Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Koide
Hiroyuki Koide 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).
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Patent number: 7586218Abstract: A moving apparatus including a movable portion which is supported so as to move in a first direction, a first actuator having a movable element and a stator, the movable element being connected to the movable portion, a reference structure which has a guide surface parallel to the first direction and which supports the stator in the first direction, a second actuator configured to drive the stator in a rotation direction around an axis which is perpendicular to the guide surface, and a control unit configured to control the second actuator so as to suppress the rotation of the stator accompanied by the movement of the movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20090211302Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material includes: forming a porous glass base material by depositing glass particles; providing a vessel which employs a composite tube, the composite tube including a portion formed by jacketing a first quartz glass containing aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm with a second quartz glass containing aluminum equal to or more than 15 ppm; introducing dehydration reaction gas and inert gas into the vessel; heating the jacketed portion in the vessel which contains the dehydration reaction gas and the inert gas; and inserting the porous glass base material into the heated vessel to dehydrate and sinter the porous glass base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Dai Inoue, Hiroyuki Koide, Takaaki Nagao
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Patent number: 7561254Abstract: A traveling system for mobile bodies includes a control device for controlling traveling operation of a first and a second mobile bodies based on detection information provided by a relative distance detecting device mounted on only one of the first and second mobile bodies for detecting a distance to the other of the first and second mobile bodies, a first distance detecting device for detecting a distance between the first mobile body and a first reference position, and a second distance detecting device for detecting a distance between the second mobile body and a second reference position.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Patent number: 7538669Abstract: A wireless sensor system according to the invention has a wireless sensor device for detecting something and a wireless base station for exchanging data with the wireless sensor device by wireless. The wireless sensor device 2 has a sampling signal transmitting portion for transmitting a sampling signal, and the wireless base station has a sensitivity detecting portion for detecting a receive sensitivity of the sampling signal, and a sensitivity transmitting portion for transmitting a result detected thereby to the wireless sensor device. And, the wireless sensor device has at least one of a LED and a buzzer for informing of the receive sensitivity on the basis of data from the sensitivity transmitting portion. A worker who tries to locate the wireless sensor device can easily know the best place for location with the LED or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kashiwagi, Hiroyuki Koide, Yasushi Kikukawa, Takao Shinohara
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Publication number: 20090100876Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material includes: forming a porous glass base material by depositing glass particles; providing a synthetic quartz glass vessel at least partly made of quartz glass which contains aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm; introducing dehydration reaction gas and inert gas into the vessel; heating a portion made of quartz glass which contains aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm in the vessel that contains the dehydration reaction gas and the inert gas; and inserting the porous glass base material into the heated vessel to dehydrate and sinter the porous glass base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Dai Inoue, Hiroyuki Koide, Takaaki Nagao
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Publication number: 20090087206Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image holding body that is rotatable, and holds a first toner image and a second toner image; an image forming unit that forms the first toner image and the second toner image on the image holding body; a transfer unit that transfers the first toner image onto a transfer medium; a cleaning unit that has a cleaning member for freely coming into contact with and separating from the image holding body, and that brings the cleaning member into contact with the image holding body so as to clean a residual toner remaining on a surface of the image holding body; and a cleansing control unit that controls forming the second toner image for cleaning the cleaning member, opposing between the cleaning member and the second toner image, and cleaning of the second toner image by the cleaning member that is in a contact state with the image holding body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki KOIDE, Naoto Yoshino, Koichi Sato
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Patent number: 7398850Abstract: A transport apparatus including: a travel route having a plurality of retrieval locations continuous with the route; a plurality of article transporting vehicles that move along the route; control means for managing the vehicles; connecting means that can connect one of the vehicles to a fixed portion provided near each of the retrieval locations, and is provided with connection detection means that detects whether one of the vehicles and the fixed portion are connected. Each vehicle is provided with connected members that are capable of connecting to the connecting means; vehicle-side communication means for communicating with control-side communication means provided in the control means; a detachable member that can be attached to and detached from each vehicle; and a coupled portion that can be coupled with the detachable member of another vehicle, and is provided with coupling detection means that detects whether or not the detachable member of another vehicle has been coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20080084122Abstract: A moving apparatus including a movable portion which is supported so as to move in a first direction, a first actuator having a movable element and a stator, the movable element being connected to the movable portion, a reference structure which has a guide surface parallel to the first direction and which supports the stator in the first direction, a second actuator configured to drive the stator in a rotation direction around an axis which is perpendicular to the guide surface, and a control unit configured to control the second actuator so as to suppress the rotation of the stator accompanied by the movement of the movable portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20080055103Abstract: A traveling system for mobile bodies includes a control device for controlling traveling operation of a first and a second mobile bodies based on detection information provided by a relative distance detecting device mounted on only one of the first and second mobile bodies for detecting a distance to the other of the first and second mobile bodies, a first distance detecting device for detecting a distance between the first mobile body and a first reference position, and a second distance detecting device for detecting a distance between the second mobile body and a second reference position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Patent number: 7319283Abstract: A moving apparatus includes a first actuator having a movable element and a stator, and a second actuator for driving the stator. The second actuator drives the stator in a direction to suppress rotation of the stator which accompanies movement of the movable element.