Patents by Inventor Kenji Takeuchi
Kenji Takeuchi 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: 20220090934Abstract: A guide generation method performed by a computer includes: a vehicle information acquisition step of acquiring vehicle information including a current position and an appearance feature of a vehicle; a guide point determination step of determining a guide point located on a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle, based on the vehicle information and map information; a mark vehicle determination step of determining a mark vehicle, among vehicles traveling around a target vehicle, from one or more candidate vehicles that make a turn at the same guide point in the same direction as the guide point and a direction of the target vehicle; and a guide information generation step of generating guide information that includes the appearance feature of the mark vehicle and a positional relationship between the target vehicle and the mark vehicle, and that guides a turn at the guide point with the mark vehicle as a marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji TAKEUCHI, Masahiko SEKI, Miku NAGATSUKA
-
Patent number: 11281142Abstract: In a fixing device, a pressure unit is pressed toward a roller by an arm, to form a nip region. The pressure unit includes a belt configured to contact the roller in a nip region, a pressure pad configured to press the belt in combination with the roller, and a side guide including an end guide surface configured to guide a side end of the belt, and a stay configured to support the pressure pad. A supporting member is located on an outer side of the side guide that is opposite to an inner side on which the end guide surface faces. The supporting member is held between the stay and the arm, the supporting member comprising a contact surface which contacts the side guide and on which the side guide is swayably supported.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mingguang Zhang, Tatsuo Ogasawara, Kenji Takeuchi, Tokifumi Tanaka
-
Patent number: 11265470Abstract: A control apparatus includes a calculating filter configured to perform a calculation process based on a signal from a shake detector used for an image stabilization, and a correcting filter to which an output signal from the calculating filter is input. The correcting filter includes a boost filter configured to change a gain based on a first frequency and a second frequency, and a notch filter having a center frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Takeuchi, Koichi Washisu
-
Publication number: 20210311422Abstract: A fixing device includes a roller having a rotation axis, and a belt unit that conveys a sheet in combination with the roller. The belt unit includes an endless belt, a nip forming member that forms a nip in combination with the roller, and an upstream belt guide. The fixing device further includes a chute having a guide surface configured to guide the sheet toward the nip. In a section orthogonal to the rotation axis, a line segment connecting a downstream end of the guide surface and an upstream end of the nip does not intersect the upstream belt guide, and an extended line extended from the downstream end of the guide surface along the guide surface toward the roller intersects a surface of the roller at a position upstream of an upstream end of the nip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka Imaeda, Kenji Takeuchi, Tokifumi Tanaka, Tomonori Watanabe, Tatsuo Ogasawara
-
Publication number: 20210284139Abstract: A parking information management server includes a receiver configured to receive a parking information item which has transmitted from one or more vehicles, the parking information item including a traveling path in which the vehicle has traveled as well as a parking area and an obstacle which are acquired by the vehicle in a parking lot the vehicle has used, a memory configured to store the parking information item received by the receiver, a map creator configured to create a map including the parking area and the obstacle based on the parking information item stored in the memory, and a transmitter configured to automatically transmit the map created by the map creator and the traveling path stored in the memory to a vehicle which has requested the map.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Kenji TAKEUCHI, Tatsuro NARITA
-
Publication number: 20210240118Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a first stay surrounded by the belt and extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis, a holder holding the nip forming member, and an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay includes a first end and a second end. The holder includes a first engaging portion positioned at a first end of the holder, and a second engaging portion positioned at a second end of the holder. The first engaging portion engages the first end of the first stay. The second engaging portion engages the second end of the first stay.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi HANDA, Tomonori WATANABE, Shuhei FUKUE, Kenji TAKEUCHI, Kazuna TAGUCHI, Tatsuo OGASAWARA
-
Patent number: 11077419Abstract: Described is an adsorbent, a vacuum heat insulating material having the same and a refrigerator, which are capable of adsorbing a target material in a reduced pressure environment. A refrigerator includes an outer casing forming an exterior, an inner casing provided inside the outer casing and forming a storage chamber and a vacuum heat insulating material positioned between the outer casing and the inner casing, and including an adsorbent that adsorbs a heat transfer medium. The adsorbent includes a first adsorption component provided to adsorb oxygen, and including a transition metal oxide having an oxygen deficiency structure, and a second adsorption component provided to adsorb moisture.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nagahisa Sato, Ryo Iwamuro, Tomokazu Fukuzaki, Kenichi Nagayama, Ryosuke Kamitani, Kenji Takeuchi
-
Publication number: 20210200131Abstract: In a fixing device, a pressure unit is pressed toward a roller by an arm, to form a nip region. The pressure unit includes a belt configured to contact the roller in a nip region, a pressure pad configured to press the belt in combination with the roller, and a side guide including an end guide surface configured to guide a side end of the belt, and a stay configured to support the pressure pad. A supporting member is located on an outer side of the side guide that is opposite to an inner side on which the end guide surface faces. The supporting member is held between the stay and the arm, the supporting member comprising a contact surface which contacts the side guide and on which the side guide is swayably supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mingguang ZHANG, Tatsuo OGASAWARA, Kenji TAKEUCHI, Tokifumi TANAKA
-
Patent number: 11050937Abstract: An image stabilizing apparatus includes at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks including a first calculation task configured to make a calculation using an output signal from a shake detector configured to detect a shake, a second calculation task configured to estimate an estimated value corresponding to an offset variation value included in the output signal from the shake detector by using a signal processed by a low-pass filter having a high-frequency attenuation characteristic steeper than a high-frequency attenuation characteristic of the first calculation task, and a correction task configured to drive a corrector configured to correct an image blur caused by the shake using a calculation result of the first calculation task and the estimated value.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Go Naito, Koichi Washisu, Kenji Takeuchi
-
Patent number: 11048195Abstract: A fuser is described including a heater, a belt, a rotating member, and a pad. A nip portion is formed between the belt and the rotating member as the pad presses the belt toward the rotating member. The pad is biased toward a restricting member. The biasing may be performed by one or more springs. The spring may be a compression spring, a tension spring, and/or a plate spring among other types of springs.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahito Kajita, Shuhei Fukue, Kenji Takeuchi, Mingguang Zhang, Tomonori Watanabe
-
Publication number: 20210181663Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt and configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip, an urging member configured to urge one of the rotator and the nip forming member towards the other in a particular direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, an upstream guide and a downstream guide. The upstream guide includes an upstream guide surface configured to guide an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The nip forming member includes a facing surface which faces the rotator. An upstream edge of the facing surface in the moving direction is located at a position farther from the rotation axis, in the particular direction, than a downstream edge of the upstream guide surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Handa, Mingguang Zhang, Shuhei Fukue, Tokifumi Tanaka, Kenji Takeuchi, Hirotaka Imaeda
-
Publication number: 20210181662Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a holder holding the nip forming member, a first stay supporting the holder, an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator, a second stay, and a connector. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay extends in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis. The second stay is positioned upstream of the first stay in a moving direction of the belt at the nip. The moving direction is perpendicular to the width direction. The connector extends through at least one of the first stay and the second stay to connect the first stay to the second stay.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuna TAGUCHI, Hiroshi HANDA, Shuhei FUKUE, Tomonori WATANABE, Kenji TAKEUCHI, Tatsuo OGASAWARA
-
Publication number: 20210157260Abstract: A device includes a rotator, a belt facing the rotator and having an outer peripheral surface which contacts the rotator to form a nip therebetween, a first pad configured to press the belt toward the rotator to form one part of the nip, a second pad configured to press the belt toward the rotator, to form another part of the nip, a holder holding the first pad and the second pad, a stay supporting the holder, and an urging member urging the stay toward the rotator in an urging direction. The second pad is located upstream of the first pad in a conveyance direction in the nip orthogonal to the urging direction. At least a portion of a contact area between the stay and the holder is located downstream of a center of the nip and upstream of a front edge of the first pad in the conveyance direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuna TAGUCHI, Tomonori WATANABE, Kenji TAKEUCHI, Hiroshi HANDA, Mingguang ZHANG, Shuhei FUKUE, Hirotaka IMAEDA
-
Publication number: 20210129219Abstract: Provided is a sizing apparatus including: a die set including a die plate that holds a die provided with a through hole to which a workpiece is to be supplied, and upper and lower punches that are to be inserted into the through hole to press the workpiece; a press main body that includes punch driving mechanisms that actuate the punches and in which the die set is configured to be attached to and detached from a predetermined position; and a turntable that is rotated on the die plate and supplies a workpiece to the die and discharges a workpiece from the die. The die set includes the turntable, and a supporting base on which the turntable is placed. The supporting base includes an axis positioning portion that is provided coaxially with a central axis of the turntable and positions the central axis at a predetermined position of the supporting base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD.Inventors: Shinji HAYASHI, Kenji TAKEUCHI
-
Patent number: 10996600Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a first stay surrounded by the belt and extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis, a holder holding the nip forming member, and an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay includes a first end and a second end. The holder includes a first engaging portion positioned at a first end of the holder, and a second engaging portion positioned at a second end of the holder. The first engaging portion engages the first end of the first stay. The second engaging portion engages the second end of the first stay.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Handa, Tomonori Watanabe, Shuhei Fukue, Kenji Takeuchi, Kazuna Taguchi, Tatsuo Ogasawara
-
Publication number: 20210080878Abstract: A fixing device according to the present disclosure includes a heater, a rotating member heated by the heater, an endless belt, a nip forming member, and a sliding sheet. The nip forming member forms a nip portion by nipping the endless belt between the nip forming member and the rotating member. The sliding sheet has a first portion nipped between the endless belt and the nip forming member and a second portion extending from the first portion. The sliding sheet has higher flexural rigidity than the endless belt. The second portion has a bent portion bent so as to contact an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt. The bent portion configured to urge, in a direction directed from an inner side toward an outer side of the endless belt, a portion of the endless belt positioned downstream of the nip portion in the moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi HANDA, Kenji TAKEUCHI
-
Patent number: 10948858Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt and configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip, an urging member configured to urge one of the rotator and the nip forming member towards the other in a particular direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, an upstream guide and a downstream guide. The upstream guide includes an upstream guide surface configured to guide an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The nip forming member includes a facing surface which faces the rotator. An upstream edge of the facing surface in the moving direction is located at a position farther from the rotation axis, in the particular direction, than a downstream edge of the upstream guide surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Handa, Mingguang Zhang, Shuhei Fukue, Tokifumi Tanaka, Kenji Takeuchi, Hirotaka Imaeda
-
Patent number: 10942478Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a holder holding the nip forming member, a first stay supporting the holder, an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator, a second stay, and a connector. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay extends in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis. The second stay is positioned upstream of the first stay in a moving direction of the belt at the nip. The moving direction is perpendicular to the width direction. The connector extends through at least one of the first stay and the second stay to connect the first stay to the second stay.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuna Taguchi, Hiroshi Handa, Shuhei Fukue, Tomonori Watanabe, Kenji Takeuchi, Tatsuo Ogasawara
-
Publication number: 20210067698Abstract: An image stabilizing apparatus includes at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks including a first calculation task configured to make a calculation using an output signal from a shake detector configured to detect a shake, a second calculation task configured to estimate an estimated value corresponding to an offset variation value included in the output signal from the shake detector by using a signal processed by a low-pass filter having a high-frequency attenuation characteristic steeper than a high-frequency attenuation characteristic of the first calculation task, and a correction task configured to drive a corrector configured to correct an image blur caused by the shake using a calculation result of the first calculation task and the estimated value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Go Naito, Koichi Washisu, Kenji Takeuchi
-
Publication number: 20210067697Abstract: A control apparatus includes a calculating filter configured to perform a calculation process based on a signal from a shake detector used for an image stabilization, and a correcting filter to which an output signal from the calculating filter is input. The correcting filter includes a boost filter configured to change a gain based on a first frequency and a second frequency, and a notch filter having a center frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Kenji Takeuchi, Koichi Washisu