Patents by Inventor Kouichi Minami
Kouichi Minami 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: 20240096377Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing, magnetic disks in the housing, and a printed circuit board attached to an outer surface of a bottom wall of the housing. The housing includes a base including a bottom wall and a side wall, and at least two base-side positioning portions provided on the bottom wall in a region overlapping the side wall. The printed circuit board includes at least two board-side positioning portions each engaged with the base-side positioning portion. One of the base-side positioning portion and the board-side positioning portion includes a pin extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall, and another includes a hole into which the pin is fitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi Minami, Shigeru Juman, Kouichi Toukairin, Yasuhiko Kato, Hirofumi Kuribara, Kenji Mizuochi
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Patent number: 11205903Abstract: Provided is a server (10) having an attribute information receiving unit (15) which receives attribute information of an electric power output apparatus (30) having a function of outputting electric power from the electric power output apparatus (30); an output condition transmitting unit (18) which transmits an output condition determined in accordance with the attribute information to the electric power output apparatus (30); an analysis result receiving unit (16) which receives a processing result obtained by performing predetermined processing on output waveform data at the time when the electric power output apparatus (30) outputs electric power according to the output condition; and an evaluating unit (17) which calculates an electric power output performance of the electric power output apparatus (30) on the basis of the processing result and the output condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi Minami, Hidekazu Kimura
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Publication number: 20210203167Abstract: Provided is a server (10) having an attribute information receiving unit (15) which receives attribute information of an electric power output apparatus (30) having a function of outputting electric power from the electric power output apparatus (30); an output condition transmitting unit (18) which transmits an output condition determined in accordance with the attribute information to the electric power output apparatus (30); an analysis result receiving unit (16) which receives a processing result obtained by performing predetermined processing on output waveform data at the time when the electric power output apparatus (30) outputs electric power according to the output condition; and an evaluating unit (17) which calculates an electric power output performance of the electric power output apparatus (30) on the basis of the processing result and the output condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Kouichi MINAMI, Hidekazu KIMURA
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Patent number: 10644505Abstract: Provided is a server (10) including an attribute information receiving unit (15) which receives attribute information of an electric power output apparatus (30) from the electric power output apparatus (30) having a function of outputting electric power; an output condition transmitting unit (18) which transmits an output condition determined in accordance with the attribute information to the electric power output apparatus (30); a processing result receiving unit (16) which receives a processing result obtained by performing predetermined processing on output waveform data at the time when the electric power output apparatus (30) outputs electric power according to the output condition; and an evaluating unit (17) which evaluates an electric power output performance of the electric power output apparatus (30) on the basis of the processing result and the output condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kouichi Minami, Hidekazu Kimura
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Publication number: 20190067942Abstract: Provided is a server (10) including an attribute information receiving unit (15) which receives attribute information of an electric power output apparatus (30) from the electric power output apparatus (30) having a function of outputting electric power; an output condition transmitting unit (18) which transmits an output condition determined in accordance with the attribute information to the electric power output apparatus (30); a processing result receiving unit (16) which receives a processing result obtained by performing predetermined processing on output waveform data at the time when the electric power output apparatus (30) outputs electric power according to the output condition; and an evaluating unit (17) which evaluates an electric power output performance of the electric power output apparatus (30) on the basis of the processing result and the output condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kouichi MINAMI, Hidekazu KIMURA
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Patent number: 8555074Abstract: A data acquiring unit acquires electronic data. A tamper-resistant chip includes a storing unit that stores a confidential key specific to a device, and a collecting unit that collects device information that is internal information of the device. An attaching unit attaches collected device information to acquired electronic data. An encrypting unit encrypts the electronic data with the device information attached, using the confidential key stored in the storing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: PFU Limited, Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Kouichi Minami, Seigo Kotani
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Patent number: 8412958Abstract: A device management system is configured with a target device including at least one unit that includes a tamper-resistant chip, a management apparatus that manages or uses the target device, and an authentication apparatus including a database for authentication, connected via a network in a communicable manner. In the target device, each unit is equipped with the tamper-resistant chip that collects device information specific to a unit, stores collected device information, and stores a confidential-key.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignees: PFU Limited, Fijitsu LimitedInventors: Kouichi Minami, Seigo Kotani
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Patent number: 8410803Abstract: A test apparatus according to the present invention includes a probe card recognition unit that recognizes positions of at least two probe card marks formed to a probe card and assumes a probe card mark connection line connecting the positions of the probe card marks, a backing material recognition unit that recognizes positions of at least two backing material marks formed to a backing material where a semiconductor chip is fixed thereto and assumes a backing material mark connection line connecting the positions of the backing material mark, a positional relationship recognition unit that recognizes a positional relationship between the probe card and the backing material according to the probe card mark connection line and the backing material mark connection line, and a correction unit that corrects the position of at least one of the probe card and the backing material according to the positional relationship.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventors: Nobuhiro Sawa, Kouichi Minami, Masato Chiba
