Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Sugita
Katsuyuki Sugita 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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Publication number: 20190394352Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a non-volatile memory; and a hardware processor that controls the non-volatile memory, wherein the hardware processor determines whether communication speed of a communication path to the non-volatile memory is equal to or less than a threshold value and encrypts the data transmitted to the non-volatile memory when the communication speed is determined to be equal to or less than the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Takehisa YAMAGUCHI, Yuji OKAMOTO, Hidetaka IWAI, Nobuhiro MISHIMA, Atsushi TAMURA, Katsuyuki SUGITA
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Publication number: 20190360887Abstract: A fluid controller is provided having a flow path through which a fluid can flow, a closed space separated from the flow path by an isolation member, and a leak port capable of communicating the closed space with an external part. An anomaly detection device for detecting an anomalty has a pressure sensor detachably fixed to the leak port, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the closed space, a processing module for executing a predetermined information processing, and an detachable mechanism for blocking the leak port from the external part in the state of being fixed. The processing module determines an anomaly of the fluid controller by comparing a detection value detected by the pressure sensor to a predetermined threshold, and transmits a discrimination result of the anomaly of the fluid controller to a server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Fujikin IncorporatedInventors: Akihiro Harada, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Doi, Kouji Kawada, Katsuyuki Sugita, Shinichi Ikeda, Michio Yamaji, Tsutomu Shinohara, Ryutaro Tanno, Yuto Kawauchi
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Publication number: 20190342460Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing part; a storage part including a nonvolatile region that stores data in a nonvolatile manner; and a hardware processor that controls the image processing part, wherein the nonvolatile region includes a plurality of storage regions, the storage part stores setting information indicating whether each of the plurality of storage regions is a target of malicious code detection processing, and the hardware processor performs the malicious code detection processing only on a storage region that is the target of the malicious code detection processing based on the setting information among the plurality of storage regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Atsushi Tamura, Yuji Okamoto, Hidetaka Iwai, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Mishima, Katsuyuki Sugita
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Patent number: 10386861Abstract: A pressure type flow control system with flow monitoring includes an inlet, a control valve including a pressure flow control unit connected downstream of the inlet, a thermal flow sensor connected downstream of the control valve, an orifice installed on a fluid passage communicatively connected downstream of the thermal flow sensor, a temperature sensor provided near the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, a pressure sensor provided for the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, an outlet communicatively connected to the orifice, and a control unit including a pressure type flow rate arithmetic and control unit receiving a pressure signal from the pressure sensor and a temperature signal from the temperature sensor, and a flow sensor control unit to which a flow rate signal from the thermal flow sensor is input.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Fujikin IncorporatedInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Ryousuke Dohi, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda, Katsuyuki Sugita
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Patent number: 10386863Abstract: A pressure-type flow controller includes a main body provided with a fluid channel between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and an exhaust channel between the fluid channel and an exhaust outlet; a pressure control valve fixed to the fluid inlet of the main body for opening/closing the upstream side of the fluid channel; a pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the fluid channel on the downstream side of the pressure control valve; an orifice provided in the fluid channel on the downstream side of the point of branching of the exhaust channel; and an exhaust control valve for opening/closing the exhaust channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: FUIIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Dohi, Katsuyuki Sugita
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Publication number: 20190250648Abstract: A pressure-type flow rate control device includes a control valve; a pressure sensor provided downstream of the control valve; an orifice-built-in valve provided downstream of the pressure sensor; and a control unit connected to the control valve and pressure sensor. The built-in orifice valve has a valve mechanism comprising a valve seat body and a valve element for opening/closing a flow path; a drive mechanism for driving the valve mechanism, and an orifice member provided in the vicinity of the valve mechanism. The pressure-type flow rate control device further includes an opening/closing-detection mechanism for detecting the open/closed state of the valve mechanism, the control unit being configured to receive a detection signal from the opening/closing-detection mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Fujikin IncorporatedInventors: Kaoru HIRATA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Nobukazu IKEDA, Kouji NISHINO
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Publication number: 20190243391Abstract: A fluid control device includes a main body block including a first flow passage, and a second flow passage, a first and second fluid control units installed on an installation surface of the main body block. The first and second flow passages include a first portion extending along a first direction and a second flow passage portion orthogonal to the first direction. The second portion is formed of a hole extending from a side surface of the main body block and a sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru HIRATA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Takahiro IMAI, Shinya OGAWA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Patent number: 10372145Abstract: A pressure-type flow rate controller includes a body provided with a fluid passage which communicates a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a control valve for pressure control fixed to the body to open and close the fluid passage, an orifice arranged in the course of the fluid passage on the downstream side of the control valve, and a pressure sensor fixed to the body to detect the internal pressure of the fluid passage between the control valve and the orifice, wherein the fluid passage comprises a first passage portion communicating the control valve and a pressure detection chamber provided on a pressure detection surface of the pressure sensor, and a second passage portion spaced away from the first passage portion and communicating the pressure detection chamber and the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Fujikin IncorporatedInventors: Takashi Hirose, Toshihide Yoshida, Atsushi Matsumoto, Kaoru Hirata, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Dohi, Katsuyuki Sugita
