Patents by Inventor Yoshio Katsuki

Yoshio Katsuki 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: 20240125900
    Abstract: A road surface condition determination system includes: a ranging sensor that is installed at a predetermined position on a vehicle, emits light toward a road surface in a measurement area around the vehicle and receives reflected light of the emitted light, and measures a distance to the road surface based on a light reception state of the reflected light; and a determination unit that determines that the road surface is wet when the reflected light is not received by the ranging sensor, or when a measurement value measured by the ranging sensor is longer than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshio KATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20220355806
    Abstract: A drive control system (S) includes a measurement portion (1) configured to detect an obstacle (R) in a transportation vehicle (T), and a load collapse determination portion (4) configured to acquire an arrangement of a transportation target (C) loaded on the transportation vehicle (T) based on measurement data of the measurement portion (1) to determine a load collapse of the transportation target (C) based on a change in the arrangement over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshio KATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20220176959
    Abstract: Provided is a weight estimation system (S) including: a change amount calculation device (2) which acquires a height of a loading platform (N) before loading a vehicle and a height of the loading platform (N) after loading the vehicle and calculates an amount of change between the heights of the loading platform (N) between before and after the loading; and a loaded weight estimation device (4) which estimates a loaded weight on the basis of a correlation between the amount of change and a loaded weight stored in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshio KATSUKI
  • Patent number: 6466522
    Abstract: An indicating plate for a solar watch, comprising a color diffusion plate which, by virtue of the presence of a coloring agent, a coloring light diffusing agent, a colored translucent substrate, a pattern layer/colored thin film layer and a diffusion layer, is adapted to transmit a portion of light having a wavelength within a range capable of causing a solar cell housed under the indicating plate to generate power. The color diffusion plate is adapted to make it difficult to view the solar cell from the outside through the indicating plate and is also adapted to impart a color tone to the indicating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshioka, Katsuyuki Yamaguchi, Nobuo Ito, Yoshio Katsuki, Noriyuki Totsuka
  • Patent number: 5966344
    Abstract: A light transmitting metallic dial 50 is disposed above a cell 2 such as an EL device, a solar battery, or the like and the light transmitting type metallic dial 50 is secured by engaging an aligning portion 50b formed on the light transmitting type metallic dial 50 with an aligning portion 4b formed on a casing frame 4. In the light transmitting type metallic dial 50, light transmitting holes 50a and 51 constituting various characters, numerals, patterns, and the like are formed. Further, when the transparent plate is laminated on the light transmitting metallic dial 50, a clearance 7 is formed between the cell 2 and the transparent plate 5 using a spacer or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Umemoto, Masami Fukuda, Kenji Shimoda, Yasuo Kitajima, Isamu Kobayashi, Yoshio Katsuki, Yurie Udoh
  • Patent number: 5841738
    Abstract: A display unit structure for an electronic device is formed of a solar cell, and a display unit. The display unit includes a transparent base layer disposed on the solar cell, and a hologram layer laminated on the base layer and having a virtual mirror plane for reflecting a light with a predetermined wavelength. The virtual mirror plane of the hologram layer is inclined with respect to front and back surfaces of the hologram layer. Thus, the light with the predetermined wavelength is reflected by the hologram layer, and light other that the predetermined wavelength is transmitted to the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kamei, Yasuo Kamiyama, Masao Mafune, Yoshio Katsuki