Patents by Inventor Wataru Tanaka

Wataru Tanaka 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: 20250143412
    Abstract: A guidance support device includes a vibration generating device that applies vibrations to a foot of a user, a control unit that includes a control part connected to the vibration generating device, and wiring for connecting the control part and the vibration generating device, wherein the control unit includes a housing that accommodates the control part and a clip member that secures the housing to the footwear worn by the user, and the wiring extends, passing through the space between the housing and the clip member, and connects the control part and the vibration generating device in a state where a portion extending from the space between the housing and the clip member forms a loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Ryohei Tokuda, Wataru Chino, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20250143391
    Abstract: An athletic protector includes: an interior portion; an exterior portion configured to cover the interior portion; and a belt portion configured to be securable to the exterior portion. The interior portion includes at least one hard member. The hard member is formed in an arch shape, is elastically deformable, and has a length L1 in a width direction, a length L2 in a height direction orthogonal to the width direction, and a length L3 between both ends along the width direction. Length L1 in the width direction and length L2 in the height direction have a relation of L2>L1/2. Length L1 in the width direction and length L3 between both ends have a relation of L3<L1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke MIYAKOSHI, Wataru TANAKA, Yuichi NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20250141128
    Abstract: A housing including a fitting portion that is inserted into and fitted into a through-hole-shaped fitting hole of a wall body of an object to be assembled from a distal end 11a and allows the distal end to protrude from one wall surface of the wall body at a fitting completion position with respect to the fitting hole, an electrical connection member housed in the housing and responsible for electrical connection with a counterpart, and a holding member that holds the housing on the wall body at the fitting completion position are provided, and the holding member is fitted into a groove of the distal end of the fitting portion at the fitting completion position and is locked to the one wall surface of the wall body in a fitted state to hold the housing at the fitting completion position on the wall body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Wataru Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20250102955
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer holder that holds a developer containing toner and carrier and being supplied to an image holder forming an electrostatic latent image; and a conveyance section that agitates and conveys the developer flowing in from an inlet using a rotation member to cause the developer to flow out toward the developer holder at an outlet, that includes, as a part constituting a portion of the rotation member, a first blade part for conveyance to the outlet and a second blade part for conveyance in a direction opposite to the outlet, and in which a greater amount of the developer flows in from the inlet than the developer flows out from the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Wataru SUZUKI, Yasuki TANAKA, Yuki YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12233868
    Abstract: The objective is to improve driving feeling at a time of acceleration operation or deceleration operation, by recognizing driver's intention of acceleration or deceleration during straight-ahead running. A driving-assistance control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a straight-running determination unit that determines whether or not a vehicle is running straight, a head-position detection unit that detects a head position of a driver, a driving-posture determination unit that determines the posture of the driver, based on the head position detected by the head-position detection unit, and a driving-assistance control unit that performs acceleration preparation control for raising a reaction speed for acceleration operation or deceleration preparation control for raising a reaction speed for deceleration operation in accordance with an output of the driving-posture determination unit, when the straight-running determination unit determines that a vehicle is running straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Fujimoto, Nobuyoshi Tomomatsu, Takuma Kusagaki, Taiga Tanaka, Tatsuji Irie, Wataru Tsujita, Kenzo Makino
  • Publication number: 20250059151
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having an anti-inflammatory activity or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. The solution of the present invention is a compound of general formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. wherein the symbols in the formula are defined below: R1: e.g., a C1-C6 alkyl group; R2: a C1-C6 alkyl group; A: e.g., an oxygen atom; and R3: e.g., a C1-C6 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Keiji Saito, Katsuyoshi Nakajima, Toru Taniguchi, Osamu Iwamoto, Satoshi Shibuya, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Kazumasa Aoki, Nobuya Kurikawa, Shinji Tanaka, Momoko Ogitani, Eriko Kioi, Kaori Ito, Natsumi Nishihama, Tsuyoshi Mikkaichi, Wataru Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20250037912
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base material having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0 to 0.0050%, Si: 3.8 to 4.9%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.20%, sol. Al: more than 0.02% and 0.50% or less, P: 0 to 0.030%, S: 0 to 0.0030%, N: 0 to 0.0030%, Ti: 0% or more and less than 0.0050%, Nb: 0% or more and less than 0.0050%, Zr: 0% or more and less than 0.0050%, V: 0% or more and less than 0.0050%, Cu: 0% or more and less than 0.200%, Ni: 0% or more and less than 0.500%, Sn: 0 to 0.100%, Sb: 0 to 0.100%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein the non-oriented electrical steel sheet satisfies [4.3?Si+sol. Al+0.5×Mn?5.0], [B50(0°)?B50(45°)?0.16], and [B50(0°)+2×B50(45°)+B50(90°)/4?1.57], and has tensile strength of 580 MPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Ichiro TANAKA, Yoshihiro ARITA, Hiroki HORI, Wataru OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240399237
