Patents by Inventor Kenichi Morimoto
Kenichi Morimoto 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: 8677236Abstract: Word predictions in a message are selected or prioritized based on the recipient of the message and a previous location of use by a user. An input history is created based on messages sent to the recipient from the user at a particular location (e.g., global positioning system coordinates). As the user composes subsequent messages, a current location of the user is determined. Word predictions are performed based on a comparison of the current location to the previous locations, and based on the recipient(s). In further embodiments, location-aware spell-check functionality is provided for the messages.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason Michael Bower, Rui Li, Kenichi Morimoto, Honghui Sun, Simon Liu
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Publication number: 20130332383Abstract: A Plant safety design assistance device (100) is configured by a communication device (140), a diagnostics and monitoring device (110), a fault inspection management device (120), and a design and manufacturing device (130) being interconnected via network (150). The diagnostics and monitoring device (110) receives plant status information (dc) from a plant control system (1) and carries out monitoring and diagnostics an the plant. The fault inspection management device (120) maintains fault inspection information (D2) of an apparatus which is used in the plant. The design and manufacturing device (130) maintains design and manufacturing information of the apparatus which is used in the plant. The design and manufacturing devise (130) receives the fault inspection information (D2) from the fault inspection management device (120), and carries out a plant safety design which takes the fault inspection information into account.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Fumikado Anzai, Kenichi Morimoto, Yoshikane Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20130245792Abstract: A control arithmetic device controls so that an approval-receiving device displays a content of a new control program that the control arithmetic device received from the editing device. The approval-receiving device receives input of approval information that indicates whether a change of a control program is approved or not from an manager. The control arithmetic device changes the control program to the new control program in the case where the approval information received from the approval-receiving device indicates approval of the control program.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Fumikado Anzai, Yoshikane Yamanaka, Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20130245794Abstract: A safety device includes a first computation unit, a second computation unit, an output control unit, and a first central processing device. The first computation unit is configured to perform a first computation on a detected value detected from a subject to be controlled, thus obtaining a first result value. The second computation unit is configured to perform a second computation on the detected value, thus obtaining a second result value which is to be determined if equal to the first result value. The output control unit is configured to output the first result value in a case that the second computation unit determines that the first result value is equal to the second result value, and not to output the first result value in a case that the second computation unit determines that the first result value is not equal to the second result value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Ishii, Masanobu Soga, Hideaki Emoto, Shinichi Toda, Katsuya Daigo, Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20130106863Abstract: In a program creating system, an image that implements prescribed behavior on the screen of an image display unit is drawn with a drawing tool, and with an FBD drawing tool, by handling the image drawn with the drawing tool in the form of an object and connecting a signal line for implementing the behavior to the object, the behavior that the image implements is defined, and the processing flow for the image to implement the defined behavior is described with an FBD language. Accordingly, it is possible to easily create a program that realizes highly representative image display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: MITSUBUSHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ,LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20130007514Abstract: The reliability of output data is enhanced, and the frequency of stopping arithmetic devices is reduced. A redundant system includes an input device; a plurality of arithmetic devices that receive input data from the input device; and an output device that receives output data output from the arithmetic devices, the redundant system causing the arithmetic devices to perform the same processing. Each of the arithmetic devices includes: a first communication unit that acquires the input data from the input device; and a second communication unit that sends the input data acquired by the first communication unit to other arithmetic device and receives the input data acquired by the other arithmetic device from the other arithmetic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro TAKATSUDO, Kiyoshi ISHII, Kenichi MORIMOTO, Fumikado ANZAI
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Patent number: 8341222Abstract: A local or remote server is configured to receive requests for text and other suggestions from a plurality of client applications. The local or remote server can format requests for delivery to one or more suggestion sources along with client contexts that specify client delivery, format, or other requests associated with the suggestion request. The local or remote server selects suggestion sources based on the client requests and the client contexts, and can combine suggestions returned from multiple sources as directed by client contexts. Requests associated with different clients can be directed to different suggestion sources, and user or client accepted suggestion histories can be stored for use in providing suggestions.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Takanobu Murayama, Kenichi Morimoto, Chongming Ho, Eric Norman Badger, Drew Elliot Linerud, Kenneth R. Walters
