Patents by Inventor Kenji Noguchi

Kenji Noguchi 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).

  • Patent number: 11977363
    Abstract: A machine tool and a control device therefor, wherein vibration cutting of a workpiece is carried out by means of a tool and wherein, after the vibration cutting, finish-cutting is carried out for cutting a finishing allowance of the workpiece by means of the tool, without relative vibration between the workpiece and the tool, by relatively rotating the workpiece and the tool and relatively moving them in the feed direction. According to the invention, before the vibration cutting, a finishing allowance calculation means calculates a finishing allowance remaining on the workpiece after vibration cutting has been completed, and a determination means determines whether or not the finishing allowance as calculated by the finishing allowance calculation means is less than, or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Noguchi, Hitoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 11977225
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: recognize a traffic regulation mark provided on a traveling path of a car, the traffic regulation mark indicating traffic regulation; specify a valid regulation range used as a valid range of regulation indicated by the traffic regulation mark based on the recognized traffic regulation mark; and control a display device mounted on the car to display regulations information on a display area, the regulations information including contents of regulation indicated by the recognized traffic regulation mark. The processor is configured to switch displaying the regulations information into another upon satisfying a predetermined condition in a case where the valid regulation range is not specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsui, Masato Noguchi, Nobutoshi Higaki, Kazuomi Kato, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11979057
    Abstract: A cylindrical part of a rotor for an eddy current deceleration device of the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Mo: 0.20 to 1.00%, Nb: 0.020 to 0.060%, V: 0.040 to 0.080%, sol. Al: 0.030 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, N: 0.003 to 0.010%, Cu: 0 to 0.20%, Ni: 0 to 0.20%, Cr: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which the total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a microstructure is more than 95.0%, and the number density of carbides having an equivalent circular diameter of 100 to 500 nm is 0.35 to 0.75 particles/?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Otaki, Hirokazu Okada, Yasutaka Noguchi, Kenji Imanishi, Masahiro Tasaka
  • Patent number: 11971345
    Abstract: A smoke detector includes: a casing; a first light emitting unit; a second light emitting unit; and a light receiving unit. A second scattering angle that is an angle between the reception axis of the light receiving unit and a second extension extending from an intersection of the second emission axis and the reception axis in a direction away from the second light emitting unit is larger than a first scattering angle that is an angle between the reception axis of the light receiving unit and a first extension extending from an intersection of the first emission axis and the reception axis in a direction away from the first light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NOHMI BOSAI LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Uchida, Takahiro Noguchi, Taizo Matsuda, Tomohiro Kato, Kenji Mizutani, Takahiro Kaneko, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11947305
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomio Noguchi, Masaaki Sato, Kenji Matsuzaka, Koji Fujinaka, Takao Sameshima, Akitoshi Toyota, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 11842780
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of efficiently increasing a capacity of a mounted storage element while achieving space saving, and an electronic apparatus including this semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a storage element including a filament that has a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulation layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are stacked with at least the insulation layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The filament obtains at least three identifiable resistance states by changing a combination of a state of the first conductive layer, a state of the second conductive layer, and a state of the insulation layer. The semiconductor device further includes a writing unit that produces the at least three identifiable resistance states by applying a blow current to the storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Oka, Yasuo Kanda, Kenji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11801103
    Abstract: A surgical system includes: a tool manipulator having a tool manipulator arm and a surgical tool; a console having a handling tool configured to receive a tool movement input of a surgeon for the surgical tool, the console being configured to transmit a tool movement command generated based on the tool movement input, the tool movement input including a translation amount and a rotation amount for the surgical tool; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate an actual translation amount by multiplying the translation amount by a predetermined translation scale factor and move the surgical tool in accordance with the actual translation amount, and to calculate an actual rotation amount by multiplying the rotation amount by a predetermined rotation scale factor and move the surgical tool in accordance with the actual rotation amount. The translation scale factor and the rotation scale factor are different values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Kenji Noguchi, Tetsushi Ito, Tetsuya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11749547
