Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Takano

Hiroshi Takano 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).

  • Method for switching signal input based on device capability
    Patent number: 6731347
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for switching input terminals based on device capability are disclosed. The method supplies a digital signal and an analog signal to a device. The method includes examination of whether or not a device is receiving a digital signal in an eligible format. The method also selects an analog input terminal to receive an analog signal unless the digital signal is being provided in the eligible format. The apparatus includes a digital input terminal to receive a digital signal, an analog input terminal to receive an analog signal, an IEEE1394 interface coupled with the digital input terminal, a HD decoder coupled with the IEEE1394 interface, a memory and a selector which selects the digital input terminal if the digital signal is in an eligible format for the device. The apparatus otherwise selects the analog input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Satoshi Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Makoto Sato, Yuji Kimura
  • Apparatus for crushing waste products and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6726134
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • X-ray CT scanner
    Publication number: 20040017895
    Abstract: An X-ray CT scanner having an X-ray tube for radiating X-rays to a subject, an X-ray detector for detecting X-rays that have penetrated the subject, a circular plate-like rotary member with an opening for insertion of a subject and having the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector mounted thereon at opposing positions with respect to the opening, a support for rotatably supporting the rotary member, and a rotary drive for rotating the rotary member around the subject. The X-ray and the X-ray detector are mounted on a side surface of the rotary member, the side surface being a unit mounting surface for mounting a control unit relating to at least one of generation and detection of the X-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Tsutomu Suzuki, Hiroshi Takano, Eiichi Makino, Takaaki Kobiki, Akira Kurome
  • Assembled camshaft for engine and production method thereof
    Publication number: 20030230260
    Abstract: An assembled camshaft (10) for engine includes: a cam lobe piece (12); and a hollow shaft member (11) having at least two shaft fixing surfaces (11A) formed by plasticity process on a portion of the hollow shaft member (11) corresponding to a position between cylinders of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tomoyuki Hirota, Yujiro Ohara
  • Apparatus for crushing waste products and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6663029
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Apparatus for crushing wast products and method of operating the same
    Publication number: 20030164419
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Production method of cam lobe piece of assembled camshaft
    Publication number: 20030159284
    Abstract: A method of producing a cam lobe piece of an assembled camshaft in a valve operating system for an internal combustion engine. The method comprises (a) forming a profile of the cam lobe piece by upsetting a material under forging to obtain an intermediately formed body; (b) piercing a central portion of the intermediately formed body to form a shaft bore; and (c) ironing an inner peripheral surface of the pierced intermediately formed body to form unevenness at the inner peripheral surface, all accomplished by cold working. The material at the forming the profile of the cam lobe piece has a first section located on a side of a cam nose of the cam lobe piece, and a second section located longitudinally opposite to the first section. The material has a thickness which gradually increases in a direction from the second section to the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yujiro Ohara, Hiroshi Takano
  • Method for switching input terminal based on incoming signal format
    Publication number: 20030128295
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for switching input terminals based on a transmitted signal format are disclosed. The method includes issuing a command to a receiver (12) when a format of the signal has changed from digital to analog. The receiver (12) switches to an analog input terminal (122) according to the command. The apparatus includes a transmitter (10) and a receiver (12) connected with each other with a digital interface (14) and an analog interface (16). The transmitter (10) has a command generator (106) that issues the command. The receiver (12) includes a switch (128) to select an input terminal, and a selector to control the switch according to the command provided from the transmitter. The receiver also includes a digital signal processor (124) coupled to the digital interface to decode digital signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Satoshi Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Makoto Sato, Yuji Kimura
  • X-ray CT scanner
    Patent number: 6590953
    Abstract: The rotary member carrying the X-ray radiation unfit and the X-ray detection unit and rotated around a subject is used as the rotor. The rotor is provided with a rotor core and a plurality of conductors connected to the core. The stator has at least one set of stator core and stator winding, the at least one set of stator core and stator winding being adapted to clamp the rotor and arranged at opposing positions. A three-phase AC current is supplied to the stator winding to generate a rotating magnetic field to rotate the rotor and thereby rotate the rotary member at high speed. Because the scan time can be reduced, the X-ray CT scanner can scan such moving organs as heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Suzuki, Hiroshi Takano, Eiichi Makino, Takaaki Kobiki, Akira Kurome
  • Toner for developing electrostatic image, method for producing the same, electrostatic image developer, method for forming image and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 6558864
    Abstract: Provided are a toner and its production, a developer, an image forming method and an image forming apparatus. The toner has excellent fixation characteristics of good releasability, hot offset resistance, folding resistance, surface glossiness, and OHP transparency. The toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent and an inorganic particles. The inorganic particles therein contain inorganic particles (A) having the mean primary particle size not less than approximately 5 nm and less than approximately 30 nm and inorganic particles (B) having the mean primary particle size not less than approximately 30 nm and less than approximately 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ishiyama, Hiroshi Takano, Yasuo Kadokura, Yasuo Matsumura, Hideo Maehata, Masaaki Suwabe, Shuji Sato
  • Method and apparatus for automatically switching between analog and digital input signals
    Publication number: 20030071918
    Abstract: An entertainment system includes a digital television connected to a number of audio/video input devices. The television and at least two of the input devices support analog legacy communication schemes. The television is adapted to uniquely identify the analog output channels from each of the input devices. Uniquely identifying the analog output channels from each input device enables the television to automatically select the correct device output from among the numerous possibilities. This automation relieves the user of having to manually select the correct analog channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Atsushi Suzuki, Shigeharu Kondo, Takashi Otani
  • Module of drug particle separator and inhaler provided with same
    Publication number: 20030056789
    Abstract: An inhaler has a tubular case defining inside a flow route for medicament. A capsule containing the medicament serving as its source is on the upstream side and a mouthpiece is on the opposite downstream side. A rotor with a convex surface on the upstream side is rotatably placed in the flow route inside the tubular case. A motor rotates the rotor when a patient breathes in the medicament such that a shearing force will operate on the medicament particles and the medicament is separated from lactose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Kei Asai, Makoto Tabata
  • Solder dross removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6499650
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering solder from dross present on the surface of a molten solder includes a solder reservoir for holding a pool of molten solder, and a solder nozzle disposed in the solder reservoir and adapted to direct a solder wave against a printed circuit board to be soldered. The solder nozzle includes opposite side troughs inclined downwardly toward one side of the solder reservoir to direct dross toward a dross zone. A semicircular hood extends across the solder reservoir and is located above the dross zone. A screw extends across the solder reservoir and is covered by the hood. The screw is activated to agitate the dross so as to remove oxides and recover solder from the dross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Hirokazu Ichikawa
  • Apparatus for forming metal feedstock from waste metal products
    Patent number: 6497023
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a metal feedstock from waste metal products is disclosed. The apparatus includes devices for: crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pieces; placing the cast blocks between the sheet-shaped scraps to make a sandwich structure; and pressing the sandwich structure to form a metal feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashi Okada
  • Bevel gear
    Publication number: 20020148316
    Abstract: A bevel gear 1 has a radius of curvature R of a fillet curve provided between a tooth flank A and a bottom land B gradually increasing from a small-diameter end D1 to a large-diameter end D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Yujiro Ohara, Hiroshi Yamashita, Atsushi Hayata
  • Magenta toner for electrophotography, magenta developer for electrophotography, and image forming method using the same
    Patent number: 6455215
    Abstract: An electrophotographic magenta toner which comprises a binder resin and a colorant comprising (a) 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 and (b) 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of C.I. Pigment Red 81 or C.I. Pigment Red 122, per 100 parts by weight of the toner. A magenta developer comprising the magenta toner, and a full color image forming method using the magenta toner or developer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Hashimoto, Masanori Ichimura, Michio Take, Hiroshi Takano
  • Method of and apparatus for removing oil from a waste object
    Patent number: 6423153
    Abstract: A waste object containing oil has a first opening formed therein at an upper portion thereof and a second opening positioned below the first opening. The first and second openings are connected to a recovery tank. Hot water of a predetermined temperature is held in the recovery tank and is caused to accumulate inside the waste object via the second opening. Oil that has floated upwards is recovered in the recovery tank via the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Metal feedstock from wasted metal products
    Patent number: 6391085
    Abstract: A metal feedstock from wasted metal products is disclosed. The feedstock is formed by crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pieces; placing the cast blocks between the sheet-shaped scraps to make a sandwich structure; and pressing the sandwich structure to form a metal feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashi Okada
  • Apparatus for crushing waste products and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6390396
    Abstract: An apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having crushing means on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Toner for developing electrostatic image, method for producing the same, electrostatic image developer, method for forming image and image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20020058190
    Abstract: Provided are a toner and its production, a developer, an image forming method and an image forming apparatus. The toner has excellent fixation characteristics of good releasability, hot offset resistance, folding resistance, surface glossiness, and OHP transparency. The toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent and an inorganic particles. The inorganic particles therein contain inorganic particles (A) having the mean primary particle size not less than approximately 5 nm and less than approximately 30 nm and inorganic particles (B) having the mean primary particle size not less than approximately 30 nm and less than approximately 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takao Ishiyama, Hiroshi Takano, Yasuo Kadokura, Yasuo Matsumura, Hideo Maehata, Masaaki Suwabe, Shuji Sato