    Abstract: A catcher's leg guard allowing for an improved fit feeling is provided. The catcher's leg guard is a catcher's leg guard wearable by a user. The catcher's leg guard includes a thigh protection portion and a shin protection portion. When the user wears the catcher's leg guard, the thigh protection portion is disposed at a position to cover at least a portion of a thigh part of the user. When the user wears the catcher's leg guard, the shin protection portion is disposed at a position to cover a shin part of the user. The thigh protection portion includes a protection member. The protection member is divided into a plurality of protection members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke MIYAKOSHI, Wataru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240288847
    Abstract: A control system comprises: a control quantity calculating unit for calculating, on the basis of an operation target of a controlled object, an operation evaluation index, and an operation model, a control quantity for driving the controlled object, which is a working machine; and a model updating unit for updating the operation model on the basis of a state quantity of the controlled object. The control system may additionally be provided with: a command converting unit for converting the control quantity into a command value for a drive unit of the controlled object; and a conversion updating unit for updating a conversion characteristic from the control quantity to the command value, on the basis of the command value and a response of the controlled object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Wataru TANAKA, Kazuya SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11798410
    Abstract: In a traffic flow control system, communication is performed with a travel control device of a moving body passing through a transportation route and the traffic flow of the transportation route is controlled. The traffic control system includes an entry authority management unit and a communication unit. In a transportation route divided into virtual areas, the entry authority management unit manages entry authority for each area, managing tokens in a number that corresponds to the area, and guiding entry of the moving body to the area by attaching entry authority to a token and delivering the resulting token to the travel control device. The communication unit communicates the entry authority and tokens to the travel control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Katsuta, Junya Takahashi, Takehito Ogata, Wataru Tanaka, Mariko Mizuochi, Kentaroh Maki
  • Publication number: 20230241487
    Abstract: A baseball catcher's chest protector includes a base member, a cover member, and a cushioning member. The cover member is attached to the base member. The cushioning member is attached to the base member and is sandwiched between the base member and the cover member. The cushioning member includes a foundation and a plurality of protrusions. The plurality of protrusions protrude from the foundation. The foundation has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the base member. The second surface is arranged opposite to the base member with respect to the first surface and faces the cover member. Each of the plurality of protrusions protrudes from the second surface toward the cover member and the plurality of protrusions are arranged with a space being interposed between the plurality of protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kosuke MIYAKOSHI, Wataru TANAKA, Tetsuya SASAMORI, Yusuke YOSHIKAWA, Yuki TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220284809
    Abstract: In a traffic flow control system, communication is performed with a travel control device of a moving body passing through a transportation route and the traffic flow of the transportation route is controlled. The traffic control system includes an entry authority management unit and a communication unit. In a transportation route divided into virtual areas, the entry authority management unit manages entry authority for each area, managing tokens in a number that corresponds to the area, and guiding entry of the moving body to the area by attaching entry authority to a token and delivering the resulting token to the travel control device. The communication unit communicates the entry authority and tokens to the travel control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichi KATSUTA, Junya TAKAHASHI, Takehito OGATA, Wataru TANAKA, Mariko MIZUOCHI, Kentaroh MAKI
  • Patent number: 11298619
    Abstract: An information processing system for controlling movements of a character (200) in a virtual three-dimensional space, comprising movement control unit (231) that controls the movements of the character (200), and a switching determination unit (232) that determines switching of the movement of the character (200) by the movement control unit (231) between a three-dimensional movement in the virtual three-dimensional space and a movement in a predetermined surface (211) provided in the virtual three-dimensional space. The movement control unit (231) determines a speed of the character (200) after the switching on the basis of a speed of the character (200) before the switching when the switching is performed between the three-dimensional movement in the virtual three-dimensional space and the movement in the predetermined surface (211).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Tanaka, Kenta Motokura
  • Patent number: 11292469
    Abstract: A reversing assistance device suited for a mining dump truck measures a first distance to a first object, which exists at a first height comprising a trajectory of a rear wheel of the dump truck during reversing, and a second distance to a second object, which exists at a second height comprising a trajectory of a vessel during the reversing, for computing the position of the first object. If the distance between the position of the first object and a designated loading position designated by an operator of a loading machine is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the first object is determined to be an approachable object, a smaller one of the first distance and the second distance is determined as a target stop distance, and based on the target stop distance, a target stop position is computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Tanaka, Hidefumi Ishimoto, Hideto Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11133136
