Patents by Inventor Kenji Kawasaki

Kenji Kawasaki 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: 20240139872
    Abstract: To prevent metal vapor and spatter from adhering to an optical system. A vacuum laser processing device includes: a laser beam irradiation unit having an optical system configured to emit a laser beam and an irradiation chamber through which the emitted laser beam passes; a construction chamber to which the irradiation chamber of the laser beam irradiation unit is connected, and in which an object to be processed to be constructed by the laser beam is positioned; a vacuum device unit configured to produce a vacuum in the interior of the construction chamber; and a gas supply unit having a gas nozzle configured to inject cross jet gas toward the laser beam at an irradiation port, which is the outlet of the laser beam of the irradiation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehisa Okuda, Tomoharu Tamaru, Kenji Kawasaki, Naoki Suda
  • Publication number: 20240111783
    Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a first information processing device among information processing devices that manages data in relational databases, to execute processing including: storing, in a first relational database, data of tables, each table of the tables having relevance to at least any one of the tables, the first relational database being a relational database in which the first information processing device manages data; and in response to a request for transmitting a first table among the tables stored in the first relational database, transmitting to a second relational database in which a second information processing device manages data, data of the first table stored in the first relational database, and data of a second table that has relevance to the first table, the second information processing device being any one of the information processing devices other than the first information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Minami KAWASAKI, Takayoshi NAKAYAMA, Kenji TAKA
  • Patent number: 11945249
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosensitive recording medium having a high degree of water resistance and excellent surface qualities. The thermosensitive recording medium has a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and an electron accepting developing agent on a substrate, but does not have a protective layer on the thermosensitive recording layer, and the thermosensitive recording layer further comprises (i) a carboxy-modified polyvinyl alcohol as a binder, (ii) an epichlorohydrin resin and a modified polyamine/amide resin (excluding those contained in the category of epichlorohydrin resin) as crosslinking agents, and (iii) an acrylic resin with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than or equal to 50 degree C. and a minimum film forming temperature (MFT) of higher than or equal to 40 degree C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Kawasaki, Yoshimi Midorikawa, Kenji Hirai
  • Patent number: 11941555
    Abstract: A method for fulfilling a work task request using a modular autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes transmitting a work task request specifying a work request to be performed by the modular autonomous vehicle, and identifying equipment required for performing the work task request. Once the work task request is stored at a server, the method further includes identifying information of the equipment required for performing the work task request, and determining whether equipment of the modular autonomous vehicle corresponds to the equipment required for assigning the work task to the modular autonomous vehicle. Method also includes, upon receiving in-cabin sensing data, assigning or denying the work task to the modular autonomous vehicle for performance of the work task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Michael Duffy, Matthew John Lawrenson, Jan Jasper van den BERG, Kenji Sugihara, Sadako Yamagata, Akihisa Kawasaki, Koichi Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20240069048
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analysis device in which safety is ensured, and operability is improved. The automatic analysis device includes: an operation unit that receives voice input from a microphone or a mobile device; and a measurement unit that analyzes a sample. The operation unit has: an equipment state acquisition unit that acquires equipment state data for the measurement unit; a voice detection/recognition unit that acquires voice data and converts the voice data into voice instruction text; and a unit for determining device operability that, in cases in which the voice instruction text includes operation instructions for the measurement unit, determines the executability of the operation instructions included in the voice instruction text, on the basis of the equipment state data for the measurement unit acquired by the equipment state acquisition unit, and on the basis of the accuracy of the voice instruction text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuhiro KOIZUMI, Kenji KAWASAKI, Aika NAKAJIMA, Yoshihiro SEKI
  • Patent number: 11912052
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium having excellent oil resistance among various performances required for the thermosensitive recording medium. The thermosensitive recording medium has a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains N-[2-(3-phenylureido)phenyl] benzenesulfonamide and an urea-based compound represented by the general formula 1 as the electron accepting color developing agents, wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aralkyl group or aryl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Kentaro Kawasaki, Yuka Murata, Kenji Hirai, Yoshimi Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20230003990
