Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Sato

Yoshiaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240114119
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program capable of easily generating a highly accurate depth image. An image processing device of the present technology includes: a generation unit that generates a reference image in which information indicating ambiguity of a pixel value of each pixel of a depth image acquired from a sensor that measures a distance is set as a pixel value of each pixel; and an integration unit that integrates a plurality of the depth images on the basis of the reference image corresponding to each of the plurality of depth images. The image processing device of the present technology, further includes an alignment unit that performs alignment that is processing of matching a viewpoint of the depth image and a viewpoint of the reference image with a reference viewpoint, and the integration unit integrates the plurality of depth images obtained by the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHIAKI SATO
  • Patent number: 11926036
    Abstract: Execution restrictions on tasks based on a state of a multifunction robot or the like are satisfied, and furthermore, the execution efficiency of the entirety of an operation is also enhanced. An information processing device includes a determination unit that determines an execution order of a plurality of tasks including an operation for a target object, based on a transition of a state of an operation tool used in each of the tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Kazuo Hongo
  • Publication number: 20230382703
    Abstract: A control system configured to control a forklift to unload a transport pallet onto an unloading place includes a control device configured to control at least one of movement of the forklift and horizontal movement of a fork, the forklift including a load sensor configured to detect load of an item placed on the fork, and a lift height sensor configured to detect a lift height of the fork, control raising and lowering of the fork, acquire load information of the transport pallet placed on the fork and lift height range information, the lift height range information indicating a lift height range, the lift height range being a range of height in which the fork is able to be inserted when unloading onto the unloading place is successful, and determine whether an abnormality is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHINMEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takumi SHIGEMASA, Daisuke ASAMI, Yoshiaki SATO, Yutaka OSHIMA, Tatsuya MITA
  • Publication number: 20220370510
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application of pluripotent stem cells (muse cells) in regeneration medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which are for amelioration and treatment of brain disorders resulting from fetal growth retardation, such as abnormal motor quality or abnormal neurological development, and which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue from a live body or cultured mesenchymal cells. It is assumed that this cell preparation is based on a mechanism where muse cells that are administered to objects having the disorders are engrafted on an impaired brain tissue, thereby ameliorating or treating the disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Life Science Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yuma KITASE, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA, Masahiro TSUJI
  • Patent number: 11457158
    Abstract: In order to provide a technique for improving precision of location estimation using a video, a location estimation device includes: a video processing unit that executes video processing including location estimation of an imaging unit, based on a plurality of feature points extracted from a video captured by the imaging unit and composed of a plurality of frames; and an imaging control unit that determines, on the basis of video-related information acquired in the video processing on a first frame belonging to a first group out of the plurality of frames, an exposure condition of the imaging unit in a second frame belonging to a second group different from the first group out of the plurality of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Noriyoshi Hiroi, Gaku Nakano
  • Patent number: 11456264
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to one embodiment, after a semiconductor wafer including a non-volatile memory, a bonding pad and an insulating film comprised of an organic material is provided, a probe needle is contacted to a surface of the bonding pad located in a second region, and a data is written to the non-volatile memory. Here, the insulating film is formed by performing a first heat treatment to the organic material. Also, after a second heat treatment is performed to the semiconductor wafer, and the non-volatile memory to which the data is written is checked, a barrier layer and a first solder material are formed on the surface of the bonding pad located in a first region by using an electroplating method. Further, a bump electrode is formed in the first region by performing a third heat treatment to the first solder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Mitsunobu Wansawa, Akira Matsumoto, Yoshinori Deguchi, Kentaro Saito
  • Patent number: 11394039
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit includes a unit cell including an electrolyte layer, and a cathode and an anode which face each other in a first direction with the electrolyte layer intervening therebetween, and one or a plurality of structural members. The electrochemical reaction unit further includes a glass seal member which contains glass and is in contact with two members facing each other in the first direction, the two members being selected from the unit cell and the one or the plurality of structural members. The glass seal member contains a plurality of crystal grains each having a ratio of a vertical dimension in the first direction to a horizontal dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of 1.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MORIMURA SOFC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Ryoji Tanimura, Kenta Eguchi, Makoto Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20220048196
