Patents by Inventor Yu Sato
Yu 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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Patent number: 11972990Abstract: A unit includes a wiring board having a first face having a mounting portion on which an electronic device is mounted, a second face opposite to the first face, and end faces continuous with the first face and the second face, a resin member provided to cover the end faces and to have protrusions protruding upward from the end faces to face each other across a space above the mounting portion, and an insulating film covering the second face, wherein at least a part of an edge of the insulating film is provided away from an end of the second face on the end face side.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Nozu, Yu Aoki, Hirotaka Sekiguchi, Koji Sato, Koji Tsuduki
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Patent number: 11947070Abstract: A housing device (20) includes a housing portion (22), a light source (200), and an optical sensor (300). The housing portion (22) includes a holding body (100). An article is housed in the housing portion (22). The holding body (100) extends in one direction. The light source (200) is attached to the holding body (100) along the one direction. The light source (200) applies light toward at least a part of a space (S) located on a side of the holding body (100) with respect to the one direction of the holding body (100), a front of the space (S), and a back of the space (S). The optical sensor (300) is attached to the holding body (100). At least a part of a visual field of the optical sensor (300) faces in at least a part of the space (S), the front of the space (S), and the back of the space (S).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Soma Shiraishi, Katsumi Kikuchi, Takami Sato, Yu Nabeto
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Patent number: 11941858Abstract: An object recognition device (10) includes a holding body (100), a light source (200), and an optical sensor (300). The holding body (100) extends in one direction. The light source (200) is attached to the holding body (100) along the one direction. The light source (200) applies light toward at least a part of a space (S) located on a side of the holding body (100) with respect to the one direction of the holding body (100), a front of the space (S), and a back of the space (S). The optical sensor (300) is attached to the holding body (100). At least a part of a visual field of the optical sensor (300) faces in at least a part of the space (S), the front of the space (S), and the back of the space (S).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Soma Shiraishi, Katsumi Kikuchi, Takami Sato, Yu Nabeto
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Patent number: 11935373Abstract: An image acquisition unit (11) acquires a recognition processing image. A recognition unit (12) recognizes a product in the recognition processing image based on an estimation model. A registration unit (13) registers a result of the recognition in recognized product information. An output unit (14) outputs a result of the recognition. A correction reception unit (16) receives an input for correcting a result of the recognition. A correction unit (17) changes a result of the recognition to a result of the recognition after a correction, and also stores correction information in which a result of the recognition after a correction and the recognition processing image are associated with each other. A learning unit (18) performs relearning by using the recognition processing image stored as the correction information and updates the estimation model, when a number of the recognition processing image stored exceeds a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Nabeto, Soma Shiraishi, Takami Sato, Katsumi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20230084014Abstract: A soft water- and oil-repellent comprising, as an active ingredient, a copolymer of a perfluoropolyether alcohol (meth)acrylic acid derivative represented by the general formula: CH2?CR1COOCH2CF(CF3)[OCF2CF(CF3)]nOC3F7??[I] (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 20), and a (meth)acrylic acid ester represented by the general formula: CH2?CR1COOR2??[II] (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 is an alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group) and having a glass transition temperature Tg of 51 to 120° C. The soft water- and oil-repellent gives a coating film formed from a coating agent which closely follows the deformation of rubber or resin, and exhibits water- and oil-repellency.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: UNIMATEC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu SATO, Tetsushi KIJIMA, Yoshiyama KANEUMI
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Patent number: 11497267Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for full body measurements extraction using a mobile device camera.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Bodygram, Inc.Inventors: Chong Jin Koh, Yu Sato
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Publication number: 20210235802Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for full body measurements extraction using a mobile device camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Chong Jin Koh, Yu Sato
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Patent number: 10962404Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for body weight prediction from one or more images. The method includes the steps of receiving one or more subject parameters; receiving one or more images containing a subject; identifying one or more annotation key points for one or more body features underneath a clothing of the subject from the one or more images utilizing one or more annotation deep-learning networks; calculating one or more geometric features of the subject based on the one or more annotation key points; and generating a prediction of the body weight of the subject utilizing a weight machine-learning module based on the one or more geometric features of the subject and the one or more subject parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Bodygram, Inc.Inventors: Kyohei Kamiyama, Chong Jin Koh, Yu Sato
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Publication number: 20200319015Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for body weight prediction from one or more images. The method includes the steps of receiving one or more subject parameters; receiving one or more images containing a subject; identifying one or more annotation key points for one or more body features underneath a clothing of the subject from the one or more images utilizing one or more annotation deep-learning networks; calculating one or more geometric features of the subject based on the one or more annotation key points; and generating a prediction of the body weight of the subject utilizing a weight machine-learning module based on the one or more geometric features of the subject and the one or more subject parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Kyohei Kamiyama, Chong Jin Koh, Yu Sato
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Patent number: 10321728Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for full body measurements extraction using a mobile device camera. The method includes the steps of receiving one or more user parameters from a user device; receiving at least one image from the user device, the at least one image containing the human and a background; performing body segmentation on the at least one image to extract one or more body features associated with the human from the background using a segmentation deep-learning network; generating annotation lines on the extracted body features using an annotation deep-learning network; generating body feature measurements of the one or more annotated body features utilizing a machine-learning module based on the annotated body features and the one or more user parameters; and generating body size measurements by aggregating the body feature measurements for each extracted body feature. In one embodiment, the deep-learning algorithms are trained on manually-annotated human body size measurements.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Bodygram, Inc.Inventors: Chong Jin Koh, Yu Sato
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Patent number: 9437702Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic component manufacturing method, capable of suppressing reduction in a trench opening and suppressing diffusion of a metal film embedded in a trench. An embodiment of the present invention is an electronic component manufacturing method, including the steps of: forming a first electrode constituting layer (e.g., a TiAl film) in a recess (e.g., a trench) formed in a workpiece; forming an ultrathin barrier layer (e.g., a TiAlN film) by forming a nitride layer by plasma-nitriding a surface of the first electrode constituting layer; and forming a second electrode constituting layer (e.g., an Al wiring layer) on the ultrathin barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Matsuo, Yohsuke Shibuya, Naomu Kitano, Eitaroh Morimoto, Koji Yamazaki, Yu Sato, Takuya Seino
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Patent number: 8967424Abstract: A sealing structure of a fuel tank includes: a hollow circular cylinder part, having an inner circumferential part, formed near opening of the fuel tank to extend outward; a cap body having a hollow cylindrical part inserted into the inner circumferential part to face the inner circumferential part; and a seal member disposed between the inner circumferential part and the hollow cylindrical part. A protruding part is provided on an outer circumferential side of the hollow circular cylinder part of the fuel tank. A locking part formed on an outer circumferential part of the cap body and the protruding parts are fixed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Isayama, Hiroshi Kitamura, Kotaro Tanaka, Yu Sato, Yusuke Miura
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Publication number: 20140319676Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic component manufacturing method, capable of suppressing reduction in a trench opening and suppressing diffusion of a metal film embedded in a trench. An embodiment of the present invention is an electronic component manufacturing method, including the steps of: forming a first electrode constituting layer (e.g., a TiAl film) in a recess (e.g., a trench) formed in a workpiece; forming an ultrathin barrier layer (e.g., a TiAlN film) by forming a nitride layer by plasma-nitriding a surface of the first electrode constituting layer; and forming a second electrode constituting layer (e.g., an Al wiring layer) on the ultrathin barrier layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Akira MATSUO, Yohsuke SHIBUYA, Naomu KITANO, Eitaroh MORIMOTO, Koji YAMAZAKI, Yu SATO, Takuya SEINO
