Patents by Inventor Yu Watanabe

Yu Watanabe 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: 12673494
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a chamber substrate, a nozzle substrate, a damper, and a frame substrate. The chamber substrate includes a pressure chamber and a pressure generator to change a volume of the pressure chamber. The chamber substrate has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The nozzle substrate is disposed on the first face in a lamination direction. The nozzle substrate has a nozzle communicating with the pressure chamber. The damper is disposed on the second face in the lamination direction. The frame substrate is disposed over the damper in the lamination direction. The chamber substrate has a first area in an in-plane direction of the chamber substrate. The nozzle substrate has a second area smaller than the first area in the in-plane direction. The frame substrate has a third area larger than the first area in the in-plane direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukimasa Matsuda, Keishi Miwa, Yu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20260166881
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an actuator component and a frame. The actuator component includes a nozzle substrate and an actuator substrate. The nozzle substrate has nozzles arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the nozzle substrate. The actuator substrate includes a chamber substrate, a diaphragm, and a piezoelectric element. The chamber substrate has pressure chambers respectively communicating with the nozzles. The diaphragm has a first face serving as a part of a wall face of the pressure chambers and a second face opposite the first face. The piezoelectric element is disposed over the second face of the diaphragm, to discharge a liquid in the pressure chambers from the nozzles in a discharge direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The frame has a bonding face bonded to the actuator component with an adhesive, communicating portions communicating with the pressure chambers, and multiple void portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Toshiaki MASUDA, Yu WATANABE, Keishi MIWA
  • Patent number: 12649377
    Abstract: ECU performs a process including: a step of determining whether or not the current value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the open state; a step of determining whether or not the previous value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the closed state; a step of performing an offset learning process if the current value is a value indicating the closed state; and a step of using the current value as the value of the previous value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20260142846
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a role of a person to be a target in an online meeting based on information about the online meeting. The control unit is configured to determine whether to permit the person to participate in the online meeting in a vehicle based on the role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuma ITO, Yu WATANABE, Shingo SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260131571
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a substrate component includes: a nozzle to discharge a liquid; a channel communicating with the nozzle; and a frame bonded to the substrate component with an adhesive in a lamination direction, the frame including a communicating portion communicating with the channel. The frame and the substrate component have: a bonding region in which the frame and the substrate component are bonded with the adhesive; and a non-bonding region in which the frame and the substrate component are not bonded with the adhesive. The bonding region has: a first bonding region around the communicating portion of the frame; and a second bonding region at both end portions of the frame in a longitudinal direction of the frame orthogonal to the lamination direction, and the non-bonding region has a hollow portion between the end portions of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260103097
    Abstract: In a first inspection, a controller controls a charger such that one power line of first and second power lines is electrically connected to a first power path and the other power line of the first and second power lines is electrically connected to a second power path, and determines whether or not the charger is faulty based on a voltage applied to each of the first power path and the second power path. In a second inspection, the controller controls the charger such that the other power line and the one power line are electrically connected to the first power path and the second power path, respectively, and determines whether or not the charger is faulty based on the voltage applied to each of the first power path and the second power path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260103098
    Abstract: A controller conducts a first inspection and a second inspection. In the first inspection, the controller controls a switching device such that, during application of a voltage between a first power line and a second power line constituting a first power path, the first power line is electrically connected to a power storage device and the second power line is disconnected from the power storage device, and determines whether or not the switching device is faulty. In the second inspection, the controller controls the switching device such that the second power line is electrically connected to the power storage device and the first power line is disconnected from the power storage device, and determines whether or not the switching device is faulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260032367
    Abstract: An acoustic excitation device includes a frame fixed to a panel material, an excitation unit including a cylindrical body and a magnetic circuit unit attached to an inner circumference of the cylindrical body, and a drip-proof cover that prevents water droplets falling from above the panel material, wherein the drip-proof cover is attached to the excitation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: YOSUKE SATAKE, YU WATANABE, TAKUMI FUKUOKA, ARAKI SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20260016525
    Abstract: A device for testing characteristics of a first bare chip includes a main PCB including a main circuit; a first interposer arranged on the main PCB; a second interposer arranged over the first interposer and the main PCB, where the first and second bare chips are arranged between the first and second interposers for testing the first bare chip; and at least one pressing plate configured to apply a pressing force against the second interposer for pressing the second interposer toward the first interposer and the main PCB. The first interposer provides first electrical connections with the first and second bare chips and the main circuit by contact without soldering, and the second interposer is configured to provide second electrical connections with the first and second bare chips and the main circuit by contact without soldering. The pressing force enhances the first and second electrical connections during the testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Yu Watanabe, Takamasa Arai, Ryo Takeda
  • Patent number: 12491715
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle substrate including a nozzle, from which a liquid is discharged in a discharge direction, on a nozzle face; a chamber forming plate on a first face of the nozzle substrate and including a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, the first face opposite to the nozzle face in the discharge direction; and a frame holding the chamber forming plate on a second face and including a rib on each end of the frame outside the nozzle substrate in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the discharge direction, and a leading end of the rib protruding from the second face of the frame toward the nozzle face and not protruding from the nozzle face in the discharge direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250368199
