Patents by Inventor Yutaka Watanabe

Yutaka 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: 12240442
    Abstract: A vehicle information delivery device includes an image processing unit configured to generate vehicle related images indicating the status of a vehicle moving unmanned in a predetermined target area based on camera images taken in the target area where unattended parking is performed, and an information sending unit configured to send delivery information including the vehicle related images to a display terminal visually recognized by a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Iwao Maeda, Tatsuya Sugano, Norinao Watanabe, Yutaka Nakamura, Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12222724
    Abstract: A mobile body control device includes: an observation trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a trajectory along which the subject walks; a basic trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a basic trajectory that matches the observation trajectory; a subject predicted trajectory acquisition unit that acquires a trajectory along which the subject walks after the current time point based on the specific basic trajectory; a prediction reliability calculation unit that calculates a prediction reliability based on uncertainty added along the subject predicted trajectory; a target trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a trajectory formed by a target position of a mobile body set ahead of the subject in a traveling direction of the subject; and a control-command-sequence-generating unit that generates a control command sequence using an evaluation function that uses as input the subject predicted trajectory, prediction reliability, target trajectory, and a control trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kuno, Yutaka Watanabe, Masaki Takahashi, Ayanori Yorozu, Shunichi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 12214709
    Abstract: A vehicle transport planning device includes a transport proposal unit that proposes, to an occupant of a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, transport of the vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and a transport arrangement unit that requests arrangement of a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle when the occupant desires the transport of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Iwao Maeda, Tatsuya Sugano, Norinao Watanabe, Yutaka Nakamura, Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Yuki Nishikawa, Yuta Maniwa
  • Patent number: 12210307
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a feed tray, first and second sensors, and a controller. The controller adjusts a sheet interval between the first and second recording materials based on sensor detected length and width of a recording material fed from the feed tray. When a first recording material has a first length and a second recording material has a second length longer than the first length, the controller performs control to increase a sheet interval in response to a first number of recording materials having the second length and conveyed successively. When the first recording material has the first length and the second recording material has a third length shorter than the first length, the controller performs control to reduce the sheet interval in response to a second number of recording materials having the third length and conveyed successively. The second number is greater than the first number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Watanabe, Takashi Narahara, Yutaka Sato
  • Patent number: 12181867
    Abstract: A controller of a work machine includes: a service request generation unit that generates and transfers information for requesting a remote service; a service execution condition management unit that confirms and manages the condition for executing the remote service; and an operating mode management unit that manages the operating mode and the operation status of the work machine. The service request generation unit generates service request information containing function types of a plurality of remote services, the operating mode of the vehicle, and the communication performance of the communication network, and transfers it to the data center. For each function type included in the service request information, the service execution condition management unit outputs service execution information containing the execution possibility, the condition for operating mode, and the condition for communication performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Saegusa, Yuuki Nagaoka, Takafumi Morimoto, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12113701
    Abstract: A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication apparatus that is able to be connected to a different communication apparatus via a network including three or more paths, the communication apparatus including a processing circuitry configured to measure a network state for each of the three or more paths, calculate an evaluation value based on a result of measuring the network state for each of the three or more paths, select at least two paths to be used for communication from among the three or more paths based on the calculated evaluation value, generate a packet for transmission through duplication of an input packet, and transmit the generated packet to the different communication apparatus through the selected paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kubo, Ayako Iwaki, Yutaka Watanabe, Kazuhisa Furusawa, Shinichi Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20230082797
    Abstract: A mobile body control device includes: an observation trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a trajectory along which the subject walks; a basic trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a basic trajectory that matches the observation trajectory; a subject predicted trajectory acquisition unit that acquires a trajectory along which the subject walks after the current time point based on the specific basic trajectory; a prediction reliability calculation unit that calculates a prediction reliability based on uncertainty added along the subject predicted trajectory; a target trajectory acquisition unit that acquires, a trajectory formed by a target position of a mobile body set ahead of the subject in a traveling direction of the subject; and a control-command-sequence-generating unit that generates a control command sequence using an evaluation function that uses as input the subject predicted trajectory, prediction reliability, target trajectory, and a control trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KUNO, Yutaka WATANABE, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Ayanori YOROZU, Shunichi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230083094
    Abstract: A determination device includes: a sway detector that detects sway of a person when the person moves; and a controller. The determination device performs spectrum analysis by resolving sway data outputted from the sway detector into frequency components. In a spectrum obtained from the spectrum analysis, a first peak, a second peak, and a third peak sequentially appear in order of increasing frequency. The controller determines a state of a body of the person based on the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yutaka WATANABE, Masahiro HAMANA
  • Publication number: 20220413488
    Abstract: A controller of a work machine includes: a service request generation unit that generates and transfers information for requesting a remote service; a service execution condition management unit that confirms and manages the condition for executing the remote service; and an operating mode management unit that manages the operating mode and the operation status of the work machine. The service request generation unit generates service request information containing function types of a plurality of remote services, the operating mode of the vehicle, and the communication performance of the communication network, and transfers it to the data center. For each function type included in the service request information, the service execution condition management unit outputs service execution information containing the execution possibility, the condition for operating mode, and the condition for communication performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi SAEGUSA, Yuuki NAGAOKA, Takafumi MORIMOTO, Yutaka WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11484859
    Abstract: An airflow generation device having a first dielectric substrate made from a rubber elastic material, a first electrode on or near by a first surface of the first dielectric substrate, a second electrode on a second surface, and a second dielectric substrate made from a rubber elastic material covering the second electrode. It makes the airflows generated by plasma caused from partial gas near by the first surface through applied voltage into the first electrode and the second electrode, and bonding portions between the first electrode and the second electrode and the first dielectric substrate, bonding portions between the second electrode and the second dielectric substrate, and bonding portions between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are bonded by chemical bonds with chemically crosslinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: ASAHI RUBBER INC., TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Hideaki Sato, Yutaka Watanabe, Kenichi Yamazaki, Masahiro Asayama, Motofumi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yasui, Toshiki Osako
  • Publication number: 20220283749
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a processor configured to, in a case where a determination that an abnormality is not present in an image printed on a paper sheet fed from a first paper feeding source is made, discharge a first paper sheet on which the image determined as not having the abnormality is printed to a first discharge destination, in a case where a determination that the abnormality is present in the image is made, discharge a second paper sheet on which the image determined as having the abnormality is printed to a second discharge destination, discharge a paper sheet of a subsequent page of the second paper sheet to a third discharge destination and temporarily stop printing processing, notify a user of an instruction to arrange the paper sheet discharged to the third discharge destination in a second paper feeding source different from the first paper feeding source, and in a case where a notification indicating that the paper sheet discharged to the third discharge destination is arranged in
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masae TAKABAYASHI, Katsuyuki FUJII, Toshihiro OSAKABE, Koji SUNOHARA, Takayoshi SATO, Masashi HARA, Ryoji KAWAGUCHI, Yuki AKECHI, Yutaka WATANABE, Yumiko ARAI
  • Publication number: 20220263749
    Abstract: A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication apparatus that is able to be connected to a different communication apparatus via a network including three or more paths, the communication apparatus including a processing circuitry configured to measure a network state for each of the three or more paths, calculate an evaluation value based on a result of measuring the network state for each of the three or more paths, select at least two paths to be used for communication from among the three or more paths based on the calculated evaluation value, generate a packet for transmission through duplication of an input packet, and transmit the generated packet to the different communication apparatus through the selected paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KUBO, Ayako IWAKI, Yutaka WATANABE, Kazuhisa FURUSAWA, Shinichi YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11381742
    Abstract: An optical apparatus attachable to an image pickup apparatus and switchable a power state between a first state and a second state that consumes a power less than the first state includes a driver that drives a driven member, a first detector configured to detect a driving amount of the driver or whether the driven member is located at a predetermined position, a memory that stores a signal value of the first detector when the power state of the optical apparatus is switched from the first state to the second state, and a determiner that determines that the driver is in an abnormal state when the signal value stored in the memory and the signal value of the first detector when the power state of the optical apparatus is switched from the second state to the first state are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11333969
    Abstract: Provided is an imprint apparatus that applies a resin (drops) dispersed at a plurality of locations on a substrate, brings the resin and a mold into contact, and transfers the contoured pattern that is formed in the mold to the resin comprising: a controller that sets a principal axis direction according to the contoured pattern and an array direction in which a plurality of resin drops are aligned, and determines application positions for the resin such that the array direction is angled with respect to the principal axis direction; and a dispenser that applies the resin based on the application positions that have been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CANON NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keiji Yamashita, Yutaka Watanabe, Takuya Kono, Masayuki Hatano, Ikuo Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11215788
    Abstract: A variable focal length lens device includes: a lens system whose refractive index changes in accordance with a drive signal to be inputted; an objective lens disposed on the same optical axis as the lens system; an image detector configured to detect an image of a measurement target through the lens system and the objective lens: a resonance-lock controller configured to tune the drive signal to a resonance frequency of the lens system; and a resonance-lock delay controller configured to divide a change in a frequency of the drive signal by a change amount set by the resonance-lock controller to step-by-step changes for n times by a preset reference value to delay the change in the frequency of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakai, Yutaka Watanabe, Gyokubu Cho
  • Patent number: 11193757
    Abstract: An image measurement apparatus, which functions as a non-contact profile-measuring device, includes: an image sensor as an image pick-up device; a variable focal length lens (liquid lens unit) disposed on an optical axis extending from a workpiece to the image sensor; and a controller (image-pickup lens controller and image measurement processor) configured to control the variable focal length lens and process a detected image by the image sensor. The image measurement apparatus, which also functions as a non-contact displacement-detecting device, includes: an image sensor; a variable focal length lens (liquid lens unit) disposed on an optical axis extending from the workpiece to the image sensor; and a controller (displacement-detection lens controller and profile measurement processor) configured to control the variable focal length lens and a detected image by the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Yoshida, Tatsuya Nagahama, Masafumi Yamanaka, Hitoshi Isobe, Naoto Oita, Koji Kubo, Yuko Shishido, Nobuo Ohba, Takahisa Ootake, Hiroki Matsui, Masanori Arai, Shiro Igasaki, Yuki Kurahashi, Hiroshi Sakai, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210364888
    Abstract: A lens apparatus is attachable to, detachable from, and communicable with the image pickup apparatus. The lens apparatus includes a focus lens configured to provide focusing, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, and at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks configured to acquire first correction data for correcting an in-focus position, to maintain the first correction data when the focus lens is located in a first area where detecting reliability of the in-focus position by autofocus is high, and to change the first correction data to second correction data when the focus lens is located in a second area where the detecting reliability of the in-focus position by the autofocus is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210333752
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to, when humidity detected by a humidity sensor is equal to or above a preset value with paper sheets stacked in a paper sheet holder being fed to an image forming unit, perform control to set a separation operation time used to separate in a separation operation a single paper sheet from multiple paper sheets stacked in the paper sheet holder to be longer than the separation operation time used when the detected humidity is lower than the preset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi KOMATSU, Akira OTSU, Takuma SUWA, Takashi KAWAKAMI, Tatsuya ICHIKAWA, Kunihiko HAYASHI, Yutaka WATANABE, Masae TAKABAYASHI, Ryosuke HIRONAKA, Hiroshi SHIOTA
  • Patent number: 11156959
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to, when humidity detected by a humidity sensor is equal to or above a preset value with paper sheets stacked in a paper sheet holder being fed to an image forming unit, perform control to set a separation operation time used to separate in a separation operation a single paper sheet from multiple paper sheets stacked in the paper sheet holder to be longer than the separation operation time used when the detected humidity is lower than the preset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Komatsu, Akira Otsu, Takuma Suwa, Takashi Kawakami, Tatsuya Ichikawa, Kunihiko Hayashi, Yutaka Watanabe, Masae Takabayashi, Ryosuke Hironaka, Hiroshi Shiota
  • Publication number: 20210138425
    Abstract: An airflow generation device having a first dielectric substrate made from a rubber elastic material, a first electrode on or near by a first surface of the first dielectric substrate, a second electrode on a second surface, and a second dielectric substrate made from a rubber elastic material covering the second electrode. It makes the airflows generated by plasma caused from partial gas near by the first surface through applied voltage into the first electrode and the second electrode, and bonding portions between the first electrode and the second electrode and the first dielectric substrate, bonding portions between the second electrode and the second dielectric substrate, and bonding portions between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are bonded by chemical bonds with chemically crosslinking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicants: ASAHI RUBBER INC., TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi WATANABE, Hideaki SATO, Yutaka WATANABE, Kenichi YAMAZAKI, Masahiro ASAYAMA, Motofumi TANAKA, Hiroyuki YASUI, Toshiki OSAKO