Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Matsumoto

Yasutaka Matsumoto 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: 20250150693
    Abstract: An imaging module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of components. The imaging module includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a higher light transmittance. The second component has a lower light transmittance. A joint is included in the first component and the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Masayuki YOSHIE
  • Publication number: 20250100047
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing powder used for producing an additively manufactured body by a binder-jet method includes a metal particle and a coating film provided at a surface of the metal particle and containing a compound derived from a coupling agent containing an amino group or an epoxy group. When 40 ?L of water is dropped onto a powder layer formed by compressing to have a relative density of 51%, a time for the water to infiltrate is 10.00 seconds or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Momoko WAKABAYASHI, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 12250799
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a front case, a rear case, and a shield member. The front case supports an imaging optical unit. The rear case includes an electrically conductive output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging optical unit. The shield member electrically connects the front case and the output mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Matsumoto, Makoto Saito, Yoshihisa Shimazu, Keiichi Ujita
  • Patent number: 12231754
    Abstract: An imaging module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of components. The imaging module includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a higher light transmittance. The second component has a lower light transmittance. A joint is included in the first component and the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Matsumoto, Masayuki Yoshie
  • Patent number: 12227008
    Abstract: A flow passage forming member includes flow passage forming member main bodies 140 and 146 that are formed of a resin material and define at least a part of a flow passage, a metal protective film 200 that is provided on a surface of the flow passage forming member main body 140 and a surface of the flow passage forming member main body 146 defining at least the flow passage and is formed of a metal material, and a protective film 210 that is laminated on the metal protective film 200 and contains an oxide or a nitride of at least on element selected from the group consisting of tantalum (Ta), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), vanadium (V), hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), tungsten (W), and yttrium (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Onishi, Taisuke Nakashima, Yasutaka Matsumoto, Yutaka Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240399299
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane for separating carbon dioxide from a mixed gas containing the carbon dioxide contains an organopolysiloxane containing a first structural unit represented by the following formula (Ia) and a first b structural unit represented by the following formula (Ib). [In the formula (Ia) and the formula (Ib), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an aryl group, or an aryloxy group. X1 represents a crosslinked chain containing an amide bond, and is shared by two of the first b structural units. * represents a bond. n and m are molar ratios of the first a structural unit and the first b structural unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240397213
    Abstract: An image processing device according to the present disclosure includes a memory in which a program is stored; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform processing by executing the program. The processing includes: acquiring, from an imaging device mounted inside a cabin of a vehicle, an image of an outside of the cabin captured through a window of the vehicle by the imaging device; acquiring a color temperature from the acquired image; detecting a color temperature range regarded as white by the imaging device from the acquired color temperature; adjusting white balance of the image based on the detected color temperature range; and outputting the image of which the white balance is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Yasuyuki GODA
  • Publication number: 20240316630
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing powder used for producing an additively manufactured body to be formed into a metal sintered body by sintering includes: a modeling particle containing a metal material; and a coating film provided at a surface of the modeling particle and containing a compound derived from a coupling agent containing a hydrophobic functional group. When elemental analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is performed on the surface of the modeling particle, a Si content is 15 atomic % or more and 40 atomic % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 12073989
    Abstract: A method for producing a powder magnetic core includes applying energy to a surface of a soft magnetic powder coated with an insulator, exposing the soft magnetic powder to an atmosphere having an atmospheric pressure dew point of ?30° C. or higher and 15° C. or lower, and forming a molded body by pressing the soft magnetic powder at 20 MPa or more and 400 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasutaka Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12046415
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dust core, includes: applying energy to a surface of a soft magnetic powder coated with an insulating body containing a compound having an aluminum-oxygen bond; exposing the soft magnetic powder to an atmosphere having a dew point of ?30° C. or higher and 15° C. or lower under an atmospheric pressure; and forming a molded product by pressing the soft magnetic powder at 20 MPa or more and 400 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Matsumoto, Sukenori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20240226819