    Abstract: A target provided to a substrate placement portion is detected by an object detection sensor at a plurality of rotation positions of the substrate placement portion. An index length which is a distance from a robot reference axis to the target in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction, or information correlated therewith, is calculated. At least one of a rotation position of a detection line about the robot reference axis and a rotation position of the substrate placement portion about a rotation axis when the target located on a line connecting the robot reference axis and the rotation axis is detected is calculated on the basis of the calculated index length or the calculated information correlated therewith. A direction in which the rotation axis is present as seen from the robot reference axis is specified on the basis of the calculated rotation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Yoshida, Kenji Noguchi, Hiroyuki Okada
  • Patent number: 11613021
    Abstract: A robot system including a robot, a marker unit, a sensor, storage device, and a control device. The robot performs an operation with regard to a workpiece. The marker unit is attached to a measurement object and includes a base section and a plurality of markers attached to the base section. The sensor detects identification information and three-dimensional positions of the plurality of markers. The storage device stores teaching data including operation data and attachment position data indicating a correspondence relationship between the identification information of each of the markers and an attachment position of the corresponding marker. The control device calculates a three-dimensional position of the measurement object based on the three-dimensional positions of the plurality of markers and the attachment position data and controls the robot based on the three-dimensional position of the measurement object and the operation data so as to make the robot perform the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Mase, Jun Fujimori, Masao Takatori, Kenji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11551953
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of: detecting a part, of a surface of a target, that is located on an inner circumferential side of a predetermined circle centered on a rotation axis and passing the target, by an object detection sensor, at plural rotation positions when at least one of a rotation position of the target about the rotation axis on a substrate placement portion and a rotation position of a detection area about a robot reference axis is changed; calculating a quantity correlated with an index length representing a distance from the robot reference axis to the target when the target is detected by the object detection sensor, for each rotation position; and calculating the positional relationship between the robot reference axis and the rotation axis on the basis of, among the rotation positions, the one at which the quantity correlated with the index length is maximized or minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Yoshida, Kenji Noguchi, Hiroyuki Okada
  • Patent number: 11517384
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical assist robot including a robot main body and a slave controller, and a console. The robot main body has an entry guide, an entry guide support device, and at least one manipulator having an end effector provided at a distal end. The entry guide includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder into which the inner cylinder is inserted in an insertion axial direction, and a guide advancing device that displaces the inner cylinder in the insertion axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder. While a position and a posture of the end effector that has advanced from the entry guide are maintained, the inner cylinder is caused to advance toward the end effector within a predetermined movable range along the insertion axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Kenji Noguchi, Tetsushi Ito, Tetsuya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11504198
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a robot main body, a slave controller, a display device that displays an endoscopic image, and an manipulation input device. The robot main body includes an entry guide having a plurality of guide bores, an entry guide support device that supports the entry guide, an instrument manipulator that has a surgical instrument provided at a distal end and is inserted into the entry guide, and an endoscope manipulator that has an endoscopic camera provided at a distal end and is inserted into the entry guide. The slave controller operates the robot main body such that the surgical instrument advances from an exit of the entry guide after the endoscopic camera advances from the exit of the entry guide and starts capturing in response to input of a body cavity insertion manipulation received by the manipulation input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Kenji Noguchi, Tetsushi Ito, Tetsuya Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20220161333
    Abstract: A machine tool (1) includes: a front spindle (10) having a front chuck (12); a rear spindle (20) having a rear chuck (22); a controller (50) configured to cause the rear chuck (22) to perform a fastening operation for fastening a work (W) fastened to the front chuck (12) to the rear chuck (22); and a detector (60) configured to detect an abnormality caused by the fastening operation by the rear chuck (22), based on measurement data associated with a vibration of at least one of the front chuck (12) and the rear chuck (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi INOUE, Masahiro MURAMATSU, Kenji NOGUCHI, Kohichi KAZAHARI
  • Publication number: 20220157395
