Patents by Inventor Yoshio Sato
Yoshio 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).
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Publication number: 20240294185Abstract: In an aspect of a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, a target trajectory calculation method, and a vehicle according to the present invention, an offset amount of a coordinate value or a curvature is determined for each item of basic trajectory coordinate data on a basis of the basic trajectory coordinate data on at least a part or all of a two-dimensional coordinate value, a trajectory curvature, and a trajectory azimuth angle at coordinates arranged in ascending order of arc length from a certain position serving as an origin point, new target trajectory coordinate data is determined by adding the offset amount to each item of the basic trajectory coordinate data, and a trajectory of a vehicle is controlled on a basis of the new target trajectory coordinate data. Thus, a target trajectory with an out-in-out line can be obtained as in steering by an expert driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Yu SATO, Makoto YAMAKADO, Masato ABE, Yoshio KANO, Yusuke TANAKA
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Patent number: 12063468Abstract: [Problem] The present invention is directed to a higher-performance and higher-quality curved diaphragm speaker system without deficiency of performance for both a hearing-impaired person and a normal hearing person. [Solution] A speaker unit 10 according to the present invention includes at least a first diaphragm 1 having a corn shape, a second diaphragm 2 having a curved sheet shape, and a driver unit 3 that drives both the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm. A small diameter side 1a of the first diaphragm and one end side 2a of the second diaphragm are coupled to the driver unit. When the speaker unit is mounted in a housing 50 to be a speaker 100, a large diameter side 1b of the first diaphragm is coupled to a support plate 511 of a support member 51 that is a part of the housing, and the other end side 2b of the second diaphragm is coupled to a support leg 513 of the support member that is a part of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SOUND FUN CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Sato, Nobuhiro Miyahara, Yoshio Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240251917Abstract: A slide fastener includes a pair of left and right fastener tapes; and a pair of element rows including a plurality of fastener elements that face edge portions of the fastener tapes on sides facing each other along a length direction of the fastener tapes, and to which a slider that engages with the pair of element rows is slidably attached. The fastener element is made of a metal, a water-repellent layer made of a water-repellent agent is provided on the fastener tape, and adhesion of water to the fastener tape is prevented by the water-repellent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Ryo Maseguchi, Yoshie Nakamae, Atsushi Ogihara, Yoshio Taira, Hikaru Sato
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Patent number: 12049216Abstract: A vehicle control method is applied to a vehicle 1 in which a front wheel 2 is driven by an engine 4, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine 4, based on an operational state of the vehicle 1; a deceleration torque setting step of setting deceleration torque, based on an increase in steering angle of a steering apparatus 5 mounted on the vehicle 1; a torque generation step of controlling the engine 4 so that torque based on the basic torque and the deceleration torque is generated; and a deceleration torque changing step of changing the deceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheel 6 and an operation direction of the steering wheel 6 when the steering angle is increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, IKUTOKU GAKUENInventors: Takatoshi Tsukano, Shohei Yamada, Daisuke Umetsu, Fuminori Kato, Osamu Sunahara, Masato Abe, Makoto Yamakado, Yoshio Kano, Kazuki Sato
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Patent number: 11231133Abstract: Provided are a mechanical tube fitting for preventing bending fracture of a tube member to be joined when subjected to bending deformation, and a simple tube fitting structure including that tube fitting. In the tube fitting, a clearance between a tube member (32) to be joined and an outer pipe (12) or an inner pipe (14) which is coaxially inserted in the outer pipe (12) and gives a space between its outer surface and the inner surface of the outer pipe (12), in which space the tube member (32) is inserted, is sealed with a sealing member disposed between the outer pipe (12) and the inner pipe (14), and the above-mentioned components are fixed by caulking. The outer pipe (12) is configured to extend outwardly in its axial direction than the ends of the inner pipe (14).Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: NJT COPPER TUBE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Sato, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Koji Kanamori
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Patent number: 10786050Abstract: A female member (1) of a snap fastener includes a main body (2) made of a metal and having a cylindrical tube portion (23) and a dish-shaped portion (22), a resin spring (3) housed in the main body (2), and a surface covering member (4) crimped onto the cylindrical tube portion (23). The resin spring (3) is a resin plate that can be housed in the main body (2), and the resin plate has a slot (35, 35A, 35B, 35C) at a central portion thereof. The cylindrical tube portion (23) has a support portion for the resin spring (3), and the resin spring (3, 3A, 3B, 3C) is fixed in position by the support portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: MORITO CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya Ichikawa, Yoshio Sato, Yoshiki Nakatsuka
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Publication number: 20200265394Abstract: Payment processing techniques and management control techniques concerning improved split bills and cost sharing are provided. A method for performing adjustment of payment between a first user associated with a first information processing terminal registered in a group managed on a server and one or more second users associated with one or more second information processing terminals registered in the group includes displaying the one or more second users associated with the one or more second information processing terminals on a screen of the first information processing terminal, and selecting persons who accept payment from the displayed one or more second users, via an interface on the screen of the first information processing terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: LINE Pay CorporationInventors: Kei KUBO, Yoshio SATO, Tomohiro OKADA, Yohei FUSAYASU
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Patent number: 10661811Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit obtaining automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller causing a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller causes the display to display: an image of a manual driving device corresponding to the actuator; a manual-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a person; and an automatic-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Junichi Kimura
