Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Ito

Yoshinori Ito 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: 20250110842
    Abstract: A computer system includes a primary site having a primary volume, and having an instance that performs data processing related to input/output data, and a secondary site having a secondary volume, and having an instance. Remote copy is set up between the primary and secondary volumes, and the instance of the primary site transfers data input to or outputted from the primary volume to the secondary site, while the instance of the secondary site stores the transferred data in the secondary volume. The computer system further includes a specifications changing section that changes specifications of the instance of the secondary site when a failover switching process of switching a performer of the data processing from the primary to secondary site is performed, or when a failback switching process of switching the performer of the data processing from the secondary to primary site after the failover switching process is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto EBARA, Yoshinori OHIRA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Shintaro ITO, Sachie TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20250092242
    Abstract: A composition including a polytetrafluoroethylene and a polymer (I) containing a polymerization unit (I) based on a monomer represented by the following general formula (I), the composition having a standard specific gravity of 2.200 or less: CX1X3=CX2R(—CZ1Z2-A0)m??(I) wherein X1 and X3 are each independently F, Cl, H, or CF3; A0 is an anionic group; X2 is H, F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; R is a linking group; Z1 and Z2 are each independently H, F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; and m is an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori NANBA, Kenji Ichikawa, Yohei Fujimoto, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Hiroyuki Sato, Taketo Kato, Kengo Ito, Taku Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20250094059
    Abstract: A storage system having high performance and high reliability includes a non-volatile storage device, a storage controller configured to control data to be read and written from and to the storage device using a storage function; and a volatile memory. In the reading and writing, the storage controller generates a log and stores the log in a log memory, writes the log stored in the memory to the storage device, and collects a capacity of the storage area of the memory storing the log written to the storage device. In collecting a free area of the memory, the storage controller executes a base image saving method of writing in the storage device in units of storage areas having a plurality of logs and collecting a free area, and a garbage collection method of writing in the storage device in units of logs and collecting a free area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Shintaro ITO, Yoshinori OHIRA, Hiroto EBARA
  • Publication number: 20250077059
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: one display; a memory which stores a program of an application; and a processor which executes the program of the application stored in the memory to perform control to display a window of the application on the display. The processor performs: display mode switching processing to control switching between a first display mode in which display is controlled using an entire screen area of the one display as one display area, and a second display mode in which display is controlled by splitting the screen area of the one display into multiple display areas, and display control processing in which, when an operation is performed to maximize and display a window being displayed across a boundary between at least two display areas among the multiple display areas in the second display mode, the processor maximizes and displays the operated window in any display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ito
  • Patent number: 12230057
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction unit configured to subject an input image to first extraction processing to extract a first feature quantity, a second extraction unit configured to subject the input image to second extraction processing having a lower throughput than the first extraction processing to extract a second feature quantity, a comparison unit configured to compare the first feature quantity with the second feature quantity and then output a comparison result, and an update unit configured to update parameters to be used for the second extraction processing by the second extraction unit, based on the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahisa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Sato, Atsuo Nomoto, Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20250053365
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, controls switching between a first display mode in which display is controlled using the entire screen area of the display as one display area, and a second display mode in which display is controlled by splitting the screen area of the display into multiple display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode, one window among windows of applications running in the first display mode is displayed in a first display area among the multiple display areas, and it is controlled whether or not to display, in a second display area except the first display area among the multiple display areas, thumbnail images corresponding to windows except the one window among the windows in the first window mode based on the number of display areas in the second display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20250053297
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus controls switching between a first display mode to control display using the entire screen area of a display as one display area, and a second display mode to control display by splitting the screen area of the display into multiple display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode, one window among windows of applications running in the first display mode is displayed in a first display area among the display areas, and thumbnail images corresponding to windows except the one window among the windows in the first display mode are displayed in a second display area among the display areas, and due to the fact that a predetermined operation by a user is detected, the thumbnail images are displayed in a display area specified by the predetermined operation among the display areas inside the screen area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20250045074
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display; a memory which stores a program of an application; and a processor which executes the program of the application stored in the memory to perform control to display a window of the application on the display. The processor performs display mode switching processing to control switching between a first display mode in which display is controlled using an entire screen area of the display as one display area, and a second display mode in which display is controlled by splitting the screen area of the display into multiple display areas, and display control processing to display thumbnail images corresponding to at least some of windows of running applications in any one of the multiple display areas with a window hidden therefrom due to a fact that the window being displayed in the display area in the second display mode is hidden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20250036342
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle is provided. The display control device includes a processor configured to display a primary plan on a first display and a secondary plan on a second display. The primary plan is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, and the secondary plan is to be performed subsequently to the primary plan. The first display may be provided on an upper side of the second display. The first display may be a head-up display, and the second display may be a meter panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori YAMADA, Masaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20250028463