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of efficiently increasing a capacity of a mounted storage element while achieving space saving, and an electronic apparatus including this semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a storage element including a filament that has a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulation layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are stacked with at least the insulation layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The filament obtains at least three identifiable resistance states by changing a combination of a state of the first conductive layer, a state of the second conductive layer, and a state of the insulation layer. The semiconductor device further includes a writing unit that produces the at least three identifiable resistance states by applying a blow current to the storage element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Mikio OKA, Yasuo KANDA, Kenji NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11253924
    Abstract: A control device for a machine tool and a machine tool, for which settings of the number of vibrations per rotation become easy, is provided. The control device of the machine tool controls a relative rotation between a workpiece and a cutting tool and a relative reciprocal movement between the workpiece and the cutting tool in a feed direction to perform vibration cutting to the workpiece. The control device includes a control section for controlling a spindle headstock, a first tool post, and a second tool post, the workpiece W being installed on the spindle headstock, the first tool post being provided to be reciprocally movable along the feed direction with respect to the spindle headstock and installed with a first cutting tool for cutting the workpiece, and the second tool post being provided to be reciprocally movable along the feed direction with respect to the spindle headstock independently of the first tool post and installed with a second cutting tool for cutting the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Kitakaze, Masahiro Muramatsu, Kenji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210402483
    Abstract: A machine tool comprising: a first spindle; a second spindle provided on a rear headstock to face the first spindle; a barstock supply unit for supplying an elongate rod to the first spindle; and a processing means including a tool for processing the barstock, characterized in that the machine tool further comprises: a workpiece clamp device provided on the rear headstock and adapted to grip a second material comprised of the barstock that has been removed from the first spindle as an old material; and a joining means for joining opposite end portions of the second material gripped by the workpiece clamp device and of a first material gripped by the first gripping means and comprised of a barstock newly supplied by the barstock supply unit, thereby to integrate the second material and the first material into a single barstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NOGUCHI, Haruhiko MISONO, Toshiyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210389747
    Abstract: A machine tool and a control device therefor, wherein vibration cutting of a workpiece is carried out by means of a tool and wherein, after the vibration cutting, finish-cutting is carried out for cutting a finishing allowance of the workpiece by means of the tool, without relative vibration between the workpiece and the tool, by relatively rotating the workpiece and the tool and relatively moving them in the feed direction. According to the invention, before the vibration cutting, a finishing allowance calculation means calculates a finishing allowance remaining on the workpiece after vibration cutting has been completed, and a determination means determines whether or not the finishing allowance as calculated by the finishing allowance calculation means is less than, or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NOGUCHI, Hitoshi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11065070
    Abstract: A robot system which includes a manipulator configured to receive a manipulating instruction from an operator, a slave arm having a plurality of joints, and a control device configured to control operation of the slave arm. The control device is configured, while the slave arm is operating at a speed equal to or higher than a first given the threshold, even when an operational instruction value for correcting the operation of the slave arm is inputted from the manipulator during an automatic operation of the slave arm, to prevent the correction of the operation of the slave arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Noguchi, Masayuki Kamon, Shigetsugu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10957689
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor apparatus capable of enhancing the withstand voltage while suppressing the enlargement of the chip area. Provided is semiconductor apparatus including: a first terminal to which a high frequency signal is supplied; a second terminal from which the high frequency signal is output; first, second and third switch elements electrically connected in series between the first terminal and the second terminal; a first capacitor provided between the first terminal and a first node between the first switch element and the second switch element; and a second capacitor provided between the first terminal and a second node between the second switch element and the third switch element, in which the capacitance of the first capacitor is greater than the capacitance of the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Noguchi, Toshiyuki Koimori, Hiroaki Nagano, Masaya Uemura, Megumi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10932871
    Abstract: A surgical robot which enables an operator to easily judge which medical instrument is selected is provided. This surgical robot has a robot body which selectively operates a plurality of medical instruments, an input unit configured to input control information of the robot body, the input unit being common among the plurality of medical instruments, and a display unit configured to display an image of a surgical site of a patient, the display unit having a selecting situation display function which displays a selecting situation of the plurality of medical instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Kenji Noguchi