Patents by Inventor Yuki Yamamoto

Yuki Yamamoto 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: 20230160032
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more and less than 1180 MPa, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration LSi and the lowest Mn concentration LMn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration TSi and a Mn concentration TMn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingling YANG, Yoshiyasu KAWASAKI, Hidekazu MINAMI, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Shotaro TERASHIMA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yuki TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11654936
    Abstract: A configuration for controlling safe switching of automatic driving and manual driving includes a driver information acquisition unit that acquires driver information of a movement device such as an automobile, an environmental information acquisition unit that acquires environmental information of the movement device, and a safety determination unit that receives, as an input, the driver information and the environmental information, and learns and calculates a safety index value indicating whether or not a driver in the movement device during automatic driving is in a state of being able to perform safe manual driving. The safety determination unit further estimates a manual driving recovery available time including a time required until the driver in the movement device during the automatic driving becomes able to start the safe manual driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Eiji Oba
  • Publication number: 20230154477
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device and method, and a program making it possible to reduce the computational complexity of decoding at low cost. A signal processing device includes: a priority information generation unit configured to generate priority information about an audio object on the basis of a plurality of elements expressing a feature of the audio object. The present technology may be applied to an encoding device and a decoding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20230126302
    Abstract: A plate making system comprises a writing device, an exposure device, a developing device, a plate cutting device, a first transfer device, a second transfer device and a third transfer device in an integrated manner. The plate making system also comprises a control device that controls a series of plate making processes for a flexographic printing original plate performed by the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ESKO Graphics imaging Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Hideo SAITO, Thomas PASCAL, Klein THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20230088228
    Abstract: In a conventional method of detecting a user position from footsteps of a user collected by microphones installed in a user's home, it is necessary to precisely align the microphones in advance to an extent of coordinates. This is inconvenient for both system and user. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires sound data recorded by a plurality of microphones installed in arbitrary places and relative positions, from the microphones, of footsteps included in the sound data, and a learning unit that generates a learning model by learning training data including the sound data as input and the relative positions as correct answers. As a result, precise positioning of the microphones in the user's home becomes unnecessary, and the user position can be detected in a more convenient manner for both the system and the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Takeo INAGAKI, Yuki YAMAMOTO, Takashi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230078121
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11586404
    Abstract: A job processing system includes a host computer and an image forming apparatus connected via a network with each other, the host computer includes a job register acceptor that accepts a job register and a communication device that sends the job register to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus includes a display controller and a job execution controller, the job execution controller controls sequential execution of a plurality of jobs shown in the changed job register in accordance with an execution order of the plurality of jobs, and the display controller keeps from making an update to cause a display of the changed job register immediately after a network interface device receives the changed job register, but makes an update to cause a display of the changed job register when a predetermined display updating condition is achieved after the receipt of the changed job register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11574644
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device and method, and a program making it possible to reduce the computational complexity of decoding at low cost. A signal processing device includes: a priority information generation unit configured to generate priority information about an audio object on the basis of a plurality of elements expressing a feature of the audio object. The present technology may be applied to an encoding device and a decoding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20230005510
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and a method, and a program capable of improving creation efficiency of content. An information processing device includes a determination unit that, in a case where time-series display information regarding an audio signal of each of a plurality of tracks is arranged and displayed, determines a display sequence of the display information of the plurality of tracks or a time position of a marker indicating switching of a scene in the audio signal of the plurality of tracks on the basis of the audio signal of each of the plurality of tracks or audio related information regarding each of the plurality of the audio signals. The present technology can be applied to a creation tool for content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: YUKI YAMAMOTO, TORU CHINEN
  • Publication number: 20220413461
    Abstract: A machining-control-information generation device includes a feature extractor that extracts a feature indicating a shape feature of a product based on product information, a machining-method specifier that specifies a machining method, using a machining-method specifying model, a feature specifier that specifies an optimal feature, using a feature specifying model, a machining-order specifier that specifies a machining order when all of machining target portions corresponding to optimal feature information are machined, using a machining-order specifying model, and a machining-control-information generator that selects a machining condition corresponding to the optimal feature information indicating the specified machining method and the specified optimal feature, and generates machining control information based on machining order information, machining condition information, the optimal feature information, and partial machining method information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Hilltop Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11540080
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Minoru Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20220394415
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11492919
    Abstract: A vane segment includes a blade ring, a plurality of vanes, and a caulking member. The blade ring includes a blade ring groove and a storage space forming portion. The blade ring groove includes a convex portion projecting from a second groove side surface of the blade ring groove to the first side. The storage space forming portion, in combination with an outer shroud, forms a storage space into which the caulking member enters. The caulking member is accommodated within the storage space, contacts with the blade ring groove and the outer shroud, and is exposed from an inner opening of the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Waki, Shouhei Danno, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220350332
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220350331
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220351711
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device that performs noise canceling by combining a feedforward method and a feedback method. A signal processing device includes: a correlation calculation unit that calculates a correlation between a first sound pickup signal by a first microphone installed outside a predetermined region and a second sound pickup signal by a second microphone installed in the predetermined region; a determination unit that determines the correlation; and a control unit that performs control based on a result of the determination. The control unit controls execution of signal processing for generating a cancellation signal to be output within the predetermined region from the first sound pickup signal and the second sound pickup signal or output of the cancellation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: YUJI TOKOZUME, YUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220336166
    Abstract: A switch device includes: an operation unit including a first switch, a second switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a first terminal; and a control unit including a second terminal coupled to the first terminal. A series circuit of the first switch and the first resistor and a series circuit of the second switch and the second resistor are coupled between the first terminal and a ground. The control unit monitors a potential of the first terminal which changes in response to on/off of the first and second switches via the second terminal, and determines the operation state of each switch based on the potential. A contact of the first switch is configured of a contact in which a resistance value between contacts at the time of opening and closing changes more sharply as compared with a contact of the second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuki NAGATA, Katsunori KIGOSHI, So FUJIOKA, Atsushi FUJITA, Masahiko HARA, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220319960
    Abstract: A cable connection structure is provided with an electronic component including electrodes on an electrode-forming surface, a cable including electric wires connected to the electrodes respectively, and a buried member which is composed of a cured resin and embedded with the electric wires. At least three electric wires are separating wires including separating regions being separated from each other in the normal direction as being distant from the electrode-forming surface. At least three electrodes are arranged side by side on a virtual circle. At least three separating wires are connected to the at least three electrodes. The separating regions of the at least three separating wires are provided to be located eccentric radially outwardly in the virtual circle as being distant from the electrode surface in the normal direction of the electrode-forming surface. An angle between the separating region and the normal direction of the electrode-forming surface is 10 degrees or more and 45 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKAHASHI, Hideki NONEN, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220315022
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that provides control over a brake device or a power plant device of a host vehicle includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire information on state of the brake device and the power plant device and information on front wheel steering angle; a determination part configured to determine whether or not an abnormality has occurred in a turnability improvement control; a deceleration force computation part configured to compute a required deceleration force; and a coordinated control part configured to perform a coordinated control in which a distribution ratio between a brake deceleration force of the brake device and a power plant deceleration force of the power plant device is adjusted. When an abnormality has occurred in the turnability improvement control, a sum of the brake deceleration force and the power plant deceleration force is degenerated according to a prescribed time rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Fumiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220310126
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the work cost. An information processing device includes an input-signal acquisition section that acquires an input signal, a calculation section that calculates a feature included in the input signal, and a display control section that converts the feature included in the input signal into a visual feature and causes the visual feature to be displayed. The present technology is applicable to an information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Keiichi OSAKO