Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Sato

Yasuhiro Sato 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: 12209033
    Abstract: A flow channel switching system (1, 1?) including: a first on-off valve (10) which is disposed between a merging portion (6) and a branching portion (5) and in a raw water path (4); a second on-off valve (11) which is disposed in an outward path for raw water (7); and a sensor (13) that measures a state of water flowing through the raw water path, in which control is performed so as to open the second on-off valve and close the first on-off valve if a signal indicating that water is flowing in the raw water path is received from the sensor, then a signal indicating that no water is flowing in the raw water path is received, and then, within a predetermined time period, a signal indicating that water is flowing again in the raw water path is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Narita, Toyohiko Mori, Takashi Isobe, Kimihiko Sugishima, Yasuhiro Sato, Hirohisa Maeda
  • Patent number: 12145327
    Abstract: A fiber placement device includes an accumulation portion that stores and discharges a reinforcing fiber bundle including: a movable roller guided by a guide mechanism able to be moved in a constant movable range; a cylinder; a piston arranged within the cylinder; a coupling member coupling the movable roller and the piston; and an adjustment portion adjusting a force applied to the piston within the cylinder by discharging fluid from a space with the cylinder sealed on a side opposite the coupling member with respect to the piston within the cylinder or supplying the fluid into the space, the fluid is discharged from the space within the cylinder to apply a force to the piston to move the piston, a force is also applied to the movable roller through the coupling member to move the movable roller and thus a tension is applied to the reinforcing fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Kentaro Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 12090743
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a sheet-shaped reinforcing fiber substrate having shear deformability to conform to a three dimensional shape and restraining the generation of waste pieces to realize a large improve in the yield of reinforcing fibers and a reduction in production cost, and also provide a production method therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Ryota Nakao
  • Publication number: 20240300189
    Abstract: A fiber placement device that includes a placement surface on which a reinforcing fiber tow is placed and stacked; a tow arranging mechanism which presses and places the reinforcing fiber tow against and on the placement surface; and a heating mechanism which is configured to heat the placement surface. In one placement cycle, the tow arranging mechanism presses a group of the reinforcing fiber tows against the placement surface heated in advance by the heating mechanism, moves by a predetermined length in a first axial direction to glue and fix the group of the reinforcing fiber tows onto the placement surface, and move the placement surface in a second axial direction which substantially intersects the first axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota Nakao, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20240276144
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that can be worn by a user includes an image capturing circuit, a first microphone that is arranged on a right side of the user and obtains environmental sounds, a second microphone that is arranged on a left side of the user and obtains environmental sounds, a third microphone that is arranged in the vicinity of the first microphone and obtains a noise, a fourth microphone that is arranged in the vicinity of the second microphone and obtains a noise, and a sound processing unit configured to generate right-channel and left-channel sound signals obtained by the first and second microphones, and the sound processing unit executes processing for reducing a noise in the right-channel and the left-channel sound signals by using sound signals output from the third and fourth microphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: YASUHIRO SATO
  • Publication number: 20240150229
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a substrate with high versatility, a method for producing the substrate, and a method for producing a unit cell using the substrate. The problem is solved by providing a substrate comprising a plurality of alkali metal azide spots on a substantially flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, TOYOBO MC Corporation
    Inventors: Motoaki HARA, Yuichiro YANO, Tetsuya IDO, Hikaru TANAKA, Kazutake HAGIYA, Yasuhiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20230373168
    Abstract: A fiber placement device that includes a placement plane on which a reinforcing fiber tow is placed and stacked; a tow arranging mechanism which presses and places the reinforcing fiber tow against and on the placement plane; and a heating mechanism which is configured to heat the placement plane. In one placement cycle, the tow arranging mechanism presses a group of the reinforcing fiber tows against the placement plane heated in advance by the heating mechanism, moves by a predetermined length in a first axial direction to glue and fix the group of the reinforcing fiber tows onto the placement plane, and move the placement plane in a second axial direction which substantially intersects the first axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota Nakao, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20220396501
    Abstract: A flow channel switching system (1, 1?) including: a first on-off valve (10) which is disposed between a merging portion (6) and a branching portion (5) and in a raw water path (4); a second on-off valve (11) which is disposed in an outward path for raw water (7); and a sensor (13) that measures a state of water flowing through the raw water path, in which control is performed so as to open the second on-off valve and close the first on-off valve if a signal indicating that water is flowing in the raw water path is received from the sensor, then a signal indicating that no water is flowing in the raw water path is received, and then, within a predetermined time period, a signal indicating that water is flowing again in the raw water path is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Narita, Toyohiko Mori, Takashi Isobe, Kimihiko Sugishima, Yasuhiro Sato, Hirohisa Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220213788
    Abstract: An information transmission system of the present invention transmits information by using a mud pulse pressure signal to transmit information between a transmitter located in an excavation part of an underground excavator and a receiver located on the ground. The transmitter comprises a transmission information acquisition part for acquiring information, and a pressure pulse generation part. The pressure pulse generation part generates a pressure pulse so that an interval between the pressure pulse and a just preceding or just subsequent pressure pulse is an interval corresponding to the information acquired by the transmission information acquisition part. The receiver comprises a pressure pulse detection part for detecting a pressure pulse, and a reception information output part. The reception information output part outputs information corresponding to the interval between the detected pressure pulse and a just preceding or just subsequent pressure pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARITA, Yasuhiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20220176652
