Patents Represented by Attorney Von Simson & Chin, LLP
  • Patent number: 8223404
    Abstract: An image forming system according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a component data acquiring unit that acquires a component from color lookup table data; a verifying unit that determines whether or not the component of the color lookup table data acquired by the component data acquiring unit has been generated according to a predetermined generating rule; and a download data generating unit that downloads the color lookup table data and generates download data to be used in image forming processing from the color lookup table data after the verifying unit determines that the component has been generated according to the generating rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7940153
    Abstract: An inductance element has a first core portion having a winding frame portion; a coil provided on the winding frame portion; a ring-shaped member having an insertion hole to dispose the first core portion therein; and a terminal member having an bonding arm to be fixed to the ring-shaped member via an adhesive member, and a mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7937006
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a fixing/pressurizing roller pair that nips a transfer sheet and transports to fix toner on the transfer sheet; a pressure control unit that controls a pressure demonstrated by the fixing/pressurizing roller pair in consideration of the type of the transfer sheet; a transfer sheet compatibility determining unit that determines whether or not the pressure set by the pressure control unit is compatible with the transfer sheet to be inserted between the fixing/pressurizing roller pair; and a control unit that performs a process to cause to notify a user of incompatibility and/or a process to forbid printing if the transfer sheet compatibility determining unit determines that the pressure set by the pressure control unit is not compatible with the transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7895373
    Abstract: An application makes a processor issue a first file access command to a middleware in order to access a file. In response to the first file access command, the middleware makes the processor periodically determine whether file access operation having a higher priority level than file access operation involved with the first file access command is being performed and, in the case where an affirmative determination is made, issue a second file access command corresponding to the first file access command within redundant bandwidth obtained by subtracting guaranteed bandwidth of the high-priority file access from the maximum bandwidth available for accessing the file storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita
    Inventor: Satoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 7821369
    Abstract: To provide a magnetic element the ends of the coil of which can be drawn out from the core easily, is compact, and further, is one in which magnetic saturation does not arise easily. A magnetic element has a core unit provided with a wound coil, a center core 105 inserted into the interior of the inner periphery of the coil, planar cores disposed at both ends of the center core, and a side core disposed between the planar cores and on the outside periphery of the coil. The side core is disposed so as to form an open portion between the two planar cores around the coil, with a recessed portion formed in a surface of the side core facing the coil in which the coil is partially contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Kan Sano
  • Patent number: 7733283
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a winding component having an approximately cylindrical shaped winding shaft portion and a flange portion disposed to project outside the winding shaft portion in at least one end portion of both end portions in an axial direction of the winding shaft portion; a pair of binding terminals disposed to project outside the flange portion in at least one of the flange portions; and a winding both ends of which are bound to the pair of binding terminals. The flange portion on which the binding terminals are disposed has an approximate disk shape. At least one binding terminal is disposed to be oriented along a direction approximately perpendicular to an outer periphery of the flange portion on which the binding terminal is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Yasunori Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7671715
    Abstract: A magnetic element having an excellent direct-current saturation characteristic by effectively utilizing a size of a core is provided. The magnetic element has cores 11, 7, 8 and 17 formed of a magnetic material, buried conductor parts 21, 31 and 41 in the magnetic material, and a plurality of branch conductor parts 22, 23, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42 and 43 branching from the buried conductor parts 21, 31 and 41 to be a plurality of parts and separately turning around the magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 7612640
    Abstract: To provide a magnetic element the ends of the coil of which can be drawn out from the core easily, is compact, and further, is one in which magnetic saturation does not arise easily. A magnetic element has a core unit provided with a wound coil, a center core 105 inserted into the interior of the inner periphery of the coil, planar cores disposed at both ends of the center core, and a side core disposed between the planar cores and on the outside periphery of the coil. The side core is disposed so as to form an open portion between the two planar cores around the coil, with a recessed portion formed in a surface of the side core facing the coil in which the coil is partially contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Kan Sano
  • Patent number: 7542671
    Abstract: Provided is a specific configuration of an omnidirectional photographing device which includes one camera module equipped with a lens for directly taking a 360-degree annular image. More specifically, there is provided an omnidirectional photographing device configured to facilitate carrying. The omnidirectional photographing device includes: one camera module equipped with a lens capable of directly taking a 360-degree annular image; a main body for holding the camera module; and a display unit fixed to the main body, for displaying an image photographed by the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: OPT Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ito, Osamu Murayama
  • Patent number: 7542668
    Abstract: A photographic device equipped with a camera capable of photographing a 360-degree all-round image at a time includes a memory for recording the all-round image photographed by the camera, a control unit for specifying a predetermined range within the all-round image, extracting an image of the predetermined range from the memory to display the image, and for extracting and displaying the image within the all-round image recorded in the memory by changing a position of the predetermined range, thereby displaying the image as if the predetermined range moves in a circumferential direction, and a display unit for displaying at least the image of the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: OPT Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ito, Minoru Matsushima
  • Patent number: 7523542