    Abstract: A storage system includes: a plurality of storage nodes each including a processor; and a storage apparatus, in which the processor includes a plurality of processor cores and executes a plurality of programs for processing data input/output to/from the storage apparatus by using the processor cores, provides a volume that is a logical storage area, and adjusts the number of processor cores to be allocated to each of the plurality of programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuaki NUKATA, Shintaro ITO, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Yoshinori OHIRA
  • Patent number: 12202271
    Abstract: There is provides liquid discharging apparatus including: head having nozzle; reservoir configured to store the liquid such that liquid surface is positioned higher than opening of the nozzle in a state that the reservoir stores the liquid of maximum storable amount; and atmosphere port connecting gas layer and outside of the reservoir. Inner diameter d of the nozzle and head difference h satisfy expression of ?hd/? cos ??4/g, provided that p is specific weight of the liquid, ? is surface tension of the liquid, ? is contact angle of the liquid in the nozzle and g is gravitational acceleration, the head difference h being difference in height between meniscus in the opening of the nozzle and the liquid surface in the state that the reservoir stores the liquid of the maximum storable amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumio Nakazawa, Yoshinori Osakabe, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Yuji Koga, Naoya Okazaki, Akira Iriguchi, Shingo Ito, Toshio Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20250017248
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for improving the milk flavor of food and/or beverage having a milk flavor, and to improve the milk flavor of food and/or beverage having a milk flavor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanji AOYAGI, Yoshinori SEKIGUCHI, Daisuke ISAKA, Tomoya ITO, Yoriko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20250013362
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores a program of an application; a display; and a processor which executes the program of the application stored in the memory to perform control to display a window of the application on the display. The processor performs: mounting detection processing to detect mounting of an external keyboard on a predetermined screen area within a screen area of the display, and display control processing to control switching among a first display mode in which display is controlled using an entire screen area of the display as one display area, a second display mode in which the display is controlled by splitting the screen area of the display into two or more display areas, and a third display mode in which, when the mounting of the keyboard is detected by the mounting detection processing, the display is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 12182589
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory that temporarily stores a program of operating system (OS); and a processor capable of supplying imaging data captured by an imaging unit based on the program of OS to only one of applications running on the OS, and of performing image processing on the imaging data based on an image processing program running on the OS. The processor is configured to when the imaging data is supplied to a first application, pass setting parameters used for the image processing from a second application other than the first application to the image processing via a registry of the OS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishiyama, Wah Tung Jimmy Wan, Kyoko Kawamura, Yoshinori Ito
  • Patent number: 12129891
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered bearing formed mainly of an iron structure (33) and a copper structure (31) which are formed of a partially diffusion-alloyed powder (11) of an iron powder (12) and a copper powder (13). The sintered bearing includes a copper structure (31d) formed of a granular elemental copper powder (13?) having a grain diameter of 45 ?m or less, the ratio of the copper structure (31d) being 10 mass % or less. With this, a further increase in strength of the sintered bearing can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Yamashita, Yoshinori Ito, Daisuke Takeda, Yuta Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240345310
    Abstract: A light guide plate unit includes: a first light guide plate (11) that is a light guide plate having a glass layer, and has the glass layer on a light exit surface of a light guide plate body (D); a light source (14), located on a side surface of the first light guide plate (11) and supplying light into the light guide plate body (D); and a housing (30). The housing (30) has an opening (32a). The first light guide plate (11) is disposed, so that the side of the glass layer faces the opening (32a) of the frame (32) to block the opening (32a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro ONO, Junya FUJITA, Yoshinori ITO
  • Patent number: 12099664
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a first display mode in which the entire screen region of a display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and a second display mode in which a partial screen region excluding the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and performs a placement detection process of detecting placement of an external keyboard on the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display, a communication control process of performing a communicative connection with the keyboard, and a display mode control process of controlling switching between the first display mode and the second display mode on the basis of the placement detection process and the communication control process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masaru Nishiyama, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 12093469
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes one foldable display having a first display mode in which the entire screen region is displayed and a second display mode in which a partial screen region excluding a predetermined screen region is displayed; determines whether an external keyboard is placed on the predetermined screen region; controls, in a first operation state, a first display mode where the keyboard is not placed and a second display mode where the keyboard is placed; and when a state is switched from the first operation state to a second operation state in which processing executed by the system is restricted more than in the first operation state, selects and controls a display mode when a next state is switched from the second operation state to the first operation state, and a previous display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20240282230
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a memory that stores display data to be displayed on the display, and a processor that controls the stored display data. The processor is configured to switch the display between a first display mode in which an entire screen area of the display is used as a display area and a second display mode in which the entire screen area is divided into a plurality of areas, to select a screen on which any display mode of the first display mode and the second display mode is selectable by an operation of a user, and to control the selection screen to be hidden after a predetermined time elapses since the operation of the user to select the display mode is performed on the selection screen, and to change a setting of the predetermined time based on a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sone, Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20240257684
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus switches between a first display mode for one display area and a second display mode for first and second display areas, and when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode is performed, displays a first window having a highest display priority of applications being executed in the first display mode, in the first display area and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to a second window other than the first window, in the second display area. In addition, in a case in which all the windows of the applications being executed are hidden in the first display mode before the switching to the second display mode, the information processing apparatus displays the window of any of the applications being executed, in the first display area when the switching to the second display mode is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone