Patents by Inventor Yasunori Chiba
Yasunori Chiba 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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Publication number: 20200391385Abstract: An object handling control device includes one or more processors configured to acquire at least object information and status information representing an initial position and a destination of an object; set, when a grasper grasping the object moves from the initial position to the destination, a first region, a second region, and a third region in accordance with the object information and the status information; and calculate a moving route along which the object is moved from the initial position to the destination with reference to the first region, the second region, and the third region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshifumi OKA, Yasunori Chiba, Tetsuya Masuda
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Patent number: 10847298Abstract: A coil device includes a conductor and a terminal electrode. The conductor is embedded in a core body and wound in a coil shape. The terminal electrode is formed on an end surface of the core body and connected with a lead end of the conductor. The coil device further includes a dummy conductor embedded in the core body separately from the conductor. An end part of the dummy conductor exposed from the end surface of the core body separately from the lead end is connected with the terminal electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Kudo, Makoto Morita, Fuyuki Miura, Naoki Satou, Kyohei Tonoyama, Yasunori Chiba, Masanori Sugai, Junichi Aoyado
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Publication number: 20200363377Abstract: According to one embodiment, an estimation device includes a processor. The processor accepts information. The information is acquired by each of a plurality of ultrasonic sensors transmitting an ultrasonic wave in a second direction toward a weld portion and receiving a reflected wave. The ultrasonic sensors are arranged in a first direction. The second direction crosses the first direction. The processor estimates a range of the weld portion in the second direction based on an intensity distribution of the reflected wave in the second direction. The processor calculates a centroid position of an intensity distribution of the reflected wave in the first direction for each of a plurality of points in the second direction, and estimates a range of the weld portion in the first direction based on a plurality of the centroid positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Yasunori CHIBA, Akira USHIJIMA, Toshiyuki ONO, Atsushi MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 10809769Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first case provided with an opening portion; a second case that has one end portion provided with a fulcrum portion engaged with the first case and rotates about the fulcrum portion to close the opening portion in an openable manner, and a packing portion that is provided to be inclined to be more on an inner side of the second case at a portion closer to the fulcrum portion of the second case, and comes into pressure contact with an edge portion of the opening portion when the second case closes the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Yasunori Usui, Gu Dong
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Patent number: 10671119Abstract: A portable terminal elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a key operation section provided in a substantially lower area in the longitudinal direction of the front surface, in which a finger-hooking section that is a projection portion projecting in the thickness direction of the portable terminal is provided on a rear surface on the rear side of the key operation section, and has a first projection area that extends in the longitudinal direction and a second projection area that is located adjacent to the first projection area while extending toward a lower side in the longitudinal direction and is gradually widened in the lateral direction as extending toward the lower side in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Ohtaka, Yasunori Chiba, Manabu Ootake
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Publication number: 20200142451Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first case provided with an opening portion; a second case that has one end portion provided with a fulcrum portion engaged with the first case and rotates about the fulcrum portion to close the opening portion in an openable manner, and a packing portion that is provided to be inclined to be more on an inner side of the second case at a portion closer to the fulcrum portion of the second case, and comes into pressure contact with an edge portion of the opening portion when the second case closes the opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori CHIBA, Yasunori USUI, Gu DONG
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Patent number: 10635872Abstract: A portable terminal including a grip section capable of being gripped by a hand of a user in a predetermined gripping style, a first switch section provided such that at least a pressing target portion is exposed from a first surface of a terminal main body and capable of being operated by an index finger of the hand of the user gripping the grip section in the gripping style, and a second switch section provided such that at least a pressing target portion is exposed from a second surface of the terminal main body positioned opposite to the first surface and capable of being operated by a thumb of the gripping hand of the user in the gripping style, in which the pressing target portion of the first switch section is set to require operating force greater than operating force required for the pressing target portion of the second switch section.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10599897Abstract: A portable terminal including a grip section capable of being gripped by a hand of a user in a predetermined gripping style, a first switch section provided such that at least a pressing target portion is exposed from a first surface of a terminal main body and capable of being operated by an index finger of the hand of the user gripping the grip section in the gripping style, and a second switch section provided such that at least a pressing target portion is exposed from a second surface of the terminal main body positioned opposite to the first surface and capable of being operated by a thumb of the gripping hand of the user in the gripping style, in which the pressing target portion of the first switch section is set to require operating force greater than operating force required for the pressing target portion of the second switch section.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20200078941Abstract: According to one embodiment, an object handling device causes a hand to grasp, convey, and place an object in a container. The object handling device includes one or more processors configured to calculate an expanded interference region by combining an interference region of the hand interfering with another object and an interference region of the grasped object interfering with the another object; calculate at least a placement position between the placement position and a placement posture of the object in the container in accordance with information on an obstacle in the container and the expanded interference region; and calculate a release position at which the hand releases the object, on the basis of the placement position of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshifumi OKA, Yasunori Chiba
