Patents by Inventor Koji Kuroda

Koji Kuroda 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: 20240172969
    Abstract: A biological information measuring device includes a light source that irradiates light, a sensor having a plurality of pixels arranged in an array in a two-dimensional plane and a saturation charge number of 1,000,000 or more. The sensor receives irradiated light transmitted, reflected, or scattered from the light source in a living body and outputs information according to the light intensity of the received light. A specific location selection unit selects a measurement target location of the measurement target for the biological information and a reference location different from the measurement target location, based on the information obtained by the image sensor. A biological information acquisition unit acquires biological information from the information obtained by the sensor at the measurement target location, using the information obtained by the sensor at the reference location as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KAWAJIRI, Rihito KURODA, Yasuyuki FUJIHARA, Shota NAKAYAMA, Hideaki HASEGAWA, Takayori ITO, Hiroyuki TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240141533
    Abstract: The masking material includes a penetrating portion according to a predetermined pattern. The masking material includes a mask portion and at least the mask portion contacting the substrate is made of an elastic material. The penetrating portion includes an expanded portion that is expanded outwardly from a portion contacting the substrate toward the electrolyte membrane in a thickness direction of the mask portion such that in a state where the mask portion is elastically deformed by a pressing force of the electrolyte membrane, a shape of a cross section of a formation space of the penetrating portion in which the metal film is to be formed becomes rectangular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki KONDOH, Koji INAGAKI, Keiji KURODA, Soma HIGASHIKOZONO
  • Publication number: 20240133068
    Abstract: The method includes: placing a substrate on a mount base; covering the substrate with the screen mask including a penetrating portion of a predetermined pattern; pressing the substrate by the electrolyte membrane with a fluid pressure of a plating solution contacting the electrolyte membrane via the screen mask; and applying a voltage between an anode contacting the plating solution and the substrate so as to allow metal ions contained in the plating solution to pass through the electrolyte membrane and form a metal film derived from the metal ions in the predetermined pattern on the substrate. The substrate includes an outer edge portion formed by an opposite surface facing the screen mask and a side surface. A cushion member is disposed along the outer edge portion before pressing the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki KONDOH, Keiji KURODA, Koji INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20240133069
    Abstract: The film forming apparatus includes a pressing mechanism that presses the mask structure by the electrolyte membrane with a fluid pressure of a plating solution. The mask structure includes a screen mask in which a penetrating portion corresponding to a predetermined pattern is formed, and a frame that supports a peripheral edge of the screen mask on a side adjacent to the substrate. In the frame, an inner covering portion made of an elastic material softer than a material of the frame is formed along an opening edge contacting the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki KONDOH, Keiji KURODA, Koji INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20240133070
    Abstract: A mask structure includes a screen mask having a penetrating portion with a predetermined pattern. The screen mask includes a mesh portion having an opening formed in a grid pattern, and a mask portion having the penetrating portion and being fixed to the mesh portion so as to face the substrate. The mask portion includes a core portion that retains the shape of the mask portion, and a seal portion made of an elastic material softer than the material of the core portion and contacting the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki KONDOH, Keiji KURODA, Koji INAGAKI, Kazuaki OKAMOTO, Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11960225
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuda, Hiroki Ogino, Yasushi Katsuta, Kaori Noguchi, Junko Hirata, Akira Kuroda, Yuki Nishizawa, Tsutomu Shimano, Toru Oguma
  • Patent number: 11159685
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display section, a first receiving section, a second receiving section, and a performing section. The display section displays an object. The first receiving section receives non-voice input specifying a first operation on the object. The second receiving section receives voice input specifying a second operation on the object. The performing section performs, on the object, a complex operation specified by the non-voice input and the voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuto Fujita, Kenji Kiyose, Sumio Yamada, Takayuki Mashimo, Ryota Seike, Koji Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11036444
    Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, a storage medium stores print data (check data) of a received print job that has been completed. When a communication circuit receives print data, a controller, by using the check data, decides whether or not a received print job which is going to be executed based on the received print data is a reprint job for redoing printing. Upon deciding as the reprint job, the controller instructs the operation panel to display difference part of print contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200395821
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, a housing, a cooling liquid introduction room, and a lubricating liquid introduction room. The rotary electric machine further includes a first seal member, a second seal member, and a leakage liquid discharge hole. The first seal member regulates a leakage of the cooling liquid to a lubricating liquid introduction room direction from the cooling liquid introduction room. The second seal member regulates a leakage of the lubricating liquid to a cooling liquid introduction room direction from the lubricating liquid introduction room. The leakage liquid discharge hole is arranged between the first seal member and the second seal member. The leakage liquid discharge hole discharges the cooling liquid that is leaked through the first seal member and the lubricating liquid that is leaked through the second seal member to an outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Sakurada, Koji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200389071
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, a stator holder, a housing, a cooling liquid introduction room, and a plurality of seal members. One of an outer circumferential surface of the stator holder and an inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall part of the housing includes a seal hold part that holds the plurality of seal members. Another of the outer circumferential surface of the stator holder and the inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall part includes a plurality of raised parts on which the plurality of seal members held by the seal hold part ride and with which the plurality of seal members come into close contact in a compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Sakurada, Koji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200314267
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display section, a first receiving section, a second receiving section, and a performing section. The display section displays an object. The first receiving section receives non-voice input specifying a first operation on the object. The second receiving section receives voice input specifying a second operation on the object. The performing section performs, on the object, a complex operation specified by the non-voice input and the voice input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuto FUJITA, Kenji KIYOSE, Sumio YAMADA, Takayuki MASHIMO, Ryota SEIKE, Koji KURODA
  • Publication number: 20200272375
    Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, a storage medium stores print data (check data) of a received print job that has been completed. When a communication circuit receives print data, a controller, by using the check data, decides whether or not a received print job which is going to be executed based on the received print data is a reprint job for redoing printing. Upon deciding as the reprint job, the controller instructs the operation panel to display difference part of print contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KURODA
  • Patent number: 9783087
    Abstract: A headrest which supports a head portion of a passenger in a vehicle rear collision is attached to an upper portion of a frame of a seatback. A blower to perform ventilation for a passenger's back is arranged at the upper portion of the frame at a position below the headrest. The blower is held at the frame via attaching members, for example. When receiving a large rearward-load from the passenger in the vehicle rear collision, the blower moves rearward relatively to the frame and the headrest according to a rearward move (a rearward swing around an upper frame, particularly) of the attaching member and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kuroda, Junsuke Inoue, Ryo Sawai, Tomoyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 9685241
    Abstract: A test circuit includes a control circuit that tests a memory having a plurality of data holding circuits holding data, a plurality of write ports, and a plurality of read ports, a write port selection circuit that selects any one of the plurality of write ports based on the write port identification information identifying any one of the plurality of write ports; and a read port selection circuit that selects any one of the plurality of read ports based on the read port identification information identifying any one of the plurality of read ports, wherein the control circuit sets the write port identification information and sets the read port identification information and carries out a test on the memory via the selected write port and the selected read port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Koji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20160009207
    Abstract: A headrest which supports a head portion of a passenger in a vehicle rear collision is attached to an upper portion of a frame of a seatback. A blower to perform ventilation for a passenger's back is arranged at the upper portion of the frame at a position below the headrest. The blower is held at the frame via attaching members, for example. When receiving a large rearward-load from the passenger in the vehicle rear collision, the blower moves rearward relatively to the frame and the headrest according to a rearward move (a rearward swing around an upper frame, particularly) of the attaching member and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji KURODA, Junsuke INOUE, Ryo SAWAI, Tomoyuki ABE
  • Patent number: 9204008
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image receiving unit, an aggregate printing process unit, a size receiving unit, a size judgment unit, and an aggregate sheet number determination unit. In the case where the size judgment unit judges that an aggregate printing process is executable in such a manner that the smallest size (aggregate smallest size) of characters included in an aggregate print image formed on a sheet by the aggregate printing process is not smaller than the lower limit value (lower limit size) of the size of characters included in the aggregate print image received by the size receiving unit, the aggregate sheet number determination unit determines the aggregate sheet number in such a manner that the aggregate smallest size is not smaller than the lower limit size, and the aggregate printing process unit executes the aggregate printing process using the aggregate sheet number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20150279484
    Abstract: A test circuit includes a control circuit that tests a memory having a plurality of data holding circuits holding data, a plurality of write ports, and a plurality of read ports, a write port selection circuit that selects any one of the plurality of write ports based on the write port identification information identifying any one of the plurality of write ports; and a read port selection circuit that selects any one of the plurality of read ports based on the read port identification information identifying any one of the plurality of read ports, wherein the control circuit sets the write port identification information and sets the read port identification information and carries out a test on the memory via the selected write port and the selected read port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Koji KURODA
  • Patent number: 8901434
    Abstract: A board unit includes a board that has a through hole penetrating the board from a first side of the board to a second side of the board and having a conductive inner wall surface a first electronic component that has a first connection pin to be press-fitted in the through hole from the first side of the board, and a conductive member that is disposed in the through hole to connect the inner wall surface of the through hole to the first connection pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Yasuo, Koji Kuroda
  • Patent number: D755965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Gunze Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kawahara, Koji Kuroda
  • Patent number: D777916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Gunze Limited
    Inventors: Koji Kuroda, Makoto Kawahara