Patents by Inventor Koji Shimizu

Koji Shimizu 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: 20180266092
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet bowl part, flush water conduits that guides flush water toward the toilet bowl part, a bubble passage provided separately from the flush water conduits, the bubble passage that guides bubbles toward the toilet bowl part, and a bubble generator provided in the bubble passage, the bubble generator that generates bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji FUKUYA, Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Masato WAKABAYASHI, Shuhei HAIDA, Koji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180251620
    Abstract: A styrene resin extruded foam includes a styrene resin, a polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester, and a hydrofluoroolefin. An amount of the polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester is 0.05 to 5.0 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Kikuchi, Shunji Kurihara, Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180244884
    Abstract: A styrene resin extruded foam includes 100 parts by weight of a styrene resin and 0.05 to 5.0 parts by weight of polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Kikuchi, Shunji Kurihara, Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10017618
    Abstract: Provided is an extruded polystyrene foam which is obtained by extrusion foaming using a polystyrene resin and a foaming agent, contains 0.5-8.0 parts by weight of a flame retardant based on 100 parts by weight of the polystyrene resin and has an apparent density of 20-45 kg/m3 and a closed cell ratio of 90% or more. The foaming agent contains HFO and an additional organic foaming agent. The amount of HFO is 0.030-0.125 mol/per 100 g of the polystyrene resin, polystyrene permeability of the additional organic foaming agent is 0.5×10?10 cc·cm/cm2·s·cmHg or more, an organic foaming agent having a polystyrene permeability of less than 0.5×10?10 cc·cm/cm2·s·cmHg is not included, and the total amount of HFO and the additional organic foaming agent is 0.105-0.300 mol/per 100 g of the polystyrene resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takenori Kikuchi, Wataru Kado, Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180164786
    Abstract: Provided is a relay device and manufacturing system that relays communication based on SECS/GEM protocol to a manufacturing system using a different communication protocol, and enables integrated management via a SECS/GEM host. Relay device performs protocol conversion between a SECS/GEM protocol and an original protocol that is a non-SECS/GEM protocol, and transfers data transmitted between user host and manufacturer host. Also, relay device performs transfer processing based on a port correspondence database that specifies local IP addresses of manufacturer host and the like and TCP protocol port numbers corresponding to these IP addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180138518
    Abstract: Provided are (i) a catalyst that has a core-shell structure and is highly active in an oxygen reduction reaction, which is a cathode reaction of a fuel cell, and (ii) a reaction acceleration method in which the catalyst is used. A core-shell catalyst for accelerating an oxygen reduction reaction, contains: silver or palladium as a core material; and platinum as a shell material, the core-shell catalyst having, on a surface thereof, a (110) surface of a face centered cubic lattice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koichi MATSUTANI, Takeshi KAIEDA, Yasushi MASAHIRO, Hideaki KASAI, Hiroshi NAKANISHI, Koji SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9934748
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display section configured to have a plurality of scanning signal lines to which respective scanning signals are applied, the display section performing line-sequential scanning by repeating interruption and resumption of the line-sequential scanning on a basis of the plurality of scanning signals, and displaying an image; and a scanning section configured to generate the plurality of scanning signals such that transition times on a pulse termination side of the respective scanning signals are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiya Hirabayashi, Koji Shimizu, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9874627
    Abstract: In a radar apparatus, whether or not a second target candidate associated with second target information satisfying a first condition in relation to a first target candidate is present is determined. When determined that the second target candidate is present, the first target information corresponding to the first target candidate is compared with the second target information corresponding to the second target candidate. The “first condition” is that distances and relative speeds match. As a result of the comparison, when a difference between the power at a frequency peak corresponding to the subject target candidate and the power at a frequency peak corresponding to the comparison target candidate is greater than a prescribed threshold, the subject target candidate is determined to be a false image. Meanwhile, when determined that the difference is the prescribed threshold or less, the subject target candidate is determined to be a real image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170307749
    Abstract: In a radar apparatus, a determining unit compares a ratio (?Vr/Vn) of a relative velocity (Vr) to a radar-apparatus-installed vehicle velocity (Vn) with a determination value (a) that is a cosine (cos ?c) of the detection limit angle (±?c) or the cosine (cos ?c) plus a correction value including a measurement error. When a determination is made that the ratio (?Vr/Vn) exceeds the determination value (?), a target is determined to be a real target of a crossing object, such as a crossing pedestrian, or a stationary object, whereas when a determination is made that the target is not a real target, the target is determined to be a ghost of a crossing object or a stationary object. Thus, a real target of a crossing object or a stationary object can be distinguished from a ghost of the object, and hence a ghost is not falsely determined to be a real target, preventing inappropriate brake control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9782959
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for laminated iron cores includes processing a metal sheet to form product sheets, in each of which iron core pieces are arranged inside an outer frame piece and the iron core pieces are connected to the outer frame piece in such a way that outer peripheral sides of the iron core pieces are connected to nearest parts of the outer frame piece through bridge pieces, laminating the product sheets and temporarily fixing the product sheets adjacent to each other in a vertical direction together to form a sheets laminated body including iron core pieces laminated parts and bridge pieces laminated parts, sealing the iron core pieces laminated parts by a resin while being pressurized to form pre-formed laminated iron cores, and separating the bridge pieces laminated parts from the pre-formed laminated iron cores to form the laminated iron cores which are individually separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventor: Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170277586
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a semiconductor apparatus includes semiconductor devices. Each semiconductor device includes: a state monitor that monitors a plurality of functions implemented by the semiconductor device, and outputs state monitoring signals; and an anomaly determination circuit that performs anomaly determination based on the state monitoring signals. When the anomaly determination circuit of a first semiconductor device detects that one or more of the functions of the semiconductor devices are abnormal based on a first anomaly determination result and a second anomaly determination result, the anomaly determination circuit of the first semiconductor device outputs an anomaly detection signal to the semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Takuya Ito, Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170256227
