Patents by Inventor Hideki Soejima

Hideki Soejima 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: 20190308751
    Abstract: An aircraft management system includes a sensor, a diagnosis executor, and an outputter. The sensor is loaded onto an aircraft. The diagnosis executor diagnoses health of a part of the aircraft on the basis of output from the sensor while the aircraft is flying. The outputter outputs predetermined recommendation information to an outside of the aircraft through wireless communication, in the case where the part satisfies a preset maintenance recommendation condition as a result of the diagnosis of the health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki SOEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190265126
    Abstract: A diagnosis apparatus includes a fiber optic sensor, a collection processor, and a self-diagnosis processor. The fiber optic sensor is configured to be disposed over a target. The collection processor is configured to perform a collection process that collects measurement data related to the target obtained by the fiber optic sensor. The self-diagnosis processor is configured to perform a self-diagnosis process before the collection processor starts the collection process. The self-diagnosis process obtains an output value related to calibration of the fiber optic sensor, causes the collection processor to start the collection process when the output value falls within a proper range, and outputs an error when the output value falls outside the proper range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki SOEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190112072
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a damage detection system includes: a physical quantity detection unit, a flight condition changing part and a damage detection part. The physical quantity detection unit detects a physical quantity of a structural object composing an aircraft during a flight of the aircraft. The flight condition changing part changes at least one flight condition of the aircraft to at least one specific flight condition when the physical quantity of the structural object has been detected by the physical quantity detection unit. The damage detection part determines whether a damage arose in the structural object, based on a physical quantity which has been detected, from the structural object of the aircraft flying with the at least one specific flight condition, by the physical quantity detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Masakatsu ABE, Hideki SOEJIMA, Takeshi FUKUROSE
  • Publication number: 20190033267
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an ultrasonic inspection system includes: a first inspection unit, a second inspection unit, and a signal processing system. The first inspection unit acquires a detection signal of a first ultrasonic wave in a first inspection section of an structural object, using a first ultrasonic transducer and a first ultrasonic sensor. The second inspection unit acquires a detection signal of a second ultrasonic wave in a second inspection section of the structural object, using a second ultrasonic transducer and a second ultrasonic sensor. The signal processing system obtains an index value representing inspection information of at least one of the first inspection section and the second inspection section, based on the detection signal of the first ultrasonic wave and the detection signal of the second ultrasonic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki SOEJIMA
  • Patent number: 10180410
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an ultrasonic test system includes at least one ultrasonic transducer, at least one ultrasonic sensor and a damage detection part composed of at least circuitry. The at least one ultrasonic transducer transmits an ultrasonic wave toward at least one test region. The at least one ultrasonic sensor detects the ultrasonic wave which has passed through the at least one test region. The damage detection part is configured to detect whether there is a damage in the at least one test region, based on a difference between a waveform corresponding to the ultrasonic wave detected by the at least one ultrasonic sensor and a reference waveform. The at least one ultrasonic transducer and the at least one ultrasonic sensor are disposed at positions which apart from each other with an interval longer than 300 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Takahashi, Hideki Soejima
  • Patent number: 10054568
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a damage diagnostic system that uses a damage detection system that obtains propagation intensity distribution data, which is expanded in the two dimensions frequency and propagation time, by converting the output value from an oscillation detection sensor that was obtained when oscillation is performed by an oscillator, and for one mode or two or more modes that are selected from the fundamental mode and higher mode of Lamb waves, obtains certain characteristic values from the data, for example three indices, which are the slope of the mode dispersion of the A1 mode (rate of change of the propagation time with respect to the frequency), the amount of decrease in the propagation time of the A1 mode, and the amount of increase in the propagation time of the S0 and S1 modes, and outputs the measurement results. The measurement results are displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hideki Soejima, Yoji Okabe
  • Patent number: 9726645
    Abstract: A vibration detection apparatus includes a ring laser resonator, a fiber Bragg grating and a detection system. The ring laser resonator generates a laser beam propagating a ring shaped optical path. The fiber Bragg grating is disposed in the ring laser resonator such that the laser beam enters the grating, and has a transmittance distribution characteristic of transmitted light in a wavelength direction, which changes in accordance with vibration of an object. The detection system detects the vibration based on the transmitted light through the fiber Bragg grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hideki Soejima, Yoji Okabe, Qi Wu
  • Publication number: 20160363562
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an ultrasonic test system includes at least one ultrasonic transducer, at least one ultrasonic sensor and a damage detection part composed of at least circuitry. The at least one ultrasonic transducer transmits an ultrasonic wave toward at least one test region. The at least one ultrasonic sensor detects the ultrasonic wave which has passed through the at least one test region. The damage detection part is configured to detect whether there is a damage in the at least one test region, based on a difference between a waveform corresponding to the ultrasonic wave detected by the at least one ultrasonic sensor and a reference waveform. The at least one ultrasonic transducer and the at least one ultrasonic sensor are disposed at positions which apart from each other with an interval longer than 300 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei TAKAHASHI, Hideki SOEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150268610
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a log storing unit that stores a log of each of plural object items that are set in advance, and a setting unit that, when an error occurs, selects predetermined one or more object items from the plural object items on the basis of a type of the error, and makes a setting such that logs of the selected one or more object items are stored in the log storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daichi TAKAHASHI, Noriyuki SUZUMURA, Kazutoshi KONDO, Yutaka IKEDA, Kazuya TAKAHASHI, Tomoya IMAI, Kazumi YANAGIDAIRA, Takashi TOMIZUKA, Hideki SOEJIMA, Makoto MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150247826
    Abstract: A vibration detection apparatus includes a ring laser resonator, a fiber Brag grating and a detection system. The ring laser resonator generates a laser beam propagating a ring shaped optical path. The fiber Bragg grating is disposed in the ring laser resonator such that the laser beam enters the grating, and has a transmittance distribution characteristic of transmitted light in a wavelength direction, which changes in accordance with vibration of an object. The detection system detects the vibration based on the transmitted light through the fiber Bragg grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicants: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hideki SOEJIMA, Yoji OKABE, Qi WU
  • Patent number: 8922789
    Abstract: Displacement measuring device with light irradiation system, first and second FBGs and detecting system. The first FBG has first transmittance distribution or first reflectance distribution. The second FBG has second transmittance distribution or second reflectance distribution. The detecting system detects light passed through the first and second FBGs of which at least one of the first transmittance distribution and the second transmittance distribution changes in a wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to a displacement amount of an object, or amplitude of the light passed through the first and the second FBGs of which at least one of the first reflectance distribution and the second reflectance distribution changes in the wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to the displacement amount of the object, and acquires an index to indicate the displacement amount based on the amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hideki Soejima, Yoji Okabe, Qi Wu, Koji Omichi, Ryujiro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20140330528
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a damage diagnostic system that uses a damage detection system that obtains propagation intensity distribution data, which is expanded in the two dimensions frequency and propagation time, by converting the output value from an oscillation detection sensor that was obtained when oscillation is performed by an oscillator, and for one mode or two or more modes that are selected from the fundamental mode and higher mode of Lamb waves, obtains certain characteristic values from the data, for example three indices, which are the slope of the mode dispersion of the A1 mode (rate of change of the propagation time with respect to the frequency), the amount of decrease in the propagation time of the A1 mode, and the amount of increase in the propagation time of the S0 and S1 modes, and outputs the measurement results. The measurement results are displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Soejima, Yoji Okabe
  • Publication number: 20140218751
    Abstract: Displacement measuring device with light irradiation system, first and second FBGs and detecting system. The first FBG has first transmittance distribution or first reflectance distribution. The second FBG has second transmittance distribution or second reflectance distribution. The detecting system detects light passed through the first and second FBGs of which at least one of the first transmittance distribution and the second transmittance distribution changes in a wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to a displacement amount of an object, or amplitude of the light passed through the first and the second FBGs of which at least one of the first reflectance distribution and the second reflectance distribution changes in the wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to the displacement amount of the object, and acquires an index to indicate the displacement amount based on the amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: The University of Tokyo, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki SOEJIMA, Yoji OKABE, Qi WU, Koji OMICHI, Ryujiro NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20110231112
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a damage diagnostic system that uses a damage detection system that obtains propagation intensity distribution data, which is expanded in the two dimensions frequency and propagation time, by converting the output value from an oscillation detection sensor that was obtained when oscillation is performed by an oscillator, and for one mode or two or more modes that are selected from the fundamental mode and higher mode of Lamb waves, obtains certain characteristic values from the data, for example three indices, which are the slope of the mode dispersion of the A1 mode (rate of change of the propagation time with respect to the frequency), the amount of decrease in the propagation time of the A1 mode, and the amount of increase in the propagation time of the S0 and S1 modes, and outputs the measurement results. The measurement results are displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hideki Soejima, Yoji Okabe
  • Publication number: 20050234147
    Abstract: A mixed coating material includes: a mixed resin comprising an ultraviolet curable resin and a low molecular weight tetrafluoroethylene resin; and a hydrofluorocarbon-containing organic solvent, wherein the mixed resin and the hydrofluorocarbon-containing organic solvent are mixed to allow the coating material to have film hardness of 1H or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Sakabe, Hideki Soejima, Takafumi Adachi, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto