Patents by Inventor Eiji Ogura
Eiji Ogura 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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Patent number: 9484055Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes acquiring, by the computer, position information from encoding on a magnetic medium, calculating, by the computer, an estimated position information of the magnetic medium using a media thickness value, comparing, by the computer, the estimated the estimated position information with the position information acquired from encoding, determining, by the computer, whether an error between the estimated position information and the acquired position information is within a specified range. In response to the determining that the error is within the specified range, the media thickness value is stored by the computer to a memory. In response to the determining that the error is outside the specified range, the media thickness value is changed by the computer to make the estimated position information fall within the specified range.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nhan X. Bui, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Publication number: 20160293193Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes acquiring, by the computer, position information from encoding on a magnetic medium, calculating, by the computer, an estimated position information of the magnetic medium using a media thickness value, comparing, by the computer, the estimated the estimated position information with the position information acquired from encoding, determining, by the computer, whether an error between the estimated position information and the acquired position information is within a specified range. In response to the determining that the error is within the specified range, the media thickness value is stored by the computer to a memory. In response to the determining that the error is outside the specified range, the media thickness value is changed by the computer to make the estimated position information fall within the specified range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Nhan X. Bui, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 9449638Abstract: A control device for controlling the transport of a tape within a tape transport system, the tape transport system having a head being operable to read data from and/or write data to the tape, an outboard reel and an inboard reel, wherein the tape is moveable from the outboard reel to the inboard reel in forward direction or from the inboard reel to the outboard reel in reverse direction, wherein the control device is adapted to generate control signals to control the velocity of the outboard reel and the velocity of the inboard reel as a function of a primary velocity of the tape at the head and a secondary velocity of the tape at the inboard reel and/or a secondary velocity of the tape at the outboard reel.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Giovanni Cherubini, Jens Jelitto, Eiji Ogura, Angeliki Pantazi
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Patent number: 9336816Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, by the computer, position information from encoding on a magnetic medium, causing, by the computer, a reel around which the magnetic medium is wrapped to rotate a number of rotations, calculating, by the computer, an estimated thickness of the magnetic medium based on the position information, the number of rotations, and a pack radius of the magnetic medium on the reel, and causing to be stored, by the computer, the estimated thickness. In another embodiment, an apparatus includes a controller and logic integrated with and/or executable by the controller, the logic being configured to cause the controller to perform the foregoing method.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nhan X. Bui, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 9183874Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring actual position information from encoding on a magnetic medium, calculating estimated position information of the magnetic medium using a media thickness value, comparing the estimated position information with the position information acquired from encoding, determining whether an error between the estimated position information and the acquired position information is within a specified range, in response to determining that the error is within the specified range, storing the media thickness value to a memory, and in response to determining that the error is outside the specified range, changing the media thickness value. In another embodiment, an apparatus includes a controller and logic integrated with and/or executable by the controller, the logic being configured to cause the controller to perform the foregoing method.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nhan X. Bui, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Publication number: 20150291378Abstract: A separation/collection device is provided in a paper sheet conveyance device for generating an airstream in a conveyance duct and for conveying a paper sheet inserted into the conveyance duct by being pushed from behind by a conveyance subsidiary body moving in the conveyance duct by receiving the airstream. The separation/collection device separates and collects the conveyance subsidiary body and the paper sheet at an ending portion of a conveyance path. The separation/collection device includes a separation unit that passes the paper sheet pushed and conveyed by the conveyance subsidiary body, in a downstream direction, and that stops the conveyance subsidiary body by contacting the conveyance subsidiary body with the separation unit, a tubular path part that receives the paper sheet output from the separation unit, and a rib provided on an inner wall of the path part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicants: ACE DENKEN CO., LTD., SHINKO MECHATROTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Ogura, Hisashi Takahashi, Tomiyasu Sasaki, Yoshiharu Abe, Jun Furudate
