Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Matsumoto
Hitoshi Matsumoto 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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Publication number: 20140132086Abstract: A drive regulation device for a machine tool that stops driving of a motor when a door (18) provided for a cover (17) for covering a driven body driven by the motor becomes to be in an open state includes a detection unit (21) detecting an open/closed state of the door (18) provided for the cover (17) for covering the driven body driven by the motor, an excitation operation unit (22) switching the motor between an excitation state and a non-excitation state, a speed regulation unit (23) stopping the motor, when the motor that has been stopped is rotated faster than a predetermined allowable rotation speed, and a speed-regulation switch unit (24) controlling the speed regulation unit (23), in a case where the detection unit (21) detects that the door (18) is in the open state, such that the speed regulation unit (23) works when the motor is in the excitation state, and the speed regulation unit (23) does not work when the motor is in the non-excitation state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicants: CITIZEN MACHINERY MIYANO CO., LTD., CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8722126Abstract: Black currant anthocyanin-containing compositions for foods comprising 1 to 25% by weight of black currant anthocyanin on the basis of solid matters; a process for producing a black currant anthocyanin-containing composition for foods characterized by purifying and concentrating black currant juice employed as a starting material by using a charged reverse osmosis membrane; functional foods and drinks characterized by containing the above compositions for foods; and the above-described compositions for foods and the above-described functional foods and drinks having an effect of improving visual function, a function of improving blood fluidity, and/or a function of lowering blood pressure. The conventional black currant anthocyanin compositions have a low black currant anthocyanin content, strong acidity and poor stability, which makes them unsuitable as additives for foods and drinks.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Shigeru Tominaga, Mitsuo Kishi, Takashi Kawakami, Takahisa Tokunaga, Masao Hirayama
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Publication number: 20140127472Abstract: A carbon nanowall array (10) is provided with a substrate (1) and carbon nanowalls (2-9). The substrate (1) is composed of silicon, and includes protruding portions (11) and recessed portions (12). The protruding portions (11) and recessed portions (12) are formed in the direction (DR1) on one surface of the substrate (1). The protruding portions (11) and recessed portions (12) are alternately formed in the direction (DR2) perpendicular to the direction (DR1). Each of the protruding portions (11) has a length of 0.1-0.5 ?m in the direction (DR2), and each of the recessed portions (12) has a length of 0.6-1.5 ?m in the direction (DR2). The height of each of the protruding portions (11) is 0.3-0.6 ?m. Respective carbon nanowalls (2-9) are formed in the length direction (i.e., the direction (DR1)) of the protruding portions (11) of the substrate (1), said carbon nanowalls being formed on the protruding portions (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicants: CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshio Kawahara, Kazumasa Okamoto, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Risa Utsunomiya, Teruaki Matsuba, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8708467Abstract: Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Aruga, Toshio Kumagai, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8697285Abstract: To provide a carbon material capable of suppressing excessive reactivity with an electrolytic solution and excellent in a rapid charge/discharge characteristics. A carbon material for lithium ion secondary batteries, which satisfies: (i) a tap density?0.75 g/cm3; (ii) a Raman R value?0.23 and a half width of D band ??D<45 cm?1, in which the D band appears in the vicinity of 1,358 cm?1 of the Raman spectrum; and (iii) 4 m2/g?BET specific surface area (SA)?11 m2/g.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Uono, Hideharu Sato, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Atsuyoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 8692764Abstract: A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a gesture database maintaining a plurality of gestures. Each gesture is defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the device. The gestures comprise symbol gestures each corresponding to a character from a preexisting character set. The device includes an application database maintaining at least one application and a gesture mapping database comprising a gesture input map for the application. The gesture input map comprises mappings of the symbol gestures to corresponding inputs for the application. The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the handheld device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: David L. Marvit, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Albert H. M. Reinhardt
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Publication number: 20140043415Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a liquid storage unit that stores a liquid; a tank having a liquid capacity greater than that of the liquid storage unit; a liquid supply unit supplying the liquid in the liquid storage unit to the tank; an agitation device that agitates the liquid accommodated in the tank; and a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid from the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Toshio Kumagai
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Patent number: 8585191Abstract: A liquid supply method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a tank having a liquid capacity greater than that of a liquid storage unit in which liquid is stored, and a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid supplied from the tank side, the liquid supply method comprising the steps of: firstly supplying all the liquid in the liquid storage unit to the tank; agitating the liquid accommodated in the tank; and secondly supplying the liquid in the tank to the liquid ejection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Toshio Kumagai
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Publication number: 20130265372Abstract: Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Yoshiharu ARUGA, Toshio KUMAGAI, Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20130235127Abstract: Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu ARUGA, Toshio KUMAGAI, Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20130204417Abstract: To provide a power consumption output device capable of precisely calculating the electricity cost per product manufactured by an apparatus whose power consumption differs in each cycle of operation for manufacturing a product. The power consumption output device for an apparatus that manufactures a plurality of products from a supplied material includes: power detection means (102) capable of detecting power consumption in a target period, including at least a period needed for manufacturing all products that can be manufactured from a single material from the beginning of supplying the material to the end of ejecting a remaining material; and output means (104) for outputting power consumption per product by using the power consumption detected by the power detecting means (102) and the number of products manufactured from the single material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Matsumaru, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Yutaka Shibui
