Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Honma

Yoshiaki Honma 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: 11937069
    Abstract: An audio system includes: a face data detection unit that detects face data on the basis of input image data; an acoustic coefficient acquisition unit that outputs an acoustic coefficient associated with face data output from the face data detection unit; and an acoustic coefficient application unit that performs, on an audio signal, acoustic processing based on an acoustic coefficient acquired by the acoustic coefficient acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Honma, Toru Chinen, Yoshiaki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11485124
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus that prevents partial protrusion of a film during pressing and ensures the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate is provided. The laminating apparatus includes a pressing device for pressing a substrate and a film (a workpiece). The pressing device includes a press block movable back and forth, a pressing plate mountable to the press block, a plurality of heat sources (cartridge heaters) capable of heating the pressing plate, and a control system set up to perform heating control on the heat sources. The heat sources are arranged so as to be able to separately heat a central portion of the pressing plate and a peripheral portion thereof annularly surrounding the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Taihei Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11446913
    Abstract: Provided is a laminating apparatus configured to improve the uniformity of the thickness of a laminate to be obtained to improve the yield of a product, such as a laminate. The laminating apparatus includes a pressing device including a first press block that is advanceable and retreatable, a second press block arranged to face the first press block, a first pressing rubber mounted inside the first press block, and a second pressing rubber mounted inside the second press block, the first pressing rubber and the second pressing rubber facing each other, the first pressing rubber having formed on a surface thereof facing the second pressing rubber a convex frame configured to surround a peripheral edge portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Taihei Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11331892
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus for improving the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate to improve the yield of products such as laminates is provided. A pressing device includes: a first press block movable back and forth; a second press block disposed in opposed relation to the first press block; a first pressing plate mounted to the inside of the first press block; and a second pressing plate mounted to the inside of the second press block. The first pressing plate and the second pressing plate are opposed to each other. A surface of the first pressing plate which is opposed to the second pressing plate has a peripheral portion formed into a tapered surface in such a manner that the distance from the second pressing plate increases in an outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Taihei Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11325365
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus is provided, which is capable of producing a laminate having a highly planarized surface. The laminating apparatus is arranged to laminate a film on an irregular surface of a substrate having irregularities, and includes a vacuum laminating device which brings the film into close conformal contact with the substrate under reduced pressure to form a first temporary laminate, a first flat press device which presses the first temporary laminate to form a second temporary laminate having a substantially planarized irregular surface, and a second flat press device which presses the second temporary laminate under different conditions from the first flat press device to form a product laminate having a planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210370656
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus for improving the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate to improve the yield of products such as laminates is provided. A pressing device includes: a first press block movable back and forth; a second press block disposed in opposed relation to the first press block; a first pressing plate mounted to the inside of the first press block; and a second pressing plate mounted to the inside of the second press block. The first pressing plate and the second pressing plate are opposed to each other. A surface of the first pressing plate which is opposed to the second pressing plate has a peripheral portion formed into a tapered surface in such a manner that the distance from the second pressing plate increases in an outward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Nikko-Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi IWATA, Yoshiaki HONMA, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Taihei MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210362480
    Abstract: Provided is a laminating apparatus configured to improve the uniformity of the thickness of a laminate to be obtained to improve the yield of a product, such as a laminate. The laminating apparatus includes a pressing device including a first press block that is advanceable and retreatable, a second press block arranged to face the first press block, a first pressing rubber mounted inside the first press block, and a second pressing rubber mounted inside the second press block, the first pressing rubber and the second pressing rubber facing each other, the first pressing rubber having formed on a surface thereof facing the second pressing rubber a convex frame configured to surround a peripheral edge portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Nikko-Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi IWATA, Yoshiaki HONMA, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Taihei MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10821910
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator has a first stereo camera and a second stereo camera. The first stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. The second stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. A case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case and case are attached to the outside of cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Murata
  • Patent number: 10239299
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus includes workpiece transport units, a vacuum laminating device and a flat press device. The flat press device includes a ball screw having a screw shaft and supporting a first one of a pair of pressing elements, a servomotor connected to the screw shaft of the ball screw, a gap measuring device (linear scale) for measuring a distance between the first pressing element and the second pressing element, and a pressing gap control system for moving the first pressing element to a position in which a predetermined gap is defined between the first pressing element and the second pressing element to stop the first pressing element at that position. The pressing gap control system changes the RPM of the servomotor, based on information on the distance between the first and second pressing elements which is provided from the gap measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: NIKKO-MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Iwata, Yoshiaki Honma
  • Publication number: 20190077333
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator has a first stereo camera and a second stereo camera. The first stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. The second stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. A case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case and case are attached to the outside of cab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ABE, Yoshiaki HONMA, Takeshi IKEDA, Kazuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180162111
