Patents by Inventor Kenji Takahashi

Kenji Takahashi 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: 20210390603
    Abstract: A computer of an ordering supporting server executes: a process of acquiring information necessary for specifying a product model number corresponding to a specific product from a terminal apparatus; a process of specifying a product model number corresponding to the specific product on the basis of the acquired information; a process of specifying, on the basis of constituent component data associated with the specific product, a component model number associated with the product model number while defining a value of a component variable part associated with a value of a variable part of the product model number according to a rule for an associated relation set between the model numbers; and a process of providing the specified component identification information to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: MISUMI Group Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo OKANO, Minoru KAGE, Nobuaki EBI, Tetsuya KAWANO, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Lei LI
  • Publication number: 20210369080
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a plurality of doctors spatially isolated from each other to cooperate in a more preferable aspect. [Solution] A medical observation system includes: a first medical signal processing device including a first signal processing unit configured to acquire first image data corresponding to a result of image capturing of an affected part by a medical observation device and provide first signal processing to the first image data; and a second medical signal processing device including a second signal processing unit configured to acquire second image data corresponding to the result of image capturing from the first medical signal processing device through a predetermined network and provide second signal processing to the second image data. The second signal processing unit transmits information related to the second signal processing to the first medical signal processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: YASUAKI TAKAHASHI, KENJI TAKAHASHI, HISAKAZU SHIRAKI, MASAHITO YAMANE, MASAYA TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 11181583
    Abstract: A battery system includes a nickel hydride battery and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to store data indicating a corresponding relationship between an elapsed time from start of use of the nickel hydride battery and a memory quantity. The data are data determined in a classified manner individually for each of conditions of use that are defined in such a manner as to include an open circuit voltage and a temperature. The electronic control unit is configured to sequentially calculate, with reference to the data, the memory quantity within a time when classification of the conditions of use does not change. The memory quantity is a quantity indicating an amount of change in voltage resulting from a memory effect. The electronic control unit is configured to estimate a current memory quantity of the nickel hydride battery by integrating the calculated memory quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Masafumi Nose, Yuji Nishi, Nobuyasu Haga
  • Publication number: 20210344294
    Abstract: A rotary-machine control device includes: a connection switching device switching a connection state of stator windings of a rotary machine; a current detection unit detecting a rotary machine current flowing in the rotary machine; a voltage application unit applying voltage to the rotary machine; a control unit generating a voltage command provided to the voltage application unit and outputting a switching command to switch the connection state to the connection switching device; and an open-phase determination unit determining presence or absence of disconnection in the rotary machine or presence or absence of disconnection of a power distribution line to the rotary machine. During rotation of the rotary machine, the control unit outputs the switching command and the open-phase determination unit determines presence or absence of disconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akane HONGYO, Akira SATAKE, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11155929
    Abstract: The masking jig includes a contact member and a support unit. The contact member includes a through-hole allowing for insertion of a rod-like piston rod, and a deformation part around the through-hole configured to get elastically deformed by insertion of a male thread of the piston rod into the through-hole and contact the outer peripheral end face of the piston rod. The support unit supports the contact member such that the contact member moves in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Koike, Kenji Suzuki, Masami Kuramochi, Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210321887
    Abstract: A medical system (1) includes first light irradiation means (11) for irradiating an image capturing target with coherent light, image capturing means (12) for capturing a speckle image obtained from scattered light caused by the image capturing target irradiated with the coherent light, speckle contrast calculation means (1312) for calculating a speckle contrast value for each pixel on the basis of the speckle image, motion detection means (1311) for detecting motion of the image capturing target, speckle image generation means (1313) for generating a speckle contrast image on the basis of the speckle contrast value and the motion of the image capturing target detected by the motion detection means, and display means (14) for displaying the speckle contrast image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: TAKANORI FUKAZAWA, KAZUKI IKESHITA, DAISUKE KIKUCHI, TETSURO KUWAYAMA, KENJI TAKAHASHI, MINORI TAKAHASHI, ISAMU NAKAO, KENTARO FUKAZAWA, GORO FUJITA, FUMISADA MAEDA, TAKESHI MATSUI, TAKASHI YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11145912