    Abstract: An observation apparatus includes a display apparatus that displays a display pattern, a display projection optical system that projects a light beam from the display apparatus, and forms an image of the display pattern, a combining optical element that combines a light beam from a sample and a light beam from the display apparatus, and an eyepiece optical system that enables an observer to simultaneously observe an image of the sample and an image of the display pattern, in which a numerical aperture (NA) of a light beam from the display apparatus is smaller than a maximum value of an NA of a light beam from the sample, and is larger than a minimum value of an NA of a light beam from the sample, at a position of an image on an optical path that is formed after light beams are combined by the combining optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Evident Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro YAMAZAKI, Kenji KAWASAKI, Kenichi KUSAKA, Izumi SHOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220340182
    Abstract: A plurality of simulations executed by a plurality of simulators, respectively, coupled to one another to perform communication are executed efficiently and fast as a whole when executed in cooperation. An information processing system stores execution order information that is information indicating execution orders of the plurality of simulations. Each of the simulators generates output data by executing a corresponding one of the simulations based on input data that is data input at execution start, and execution control of the other simulations is performed when the simulation has reached a check point at a time point halfway through execution of the simulation. The check point is set based on, for example, a viewpoint of time or a viewpoint of situation of the simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yuzuru MAYA, Kenji KAWASAKI, Tomoyuki MOCHIZUKI, Tomoe TOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220221702
    Abstract: A microscope used in multiple microscopies includes an objective used in common in the multiple microscopies, and a magnification adjustment device arranged on an image side of the objective and configured to adjust an optical magnification of the microscope in response to switching of the multiple microscopies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KUSAKA, Kenji KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11268883
    Abstract: Provided are: a past relation identification unit that combines past sensor data with job data based on information on an item relating to data combination, and identifies a data relation between items based on an item of the past sensor data and an item of the job data; a real-time relation identification unit that identifies a data relation between items of real-time sensor data; a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between the data relation identified by the past relation identification unit and the data relation identified by the real-time relation identification unit; and an output controller that outputs the data relation identified by the past relation identification unit and the data relation identified by the real-time relation identification unit while associating with each other by the item of the past sensor data and the item of the real-time sensor data, the similarity between those data relations exceeding a threshold, the similarity being calculated by the similarity calcu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawasaki, Hidenori Yamamoto, Takeshi Handa, Takashi Tsuno
  • Patent number: 11188567
    Abstract: A data analysis support apparatus includes a relationship network generation section that analyzes a relationship between operating systems, a relationship between operation data tables, a relationship between data items possessed by the operation data tables and a relationship between data values possessed by records of the operation data tables and stores them, as a relationship network; a data item classification section that classifies data items that become a data analysis target into a first data type based on an actual value and a second data type based on a planned value; an analysis data table generation section that generates and accumulates an analysis data table to be used for data analysis; a data model generation section that generates, as a data model, a data item group that allows data analysis in combination; and an analysis target item presentation section that recommends a data item to be made an analysis target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Minakawa, Tomoe Tomiyama, Kenji Kawasaki, Hidenori Yamamoto, Takeshi Handa, Takashi Tsuno, Hiroyuki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20210302276
    Abstract: Provided are: a past relation identification unit that combines past sensor data with job data based on information on an item relating to data combination, and identifies a data relation between items based on an item of the past sensor data and an item of the job data; a real-time relation identification unit that identifies a data relation between items of real-time sensor data; a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between the data relation identified by the past relation identification unit and the data relation identified by the real-time relation identification unit; and an output controller that outputs the data relation identified by the past relation identification unit and the data relation identified by the real-time relation identification unit while associating with each other by the item of the past sensor data and the item of the real-time sensor data, the similarity between those data relations exceeding a threshold, the similarity being calculated by the similarity calcu
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji KAWASAKI, Hidenori YAMAMOTO, Takeshi HANDA, Takashi TSUNO
  • Patent number: 11016758
    Abstract: Proposal of data analysis components is enabled to be performed irrespective of the quantity of an implementation history of data analysis, and thus efficiency and cost reduction of production of software for data analysis are promoted. A data utilization platform server 101 is configured to includes a arithmetic device 112 which executes processing of generating analysis relationship information prescribing linkage between analysis target data and an analysis component executing analysis processing for the analysis target table on the basis of a relationship among a plurality pieces of the analysis target data collected from a plurality of predetermined systems; and processing of specifying a combination of a plurality of the analysis components available for predetermined data designated as an analysis target by a user on the basis of the analysis relationship information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Yamamoto, Takeshi Handa, Yuko Yamashita, Kenji Kawasaki, Syuuichirou Sakikawa, Takashi Tsuno