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Publication number: 20110107079Abstract: A device management system is configured with a target device including at least one unit that includes a tamper-resistant chip, a management apparatus that manages or uses the target device, and an authentication apparatus including a database for authentication, connected via a network in a communicable manner. In the target device, each unit is equipped with the tamper-resistant chip that collects device information specific to a unit, stores collected device information, and stores a confidential-key.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicants: PFU LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kouichi MINAMI, Seigo KOTANI
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Publication number: 20110018569Abstract: A test apparatus according to the present invention includes a probe card recognition unit that recognizes positions of at least two probe card marks formed to a probe card and assumes a probe card mark connection line connecting the positions of the probe card marks, a backing material recognition unit that recognizes positions of at least two backing material marks formed to a backing material where a semiconductor chip is fixed thereto and assumes a backing material mark connection line connecting the positions of the backing material mark, a positional relationship recognition unit that recognizes a positional relationship between the probe card and the backing material according to the probe card mark connection line and the backing material mark connection line, and a correction unit that corrects the position of at least one of the probe card and the backing material according to the positional relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicants: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Nobuhiro SAWA, Kouichi MINAMI, Masato CHIBA
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Publication number: 20070198861Abstract: A data acquiring unit acquires electronic data. A tamper-resistant chip includes a storing unit that stores a confidential key specific to a device, and a collecting unit that collects device information that is internal information of the device. An attaching unit attaches collected device information to acquired electronic data. An encrypting unit encrypts the electronic data with the device information attached, using the confidential key stored in the storing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicants: PFU LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kouichi MINAMI, Seigo KOTANI
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Publication number: 20070165264Abstract: A device management system is configured with a target device including at least one unit that includes a tamper-resistant chip, a management apparatus that manages or uses the target device, and an authentication apparatus including a database for authentication, connected via a network in a communicable manner. In the target device, each unit is equipped with the tamper-resistant chip that collects device information specific to a unit, stores collected device information, and stores a confidential-key.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicants: PFU LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kouichi MINAMI, Seigo KOTANI
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Patent number: 6301204Abstract: A jukebox apparatus including a magazine, a drive unit, a carriage for conveying a disk between the magazine and the drive unit, and a temporary storage unit movable between a transfer position in front of the drive unit and an escape position. The carriage has gripping arms, pinch rollers, and a pushing arm for transferring the disk. A control unit is provided to carry out a retry of transferring the disk by displacing the carriage when the disk is not transferred. The pushing time of the pushing arm can be changed by a retry of pushing the disk by the pushing arm. The temporary storage unit is normally monitored.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1995Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Kazunori Matsuda, Kouichi Minami, Isao Nagata, Yoshiyasu Tagawa, Kazuaki Umi, Hitoshi Terashima
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Patent number: 5803449Abstract: The present invention discloses an automatic sheet feeder to feed manuscript sheets onto and discharge the same from the top of the stage on the overhead projector. The automatic sheet feeder comprises a side guide plate disposed at the top of a side edge of the stage, a bottom plate forming a manuscript set window together with the side guide plate, a side plate perpendicular to the side guide plate, a plurality of side feeding rollers for forward and backward rotations supported by the above side plate, and notches formed at the above side guide plate immediately below these rollers to accept the manuscript sheet whose side edge is pressed downward by the outer circumference of the side feeding rollers.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1995Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Plus CorporationInventors: Ritsuo Koga, Kouichi Minami
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Patent number: 5630579Abstract: The present invention discloses an automatic sheet feeder to feed manuscript sheets onto and discharge the same from the top of the overhead projector. The automatic sheet feeder comprises a stage glass on which the manuscript is to be set, a common feeding rollers for forward and backward rotations to feed the horizontally or vertically positioned manuscript and a side feeding roller located at a side of the stage glass to carry the manuscript with pressing the upper face of a side edge of the manuscript.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1995Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: Plus Corp.Inventors: Kouichi Minami, Mitsuru Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Torikai
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Patent number: 4878873Abstract: A doll toy has head and trunk portions which are illuminated to project images thereon by a single interior light source. Illumination of both portions is achieved by making inner cavities of the two portions in communication with each other, so that the light source disposed in the trunk portion and head portions. Projectable images are contained on transparent frames located in both the trunk and head portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.Inventors: Hidehiko Yamaguchi, Kouichi Minami, Nobuo Kobayashi