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane that separates, by selective transmission, carbon dioxide from a mixed gas containing the carbon dioxide and nitrogen, the gas separation membrane including: a first layer; and a second layer provided at one surface of the first layer and composed of a compound having carbon dioxide separation ability, wherein an average thickness of the second layer is smaller than an average thickness of the first layer, and the second layer satisfies 0.56<?2, where an activity coefficient of nitrogen in the second layer, calculated by the COSMO-RS method, is ?2N2, an activity coefficient of carbon dioxide in the second layer is ?2CO2, and a separation performance parameter of the second layer at 25° C. is ?2=ln(?2N2)?ln(?2CO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta HORIUCHI, Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Oshi IWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240226812
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane includes a first layer and a second layer that is provided at the surface on one side of the first layer and that includes a compound having gas separation ability. The average thickness of the second layer is smaller than an average thickness of the first layer. The second layer is an inkjet coating. The compound preferably includes a structure derived from PET, POM, PLA, PDMS, cellulose, or a coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta HORIUCHI, Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Oshi IWAKAMI, Naoki TAKATSU
  • Publication number: 20240219675
    Abstract: A vehicular imaging device according to an aspect of the present embodiment includes a lens barrel, a substrate, a housing, and a first heat dissipation member. The lens barrel accommodates a lens. A sensor that converts light received through the lens into an image signal is mounted on the substrate. The housing accommodates the lens barrel and the substrate. The first heat dissipation member is disposed between a lens barrel and a housing, and thermally connects the lens barrel and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240131478
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane that separates, by selective transmission, carbon dioxide from a mixed gas containing the carbon dioxide and nitrogen, the gas separation membrane including: a first layer; and a second layer provided at one surface of the first layer and composed of a compound having carbon dioxide separation ability, wherein an average thickness of the second layer is smaller than an average thickness of the first layer, and the second layer satisfies 0.56<?2, where an activity coefficient of nitrogen in the second layer, calculated by the COSMO-RS method, is ?2N2, an activity coefficient of carbon dioxide in the second layer is ?2CO2, and a separation performance parameter of the second layer at 25° C. is ?2=ln(?2N2)?ln(?2CO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta HORIUCHI, Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Oshi IWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240131474
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane includes a first layer and a second layer that is provided at the surface on one side of the first layer and that includes a compound having gas separation ability. The average thickness of the second layer is smaller than an average thickness of the first layer. The second layer is an inkjet coating. The compound preferably includes a structure derived from PET, POM, PLA, PDMS, cellulose, or a coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta HORIUCHI, Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Oshi IWAKAMI, Naoki TAKATSU
  • Publication number: 20240123498
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing powder includes: a metal powder; and a film provided on a particle surface of the metal powder and containing a compound derived from a coupling agent having a hydrophobic functional group. An average particle diameter is 3.0 ?m or more and 30.0 ?m or less, and a water amount is measured by a Karl Fischer method before and after the additive manufacturing powder is subjected to a heat treatment at 200° C. for 24 hours in an air atmosphere, and when the water amount before the heat treatment is set to 1, the water amount after the heat treatment is 0.85 or more and 1.15 or less in terms of mass ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Momoko WAKABAYASHI, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11948730
    Abstract: An insulator-coated magnetic alloy powder particle includes a magnetic alloy powder particle and an insulator that coats a surface of the magnetic alloy powder particle and that has a plurality of protrusions at a surface thereof, wherein the insulator includes a first insulator in a particulate form enclosed in the protrusion, and a second insulator in a film form that coats at least a part of a surface of the first insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasutaka Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240107174
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a hardware processor coupled to a memory. The processor generates a video signal by imaging an observation target in an exposure state according with outside brightness of a vehicle measured by a sensor. The processor sets an imaging mode corresponding to an exposure state to be applied when performing imaging. The imaging mode is set on the basis of the outside brightness and a signal level of the video signal. The processor outputs a video signal obtained by performing imaging in the imaging mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Yasuyuki GODA
  • Publication number: 20240100491
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane includes a resin layer including an organopolysiloxane and a modified layer provided at a surface on one side of the resin layer and including a functional group introduced into the surface on one side. When X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, in which X-rays are irradiated from the front surface side of the modified layer, is performed to generate an XPS spectrum in a range including an Si2p peak and the Si2p peak is subjected to waveform separation, the area ratio of the Si—O peak to the Si2p peak is from 2% to 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240107725
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a front case, a rear case, and a shield member. The front case supports an imaging optical unit. The rear case includes an electrically conductive output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging optical unit. The shield member electrically connects the front case and the output mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Makoto SAITO, Yoshihisa SHIMAZU, Keiichi UJITA