Patents by Inventor Koji Kawano
Koji Kawano 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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Publication number: 20240166465Abstract: A recording medium processing device includes: a movable body including a to-be-pressed section which is to be pressed against one end of a recording medium bundle on which a folding process is performed, the to-be-pressed section being configured to be movable relative to the movable body; and a to-be-operated section which is provided at a position different from a position of the movable body, as well as provided in conjunction with the to-be pressed section, and is operated by an operator when the to-be pressed section is moved relative to the movable body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Eri FUKUI, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Koji KAWANO, Yuki MIZUNO, Ryota IZUMI
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Publication number: 20240142216Abstract: A sensor unit includes: a sensor that is attached to a measurement target object becoming deformed in response to a swing taken with the measurement target object and that generates an output signal indicating a relationship between a physical quantity related to an amount of deformation of the measurement target object and a time; a feature value generation circuit that generates a feature value, the feature value being a parameter indicating a feature of the swing, on the basis of the output signal obtained by the sensor; and a communication unit that is attached to the measurement target object and that transmits the feature value to an external device by wireless communication or wired communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jun MAKINO, Koji KAWANO, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takehiko IIZUKA, Kenta AGO
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Publication number: 20240143284Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an arithmetic circuit that performs an acquiring step of acquiring swing data indicating relationship between a physical quantity concerning an amount of deformation of an object to be measured and time, a determining step of determining whether the swing data indicates the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung, to determine whether the swing data is to be deleted, and a deleting step of deleting the swing data if it is determined that the swing data does not indicate the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jun MAKINO, Koji KAWANO, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takehiko IIZUKA, Kenta AGO
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Patent number: 11939504Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a scintillator which has a short fluorescence decay time, whose fluorescence intensity after a period of time following radiation irradiation is low, and which shows largely improved light-transmittance. A scintillator represented by the following General Formula (1), the scintillator including Zr, having a Zr content of not less than 1500 ppm by mass therein, and being a block of a sintered body. QxMyO3z:A . . . (1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least one or more kinds of divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Tetsuya Kawano, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20240091620Abstract: A processing device includes an operation circuit that determines based on a first signal a swing start time, the first signal being acquired from a sensor that is attached to a striking member for striking a to-be-struck object by being swung and that detects deformation of the striking member when the striking member is swung. An absolute value of a difference between a reference value and a value of the first signal is defined as a first difference value. The operation circuit executes a first determination step in which an impact time is determined based on one or more times at which the first difference value becomes greater than or equal to a first determination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Jun MAKINO
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Publication number: 20240068795Abstract: A sensor unit includes a first sensor portion that detects deformation of an object to be measured and has a film shape, a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the object to be measured and has a film shape, and a sheet to be attached to the object to be measured. A main surface of the first sensor portion and a main surface of the second sensor portion are attached to the sheet. In a state that the sheet is expanded in a plane, the main surface of the first sensor portion has a portion not overlapping the main surface of the second sensor portion, and the main surface of the second sensor portion has a portion not overlapping the main surface of the first sensor portion, in a view in a direction normal to the main surface of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Koji KAWANO
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Publication number: 20240068796Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit including a first sensor portion that detects deformation of a measuring target object and a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the measuring target object, in which in a state in which the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are attached to the measuring target object, the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are fixed to the measuring target object such that the measuring target object is disposed between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion in a first direction, and a physical property value of the first sensor portion and a physical property value of the second sensor portion are changed according to first deformation of the measuring target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takashi WATANABE, Jun MAKINO, Kenta AGO
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Patent number: 11897719Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit that transports sheets such that at least two of the sheets are transported while being stacked on top of one another, the sheets being sent to the buffer unit from an image forming unit; and a compilation tray that is inclined with respect to a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets are transported in the buffer unit such that the sheets, which are supplied from the buffer unit, are transported into the compilation tray from above the compilation tray and stacked onto a placement surface as a stack of sheets.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Eri Fukui, Takayuki Fukamachi, Koji Kawano, Yuki Mizuno
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Patent number: 11878888Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a blade that is to be pressed against a recording medium at a folding position where the recording medium is to be folded, and a support portion that supports the blade, the support portion includes a movable body to which the blade is fixed and that moves together with the blade and an insertion portion that is inserted into the movable body, and the insertion portion and one surface of the movable body are pressed each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masakazu Shirai, Koji Kawano, Takayuki Fukamachi
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Publication number: 20240003778Abstract: The diagnosis device executes: processing of determining a mean value and a standard deviation of reference data which is data in a reference period in the time series data and then calculating a normalized value of comparison data which is data in a comparison target period in the time series data from the mean value and the standard deviation; processing of executing processing of grouping pieces of data of the plurality of sensors in order of a magnitude relationship between the pieces of data for each of the reference data and the comparison data; and processing of outputting a screen having a diagram which visually shows the normalized value of the comparison data and a table which represents a correspondence between ranking of a group of the magnitude relationship between the pieces of data and each of the plurality of sensors for each of the reference data and the comparison data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Koji KAWANO, Akihiro MATSUKI, Yuuki KUMANOMIDOU, Shunji KIYOHARA