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Patent number: 9157183Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment agent composition for fiber products capable of producing an exceptional odor-eliminating and odor-preventing effect against various odors. This treatment agent composition for fiber products comprises: (A) highly branched cyclic dextrin; (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amine compound having within each molecule one to three C10-26 hydrocarbon groups optionally split with an ester group or an amide group, a salt of the amine compound, and a quaternized form of the amine compound; and (C) at least one compound selected from (C-1)-(C-3) below: (C-1) a fatty acid expressed by RaCOOH (Ra is a fatty acid represented by a C8-35 alkyl or alkenyl group), (C-2) a silicone compound, and (C-3) an aliphatic alcohol represented by RbOH (Rb is an aliphatic alcohol represented by a C8-35 alkyl or alkenyl group).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: LION CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Amatani, Eiji Ogura, Ryo Hashimoto, Rie Adachi, Emiko Hashimoto, Naoyuki Egawa
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Patent number: 9142245Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving or determining primary velocity based on at least one of reading information encoded on a magnetic tape and a parameter associated with a motor of a drive mechanism. At a switching point, a reference velocity is made about equal to the primary velocity. After the switching point, the reference velocity is determined at various intervals. Also after the switching point, a value representative of a difference between the reference velocity and the primary velocity is determined, and a speed of the motor of the drive mechanism is adjusted for minimizing the difference between the reference velocity and the primary velocity. A system according to one embodiment includes a controller for controlling a drive mechanism, the controller being configured to perform the foregoing method.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nhan X. Bui, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 9064532Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes computing a radius value of a tape on an outgoing reel during unwinding of the tape from the outgoing reel, adjusting the computed radius with an offset calculated from a direct measurement of velocity from the tape position, and outputting the adjusted computed radius. A method according to another embodiment includes computing a radius value of a tape on an incoming reel during winding while the tape is being wound onto the incoming reel, adjusting the computed radius with an offset calculated from a direct measurement of velocity from the tape position, and outputting the adjusted computed radius.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 9064533Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a primary velocity is valid and/or in a steady state; averaging a velocity error over a predetermined time period upon determining the primary velocity is valid and/or in a steady state; and calculating a new friction value based on the averaged velocity error.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Publication number: 20150159318Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment agent composition for fiber products capable of producing an exceptional odor-eliminating and odor-preventing effect against various odors. This treatment agent composition for fiber products comprises: (A) highly branched cyclic dextrin; (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amine compound having within each molecule one to three C10-26 hydrocarbon groups optionally split with an ester group or an amide group, a salt of the amine compound, and a quaternized form of the amine compound; and (C) at least one compound selected from (C-1)-(C-3) below: (C-1) a fatty acid expressed by RaCOOH (Ra is a fatty acid represented by a C8-35 alkyl or alkenyl group), (C-2) a silicone compound, and (C-3) an aliphatic alcohol represented by RbOH (Rb is an aliphatic alcohol represented by a C8-35 alkyl or alkenyl group).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Tomohiko Amatani, Eiji Ogura, Ryo Hashimoto, Rie Adachi, Emiko Hashimoto, Naoyuki Egawa
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Publication number: 20140312154Abstract: A control device for controlling the transport of a tape within a tape transport system, the tape transport system having a head being operable to read data from and/or write data to the tape, an outboard reel and an inboard reel, wherein the tape is moveable from the outboard reel to the inboard reel in forward direction or from the inboard reel to the outboard reel in reverse direction, wherein the control device is adapted to generate control signals to control the velocity of the outboard reel and the velocity of the inboard reel as a function of a primary velocity of the tape at the head and a secondary velocity of the tape at the inboard reel and/or a secondary velocity of the tape at the outboard reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Giovanni Cherubini, Jens Jelitto, Eiji Ogura, Angeliki Pantazi
