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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Patent number: 11845906Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula (1). C6H6-n—[O—R1—O—CH2—R2—CH2—R3]n??(1) (in the formula (1), n is an integer of 2 or 3, R1 is any one of —CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CH2— and —CH2CH(OH)CH2—, R2 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R3 is —OCH2CH(OH)CH2O(CH2)mOH (m in the formula is an integer of 2 to 4)).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Fukumoto, Daisuke Yagyu, Tsuyoshi Kato, Katsumi Murofushi
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Publication number: 20230386613Abstract: A method for evaluating a performance of a lubricating layer according to the present invention includes step of preparing a lubricant molecular model and a protective layer model, using quantum chemical calculation, step of performing molecular dynamics calculation of a lubricating layer initial model constructed from the lubricant molecular model and the protective layer model, and step of calculating an index of a degree of adsorption of lubricant molecules to the protective layer from a result of the molecular dynamics calculation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Kohei OCHIAI, Shohei NISHIZAWA, Yoshishige OKUNO, Tsuyoshi KATO
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Publication number: 20230377100Abstract: A filter process is performed on point cloud data using a representative value of the point cloud data for each local region obtained by dividing a three-dimensional space. A two-dimensional plane image on which the point cloud data subjected to the filter process is projected is encoded, and a bitstream is generated. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Koji YANO, Tsuyoshi KATO, Satoru KUMA, Ohji NAKAGAMI
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Patent number: 11820742Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula. R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—OCH2CH(OH)CH2O—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5 (in the formula. R3 represents a perfluoropolyether chain; R2 and R4 represent a divalent linking group having a polar group; R1 and R5 represent a terminal group bonded to an oxygen atom of R2 or R4; and at least one of R1 and R5 is any one selected from the group consisting of an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon-containing group, and an aromatic heterocycle-containing group).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Resonac CorporationInventors: Naoya Fukumoto, Tsuyoshi Kato, Katsumi Murofushi, Daisuke Yagyu, Shunya Suzuki, Ayano Asano
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Patent number: 11820953Abstract: This fluorine-containing ether compound is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by formula (1). R1—X—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1) (In formula (1), R1 is an alkenyloxy group of 2 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkynyloxy group of 3 to 8 carbon atoms. R2 is represented by formula (2) shown below. In formula (2), a represents an integer of 1 to 3. X is represented by formula (3) shown below. In formula (3), b represents an integer of 1 to 5, Y is a divalent linking group that is bonded to a carbon atom in formula (2), and R represents an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or H. R3 represents a perfluoropolyether chain. R4 represents a terminal group containing two or three polar groups, wherein each polar group is bonded to a different carbon atom, and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bonded are bonded to each other via a linking group containing a carbon atom to which a polar group is not bonded.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Resonac CorporationInventors: Natsumi Shibata, Tsuyoshi Kato, Daisuke Yagyu, Shunya Suzuki, Masaki Nanko, Naoya Fukumoto
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Patent number: 11790602Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method capable of curbing coding efficiency reduction. On the basis of position information indicating positions of points of a point cloud in units of first regions, for each second region composed of a plurality of first regions, a neighboring pattern of each first region including the points is specified by identifying whether or not each neighboring region adjacent to a processing target region includes the points or is positioned outside the second region including the processing target region, a context is selected according to the specified neighboring pattern, and the position information is coded using the selected context. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing device, an image processing device, a coding device, a decoding device, an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, a program, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Yano, Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Hiroyuki Yasuda
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Patent number: 11790567Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and method that are capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. When point cloud data is to be Octree-encoded, a point distribution of child nodes of a current node is updated in accordance with a peripheral point distribution around the current node, and then a sequence of signals is generated by performing Octree encoding with the updated point distribution. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to information processing apparatuses, image processing apparatuses, electronic equipment, information processing methods, or programs.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ohji Nakagami, Koji Yano, Satoru Kuma, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Patent number: 11780303Abstract: A striker mounting structure is configured to mount a striker on a vehicle body. A hook fixed to a door is hooked to the striker. A reinforcement formed with an insertion hole may be attached to the vehicle body. An outer panel covering a reinforcement may include a striker mounting surface spaced from the reinforcement. A reinforcement member may be fixed to the striker and the striker mounting surface. Two or more connecting rods may extend from the reinforcement member. Each of the connecting rods may include locking portions, which are inserted in the insertion hole formed in the reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shu Nakamura, Hironori Tajima, Kazuhiko Sato, Mikio Nakashima, Hiroki Kawamura, Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoshi Maekawa, Hirokazu Shirouzu, Kanichi Saito
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Patent number: 11767483Abstract: The fluorine-containing ether compound is represented by the following formula (1): R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4. In the formula (1), R1 is represented by the following formula (2), R2 is represented by the following formula (3), R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, and R4 is an organic end group different from R1—R2— and contains two or three polar groups, wherein each polar group is bonded to a different carbon atom, and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bonded are bonded to one another via a linking group containing a carbon atom to which the polar group is not bonded. In the formula (2), R5 is an alkoxy group selected from the group consisting of a methoxy, an ethoxy and a propoxy group. In the formula (3), w is 2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Resonac CorporationInventors: Daisuke Yagyu, Naoya Fukumoto, Tsuyoshi Kato, Katsumi Murofushi