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Publication number: 20190235802Abstract: A printing system includes: a printer; and a terminal device, wherein an inquirer that inquires of the printer a predicted time to be taken for printing a document to be printed is provided in the terminal device, a calculator that calculates a predicted time to be taken for the printer to print the document under each of a plurality of conditions and a responder that responds to the terminal device about the predicted time for each of the conditions are provided in the printer, a presenter that displays the conditions and the predicted time for each of the conditions on a display and an instructor that instructs the printer to print the document under a condition selected from the conditions are also provided in the terminal device, and a printing part that prints the document under the condition selected from the conditions is also provided in the printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Atsushi TAMURA, Yuji OKAMOTO, Hidetaka IWAI, Takehisa YAMAGUCHI, Nobuhiro MISHIMA, Katsuyuki SUGITA
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Publication number: 20190129452Abstract: The fluid controller includes a fluid control module and an external control module. The fluid control module includes a control valve on a flow channel, a valve driver circuit that drives the control valve, a fluid meter on a flow channel, and a first processor that processes a signal output from the fluid meter. The external control module includes a second processor that processes a signal output from the first processor. The second processor outputs a valve control signal according to the signal of the fluid meter output from the first processor, the valve control signal is directly input to the valve driver circuit without through the first processor, and the valve driver circuit outputs a voltage that drives the control valve according to the valve control signal from the second processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru HIRATA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Yohei SAWADA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Kouji NISHINO
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Patent number: 10274356Abstract: A liquid level meter includes a first resistive temperature detector; a first temperature measuring body a liquid level detection section a temperature detection section detecting the temperatures of the first resistive temperature detector and the first temperature measuring body; a current control section determining a value of a current to apply to the first resistive temperature detector such that a difference between the temperatures of the first resistive temperature detector and the first temperature measuring body detected by the temperature detection section to be a first constant value; and a power supply unit supplying a current of the determined current value to the first resistive temperature detector; wherein the liquid level detection section determines whether the first resistive temperature detector is present in a liquid or outside of the liquid using the value of the current applied to the first resistive temperature detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Katsuyuki Sugita, Atsushi Hidaka, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
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Publication number: 20190094847Abstract: A pressure-type flow rate control device includes a restriction part, a control valve disposed upstream of the restriction part, an upstream pressure sensor, a downstream pressure sensor, and a controller that diagnoses flow rate control by using pressure drop data on a flow passage between the control valve and the restriction part and reference pressure drop data, wherein a close command is issued to the control valve and a shutoff valve provided downstream of the downstream pressure sensor, and the controller determines whether a predetermined critical expansion condition is satisfied by using outputs of the upstream pressure sensor and the downstream pressure sensor after the control valve is closed, and diagnoses flow rate control by using the pressure drop data acquired during a period in which the predetermined critical expansion condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki NAGASE, Kaoru HIRATA, Yohei SAWADA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Patent number: 10174858Abstract: A piezoelectric element-driven valve includes a body provided with a fluid channel and a valve seat, a valve element which opens and closes the fluid channel by being in contact with and separated from the valve seat of the body, and piezoelectric actuators which drive the valve element to open and close by means of the extension of the piezoelectric element. In the piezoelectric element-driven valve, at least two piezoelectric actuators are arranged on a straight line via a spacer which allows pulling out of wiring.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Katsuyuki Sugita, Ryousuke Dohi, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
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Publication number: 20180314271Abstract: A flow rate signal correction method applicable to a pressure-type flow rate control device that controls a flow rate by controlling pressure existing upstream of a restriction part includes a step of generating a primary signal indicating the flow rate in accordance with an output of a pressure sensor provided upstream of the restriction part and a step of generating a secondary signal as a corrected signal of the primary signal such that the current value of the primary signal and a value including information regarding one or a plurality of past values of the primary signal are used to derive a current value corrected according to a predetermined relational expression. The secondary signal is output as a flow rate signal during a stable flow rate period, and the secondary signal is not output as a flow rate signal during a transient change period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Katsuyuki SUGITA, Nobukazu IKEDA, Kouji NISHINO, Kaoru HIRATA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Masayoshi KAWASHIMA, Takahiro IMAI
