Patents by Inventor Norikazu Taki

Norikazu Taki 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: 20240124093
    Abstract: A battery holding device includes a battery holder and a second wireless communication unit. The battery holder is configured to be mountable on a human-powered vehicle. The battery holder includes a battery connector connected to a battery. The second wireless communication unit is provided on the battery holder. The battery connector is removably connected to the battery. The second wireless communication unit is removably attached to the battery holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Eiji MISHIMA, Norikazu TAKI
  • Patent number: 11897580
    Abstract: A human-powered vehicle driving device includes a motor that assists in propulsion of a human-powered vehicle and a first electric switch including an operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Mishima, Norikazu Taki
  • Publication number: 20230406430
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube configured to be telescopically coupled to the first tube, and an electric cable connector provided to one of the first tube and the second tube. The electric cable connector is configured to be detachably coupled to an electric cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto SHIRAI, Yuki SAKAGAWA, Norikazu TAKI, Akihiro NOZAKI, Noor Ashyikkin BINTI MOHD NOOR, Kentaro KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11780519
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus controller for a human-powered vehicle comprises a controller configured to control a telescopic apparatus in one of a plurality of operating modes. The plurality of operating modes includes a first operating mode in which a reference portion of the telescopic apparatus is selectively arranged to one of a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position, and a second operating mode in which the reference portion of the telescopic apparatus is arbitrarily arranged between a first end position and a second end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto Shirai, Yuki Sakagawa, Norikazu Taki, Akihiro Nozaki, Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor, Kentaro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 11535323
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube, and a non-contact detector. The second tube is configured to be telescopically received in the first tube. The non-contact detector is provided inside at least one of the first tube and the second tube configured to detect a position of the second tube relative to the first tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto Shirai, Yuki Sakagawa, Yoshimitsu Miki, Norikazu Taki
  • Patent number: 11518477
    Abstract: An actuation controller for a rider posture changing device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a detector and a controller. The rider posture changing device includes a first member, a second member, and an electrical actuator configured to move the second member relative to the first member. The detector is configured to detect actuation information relating to an actuation state in which the electrical actuator moves the second member relative to the first member. The controller is configured to evaluate the actuation state in accordance with the actuation information detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto Shirai, Yuki Sakagawa, Norikazu Taki, Akihiro Nozaki, Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor
  • Publication number: 20200377176
    Abstract: An actuation controller for a rider posture changing device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a detector and a controller. The rider posture changing device includes a first member, a second member, and an electrical actuator configured to move the second member relative to the first member. The detector is configured to detect actuation information relating to an actuation state in which the electrical actuator moves the second member relative to the first member. The controller is configured to evaluate the actuation state in accordance with the actuation information detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto SHIRAI, Yuki SAKAGAWA, Norikazu TAKI, Akihiro NOZAKI, Noor Ashyikkin BINTI MOHD NOOR
  • Publication number: 20200307729
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus controller for a human-powered vehicle comprises a controller configured to control a telescopic apparatus in one of a plurality of operating modes. The plurality of operating modes includes a first operating mode in which a reference portion of the telescopic apparatus is selectively arranged to one of a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position, and a second operating mode in which the reference portion of the telescopic apparatus is arbitrarily arranged between a first end position and a second end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto SHIRAI, Yuki SAKAGAWA, Norikazu TAKI, Akihiro NOZAKI, Noor Ashyikkin BINTI MOHD NOOR, Kentaro KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20190351966
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube, and a non-contact detector. The second tube is configured to be telescopically received in the first tube. The non-contact detector is provided inside at least one of the first tube and the second tube configured to detect a position of the second tube relative to the first tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto SHIRAI, Yuki SAKAGAWA, Yoshimitsu MIKI, Norikazu TAKI
  • Publication number: 20190276116
    Abstract: A human-powered vehicle driving device includes a motor that assists in propulsion of a human-powered vehicle and a first electric switch including an operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji MISHIMA, Norikazu TAKI
  • Patent number: 10159234
    Abstract: A fishing reel forwardly releases a fishing line and includes a reel unit, a spool, a spool brake, an electric component, and a voltage booster circuit. The spool is rotatably supported by the reel unit. The spool brake generates an electric power upon a rotation of the spool, and applies a brake force to brake the spool using the electric power when the spool is rotated. The electric component operates using the electric power generated by the spool brake. The voltage booster circuit increases a voltage supplied to the electric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Fumihide Numata, Norikazu Taki, Yuichiro Ishikawa, Akira Niitsuma
  • Publication number: 20170208788
    Abstract: A fishing reel forwardly releases a fishing line and includes a reel unit, a spool, a spool brake, an electric component, and a voltage booster circuit. The spool is rotatably supported by the reel unit. The spool brake generates an electric power upon a rotation of the spool, and applies a brake force to brake the spool using the electric power when the spool is rotated. The electric component operates using the electric power generated by the spool brake. The voltage booster circuit increases a voltage supplied to the electric component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Fumihide NUMATA, Norikazu TAKI, Yuichiro ISHIKAWA, Akira NIITSUMA
  • Patent number: 9129196
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a housing; a reference pattern used for color measurement and arranged in the housing; an image capturing element that captures an image of the reference pattern in a first area and an image of an object in a second area of the image capturing area; an image forming element causing the image of the reference pattern and the image of the object to be formed on the image capturing element by being arranged on a first optical path between the image capturing element and the reference pattern and a second optical path between the image capturing element and the object; and an optical member that guides any one of the images of the reference pattern and the object formed by the image forming element so that the images are to be formed on an element surface of the image capturing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Satoh, Masato Kobayashi, Norikazu Taki, Daisaku Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20140218754
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a housing; a reference pattern used for color measurement and arranged in the housing; an image capturing element that captures an image of the reference pattern in a first area and an image of an object in a second area of the image capturing area; an image forming element causing the image of the reference pattern and the image of the object to be formed on the image capturing element by being arranged on a first optical path between the image capturing element and the reference pattern and a second optical path between the image capturing element and the object; and an optical member that guides any one of the images of the reference pattern and the object formed by the image forming element so that the images are to be formed on an element surface of the image capturing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Satoh, Masato Kobayashi, Norikazu Taki, Daisaku Horikawa
  • Patent number: 8678540
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a housing; a reference pattern used for color measurement and arranged in the housing; an image capturing element that captures an image of the reference pattern in a first area and an image of an object in a second area of the image capturing area; an image forming element causing the image of the reference pattern and the image of the object to be formed on the image capturing element by being arranged on a first optical path between the image capturing element and the reference pattern and a second optical path between the image capturing element and the object; and an optical member that guides any one of the images of the reference pattern and the object formed by the image forming element so that the images are to be formed on an element surface of the image capturing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Satoh, Masato Kobayashi, Norikazu Taki, Daisaku Horikawa
  • Patent number: 8581944
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor drum, a first printer head that forms a first pattern on the photoconductor drum and has a first end part, a second printer head that forms second and third patterns on the photoconductor drum and has a second end part that overlaps the first end part in a main scanning direction, a detection sensor that detects the densities of first and second test patterns formed at an area of the photoconductor drum at which the first and second end parts overlap, the first test pattern being formed by combining the first and second patterns, the second test pattern being formed by combining the first and third patterns, and a determination part that determines a deviation direction between the first and second printer heads by comparing the densities detected by the detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Okada, Nobuyuki Satoh, Masato Kobayashi, Norikazu Taki, Daisuke Sawada, Daisaku Horikawa
  • Patent number: 8508821
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus is disclosed that includes a plurality of size sensors configured to be arranged in line and to detect a sheet set into a predetermined position; a feeding part configured to feed the sheet set into the predetermined position to a scan position; and a controller configured to control the feeding part to feed the sheet based on two detect signals output from two size sensors among the plurality of the size sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu Taki, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kazushi Takei, Hideaki Suzuki, Takeshi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8496312
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage having a recording head including nozzles, a moving unit moving the carriage, a platen including plate members connected in a carriage traveling direction to support a recording medium when the nozzles eject ink onto the recording medium, a transferring unit transferring the recording medium in a transferring direction perpendicular to the carriage traveling direction, a recording control unit recording patterns at predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction while moving the carriage in forward and backward traveling directions to form a carriage traveling direction pattern array, a determination unit determining ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction, and a time control unit to linearly interpolate between the determined ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction to control ink ejecting times for intervals between the predetermined positions based on a result of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sakurada, Nobuyuki Satoh, Masato Kobayashi, Arata Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Okada, Daisaku Horikawa, Daisuke Sawada, Norikazu Taki
  • Patent number: 8465146
    Abstract: A movable member encoder is used to detect the position of a movable member, and a correction value calculator calculates a correction value corresponding to the amount of displacement of the movable member from a reference position and the integration of the amount of displacement. The correction value calculated by the correction value calculator is then used in correcting a voltage instruction value output from a feed motor controller to a feed motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Satoh, Jun Yamane, Masato Kobayashi, Norikazu Taki, Tatsuhiko Okada, Daisaku Horikawa, Daisuke Sawada
  • Patent number: 8373910
    Abstract: An image scanning device includes a base part; and multiple image sensors each including a substrate, a line sensor including scanning elements arranged on the substrate, and a holder for holding the substrate. The base part holds the image sensors such that the scanning elements of an image sensor partly overlap the scanning elements of an adjacent image sensor in the main-scanning direction. The coefficients of linear expansion of the substrate and the base part are substantially the same; the holder and the base part are fixed together at a first fixing point; the holder and the substrate are fixed together at a second fixing point; and the distance in the main-scanning direction between the first fixing point and the second fixing point and the direction of the second fixing point with respect to the first fixing point are the same for all the image sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Iwasaki, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kazushi Takei, Norikazu Taki, Hideaki Suzuki