Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Kondo

Hirokazu Kondo 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: 20240109297
    Abstract: A drive unit is located on an opposite side in relation to an ejecting orifice of a liquid ejecting head unit. The drive unit includes a first board including a first connector coupled to a head connector of the liquid ejecting head unit; and a second board on which a drive circuit configured to generate a drive signal is mounted. The second board is disposed in an upright position with respect to the first board by being B-to-B coupled to the first board, and the drive signal is supplied from the second board to the first connector via the first board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yoichiro KONDO, Hirokazu YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220391816
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes identifying a working status of each of plural members based on a work volume of each of the plural members, determining a priority for each of the plural members as an assistance request destination based on the identified working status of each of the plural members, and displaying the plural members as candidates of the assistance request destination based on the determined priority for each of the plural members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Taichi Hasegawa, Yasunori Abe, Tsuyoshi Uchida, Hirokazu Kondo
  • Patent number: 11488200
    Abstract: A method for measuring effectiveness of a media-sharing advertisement includes: obtaining delivery destination ID identified in response to an access to a first address, which is based on a first code that is recorded on a print media and includes the first address to access to a first landing page corresponding to a first business entity of the print media and includes the delivery destination ID of the delivery destination of the print media; obtaining delivery destination ID identified in response to an access to a second address, which is based on a second code that is recorded on the print media and includes the second address to access to a second landing page corresponding to a second business entity that satisfies a media-sharing condition and includes the delivery destination ID, and ID of the second business entity; and providing the first and second business entities with the obtained information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GOOF, INC.
    Inventors: Yukinori Okamoto, Hirokazu Kondo
  • Publication number: 20210357974
    Abstract: A method for measuring effectiveness of a media-sharing advertisement includes: obtaining delivery destination ID identified in response to an access to a first address, which is based on a first code that is recorded on a print media and includes the first address to access to a first landing page corresponding to a first business entity of the print media and includes the delivery destination ID of the delivery destination of the print media; obtaining delivery destination ID identified in response to an access to a second address, which is based on a second code that is recorded on the print media and includes the second address to access to a second landing page corresponding to a second business entity that satisfies a media-sharing condition and includes the delivery destination ID, and ID of the second business entity; and providing the first and second business entities with the obtained information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: GOOF, INC.
    Inventors: Yukinori OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KONDO
  • Patent number: 11142068
    Abstract: A control device is mountable on a four-wheel drive vehicle including a main drive wheel and an auxiliary drive wheel, and is configured to control a drive force transmission device configured to transmit a drive force to the auxiliary drive wheel. The control device includes a processor and a memory storing a program, when executed by the processor, to cause the control device to change a control characteristic of the drive force transmission device that indicates a relationship between a vehicle state of the four-wheel drive vehicle and a drive force transmitted to the auxiliary drive wheel in response to an input from the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu Kondo
  • Patent number: 10919387
    Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control a driving force transmission apparatus. The control apparatus includes a torque command value calculator configured to calculate a torque command value for the right and left rear wheels based on a front-rear wheel rotation speed difference, a command value limiter configured to limit the torque command value to a value equal to or smaller than an upper limit value, and a current controller configured to control a current to be supplied to the driving force transmission apparatus so that a driving force determined based on the torque command value is transmitted to the right and left rear wheels. When the front-rear wheel rotation speed difference increases, the command value limiter sets the upper limit value smaller as a change amount of the front-rear wheel rotation speed difference per unit time increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu Kondo
  • Publication number: 20200369147
    Abstract: A control device is mountable on a four-wheel drive vehicle including a main drive wheel and an auxiliary drive wheel, and is configured to control a drive force transmission device configured to transmit a drive force to the auxiliary drive wheel. The control device includes a processor and a memory storing a program, when executed by the processor, to cause the control device to change a control characteristic of the drive force transmission device that indicates a relationship between a vehicle state of the four-wheel drive vehicle and a drive force transmitted to the auxiliary drive wheel in response to an input from the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu KONDO
  • Patent number: 10735627
    Abstract: Provided are a color conversion table creation apparatus and method, a color conversion apparatus, and a program capable of further increasing color matching accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akito Ohkubo, Hirokazu Kondo, Hajime Terayoko
  • Patent number: 10699425
    Abstract: Provided are a feature impression axis determination system, a feature impression axis determination method, and a program thereof capable of determining a feature axis indicating features of a plurality of images. A plurality of images is input, and a standard impression value of each of the plurality of images is determined with respect to at least two standard impression axes. The determined standard impression values are plotted in a standard impression region. In the standard region defined by the two standard impression axes, an axis on which a variance of the standard impression values becomes a maximum is determined as a feature impression axis indicating features of the plurality of input images. The determined feature impression axis is displayed in the standard region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Kondo
  • Patent number: 10639989
    Abstract: A control device is mounted on a four-wheel-drive vehicle, and includes a detector and a vibration suppression controller. The detector detects the occurrence of a vibrating state, in which drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels slip alternately in a four-wheel-drive state in which a drive force is transferred to the auxiliary drive wheels, or the occurrence of a preliminary state for the vibrating state. The vibration suppression controller reduces the drive force which is transferred to the auxiliary drive wheels via a drive force transfer device when the vibrating state or the preliminary state is detected by the detector. The vibration suppression controller reduces the drive force which is transferred to the auxiliary drive wheels on condition that a thermal load of the drive force transfer device is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kondo, Tomoaki Kato, Akiyoshi Kakita, Kotaro Sarai