    Abstract: Execution restrictions on tasks based on a state of a multifunction robot or the like are satisfied, and furthermore, the execution efficiency of the entirety of an operation is also enhanced. An information processing device includes a determination unit (35) configured to determine an execution order of a plurality of tasks including an operation for a target object, based on a transition of a state of an operation tool used in each of the tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI SATO, KAZUO HONGO
  • Patent number: 11203685
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an acrylic matte resin film with good matte appearance, high thermal stability during molding, stable production, in addition, excellent appearance design, high mechanical strength, easy handling, and applicability for various applications. Provided is an acrylic matte resin film which has a surface having a 60° surface glossiness (Gs60°) of less than 100% on at least one of the films, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the surface having the surface glossiness satisfies the following formula (1) and wherein the surface satisfying the following formula (1), comprises an acrylic resin composition (a) has a gel content of 40% by mass or more: 2.2×NGs60°(?0.97)?Ra?4.4×NGs60°(?0.97) . . . ??(1) wherein NGs indicates a value obtained by excluding % from Gs60°, which is less than 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Mizuki Anabuki
  • Publication number: 20210295540
    Abstract: A displacement of a measurement object is measured with high precision. A displacement measurement device 100 includes: an acquiring unit 110 for acquiring each of a first image including a first position and a second image including a second position, the images being captured in a first time period and a second time period, respectively; a correlating unit 120 for correlating the acquired first image and second image by using configuration information of an imaging means for capturing the first image and the second image; and a calculation unit 120 for calculating a displacement of the second position in the second time period from the first time period, the displacement being based on the first position, using the acquired first image and second image and the correlation by the correlating unit 120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20210272917
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to one embodiment, after a semiconductor wafer including a non-volatile memory, a bonding pad and an insulating film comprised of an organic material is provided, a probe needle is contacted to a surface of the bonding pad located in a second region, and a data is written to the non-volatile memory. Here, the insulating film is formed by performing a first heat treatment to the organic material. Also, after a second heat treatment is performed to the semiconductor wafer, and the non-volatile memory to which the data is written is checked, a barrier layer and a first solder material are formed on the surface of the bonding pad located in a first region by using an electroplating method. Further, a bump electrode is formed in the first region by performing a third heat treatment to the first solder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Mitsunobu WANSAWA, Akira MATSUMOTO, Yoshinori DEGUCHI, Kentaro SAITO
  • Patent number: 11081438
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve manufacturing efficiency of a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a sealing step of sealing a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring substrate. The sealing step includes a step of arranging the wiring substrate between an upper mold and a lower mold, suctioning a lower surface of the wiring substrate with the plurality of suction holes, thereby holding the wiring substrate the upper mold, and a step of sealing the semiconductor chip, an upper surface of the wiring substrate, and the plurality of side surfaces of the wiring substrate such that each of the semiconductor chip, the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and the plurality of side surfaces of the wiring substrate is covered with the resin in the lower mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Yoshinori Miyaki, Junichi Arita
  • Publication number: 20210115240
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an acrylic matte resin film with good matte appearance, high thermal stability during molding, stable production, in addition, excellent appearance design, high mechanical strength, easy handling, and applicability for various applications. Provided is an acrylic matte resin film which has a surface having a 60° surface glossiness (Gs60°) of less than 100% on at least one of the films, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the surface having the surface glossiness satisfies the following formula (1) and wherein the surface satisfying the following formula (1), comprises an acrylic resin composition (a) has a gel content of 40% by mass or more: 2.2×NGs60°(?0.97)?Ra?4.4×NGs60°(?0.97) . . . ??(1) wherein NGs indicates a value obtained by excluding % from Gs60°, which is less than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Mizuki Anabuki
  • Patent number: 10806961