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Publication number: 20230298214Abstract: 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure is divided into a plurality of pieces and encoded, an obtained plurality of divided bitstreams is multiplexed, and one bitstream including a separator indicating a position of a joint between the divided bitstreams is generated. Furthermore, a separator indicating a position of a joint between divided bitstreams obtained by dividing 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure into a plurality of pieces and encoding the plurality of divided pieces of the 3D data, which is included in a bitstream obtained by multiplexing a plurality of the divided bitstreams, is analyzed, and the bitstream is divided into every divided bitstream on the basis of information included in the analyzed separator, and decoded. Applications of the technology include being implemented in, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Ohji NAKAGAMI, Koji YANO, Satoru KUMA, Tsuyoshi KATO
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Patent number: 11741575Abstract: A filter process is performed on point cloud data using a representative value of the point cloud data for each local region obtained by dividing a three-dimensional space. A two-dimensional plane image on which the point cloud data subjected to the filter process is projected is encoded, and a bitstream is generated. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Yano, Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami
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Publication number: 20230257521Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula (1) is provided. (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 (m in the formula is an integer of 2 to 4).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Naoya FUKUMOTO, Daisuke YAGYU, Tsuyoshi KATO, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
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Patent number: 11721048Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging processing apparatus and method by which degradation of the quality due to two-dimensional projection of 3D data can be suppressed. All pieces of data for each position included in 3D data representative of a three-dimensional structure are projected to a two-dimensional plane of plural layers. Further, all pieces of data for each position of 3D data projected to a two-dimensional plane having the number of layers indicated by layer number information are projected to a three-dimensional space. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, and a program.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ohji Nakagami, Koji Yano, Satoru Kuma, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Publication number: 20230242829Abstract: What is provided is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula. R1—CH2—R2—CH2—OCH2CH(OH)CH2O—CH2—R3—CH2—R4 (In the formula, R2 and R3 are perfluoropolyether chains, and R1 and R4 are terminal groups having two or three polar groups, in which individual polar groups are bound to different carbon atoms and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bound are bound to each other via a linking group having a carbon atom to which the polar groups are not bound).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Natsumi SHIBATA, Naoya FUKUMOTO, Tsuyoshi KATO
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Patent number: 11699248Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method that can prevent an increase in the load of a decoding process for encoded data in a point cloud video-based approach. The parameters related to a plurality of point cloud models of a point cloud are transformed, a two-dimensional plane image onto which the plurality of point cloud models having the transformed parameters is projected is encoded, and a bitstream containing encoded data of the two-dimensional image and transform information that is information regarding the transform of the parameters is generated. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing device, an image processing apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, a program, or the like, for example.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Koji Yano, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Publication number: 20230179797Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method, electronic device, and program enabling suppression of deterioration of image quality. A base video frame is generated in which a base patch is arranged, the base patch being obtained by projecting, on a two-dimensional plane for each partial region, a point cloud representing an object having a three-dimensional shape as a set of points, and an additional video frame is generated in which an additional patch is arranged, the additional patch being obtained by projecting, on the two-dimensional plane same as in a case of the base patch, a partial region including at least a part of the partial region corresponding to the base patch of the point cloud, with at least some of parameters made different from a case of the base patch. By encoding the generated base video frame and additional video frame, coded data is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kao HAYASHI, Ohji NAKAGAMI, Satoru KUMA, Koji YANO, Tsuyoshi KATO, Hiroyuki YASUDA
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Patent number: 11661408Abstract: The fluorine-containing ether compound is represented by the following formula (1): R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4. In the formula (1), R1 is represented by the following formula (2), R2 is represented by the following formula (3), R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, and R4 is an organic end group different from R1—R2— and contains two or three polar groups, wherein each polar group is bonded to a different carbon atom, and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bonded are bonded to one another via a linking group containing a carbon atom to which the polar group is not bonded. In the formula (2), r is 1 to 3. In the formula (3), w is 2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Daisuke Yagyu, Naoya Fukumoto, Tsuyoshi Kato, Katsumi Murofushi
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Patent number: 11657539Abstract: 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure is divided into a plurality of pieces and encoded, an obtained plurality of divided bitstreams is multiplexed, and one bitstream including a separator indicating a position of a joint between the divided bitstreams is generated. Furthermore, a separator indicating a position of a joint between divided bitstreams obtained by dividing 3D data representing a three-dimensional structure into a plurality of pieces and encoding the plurality of divided pieces of the 3D data, which is included in a bitstream obtained by multiplexing a plurality of the divided bitstreams, is analyzed, and the bitstream is divided into every divided bitstream on the basis of information included in the analyzed separator, and decoded. Applications of the technology include being implemented in, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ohji Nakagami, Koji Yano, Satoru Kuma, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Patent number: 11639330Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing ether compound that can be suitably used as a material for a lubricant for a magnetic recording medium, capable of forming a lubricant layer having excellent chemical substance resistance and wear resistance even when the thickness is small. A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula (1): R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5??(1) In the formula (1), R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain. R2 and R4 are divalent linkage groups having a polar group, and may be the same or different. R1 and R5 are terminal groups bonded to R2 or R4, which may be the same or different, and at least one of R1 and R5 is an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms wherein one or more hydrogen atoms of the organic group is substituted with a cyano group.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Masaki Nanko, Naoya Fukumoto, Daisuke Yagyu, Yuta Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Katsumi Murofushi, Shohei Nishizawa
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Publication number: 20230126000Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ohji NAKAGAMI, Koji YANO, Satoru KUMA, Tsuyoshi KATO, Hiroyuki YASUDA