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Patent number: 8861324Abstract: A system, according to one embodiment, includes a tape drive configured to detect a telescoping condition of a magnetic recording tape and output an error alert when the telescoping condition is detected. Furthermore, a method, according to another embodiment, includes detecting a telescoping condition of a magnetic recording tape in use in a tape drive, and outputting an error alert when the telescoping condition is detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nhan X. Bui, Ernest S. Gale, Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 8852065Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling roll that has a shaft, which rotates around an axis and has one end that is connected to an output shaft of a rolling mill, and is configured such that a tubular sleeve member is mounted to a portion of the shaft on the side of another end, and a rolling ring, which is formed from a hard material, is fixed to an outer circumference of the sleeve member, wherein an inner circumferential support part is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the sleeve member; the rolling ring is supported by the sleeve member via the inner circumferential support part; a pressing member and a pressing mechanism are disposed on the other end side of the rolling ring; and the pressing member and the pressing mechanism press the rolling ring toward the one end side, thereby fixing it.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Eiji Ogura, Koichi Yuri, Tsutomu Fukuda, Mitsuhiro Takatsuki
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Publication number: 20140268403Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a primary velocity is valid and/or in a steady state; averaging a velocity error over a predetermined time period upon determining the primary velocity is valid and/or in a steady state; and calculating a new friction value based on the averaged velocity error.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Publication number: 20140254045Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes computing a radius value of a tape on an outgoing reel during unwinding of the tape from the outgoing reel, adjusting the computed radius with an offset calculated from a direct measurement of velocity from the tape position, and outputting the adjusted computed radius. A method according to another embodiment includes computing a radius value of a tape on an incoming reel during winding while the tape is being wound onto the incoming reel, adjusting the computed radius with an offset calculated from a direct measurement of velocity from the tape position, and outputting the adjusted computed radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 8780484Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes setting a default friction value to a predetermined value, determining whether a primary velocity is valid, determining a velocity error, determining whether the velocity error is in a predetermined range, accumulating the velocity error when the velocity error is determined to be in the predetermined range, repeating, until a time period has elapsed, each of: the determining the velocity error, the determining whether the velocity error is in the predetermined range, and the accumulating the velocity error when the velocity error is determined to be in the predetermined range, and calculating a new friction value based on the accumulated velocity error.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 8773805Abstract: Tape media life is increased by dynamically controlling a turn around point (TAP) on the tape media for either an end of a tape wrap or a directional change from a first longitudinal position tape section to a second longitudinal position tape section for reducing damage to the tape media caused by debris by monitoring the TAP for all tape media motion and adjusting tape deceleration for maintaining the TAP to be located at the second longitudinal position tape section.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Armando Jesus Argumedo, Ernest Stewart Gale, Reed Alan Hancock, Kevin B. Judd, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 8770004Abstract: The present invention is to provide a rolling mil roll including a rolling mill ring and a metal base in which a tensile stress applied to the rolling mill ring located along the outer circumferential face side is reduced; and then cracks thereon are prevented from occurring. The rolling mill roll 10 includes: the rolling mill roll 11 made of cemented carbide having rolling sections 13 on its outer circumferential face 11a; and the metal base 12 located on the inner circumferential face of the rolling mill roll 11. The circumferential interface 14, where the rolling mill ring 11 and the metal base 12 face each other, is fixed radially around its axis L by a contact pressure derived from a fitting section, and also is bound with an adhesive agent M.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Koichi Yuri, Mitsuhiro Takatsuki, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 8767335Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes selecting an initial radius value (Rfull) for an outgoing reel, where Rfull is the initial radius of a tape on the outgoing reel; unwinding the tape from the outgoing reel; computing a radius value of the tape on the outgoing reel during the unwinding; adjusting the computed radius with an offset calculated from a direct measurement of velocity from the tape position; and outputting the adjusted computed radius. A method according to another embodiment includes selecting an initial radius value (R0) for an incoming reel, where R0 is the initial radius of the incoming reel; winding the tape onto the incoming reel; computing a radius value of the tape on the incoming reel during the winding; adjusting the computed radius with an offset calculated from a direct measurement of velocity from the tape position; and outputting the adjusted computed radius.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reed A. Hancock, Randy C. Inch, Eiji Ogura