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).

  • Publication number: 20230244210
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor acquires state data related to a state of each product and order data related to order related to manufacturing of each product. The processor calculates a first score by using the acquired state data and the acquired order data. The first score regards a change in the acquired state data and is based on a first change model. The first change model represents the change in the state data using the order data. The processor outputs the first score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Takayuki ITOH, Wataru WATANABE, Jumpei ANDO, Toshiyuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20230202030
    Abstract: Provided is a work system including: an object imaging unit configured to acquire an object image by photographing an object from a work direction; a work position acquisition unit configured to acquire a work position based on an existence region of the object obtained from a machine learning model; and a work unit configured to execute work on the object based on a work position obtained by inputting the object image to the work position acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Ryo MASUMURA, Wataru WATANABE
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230174683
    Abstract: Provided is a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization, the dispersion stabilizer making it possible to obtain, through suspension polymerization of a vinyl compound such as vinyl chloride, resin particles having uniform particle diameters and few large particles, and also having a high porosity and a large plasticizer absorption. A modified vinyl alcohol polymer has a hydrodynamic radius (Rh) (unit: nm) that satisfies equation (1) where x is the viscosity average polymerization degree. (1): 0.186x0.542×1.30?Rh?0.186x0.542×1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Wataru WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230159301
    Abstract: To provide a 3D data acquisition device, a 3D data acquisition system, and a 3D data acquisition method for an elevator which are capable of improving measurement accuracy of 3D point group data on an inside of a shaft. The 3D data acquisition device for the elevator includes: a housing that constitutes an outer shell; and a plurality of 3D distance imaging sensors which are provided in the housing so as to directly face each of a plurality of side walls of a shaft of the elevator on a horizontal projection plane and which acquire 3D point group data. According to the configuration, measurement accuracy of 3D point group data on the inside of the shaft can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyuki IWAMA, Wataru FUSE, Keisuke SAMBONGI, Yu ENOMOTO, Yasuo WATANABE, Hironori INAYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230141876
    Abstract: A planning system includes search circuitry configured to run a simulation to repeatedly generate candidate positions which are candidates for a target position with respect to a motion of a robot, and selection circuitry configured to select the target position among the candidate positions. The search circuitry includes evaluation circuitry configured to calculate an evaluation value corresponding to each of the candidate positions, estimation circuitry configured to generate a calculation model showing a relationship between each of the candidate positions and the evaluation value with a regression analysis, and setting circuitry configured to set a new candidate position based on the calculation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Ryo KABUTAN, Makoto TAKAHASHI, Wataru WATANABE, Keisuke YONEHARA, Takuya KADOYA
  • Publication number: 20230081798
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data analysis apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a data element group composed of a plurality of data elements, calculates, in regard to a first data element in the data element group, an index value indicative of a conditional dispersion from another data element in the data element group, extracts, based on the index value, a parent element having a high association with the first data element from the data element group, and outputs an analysis result including first information relating to the first data element and the parent element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takayuki ITOH, Wataru WATANABE, Jumpei ANDO, Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Toshiyuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20230055892
    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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Takayuki ITOH, Jumpei ANDO, Keisuke KAWAUCHI, Toshiyuki ONO
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220380499
    Abstract: A modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer includes a polyoxyalkylene unit, and an organic acid unit bonded to a polyvinyl alcohol chain, the polyoxyalkylene unit includes a moiety represented by the general formula (I), the moiety being bonded to the polyvinyl alcohol chain only via an ether bond and/or a carbon-carbon bond, wherein a ratio of a number of moles of monomer units bonded to the polyoxyalkylene unit to a total number of moles of the monomer units constituting the polyvinyl alcohol chain of the modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer is 0.01 mol % to 5 mol %, and a ratio of a number of moles of the organic acid unit to the total number of moles of the monomer units constituting the polyvinyl alcohol chain of the modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer is 0.1 mol % to 10 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Wataru WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220348756
    Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol-based resin composition including a modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer (A) in which a polyoxyalkylene unit represented by a general formula (I) is bonded to a polyvinyl alcohol chain and a modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer (B) having a double bond in a polyvinyl alcohol chain. (In which: R1 and R2 are independently, a methyl group, an ethyl group or a hydrogen atom, and R3 is an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom. N represents a number of repeating units and is an integer of 5?n?70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Masanori MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220281111
    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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto TAKAHASHI, Wataru WATANABE, Yutaro UCHIDA, Ryo KABUTAN, Keita SATSUMA
  • 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: 20220226997
    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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Makoto TAKAHASHI, Wataru WATANABE, Yutaro UCHIDA, Ryo KABUTAN
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220143829
    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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto TAKAHASHI, Wataru WATANABE, Yutaro UCHIDA, Ryo KABUTAN
  • Publication number: 20220121136
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; an exposure device which draws an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developer which uses a developing roller facing the image carrier to supply a developing agent to the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier and to develop a toner image; a developing current detector which detects a developing current flowing between the image carrier and the developing roller during developing by the developer; and a controller which controls the above. The controller performs forced toner discharge control in which a predetermined toner image is developed on the image carrier by the developer and the toner is forcibly discharged from the developer. The controller controls a toner discharge amount in the forced toner discharge control based on a current value detected by the developing current detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wataru WATANABE, Shunichi TAKAYA, Hokuto HATANO