    Abstract: A fiber placement device includes an accumulation portion that stores and discharges a reinforcing fiber bundle including: a movable roller guided by a guide mechanism able to be moved in a constant movable range; a cylinder; a piston arranged within the cylinder; a coupling member coupling the movable roller and the piston; and an adjustment portion adjusting a force applied to the piston within the cylinder by discharging fluid from a space with the cylinder sealed on a side opposite the coupling member with respect to the piston within the cylinder or supplying the fluid into the space, the fluid is discharged from the space within the cylinder to apply a force to the piston to move the piston, a force is also applied to the movable roller through the coupling member to move the movable roller and thus a tension is applied to the reinforcing fiber bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Kentaro Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 11344798
    Abstract: A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game is provided. In the video game, a plurality of players addresses a common task. The video game processing apparatus includes a processor and a display controller. The processor specifies a task corresponding to a task providing request of a first player and generates player related information of a second player corresponding to the specified task. The display controller displays, on a task screen, an image in association with the second player. The image satisfies a display condition during progress of the specified task. The task screen indicates the specified task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Naofumi Takuma, Hiroaki Iwano
  • Patent number: 11272579
    Abstract: Provided is a heat generating component of which volume resistivity hardly varies even if used repeatedly at a high temperature for a long period of time. Since a thin coating heater part (13) formed on a substrate part (12) is composed of a thermal sprayed coating containing TixOy (wherein, 0<y/x<2.0 is satisfied), obtained is a heat generating component (11) having volume resistivity which is suitable for a heater and hardly varies even if prescribed temperature change and temperature keeping are repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOCALO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shikou Abukawa, Kensuke Taguchi, Toru Moriyama, Yasuhiro Sato, Akira Kumagai, Yu Asakimori
  • Publication number: 20220009197
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a sheet-shaped reinforcing fiber substrate having shear deformability to conform to a three dimensional shape and restraining the generation of waste pieces to realize a large improve in the yield of reinforcing fibers and a reduction in production cost, and also provide a production method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SATO, Tamotsu SUZUKI, Ryota NAKAO
  • Patent number: 11101678
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a power receiving unit and a control unit. The power receiving unit receives power supplied from a power supply apparatus. The control unit performs control so that a predetermined operation is limited and performs control so that a predetermined notification indicating that the predetermined operation is limited is provided, in a case in which predetermined power is not to be supplied from either the power supply apparatus or a battery to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11054874
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises an interface including a first terminal that receives power from an external device and a second terminal for communicating with the external device, and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform the operations of a communication unit that communicates with the external device via the second terminal, and a control unit that controls a connection between the second terminal and a ground, wherein in a case that a state of power received via the first terminal is a predetermined state, the communication unit sends a reset request for stopping the supply of power to the external device, and the control unit controls the connection between the second terminal and the ground from a connected state to a disconnected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Moritomo, Tsuyoshi Fujisaki, Kazuya Miyahara, Yasuhiro Sato, Tomoya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10881315
    Abstract: In a biological signal measurement system of this invention, biological digital data is generated from a biological signal measured by a biological signal measurement apparatus, and first feature amount data extracted from the biological digital data and downsized biological digital data are transmitted to a portable terminal. In a biological information measurement apparatus of this invention, biological feature amount data is extracted from measured biological waveform data, and at least one of the biological waveform data and the biological feature amount data is transmitted to an external device. It is possible to provide a biological signal measurement system capable of continuously measuring a biological signal for a long time without disturbing daily life and provide a biological information measurement apparatus capable of implementing downsizing and long life of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Kuwabara, Takayuki Ogasawara, Nobuaki Matsuura, Michiko Seyama, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ryusuke Kawano, Kazuhiko Takagahara, Kazuyoshi Ono, Takako Ishihara, Yasuhiro Sato, Shingo Tsukada, Nahoko Kasai, Koji Sumitomo
  • Patent number: 10799136
    Abstract: A bioelectrode includes a fitting member (1106) formed by an electrically insulating member fixed on a surface of a garment (1100) that comes in contact with a living body (1000), an electrode part (1101a) formed by a conductive member fixed on a surface of the fitting member (1106) that comes in contact with the living body (1000), a connector (1102a) fixed to the fitting member (1106) and configured to connect a bioelectric signal measurement device, a wiring line (1103a) fixed to the fitting member (1106) and configured to electrically connect the connector (1102a) and the electrode part (1101a), and an electrically-insulating insulating member (1105) configured to cover a portion within the surface of the wiring line (1103a) that comes in contact with the living body (1000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Takagahara, Ryusuke Kawano, Takako Ishihara, Michiko Seyama, Ryoichi Kasahara, Yasuhiro Sato, Atsushi Horiuchi, Masanobu Sato, Emiko Ishikawa, Keiji Takeda, Noriko Nagai
  • Publication number: 20200215431
    Abstract: A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game is provided. In the video game, a plurality of players addresses a common task. The video game processing apparatus includes a processor and a display controller. The processor specifies a task corresponding to a task providing request of a first player and generates player related information of a second player corresponding to the specified task. The display controller displays, on a task screen, an image in association with the second player. The image satisfies a display condition during progress of the specified task. The task screen indicates the specified task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SATO, Naofumi TAKUMA, Hiroaki IWANO
  • Patent number: 10625477
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber sheet manufacturing apparatus configured to place a reinforcing fiber bundle on a table includes a fiber bundle supply mechanism configured to feed the reinforcing fiber bundle and equipped with a fiber bundle pressing portion that is configured to press the reinforcing fiber bundle against the table; and a cutting blade located independently of the fiber bundle supply mechanism and configured to cut the reinforcing fiber bundle that is pressed by the fiber bundle pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Tsuji, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasumoto Noguchi, Yasuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: D986109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Sato