Patents by Inventor Hideki Hashimoto

Hideki Hashimoto 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: 20250046898
    Abstract: A cathode recovery apparatus includes separation means that separates an electrode body in a pulled-out state into a cathode and a negative electrode laminate, that includes: a holding section holding an extension region where a first object to be separated, being one of the cathode and the negative electrode laminate, extends further in a pulled-out direction than a second object to be separated, being another one of the cathode and the negative electrode laminate, the holding section holding the extension region so that a head end portion of the second object is included in the electrode body; a pressing section pressing the electrode body from a side of the first object in a thickness direction at upstream of the holding section in the pulled-out direction, and peels off a head end portion of the second object; and a receiving section receiving the peeled off second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yohei Takano, Hideki Hashimoto, Kazuo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12217953
    Abstract: Provided are an ion source and a mass spectrometer that reduce a dead volume of the connecting part of a pipe to a capillary. An ion source has a capillary and a pipe. The capillary has a large-diameter part that forms a capillary upstream-side end face on an upstream side. The large-diameter part has a large-diameter part downstream side face on a downstream side. The pipe has a pipe downstream end face on the downstream side. A capillary retaining unit has a hole through which the capillary downstream-side end face is passable and a face on which the large-diameter part downstream side face is installable. The ion source includes a pipe retaining unit that retains the pipe. The capillary retaining unit and the pipe retaining unit are disposed such that the capillary upstream-side end face contacts the pipe downstream end face to connect the capillary to the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Hasegawa, Masuyuki Sugiyama, Yuichiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20250035388
    Abstract: A method of producing a plate laminate unit for a heat exchanger includes: a compressing step of compressing a plate laminate, a pair of terminal plates disposed on both sides of the plate laminate in a laminating direction, and a pair of binding plates disposed on both sides of the pair of terminal plates in the laminating direction, using a pressing tool from both sides in the laminating direction; a welding step of welding an edge portion of the plate laminate to edge portions of the pair of terminal plates during the compressing step; a connecting step of connecting the pair of binding plates to each other by a connector after the welding step; and a pressure-releasing step of detaching the pressing tool after the connecting step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Daisaku HASHIMOTO, Yasuchika KASHIHARA, Daisuke MIYAZAKI, Hideki SHUDAI
  • Patent number: 12179340
    Abstract: A work head including a head main body, multiple movable bodies held to be approachable to or separatable from each other by the head main body, and an air passage formed, being open between the multiple movable bodies, in the head main body, in which by gripping a holding tool configured to hold a component by approach of the multiple movable bodies, the holding tool communicates with the air passage and holds the component by supply of air to the holding tool via the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Yamamuro, Hideki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12167539
    Abstract: There is provided a tape feeder for supplying, using a taped electric component including a carrier tape and multiple electric components held onto the carrier tape, the electric component in a supply position, the tape feeder including a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the electric component in the supply position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240275902
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus incudes a white reference plate, a reading unit to read the white reference plate; and circuitry to: cause the reading unit to read the white reference plate under a first reading condition before shipment of the image reading apparatus to obtain a first reading value, cause the reading unit to read the white reference plate under a second reading condition same with the first reading condition after replacement of a part of the image reading apparatus after the shipment to obtain a second reading value, and adjust a gray balance coefficient based on the first reading value and the second reading value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kohsuke NAMBARA, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuya OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240164691
    Abstract: An electrocardiogram analysis assistance device (10) including: an analysis waveform acquisition unit (11C) that acquires waveform data in an electrocardiogram for analysis; an analysis waveform select and extract unit (11D) that selects and extracts waveform data of a predetermined first period from the waveform data acquired by the analysis waveform acquisition unit (11C) as analysis divided waveform data; an intermediate information acquisition unit (11I) that acquires intermediate information generated in a middle layer of a peak estimation model (13C) and indicating a shape feature of a peak contained in the analysis divided waveform data by inputting the analysis divided waveform data selected and extracted by the analysis waveform select and extract unit (11D) into the peak estimation model (13C); and a classification unit (11J) that classifies a type of the waveform of the electrocardiogram for analysis using the intermediate information acquired by the intermediate information acquisition unit (11I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto OGINO, Mitsuhisa SHIMIZU, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Toshiya KAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240164692
    Abstract: An electrocardiogram analysis assistance device (10) including: a peak estimation model (13C) employing waveform data of partial segments of waveform data in an electrocardiogram as input information and employing peak information indicating whether or not a predetermined type of peak related to electrocardiogram analysis is present as output information; an analysis waveform acquisition unit (11C) that acquires waveform data in an electrocardiogram for analysis; an analysis waveform select and extract unit (11D) that selects and extracts waveform data of a predetermined first period from the waveform data acquired by the analysis waveform acquisition unit (11C) as analysis divided waveform data, while each time shifting a predetermined shift period that is a shorter period than the first period; and a derivation unit (11E) that derives the peak information by inputting the analysis divided waveform data selected and extracted by the analysis waveform select and extract unit (11D) into the peak estimation mod
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto OGINO, Mitsuhisa SHIMIZU, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Toshiya KAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240039067
    Abstract: The treating method for a positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is a treating method for a positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which comprises a positive electrode having a foil containing Al and an active material which is a metal composite oxide, the method comprising: conducting a heating treatment for heating the positive electrode (heating step); melting the positive electrode using heat of reaction of the foil and the active material to obtain a molten material (melting step); and separating the molten material into a metal material containing a metal constituting the metal composite oxide and a slag (separating step). By subjecting the positive electrode to heating treatment, a reduction reaction of the positive electrode can be promoted at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaro KIKUCHI, Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Shinichi OGURA, Yohei TAKANO, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Kenji HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11750753
