Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kojima

Hideaki Kojima 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: 20230276924
    Abstract: A cosmetic mask can be easily attached and detached and has an enhanced cosmetic effect, and an electric stimulator is applicable to the cosmetic mask. A cosmetic mask worn on the face of a user, made of flexible elastic material, and formed in a substantial band shape to be wrapped around the occiput from a chin tip through right and left cheeks includes a mouth periphery that covers at least a location corresponding to the mouth with an opening, a mandible section that covers the chin tip and at least a part of the lower surface of the mandible, a cheek section that covers a part of the cheek, and a wrap-around section that is wrapped around the lateral sides and the occiput. The cosmetic mask includes a pair of stimulators, and a stimulator fitting section to fit in each of the stimulators in the cheek section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: YA-MAN LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Soichiro Fukui
  • Patent number: 11689016
    Abstract: A solar power generation network shut-off unit includes a first circuit breaker and second circuit breakers. The first circuit breaker is provided to a power line connecting a plurality of solar power generation modules and a power conditioner in series, and shut-off the supply of power from the solar power generation modules through the power line and transmits an emergency shut-off signal when an emergency shut-off button is pressed. The second circuit breakers are provided to each of a plurality of solar power generation modules, and shut-off the supply of power from the plurality of solar power generation modules through the power line and transmit a shut-off completion signal to the first circuit breaker when an emergency shut-off signal is received from the first circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Ryo Ogura, Mitsunori Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220278530
    Abstract: A solar power generation network shut-off unit is disposed between a plurality of solar power generation modules and a power conditioner, shuts off the supply of power the power generation modules to the power conditioner when an emergency shut-off button is pressed, and comprises a first circuit breaker, second circuit breakers, and a power supply line. When the first circuit breaker detects that the emergency shut-off button has been pressed, the supply of power from the first circuit breaker to the second circuit breakers is halted, and the supply of power from the solar power generation modules through the power line is shut off at the second circuit breakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KOJIMA, Ryo OGURA, Mitsunori SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20220278525
    Abstract: A solar power generation network shut-off unit includes a first circuit breaker and second circuit breakers. The first circuit breaker is provided to a power line connecting a plurality of solar power generation modules and a power conditioner in series, and shut-off the supply of power from the solar power generation modules through the power line and transmits an emergency shut-off signal when an emergency shut-off button is pressed. The second circuit breakers are provided to each of a plurality of solar power generation modules, and shut-off the supply of power from the plurality of solar power generation modules through the power line and transmit a shut-off completion signal to the first circuit breaker when an emergency shut-off signal is received from the first circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KOJIMA, Ryo OGURA, Mitsunori SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20220255502
    Abstract: A solar power generation network shut-off unit comprises a first circuit breaker and second circuit breakers. The first circuit breaker is provided to a power line connecting a plurality of solar power generation modules and a power conditioner in series. When an emergency shut-off button is pressed, the supply of power from the solar power generation modules through the power line is shut-off, and an emergency shut-off signal is transmitted. The second circuit breakers are provided to each of a plurality of solar power generation modules, and when an emergency shut-off signal is received from the first circuit breaker, the supply of power from the plurality of solar power generation modules through the power line is shut-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KOJIMA, Ryo OGURA, Mitsunori SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20220255500
    Abstract: The solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter, and a shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell modules connected in series. The inverter is connected to the string and is configured to convert the DC power output from the solar cell modules to AC power. The shut-off device is disposed at a plurality of intermediate points of the string and is configured to shut off a voltage output from the solar cell modules in response to a control signal from the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo OGURA, Erica MARTIN, Tomoko ENDO, Tsuyoshi UCHIDA, Eiji MURAOKA, Hideaki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210394364
    Abstract: A handling system according to an embodiment handles/processes plural kinds of articles. The handling system includes first and second conveyance devices, and a control device. The first conveyance device transports a processing target article among the articles to a work area for a robot to handle/process the target article. The second conveyance device transports the target article to a work area for as operator to handle/process the target article. The control device determines by which of the robot or the operator the target article is processed according to process information generated based on an article handling/processing result by the robot in past. The control device transports the target article to the first conveyance device when the target article is determined to be processed by the robot and transports the target article to the second conveyance device when the target article is determined to be processed by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito OGAWA, Hideaki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210287540
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle sharing system that allows the user to use a shared vehicle having a battery with a reduced risk of the battery running out, a management server (1) includes a management information database (122) configured to store information on (i) a plurality of shared-vehicle standby locations (2) at each of which a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3) having a battery (302) is on standby, (ii) a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3), and (iii) the destination desired by the user; and a location specifying section (115) configured to, in a case where the location specifying section (115) has determined that the remaining battery power of the motor-assisted bicycle (3) that the user is using is not enough to continue to travel to the destination desired by the user, specify a transfer location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Masashi Sato, Takanori Oka
  • Patent number: 10501137
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10464622
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20190228466