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus includes workpiece transport units, a vacuum laminating device and a flat press device. The flat press device includes a ball screw having a screw shaft and supporting a first one of a pair of pressing elements, a servomotor connected to the screw shaft of the ball screw, a gap measuring device (linear scale) for measuring a distance between the first pressing element and the second pressing element, and a pressing gap control system for moving the first pressing element to a position in which a predetermined gap is defined between the first pressing element and the second pressing element to stop the first pressing element at that position. The pressing gap control system changes the RPM of the servomotor, based on information on the distance between the first and second pressing elements which is provided from the gap measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Nikko-Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi IWATA, Yoshiaki HONMA
  • Patent number: 9809953
    Abstract: A controller assembly is mounted on a side wall surface extending in an upward/downward direction of a hydraulic excavator. The controller assembly includes a controller main body, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a vibration suppressing member. The first bracket is mounted on the side wall surface described above. The second bracket is fixed to the controller main body. The vibration suppressing member supports the first bracket at one end in the upward/downward direction, and supports the second bracket at the other end in the upward/downward direction so as to be movable with respect to the first bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagano, Makoto Sasaki, Yoshiaki Honma
  • Patent number: 9702112
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a cab and a work implement arranged on one lateral side of the cab. The cab includes an operator's seat, front pillars, a roof portion, first and second guide rails, a front window, a monitor device, a monitor, and a support member. The monitor is supported on a first pillar above the monitor device and has a second display screen larger than a first display screen. The support member supports the monitor so as to be movable between an interference position interfering with a movement region where the front window moves between a closed state and an opened state of an opening, and a non-interference position with no interference. Accordingly, a hydraulic excavator can be obtained in which a large-sized monitor can be arranged on a front side of the cab without interference with a movable front window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioji, Yoshiaki Honma, Daisuke Tsukamoto, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170121936
    Abstract: A controller assembly is mounted on a side wall surface extending in an upward/downward direction of a hydraulic excavator. The controller assembly includes a controller main body, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a vibration suppressing member. The first bracket is mounted on the side wall surface described above. The second bracket is fixed to the controller main body. The vibration suppressing member supports the first bracket at one end in the upward/downward direction, and supports the second bracket at the other end in the upward/downward direction so as to be movable with respect to the first bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro NAGANO, Makoto SASAKI, Yoshiaki HONMA
  • Patent number: 9487158
    Abstract: A coupling plate is arranged below an attaching member. A vibration suppressing member is mounted between the attaching member and the coupling plate. The first controller main body is arranged above the attaching member. A coupling member connects the coupling plate and the first controller main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagano, Yoshiaki Honma, Daisuke Tsukamoto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Tomoko Kikuma
  • Patent number: 9441344
    Abstract: A controller assembly includes a base plate, a bracket, and a first controller main body. The base plate includes a through hole and a frame having an upper surface and a lower surface and surrounding the through hole. The bracket has first and second flange portions supported on the upper surface of the frame at positions opposite to each other over the through hole, first and second side portions coupled respectively to the first and second flange portions and passing through the though hole; and a bottom portion coupled to both of the first and second side portions on the side of the lower surface of the frame. The first controller main body is mounted on a bottom portion of the bracket. Accordingly, a controller assembly which can be readily assembled, a cab of a work implement, and a work machine can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Daisuke Tsukamoto, Hirokazu Sugimoto, Tomoyuki Imada, Yoshiaki Honma
  • Publication number: 20160186410
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a cab and a work implement arranged on one lateral side of the cab. The cab includes an operator's seat, front pillars, a roof portion, first and second guide rails, a front window, a monitor device, a monitor, and a support member. The monitor is supported on a first pillar above the monitor device and has a second display screen larger than a first display screen. The support member supports the monitor so as to be movable between an interference position interfering with a movement region where the front window moves between a closed state and an opened state of an opening, and a non-interference position with no interference. Accordingly, a hydraulic excavator can be obtained in which a large-sized monitor can be arranged on a front side of the cab without interference with a movable front window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHIOJI, Yoshiaki HONMA, Daisuke TSUKAMOTO, Hiroaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160114737
    Abstract: A coupling plate is arranged below an attaching member. A vibration suppressing member is mounted between the attaching member and the coupling plate. The first controller main body is arranged above the attaching member. A coupling member connects the coupling plate and the first controller main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagano, Yoshiaki Honma, Daisuke Tsukamoto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Tomoko Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20140232130
    Abstract: A controller assembly includes a base plate, a bracket, and a first controller main body. The base plate includes a through hole and a frame having an upper surface and a lower surface and surrounding the through hole. The bracket has first and second flange portions supported on the upper surface of the frame at positions opposite to each other over the through hole, first and second side portions coupled respectively to the first and second flange portions and passing through the though hole; and a bottom portion coupled to both of the first and second side portions on the side of the lower surface of the frame. The first controller main body is mounted on a bottom portion of the bracket. Accordingly, a controller assembly which can be readily assembled, a cab of a work implement, and a work machine can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Daisuke Tsukamoto, Hirokazu Sugimoto, Tomoyuki Imada, Yoshiaki Honma
  • Patent number: 5170733
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for automatically serging a trouser-fly piece initially along an arcuate line of stitching extending across its leading end while tracing and trimming that arcuate line in advance of serging and thereafter continuing to serge along a straight line of stitching extending parallel to one longitudinal substantially straight side edge of the trouser-fly piece. The apparatus incorporates control means including a control counter and a delay counter both operatively associated with the operation of a sewing needle so as to ensure serging of the trouser-fly piece over its full length with accurate and uniform finishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Juki Corporation & Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Honma, Toshiaki Sawada, Akira Hashimoto