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Publication number: 20130184893Abstract: The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device (101) detects a synchronization command of a control program, and compares an operation time of the electric-powered section between synchronizations in each control system which is a synchronization target by the synchronization command on the basis of the detected synchronization command. Then, the power-supply management device (101) disconnects the power supply to the electric-powered section belonging to the control system except the control system having the maximum operation time of the electric-powered section between the synchronizations, and restarts the power supply at the end of the synchronization in each control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicants: Citizen Machinery Miyano Co., LTD., Citizen Holdings Co., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Matsumaru, Satoru Akimoto, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Yutaka Shibui, Umeo Tsuyusaki, Hiroshi Shinohara, Shigeo Yanagidaira
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Patent number: 8480216Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure control unit provided in a liquid flow path so as to control pressure. The pressure control unit includes a liquid introduction unit, a liquid chamber having a diaphragm, a communication hole that allows communication between the liquid introduction unit and the liquid chamber, a movable member including an opposing surface disposed on the side of the liquid chamber so as to oppose the communication hole, the movable member being disposed so as to move in response to the displacement of the diaphragm unit, and a displacement member that displaces the opposing surface between a first posture of opposing the communication hole and a second posture in which the opposing surface is tilted with respect to the communication hole in an angle different from the first posture.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Patent number: 8449089Abstract: Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Aruga, Toshio Kumagai, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8431270Abstract: A subject is to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery which is sufficiently low in charge/discharge irreversible capacity in initial cycling even when an active-material layer comprising a negative-electrode material and formed on a current collector is densified for capacity increase where the subject is accomplished with composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery which comprise a composite of spherical graphite particles and a binder graphite and which satisfy at least one of (a) to (g) conditions as presently claimed and a negative electrode produced using the carbonaceous negative-electrode material according to the invention is excellent in electrolytic-solution infiltration and provides a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge/discharge high-load characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Hideharu Sato, Hiroyuki Uono, Keita Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8367252Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent, a solute dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, and hydrogenated terphenyl, the solute includes a boron-containing alkali salt and a boron-free alkali salt, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material comprising a randomly oriented carbon composite (A), and the carbon composite (A) contains a graphitic carbon substance (B) and a carbon substance (C) that is different from the graphitic carbon substance (B).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takaharu Morikawa, Atsushi Ueda, Takafumi Oura, Shinichi Kinoshita, Minoru Kotato, Hideharu Satou, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20130019700Abstract: The inventive pedaling motion measuring device includes: a measurement body unit having a first sensor unit for sensing the number of rotation of a wheel by sensing the motion of the wheel of a bicycle, and second sensor units arranged at right and left crank arms for sensing magnitude and direction of a force applied to each of the right and left crank arms. The first work calculation unit calculates work performed by the bicycle based on the number of rotation of the wheel sensed by the first sensor unit. The second work calculation unit calculates work provided to the crank member by the user within a prescribed time, based on the magnitude and direction of the force applied to each of the right and left crank arms and sensed by the second sensor units. The efficiency calculation unit calculates the efficiency of the bicycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: CLUB KONG CO., LTD.Inventor: Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20130022861Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is provided. The battery comprises: a positive electrode and a negative electrode which each has a specific composition and specific properties; and a nonaqueous electrolyte which contains a cyclic siloxane compound of formula (1), a fluorosilane compound of formula (2), a compound of formula (3), compound having an S—F bond in the molecule, nitric acid salt, nitrous acid salt, monofluorophosphoric acid salt, difluorophosphoric acid salt, acetic acid salt, or propionic acid salt in an amount of 10 ppm or more of the whole nonaqueous electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu Miyagi, Ryoichi Kato, Masakazu Yokomizo, Hiroyuki Uono, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Tomohiro Satou, Minoru Kotato, Takayuki Nakajima, Hitoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Oshima
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Patent number: 8336999Abstract: A liquid supply method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a tank having a liquid capacity greater than a storage amount of the liquid which is stored in a liquid storage unit, and a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid supplied from the tank side includes the steps of: firstly supplying all the liquid in the liquid storage unit to the tank; agitating the liquid accommodated in the tank; and secondly supplying the liquid in the tank to the liquid ejection unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Toshio Kumagai
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Patent number: 8311887Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for Real-time Instant Presence with Advertisement (RIPA) using an instant messaging topology with wireless technology to instantly setup and update of presence information of an instant messaging user. The invention provides location information of a business and other business information to a wireless instant messaging user/customer of the business, and obviates the need for the users/customer to manually enter presence information of the business. The invention further provides methods for promotion, advertising and network marketing of a business using presence information sent to instant messaging users and instantly propagated through instant messaging address lists.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: I-Wen Winnie Tsou, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Toshiharu Kido