    Abstract: A secondary battery system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that estimates surface stress generated in a negative-electrode active material upon incorporation or removal of lithium in a negative electrode of a battery assembly. The ECU calculates an estimated value of the surface stress from a difference obtained by subtracting a reference lithium amount from an amount of lithium contained in the negative-electrode active material, using a linear relationship between the difference and the surface stress. The ECU sets the surface stress to yield stress when the magnitude of the estimated value is larger than that of the yield stress (compressive stress or tensile stress) of the active material, and employs the estimated value as the surface stress when the magnitude of the estimated value is smaller than that of the yield stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210313054
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hospital system, a server device, and a method of managing a schedule that enable an operation schedule to be updated properly. A schedule management unit manages the operation schedule, a presentation unit presents the operation schedule, and a status estimation unit estimates a status of an operation on the basis of a type of the operation currently in progress and resource information from a resource related to the operation. Moreover, the schedule management unit reflects the estimated status of the operation in the operation schedule, and the presentation unit presents the operation schedule in which the status of the operation is reflected. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a hospital system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Tsuneo HAYASHI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Koji KASHIMA, Keisuke UYAMA
  • Patent number: 11139461
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nickel-metal hydride battery includes: a first step of preparing a first nickel-metal hydride battery having a positive electrode including nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2); and a second step of manufacturing the second nickel-metal hydride battery by performing 600% overcharging to the prepared first nickel-metal hydride battery. The 600% overcharging is a process for supplying the first nickel-metal hydride battery with an amount of electric power of 600% of the rated capacity of the first nickel-metal hydride battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Mitsui, Junta Izumi, Kenji Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kaiya
  • Patent number: 11133762
    Abstract: A drive system includes a current detection unit that detects a current flowing to a main synchronous motor, and a current detection unit that detects a current flowing to a secondary synchronous motor. The drive system includes a magnetic pole position estimation unit that estimates the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the main synchronous motor, and a magnetic pole position estimation unit that estimates the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the secondary synchronous motor. The drive system includes a current control unit that outputs a voltage command, and a secondary torque current pulsating component extraction unit that extracts a pulsating component. The drive system includes a subtracter that determines an angle difference, and a magnetic flux current command determination unit that determines a magnetic flux current command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Tsukasa Masumura, Akihiro Tsumura, Yasuhiko Wada, Akane Hongyo
  • Patent number: 11098928
    Abstract: A speed estimation apparatus for an AC motor includes a model deviation calculation unit, first and second angular velocity estimation units, and an adder. The deviation calculation unit calculates a model deviation based on a voltage, a current, and an estimated angular velocity of the motor. The first angular velocity estimation unit calculates a first estimated angular velocity as a low-frequency component including a DC component of a real angular velocity based on the model deviation. The second angular velocity estimation unit calculates a second estimated angular velocity as a high-frequency component of a real angular velocity based on a specific high-frequency component of the model deviation. The adder adds the first and second estimated angular velocities together. An addition value of the first and second estimated angular velocities is fed back as the estimated angular velocity to the deviation calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Koichi Arisawa, Mitsuo Kashima
  • Publication number: 20210242815
    Abstract: A controller includes: a connection switch that switches a connection state of a winding of a synchronous motor during a rotating operation of the synchronous motor; a current detector that detects a rotary machine current flowing in the synchronous motor; a position/speed estimator that estimates a magnetic pole position and speed of a rotor; a voltage applicator that applies a voltage to the synchronous motor; and a control circuitry that generates a voltage command given to the voltage applicator on the basis of the magnetic pole position and the speed, and outputs a switching operation command for switching the connection state to the connection switch. The control circuitry generates the voltage command to bring the rotary machine current close to zero before the connection state of the winding is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akane HONGYO, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Kazunori HATAKEYAMA, Akira SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20210234206
    Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for a secondary battery includes a control device. The control device acquires an electricity storage amount that is the amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery, and V/K indicating the magnitude of change in OCV of the secondary battery with respect to temperature change of the secondary battery. The control device determines whether or not an SOC unevenness occurs in an electrode surface of the secondary battery by using the acquired electricity storage amount and V/K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo KANADA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210226270
    Abstract: A diagnostic device for a secondary battery having a structure in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately arranged includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to acquire a first resistance value indicating a magnitude of electrical resistance of the secondary battery, compress at least a part of the secondary battery, acquire a second resistance value indicating a magnitude of electrical resistance of the secondary battery after the compression, determine, using the first and second resistance values, whether an amount of decrease in electrical resistance of the secondary battery by the compression is greater than a predetermined value, and determine whether an increase in resistance due to distortion of at least one of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes occurs in the secondary battery using a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Kanada, Kenji Takahashi, Mai Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20210198435
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a novel composite material excellent in terms of flexibility and thermoformability from a lignocellulosic biomass as a raw material. A composite material, in which some hydroxy groups of a lignocellulosic biomass are esterified, which is characterized in that the esterified portion has short-chain acyl groups containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms and long-chain acyl groups containing 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shiori SUZUKI, Stephanie HERNANDEZ, Hibiki HIKIDA, Yosuke HAMANO, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210177263
    Abstract: [Problem] To predict a remaining time during which a fluorescence image is observable. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a remaining time estimation unit that estimates, on the basis of a luminance limit value for observation of a fluorescence image and a change in luminance of a fluorescence image, a remaining time until the luminance of the fluorescence image reaches the luminance limit value. This configuration enables the time at which the luminance of a fluorescence image reaches the luminance limit value to be estimated according to a change in luminance of the fluorescence image, and it is possible to predict a remaining time during which a fluorescence image is observable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takami MIZUKURA, Minori TAKAHASHI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Kentaro FUKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11020971
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head including an orifice plate including an ejection orifice, an element substrate including an energy-generating element, and a flow path wall member for formation of a flow path, the flow path wall member being disposed between the element substrate and the orifice plate, wherein the orifice plate includes a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and which is disposed facing the element substrate, the first surface includes a first diamond-like carbon film, respective contact angles ?1 and ?2 to pure water, of the first surface and the second surface, satisfy a relationship of Expression 1 defined in the specification, and composition in the first surface of the first diamond-like carbon film satisfies all relationships of Expression 2 to Expression 5 defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiko Minami, Kenji Takahashi, Masaya Uyama
  • Patent number: 11012011
    Abstract: A motor control device includes an inverter configured by a plurality of arms, a smoothing unit supplying a direct-current voltage to the inverter, a shunt resistor inserted between a lower-arm switching element for each phase of the inverter and a negative-electrode side of the smoothing unit, a master motor current sensor outputting a voltage according to a current flowing in a first motor connected in parallel to the inverter, and a computing unit generating driving signals for a plurality of switching elements based on an output of the master motor current sensor and an output corresponding to a voltage drop on the shunt resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Uemura, Kenji Takahashi, Yasuhiko Wada, Akihiro Tsumura
  • Patent number: 10984523
    Abstract: A seam inspection apparatus can automatically determine the quality of an image of a seam of a sewn product. The seam inspection apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of a seam of a sewn product, a feature extraction unit that extracts a feature quantity of the seam from the image data of the seam of the sewn product acquired by the image data acquisition unit, and a quality determination unit that performs quality determination of the seam based on the feature quantity of the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210112197
    Abstract: An image processing part applies an image process by software to a surgical region image, and a display control part controls a display of the surgical region image to which the image process is applied. The image processing part produces a pre-update processed image acquired by applying the image process established before updating the software to the surgical region image and a post-update processed image acquired by applying the image process established after updating the software to the surgical region image, and the display control part controls a display of at least a portion of at least either one of the pre-update processed image or the post-update processed image. The present technique is applicable to a CCU of an endoscopic surgery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisakazu SHIRAKI, Takeshi MIYAI, Kenji TAKAHASHI