    Abstract: A switch includes: a first electrode sheet including a first electrode; a second electrode sheet including a second electrode that faces the first electrode sheet; and an adhesive that includes a first opening through which the first electrode faces the second electrode sheet and that attaches the first electrode sheet to the second electrode sheet. The first electrode sheet includes: a first substrate on which the first electrode is disposed; a first spacer between the first substrate and the second electrode sheet that includes a second opening at a position corresponding to the first electrode; and a first base between the first substrate and the first spacer that overlaps at least a portion of an edge of the first opening of the adhesive. The first spacer is attached to the second electrode sheet by the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Matsushima, Wataru Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20210151266
    Abstract: A switch includes: a first electrode sheet including a first electrode; a second electrode sheet including a second electrode that faces the first electrode sheet; and an adhesive that includes a first opening through which the first electrode faces the second electrode sheet and that attaches the first electrode sheet to the second electrode sheet. The first electrode sheet includes: a first substrate on which the first electrode is disposed; a first spacer between the first substrate and the second electrode sheet that includes a second opening at a position corresponding to the first electrode; and a first base between the first substrate and the first spacer that overlaps at least a portion of an edge of the first opening of the adhesive. The first spacer is attached to the second electrode sheet by the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Matsushima, Wataru Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20210008452
    Abstract: An information processing system for controlling movements of a character (200) in a virtual three-dimensional space, comprising movement control unit (231) that controls the movements of the character (200), and a switching determination unit (232) that determines switching of the movement of the character (200) by the movement control unit (231) between a three-dimensional movement in the virtual three-dimensional space and a movement in a predetermined surface (211) provided in the virtual three-dimensional space. The movement control unit (231) determines a speed of the character (200) after the switching on the basis of a speed of the character (200) before the switching when the switching is performed between the three-dimensional movement in the virtual three-dimensional space and the movement in the predetermined surface (211).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru TANAKA, Kenta MOTOKURA
  • Patent number: 10885786
    Abstract: A protected region is set for a manned working machine, said region including a first protected region in which new protected region setting request information is not transmitted and which includes the position of the manned working machine, and a second protected region which is set along a periphery of the first protected region and in which new protected region setting request information is transmitted. An area occupied by the vehicle body of the manned working machine on a plane projected on the ground surface is calculated on the basis of vehicle body information indicating the size of the vehicle body of the manned working machine and position information thereof. When the occupied area is present within the first protected region, new protected region setting request information is not transmitted, whereas when the occupied area is present within the second protected region, protected region setting request information is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Tanaka, Masaki Kanai, Tomoyuki Hamada
  • Patent number: 10821362
    Abstract: An information processing system for controlling movements of a character (200) in a virtual three-dimensional space, comprising movement control unit (231) that controls the movements of the character (200), and a switching determination unit (232) that determines switching of the movement of the character (200) by the movement control unit (231) between a three-dimensional movement in the virtual three-dimensional space and a movement in a predetermined surface (211) provided in the virtual three-dimensional space. The movement control unit (231) determines a speed of the character (200) after the switching on the basis of a speed of the character (200) before the switching when the switching is performed between the three-dimensional movement in the virtual three-dimensional space and the movement in the predetermined surface (211).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Tanaka, Kenta Motokura
  • Publication number: 20200273637
    Abstract: A membrane switch includes an upper electrode sheet that includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode sheet that includes a lower electrode facing the upper electrode, and an adhesive layer that joins the upper electrode sheet to the lower electrode sheet; and the upper and lower electrodes come into contact with each other due to a pressing force, which is applied to at least one of the upper electrode sheet and the lower electrode sheet, and conduct electricity. The upper electrode sheet includes: an upper base on which the upper electrode is formed; and an upper insulating layer that is provided between the upper base and the lower electrode sheet, includes a first opening at a position corresponding to the upper electrode, and is joined to the lower electrode sheet by the adhesive layer. The upper insulating layer is formed on the upper base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Matsushima, Yasuyuki Tachikawa, Wataru Tanaka