Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kawamoto
Masayuki Kawamoto 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: 20120268610Abstract: An information terminal capable of transmitting a file to another device includes a display unit; a storage unit for storing a relationship between an image and a transmission destination; a designation unit for designating the image as a standby image of the display unit; an operation unit for receiving an operation to instruct transmission of the file; and a processing unit for performing a process of transmitting the file to another device in accordance with the operation. The processing unit performs a process of specifying, as a transmission destination of the file, the transmission destination related to the image set as the standby image in the display unit at a time when the operation unit receives the operation, for transmitting the file.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuo INUI, Hidetaka Iwai, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Toshihiko Otake, Masayuki Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20120255700Abstract: In a mold for casting a billet with a curved type continuous casting apparatus, D0 (m) is an inner diameter at a lower mold edge and R0 (m) is a curvature radius of an outer curvature side at the lower mold edge. When a rate of change Tp (%/m) in mold inner diameter per unit length along a casting direction is Tp=(1/D0)×(dD/dx)×100 (%/m), and when a rate of change Rp (%/m) in curvature radius of an outer curvature side per unit length along the casting direction is Rp=(1/R0)×(dR/dx)×100 (%/m), the rate of change Tp in mold inner diameter and the rate of change Rp in curvature radius satisfy a relationship expressed Rp=(Tp/2)×(D0/R0), where D is a mold inner diameter at a distance x away from an upper mold edge and R in Formula 2 is a curvature radius of the outer curvature side at the distance x.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki KAWAMOTO, Yuichi TSUKAGUCHI, Masahito HANAO, Atsuhi HIRATA, Hiroshi HAYASHI, Manabu ADACHI
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Patent number: 8225843Abstract: In a mold for casting a billet with a curved type continuous casting apparatus, D0 (m) is an inner diameter at a lower mold edge and R0 (m) is a curvature radius of an outer curvature side at the lower mold edge. When a rate of change Tp (%/m) in mold inner diameter per unit length along a casting direction is Tp=(1/D0)×(dD/dx)×100 (%/m), and when a rate of change Rp (%/m) in curvature radius of an outer curvature side per unit length along the casting direction is Rp=(1/R0)×(dR/dx)×100 (%/m), the rate of change Tp in mold inner diameter and the rate of change Rp in curvature radius satisfy a relationship expressed Rp=(Tp/2)×(D0/R0), where D is a mold inner diameter at a distance x away from an upper mold edge and R in Formula 2 is a curvature radius of the outer curvature side at the distance x.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Kawamoto, Yuichi Tsukaguchi, Masahito Hanao, Atsushi Hirata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Manabu Adachi
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Publication number: 20110231430Abstract: A content collecting apparatus includes a portion accepting a key sentence, a portion extracting keywords from the key sentence, a portion setting the keywords as search keywords, a portion acquiring contents extracted by performing search using the search keywords, a portion selecting at least one of the acquired contents, a portion storing the selected content, a portion storing history data in which the selected content is associated with the key sentence, a portion acquiring a new key sentence, a portion extracting new keywords from the new key sentence, a portion adding the new keywords to the search keywords, a portion acquiring contents extracted by performing search using the search keywords, a portion selecting at least one of the acquired contents, a portion additionally storing the newly selected content, and a portion adding to the history data new history data in which the newly selected content is associated with the new key sentence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazumi SAWAYANAGI, Hideyuki MATSUDA, Toshihiko OTAKE, Kazusei TAKAHASHI, Masayuki KAWAMOTO
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Patent number: 7913745Abstract: A method for continuously casting a billet with a small cross section in which a curved type or vertical type continuous casting machine is used while oscillating the mold upward and downward is characterized in that the casting machine is provided with a mechanism for withdrawing speed oscillation. The mechanism has structural play in the directions of driving and reverse driving in such a manner that the amount of a play-incurred displacement from the neutral position of the structural play in the direction of billet driving or reverse driving is ±2 to ±30 mm in the direction of driving on the pinch roll circumferential length equivalent basis. The mechanism produces a returning force toward the neutral position and operational parameters such as the billet length, the specific amount of secondary cooling water, the casting speed as well as the oscillation amplitude and frequency are optimized.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tsukaguchi, Masayuki Kawamoto, Masahito Hanao, Atsushi Hirata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Manabu Adachi
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Patent number: 7909086Abstract: Continuously casting a billet with a small cross section by pouring molten steel into a mold using a cylindrical immersion nozzle is characterized by measuring the molten steel level in the mold using an eddy current sensor. The level is controlled based on the thus-measured value, motion of steel in the mold is adjusted by electromagnetic stirring, a cooling zone during the final period of solidification is disposed within a certain region ranging from the meniscus to the specific site, and casting speed is adjusted so that the region in which the solid phase ratio at the billet center is 0.3-0.99 may be included in the cooling zone during the final period of solidification. The secondary cooling water amount and the billet surface temperature at the entrance to the cooling zone the density of cooling water in the cooling zone during the final period of solidification are optimized.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tsukaguchi, Masayuki Kawamoto, Masahito Hanao, Atsushi Hirata, Hiroshi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20110005705Abstract: Mold flux for continuously casting steel which contains SiO2, T.CaO, Al2O3 and MgO as main components, one or two or more of alkali metal oxides, and further the constituent F, while the ratio of the T.CaO content to the SiO2 content being from 0.7 to 2.0, the Al2O3 content being 35% or less, the MgO content being 20% or less, the total content of alkali metal oxides being 8% or less, the F content being 7% or less, characterized in that each of the contents expressed by formulae (b) to (e) below satisfies the formula (a): 0.63+2.51×YAl2O3?YCaO/YSiO2?1.23+2.51×YAl2O3 . . . (a), YSiO2=XSiO2/(XSiO2+XCaO+XAl2O3+XMgO) . . . (b), YCaO=XCaO/(XSiO2+XCaO+XAl2O3+XMgO) . . . (c), YAl2O3=XAl2O3/(XSiO2+XCaO+XAl2O3+XMgO) . . . (d), and YMgO=XMgO/(XSiO2+XCaO+XAl2O3+XMgO) . . . (e). Continuous casting of a round billet using this mold flux can effectively prevent the generation of pin-hole defects and longitudinal cracking.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Masahito Hanao, Masayuki Kawamoto
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Patent number: 7722452Abstract: A game program of the present invention causes a computer to execute a first delete condition setting step of setting a delete condition of puzzle elements in which puzzle elements of the same kind in a first number or more are continuously arranged in a predetermined direction as a first delete condition and a second delete condition setting step of setting a next delete condition of the puzzle elements in which puzzle elements of the same kind in a second number which is smaller than the first number or more are continuously arranged in a predetermined direction as a second delete condition when it is judged that the first delete condition is achieved in the first delete condition judgment step.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miura, Masayuki Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20100032129Abstract: A method for continuously casting a billet with a small cross section in which a curved type or vertical type continuous casting machine is used while oscillating the mold upward and downward is characterized in that the casting machine is provided with a mechanism for withdrawing speed oscillation. The mechanism has structural play in the directions of driving and reverse driving in such a manner that the amount of a play-incurred displacement from the neutral position of the structural play in the direction of billet driving or reverse driving is ±2 to ±30 mm in the direction of driving on the pinch roll circumferential length equivalent basis. The mechanism produces a returning force toward the neutral position and operational parameters such as the billet length, the specific amount of secondary cooling water, the casting speed as well as the oscillation amplitude and frequency are optimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Yuichi Tsukaguchi, Masayuki Kawamoto, Masahito Hanao, Atsushi Hirata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Manabu Adachi
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Publication number: 20100032127Abstract: In a mold for casting a billet with a curved type continuous casting apparatus, D0 (m) is an inner diameter at a lower mold edge and R0 (m) is a curvature radius of an outer curvature side at the lower mold edge. When a rate of change Tp (%/m) in mold inner diameter per unit length along a casting direction is Tp=(1/D0)×(dD/dx)×100 (%/m), and when a rate of change Rp (%/m) in curvature radius of an outer curvature side per unit length along the casting direction is Rp=(1/R0)×(dR/dx)×100 (%/m), the rate of change Tp in mold inner diameter and the rate of change Rp in curvature radius satisfy a relationship expressed Rp=(Tp/2)×(D0/R0), where D is a mold inner diameter at a distance x away from an upper mold edge and R in Formula 2 is a curvature radius of the outer curvature side at the distance x.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Masayuki Kawamoto, Yuichi Tsukaguchi, Masahito Hanao, Atsushi Hirata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Manabu Adachi
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Publication number: 20100025004Abstract: Continuously casting a billet with a small cross section by pouring molten steel into a mold using a cylindrical immersion nozzle is characterized by measuring the molten steel level in the mold using an eddy current sensor. The level is controlled based on the thus-measured value, motion of steel in the mold is adjusted by electromagnetic stirring, a cooling zone during the final period of solidification is disposed within a certain region ranging from the meniscus to the specific site, and casting speed is adjusted so that the region in which the solid phase ratio at the billet center is 0.3-0.99 may be included in the cooling zone during the final period of solidification. The secondary cooling water amount and the billet surface temperature at the entrance to the cooling zone the density of cooling water in the cooling zone during the final period of solidification are optimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Yuichi Tsukaguchi, Masayuki Kawamoto, Masahito Hanao, Atsushi Hirata, Hiroshi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20090204600Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for assisting a requester to identify and reserve a resource that meets the need of the requestor's request. For example, a request can be augmented using augmentation data, such as current position and requester preferences, and resources are located and ranked according to their match against the augmented request. A person who is the requester may engage in another attention demanding task, such as driving a car, while resources well matched to preferences are located. Preference data may be determined from social network data, a preference file, and/or other sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor CorporationInventors: Steven F. Kalik, Hiroaki Sekiyama, Shojiro Takeuchi, Masayuki Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20070060235Abstract: A game program of the present invention causes a computer to execute a first delete condition setting step of setting a delete condition of puzzle elements in which puzzle elements of the same kind in a first number or more are continuously arranged in a predetermined direction as a first delete condition and a second delete condition setting step of setting a next delete condition of the puzzle elements in which puzzle elements of the same kind in a second number which is smaller than the first number or more are continuously arranged in a predetermined direction as a second delete condition when it is judged that the first delete condition is achieved in the first delete condition judgment step.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miura, Masayuki Kawamoto
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Patent number: 6598662Abstract: An apparatus for supplying molten steel and a continuous casting method therewith are described. The apparatus is equipped with a tundish 1 having an upper nozzle 2 at the bottom, a flow control mechanism 3 disposed below the upper nozzle 2, an immersion nozzle 4 formed by a refractory material having a good electrical conductivity, one electrode 5 disposed in the inner space of the tundish 1, the other electrode 6 disposed in the immersion nozzle 4, and a power supply 7 connected to the electrodes 5 and 6. In the method, the molten steel is supplied into a mold in the state of supplying an electric current between the inner surface of the immersion nozzle 4 and the molten steel 8 passing through the inside thereof by utilizing the apparatus for supplying molten steel. The deposition of the Al oxide or the like in the molten steel onto the inner surface of the immersion nozzle and others can be prevented, and thereby the generation of the surface defects in the products can also be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kato, Norihiro Nishida, Masashi Hara, Masayuki Kawamoto, Toshihiko Murakami
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Publication number: 20030006022Abstract: An apparatus for supplying molten steel and a continuous casting method therewith are described. The apparatus is equipped with a tundish 1 having an upper nozzle 2 at the bottom, a flow control mechanism 3 disposed below the upper nozzle 2, an immersion nozzle 4 formed by a refractory material having a good electrical conductivity, one electrode 5 disposed in the inner space of the tundish 1, the other electrode 6 disposed in the immersion nozzle 4, and a power supply 7 connected to the electrodes 5 and 6. In the method, the molten steel is supplied into a mold in the state of supplying an electric current between the inner surface of the immersion nozzle 4 and the molten steel 8 passing through the inside thereof by utilizing the apparatus for supplying molten steel. The deposition of the Al oxide or the like in the molten steel onto the inner surface of the immersion nozzle and others can be prevented, and thereby the generation of the surface defects in the products can also be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventors: Toru Kato, Norihiro Nishida, Masashi Hara, Masayuki Kawamoto, Toshihiko Murakami
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Patent number: 6386271Abstract: A method of continuous casting of a steel employs a mold power having a viscosity of 0.5-1.5 poise at 1,300° C. and a solidification temperature of 1,190-1,270° C., in which the mass ratio of CaO to SiO2 is 1.2-1.9, and casting is carried out under the following conditions: casting speed is 2.5-10 m/minute; mold oscillation stroke is 4-15 mm; and specific cooling intensity in secondary cooling of a slab is 1.0-5.0 liter/kg-steel.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Kawamoto, Masahito Hanao, Hirohisa Kikuchi, Toshihiko Murakami, Masahiko Oka
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Publication number: 20010027854Abstract: Steel is continuously cast in a mold at a casting speed of 2.5 to 10 m/min while the mold is oscillated so as to satisfy the relationship 450≦(S×f/Vc)≦1000, wherein S is the stroke of mold oscillation in mm, f is the frequency of mold oscillation in cycles per minute, and Vc is the casting speed in m/min.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: Hirohisa Kikuchi, Masayuki Kawamoto, Masashi Hara, Toshihiko Murakami, Masahiko Oka, Masahiro Ikeda
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Patent number: 6125919Abstract: A mold powder for continuous steel casting, contains CaO, SiO.sub.2 and fluoride as the main components. The ratio by weight of CaO', represented by the following equation, to SiO.sub.2 is 0.9-2.8 and the CaF.sub.2 content is about 5-60 wt. %. The powder contains Na.sub.2 O in an amount of 0-25 wt. % and C in an amount of 0-10 wt. %.CaO'=T.CaO-F.times.(56/38)wherein T.CaO represents the total Ca content in the mold powder as converted to CaO(wt. %) and F represents the total F content in the mold powder(wt. %). The powder is used in a method for continuous steel casting.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahito Hanao, Masayuki Kawamoto, Yoshinori Tanizawa, Seiji Kumakura
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Patent number: 5910781Abstract: A capacitive angle detector according to the present invention is capable of detecting a rotating angle with a high precision. The capacitive angle detector includes a first member, a second member and a third member. The first and second members have a plurality of electrodes thereon to form a plurality of capacitors. The electrodes on the first member and the electrodes on the second member are free from relative rotation and arranged opposite each other. The third member rotates relative to the first and second members in accordance with a rotating movement of a rotating body, thus changing capacitance values of the capacitors. Based on capacitance values of the capacitors, the capacitive angle detector detects a rotating angle of the rotating body. In this capacitive angle detector, the third member is made of a dielectric material or a conductive metal material. The third member is partially interposed between the electrodes arranged opposite each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-SeisakushoInventors: Masayuki Kawamoto, Kimitoshi Tsuzi, Jun-ichi Nakaho
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Patent number: 5015007Abstract: In a damping force control system for switching over a shock absorber in the suspension of a vehicle from a low damping force operation to a high damping force operation when a vehicle height difference exceeds a determinate limit value, the shock abosrber is switched over from the low damping force operation to the high damping force operation after the lapse of a delay period so that the shock absorber is continually maintained at the high damping force operation from a time point at which the vehicle height difference generally reaches a peak amplitude of its variation for a time duration which is increased as a peak amplitude of the vehicle height difference exceeding the determinate limit value increases.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1989Date of Patent: May 14, 1991Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushik KaishaInventors: Hiromitsu Uchiyama, Masayuki Kawamoto, Yoriko Inada