Patents by Inventor Wataru Yamada

Wataru Yamada 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: 20250084239
    Abstract: A thermal conductive silicone composition including: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 10 to 100,000 mm2/s and not containing an alkoxysilyl group; (B) an organopolysiloxane containing an alkoxysilyl group; (C) one or more thermal conductive fillers selected from irregular-shaped, round, and polyhedral fillers having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or more; and (D) hydrophobic spherical silica particles having a D50 in a range of 0.005 to 1 ?m and a D90/D10 of 3 or less in a volume-based particle size distribution and having an average circularity of 0.8 to 1, wherein an amount of the component (C) is 40 to 85% by volume of the entire thermal conductive silicone composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru TOYA, Mitsuhiro IWATA, Kunihiro YAMADA, Kazuyuki MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 12233855
    Abstract: A motion manager configured to request motion of a vehicle according to a kinematic plan on driver assistance of the vehicle to at least one of a plurality of actuators provided in the vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive information indicating a plurality of kinematic plans and classify the information into predetermined items such that a realization method of achieving a purpose of each of the kinematic plans is selectable without specifying or distinguishing a setting source of each of the kinematic plans, arbitrate the kinematic plans, calculate a motion request to the vehicle based on a result of arbitrating the kinematic plans, and distribute the motion request to at least one of the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamada, Kazuki Miyake, Wataru Kanda
  • Patent number: 12221195
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion, and forming a flow path between the shroud and the shaft portion, the flow path having one side in the axis direction serving as an upstream side and another side in the axis direction serving as a downstream side; a propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud; a motor provided in the shroud and configured to rotationally drive the propeller; and a bearing apparatus provided only to the shaft portion, out of the shroud and the shaft portion, and rotationally supporting the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Senoo, Shinichi Isobe, Wataru Yamada, Takehiko Nishida, Takuyoshi Yamada, Kazuki Hosono, Yoshitomo Noda, Takuzo Shigihara, Hiroki Takeda, Yuichi Sekine
  • Patent number: 12222018
    Abstract: This shock absorber includes a piston main body and a piston band. The piston main body has, at an outer peripheral portion thereof, a stepped portion including a large-diameter surface portion, a stepped surface portion and a small-diameter surface portion. The piston band has, at an outer peripheral portion thereof, a large diameter portion, a medium diameter portion formed so as to have a smaller diameter than the large diameter portion, and a small diameter portion formed between the large diameter portion and the medium diameter portion so as to have a smaller diameter than the medium diameter portion, in a state before being disposed in a cylinder. At one end on the side close to a tip portion of a piston rod, an inner peripheral surface is inclined toward the piston main body side from the large-diameter surface portion to a small-diameter surface portion of the stepped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamada, Kentaro Yamada, Reiji Nakagawa, Hiroyasu Sato, Sadatomo Matsumura, Wataru Takagi
  • Publication number: 20250033919
    Abstract: A media processing apparatus includes a slit insertable a sheet bundle of multiple sheets, a sheet-bundle holder, a liquid applier, a press binder, and a controller. The sheet-bundle holder holds the sheet bundle and detects the thickness of the sheet bundle. The liquid applier applies liquid to the sheet bundle. The press binder presses and binds the sheet bundle to perform press-binding process. The controller causes the sheet-bundle holder to hold the sheet bundle and detect the thickness of the sheet bundle, determines whether to cause the liquid applier to apply liquid to the sheet bundle based on the thickness of the sheet bundle, causes the liquid applier to apply the liquid to the sheet bundle when it is determined that the thickness of the sheet bundle is equal or larger than a prescribed thickness, and causes the press binder to press and bind the sheet bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Yusuke Hirono, Atsushi Shinoda, Shuuto Tohkaishi, Shingo Yoshizawa, Suzuka Fujita, Naofumi Yoshida, Ryota Takayama, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga, Yuji Suzuki, Kanako Fujisaki, Jun Yamada, Wataru Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20250016707
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit that stores a propagation model; an acquisition unit that acquires data in which structure data containing coordinate data is associated with data indicating propagation loss in a plurality of frequency bands; an input receiving unit that receives input of a frequency band for which a radio field intensity is to be estimated; and an estimation unit that inputs the frequency band to the propagation model and estimates the propagation loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240388654
    Abstract: A user terminal 10 according to one embodiment is a user terminal configured to be able to execute a plurality of applications set in advance as targets for use limit. The user terminal (10) includes: a setting unit (11) configured to set a weight according to an application to each of a plurality of applications; a calculation unit (13) configured to calculate a degree of a user's use of the user terminal (10) on the basis of a use amount and a weight of the application used by the user in a predetermined period; and a display control unit (14) configured to hinder the user's use of the user terminal (10) by executing control of screen display of the user terminal (10) in a case in which the degree of use exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAMOTO, Takashi HAMATANI, Wataru YAMADA, Keiichi OCHIAI
  • Patent number: 12114176
    Abstract: Provided are: an extraction unit that, based on input information from an external source, extracts position information regarding a transmitting station and a receiving station and the frequency of radio waves transmitted by the transmitting station; a calculation unit that calculates the three-dimensional distance between the transmitting station and the receiving station and the free space loss of radio waves based on the position information and the frequency; a processing unit that performs processing for, with use of a two-dimensional image of a region that includes the transmitting station and the receiving station, extracting the edges of structures that reflect radio waves in the two-dimensional image; a generation unit that generates input data for use in machine learning, based on the position information, the three-dimensional distance, the free space loss, and the edge; and a learning unit that performs machine learning to estimate the propagation characteristics of radio waves between the transm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Kuno, Wataru Yamada, Takatsune Moriyama, Yasushi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20240235706
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit that stores a propagation model; an acquisition unit that acquires point cloud data of a structure and measurement data of radio wave intensities in a plurality of frequency bands; a parameter update unit that updates a parameter of the propagation model based on the acquired data; and an estimation unit that estimates propagation loss based on the propagation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240233245
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an acquisition unit configured to divide a target area into a plurality of meshes of a predetermined size, and acquire mesh data indicating the environment of the target area with height information about the plurality of meshes on a per-mesh basis; a first ray tracing unit configured to determine a two-dimensional ray trace from a transmission point to a reception point on the basis of the mesh data, a radio wave being transmitted at the transmission point, the radio wave being received at the reception point; a second ray tracing unit configured to determine a three-dimensional ray trace corresponding to the two-dimensional ray trace, on the basis of the mesh data, and height information about the transmission point and the reception point; and a radio field intensity calculation unit configured to calculate an intensity of the radio wave at the reception point, using one or more three-dimensional ray traces determined by the second ray tracing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Patent number: 12032323
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, the electrophotographic photoreceptor having an outermost surface layer that contains a binder resin, a charge-transporting material, and a fluorine-containing resin particle, the fluorine-containing resin particle containing 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 106 carbon atoms, a charging device that charges the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor that is charged, a developing device that houses a developer containing a toner and that develops, with the developer, the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor into a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image onto a transfer-receiving medium, and an optical discharging device that, after the toner image i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kusano, Wataru Yamada, Masahiro Iwasaki, Akihiro Kawasaki, Yuki Oyamada
  • Publication number: 20240172011
    Abstract: To shorten the time required for reading the environment data to be used in a radio wave propagation simulation, an information processing system includes a division unit configured to divide a target area into a plurality of meshes of a predetermined size; an extraction unit configured to extract height information about the respective meshes of the plurality of meshes, using one or more sets of three-dimensional data indicating the position and the shape of an object present in the target area; and a creation unit configured to create mesh data including the height information about the respective meshes of the plurality of meshes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240162997
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires point cloud data of a structure and measurement data of a radio field intensity; a structure data generation unit that generates structure data indicating a shape and material of the structure based on a result of object recognition of the point cloud data; a propagation loss calculation unit that calculates propagation loss based on the measurement data of the radio field intensity in an environment including the structure; and an output unit that outputs data in which the structure
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240161384
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a first ray tracing unit configured to determine a two-dimensional ray trace from a transmission point at which a radio wave is transmitted, to a reception point at which the radio wave is received; a second ray tracing unit configured to determine a three-dimensional ray trace corresponding to the two-dimensional ray trace, using height information about the transmission point and the reception point; and a radio field intensity calculation unit that calculates the intensity of the radio wave at the reception point, using one or more three-dimensional ray traces determined by the second ray tracing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240162996
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit that stores a propagation model; an acquisition unit that acquires data in which structure data containing coordinate data is associated with data indicating propagation loss; and a selection unit that selects data indicating classification of a characteristic of a communication environment in a structure indicated by the structure data based on the acquired data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240155369
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit configured to store a propagation model; a site survey unit configured to collect data obtained by measuring a structure; a data processing unit configured to update a parameter of the propagation model; and a radio field intensity estimation unit configured to estimate a radio field intensity in the structure by applying the propagation model having the parameter having been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240155385
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit that stores a propagation model; an acquisition unit that acquires data in which structure data containing coordinate data is associated with data indicating propagation loss; and a parameter update unit that updates a parameter of the propagation model based on the acquired data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240137138
    Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit that stores a propagation model; an acquisition unit that acquires point cloud data of a structure and measurement data of radio wave intensities in a plurality of frequency bands; a parameter update unit that updates a parameter of the propagation model based on the acquired data; and an estimation unit that estimates propagation loss based on the propagation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240135631
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an acquisition unit configured to divide a target area into a plurality of meshes of a predetermined size, and acquire mesh data indicating the environment of the target area with height information about the plurality of meshes on a per-mesh basis; a first ray tracing unit configured to determine a two-dimensional ray trace from a transmission point to a reception point on the basis of the mesh data, a radio wave being transmitted at the transmission point, the radio wave being received at the reception point; a second ray tracing unit configured to determine a three-dimensional ray trace corresponding to the two-dimensional ray trace, on the basis of the mesh data, and height information about the transmission point and the reception point; and a radio field intensity calculation unit configured to calculate an intensity of the radio wave at the reception point, using one or more three-dimensional ray traces determined by the second ray tracing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240118653
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, the electrophotographic photoreceptor having an outermost surface layer that contains a binder resin, a charge-transporting material, and a fluorine-containing resin particle, the fluorine-containing resin particle containing 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 106 carbon atoms, a charging device that charges the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor that is charged, a developing device that houses a developer containing a toner and that develops, with the developer, the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor into a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image onto a transfer-receiving medium, and an optical discharging device that, after the toner image i
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kusano, Wataru Yamada, Masahiro Iwasaki, Akihiro Kawasaki, Yuki Oyamada