Patents by Inventor Yu Sasaki
Yu Sasaki 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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Patent number: 12366596Abstract: A fault detection circuit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of phase difference detection circuits configured to generate phase difference measurement signals having a pulse width corresponding to a magnitude of a phase difference between two of drive signals of different phases among a plurality of drive signals, a plurality of smoothing circuits configured to smooth the phase difference measurement signals, which have been associated with the smoothing circuits, respectively, in advance, and output phase difference detection voltages each having a voltage value corresponding to the magnitude of the phase difference; and an error detection circuit configured to compare the plurality of phase difference detection voltages and switch abnormality detection signals from a disabled state to an enabled state when there is the phase difference detection voltage having a voltage value exceeding a preset tolerance range.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Sasaki, Hiroyuki Iyama
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Publication number: 20250104681Abstract: An impedance conversion device includes: a first input terminal to which a first analog signal output from an electric musical instrument is input; a splitter configured to split the first analog signal into a second analog signal and a third analog signal; a first output terminal from which the second analog signal is output; an impedance conversion circuit configured to convert an impedance of the third analog signal; and a second output terminal from which an analog signal obtained by converting the impedance is output. An input impedance of the impedance conversion circuit is approximately 1 G? or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAMURA, Yoshiyuki TSUGE, Yoshiro MIYAKE, Masao NORO, Yu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20250069405Abstract: An acquisition unit configured to acquire visual recognition data from which for perceiving positions on a display screen of a display device, wherein the positions are visually recognized by a plurality of viewers and a determination unit configured to acquire a determination result indicating whether or not there is a malfunction in the display device by inputting the visual recognition data acquired by the acquisition unit to a learning-completed model that has learned conditions representing a relationship between the visual recognition data and presence or absence of a malfunction in the display device using the visual recognition data from which positions on a display screen of the display device, which are positions visually recognized by a plurality of viewers, can be perceived and data representing whether or not there is a malfunction in the display device are included.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventor: Yu SASAKI
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Patent number: 12213821Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus of an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects X-rays radiated from an X-ray tube in units of photons. The processing circuitry stores first energy spectrum information acquired by detecting X-rays at a first timing. The processing circuitry acquires second energy spectrum information by detecting X-rays at a second timing after the first timing. The processing circuitry determines a state of the X-ray tube on the basis of the first energy spectrum information and the second energy spectrum information.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yu Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240294007Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveying belt and a control portion. The conveying belt includes a flushing area formed with an opening. During sheet conveyance, the control portion causes a recording head to perform flushing processing in which ink is discharged toward the opening of the flushing area not overlapping with the sheet. The control portion causes the recording head to perform, before discharging the ink, meniscus oscillation processing in which a meniscus of ink in each nozzle of the recording head is caused to oscillate. When causing the nozzle to perform the meniscus oscillation processing before the flushing processing, the control portion sets a number of oscillations of the meniscus oscillation processing based on an amount of time that has elapsed before the flushing processing to be performed this time since the flushing processing performed last time by the nozzle that performs the meniscus oscillation processing this time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Yu Sasaki, Yoshiya Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20240239193Abstract: An information provision device includes an information display screen configures to display information to be provided to a driver of a vehicle and a control device configured to control displayed content of the information display screen. The control device detects a positional relationship of the vehicle and an object present in a rear region of the same based on surrounding data showing a situation in the surroundings of the vehicle, detects a line-of-sight direction of the driver based on driver data showing the state of the driver, and displays rear region information including the positional relationship at the information display screen in response to detecting that the driver is viewing a rear check device for checking the rear of the vehicle based on the line-of-sight direction of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yu SASAKI, Kazunao YOKOO
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Publication number: 20240220302Abstract: A resource management device includes a processor configured to determine allocation of a resource of first hardware to sequential processes so that the sum of an absolute value of a difference between an output timing of at least one predetermined-number process among the sequential processes for the case where the first hardware executes the sequential processes and an output timing of the predetermined-number process for the case where second hardware that underperforms the first hardware executes the sequential processes is within a predetermined tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi SHIRAISHI, Yu SASAKI, Kazunao YOKOO
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Publication number: 20240151760Abstract: A fault detection circuit according to the present disclosure includes a rectangular pulse comparison circuit configured to generate, for each combination of the pulse width modulated signals, detection signals each indicating a difference component between pulse widths of two pulse width modulated signals having phases adjacent to each other, and a fault diagnosis unit configured to detect a fault in an inverter based on a shift in a combination of logic levels of a plurality of the detection signals output by the rectangular pulse comparison circuit from a preset determination value. The fault diagnosis unit uses the determination value that is different for each motor rotation angle assuming in advance that two alternating-current signals having phases adjacent to each other among the three-phase alternating-current signals have the same voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki IYAMA, Yu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240151755Abstract: A fault detection circuit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of phase difference detection circuits configured to generate phase difference measurement signals having a pulse width corresponding to a magnitude of a phase difference between two of drive signals of different phases among a plurality of drive signals, a plurality of smoothing circuits configured to smooth the phase difference measurement signals, which have been associated with the smoothing circuits, respectively, in advance, and output phase difference detection voltages each having a voltage value corresponding to the magnitude of the phase difference; and an error detection circuit configured to compare the plurality of phase difference detection voltages and switch abnormality detection signals from a disabled state to an enabled state when there is the phase difference detection voltage having a voltage value exceeding a preset tolerance range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu SASAKI, Hiroyuki IYAMA
