Patents by Inventor Yuta WATANABE

Yuta 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).

  • Publication number: 20210154856
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance system and the like capable of preferably conveying a conveyed object in accordance with a state of the conveyed object. The conveyance system includes a conveyance robot, a drive controller, which is a controller, an image data acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The conveyance robot conveys the conveyed object. The drive controller controls an operation of the conveyance robot. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data obtained by capturing images of the conveyed object. The setting unit sets an operation parameter of the conveyance robot in the drive controller based on the acquired image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Tetsuya TAIRA, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 11018148
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment, includes a semiconductor pillar extending in a first direction, a first electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second electrode provided between the semiconductor pillar and the first electrode, a first insulating film provided between the semiconductor pillar and the second electrode, and a second insulating film provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode includes a thin sheet portion disposed on the first electrode side, and a thick sheet portion disposed on the semiconductor pillar side. A length in the first direction of the thick sheet portion is longer than a length in the first direction of the thin sheet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Watanabe, Fumitaka Arai, Katsuyuki Sekine, Toshiyuki Iwamoto, Wataru Sakamoto, Tatsuya Kato
  • Patent number: 10950615
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of embodiments includes a semiconductor substrate having a first and a second region adjacent to the first region in a first direction, a laminated body including electrode layers laminated on the semiconductor substrate in a second direction, a first insulator splitting the laminated body at the second region in a third direction, and extending in the first and second direction, and branching into two insulator films at the first region, and enclosing continuously a first portion of the laminated body, a contact portion extending in the first portion in the second direction, and a memory portion extending through the laminated body and the first insulator in the second direction at the second region. A first width in the third direction of the first portion is wider than a second width in the third direction of at least one of the electrode layers at the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Watanabe, Akira Mino, Masahisa Sonoda, Takashi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210044712
    Abstract: A document reader includes a reading unit that reads an image of a document medium, a second driving roller pair that nips and transports the document medium downstream of a read-enabling position of the reading unit, and a control unit that controls rotation of the second driving roller pair. The control unit stops the rotation of the second driving roller pair in a state in which the document medium is not positioned in the read-enabling position and in a state in which the document medium is nipped by the second driving roller pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Naohiro UEYAMA, Kenichi TANIOKA, Yuta WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200406080
    Abstract: A sprinkler head includes a body having a nozzle to be connected to a water supply pipe, the nozzle being provided inside the body; a valve that closes the nozzle in normal times; a pair of frames extending from the body in a direction of water discharge from the nozzle; a main deflector provided at distal ends of the frames; a heat-sensitive disassembling unit provided between the valve and the main deflector; and an assist deflector extending substantially parallel to a virtual plane passing through a center axis of the nozzle and through the frames, the assist deflector being spaced apart from the virtual plane. The heat-sensitive disassembling unit includes a link formed of a plurality of thin plates joined to one another with a low-melting-point alloy, the heat-sensitive disassembling unit further including a bar and a lever that are engaged with the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SENJU SPRINKLER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Ohkoshi, Yoshiki Sasaki, Yuta Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200363802
    Abstract: An autonomous moving body includes: a determination unit configured to determine that the autonomous moving body has arrived at a waiting area on a current floor before the autonomous moving body gets on a car of the elevator; an orientation adjustment unit configured to adjust, when the determination unit determines that the autonomous moving body has arrived at the waiting area, an orientation of the autonomous moving body based on an exiting direction from the car on a destination floor; and a movement controller configured to cause, when the car arrives, the autonomous moving body to enter the car while maintaining the orientation adjusted by the orientation adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Tetsuya TAIRA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20200363817
    Abstract: An autonomous moving apparatus control system including a range sensor, a reflection plate, and a control unit. The range sensor is installed in a cage of an elevator and detects a distance to an object by receiving reflected light of signal light applied to the object. The reflection plate is disposed in an elevator hall of a floor on which the elevator stops, and reflects the signal light. The control unit determines whether or not a mobile robot, which is an autonomous moving apparatus, can get on and off the elevator based on a detected distance, the detected distance being a distance to the reflection plate detected by the range sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Tetsuya TAIRA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20200296240
    Abstract: A scanner apparatus includes a housing including an insertion port into which a medium is inserted, a discharge port from which the medium is discharged, a conveying roller configured to convey the medium inserted from the scanning insertion port, and a scanning unit configured to scan the medium conveyed by the conveying roller. The scanning insertion port and the discharge port are provided on a +Y direction side of the housing. The housing includes a placement face extending in a ?Y direction from the scanning insertion port. The placement face, when a first end of the medium is inserted into the scanning insertion port, is able to support a portion of the medium on a second end side opposite to the first end. The first end of the medium is discharged from the discharge port in a direction on the +Y direction side or in a ?Z direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta WATANABE, Koji HIGUCHI, Naohiro UEYAMA, Motofumi OTANI
  • Patent number: 10717619
    Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a first roller configured to transport a medium, a second roller configured to transport the medium at a different position, in the transport direction of the medium, from the first roller, the second roller including a rotary shaft parallel to a rotary shaft of the first roller, and a bearing portion configured to contact with both the rotary shaft of the first roller and the rotary shaft of the second roller in an area in an extending direction of the rotary shaft, within which the transported medium passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yuta Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10708457