  • Publication number: 20210117886
    Abstract: To make a proposal of appropriate data preparation contents for a utilization purpose to a user making utilization of data, and to cause a system providing functions related to data accumulation, data preparation, and data utilization to have high importance level data preparation contents to be prepared for various purposes of various users, in such a manner as to enable facilitating the data utilization for various purposes using diverse data from a plurality of business systems, the system collates a utilization purpose designated by a user with data information prepared by the system, and calculates and presents data preparation content items to be carried out for the utilization purpose and a difficulty level of each item. The system aggregates the data preparation content items for the utilization purpose, categorizes similar data preparation contents, and calculates and presents an importance level of a category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hidenori YAMAMOTO, Kenji KAWASAKI, Takeshi HANDA, Takashi TSUNO
  • Patent number: 10962758
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: an imaging apparatus that includes an image sensor and acquires a captured image; an optical system that includes a first objective and forms, within the image sensor, an optical image of a visual-field region that is a region within an object surface that corresponds to the objective field number (OFN) of the first objective; a motorized stage; and a control apparatus that constructs a first wide region image by piecing together a plurality of constituent images included in a plurality of captured images acquired by controlling the motorized stage and the imaging apparatus, the first wide region image being an image of a region wider than the visual-field region. Each of the plurality of constituent images is a portion of each of the plurality of captured images and is also at least a portion of each of images of a plurality of visual-field regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10852522
    Abstract: A microscope illumination device includes a white LED light source, and an illumination optical system that includes an aperture stop on a plane on which light from the white LED light source is condensed. The white LED light source includes a board, a plurality of LED chips that are arranged on the board and that each emit excitation light, and a phosphor layer that is provided so as to cover the plurality of LED chips and that includes at least three types of phosphors. The plurality of LED chips are arranged so as to be projected into an aperture of the aperture stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10788657
    Abstract: A microscope illumination device includes a white LED light source and an illumination optical system. The white LED light source includes a substrate, a plurality of LED chips, and a fluorescent substance layer provided to cover the plurality of LED chips, the plurality of LED chips being arrayed on the substrate and being configured to emit excitation light. The illumination optical system includes a field stop and a light diffusion element that is arranged between the white LED light source and the field stop. The microscope illumination device satisfies 0.2<d/p<1??(1) where p is a minimum interval between centers of the plurality of LED chips and d is a size of each of the plurality of LED chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kawasaki, Masahito Dohi
  • Publication number: 20200193343
    Abstract: To support realization of efficient data conversion processing even between data with undefined conversion definition and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi HANDA, Yuko YAMASHITA, Hidenori YAMAMOTO, Kenji KAWASAKI, Syuuichirou SAKIKAWA, Takashi TSUNO
  • Patent number: 10675720
    Abstract: Provided is a high Cr Ni-based alloy welding wire with which tensile strength and weld cracking resistance of a welded portion, the integrity of the microstructure of a welded metal, and inhibition of scale generation are improved. The high Cr Ni-based alloy welding wire is configured to have an alloy composition comprising, by mass, C: 0.04% or less, Mn: 7% or less, Fe: 1 to 12%, Si: 0.75% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.7%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.7%, Cr: 25.0 to 31.5%, Ta: 1 to 10%, and Mo: 1 to 6%, and as inevitable impurities, Ca+Mg: less than 0.002%, N: 0.1% or less, P: 0.02% or less, O: 0.01% or less, S: 0.0015% or less, H: 0.0015% or less, Cu: 0.08% or less, and Co: 0.05% or less, and the balance: Ni. Then, the high CrNi-based alloy welding wire is configured such that the contents of S, Ta, Al, and Ti satisfy the following relation (1) and the contents of Ta, Mo, and N satisfy the following relation (2): 12000S+0.58Ta?2.6Al?2TiĀ£19.3??(1) Ta+1.6Mo+187N35.7??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NIPPON WELDING ROD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawasaki, Seiichi Kawaguchi, Masahiko Toyoda, Seiji Asada, Akira Konishi, Yusuke Sano, Tamao Takatsu, Teiichiro Saito, Tetsuya Sango, Norihito Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20190391381
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: an imaging apparatus that includes an image sensor and acquires a captured image; an optical system that includes a first objective and forms, within the image sensor, an optical image of a visual-field region that is a region within an object surface that corresponds to the objective field number (OFN) of the first objective; a motorized stage; and a control apparatus that constructs a first wide region image by piecing together a plurality of constituent images included in a plurality of captured images acquired by controlling the motorized stage and the imaging apparatus, the first wide region image being an image of a region wider than the visual-field region. Each of the plurality of constituent images is a portion of each of the plurality of captured images and is also at least a portion of each of images of a plurality of visual-field regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji KAWASAKI