Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kato

Yasuhiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20250018769
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a refrigerant radiator, first and second expansion valves configured to decompress refrigerant flowing out of the refrigerant radiator, a first evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant flowing out of the first expansion valve, and a second evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant flowing out of the second expansion valve. A heat medium circuit includes a heat exchange portion and circulates a heat medium while flowing through the heat exchange portion and the second evaporator. The first evaporator exchanges heat between the refrigerant and ventilation air blown to a space to be air conditioned, and the second evaporator exchanges heat between the heat medium and the refrigerant to evaporate the refrigerant and cool the heat medium. The heat exchange portion is made to cool the temperature regulation target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Kohei Noguchi, Yasuhiro Yokoo, Yoshiki Kato, Yukihisa Ijuin, Hiroaki Kawano, Yoshio Hayashi, Junki Hirayama, Naito Muto
  • Publication number: 20250010241
    Abstract: To provide a CO2 gas removal device capable of repeatedly using an acid component capture liquid for purifying a CO2 gas absorbent. A CO2 gas removal device includes: a CO2 separation and recovery unit which absorbs and recovers a gas to be treated containing a CO2 gas by using a CO2 absorbent containing an amine-based compound; and a CO2 absorbent purification unit which purifies the CO2 absorbent from the CO2 absorbent by electrodialysis, in which the CO2 absorbent purification unit includes an electrodialysis unit which purifies the CO2 absorbent by moving an acid component included in the CO2 absorbent to an acid component capture liquid, an amine separation unit which separates the amine-based compound from the acid component capture liquid, and an acid component separation unit which separates the acid component from the acid component capture liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato MORIGAKI, Koshito FUJITA, Yasuhiro KATO, Osamu SHIBASAKI, Daigo MURAOKA, Shinji MURAI, Noriko TAKADA
  • Patent number: 12172336
    Abstract: In a transport system, a gripper includes long-side grippers aligned in a long-side direction of a workpiece which is cut, by machining/cutting, into a product and a skeleton including an outer frame with an overall rectangular shape and a crossbar inside the outer frame, so that both ends thereof are connected to two shorter sides facing each other, and extending in the long-side direction, the long-side grippers gripping longer sides of the outer frame of the skeleton, and short-side grippers aligned in a short-side direction with respect to the workpiece and that grip shorter sides of the outer frame. At least one of the short-side grippers moves in the short-side direction and grips the shorter sides of the outer frame. A lifter lifts or lowers the gripper gripping the outer frame and the product to separate the outer frame and the crossbar from the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ogawa, Yasuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 12108179
    Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of signal lines, a pixel control unit that controls readout of signals from the pixels, a column circuit unit that generates pixel data from the signals read out from the pixels, and a signal processing unit configured to perform digital signal processing on the pixel data. The signal lines include first and second signal lines on the same column, and a period of reading out a signal from the first signal line and a period of reading out a signal from the second signal line overlap each other, and the signal processing unit includes a difference acquisition unit that acquires a difference value between a pixel data read out to the first signal line and a pixel data read out to the second signal line, and a correction unit that corrects the pixel data based on the difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 12070719
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gas processing equipment includes an oxygen remover 2 that removes oxygen contained in exhaust gas G, and a gas processing device 3 that processes pretreated exhaust gas G (P), from which the oxygen has been removed by the oxygen remover 2, with a carbon dioxide absorbent solvent S as a treatment agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daigo Muraoka, Koshito Fujita, Shinji Murai, Hayato Morigaki, Osamu Shibasaki, Yasuhiro Kato, Satoshi Saito, Takehiko Muramatsu, Ryosuke Shibata, Yusuke Handa
  • Publication number: 20240179254
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
  • Publication number: 20240080592
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel array having a plurality of column signal lines which are divided into a plurality of groups, a readout circuit configured to read out signals from the pixel array via the plurality of column signal lines. A holding unit includes one first region and a plurality of second regions. A plurality of first correction values respectively corresponding to the plurality of columns are stored in the first region. Each second region is associated with a readout condition for reading signals from each pixel unit of the pixel array by the readout circuit, and a plurality of second correction values respectively corresponding to the plurality of groups are stored in each second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KEITA MASUDA, ATSUSHI SHIMADA, YASUHIRO KATO, KEISUKE TAKAHASHI, TAKESHI SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240017435
    Abstract: In a transport system, a gripper includes long-side grippers aligned in a long-side direction of a workpiece which is cut, by machining/cutting, into a product and a skeleton including an outer frame with an overall rectangular shape and a crossbar inside the outer frame, so that both ends thereof are connected to two shorter sides facing each other, and extending in the long-side direction, the long-side grippers gripping longer sides of the outer frame of the skeleton, and short-side grippers aligned in a short-side direction with respect to the workpiece and that grip shorter sides of the outer frame. At least one of the short-side grippers moves in the short-side direction and grips the shorter sides of the outer frame. A lifter lifts or lowers the gripper gripping the outer frame and the product to separate the outer frame and the crossbar from the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro OGAWA, Yasuhiro KATO
  • Patent number: 11865492
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an acid gas removing apparatus includes an absorber configured to bring a first gas including an acid gas and a lean solution into contact to discharge a rich solution that is the lean solution having absorbed the acid gas, a regenerator configured to separate the acid gas from the rich solution discharged by the absorber to discharge the lean solution that is the rich solution separated from the acid gas, and a measuring instrument configured to measure a temperature of the rich or lean solution in the regenerator. Furthermore, an acid gas removal control apparatus that controls the acid gas removing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive the measured temperature, and a controller configured to control resupply of a resupplied solution to the rich or lean solution or removal of an acid component from the rich or lean solution, based on the received temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Mitsuru Udatsu, Daigo Muraoka, Hayato Morigaki, Shinji Murai, Koshito Fujita
