is an integer of 2 to 4).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Fukumoto, Daisuke Yagyu, Tsuyoshi Kato, Katsumi Murofushi
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Patent number: 11917201Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information generation method that enable suppression of deterioration in subjective quality of a point cloud. There is generated an occupancyMap indicating, for each local area of a frame image, presence or absence of a projection image of a point cloud on a two-dimensional plane in accordance with a positional relationship of points in a three-dimensional space, while the point cloud represents an object having a three-dimensional shape as a set of the points. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Tsuyoshi Kato, Koji Yano
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Patent number: 11915390Abstract: There is provided an image processing device and a method capable of suppressing lowering of image quality. Correction information that is information regarding correction of 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure constructed using 2D data representing a two-dimensional image is generated, and the generated correction information is coded. Furthermore, coded data of correction information that is information regarding correction of 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure constructed using 2D data representing a two-dimensional image is decoded, and 3D data is constructed using the 2D data and correction information generated by decoding coded data of the correction information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing device, an image processing device, an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, a program, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Koji Yano, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Patent number: 11910026Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that enable decoding of encoded data of an octree in various processing orders. The octree corresponding to point cloud data is encoded after the context is initialized for each layer of the octree. Further, a breadth-first order or a depth-first order is selected as the decoding order for the encoded data of the octree corresponding to point cloud data, and the encoded data is decoded in the selected decoding order. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an image processing method, a program, or the like, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Yano, Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami
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Publication number: 20240034951Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula (1) is provided. R2—CH2—R1—CH2OCH2CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH(OH)CH2OCH2—R1—CH2—R2??(1) (in the formula (1), n is an integer of 2 to 6, R1 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R2 is —OCH2CH(OH)CH2O(CH2)mOH (m in the formula is an integer of 2 to 4)).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Resonac CorporationInventors: Naoya FUKUMOTO, Daisuke YAGYU, Tsuyoshi KATO, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
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Publication number: 20240002743Abstract: What is provided is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula. R1—R2—O—CH2—R3—CH2—O—R4—R5 (R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain; R2 is represented by Formula (2), R4 is represented by Formula (3), R1 and R5 are hydrogen atoms or Formula (4); a and b in Formula (2) are an integer of 0 to 2, c in Formula (2) is an integer of 2 to 5, d and e in Formula (3) are an integer of 0 to 2, f in Formula (3) is an integer of 2 to 5; at least one of b in Formula (2) and e in Formula (3) is 1 or more; and k in Formula (4) is an integer of 3 to 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Tsuyoshi KATO, Ayano ASANO, Natsumi SHIBATA, Daisuke YAGYU, Takuma KURODA, Naoya FUKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240007668Abstract: There is provided an image processing device and an image processing method capable of suppressing reduction in access speed to decoding results stored in a storage area. Coded data is decoded to generate a video frame including geometry data and a video frame including attribute data, of a point cloud expressing a three-dimensional object as a set of points. Using table information associating each of a plurality of valid points of the point cloud with each of a plurality of successive small areas in a storage area, the geometry data and the attribute data of the plurality of valid points are stored in the small area of the storage area, associated with the valid point in the table information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an electronic device, an image processing method, a program, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi KATO, Koji YANO