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Publication number: 20200149664Abstract: Provided are a mechanical tube fitting for preventing bending fracture of a tube member to be joined when subjected to bending deformation, and a simple tube fitting structure including that tube fitting. In the tube fitting, a clearance between a tube member (32) to be joined and an outer pipe (12) or an inner pipe (14) which is coaxially inserted in the outer pipe (12) and gives a space between its outer surface and the inner surface of the outer pipe (12), in which space the tube member (32) is inserted, is sealed with a sealing member disposed between the outer pipe (12) and the inner pipe (14), and the above-mentioned components are fixed by caulking. The outer pipe (12) is configured to extend outwardly in its axial direction than the ends of the inner pipe (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicants: TOYO FITTING CO., LTD., TOYOKAWA HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Yoshio SATO, Hiroyuki WAKABAYASHI, Koji KANAMORI
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Patent number: 10618528Abstract: An object is to provide a technique which enables a driver to intuitively select and determine a target object to which a vehicle is to travel. A driving assistance apparatus includes a candidate selection unit which selects a target object candidate when the candidate selection unit determines that a visual line position of a driver is included in any setting range of a plurality of target object candidates and a target object determination unit which determines the target object candidate selected by the candidate selection unit as a target object when a determination button which can be operated by the driver is operated after the candidate selection unit selects the target object candidate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Tadashi Miyahara
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Patent number: 10559284Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita
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Patent number: 10464553Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Junichi Kimura, Yoshio Sato
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Patent number: 10355668Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a Y-cut X-propagation lithium tantalate substrate having a cut angle of 20° or more and 48° or less; and a grating electrode that is composed of one or more metal films laminated on the substrate, and excites an acoustic wave, wherein when a density of each metal film in the one or more metal films is represented by ?i, a Poisson's ratio of each metal film is represented by Pi, a film thickness of each metal film is represented by hi, a density of Cu is represented by ?0, a Poisson's ratio of Cu is represented by P0 and a pitch is represented by ?, a total value of “(hi/?)×(?i/?0)×(Pi/P0)” for each metal film with respect to the one or more metal films is more than 0.08.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi Iwaki, Yoshio Sato, Tabito Tanaka, Hidetaro Nakazawa, Takashi Matsuda, Jun Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20190133263Abstract: A female member (1) of a snap fastener includes a main body (2) made of a metal and having a cylindrical tube portion (23) and a dish-shaped portion (22), a resin spring (3) housed in the main body (2), and a surface covering member (4) crimped onto the cylindrical tube portion (23). The resin spring (3) is a resin plate that can be housed in the main body (2), and the resin plate has a slot (35, 35A, 35B, 35C) at a central portion thereof. The cylindrical tube portion (23) has a support portion for the resin spring (3), and the resin spring (3, 3A, 3B, 3C) is fixed in position by the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Junya ICHIKAWA, Yoshio SATO, Yoshiki NAKATSUKA
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Publication number: 20190012988Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA
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Publication number: 20190009773Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Junichi KIMURA, Yoshio SATO
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Patent number: 10110199Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes: series resonators connected in series; and one or more parallel resonators connected in parallel, wherein at least two series resonators and a parallel resonator therebetween are divided into a first divided resonator, which includes a piezoelectric substance sandwiched between a pair of electrodes in a c-axis orientation direction, and a second divided resonator, which includes another piezoelectric substance sandwiched between another pair of electrodes so that the another pair of electrodes in the c-axis orientation direction has an electric potential opposite to that of the electrodes of the first divided resonator in the c-axis orientation direction, a first group including the first divided resonators and a second group including the second divided resonators are interconnected in parallel between two nodes, and the first divided resonators and the second divided resonators of the at least two series resonators are not electrically interconnected at the two nodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Masumi Kida, Tokihiro Nishihara, Yoshio Sato, Shinji Taniguchi, Taisei Irieda
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Patent number: 10086845Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that displays images on a first display area and a second display area of a display based on the automatic driving information. The display controller displays an image corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode on the first display area and an image corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode on the second display area.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Yohei Akashi
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Publication number: 20180244286Abstract: An object is to provide a technique which enables a driver to intuitively select and determine a target object to which a vehicle is to travel. A driving assistance apparatus includes a candidate selection unit which selects a target object candidate when the candidate selection unit determines that a visual line position of a driver is included in any setting range of a plurality of target object candidates and a target object determination unit which determines the target object candidate selected by the candidate selection unit as a target object when a determination button which can be operated by the driver is operated after the candidate selection unit selects the target object candidate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Tadashi MIYAHARA
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Publication number: 20180222491Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that displays images on a first display area and a second display area of a display based on the automatic driving information. The display controller displays an image corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode on the first display area and an image corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode on the second display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Yohei AKASHI