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Patent number: 8835296Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic component manufacturing method including a step of embedding a metal film. An embodiment of the present invention includes a first step of depositing a barrier layer containing titanium nitride on an object to be processed on which a concave part is formed and a second step of filling a low-melting-point metal directly on the barrier layer under a temperature condition allowing the low-melting-point metal to flow, by a PCM sputtering method while forming a magnetic field by a magnet unit including plural magnets which are arranged at grid points of a polygonal grid so as to have different polarities between the neighboring magnets.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Canon Anelva CorporationInventors: Shunichi Wakayanagi, Takayuki Saito, Takuya Seino, Akira Matsuo, Koji Yamazaki, Eitaro Morimoto, Yohsuke Shibuya, Yu Sato, Naomu Kitano
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Patent number: 8706930Abstract: A KVM switch includes: a first input portion and a second input portion that inputs a plurality of video signals from the first and the second information processing apparatus, respectively; a converting portion that converts the video signals input from the first or second input portion into a plurality of pieces of image data which are capable of being displayed on a remote terminal; a transmitting and receiving portion that transmits the pieces of converted image data to the remote terminal, and receives various requests from the remote terminal; and a switching portion that switches the video signals input from the first input portion to the video signals input from the second input portion when the transmitting and receiving portion receives a switching request for switching from a first information processing apparatus to a second information processing apparatus from the remote terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Kenichi Fujita, Yu Sato, Naoyuki Nagao
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Publication number: 20130313790Abstract: A sealing structure of a fuel tank includes: a hollow circular cylinder part, having an inner circumferential part, formed near opening of the fuel tank to extend outward; a cap body having a hollow cylindrical part inserted into the inner circumferential part to face the inner circumferential part; and a seal member disposed between the inner circumferential part and the hollow cylindrical part. A protruding part is provided on an outer circumferential side of the hollow circular cylinder part of the fuel tank. A locking part formed on an outer circumferential part of the cap body and the protruding parts are fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Isayama, Hiroshi Kitamura, Kotaro Tanaka, Yu Sato, Yusuke Miura
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Patent number: 8567458Abstract: A fuel filler apparatus of a vehicle of the invention, during normal operation, only permits insertion of fuel dispensing nozzles of a diameter within a predefined range, and prevents insertion of fuel dispensing nozzles whose diameter is smaller a lowest value or larger than a highest value of this range. The fuel filler apparatus includes a manual operation override mechanism which by a manual operation permits the insertion of only fuel dispensing nozzles of a diameter smaller than the lowest value of the range under special circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Sato, Takeaki Nakajima, Shoichi Hokazono, Shinya Murabayashi
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Patent number: 8555937Abstract: A structure for a fuel filling opening of an automobile is configure such that, when fuel supplied from a fuel supply nozzle flows back to the fuel filling opening side, the fuel flowed back can be slowly discharged to the outside from the fuel filling opening. The structure is provided with ring recesses formed in a ring opening of an operation ring, and also with partitioning recesses formed in an opening in an outer tube partition. The recesses are arranged offset in the circumferential direction to form a labyrinth.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Murabayashi, Yu Sato
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Patent number: 8481382Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a PVD method and enabling achievement of a desired effective work function and reduction in leak current without increasing an equivalent oxide thickness. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a substrate on which an insulating film having a relative permittivity higher than that of a silicon oxide film is formed; and depositing a metal nitride film on the insulating film. The metal nitride depositing step is a step of sputtering deposition in an evacuatable chamber using a metal target and a cusp magnetic field formed over a surface of the metal target by a magnet mechanism in which magnet pieces are arranged as grid points in such a grid form that the adjacent magnet pieces have their polarities reversed from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Canon Anelva CorporationInventors: Naomu Kitano, Takuya Seino, Akira Matsuo, Yu Sato, Eitaro Morimoto
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Patent number: 8371345Abstract: A structure for a fuel lid section has a fuel lid supported on a vehicle body via a hinge, a vehicle body recess openably covered by the fuel lid, a fuel filling opening placed in the vehicle body recess, and a cap-less mechanism provided at the fuel filling opening and enabling fuel filling operation without requiring attachment/detachment of a fuel cap. The structure also has an electricity conduction path extending from the fuel lid to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Sato, Shoichi Hokazono, Shinya Murabayashi