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Publication number: 20180283914Abstract: The pressure-type flow rate control device includes: a restriction part interposed in a flow channel; an upstream-side pressure sensor detecting a fluid pressure on the upstream side of the restriction part; a downstream-side pressure sensor detecting a fluid pressure on the downstream side of the restriction part; a flow control valve provided in the flow channel on the upstream side of the upstream-side pressure sensor; and computation control circuit controlling the flow control valve based on detected values of the upstream-side pressure sensor and the downstream-side pressure sensor, thereby controlling the flow. Under conditions where no fluid flow occurs in the flow channel, the computation control circuit computes the difference between the detected value of the upstream-side pressure sensor and the detected value of the downstream-side pressure sensor, and outputs a signal for pressure sensor malfunction determination based on the computed difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Katsuyuki SUGITA, Kouji NISHINO, Kaoru HIRATA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Patent number: 10073469Abstract: A flow meter includes an inlet side switching valve, an outlet side switching valve on a downstream of the inlet side valve, and a control valve on a downstream of the outlet side valve that are connected with each other by flow passages having internal volumes, a pressure sensor on an upstream side of the control valve, and a larger flow rate measuring section for calculating a flow rate based on a build-down volume of an internal volume of the passage between an outlet of the inlet side valve and an inlet of the control valve, and a smaller flow rate measuring section for calculating a flow rate based on a build-down volume of an inner capacity of the passage between an outlet of the outlet side valve and the inlet of the control valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki Nagase, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Dohi, Atsushi Hidaka, Katsuyuki Sugita
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Patent number: 9921089Abstract: A pressure type flow rate control apparatus is provided wherein flow rate of fluid passing through an orifice is computed as Qc=KP1 (where K is a proportionality constant) or as Qc=KP2m (P1-P2)n (where K is a proportionality constant, m and n constants) by using orifice upstream side pressure P1 and/or orifice downstream side pressure P2. A fluid passage between the downstream side of a control valve and a fluid supply pipe of the pressure type flow rate control apparatus comprises at least 2 fluid passages in parallel, and orifices having different flow rate characteristics are provided for each of these fluid passages, wherein fluid in a small flow quantity area flows to one orifice for flow control of fluid in the small flow quantity area, while fluid in a large flow quantity area flows to the other orifice for flow control of fluid in the large flow quantity area.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: Fujikin Incorporated, National University Corporation Tohuku University, Tokyo Electron Ltd.Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Masahito Saito, Shoichi Hino, Tsuyoshi Shimazu, Kazuyuki Miura, Kouji Nishino, Masaaki Nagase, Katsuyuki Sugita, Kaoru Hirata, Ryousuke Dohi, Takashi Hirose, Tsutomu Shinohara, Nobukazu Ikeda, Tomokazu Imai, Toshihide Yoshida, Hisashi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180071702Abstract: A vaporization supply apparatus comprises a vaporizer which heats and vaporize a liquid, a flow-rate control device which controls a flow rate of a gas sent out from the vaporizer, a first control valve interposed in a supply channel of a liquid to the vaporizer, a pressure detector for detecting a pressure of a gas vaporized by the vaporizer, a liquid detection part for measuring parameters of a liquid in an amount higher than a predetermined amount in the vaporizer, and a control device which controls the first control valve to supply a predetermined amount of a liquid to the vaporizer based on the pressure value detected by the pressure detector, and to close the first control valve when the liquid detection part detect a liquid in an amount higher than the predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Masaaki NAGASE, Kaoru HIRATA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Satoru YAMASHITA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA, Keiji HIRAO
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Patent number: 9870006Abstract: A pressure type flow control system with flow monitoring includes an inlet side passage, a control valve comprising a pressure-type flow control unit connected downstream of the inlet side passage, a thermal-type flow sensor connected downstream of the control valve, an orifice installed on a fluid passage connected downstream of the thermal-type flow sensor, a temperature sensor provided near the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, a pressure sensor provided for the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, an outlet side passage connected to the orifice, and a control unit comprising a pressure-type flow rate arithmetic and control unit to which a pressure signal from the pressure sensor and a temperature signal from the temperature sensor are input, and which computes a flow rate value of fluid flowing through the orifice, and outputs a control signal to a valve drive unit of the control valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Fujikin IncorporatedInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Ryousuke Dohi, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda, Katsuyuki Sugita
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Patent number: 9841770Abstract: The pressure-type flow control device includes: a main body provided with a fluid channel communicating between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and an exhaust channel communicating between the fluid channel and an exhaust outlet; a pressure control valve fixed to a fluid inlet side of the main body for opening or closing the upstream side of the fluid channel; a first pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the fluid channel on the downstream side of the control valve; an orifice provided in the fluid channel on the downstream side of the point of branching of the exhaust channel; an on/off valve for opening or closing the fluid channel on the downstream side of the first pressure sensor; and an exhaust valve for opening or closing the exhaust channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Dohi, Katsuyuki Sugita, Masaaki Nagase