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Patent number: 8300018Abstract: A tactile sensor for detecting a variation in pressing real-time. The tactile sensor is simple in structure, detects a variation in pressing by using reduced wires, has increased reliability and reduced cost, and can obtain information accurately. A sheet has, along its surface, resistors arranged in an X direction and Y direction, has a resistor in Z direction corresponding to the thickness direction of the sheet, and has a pressure sensitive resistor sheet (4) whose resistance in the Z direction varies according to pressing in the thickness direction. At least a pair of electrodes (9, 10, 11, 12) is placed in the periphery of the pressure sensitive sheet (4), and the electrodes conduct a current to at least either of the resistor in the X direction or the resistor in the Y direction. Also, at least a pair of conductors (5, 6) for conducting a current to the resistor in the Z direction is provided on the surface of the pressure sensitive sheet (4).Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Ewsystem Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Morimoto
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Patent number: 8291724Abstract: A heat exchanger has multiple laminated fins 30. Each fin 30 has multiple tops 34 and multiple bottoms 36 arranged to have a preset acute angle ? (for example, 30 degrees) to an air flow line at an air inlet and to make an air flow in a cavity region behind each of multiple heat transfer tubes 22a to 22c in an air flow direction at an air outlet. This design of the fins 30 produces effective secondary flows of the air to improve the heat transfer efficiency and makes an additional contribution to heat exchange, due to the air flow in the cavity region behind each of the heat transfer tubes 22a to 22c in the air flow direction. This arrangement effectively prevents separation of the air flow and a local speed increase of the air flow, while improving the overall heat exchange efficiency by production of the effective secondary flows of the air.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The University of TokyoInventors: Naoki Shikazono, Nobuhide Kasagi, Yuji Suzuki, Yoshinori Suzue, Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20110246575Abstract: A local or remote server is configured to receive requests for text and other suggestions from a plurality of client applications. The local or remote server can format requests for delivery to one or more suggestion sources along with client contexts that specify client delivery, format, or other requests associated with the suggestion request. The local or remote server selects suggestion sources based on the client requests and the client contexts, and can combine suggestions returned from multiple sources as directed by client contexts. Requests associated with different clients can be directed to different suggestion sources, and user or client accepted suggestion histories can be stored for use in providing suggestions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Takanobu Murayama, Kenichi Morimoto, Chongming Ho, Eric Norman Badger, Drew Elliott Linerud, Kenneth R. Walters
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Patent number: 7953692Abstract: Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input. In an embodiment, a system includes a prediction engine which can be configured to provide one or more ranked candidates using one or more configurable data sources and/or candidate providers. Each data source can be configured to include a candidate provider to predict and return predicted candidates. The prediction engine can use a predicted candidate to rank and return a ranked candidate to a user interface, process, or other application. In one embodiment, a computing device can include and use a prediction engine which can use a customized ranking component to rank and return ranked candidates based in part on a query type. The customized ranking component can use predicted candidates provided by one or more data sources and/or candidate providers when making a ranking determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason Bower, Chet Laughlin, Daryn Elliot Robbins, Kenichi Morimoto, Peter Davis
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Patent number: 7912700Abstract: Context-based word prediction is provided. A software application utilizes words contained in an application document to provide context-based word prediction in the same or a related document. The software application creates an application defined data source and populates the data source with words occurring in a document. When the same or a related document is being edited via an input method, for example, typing, speech recognition, electronic handwriting, etc., a prediction engine presents candidate words from the application defined data source that match current text input, and the user may choose from the presented candidate words for automatic population into the document being edited. Information from the application defined data source may be transferred between computing devices, for example, between a mobile computing device and a desktop (non-mobile) computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason Bower, Kenji Furuuchi, Simon Liu, Kenichi Morimoto, Daryn Robbins, Chet Laughlin, Peter Davis
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Patent number: 7809719Abstract: Embodiments are provided to predict and suggest one or more candidates. Words, acronyms, compound words, phrases, and other textual and symbolic representations can be predicted and suggested to a user as part of an input process or other user operation. In an embodiment, a number of textual candidates can be predicted based in part on user input and data stored in a store component. The number of predicted textual candidates can be suggested to a user as a number of suggested textual candidates. Embodiments enable a user to select an appropriate textual candidate from the number of suggested textual candidates, while reducing a number of associated user operations.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kenji Furuuchi, Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20100161733Abstract: Word predictions in a message are selected or prioritized based on the recipient of the message and a previous location of use by a user. An input history is created based on messages sent to the recipient from the user at a particular location (e.g., global positioning system coordinates). As the user composes subsequent messages, a current location of the user is determined. Word predictions are performed based on a comparison of the current location to the previous locations, and based on the recipient(s). In further embodiments, location-aware spell-check functionality is provided for the messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason Michael Bower, Rui Li, Kenichi Morimoto, Honghui Sun, Simon Liu
