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).
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Patent number: 12209033Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Narita, Toyohiko Mori, Takashi Isobe, Kimihiko Sugishima, Yasuhiro Sato, Hirohisa Maeda
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Patent number: 12145327Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Kentaro Nagasaki
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Patent number: 12090743Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Ryota Nakao
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Publication number: 20240300189Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ryota Nakao, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasuhiro Sato
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Publication number: 20240276144Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventor: YASUHIRO SATO
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Publication number: 20240150229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, TOYOBO MC CorporationInventors: Motoaki HARA, Yuichiro YANO, Tetsuya IDO, Hikaru TANAKA, Kazutake HAGIYA, Yasuhiro SATO
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Publication number: 20230373168Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Ryota Nakao, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasuhiro Sato
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Publication number: 20220396501Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Narita, Toyohiko Mori, Takashi Isobe, Kimihiko Sugishima, Yasuhiro Sato, Hirohisa Maeda
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Publication number: 20220213788Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi ARITA, Yasuhiro SATO
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Publication number: 20220176652Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tamotsu Suzuki, Kentaro Nagasaki
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Patent number: 11344798Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIXInventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Naofumi Takuma, Hiroaki Iwano
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Patent number: 11272579Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: TOCALO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shikou Abukawa, Kensuke Taguchi, Toru Moriyama, Yasuhiro Sato, Akira Kumagai, Yu Asakimori
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Publication number: 20220009197Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro SATO, Tamotsu SUZUKI, Ryota NAKAO
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Patent number: 11101678Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuhiro Sato
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Patent number: 11054874Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Moritomo, Tsuyoshi Fujisaki, Kazuya Miyahara, Yasuhiro Sato, Tomoya Yamashita
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Patent number: 10881315Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10799136Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20200215431Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)Inventors: Yasuhiro SATO, Naofumi TAKUMA, Hiroaki IWANO
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Patent number: 10625477Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Haruhiko Tsuji, Tamotsu Suzuki, Yasumoto Noguchi, Yasuhiro Sato
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Patent number: D986109Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Sato