    Abstract: A muscle training method includes the following steps that are repeated alternately to perform training of a muscle of a user: a pressuring and exercise step (S30, S50, S70, S90) of winding a belt around at least one of four limbs of the user and applying specific pressure thereto so as to restrict blood circulation of the muscle of the user without stopping the blood circulation, and asking the user to perform load-applied exercise to apply load of specific weight to the muscle of the user; and an exercise stopping step (S40, S60, S80, S100) of asking the user to stop the load-applied exercise while continuously applying the specific pressure to the user. The specific weight is set at a value smaller than maximum weight necessary for the user to exert maximum muscle force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KAATSU JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20200197446
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application of pluripotent stem cells (muse cells) in regeneration medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which are for amelioration and treatment of brain disorders resulting from fetal growth retardation, such as abnormal motor quality or abnormal neurological development, and which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue from a live body or cultured mesenchymal cells. It is assumed that this cell preparation is based on a mechanism where muse cells that are administered to objects having the disorders are engrafted on an impaired brain tissue, thereby ameliorating or treating the disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Life Science Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yuma KITASE, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA, Masahiro TSUJI
  • Patent number: 10665870
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit including a single cell including an electrolyte layer containing solid oxide, and a cathode and an anode which face each other in a first direction with the electrolyte layer intervening therebetween; a current collector disposed on a cathode side of the single cell and having a protrusion protruding toward the cathode; an electrically conductive coat covering a surface of the current collector; and an electrically conductive bonding layer bonding the cathode and the protrusion covered with the coat. In all sections of the protrusion taken in parallel with the first direction, a corner portion of the protrusion covered with the coat is covered with the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MORIMURA SOFC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Makoto Kuribayashi, Tomoki Murata, Takahiro Masumoto, Tomoo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200154023
    Abstract: In order to provide a technique for improving precision of location estimation using a video, a location estimation device includes: a video processing unit that executes video processing including location estimation of an imaging unit, based on a plurality of feature points extracted from a video captured by the imaging unit and composed of a plurality of frames; and an imaging control unit that determines, on the basis of video-related information acquired in the video processing on a first frame belonging to a first group out of the plurality of frames, an exposure condition of the imaging unit in a second frame belonging to a second group different from the first group out of the plurality of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Noriyoshi HIROI, Gaku NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20200098679
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve manufacturing efficiency of a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a sealing step of sealing a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring substrate. The sealing step includes a step of arranging the wiring substrate between an upper mold and a lower mold, suctioning a lower surface of the wiring substrate with the plurality of suction holes, thereby holding the wiring substrate the upper mold, and a step of sealing the semiconductor chip, an upper surface of the wiring substrate, and the plurality of side surfaces of the wiring substrate such that each of the semiconductor chip, the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and the plurality of side surfaces of the wiring substrate is covered with the resin in the lower mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yoshinori MIYAKI, Junichi ARITA
  • Publication number: 20200083545
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit includes a unit cell including an electrolyte layer, and a cathode and an anode which face each other in a first direction with the electrolyte layer intervening therebetween, and one or a plurality of structural members. The electrochemical reaction unit further includes a glass seal member which contains glass and is in contact with two members facing each other in the first direction, the two members being selected from the unit cell and the one or the plurality of structural members. The glass seal member contains a plurality of crystal grains each having a ratio of a vertical dimension in the first direction to a horizontal dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of 1.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Ryoji TANIMURA, Kenta EGUCHI, Makoto KURIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10546173
    Abstract: An acquisition unit acquires a photographed image data which is photographed by a user at a first position in a space. The photographed image includes at least any of the multiple markers. An identification unit identifies the first position, on which user have photographed an image, based on the markers included in the photographed image. An informing unit identifies second position relative to the first position identified by the identification unit, and informs the user of the second position relative to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Hiroi, Yoshiaki Sato