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Patent number: 7698574Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply device and a communication system. The power supply device supplies power to a main device. The communication system is provided with the main device mounting the power supply device therein and an external device connected to the main device. A feature of the invention is to offer a power supply device and a communication system that are capable of being responsive to external signals for returning to a normal operation mode with minimum power consumption in a power-saving operation mode. In the power saving operation mode, a main power supply circuit (60) is turned off and only an auxiliary power supply circuit (50) is operated.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Morimoto, Yoshio Nishimoto, Kazuya Iwabayashi, Yoshifumi Maitani, Yusuke Nagano
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Patent number: 7588815Abstract: The present invention provides a mask blank used for the charged particle beam exposure made by employing an SOI substrate having a silicon membrane higher reliability in quality, without the problem of deformation due to the compression stress of a silicon oxide film as an intermediate layer of the SOI substrate, and provides a method for forming a mask blank and a mask used for the charged particle beam exposure. The mask blank used for the charged particle beam exposure made by employing an SOI substrate having a front-side silicon membrane and a back-side silicon layer with a silicon oxide layer interposed therebetween is characterized in that the back-side silicon layer and the silicon oxide film of said SOI substrate are partially removed to form an opening to be an exposed region and an etching stop layer having lower stress is formed in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20090150322Abstract: Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input. In an embodiment, a system includes a prediction engine which can be configured to provide one or more ranked candidates using one or more configurable data sources and/or candidate providers. Each data source can be configured to include a candidate provider to predict and return predicted candidates. The prediction engine can use a predicted candidate to rank and return a ranked candidate to a user interface, process, or other application. In one embodiment, a computing device can include and use a prediction engine which can use a customized ranking component to rank and return ranked candidates based in part on a query type. The customized ranking component can use predicted candidates provided by one or more data sources and/or candidate providers when making a ranking determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason Bower, Chet Laughlin, Daryn Elliot Robbins, Kenichi Morimoto, Peter Davis
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Publication number: 20090119525Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply device and a communication system. The power supply device supplies power to a main device. The communication system is provided with the main device mounting the power supply device therein and an external device connected to the main device. A feature of the invention is to offer a power supply device and a communication system that are capable of being responsive to external signals for returning to a normal operation mode with minimum power consumption in a power-saving operation mode. In the power saving operation mode, a main power supply circuit (60) is turned off and only an auxiliary power supply circuit (50) is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2003Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Kenichi Morimoto, Yoshio Nishimoto, Kazuya Iwabayashi, Yoshifumi Maitani, Yusuke Nagano
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Patent number: 7479233Abstract: The present invention provides a mask blank used for the charged particle beam exposure made by employing an SOI substrate having a silicon membrane higher reliability in quality, without the problem of deformation due to the compression stress of a silicon oxide film as an intermediate layer of the SOI substrate, and provides a method for forming a mask blank and a mask used for the charged particle beam exposure. The mask blank used for the charged particle beam exposure made by employing an SOI substrate having a front-side silicon membrane and a back-side silicon layer with a silicon oxide layer interposed therebetween is characterized in that the back-side silicon layer and the silicon oxide film of said SOI substrate are partially removed to form an opening to be an exposed region and an etching stop layer having lower stress is formed in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20080271933Abstract: A tactile sensor for detecting a variation in pressing real-time. The tactile sensor is simple in structure, detects a variation in pressing by using reduced wires, has increased reliability and reduced cost, and can obtain information accurately. A sheet has, along its surface, resistors arranged in an X direction and Y direction, has a resistor in Z direction corresponding to the thickness direction of the sheet, and has a pressure sensitive resistor sheet (4) whose resistance in the Z direction varies according to pressing in the thickness direction. At least a pair of electrodes (9, 10, 11, 12) is placed in the periphery of the pressure sensitive sheet (4), and the electrodes conduct a current to at least either of the resistor in the X direction or the resistor in the Y direction. Also, at least a pair of conductors (5, 6) for conducting a current to the resistor in the Z direction is provided on the surface of the pressure sensitive sheet (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2005Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventor: Kenichi Morimoto