Patents by Inventor Koji Ishii
Koji Ishii 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: 10875468Abstract: An in-vehicle monitoring module included in a monitoring system includes a detector, a service operator, a controller, and a housing. The detector detects conditions in an inside of a vehicle. The service operator is provided to the vehicle. The controller can perform processing of determining the type of an event occurring in the inside of the vehicle based on the conditions in the inside of the vehicle detected by the detector, controlling the service operator based on the determined type of the event, and causing the service operator to perform an operation corresponding to the type of the event. The housing is provided with the detector, the service operator, and the controller to serve as a unit and provided on a roof member of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Saito, Shinichi Okamoto, Koji Ishii, Yoshiyuki Furuya, Antony Wambugu Ngahu
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Patent number: 10803894Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk including at least one servo zone that includes a first data storage track with a first servo pattern having a first frequency and a second data storage track with a second servo pattern having a second frequency, wherein the first data storage track is located closer to an outer diameter of the magnetic disk than the first data storage track and the first frequency is greater than the second frequency; a magnetic head that faces the magnetic disk; and a zone servo switching unit that switches a servo pattern frequency employed to position the magnetic head in a radial direction based on a radial position of the magnetic head.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Kuwahara, Koji Ishii
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Patent number: 10803899Abstract: A magnetic disk device includes a control circuit, and a disk unit including a plurality of magnetic disks, a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read or write data from or to the magnetic disks, a first actuator configured to move the magnetic heads, a plurality of second actuators each configured to move the corresponding magnetic head, and a switch circuit configured to connect the control circuit and one of the second actuators. The control circuit is configured to transmit to the disk unit an instruction in which one of the magnetic heads is specified, control one of the second actuators corresponding to the specified magnetic head to move the magnetic head via the switch circuit, and based on a signal from the one of the second actuators, determine whether an error occurs in the one of the second actuators.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Ishii
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Publication number: 20200294544Abstract: A magnetic disk device includes a control circuit, and a disk unit including a plurality of magnetic disks, a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read or write data from or to the magnetic disks, a first actuator configured to move the magnetic heads, a plurality of second actuators each configured to move the corresponding magnetic head, and a switch circuit configured to connect the control circuit and one of the second actuators. The control circuit is configured to transmit to the disk unit an instruction in which one of the magnetic heads is specified, control one of the second actuators corresponding to the specified magnetic head to move the magnetic head via the switch circuit, and based on a signal from the one of the second actuators, determine whether an error occurs in the one of the second actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Koji ISHII
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Publication number: 20200283013Abstract: A passenger support system includes a speaker, cameras, a vibrator, a seat switch, and a control device. The control device issues destination approach information by the speaker before the vehicle arrives at the destination based on results from comparing the current location information of the vehicle with the destination information of passenger. After issuing the destination approach information, the control device identifies the seat position based on the images captured by the cameras and performs awakening action by the vibrator at the seat corresponding to the specified seat position. The control device stops the awakening action by the vibrator when a stop operation is received from the seat switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Daiki SAITO, Shinichi OKAMOTO, Kentaro OTOMO, Hideto MIYAKE, Koji ISHII
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Publication number: 20200283010Abstract: A vehicle management system includes an imaging device provided in a shared vehicle to capture a plurality of passengers on the vehicle, a detection unit that detects that a user, who is one of the passengers, has performed a predetermined motion which is a motion registered in advance, based on a capturing result by the imaging device, and a controller that controls the vehicle based on a predetermined command, which is a command registered in advance as a command corresponding to the predetermined motion, when the predetermined motion is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hideto Miyake, Shinichi Okamoto, Kentaro Otomo, Daiki Saito, Koji Ishii
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Publication number: 20200248678Abstract: A variable displacement-type compressor for a vehicle includes: an electromagnetic clutch having a first electromagnetic coil; an electromagnetic control valve having an second electromagnetic coil; a first connector having an input terminal portion and an output terminal portion, the first connector being integrated with and electrically connected to one of the electromagnetic clutch and the electromagnetic control valve, and disposed at a position away from the other one of the electromagnetic clutch and the electromagnetic control valve, the input terminal portion being connectable to a vehicle-side connector, and the output terminal portion being electrically connectable to the other one; and a second connector provided separately from the other one, connected to the other one through a cable, and connected to the output terminal portion of the first connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Akinobu KANAI, Koji ISHII
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Publication number: 20200141544Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting diode-type illumination device which controls, at a high illuminance, the illuminance of directed light emitted by an LED element as a light source. This light-emitting diode-type illumination device 1 comprises a directed illuminance control means which directs the light emitted from a LED element 13 and controls the directed illuminance of the irradiated light, and a light-reflecting member 19 equipped with a convergent reflecting surface 19a positioned on the light-emitting side of the LED element 13. The light-reflecting member 19 is positioned so as to extend in the direction in which light is irradiated, symmetrically or asymmetrically with respect to the centerline of the LED element 13. The directed illuminance control means controls the directed illuminance of light obtained by directing and irradiating light emitted from the LED element 13.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: ABRAM CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Mitsuzuka, Yujiro Kojima, Kenichi Kurihara, Kazunori Kojima, Koji Ishii
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Publication number: 20190299877Abstract: An in-vehicle monitoring module included in a monitoring system includes a detector, a service operator, a controller, and a housing. The detector detects conditions in an inside of a vehicle. The service operator is provided to the vehicle. The controller can perform processing of determining the type of an event occurring in the inside of the vehicle based on the conditions in the inside of the vehicle detected by the detector, controlling the service operator based on the determined type of the event, and causing the service operator to perform an operation corresponding to the type of the event. The housing is provided with the detector, the service operator, and the controller to serve as a unit and provided on a roof member of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masaki Saito, Shinichi Okamoto, Koji Ishii, Yoshiyuki Furuya, Antony Wambugu Ngahu
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Publication number: 20190272484Abstract: An in-vehicle system used in a getting-on-and-off authentication system includes: a reading unit provided in a vehicle to read identification information capable of identifying a person; a communication unit that transmits the identification information read by the reading unit to an external device outside the vehicle and receives retrieval result information retrieved on the basis of the identification information by the external device; and a getting-on-and-off authorization processor capable of executing a process of authorizing a getting on and off of a person specified by the identification information on the vehicle on the basis of the retrieval result information received by the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masaki SAITO, Koji ISHII, Yurie TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20190259415Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk including at least one servo zone that includes a first data storage track with a first servo pattern having a first frequency and a second data storage track with a second servo pattern having a second frequency, wherein the first data storage track is located closer to an outer diameter of the magnetic disk than the first data storage track and the first frequency is greater than the second frequency; a magnetic head that faces the magnetic disk; and a zone servo switching unit that switches a servo pattern frequency employed to position the magnetic head in a radial direction based on a radial position of the magnetic head.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Satoshi KUWAHARA, Koji ISHII
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Patent number: 10348950Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a communication unit configured to read, from another electronic apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, information regarding a current operation mode of the another electronic apparatus, and a controller configured to select a user interface screen which is displayed on the display unit in accordance with the information regarding the operation mode read by the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Okazaki, Koji Ishii
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Patent number: 10229707Abstract: A disk device includes first and second recording surfaces, a first head for the first recording surface, including a first heater which generates heat via a first electric power, a second head for the second recording surface, including a second heater which generates heat via a second electric power, and a control circuit configured to execute a first preheating operation in which the first electric power is supplied to the first heater for a first time interval prior to starting a first writing process to write data on the first recording surface by the first head, and to execute a second preheating operation in which the second electric power is supplied to the second heater for a second time interval prior to starting a second writing process to write data on the second recording surface by the second head. The first time interval is different from the second time interval.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Koji Ishii
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Publication number: 20190031412Abstract: A sealing cap for a compressor is made of an elastically-deformable material and includes a plug portion, a bolt insertion portion, a tab portion, and a plate-like body portion. The plug portion is to be inserted into a fluid port of a compressor to plug the fluid port. The plate-like body portion integrally joins the plug portion, the bolt insertion portion, and the tab portion. The bolt insertion portion extends from a front surface of the body portion. The tab portion is formed on the front surface of the body portion. The plug portion is projectingly formed on a rear surface of the body portion. The tab portion includes a ring having an annular shape, and is located opposite to the bolt insertion portion across the plug portion. The ring has an opening that extends through the ring in a direction that crosses insertion direction of the plug portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yuki MORIKAGE, Atsushi SHIBATA, Koji ISHII, Hiromichi OGAWA
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Publication number: 20190020806Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a communication unit configured to read, from another electronic apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, information regarding a current operation mode of the another electronic apparatus, and a controller configured to select a user interface screen which is displayed on the display unit in accordance with the information regarding the operation mode read by the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Yoshinori OKAZAKI, Koji ISHII
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Patent number: 10158795Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a communication unit configured to read, from another electronic apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, information regarding a current operation mode of the another electronic apparatus, and a controller configured to select a user interface screen which is displayed on the display unit in accordance with the information regarding the operation mode read by the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Okazaki, Koji Ishii
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Publication number: 20180286440Abstract: A disk device includes first and second recording surfaces, a first head for the first recording surface, including a first heater which generates heat via a first electric power, a second head for the second recording surface, including a second heater which generates heat via a second electric power, and a control circuit configured to execute a first preheating operation in which the first electric power is supplied to the first heater for a first time interval prior to starting a first writing process to write data on the first recording surface by the first head, and to execute a second preheating operation in which the second electric power is supplied to the second heater for a second time interval prior to starting a second writing process to write data on the second recording surface by the second head. The first time interval is different from the second time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventor: Koji ISHII
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Publication number: 20180010642Abstract: The invention has an object of providing grease reduced in an amount of the flying grease and an amount of the outgas, and superior in low-temperature characteristic, an antifriction bearing using the grease, an antifriction bearing device, and an information recording/reproducing device. A grease includes a base oil, and a thickener, the base oil includes mineral oil and poly-?-olefin, the poly-?-olefin is higher in mass than the mineral oil, the poly-?-olefin includes poly-?-olefin higher in kinetic viscosity than the mineral oil, the kinetic viscosity of the base oil at 40° C. is in a range of 40 through 90 mm2/s, and worked penetration is in a range of 200 through 250. Further, an antifriction bearing, an antifriction bearing device, and an information recording/reproducing device use the grease.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Akihiro IINO, Takayuki KOSAKA, Misato HANAOKA, Hisaya NAKAMURA, Koji ISHII
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Patent number: 9190202Abstract: A laminated inductor includes a component body that provides a mounting surface on one of its faces, and at least a pair of external electrodes are formed on the mounting surface, wherein the component body has a laminate constituted by multiple insulator layers, a spiral coil conductor formed in the laminate, and leader parts that electrically connect the coil conductor and external electrodes; the coil conductor comprises conductor patterns formed in the insulator layers and via hole conductors that penetrate through the insulator layers and electrically connect the multiple conductor patterns, and also has a coil axis running roughly in parallel with the mounting surface and a turn unit having one or more sides running roughly in parallel with the mounting surface; and the via hole conductors are formed only on the side farthest away from the mounting surface among the one or more sides.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Ishii, Akihisa Matsuda, Yo Fujitsuna, Kazuhiko Oyama, Yasuyuki Taki
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Patent number: RE47950Abstract: A laminated inductor includes a component body that provides a mounting surface on one of its faces, and at least a pair of external electrodes are formed on the mounting surface, wherein the component body has a laminate constituted by multiple insulator layers, a spiral coil conductor formed in the laminate, and leader parts that electrically connect the coil conductor and external electrodes; the coil conductor comprises conductor patterns formed in the insulator layers and via hole conductors that penetrate through the insulator layers and electrically connect the multiple conductor patterns, and also has a coil axis running roughly in parallel with the mounting surface and a turn unit having one or more sides running roughly in parallel with the mounting surface; and the via hole conductors are formed only on the side farthest away from the mounting surface among the one or more sides.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Ishii, Akihisa Matsuda, Yo Fujitsuna, Kazuhiko Oyama, Yasuyuki Taki