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Publication number: 20200012830Abstract: A portable terminal includes a device body, a grip section located closer to a first end than to a second end of the device body, and a projecting section located closer to the second end than to the first end of the device body. An operation switch is provided between the projection section and the first end of the device body. The operation switch includes a pressing surface that is at an angle with respect to a thickness direction of the device body to face outward from the device body and in a direction toward the second end of the device body. The grip section includes a sloped surface provided between the operation switch and the first end of the device body. And the sloped surface faces away from a direction faced by the pressing surface of the operation switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori CHIBA, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Shinya OKUMURA, Yoshiaki MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20200003735Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection system includes a probe and a controller. The probe includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors arranged in a first direction. The probe contacts a weld portion by moving in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the plurality of ultrasonic sensors transmits an ultrasonic wave toward the weld portion and receives a reflected wave. The controller detects a joint and a non-joint at a plurality of points along the first direction of the weld portion based on the plurality of reflected waves. The controller adjusts an angle of the probe around a third direction based on a number of the joints or the non-joints detected for the plurality of points. The third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and crosses the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akira USHIJIMA, Masahiro SAITO, Yasunori CHIBA, Shin MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10515247Abstract: A portable terminal including a grip section provided as one end of a terminal main body and structured to be gripped by one hand in a gripping style where a user places a thumb of the one hand on a first surface of the terminal main body and holds a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface by at least an index finger and a middle finger extended from a side of the terminal main body, a raised portion provided on the second surface of the grip section such that a vertex portion is positioned between the index finger and the middle finger in the gripping style, and a switch section provided such that a pressing target portion is exposed in a sloped surface area of the raised portion where the index finger is positioned in the gripping style.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10511734Abstract: A portable terminal including a battery accommodating section having an opening for battery insertion and removal which is provided at a position shifted to one end of a terminal main body on a predetermined surface of the terminal main body, a battery cover for covering the opening, and a switch section provided closer to an other end of the terminal main body than the battery accommodating section, on the predetermined surface of the terminal main body, in which the battery cover is provided extending from the one end to a position beyond the switch section.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20190376104Abstract: The present invention provides a method, of producing a useful substance, including secreting and producing a useful substance in broth by yeast contained in the broth, the yeast being a Saccharomyces strain, the broth containing a compound (A) represented by a formula (1), the compound (A) having an HLB value of 0.1 to 16 and a number average molecular weight of 200 to 30000, the weight percentage of the compound (A) based on the weight of the broth being 0.0001 to 10 wt %: HO—(A1O)m1-(A2O)m2-(A3O) m3—H ??(1) wherein A1O, A2O, and A3O each independently represent a C2-C4 oxyalkylene group; A1O and A2O have different structural formulas, A2O and A3O have different structural formulas; and m1, m2, and m3 each respectively represent the average number of moles of A1O, A2O, and A3O added, and are each independently a number in the range of 1 to 600.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masumi UEDA, Mutsumi NAKANISHI, Yasunori CHIBA, Takehiko YOKO-O
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Patent number: 10467446Abstract: A portable terminal including a grip section provided as one end of a terminal main body and structured to be gripped by one hand in a gripping style where a user places a thumb of the one hand on a first surface of the terminal main body and holds a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface by at least an index finger and a middle finger extended from a side of the terminal main body, a raised portion provided on the second surface of the grip section such that a vertex portion is positioned between the index finger and the middle finger in the gripping style, and a switch section provided such that a pressing target portion is exposed in a sloped surface area of the raised portion where the index finger is positioned in the gripping style.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10469638Abstract: A battery cover structure including a battery accommodation section which has a battery insertion/removal opening provided on one surface side of a housing, a battery cover which openably covers the battery insertion/removal opening, and a gasket which is fitted into a groove provided in a periphery of the battery cover or a periphery of the battery insertion/removal opening so as to hermetically seal the battery accommodation section by the battery cover, in which the lateral pressure to the gasket fitted into the groove is greater in corner areas of the gasket than in linear areas of the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasunori Chiba
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Patent number: 10470326Abstract: A watertight cap used with an electronic apparatus is provided with a cap body to be set in an installing recess of the apparatus case of the electronic apparatus, an insertion part provided on the cap body and inserted into a through hole formed in the installing recess, a watertight projection provided on the peripheral surface of the insertion part to be resiliently pressed against the surface defining the through hole, a reinforce member embedded in the cap body and the insertion part for preventing the insertion part from deforming inwards, and a hook part provided on the insertion part so as to project into the apparatus case to engage with the stopping part in the through hole, when the insertion part is inserted in the through hole, thereby securing enhanced watertight of the apparatus case and preventing the cap body from slipping out from the apparatus case accidentally.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromasu Meguro, Yasunori Chiba, Shinya Okumura
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Patent number: 10372955Abstract: A reading device includes a reading unit configured to illuminate a light beam towards an object to be read, to receive reflected light thereof and to read information of the object to be read, and an imaging unit configured to capture the object to be read, as an image, wherein an illumination direction of the light beam from the reading unit and an imaging direction of the imaging unit are set to be same.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromasu Meguro, Yasunori Chiba, Shinya Okumura
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Patent number: 10358466Abstract: A Wisteria floribunda monomeric lectin polypeptide is provided. The Wisteria floribunda monomeric lectin polypeptide includes any one of the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of: (1) the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; (2) the amino acid sequence defined in (1) above, except that one to 20 amino acids at positions other than Cys272 position is/are deleted, substituted, inserted, or added; and (3) the amino acid sequence defined in (1) or (2) above, further having an N-terminus deletion of one to 30 amino acids, in which Cys272 is alkylated, and the polypeptide is capable of specifically binding to a GalNAc terminal sugar chain.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Takashi Sato, Yasunori Chiba, Hiroaki Tateno, Hiroyuki Kaji, Masanori Goto, Hisashi Narimatsu
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Patent number: 10310561Abstract: A portable device includes a device case, and an inner case arranged in the device case. The inner case includes a first frame arranged in the device case, a second frame arranged in parallel with the first frame in the device case, a coupling part configured to couple the first frame and the second frame, and a buffer member provided at the coupling part and configured to buffer shock to be applied to the first frame and the second frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromasu Meguro, Yasunori Chiba, Shinya Okumura