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle sharing system that (i) prevents a particular vehicle location among a plurality of vehicle locations at each of which a shared vehicle(s) is on standby from being used excessively and thereby (ii) improves the convenience of the user, a management server (1) includes a management information database (122) configured to store information on (i) a plurality of shared-vehicle standby locations (2) at each of which a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3) having a battery (302) is on standby and (ii) a motor-assisted bicycle(s) (3); a communication section (103) configured to receive starting-place information and destination information from a portable terminal (4); and a location specifying section (115) configured to, with reference to the management information database (122), specify a shared-vehicle standby location (2) to be used by the user to rent out a shared vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Masashi Sato, Takanori Oka
  • Publication number: 20180354570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji MORI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hiroaki TAKEYA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Masashi SATO, Hideaki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 8960768
    Abstract: A structure for a side portion of a vehicle, the structure having a bulkhead provided within a closed cross-section of a center pillar. The bulkhead is disposed so as to be superposed on the lapping section of a lower door beam in the width direction of the vehicle and has a movement restriction section capable of supporting the lapping section. When the lower door beam is moved by a load inputted in the lower door beam from a side of the vehicle, the movement restriction section supports the lapping section of the lower door beam to restrict the movement of the lapping section in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Kato, Noritaka Kobayashi, Hideaki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20130328352
    Abstract: A structure for a side portion of a vehicle, the structure having a bulkhead provided within a closed cross-section of a center pillar. The bulkhead is disposed so as to be superposed on the lapping section of a lower door beam in the width direction of the vehicle and has a movement restriction section capable of supporting the lapping section. When the lower door beam is moved by a load inputted in the lower door beam from a side of the vehicle, the movement restriction section supports the lapping section of the lower door beam to restrict the movement of the lapping section in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Kato, Noritaka Kobayashi, Hideaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 8492070
    Abstract: A photocurable and thermosetting composition comprises (A) a carboxyl group-containing resin having at least one carboxyl group in its molecule, (B) a photopolymerization initiator having an oxime linkage represented by the following general formula (I), (C) a reactive diluent, and (D) an epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups in its molecule. The above-mentioned photopolymerization initiator (B) is incorporated into a formulation which is different from at least a formulation into which the above-mentioned carboxyl group-containing resin (A) and the above-mentioned reactive diluent (C) are incorporated to formulate a system comprising at least two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Taiyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Hidekazu Miyabe, Shouji Minegishi, Naoki Yoneda, Yoshitaka Hirai
  • Publication number: 20120295200
    Abstract: A photocurable and thermosetting composition comprises (A) a carboxyl group-containing resin having at least one carboxyl group in its molecule, (B) a photopolymerization initiator having an oxime linkage represented by the following general formula (I), (C) a reactive diluent, and (D) an epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups in its molecule. The above-mentioned photopolymerization initiator (B) is incorporated into a formulation which is different from at least a formulation into which the above-mentioned carboxyl group-containing resin (A) and the above-mentioned reactive diluent (C) are incorporated to formulate a system comprising at least two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Taiyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Hidekazu Miyabe, Shouji Minegishi, Naoki Yoneda, Yoshitaka Hirai
  • Publication number: 20120034876
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle-mounted apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, an authentication data acquisition unit, a data transmitting/receiving unit, and a controller. The authentication data acquisition unit is configured to perform an authentication process with a roadside apparatus, through the wireless communication unit, and thereby to acquire authentication data showing that the apparatus is authenticated in a specified area of a road. The data transmitting/receiving unit is configured to transmit and receive information containing the authentication data, to and from the vehicle-mounted apparatus mounted in any other vehicle. The controller is configured to control the data transmitting/receiving unit in accordance with the authentication data, causing the data transmitting/receiving unit to transmit and receive data other than the authentication data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Junichi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Shibata, Hideaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 7528739
    Abstract: A wireless type prepaid IC card system enhances the convenience of users and assures the safe payment of tolls by vehicles including bikes when introduced for toll roads. This toll collecting system is composed of: a card processor that is arranged in a booth for the toll collection process and has an antenna unit for executing the card process through the wireless communication with IC cards, antenna units arranged at the left and right roadsides of the booth for executing the card process through the wireless communication with IC cards, a vehicle class discriminator for discriminating classes of vehicles entering into a traffic lane, and a traffic lane controller that selects an antenna unit to perform the card process according to a discriminated vehicle class and controls the card process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hideaki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20080227883
    Abstract: A photocurable and thermosetting composition comprises (A) a carboxyl group-containing resin having at least one carboxyl group in its molecule, (B) a photopolymerization initiator having an oxime linkage represented by the following general formula (I), (C) a reactive diluent, and (D) an epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups in its molecule. The above-mentioned photopolymerization initiator (B) is incorporated into a formulation which is different from at least a formulation into which the above-mentioned carboxyl group-containing resin (A) and the above-mentioned reactive diluent (C) are incorporated to formulate a system comprising at least two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Taiyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kojima, Hidekazu Miyabe, Shouji Minegishi, Naoki Yoneda, Yoshitaka Hirai
  • Publication number: 20070252726
    Abstract: A wireless type prepaid IC card system enhances the convenience of users and assures the safe payment of tolls by vehicles including bikes when introduced for toll roads. This toll collecting system is composed of: a card processor that is arranged in a booth for the toll collection process and has an antenna unit for executing the card process through the wireless communication with IC cards, antenna units arranged at the left and right roadsides of the booth for executing the card process through the wireless communication with IC cards, a vehicle class discriminator for discriminating classes of vehicles entering into a traffic lane, and a traffic lane controller that selects an antenna unit to perform the card process according to a discriminated vehicle class and controls the card process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hideaki Kojima