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).

  • Patent number: 11972710
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs display mode switching processing to switch among a first display mode to control display in such a manner that a screen area of the display is set as one display area, a second display mode to control display in such a manner that the screen area of the display is split into two display areas of a first display area and a second display area with the first display area set as a primary screen and the second display area set as a secondary screen, and a third display mode to control display in such a manner that the second display area is set as the primary screen and the first display area is set as the secondary screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Kyoko Kawamura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20240134575
    Abstract: The storage system is a storage system comprising a plurality of storage nodes each including a non-volatile storage device, a storage controller that processes data read/write to the storage device, and a volatile memory, in which the storage controller stores data related to the data write in the memory, stores data that needs to be non-volatile among the data stored in the memory as log data in the storage device, makes the log data stored in the storage device redundant among a plurality of storage nodes, and performs a recovery process for the log data when a problem occurs in the log data stored in the storage device of one of the storage nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sachie TAJIMA, Yoshinori OHIRA, Shintaro ITO, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Hiroto EBARA
  • Patent number: 11952441
    Abstract: A method for producing polytetrafluoroethylene, which includes polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene in an aqueous medium in the presence of a nucleating agent and a hydrocarbon anionic surfactant to obtain polytetrafluoroethylene. A total amount of the nucleating agent and the hydrocarbon anionic surfactant at the initiation of polymerization is more than 50 ppm based on the aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taketo Kato, Yohei Fujimoto, Kenji Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshinori Nanba, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Kengo Ito, Chiaki Okui, Masamichi Sukegawa, Taku Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20240085991
    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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masaru Nishiyama, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 11920486
    Abstract: A high-temperature component according to an embodiment is a high-temperature component which requires to be cooled by a cooling medium, and includes: a plurality of cooling passages through which the cooling medium is able to flow; and a first partition wall disposed inside each of the cooling passages to partition the cooling passage into a plurality of first branch flow passages. The first partition wall includes an oblique portion formed such that, in an upstream side region of the first partition wall, a flow-passage cross-sectional area of the cooling passage as seen in an extension direction of the cooling passage gradually decreases from an upstream side toward a downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Iida, Yoshinori Wakita, Taro Tokutake, Shuji Tanigawa, Ryuta Ito
  • Patent number: 11899851
    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: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masaru Nishiyama, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20240045510
    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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20240029606
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising: a first chassis and a second chassis connected to be rotatable relative to each other; a foldable one display provided over the first chassis and the second chassis; a memory; and a processor. The processor performs: orientation detection processing to detect an orientation of a screen area of the display; display control processing to change a display orientation in the screen area according to the orientation of the screen area detected by the orientation detection processing; connection detection processing to detect mounting of an external keyboard on a surface of the second chassis with the display provided thereon, and display mode switching processing to, when the mounting of the keyboard is detected by the connection detection processing, control a display area of the screen area to be in a preset display orientation regardless of the orientation of the screen area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Kyoko Kawamura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20230400932
    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: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masaru Nishiyama, Yuichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20230395006
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a foldable display, a memory that temporarily stores display data, and a processor that performs control when the display data is displayed on the display. The processor performs a display mode switching process of switching display modes in a predetermined order in a toggle manner each time a user performs specific input, the display modes being determined according to a combination of screen region control for controlling to display a screen region of the display as one screen region or as screen regions and a display direction control for controlling a display orientation on the screen region of the display, and a display mode restricting process of restricting display modes that are switchable in the display mode switching process among the display modes according to a usage form of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishiyama, Yoshinori Ito, Yuichi Sone
  • Patent number: 11811094
    Abstract: A wiring module includes a first housing section row, a second housing section row, and linking sections. The first housing section row includes first housing sections that are arranged in an arrangement direction and include connection bus bars therein, respectively. The second housing section row includes second housing sections that are arranged in the arrangement direction and include the connection bus bars and output bus bars therein, respectively, and is disposed away from the first housing section row with respect to a crossing direction that crosses the arrangement direction. The linking sections are disposed between the first and second housing section rows and link the first and second housing section rows. The first housing sections are connected by a first warping section that can be deformed with warping and the second housing sections are connected by a second warping section that can be deformed with warping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiji Yanagida, Hiroki Shimoda, Yoshinori Ito, Takehito Yoda