  • Publication number: 20230414994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one example of an easy chair in light of market trends related to health and fitness. The easy chair of the present disclosure includes a seat body configured for a user to sit thereon, and further includes a monitoring part configured to determine whether the user is performing muscle strength training on the seat body and detect the user's performance of the muscle strength training, and a notification part configured to notify the user of a detection result of the monitoring part in a form of recognizable information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20230406168
    Abstract: When reversing a direction in which an angle is adjusted by a first adjustment section and reversing a direction in which a posture is adjusted by a second adjustment section, a control section of a seat provides, before a timing at which a driving direction of a second driving section is reversed, a stop period for stopping the second adjustment section from adjusting the posture, and the control section causes the first adjustment section to carry out a preparation operation in advance during the stop period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Akio SHIMIZU, Takahiro HARITA
  • Publication number: 20230356019
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one example of an easy chair in light of market trends related to health and fitness. The easy chair of the present disclosure includes a movable portion configured to change a seated posture, and further includes a moving mechanism that includes at least an electric actuator and is configured to displace the movable portion, and a controller configured to control an operation of the electric actuator and perform a posture change mode and a muscle strength training mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Masaya KITO
  • Patent number: 11811989
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
  • Publication number: 20230346125
    Abstract: A rocking device includes: a seat which supports a body of a user; a motor which rotates a rotation shaft in a first rotation direction and in a second rotation direction that is a rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, and thereby supplies motive power for rocking the seat via a gear attached to the rotation shaft; and a controller which controls rocking of the seat via the motor. The seat is configured to make a first motion of moving in a first movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the first rotation direction, and make a second motion of moving in a second movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the second rotation direction. The controller is configured to control rocking of the seat such that a prescribed stopped period is provided between the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Akio SHIMIZU, Takahiro HARITA, Takashi ABE
  • Publication number: 20230330626
    Abstract: A porous metal organic framework having gas adsorption selectivity and excellent water resistance, an adsorbent consisting of the porous metal organic framework, and a method for separating carbon dioxide using the same are provided, which are: a porous metal organic framework, which is characterized by comprising a metal oxalate, a cycloazocarbyl compound, and a bidentate organic ligand; an adsorbent consisting of the porous metal organic framework; and a method for separating carbon dioxide using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji MURAI, Yasuhiro KATO, Hayato MORIGAKI, Koshito FUJITA, Satoshi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230199347
    Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of signal lines, a pixel control unit that controls readout of signals from the pixels, a column circuit unit that generates pixel data from the signals read out from the pixels, and a signal processing unit configured to perform digital signal processing on the pixel data. The signal lines include first and second signal lines on the same column, and a period of reading out a signal from the first signal line and a period of reading out a signal from the second signal line overlap each other, and the signal processing unit includes a difference acquisition unit that acquires a difference value between a pixel data read out to the first signal line and a pixel data read out to the second signal line, and a correction unit that corrects the pixel data based on the difference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: YASUHIRO KATO
  • Patent number: 11644861
    Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A plurality of functional blocks are in synchronization relationship. Each of a plurality of generation units comprises a counter and a frequency division circuit. The frequency division circuit frequency-divides a reference clock based on a value of the counter. Each of the plurality of generation units supplies a clock generated using the reference clock to a corresponding functional block among the plurality of functional blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Koichi Morishita, Takuya Minakawa
  • Publication number: 20220314161
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gas processing equipment includes an oxygen remover 2 that removes oxygen contained in exhaust gas G, and a gas processing device 3 that processes pretreated exhaust gas G (P), from which the oxygen has been removed by the oxygen remover 2, with a carbon dioxide absorbent solvent S as a treatment agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daigo MURAOKA, Koshito FUJITA, Shinji MURAI, Hayato MORIGAKI, Osamu SHIBASAKI, Yasuhiro KATO, Satoshi SAITO, Takehiko MURAMATSU, Ryosuke SHIBATA, Yusuke HANDA
  • Publication number: 20220226770
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system according to an embodiment includes: a carbon dioxide capturer, an absorbing liquid regenerator, a first washer, a second washer, and an absorbing liquid line. The first washer washes the combustion exhaust gas discharged from the carbon dioxide capturer with a mist of a first cleaning liquid sprayed by a first spray to capture the amine accompanying the combustion exhaust gas. The absorbing liquid line supplies the absorbing liquid regenerated in the absorbing liquid regenerator as the first cleaning liquid to the first spray. The first cleaning liquid sprayed by the first spray is supplied as the absorbing liquid to the carbon dioxide capturer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshito FUJITA, Daigo MURAOKA, Yasuhiro KATO, Yusuke HANDA, Satoshi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11331626
    Abstract: This membrane filtration method includes: a membrane filtration process for adding a coagulant to water to be treated which contains viruses, and filtering the water to be treated by using a filtration membrane; and a cleaning process for, after the membrane filtration process, cleaning the filtration membrane, the membrane filtration process and the cleaning process being repeatedly performed, wherein, in the membrane filtration process, in the initial period of filtration, at least either an operation of filtering the water to be treated that includes the coagulant added by an amount larger than the amount of a coagulant added in a normal case, or an operation of filtering the water to be treated that has a pH lower than the pH of water to be treated in a normal case, is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Metawater Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naruaki Kadokawa, Yasuhiro Kato, Tomomi Sao