    Abstract: There are provided a magnetic element capable of enhancing magnetic permeability of a magnetic member, improving a direct current superposition characteristic, and improving production efficiency and a method of manufacturing the magnetic element. The magnetic element includes a coil (30) formed of a conductor having an insulating film, a first core member (20) constituted of insulative soft magnetic ferrite and covering the coil (30), and a second core member (50) having soft magnetic metal powder as material and surrounded by the first core member (20). Furthermore, the magnetic element includes a third core member (40) which has soft magnetic metal powder as material and a higher filling ratio of the soft magnetic metal powder than the second core member 50 and is surrounded by the first core member (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsugu Kawarai
  • Patent number: 7463130
    Abstract: An inductance element (10) according to the present invention includes: a drum core (20) provided with an upper flange portion (21), a lower flange portion (23), a columnar leg portion (22) and a wiring frame portion (25) surrounded by the upper flange portion (21), the lower flange portion (23) and the columnar leg portion (22); a coil (40) arranged at wiring frame portion (25) and formed by winding a wire (41); and a resin curing portion (50) formed by curing a mixed material mixing magnetic powders and resin and coating at least the wiring frame portion (25) and the coil (40). In addition, a plurality of terminal members (30a, 30b) as well as a bottom portion (31) and a plurality of peripheral wall portions (32) are included, in which a space portion (35) is formed between the peripheral wall portion (32) and the drum core (20), and the mixed material is filled into the space portion (35) to form the resin curing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Juichi Oki
  • Patent number: 7449985
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to stabilize temperature characteristics in various characteristics of a magnetic element. A magnetic element has a coil formed by winding a conductor, EP cores constituted of a magnetic material and passing magnetic flux generated in the coil, a solid part provided between EP cores opposing each other among the EP cores, and having a ceramics material or a resin material, in which the solid part is in contact with opposing faces of the respective opposing EP cores, and the solid part is provided with a thickness dimension ranging from 3 ?m to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Urano, Fumihito Meguro, Yoshio Kawahata
  • Patent number: 7449984
    Abstract: There are provided a magnetic element capable of enhancing magnetic permeability of a magnetic member, improving a direct current superposition characteristic, and improving production efficiency and a method of manufacturing the magnetic element. The magnetic element includes a coil (30) formed of a conductor having an insulating film, a first core member (20) constituted of insulative soft magnetic ferrite and covering the coil (30), and a second core member (50) having soft magnetic metal powder as material and surrounded by the first core member (20). Furthermore, the magnetic element includes a third core member (40) which has soft magnetic metal powder as material and a higher filling ratio of the soft magnetic metal powder than the second core member 50 and is surrounded by the first core member (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsugu Kawarai
  • Patent number: 7411477
    Abstract: An inductor using a rectangular wire wound in an axial direction roughly parallel with a mounted substrate, and enabling an increase in connection strength in mounting. The inductor (10) comprises a core member (20) formed of a magnetic material, the rectangular wire (30) formed in a flat shape so that the contact faces thereof are positioned along the longitudinal direction and forming winding structures (31) by winding them on the outer peripheral surface of the core member (20) by edgewise winding, and a case body (40) in which the core member (20) and the rectangular wire (30) are disposed. The rectangular wire (30) is wound, by multiple turns, on the core member (20), and the multiple winding structures (31) are disposed, in a stacked state, along the axial direction of the core member (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshito Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7372430
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a plurality of pieces of LEDs D01, D02 to D16, one or more driving circuit(s) for supplying the plurality of LEDs D01, D02 to D16 with electrical power, the number of the driving circuit(s) being less than the number of the LEDs D01, D02 to D16, one or more multiplexer(s) being between the plurality of LEDs D01, D02 to D16 and each of the one or more driving circuit(s), a storage member for storing an image data, and a main control unit for letting the plurality of LEDs emit light by outputting a control signal to each of the multiplexer(s) based on the image data, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Nittoh Kogaku K.K.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7368908
    Abstract: A magnetic element in a flat-plate shape includes a linearly-extending first flat plate being made of one of a magnetic material and a conductive material and a helical second flat plate being made of the other of the magnetic material and the conductive material, and the first flat plate is inserted into the helical structure of the second flat plate so as to alternatively weave front and back surfaces of the second flat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Yamada
  • Patent number: 7358841
    Abstract: The present invention prevents poor contact of a core and an inductor with a substrate as well as improves the strength of attachment of such core and inductor to the substrate. A core mounted on a substrate is having one or more electrode forming parts. The electrode forming parts comprise: a convex part having a peak surface that is projecting from an end surface of the core, the most projecting portion and is shaped flat and a step part formed from the outer rim of the peak surface to the end surface of the core; and an electrically conductive coating formed on the surface of the peak surface and on the surface of the step part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Kamio
  • Patent number: 7350864
    Abstract: A reclining rocker chair, having a lower back support feature. The chair includes a base, a seat cushion, and a chair back extending upwardly from the base behind the seat cushion. The chair back has lower, middle, and upper sections. An inflatable chamber is located within the lower section of the chair back. A remote control provides the user with the option to inflate the inflatable chamber to provide lumbar support. A pressure sensor ensures that inflation pressure does not exceed predetermined limits for safely providing therapeutic support to the lower back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventor: Sophia Brewster
  • Patent number: 7345566
    Abstract: A magnetic element capable of obtaining a desired characteristic and at the same time having high productivity that enables cost reduction is provided. The magnetic element includes a first coil (50) to which a signal is inputted, a second coil (60) to which the signal inputted to the first coil (50) is transmitted, and includes a first core (20) having a first columnar leg portion (26) on which the first coil (50) is wound and a first peripheral wall portion (22, 23, 24) arranged on the periphery of the first columnar leg portion (26), and a second core (30) having a second columnar leg portion (36) on which the second coil (60) is wound and a second peripheral wall portion (32, 33 34) arranged on the periphery of the second columnar leg portion (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichiro Urano