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: 20180182700
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which provides improved reliability. The semiconductor device includes: a wiring substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a chip condenser built in the wiring substrate, having a first electrode and a second electrode; a first terminal and a second terminal disposed on the first surface; and a third terminal disposed on the second surface. The semiconductor device further includes: a first conduction path for coupling the first terminal and the third terminal; a second conduction path for coupling the first terminal and the first electrode; a third conduction path for coupling the third terminal and the first electrode; and a fourth conduction path for coupling the second terminal and the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Shuuichi Kariyazaki, Kazuyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9997797
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit which includes a unit cell including an electrolyte layer, a cathode, and an anode facing each other in a first direction; a current collector disposed on a cathode side of the unit cell; and an electrically conductive porous bonding layer. A bonding region contains a block portion and an electrical conductivity securing portion. The block portion has a pore having a diameter that is 20% or more than the thickness of the bonding region in the first direction. The block portion extends inward from one of opposite ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of the bonding region, and reaches and contains the pore satisfying the pore requirement. The electrical conductivity securing portion is located toward the other end of the bonding region and has a smaller average diameter of pores than the block portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Makoto Kuribayashi, Tomoki Murata, Takahiro Masumoto, Tomo-o Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180120106
    Abstract: An identification unit obtains a plurality of photographic images including two or more markers. The makers are placed on a different object, respectively. The identification unit identifies, from the plurality of photographic images thus obtained, three-dimensional positions of the two or more markers. A generating unit transforms coordinate system of the plurality of photographic images into a common coordinate system. Relative positions of the two or more markers based on a specific location are indicated in the common coordinate system. The generating unit generates map data which associates the positions of the two or more markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20180123143
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit containing 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 at least one section of the protrusion taken in parallel with the first direction, the protrusion covered with the coat has a covered portion covered with the bonding layer and an exposed portion exposed from the bonding layer and including a corner portion of the protrusion covered with the coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Makoto KURIBAYASHI, Tomoki MURATA, Takahiro MASUMOTO, Tomoo TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9948071
    Abstract: An ionizer, including: an ionizing electrode for ionizing air and having a longitudinal first direction; and a cleaning member including a plurality of spaced apart bundles of bristles for cleaning the ionizing electrode when the cleaning member comes into contact with the ionizing electrode, each bundle of bristles in the plurality of spaced apart bundles of bristles being offset relative to the other bundles of bristles in the plurality of spaced apart bundles of bristles along the first direction and along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Desco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Qinfei Chen, Chee Ming Ng, Kam Poi Chia, John Zenon G Vallinan, Yoshiaki Sato, Siarhei V. Savich
  • Publication number: 20180076468
    Abstract: An object is to effectively restrain Cr diffusion from a corner portion of a protrusion of a cathode-side current collector. The electrochemical reaction unit includes 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Makoto KURIBAYASHI, Tomoki MURATA, Takahiro MASUMOTO, Tomoo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180068158
    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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Yoshiaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20180024150
    Abstract: Cholesterol and desmosterol levels, and the ratio of these levels can be used as a blood biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, or dementia with Lewy bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi IKEUCHI, Ryozo KUWANO, Yoshiaki SATO, Francois BERNIER
  • Publication number: 20170363839
    Abstract: Provided is a lens drive device that, using drive force from a voice coil motor, automatically carries out focusing by moving an autofocus movable unit with respect to an autofocus fixed unit in the direction of an optical axis. The lens drive unit is provided with a position detection unit that is disposed with an intervening space on the image formation side of the autofocus movable unit in the direction of the optical axis and that is for emitting light toward the autofocus movable unit, receiving reflected light that has been reflected by the autofocus movable unit, and detecting the position of the autofocus movable unit in the direction of the optical axis on the basis of the received light intensity. Part of the member displaced along with the autofocus movable unit functions as a reflective plate for reflecting light emitted from the position detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Tomohiko OSAKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, Toshihiko HONMA
  • Patent number: 9775619
    Abstract: Provided are a method for strengthening blood vessels with extreme ease and a compression and decompression control system used for performing the method. A compression and decompression control system 1 includes a band adapted to be placed around a particular part of a limb of a user and to apply a compression force to the particular part and a controller for controlling the compression force applied to the particular part with the band. The controller controls the compression force applied with the band in a manner that a compression operation applying a predetermined compression force to the particular part and a decompression operation completely removing the compression force applied to the particular part by the compression operation are alternately repeated. Repetition of the compression operation and the decompression operation allows the vascular endothelial cells of blood vessels of the user to generate a larger amount of nitric oxide, thereby strengthening the blood vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KAATSU JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170256837
    Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes a pair of signal lines, an insulation covering the pair of signal lines, and a shielding tape that includes a conductor layer and an insulation layer formed on one surface of the conductor layer and is helically wound around the insulation. The diameter of the signal line is thinner than at least 30 AWG (American Wire Gauge), and differential characteristic impedance is not less than 80? and not more than 120?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISHIKAWA, Takahiro SUGIYAMA, Mitsugu TAKAHASHI, Yoshiaki SATO
  • Patent number: 9712693
    Abstract: Provided is an information provision apparatus (10) including: a feature quantity storage unit (11) in which a feature quantity of print content that is printed on a printed material is stored; a relevant information storage unit (12) in which relevant information that is associated with the print content is stored; a captured image obtainment unit (13) that obtains a captured image that is captured by an imaging unit; a specification unit (14) that specifies the print content that is included in the captured image by using the feature quantity of the print content that is stored in the feature quantity storage unit (11); and a relevant information output unit (15) that obtains from the relevant information storage unit (12) the relevant information that is associated with the print content that is specified by the specification unit (14) and outputs the obtained relevant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20170178985
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip and a package structure mounted on a wiring substrate, and a lid for covering the semiconductor chip, which is fixed to the surface of the wiring substrate, without overlapping with the package structure in plan view. The lid includes an upper surface portion overlapping with the semiconductor chip, a flange portion fixed to the surface of the wiring substrate, and a slant portion for jointing the upper surface portion and the flange portion. Then, a distance from the surface of the wiring substrate to the top surface of the upper surface portion is larger than a distance from the surface of the wiring substrate to the top surface of the flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yosuke KATSURA
  • Publication number: 20170146620
    Abstract: Provided is a technique that enables accurate SAR management using power consumption by an object (Pobject) that was calculated based on accurately acquired Q-factors. For this purpose, the present invention calculates Q-factors of each channel of a high-frequency antenna using measurement results of amplitudes of forward waves and reflected waves of each high-frequency signal between three or more different frequencies. An existing SAR monitor in an MRI apparatus is used for the amplitude measurement. Also, the Q-factors are calculated based on a circuit coefficient to be acquired by fitting the measurement results to a predetermined circuit model. Then, the power consumption by an object (Pobject) is calculated using the calculated Q-factors in order to manage the SAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Hideta HABARA, Yoshihisa SOUTOME, Masahiro TAKIZAWA, Yoshiaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20170063160
    Abstract: This contactless power transmission system is equipped with a plurality of power-transmitting devices and a power-receiving device. The plurality of power-transmitting devices each have a primary-side coil into which AC power is inputted. The power-receiving device has a secondary-side coil capable of receiving AC power in a contactless manner from one of the primary-side coils of the plurality of power-transmitting devices. The power-receiving device is provided with a holding unit for holding the primary-side coils, and an identification unit. The identification unit identifies the target coil among the plurality of primary-side coils held by the holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Yoshiaki SATO
  • Patent number: 9581604
    Abstract: Desmosterol alone, the combination of desmosterol and amyloid beta, the combination of desmosterol and gelsolin and the combination of desmosterol, amyloid beta and gelsolin can be used as in-blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. A method for evaluating the effect of a candidate for a therapeutic agent to treat Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment, a method for aiding the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment, and a method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment are provided in which the biomarkers are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Ken Aoshima, Francois Bernier
  • Patent number: 9545536
    Abstract: To provide a training apparatus for effective and safe performance of KAATSU training. A training apparatus is made up of a tight fitting band 100, a main device 200, a measuring segment 300, and a control segment 400. The tight fitting band 100 is wrapped around a predetermined region of a limb. The tight fitting band 100 has an air-tight inflatable bag. The compression force applied to the limb can be varied by supplying the air to and removing the air from the inflatable bag. The main device 200 controls the supply and removal of the air into and from the inflatable bag. The measuring segment 300 is attached to the limb around which the tight fitting band 100 is wrapped to measure the magnitude of a pulse wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SATO SPORTS PLAZA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Sato
  • Patent number: 9544556
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Hiroi, Nobuaki Takanashi, Yoshiaki Sato, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takafumi Kurokawa, Kenji Akiyoshi, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20160372758
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit which includes a unit cell including an electrolyte layer, a cathode, and an anode facing each other in a first direction; a current collector disposed on a cathode side of the unit cell; and an electrically conductive porous bonding layer. A bonding region contains a block portion and an electrical conductivity securing portion. The block portion has a pore having a diameter that is 20% or more than the thickness of the bonding region in the first direction. The block portion extends inward from one of opposite ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of the bonding region, and reaches and contains the pore satisfying the pore requirement. The electrical conductivity securing portion is located toward the other end of the bonding region and has a smaller average diameter of pores than the block portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Makoto KURIBAYASHI, Tomoki MURATA, Takahiro MASUMOTO, Tomo-o TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160317864
    Abstract: Provided is a method that is capable of strengthening muscles very effectively. The method is a muscle training method including: asking a user to perform underwater exercise while winding a belt around at least one of four limbs of the user and applying specific pressure to restrict blood circulation at a muscle of the user without stopping the blood circulation. The blood circulation of the muscle of the user is appropriately restricted so as to produce growth hormones more and additionally a load can be given effectively from motion less than on the ground, and from the synergic action of them, muscles can be strengthened very easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshiaki SATO