  • Patent number: 11810490
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a first chassis and a second chassis connected to be rotatable relative to each other; a foldable one display provided over the first chassis and the second chassis; a camera provided in the first chassis; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor which executes the program. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: display mode switching processing to switch between a first display mode in which display is controlled by setting a 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 two display areas of a first display area corresponding to the first chassis and a second display area corresponding to the second chassis, orientation detection processing to detect an orientation of the screen area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Kyoko Kawamura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11768651
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor which executes the program stored in the memory. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: display mode switching processing to switch between a first display mode in which display of a screen area of the display is controlled as one display area, and a second display mode in which the screen area of the display is split into two display areas of a first display area and a second display area to control the display; information holding processing to hold window information about position and size, in the screen area, of a window of each application running in the first display mode; and display control processing to display the window of the running application in the screen area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11769433
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor which executes the program stored in the memory. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: operating state switching processing to switch an operating state of a system among a first operating state, a second operating state in which processing of the system is more limited than that in the first operating state and at least the display is hidden, and a third operating state in which the processing of the system is shut down, display mode switching processing to switch between a first display mode to control display by setting a screen area of the display as one display area, and a second display mode to control display by splitting the screen area into plural display areas, and setting switching processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Kyoko Kawamura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11755072
    Abstract: An information processing device that controls a display in two or more display areas, which do not overlap one another and include at least a first display area and a second display area, is provided. The information processing device includes: a display mode switching unit that switches between: a first display mode in which the display areas are controlled as one combined display area, and a second display mode in which the display is controlled as two display areas of at least the first display area and the second display area; and a display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Tatsumi Nagasawa, Noritoshi Yoshiyama, Kyoko Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11747865
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; a processor which executes the program stored in the memory; and a sensor which detects orientation of the own information processing device. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: orientation detection processing to detect orientation of a screen area of the display based on the detection result of the sensor; and display control processing in which the screen area is split into a plurality of display areas to display display-data in each of the plurality of display areas, respectively, and display orientation of each of the plurality of display areas is changed according to a change in the orientation of the screen area without replacing pieces of display data to be displayed respectively in the plurality of display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Kyoko Kawamura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20230251875
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishiyama, Wah Tung Jimmy Wan, Kyoko Kawamura, Yoshinori Ito
  • Patent number: 11710463
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable display; a memory which temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display; and a processor which performs control when displaying the display data stored in the memory on the display. The processor performs folding angle detection processing to detect a folding angle of the display, and luminance correction processing to correct luminance of at least any one of plural areas preset inside a screen area of the display based on the folding angle detected by the folding angle detection processing and a user's viewpoint position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Masato Sugiyama, Raymond Chen
  • Patent number: 11699067
    Abstract: To allow arithmetic processing using a plurality of processing nodes to be executed with a smaller memory size, an arithmetic processing apparatus for executing processing using a hierarchical type network formed by the plurality of processing nodes, comprises: a storage unit configured to store a parameter used by each of the plurality of processing nodes for arithmetic processing and a calculation result of the arithmetic processing in each of the plurality of processing nodes; and a buffer control unit configured to switch, based on a configuration of the hierarchical type network, a buffer system of the parameter and the calculation result in the storage unit in at least one layer of the hierarchical type network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yachide, Masami Kato, Yoshinori Ito, Takahisa Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230206687
    Abstract: A facial image acquisition system 10 comprises a camera 11, a light guide plate 12, an LED 13, and a control device 20. The camera 11 is installed to photograph a person, and captures images over a specific capturing range. The light guide plate 12 is provided at a position adjacent to the capturing side of the camera 11, internally reflects light incident from a specific direction, emits the reflected light from a second surface 12c on the opposite side from a first surface 12b facing the camera 11 to perform the desired display, and is optically transmissive. The LED 13 irradiates the light guide plate 12 with light from a specific direction. The control device 20 controls the LED 13 so that light is emitted from the LED 13 according to information obtained by the camera 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru YABE, Junya FUJITA, Yoshinori ITO, Mitsunori SUGIURA