Patents by Inventor Wataru Watanabe

Wataru 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: 12111597
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing section, and a controller that functions as a sign detector, a charge amount measurement section, and a charge amount adjuster. On the image bearing member, an electrostatic latent image is formed based on image data. The developing section contains a developer, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member with the developer to form a toner image. The sign detector detects a sign that the charge amount of the developer contained in the developing section changes. The charge amount measurement section measures the charge amount of the developer in accordance with the detection result by the sign detector. The charge amount adjuster adjusts the charge amount of the developer according to the measurement result by the charge amount measurement section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Ryoei Ikari
  • Patent number: 12090667
    Abstract: A planning system includes flow generating circuitry, confirmation circuitry, and update circuitry. The flow generating circuitry is configured to generate a task flow which includes work tasks predetermined based on a concurrent execution constraint with respect to concurrent execution of tasks performed by robots and connection tasks to be connected to the work tasks. The confirmation circuitry is configured to determine whether at least one of the robots interferes with an object in the connection tasks. The update circuitry is configured to update the concurrent execution constraint when the at least one of the robots is determined to interfere with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Wataru Watanabe, Yutaro Uchida, Ryo Kabutan
  • Patent number: 12061467
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor generates visualization data for displaying estimation results of manufacturing conditions based on estimation results and relationship data. The relationship data includes first relationship data as a relationship between first manufacturing conditions recorded during an analysis, and second relationship data as a relationship between second manufacturing conditions corresponding. The processor divides the estimation results of the manufacturing conditions into a first group based on the first relationship data, and into a second group based on the second relationship data. The processor generates the visualization data based on a change in manufacturing condition relationship between the first group and the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Jumpei Ando, Keisuke Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 12042940
    Abstract: A simulation system includes circuitry configured to: determine placement of a robot with respect to another object in a virtual space, based on a placement constraint applied to the robot for executing a plurality of tasks; generate a path representing a trajectory of at least a portion of the robot or a tool operated by the robot during the tasks, based on a spatial relationship between the determined placement of the robot and the other object that satisfies the placement constraint; execute an operation program including the generated path in the virtual space in which the robot and the other object are placed; and check whether the robot interferes with the other object, based on the spatial relationship between the determined placement of the robot and the other object along the generated path in the virtual space, as a result of executing the tasks in the operation program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Wataru Watanabe, Yutaro Uchida, Ryo Kabutan, Keita Satsuma
  • Patent number: 11782426
    Abstract: An abnormality score calculation apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit configured to: acquire first data concerning a status of a product or a manufacturing process; calculate based on the first data an abnormality score for a respective one of a plurality of abnormality modes or for a respective one of a plurality of pieces of the first data of various types; and convert a scale of a respective one of a plurality of abnormality scores including the abnormality score in such a manner that the abnormality scores become substantially equal in occurrence degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jumpei Ando, Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11775512
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data analysis apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires, for a plurality of products as analysis targets, manufacturing data including at least one manufacturing condition for each product. The processor calculates, based on a bias of state data representing a degree that the product is in a specific state in at least one item that can be taken concerning one manufacturing condition extracted from the manufacturing data, an index value representing a degree that a cause of the specific state of the product is the manufacturing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Jumpei Ando, Keisuke Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11717965
    Abstract: A program generation system according to an example includes circuitry configured to: set multiple kinds of candidate postures of a robot in a connection area between a work path that is a trajectory of the robot in a task and an air-cut path that is a trajectory of the robot connecting tasks; evaluate an operation program including the work path and the air-cut path while changing a posture of the robot in the connection area among the multiple kinds of candidate postures; determine one of the multiple kinds of candidate postures as the posture of the robot in the connection area based on an evaluation result in the evaluating; and generate the operation program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Wataru Watanabe, Yutaro Uchida, Ryo Kabutan
  • Publication number: 20230190730
    Abstract: An anti-HIV agent containing, as an active ingredient, ex, 4-oxoquinoline compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has HIV integrase inhibitory action and is useful as an anti-HIV agent for the prophylaxis or therapy of AIDS. Moreover, by a combined use with other anti-HIV agents such as protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the like, the compound can become a more effective anti-HIV agent. Since the compound has high inhibitory activity specific for integrases, it can provide a safe pharmaceutical agent with a fewer side effects for human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide Satoh, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yoshiharu Itoh, Hisashi Shinkai, Takahisa Motomura, Hisateru Aramaki, Yuji Matsuzaki, Wataru Watanabe, Shuichi Wamaki
  • Patent number: 11537823
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to: cut out, from an input signal, a plurality of partial signals that are predetermined parts in the input signal; execute processing on the plurality of partial signals using neural networks having the same layer structure with each other to generate a plurality of intermediate signals including a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of channels; execute predetermined statistical processing on signals for each of the plurality of channels for each of the plurality of intermediate signals corresponding to the plurality of partial signals, to calculate statistics for each channel and generate a concatenated signal by concatenating the statistics of the plurality of respective intermediate signals for each channel; generate a synthetic signal by performing predetermined processing on the concatenated signal; and output an output signal in accordance with the synthetic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Ida, Tenta Sasaya, Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11436769
    Abstract: A visualized data generation device includes an acquisitor, an analyzer, and a generator. The acquisitor acquires manufacturing data including one or more pieces of first data Yi regarding a product state with respect to one product. The analyzer analyzes the first data Yi acquired by the acquisitor and derives a first index value with respect to each piece of the first data Yi. The generator generates visualized data including a first analysis result display region for causing a display device to display information about the first index value. The generator generates the visualized data in which an amount of information and a priority is set for each first analysis result display region on the basis of the first index value and a display form of the first analysis result display region is set on the basis of the amount of information and the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Jumpei Ando, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11413752
    Abstract: A programming assistance device includes a program storage unit that stores a first program comprising a first set of time series jobs and stores a second program comprising a second set of time series jobs. Each job of the first program defines at least one operation of a first robot, and the first program is configured to be performed along a shared time line. Additionally, each job of the second program defines at least one operation of a second robot, and the second program is configured to be performed along the shared time line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Wataru Watanabe, Yutaro Uchida, Keita Satsuma, Hiroshi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11396097
    Abstract: A teaching apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain result information corresponding to a position of a worked region on a workpiece. The circuitry is configured to generate first teaching information based on the result information. The first teaching information specifies a motion of an examination robot configured to examine the workpiece that has undergone work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Koichi Kuwahara, Yoshifumi Onoyama, Kazuma Tabuchi, Masaru Adachi, Wataru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220188307
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data analysis apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires, for a plurality of products as analysis targets, manufacturing data including at least one manufacturing condition for each product. The processor calculates, based on a bias of state data representing a degree that the product is in a specific state in at least one item that can be taken concerning one manufacturing condition extracted from the manufacturing data, an index value representing a degree that a cause of the specific state of the product is the manufacturing condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Jumpei Ando, Keisuke Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11345768
    Abstract: A modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer including a polyoxyalkylene unit represented by a general formula (I) in a side chain and a carbonyl unit represented by a general formula (II) at a main chain terminal, wherein with respect to a total mole number of monomer units constituting the main chain of the modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer, a ratio of a mole number of monomer units having the polyoxyalkylene unit represented by the general formula (I) in the side chain to is 0.01 mol % to 5 mol %, and a ratio of a mole number of the carbonyl unit represented by the general formula (II) is 0.01 mol % to 0.5 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Wataru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11213945
    Abstract: A robot simulator includes a storage device that stores model information related to the robot and an obstacle in the vicinity of the robot, and an acquisition device that obtains first input information defining a start position and an end position of operation of the robot. A processing device generates a path for moving the distal end portion of the robot from the start position to the end position while avoiding collisions between the robot and the obstacle based on the first input information and the model information. The processing device also generates image data including an illustration of the obstacle and an index indicating a via-point of the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi Kuwahara, Yoshifumi Onoyama, Kenichi Yasuda, Wataru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210295110
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to: cut out, from an input signal, a plurality of partial signals that are predetermined parts in the input signal; execute processing on the plurality of partial signals using neural networks having the same layer structure with each other to generate a plurality of intermediate signals including a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of channels; execute predetermined statistical processing on signals for each of the plurality of channels for each of the plurality of intermediate signals corresponding to the plurality of partial signals, to calculate statistics for each channel and generate a concatenated signal by concatenating the statistics of the plurality of respective intermediate signals for each channel; generate a synthetic signal by performing predetermined processing on the concatenated signal; and output an output signal in accordance with the synthetic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Ida, Tenta Sasaya, Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11007646
    Abstract: A programming assistance apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry generates a first display data to be displayed in a first input area in which to input, for each of a plurality of task groups including a plurality of tasks, a first condition under which at least one robot executes the tasks. The circuitry generates a second display data to be displayed in a second input area in which to input a second condition for an execution order of the plurality of task groups. The circuitry sets the first condition based on an input into the first input area. The circuitry sets the second condition based on an input into the second input area. The circuitry generates, based on the first condition and the second condition, a motion program for causing the at least one robot to execute the plurality of task groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Takuya Fukuda, Wataru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10883301
    Abstract: A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle, the control apparatus includes a control signal output portion configured to output a motor control signal, and an advance angle value set portion configured to set an advance angle value, the advance angle value being for advancing a phase of the motor control signal when an assist opening and closing operation is performed. The control apparatus is configured to perform the automatic opening and closing operation which causes an opening and closing member to open and close automatically with driving force of the motor, and the assist opening and closing operation which causes the opening and closing member to open and close in such a manner that the driving force of the motor assists a manual operation force applied to the opening and closing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takenaka, Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi, Noriyuki Kamiya, Wataru Watanabe, Naoki Sugito
  • Patent number: 10836843
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization which satisfies various performance requirements for suspension polymerization of a vinyl-based compound such as vinyl chloride. The present invention relates a modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer having at least one monomer unit represented by a following general formula (I) and a modification rate of from 0.01 mol % to 10 mol %: general formula (1) in which BO represents an oxybutylene unit; EO represents an oxyethylene unit; and each of m and n is a number of repeating unit of the respective oxyalkylene units; 1?m?10; and 1?n?60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Wataru Watanabe
  • Patent number: D1087591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SHINYOH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wataru Watanabe