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a reading unit, a background member, and processing circuitry. The reading unit includes alight source to emit light to a passage area through which an object passes and an imaging device to capture reflected light of the light emitted to generate a visible image and an invisible image. The background member is disposed opposite the light source across the passage area. The processing circuitry is configured to: detect a change in an image characteristic due to a change in an optical characteristic of the reading unit, in invisible images obtained by capturing of invisible marks on the background member; determine a correction amount of an image characteristic to be used for correcting an image of the object generated by the imaging device, based on the change in the image characteristic detected; and correct the image characteristic based on the correction amount determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Hashimoto, Daisuke Nikaku, Yutaka Ohmiya
  • Patent number: 11700344
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a background unit, a reading unit, and circuitry. The background unit is configured to be a background in reading of a recording medium and includes a first region that is black and a second region that is different from the first region. The reading unit is configured to read an image with the background unit as the background, and generate a read value based on a result of reading the image with the background unit. The circuitry is configured to correct the read value based on a reference value generated by the reading unit by reading the second region of the background unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishii, Hideki Hashimoto, Yoshio Konno
  • Patent number: 11584659
    Abstract: An iron oxide powder includes a porous structure having the diameter of from 0.3 ?m to 2 ?m, wherein the iron oxide powder has an aluminum content of from 10 mol % to 80 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kogakuin University
    Inventors: Hideki Hashimoto, Hidetaka Asoh, Jun Takada, Tatsuo Fujii
  • Patent number: 11546535
    Abstract: An abnormal-pixel detecting device includes an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor is configured to capture an image of a subject. The image processor is configured to calculate: a ratio between a first plurality of pixel values captured by the image sensor and a second plurality of pixel values whose reference position is shifted relative to the first plurality of pixel values in a main scanning direction to obtain a third plurality of pixel values; and detect an abnormal pixel in the third plurality of pixel values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Ohmiya, Hideki Hashimoto, Masamoto Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 11539860
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to perform information processing on a target. The information processing apparatus includes one or more processors; and one or more memories storing program instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes including a first process of adding information to the target and a second process of obtaining the information; control each of the plurality of processes; and perform a correcting process of concurrently performing corrections with respect to the plurality of processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ono, Yutaka Ohmiya, Hideki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11477342
    Abstract: A reading device, an image forming apparatus, and a method of correction. The reading device includes a scanner configured to read an image in a first wavelength range and an image in a second wavelength range from light reflected by a surface of a recording medium, a detector configured to detect a change from a reference position in a reading-depth direction when the surface of the recording medium is read by the scanner, based on an amount of characteristic read from the image in the second wavelength range, and a corrector configured to correct the image in the first wavelength range based on the change detected by the detector. The image forming apparatus includes the reading device, and an image forming device configured to form an image corrected by the corrector of the reading device on a recording medium. The method includes reading the image in the first wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Hashimoto, Masamoto Nakazawa, Daisuke Nikaku, Yutaka Ohmiya
  • Publication number: 20220303417
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a reading unit, a background member, and processing circuitry. The reading unit includes alight source to emit light to a passage area through which an object passes and an imaging device to capture reflected light of the light emitted to generate a visible image and an invisible image. The background member is disposed opposite the light source across the passage area. The processing circuitry is configured to: detect a change in an image characteristic due to a change in an optical characteristic of the reading unit, in invisible images obtained by capturing of invisible marks on the background member; determine a correction amount of an image characteristic to be used for correcting an image of the object generated by the imaging device, based on the change in the image characteristic detected; and correct the image characteristic based on the correction amount determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hideki HASHIMOTO, Daisuke NIKAKU, Yutaka OHMIYA
  • Publication number: 20220295679
    Abstract: There is provided a tape feeder for supplying, using a taped electric component including a carrier tape and multiple electric components held onto the carrier tape, the electric component in a supply position, the tape feeder including a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the electric component in the supply position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11381702
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a light source configured to irradiate a subject; a reading unit configured to detect reflected light generated by a subject reflecting light emitted from the light source, to perform reading; and a control unit configured to perform turn-on control on the light source. The control unit is configured to perform the turn-on control to change a turn-on condition such that the light source is turned on during a period when at least a detection region including an image pattern on the subject passes through a reading position of a reading unit, based on position information of the image pattern of the subject in a first operation mode for reading the subject, and perform the turn-on control to make the turn-on condition of the light source constant regardless of the image pattern of the subject in a second operation mode for reading the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nikaku, Tatsuya Ishii, Hideki Hashimoto, Yutaka Ohmiya, Takayuki Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20220176888
    Abstract: A vehicle monitor apparatus including a mounting portion mounted on a ceiling surface in a vehicle cabin, a monitor portion including a base supported by the mounting portion, a light guide extending along a periphery of the base, and a spacer interposed between the base and the ceiling surface. The spacer is disposed inside a first area surrounded by the light guide and outside a second area in which the mounting portion is disposed, and composed of an elastic body elastically deformed by a compression force from the ceiling surface when the base is mounted on the ceiling surface through the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo Arao, Hiroshi Hamada, Masaru Kumaki, Shunsuke Makino, Shoji Murakami, Hideki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220109776
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a background unit, a reading unit, and circuitry. The background unit is configured to be a background in reading of a recording medium and includes a first region that is black and a second region that is different from the first region. The reading unit is configured to read an image with the background unit as the background, and generate a read value based on a result of reading the image with the background unit. The circuitry is configured to correct the read value based on a reference value generated by the reading unit by reading the second region of the background unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya ISHII, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Yoshio KONNO