    Abstract: A scanner apparatus includes a housing including an insertion port into which a medium is inserted, a discharge port from which the medium is discharged, a conveying roller configured to convey the medium inserted from the scanning insertion port, and a scanning unit configured to scan the medium conveyed by the conveying roller. The scanning insertion port and the discharge port are provided on a +Y direction side of the housing. The housing includes a placement face extending in a ?Y direction from the scanning insertion port. The placement face, when a first end of the medium is inserted into the scanning insertion port, is able to support a portion of the medium on a second end side opposite to the first end. The first end of the medium is discharged from the discharge port in a direction on the +Y direction side or in a ?Z direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Watanabe, Koji Higuchi, Naohiro Ueyama, Motofumi Otani
  • Patent number: 10686045
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment, includes a pair of first electrodes, a semiconductor pillar, an inter-pillar insulating member, a first insulating film, a second electrode, and a second insulating film. The pair of first electrodes are separated from each other, and extend in a first direction. The semiconductor pillar and the inter-pillar insulating member are arranged alternately along the first direction between the pair of first electrodes. The semiconductor pillar and the inter-pillar insulating member extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first insulating film is provided at a periphery of the semiconductor pillar. The second electrode is provided between the first insulating film and each electrode of the pair of first electrodes. The second electrode is not provided between the semiconductor pillar and the inter-pillar insulating member. The second insulating film is provided between the second electrode and the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kato, Fumitaka Arai, Katsuyuki Sekine, Toshiyuki Iwamoto, Yuta Watanabe, Wataru Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200159235
    Abstract: A trajectory generation apparatus according to an embodiment includes an arithmetic unit capable of generating a positional trajectory of a movable part of a robot, in which: the arithmetic unit is further capable of generating a velocity trajectory of the movable part; and a predetermined time before switching a trajectory along which the movable part is moved from the velocity trajectory to the positional trajectory, the arithmetic unit predicts a position of the movable part at the time of the switching and generates the positional trajectory that starts from the predicted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Watanabe, Kazuto Murase, Koji Terada
  • Patent number: 10599658
    Abstract: A search device includes a selecting unit, a calculating unit, and a presenting unit. The selecting unit analyzes use history of a communication tool and selects a candidate expert having a relationship with a searcher who wishes to search for an expert having some expertise in a specified category. The calculating unit analyzes expertise levels of users of the communication tool, the expertise levels being regarding the category. The presenting unit presents, as the expert, to the searcher, a candidate expert selected as one having some level of relationship with the searcher and having some level of expertise on the basis of the analysis by the selecting unit and the calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200040484
    Abstract: A thermally adhesive sheath-core conjugate fiber has, as a core part, a polyester having a melting point of at least 250° C., and has, as a sheath part, a polyester having a melting point which is at least 215° C. and is 20-35° C. lower than the melting point of the polyester constituting the core part. The thermally adhesive sheath-core conjugate fiber is characterized by having a strength of 3.8 cN/dtex or higher and an elongation of 35% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta Watanabe, Junji Sato, Minoru Fujimori
  • Patent number: 10541311
    Abstract: In a semiconductor memory device, first insulating films are arranged along a first direction and a second direction and extend in a third direction. Interconnect is disposed between the first insulating films in the first direction and extends in the third direction. Electrodes are disposed between the first insulating films in the first direction on a second direction side of the interconnect, and is arranged along the third direction. Second insulating film is disposed between the interconnect and the electrodes. Semiconductor members are arranged along the third direction between the first insulating films in the second direction and extend in the first direction. The electrode is disposed between the interconnect and the semiconductor members. Third insulating film is disposed between the electrodes and the semiconductor member and is thicker than the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Sekine, Tatsuya Kato, Fumitaka Arai, Toshiyuki Iwamoto, Yuta Watanabe, Atsushi Murakoshi
  • Publication number: 20190386018
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of embodiments includes a semiconductor substrate having a first and a second region adjacent to the first region in a first direction, a laminated body including electrode layers laminated on the semiconductor substrate in a second direction, a first insulator splitting the laminated body at the second region in a third direction, and extending in the first and second direction, and branching into two insulator films at the first region, and enclosing continuously a first portion of the laminated body, a contact portion extending in the first portion in the second direction, and a memory portion extending through the laminated body and the first insulator in the second direction at the second region. A first width in the third direction of the first portion is wider than a second width in the third direction of at least one of the electrode layers at the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta WATANABE, Akira Mino, Masahisa Sonoda, Takashi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190300316
    Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a first roller configured to transport a medium, a second roller configured to transport the medium at a different position, in the transport direction of the medium, from the first roller, the second roller including a rotary shaft parallel to a rotary shaft of the first roller, and a bearing portion configured to contact with both the rotary shaft of the first roller and the rotary shaft of the second roller in an area in an extending direction of the rotary shaft, within which the transported medium passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Yuta WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190306356
    Abstract: A scanner apparatus includes a housing including an insertion port into which a medium is inserted, a discharge port from which the medium is discharged, a conveying roller configured to convey the medium inserted from the scanning insertion port, and a scanning unit configured to scan the medium conveyed by the conveying roller. The scanning insertion port and the discharge port are provided on a +Y direction side of the housing. The housing includes a placement face extending in a ?Y direction from the scanning insertion port. The placement face, when a first end of the medium is inserted into the scanning insertion port, is able to support a portion of the medium on a second end side opposite to the first end. The first end of the medium is discharged from the discharge port in a direction on the +Y direction side or in a ?Z direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yuta WATANABE, Koji HIGUCHI, Naohiro UEYAMA, Motofumi OTANI
  • Patent number: D886945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SENJU SPRINKLER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Ohkoshi, Yoshiki Sasaki, Yuta Watanabe
  • Patent number: D894339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SENJU SPRINKLER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Ohkoshi, Yoshiki Sasaki, Yuta Watanabe