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Publication number: 20230402981Abstract: A sensor signal generation device includes a charge amplifier and a voltage amplifier circuit that convert a physical quantity of an observation target outputted from a sensor element into a voltage signal and output the voltage signal, and a correction unit that outputs a sensor signal obtained by correcting the voltage signal using frequency characteristics of the charge amplifier and the voltage amplifier circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takehiko IIZUKA
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Publication number: 20230381614Abstract: An impact detection device includes a sensor that is attached to sports equipment including a columnar portion and a hitting portion connected to the columnar portion and is attached not at the hitting portion but at the columnar portion, and that is configured to output a sensor signal obtained by the sports equipment being swung, and a feature data extraction unit configured to detect, by using the sensor signal, from a temporal change of the sensor signal outputted by the hitting portion externally receiving pressure, timing at which the hitting portion externally receives the pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takashi WATANABE, Jun MAKINO, Kenta AGO
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Publication number: 20230381615Abstract: A hit position estimation device includes a sensor and a calculation unit. The sensor is attached to a shaft of a golf club and outputs a sensor signal including twisting of the shaft. The calculation unit estimates a position at which a ball hits a head from a twist component when the ball hits the head of the golf club, by using the sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Tomoshige FURUHI, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Koji KAWANO, Takehiko IIZUKA, Jun MAKINO, Takashi WATANABE, Kenta AGO
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Publication number: 20230381612Abstract: A grip force estimation device includes a sensor that is attached to sports equipment including a columnar portion having a grip portion at one end and a hitting portion connected to the columnar portion and is attached not at the grip portion but at the columnar portion, and that is configured to detect at least one of bending and twisting of the sports equipment and output detected bending and/or twisting as a sensor signal, a feature data extraction unit configured to extract feature data including a feature when a waveform generated by the hitting portion being externally applied with pressure is attenuated by using the sensor signal, and a grip force estimation unit configured to estimate pressure applied to the grip portion by using the feature data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Tomoshige FURUHI, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Koji KAWANO, Takehiko IIZUKA, Jun MAKINO, Takashi WATANABE, Kenta AGO
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Publication number: 20230303358Abstract: A recording-material-transporting apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a recording material by using a driving rotating member that performs a rotational driving operation and a driven rotating member that rotates upon receiving a driving force from the driving rotating member; a number-of-rotation information acquisition unit that is connected to the driven rotating member and that acquires information regarding a number of rotation of the driven rotating member; and a restricting portion against which the number-of-rotation information acquisition unit is pressed and that restricts a movement of the number-of-rotation information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Koji KAWANO, Masakazu SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20230234798Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a guiding unit that faces a placement surface onto which sheets are transported and stacked as a stack of sheets and that is capable of changing a gap in a thickness direction of the stack of sheets, the guiding unit being configured to guide the sheets which are transported, and a controller that controls a size of the gap and a change pattern of the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Eri FUKUI, Koji KAWANO, Yuki MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20230211973Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit that transports sheets such that at least two of the sheets are transported while being stacked on top of one another, the sheets being sent to the buffer unit from an image forming unit; and a compilation tray that is inclined with respect to a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets are transported in the buffer unit such that the sheets, which are supplied from the buffer unit, are transported into the compilation tray from above the compilation tray and stacked onto a placement surface as a stack of sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Eri FUKUI, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Koji KAWANO, Yuki MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20230213882Abstract: An image forming system that is capable of forming an image onto a sheet on a basis of print image data including multiple image data items imposed in such a manner as to be suitable for middle-folding and saddle-stitching and outputting a booklet by performing middle-folding and saddle-stitching includes: a storing unit that stores beforehand, as an output-processing content table, an inclination direction of a compilation tray onto which a stack of sheets that is to be subjected to imposition processing for pages or a facing page of the booklet and the middle-folding and saddle-stitching is placed; and a processing unit that generates the print image data by acquiring information of the inclination direction of the compilation tray, referencing to the output-processing content table, and performing the imposition processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yuki MIZUNO, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Eri FUKUI, Koji KAWANO
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Publication number: 20220259002Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a blade that is to be pressed against a recording medium at a folding position where the recording medium is to be folded, and a support portion that supports the blade, the support portion includes a movable body to which the blade is fixed and that moves together with the blade and an insertion portion that is inserted into the movable body, and the insertion portion and one surface of the movable body are pressed each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Masakazu SHIRAI, Koji KAWANO, Takayuki FUKAMACHI
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Patent number: 9801298Abstract: A composite module includes a plurality of substrates in a housing, prevents deformation of the stated substrates, and has a characteristic with an improved mounting precision of the substrates within the housing. A wireless LAN module as a composite module according to the present invention includes a first substrate (26), a second substrate (28) that is so disposed as opposed to the other principal surface (48b) of the first substrate (26), and a housing (12) that has accommodation sections (38) and (54) for accommodating the first substrate (26) and the second substrate (28). Further, substrate-support projections for supporting one principal surface and the other principal surface of each of the first substrate (26) and the second substrate (28), are formed on inner wall surfaces (40) and (56) of the accommodation sections (38) and (54) in the housing (12).Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Kawano, Naofumi Enkyo, Koki Kato