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Patent number: 11732862Abstract: An indicator lamp of the present invention includes a lamp body, a light source unit disposed inside the lamp body, and a light transmissive resin member disposed at a position for transmitting light that is emitted from the light source unit and for outputting the light from the lamp body. The light source unit emits red light having a maximum value of light intensity at a wavelength of 600 nm or longer and 700 nm or shorter. The light transmissive resin member has an L* value of 35 or less, a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 675 nm of 90% or greater and a total light transmittance of 5% or greater in the state in which an optical path length of transmitting light is 2 mm. This configuration provides an indicator lamp with excellent design that shows its presence by showing a red chromatic tone when a light source is turned on and that shows a black color tone when the light source is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Sasaki, Tatsuomi Nakayama, Yusuke Hirata, Takao Marutani, Tadayoshi Sawada
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Publication number: 20230260491Abstract: A percussion instrument motion reproduction device includes a percussion instrument. The percussion instrument includes a vibration portion. The percussion instrument motion reproduction device includes a first driving portion. The first driving portion of the percussion instrument motion reproduction device is configured to visually displace the vibration portion in response to an electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Yoshiyuki TSUGE, Yoshihiro NAKAMURA, Yu SASAKI, Ryo HAMAOKA, Naoki TORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20230255578Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus of an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects X-rays radiated from an X-ray tube in units of photons. The processing circuitry stores first energy spectrum information acquired by detecting X-rays at a first timing. The processing circuitry acquires second energy spectrum information by detecting X-rays at a second timing after the first timing. The processing circuitry determines a state of the X-ray tube on the basis of the first energy spectrum information and the second energy spectrum information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230252965Abstract: A percussion instrument driving device includes an actuator and an actuator mount. The actuator includes an actuator surface configured to vibrate in response to an electrical signal to vibrate a vibration surface of a percussion instrument from outside of the percussion instrument. The actuator mount is disposed outside the percussion instrument having a vibration surface. The actuator mount is configured to mount the actuator to the percussion instrument from outside of the percussion instrument, with the actuator surface facing the vibration surface and spaced from the vibration surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Yoshiyuki TSUGE, Yu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230212446Abstract: Please replace the Abstract of the application as filed with the following replacement A coolant composition containing the following substances: a) an alcohol; b) water; c1) a triazole compound; c2) an imidazole compound; d) a phosphate ion; and e) a metasilicate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuya Kusano, Masao Watanabe, Taiki Nakamura, Takumi Otsubo, Yoichiro Yoshii, Nobukazu Takagi, Yu Sasaki
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Publication number: 20230012651Abstract: A developing device includes a developing container, a first stirring conveyance member, a second stirring conveyance member, and a developer carrying member. The developing container includes a first conveyance chamber and a second conveyance chamber that are arranged mutually side by side, and contains a two-component developer including a carrier and a toner. The first stirring conveyance member stirs and conveys the developer present in the first conveyance chamber in a first direction. The second stirring conveyance member stirs and conveys the developer present in the second conveyance chamber in a second direction. The developing container includes a toner replenishment portion that directly feeds a replenishment toner into the developer present in the first conveyance chamber from an upstream side of the first conveyance chamber with respect to the first direction. The carrier satisfies 0.73?FR×AD/shape factor?2.10.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220364704Abstract: An indicator lamp of the present invention includes a lamp body, a light source unit disposed inside the lamp body, and a light transmissive resin member disposed at a position for transmitting light that is emitted from the light source unit and for outputting the light from the lamp body. The light source unit emits red light having a maximum value of light intensity at a wavelength of 600 nm or longer and 700 nm or shorter. The light transmissive resin member has an L* value of 35 or less, a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 675 nm of 90% or greater and a total light transmittance of 5% or greater in the state in which an optical path length of transmitting light is 2 mm. This configuration provides an indicator lamp with excellent design that shows its presence by showing a red chromatic tone when a light source is turned on and that shows a black color tone when the light source is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yu SASAKI, Tatsuomi NAKAYAMA, Yusuke HIRATA, Takao MARUTANI, Tadayoshi SAWADA
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Patent number: 11407452Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body structure member molded by a die. The vehicle body structure member includes a general portion constituting a main part of the vehicle body structure member, ribs provided in a standing manner from the general portion, and thickened portions provided in a standing manner from the general portion, each of the thickened portions being thicker than each of the ribs.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Soshiro Murata, Ayaka Kagami, Takashi Sagisaka, Yu Sasaki, Shinichi Arimoto, Koh Hirokawa
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Patent number: 11388807Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire set tube current waveform, and specify, based on the set tube current waveform, a period of a first tube current and a period of a second tube current lower than the first tube current. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a waveform of a grid voltage such that a first grid voltage is applied during a period corresponding to the period of the first tube current and a second grid voltage, which is higher than the first grid voltage, is applied during a period corresponding to the period of the second tube current.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yu Sasaki
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Patent number: 11358645Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body structure member molded by a die. The vehicle body structure member includes a general portion constituting a main part of the vehicle body structure member, and ribs provided in a standing manner from the general portion and extended along the input direction of a collision load.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Soshiro Murata, Ayaka Kagami, Takashi Sagisaka, Yu Sasaki, Shinichi Arimoto, Koh Hirokawa
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Publication number: 20220036323Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method uses a processor of a device of an expiring virtual currency (EVC) wallet user. An EVC transaction is retrieved that is associated with a blockchain and addressed to an address associated with the EVC wallet. The EVC transaction comprises an expiration date for the EVCs, as part of virtual currency user rules (VCURs). If the expiration date of the EVCs has passed, the method automatically, and without user intervention, transfers the EVCs to a transferee designated in the VCURs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Yu Sasaki, GOYA SAKURADA, HIROSHIGE TAKEUCHI, MASATO TAKAI, MIKIO KURIHARA