Patents by Inventor Takashi Otsuki

Takashi Otsuki 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).

  • Patent number: 10916822
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna body, a circuit board, a joint, a transmission line conductor, and a line conductor. The antenna body includes a magnetic body and a conducting wire wound around the magnetic body in a spiral shape. The joint is disposed on the circuit board and coupled to an end of the conducting wire. The transmission line conductor is coupled to the joint. The line conductor is coupled to one of the end of the conducting wire and the transmission line conductor. At least one of a pattern and a length of the line conductor is changeable to adjust an equivalent impedance value of the antenna body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Itoh, Takashi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 10522910
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a magnetic portion and a coil. The magnetic portion includes a plurality of magnetic pieces arranged. The plurality of magnetic pieces are individual pieces of a magnetic body. The coil is formed of a litz wire coiled around the magnetic portion. The litz wire includes a bundle of a plurality of conducting wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 10396463
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by winding a conductive wire around a magnetic member unit, and in which the magnetic member unit comprises a plurality of magnetic-member individual pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 10164337
    Abstract: An antenna device of a magnetic coupling type includes a magnetic body having a plate-like shape; and a coil, which is wound around the magnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20180342780
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna body, a circuit board, a joint, a transmission line conductor, and a line conductor. The antenna body includes a magnetic body and a conducting wire wound around the magnetic body in a spiral shape. The joint is disposed on the circuit board and coupled to an end of the conducting wire. The transmission line conductor is coupled to the joint. The line conductor is coupled to one of the end of the conducting wire and the transmission line conductor. At least one of a pattern and a length of the line conductor is changeable to adjust an equivalent impedance value of the antenna body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Naohiro ITOH, Takashi OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20180198208
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a magnetic portion and a coil. The magnetic portion includes a plurality of magnetic pieces arranged. The plurality of magnetic pieces are individual pieces of a magnetic body. The coil is formed of a litz wire coiled around the magnetic portion. The litz wire includes a bundle of a plurality of conducting wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20180034155
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a magnetic body and a coil of conducting wire wound around the magnetic body. The antenna device has an inductance held within a predetermined range by adjustment of certain predetermined parameters based on a magnetic permeability of the magnetic body. The predetermined parameters determine the inductance and relate to at least one of the magnetic body and the conducting wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Takashi OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 9716317
    Abstract: An antenna device, which has wide-angle directivity and a configuration suitable to be used in a portable electronic apparatus, includes a flat board-like substantially rectangular soft magnetic body, and a loop-shaped coil disposed from a front surface to a rear surface of the soft magnetic body such that a region surrounded by the coil includes at least a part of a specific edge, i.e., one edge out of four edges of the soft magnetic body, and does not include a facing edge that faces the specific edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Chatani, Naoharu Yamamoto, Toshiaki Oka, Takashi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20170149141
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by winding a conductive wire around a magnetic member unit, and in which the magnetic member unit comprises a plurality of magnetic-member individual pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Takashi OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20170054475
    Abstract: A coil antenna device includes a planar magnetic body and a conducting wire wound around the planar magnetic body multiple times as a coil having a prescribed length in a direction parallel to a long side of the magnetic body. The magnetic body includes at least one irregular portion having a different cross-sectional shape from a cross-sectional shape of another portion of the magnetic body at an intermediate position of the long side of the magnetic body, at which the conducting wire is wound around the magnetic body. The at least one irregular portion extends parallel to a short side of the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Naohiro ITOH, Takashi OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 9473199
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit performs an amplification of a carrier signal received by a transmitting and receiving unit. The amplifier circuit includes an impedance matching circuit that performs matching of an impedance of the amplifier circuit when the transmitting and receiving unit and the amplifier circuit are connected. A superposition wave generating unit generates a superposition wave which is superimposed on the received carrier signal. A driver outputs an amplified carrier signal which is obtained by adding the superposition wave to the received carrier signal. An amplitude detecting unit detects whether the received carrier signal is a predetermined carrier signal superimposed with a predetermined communication signal, based on changes of an amplitude value of the received carrier signal. When the predetermined carrier signal is detected, the amplifier circuit outputs the amplified carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tsuji, Koji Kawahata, Nobunari Tsukamoto, Takashi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20160028160
    Abstract: An antenna device of a magnetic coupling type includes a magnetic body having a plate-like shape; and a coil, which is wound around the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20150358053
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit performs an amplification of a carrier signal received by a transmitting and receiving unit. The amplifier circuit includes an impedance matching circuit that performs matching of an impedance of the amplifier circuit when the transmitting and receiving unit and the amplifier circuit are connected. A superposition wave generating unit generates a superposition wave which is superimposed on the received carrier signal. A driver outputs an amplified carrier signal which is obtained by adding the superposition wave to the received carrier signal. An amplitude detecting unit detects whether the received carrier signal is a predetermined carrier signal superimposed with a predetermined communication signal, based on changes of an amplitude value of the received carrier signal. When the predetermined carrier signal is detected, the amplifier circuit outputs the amplified carrier signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tsuji, Koji KAWAHATA, Nobunari TSUKAMOTO, Takashi OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20140035790
    Abstract: An antenna device, which has wide-angle directivity and a configuration suitable to be used in a portable electronic apparatus, includes a flat board-like substantially rectangular soft magnetic body, and a loop-shaped coil disposed from a front surface to a rear surface of the soft magnetic body such that a region surrounded by the coil includes at least a part of a specific edge, i.e., one edge out of four edges of the soft magnetic body, and does not include a facing edge that faces the specific edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Chatani, Naoharu Yamamoto, Toshiaki Oka, Takashi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 7499568
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for image processing are provided to perform operations for generating an encoded image, detecting image alteration on the encoded image, and regenerating an original image from the encoded image. The encoded image is generated by an encoding apparatus, which inserts a redundant code into an LSB (least significant bit) bit-plane of the original image. The redundant code can be generated based on bit-planes other than the LSB bit-plane, using a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) method. A decoding apparatus recalculates a redundant code from the encoded image, and checks validity of the encoded image based on the extracted redundant code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd?
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20080037884
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for image processing are provided to perform operations for generating an encoded image, detecting image alteration on the encoded image, and regenerating an original image from the encoded image. The encoded image is generated by an encoding apparatus, which inserts a redundant code into an LSB (least significant bit) bit-plane of the original image. The redundant code can be generated based on bit-planes other than the LSB bit-plane, using a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) method. A decoding apparatus recalculates a redundant code from the encoded image, and checks validity of the encoded image based on the extracted redundant code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 7295679
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for image processing are provided to perform operations for generating an encoded image, detecting image alteration on the encoded image, and regenerating an original image from the encoded image. The encoded image is generated by an encoding apparatus, which inserts a redundant code into an LSB (least significant bit) bit-plane of the original image. The redundant code can be generated based on bit-planes other than the LSB bit-plane, using a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) method. A decoding apparatus recalculates a redundant code from the encoded image, and checks validity of the encoded image based on the extracted redundant code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20070002721
    Abstract: Provided is an optical disk manufacturable by a conventional recording medium manufacturing method and that is capable of performing recording with an information recording apparatus used to perform recording on conventional recording mediums, and a data recording apparatus for recording contents data. An optical disk 100 has a structure in which a first substrate 110 and a second substrate 120 are bonded together. The first substrate is provided with a recording layer in which contents data is recorded, and the second substrate is provided with a visual information recording layer in which information enabling visual recognition of, for example, the contents of contents data or a title of the contents data is recorded as visual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Ryuchiro Yoshimura, Hidenori Nakagawa, Takayaki Yamamoto, Takashi Nakai, Yuichi Mizuuchi, Kazumasa Nakamura, Shinzo Kawakami, Takahiro Otsuki, Takashi Otsuki, Akio Fukushima, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Naoki Yamada, Tomonori Nakada, Kenichi Oono, Kouji Harimoto, Eiji Konosu, Hajime Ishizuka, Tak Kai
  • Publication number: 20040247156
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for image processing are provided to perform operations for generating an encoded image, detecting image alteration on the encoded image, and regenerating an original image from the encoded image. The encoded image is generated by an encoding apparatus, which inserts a redundant code into an LSB (least significant bit) bit-plane of the original image. The redundant code can be generated based on bit-planes other than the LSB bit-plane, using a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) method. A decoding apparatus recalculates a redundant code from the encoded image, and checks validity of the encoded image based on the extracted redundant code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Takashi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 6459377
    Abstract: From a parameter setting unit, a user enters values for monitor start time (STime), check time (ETime) and a telephone number for notification (TelNo). The entered parameter values are stored into a storage unit. A door opening/closing detection unit detects opening/closing of e.g. a bathroom door. During the period from STime to ETime, the number of detections is counted and if the counted value is at most a predetermined value, it is determined as abnormal. When the abnormality is detected, a communication unit is automatically connected via a general public line to TelNo set by the user. A telephone to be notified is then notified of the abnormal condition of an inhabitant. Thus, an abnormal condition detecting system can be provided capable of appropriately detecting the abnormal condition of the inhabitant and promptly taking action thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakai, Takashi Otsuki