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20070193306Abstract: There are provided a sintering method and a sintering apparatus of a porous glass base material for sintering a porous glass base material to be dehydrated and vitrified into a transparent glass without causing core displacement and cross-sectional shape deformation. In detail, an aspect of the present invention is a sintering method of a porous glass base material for sintering a rod-like porous glass base material by hanging and moving the rod-like porous glass base material though a heating furnace. Here, the porous glass base material is lowered into a heating furnace heated to a sintering temperature, and after every part of the porous glass base material is moved through a preheated region extending from an upper edge of an insulating member to an upper edge of a heater in a heating furnace body in 4.5 hours or longer, the porous glass base material is sintered by the heater to be vitrified into a transparent glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Takeshi Kamio, Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20070176776Abstract: A wireless sensor system according to the invention has a wireless sensor device for detecting opening and closing of a door or a window, and a wireless base station for exchanging data with the wireless sensor device 2 by wireless. A detected direction setting portion for setting a direction where an acceleration is detected and a sensitivity level setting portion for setting a sensitivity level of the wireless sensor device are located on the wireless base station side so as to set the detected direction and the sensitivity level on the wireless base station side. Then, it is not necessary to set both on the wireless sensor device, and the setting is simple, thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Kazuhiro Kashiwagi, Hiroyuki Koide, Yoshiharu Kawai, Yasushi Kikukawa
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Publication number: 20070171051Abstract: A wireless sensor system according to the invention has a wireless sensor device for detecting something and a wireless base station for exchanging data with the wireless sensor device by wireless. The wireless sensor device 2 has a sampling signal transmitting portion for transmitting a sampling signal, and the wireless base station has a sensitivity detecting portion for detecting a receive sensitivity of the sampling signal, and a sensitivity transmitting portion for transmitting a result detected thereby to the wireless sensor device. And, the wireless sensor device has at least one of a LED and a buzzer for informing of the receive sensitivity on the basis of data from the sensitivity transmitting portion. A worker who tries to locate the wireless sensor device can easily know the best place for location with the LED or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Kazuhiro Kashiwagi, Hiroyuki Koide, Yasushi Kikukawa, Takao Shinohara
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Patent number: 7240622Abstract: In a conveying cart, a front side wheel (a front wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a travel driving unit (a front wheel inverter and a travel motor), and a rear side wheel (a rear wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a travel driving unit (a rear wheel inverter and a travel motor). When the conveying cart travels in a curve portion of a travel path, the travel driving unit for the front wheel of the conveying cart on which the center of gravity is located is subjected to speed control, and the travel driving unit for the rear wheel of the conveying cart that tends to float up is subjected to torque control.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20070068770Abstract: An article transporting facility includes: a single predetermined path disposed along a plurality of article transfer locations and having a first end and a second end; a predetermined number of article transporting carriages traveling on the predetermined path; controlling means for controlling traveling of the predetermined number of article transporting carriages; wherein based on article transport request information for transporting an article from an original article transfer location to a destination article transfer location among the plurality of article transfer locations, the controlling means controls the traveling of the transporting carriages such that the controlling means selects an article transporting carriage from the plurality of article transporting carriages for causing the selected carriage to transfer the article from the original article transfer location to the destination article transfer location; and when a multiple request condition exists wherein a plurality of transport requestType: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Koide, Hiroyuki Kozawa
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Publication number: 20060073002Abstract: An article transport apparatus is provided with a path that is arranged along a plurality of article transferring locations and that has a first end and a second end, a plurality of article transporting vehicles that run along the path, and a controller that controls movement of the plurality of article transporting vehicles, and that processes transport request data that includes information specifying an article transfer location for transfer among the plurality of article transfer locations. The controller selects an article transporting vehicle for a transport process from the plurality of article transporting vehicles based on the transport request data, and moves the selected article transporting vehicle for a transport process to the article transferring location for transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2005Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20060032685Abstract: A transport apparatus that includes, a travel route having a plurality of retrieval locations that are continuous with the travel route; a plurality of article transporting vehicles that move along the travel route; control means for managing the plurality of article transporting vehicles; and connecting means, for each retrieval location, that can connect one of the article transporting vehicles to a fixed portion provided near the retrieval location, and that is provided with connection detection means that detects whether or not one of the article transporting vehicles and the fixed portion are connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2005Publication date: February 16, 2006Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Patent number: 6960845Abstract: A moving apparatus includes a first actuator having a movable element and a stator, and a second actuator for driving the stator. The second actuator drives the stator in a direction to suppress rotation of the stator which accompanies movement of the movable element.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20050231141Abstract: A moving apparatus includes a first actuator having a movable element and a stator, and a second actuator for driving the stator. The second actuator drives the stator in a direction to suppress rotation of the stator which accompanies movement of the movable element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Koide
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Publication number: 20050081736Abstract: In a conveying cart, a front side wheel (a front wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a travel driving unit (a front wheel inverter and a travel motor), and a rear side wheel (a rear wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a travel driving unit (a rear wheel inverter and a travel motor). When the conveying cart travels in a curve portion of a travel path, the travel driving unit for the front wheel of the conveying cart on which the center of gravity is located is subjected to speed control, and the travel driving unit for the rear wheel of the conveying cart that tends to float up is subjected to torque control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventor: Hiroyuki Koide