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display section configured to have a plurality of scanning signal lines to which respective scanning signals are applied, the display section performing line-sequential scanning by repeating interruption and resumption of the line-sequential scanning on a basis of the plurality of scanning signals, and displaying an image; and a scanning section configured to generate the plurality of scanning signals such that transition times on a pulse termination side of the respective scanning signals are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yukiya Hirabayashi, Koji Shimizu, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20170227632
    Abstract: A radar device includes a transmission part that transmits a radar wave which has been frequency-modulated such that one measurement cycle has a rising section in which a frequency increases and a falling section in which a frequency decreases, a reception part that derives respective beat signals of the rising section and the falling section, and a signal processor that performs a precipitation determining process on the basis of an analysis of the beat signals. In the precipitation determining process, in the absence of objects other than precipitation objects from a transmission range of the radar wave, it is determined whether a spectral similarity of the frequency spectra of the rising and falling section with precipitation reference spectra is not less than a threshold, and if the spectral similarity is not less than the threshold as a result of the determination, it is determined that precipitation is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Takuya TAKAYAMA, Koji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20170205494
    Abstract: The object detection apparatus is provided with a signal processing unit and an object detection unit. The signal processing unit performs a frequency analysis of a beat signal obtained by transmitting and receiving continuous waves and estimates an incoming direction of reception waves, the object detection unit executes, based on a processing result of the signal processing unit, at least an extracting process of an object candidate, a tracking process for an object and the object candidate, and an object recognition process that recognizes the object candidate to be the object. The object detection unit is characterized in that the unit executes, individually for each type of object to be detected, the extracting process, the tracking process and the object recognition process, and changes content of processes depending on a feature of the object to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170183471
    Abstract: A method for producing an extruded polystyrene foam in which when a foamable melted product, obtained by heat-melting a styrene resin composition and adding a foaming agent thereto in an extruder provided with a die slit section having an opening a (mm) in the thickness direction, is extrusion-foamed through the die slit section into a low pressure zone to form a plate-shaped foam, thereby obtaining an extruded polystyrene foam having a density of 20 kg/m3 or more and 45 kg/m3 or less, a closed cell ratio of 90% or more, and a thickness A (mm) of 10 mm or more and 150 mm or less, a foaming agent containing hydrofluoroolefin and other organic foaming agent is used, a thickness extension ratio A/a of an opening a in the thickness direction of the die slit section and a thickness A of the extruded polystyrene foam is adjusted to 18 or less, and a foamable melted product, just before the extrusion from the die slit section, is pressurized to 4.5 MPa or more and 10.0 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takenori KIKUCHI, Wataru KADO, Koji SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9685135
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display section configured to have a plurality of scanning signal lines to which respective scanning signals are applied, the display section performing line-sequential scanning by repeating interruption and resumption of the line-sequential scanning on a basis of the plurality of scanning signals, and displaying an image; and a scanning section configured to generate the plurality of scanning signals such that transition times on a pulse termination side of the respective scanning signals are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiya Hirabayashi, Koji Shimizu, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20170112029
    Abstract: In a case in which mounting deviation is occurring in a component which is mounted onto a solder surface of a board, a pad jig is pushed against the component, and the mounting deviation of the component is corrected through a friction force between the pad jig and the component by causing the pad jig to move in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9618608
    Abstract: A target detection apparatus counts the number of reflection points, taking a reflection point of interest as being a target reflection point, for each detected reflection point, the reflection points being present in a target area that is set with reference to the target reflection point and each having a difference in speed from the target reflection point, the difference being not more than a preset identical speed determination threshold, and extracts a parallel-running pair that is a pair of the reflection points that meet preset parallel-running conditions. The target detection apparatus determines that the two reflection points configuring the parallel-running pair originate from an identical target, when a count value is not less than a preset size determination threshold, the count value being of at least either of the two reflection points configuring the extracted parallel-running pair and generates target information reflecting the determination results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Mizutani, Keiji Matsuoka, Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9571673
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus equipped with a sleep function and for forming an image using an image forming unit and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit that controls the image forming unit. When a job is received in a sleep state, a port number of the received job is discriminated, whether or not to perform initialization processing of the image forming unit is determined based on the discriminated port number, and in a case that it is determined that initialization processing of the image forming unit is necessary, initialization processing of the image forming unit is started and thereafter the control unit is controlled to start processing of the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keishi Inaba, Koji Shimizu, Kohei Asano, Kiyokazu Umimura, Yuji Naya, Yuichi Konosu
  • Publication number: 20170025083
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display section configured to have a plurality of scanning signal lines to which respective scanning signals are applied, the display section performing line-sequential scanning by repeating interruption and resumption of the line-sequential scanning on a basis of the plurality of scanning signals, and displaying an image; and a scanning section configured to generate the plurality of scanning signals such that transition times on a pulse termination side of the respective scanning signals are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yukiya Hirabayashi, Koji Shimizu, Yutaka Ozawa