    Abstract: A traveling control apparatus is configured to be applied to a vehicle and includes an information acquirer, a detector, and a vehicle speed processor. The information acquirer is configured to acquire traveling environment information on a surrounding environment around the vehicle. The surrounding environment includes an area ahead of the vehicle. The detector is configured to detect a gentle upward-gradient region of a short-distance road, based on the traveling environment information acquired by the information acquirer. The vehicle speed processor is configured to suppress, in the gentle upward-gradient region of the short-distance road, unnecessary acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle caused based on an integrated value of a deviation between an acceleration rate of the vehicle and a target acceleration rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12387339
    Abstract: There is provided a data generation apparatus including a display control unit that displays, on a screen, an image and borders of a plurality of partial images generated by dividing the image into a plurality of pieces while the image and the borders are superimposed together, an input unit that receives input of a label to be given to each of the plurality of partial images, and a generation unit that generates learning data for causing a learning model to learn by associating each of the plurality of partial images with the label given to the corresponding partial image of the plurality of partial images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: NIIGATA UNIVERSITY, Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Shujiro Okuda, Yu Watanabe, Hiroshi Izutsu, Keisuke Kodama
  • Publication number: 20250196713
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a battery, an inlet to which a power supply connector of an external charging equipment is connected, a predetermined in-vehicle device that uses an auxiliary battery as a power source and is used for charging the battery, and a control device that activates the predetermined in-vehicle device in response to an activation request periodically transmitted from the external charging equipment while the power supply connector is connected to the inlet, and stops the predetermined in-vehicle device in response to a transmission stop of the activation request, and the control device prohibits the activation of the predetermined in-vehicle device in response to the activation request when the physical quantity representing the power consumption of the predetermined in-vehicle device becomes equal to or more than a predetermined threshold while the charging of the battery is stopped and the power supply connector is connected to the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu WATANABE, Toru ANDO
  • Patent number: 12311672
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: multiple nozzles though which a liquid is to be discharged, each of the multiple nozzles having a nozzle diameter; a multiple pressure chambers respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles; a supply common chamber communicating with each of the multiple pressure chambers to supply the liquid to each of the multiple pressure chambers; a collection common chamber communicating with each of the multiple pressure chambers to collect the liquid from the multiple pressure chambers; a supply port communicating with the supply common chamber to supply the liquid to the supply common chamber; a discharge port communicating with the collection common chamber to discharge the liquid from the collection common chamber; and a first filter between the supply port and the pressure chamber, the first filter having first multiple openings each having a first diameter smaller than the nozzle diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250145032
    Abstract: ECU performs a process including: a step of determining whether or not the current value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the open state; a step of determining whether or not the previous value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the closed state; a step of performing an offset learning process if the current value is a value indicating the closed state; and a step of using the current value as the value of the previous value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250135774
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a piezoelectric element, a flexible damper, a first holding substrate, and a second holding substrate. The first holding substrate is bonded to a first face of the flexible damper. The first holding substrate has a recess accommodating the piezoelectric element, a first partition having a first width, and first side spaces partitioned by the first partition. The first side spaces face the first face. The second holding substrate is bonded to a second face of the flexible damper. The second holding substrate has a second partition opposed to the first partition via the flexible damper, second side spaces partitioned by the second partition, and openings respectively opposed to both ends of the first partition via the flexible damper. The second partition has a second width wider than the first width. The second side spaces face the second face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12220914
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an actuator substrate including a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle from which a liquid is to be discharged and a pressure generator to apply pressure to the liquid in the pressure chamber, a frame bonded to the actuator substrate and having a through hole filled with a resin, and a temperature detector inserted into the through hole and attached to the actuator substrate with the resin to detect a temperature of the actuator substrate. The through hole has a first face facing the actuator substrate and a second face opposite to the first face and facing an opening of the frame. The resin in the through hole includes an uncured portion uncured and facing the first face and a cured portion cured and facing the second face. The uncured portion contacts the actuator substrate and is between the cured portion and the actuator substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250010204
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide a game system including: a terminal device configured to execute a video game including content used in the video game; and a server device connected to the terminal device via a communication network and configured to control progress of the video game. The game system further includes a processor configured to: issue a non-fungible token (NFT) corresponding to the content in a blockchain network with a user as an owner within a range of an upper limit number; acquire information for specifying a remaining number of NFTs corresponding to the same type of content in the blockchain network; and change at least a part of a status associated with the content according to the remaining number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240198672
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a chamber substrate, a nozzle substrate, a damper, and a frame substrate. The chamber substrate includes a pressure chamber and a pressure generator to change a volume of the pressure chamber. The chamber substrate has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The nozzle substrate is disposed on the first face in a lamination direction. The nozzle substrate has a nozzle communicating with the pressure chamber. The damper is disposed on the second face in the lamination direction. The frame substrate is disposed over the damper in the lamination direction. The chamber substrate has a first area in an in-plane direction of the chamber substrate. The nozzle substrate has a second area smaller than the first area in the in-plane direction. The frame substrate has a third area larger than the first area in the in-plane direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Yukimasa MATSUDA, Keishi MIWA, Yu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240193712
    Abstract: Non-transitory computer-readable media, systems, and methods are disclosed for a token management. An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a token management program including instructions, when executed by one or more processors, causes a computer to perform instructions including: combining a first object corresponding to a first token and a second object corresponding to a second token through superimposition; and generating a third token according to the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke HATA, Atsushi YOSHIMEKI, Takahide NOJIMA, Yu WATANABE, Yasuaki SAKAMOTO, Masaaki KATO