  • Patent number: 10507865
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft; a steered shaft; a ball screw mechanism; and a motor. A plurality of rolling elements includes large-diameter rolling elements and small-diameter rolling elements. A prescribed diameter difference is set such that when a magnitude of power transmitted between a first screw groove and a second screw groove is a prescribed value or less, only the large-diameter rolling elements transmit the power between the first screw groove and the second screw groove, and when the magnitude of the power transmitted between the first screw groove and the second screw groove exceeds the prescribed value, both the large-diameter rolling elements and the small-diameter rolling elements transmit the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Asakura, Kiyoshi Uchiyama, Hirotsune Suzuki, Shunji Inoue, Hirokazu Kondo
  • Publication number: 20190297226
    Abstract: Provided are a color conversion table creation apparatus and method, a color conversion apparatus, and a program capable of further increasing color matching accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akito OHKUBO, Hirokazu Kondo, Hajime Terayoko
  • Patent number: 10266053
    Abstract: A controller for a driving force transmitting apparatus mounted in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, includes: a driving force controller configured to calculate a command torque indicating a driving force to be transmitted to the sub-drive wheels via the driving force transmitting apparatus based on a traveling state of the four-wheel-drive vehicle and a road surface condition, and to control the driving force transmitting apparatus based on the command torque; and a road surface condition determiner configured to determine that the road surface condition is a high-? condition when a duration of a non-slipping state where a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a prescribed value and a slip ratio of each of both the main drive wheels is lower than a prescribed value has become equal to or longer than a prescribed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kondo, Tomoaki Kato, Go Nagayama, Akiyoshi Kakita
  • Patent number: 10252615
    Abstract: A control device mounted on a four-wheel drive vehicle includes: a slip ratio calculating unit that obtains a slip ratio of main driving wheels based at least on wheel speeds; a smoothing unit that smooths the slip ratio by filtering; and a driving force control unit that controls a driving force transmission device so that a driving force that is transmitted to auxiliary driving wheels increases as the slip ratio smoothed by the smoothing unit increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kondo, Tomoaki Kato, Go Nagayama, Akiyoshi Kakita, Kotaro Sarai
  • Publication number: 20190077257
    Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control a driving force transmission apparatus. The control apparatus includes a torque command value calculator configured to calculate a torque command value for the right and left rear wheels based on a front-rear wheel rotation speed difference, a command value limiter configured to limit the torque command value to a value equal to or smaller than an upper limit value, and a current controller configured to control a current to be supplied to the driving force transmission apparatus so that a driving force determined based on the torque command value is transmitted to the right and left rear wheels. When the front-rear wheel rotation speed difference increases, the command value limiter sets the upper limit value smaller as a change amount of the front-rear wheel rotation speed difference per unit time increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu KONDO
  • Publication number: 20180268560
    Abstract: Provided are a feature impression axis determination system, a feature impression axis determination method, and a program thereof capable of determining a feature axis indicating features of a plurality of images. A plurality of images is input, and a standard impression value of each of the plurality of images is determined with respect to at least two standard impression axes. The determined standard impression values are plotted in a standard impression region. In the standard region defined by the two standard impression axes, an axis on which a variance of the standard impression values becomes a maximum is determined as a feature impression axis indicating features of the plurality of input images. The determined feature impression axis is displayed in the standard region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu KONDO
  • Publication number: 20180093565
    Abstract: A controller for a driving force transmitting apparatus mounted in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, includes: a driving force controller configured to calculate a command torque indicating a driving force to be transmitted to the sub-drive wheels via the driving force transmitting apparatus based on a traveling state of the four-wheel-drive vehicle and a road surface condition, and to control the driving force transmitting apparatus based on the command torque; and a road surface condition determiner configured to determine that the road surface condition is a high-? condition when a duration of a non-slipping state where a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a prescribed value and a slip ratio of each of both the main drive wheels is lower than a prescribed value has become equal to or longer than a prescribed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu KONDO, Tomoaki KATO, Go NAGAYAMA, Akiyoshi KAKITA
  • Publication number: 20180093566
    Abstract: A control device mounted on a four-wheel drive vehicle includes: a slip ratio calculating unit that obtains a slip ratio of main driving wheels based at least on wheel speeds; a smoothing unit that smooths the slip ratio by filtering; and a driving force control unit that controls a driving force transmission device so that a driving force that is transmitted to auxiliary driving wheels increases as the slip ratio smoothed by the smoothing unit increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu KONDO, Tomoaki KATO, Go NAGAYAMA, Akiyoshi KAKITA, Kotaro SARAI
  • Publication number: 20180079301
    Abstract: A control device is mounted on a four-wheel-drive vehicle, and includes a detector and a vibration suppression controller. The detector detects the occurrence of a vibrating state, in which drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels slip alternately in a four-wheel-drive state in which a drive force is transferred to the auxiliary drive wheels, or the occurrence of a preliminary state for the vibrating state. The vibration suppression controller reduces the drive force which is transferred to the auxiliary drive wheels via a drive force transfer device when the vibrating state or the preliminary state is detected by the detector. The vibration suppression controller reduces the drive force which is transferred to the auxiliary drive wheels on condition that a thermal load of the drive force transfer device is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu KONDO, Tomoaki KATO, Akiyoshi KAKITA, Kotaro SARAI
  • Publication number: 20170259844
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft; a steered shaft; a ball screw mechanism; and a motor. A plurality of rolling elements includes large-diameter rolling elements and small-diameter rolling elements. A prescribed diameter difference is set such that when a magnitude of power transmitted between a first screw groove and a second screw groove is a prescribed value or less, only the large-diameter rolling elements transmit the power between the first screw groove and the second screw groove, and when the magnitude of the power transmitted between the first screw groove and the second screw groove exceeds the prescribed value, both the large-diameter rolling elements and the small-diameter rolling elements transmit the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi ASAKURA, Kiyoshi UCHIYAMA, Hirotsune SUZUKI, Shunji INOUE, Hirokazu KONDO