Patents by Inventor Junichi Masuda
Junichi Masuda 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: 9726070Abstract: An air-leading type, stratified scavenging two-stroke engine. The engine including a cylinder member and a crankcase joined therewith has an intake passage, an exhaust passage, first and second scavenging passages, a communicating portion and an air passage. The intake passage, the exhaust passage and the air passage are formed in the cylinder member. The first and the second scavenging passages each has a cylinder member-side passage and a crankcase-side passage. The cylinder member-side passages of both of the first and the second scavenging passages communicate with each other via the communicating portion. The air passage is connected to the cylinder member-side passage of the first scavenging passage. In the engine, air for pre-scavenging is introduced from the air passage through a check valve into the cylinder member-side passage of the first scavenging passage, and a part of the introduced air flows into the second scavenging passage through the communicating portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Imafuku, Yoshifumi Watanabe, Hideaki Hirano, Junichi Masuda
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Patent number: 9719416Abstract: A stratified scavenging two-stroke engine includes: an intake passage that connects an intake opening through an outer surface of a cylinder member with an intake port opening to the inside of a cylinder, and supplies gaseous mixture of fuel and air; an exhaust passage that connects an exhaust outlet opening through the outer surface of the cylinder member with an exhaust port opening to the inside of the cylinder, and discharges combustion gas; a scavenging passage; and an air passage that connects an air inlet opening through the outer surface of the cylinder member with the scavenging passage and supplies pre-scavenging air into the scavenging passage. The intake and the air inlet are arranged at positions opposite from the exhaust port across the axis of the cylinder, and arranged side by side in a substantially circumferential direction of the cylinder or a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Imafuku, Junichi Masuda, Yoshifumi Watanabe, Hideaki Hirano
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Patent number: 9687732Abstract: A non-limiting example information processing apparatus that functions as a game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and usually, a game screen of a single-play game is displayed on the first LCD and a list screen is displayed on the second LCD. In the list screen, at least an icon of a player of another game apparatus capable of performing a communication is displayed. That is, during a time that game processing of the single-play is being performed, the game screen is displayed and a list of one or more players capable of playing a battle-play is displayed. The player sends an offer of a battle-play to a desired player through an operation using the list screen at an arbitrary timing during a time that the game processing of the single-play is being performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., GAME FREAK INC.Inventor: Junichi Masuda
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Patent number: 9687731Abstract: A non-limiting example information processing apparatus that functions as a game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and usually, a game screen of a single-play game is displayed on the first LCD and a list screen is displayed on the second LCD. In the list screen, an icon of a player of another game apparatus that is searched as a passer-by is displayed as well as icons of a player of another game apparatus that is registered as a friend and a player of another game apparatus that is determined as an acquaintance. That is, during a time that game processing of the single-play is being performed, the game screen is displayed and a list of a player who is registered and a player who exists in the neighborhood is displayed. The player sends an offer of a battle-play to a desired player through an operation using the list screen at an arbitrary timing during a time that the game processing of the single-play is being performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., GAME FREAK INC.Inventor: Junichi Masuda
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Publication number: 20170169749Abstract: Provided is an image display device having a see-through-type display capable of suppressing decrease in visibility when background is visually recognized through a screen. The liquid crystal panel is driven such that chromaticity and a color temperature of source light are approximated to chromaticity and a color temperature of ambient light that have been measured by a color illuminance sensor attached to the display, the source light being transmitted through a region through which the ambient light is originally to be transmitted and having luminance lower than luminance of source light emitted from the light source. With this, in a region through which background of the liquid crystal panel can be seen, transparency seems to be increased and a viewer is able to see the background more easily.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Junichi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20160337539Abstract: A power control device receiving supply of power from a power source, the power control device including: a power accumulator accumulating a part of power from the power source; a first voltage converter receiving power from the power source and the power accumulator, performing voltage conversion to a first target voltage, and supplying power with the first target voltage to a first load; a second voltage converter receiving power from the first voltage converter, performing voltage conversion to a second target voltage, and supplying power with the second target voltage to a second load; a power source monitor monitoring power from the power source; and a power controller lowering the first target voltage to a level that the second voltage converter is capable of converting to the second target voltage when the power source monitor detects that the supply of power from the power source has stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Junichi MASUDA, Mikiyuki AOKI, Masahiro NONOYAMA, Taku KIMURA
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Publication number: 20160187724Abstract: In a see-through image display device, a first reflective polarizing plate and a second reflective polarizing plate are arranged with a light guiding plate positioned therebetween. Therefore, p-polarized light emitted by the light guiding plate toward the display screen side is reutilized by the first reflective polarizing plate causing the light to return to the light guiding plate, and further, p-polarized light emitted toward the back side is reutilized as well by the second reflective polarizing plate causing the light to return to the light guiding plate. In this manner, the light emitted by the light guiding plate toward the back side is also reused.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Junichi MASUDA, Kenta FUKUOKA
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Publication number: 20160167879Abstract: A side arm transfer device that is more easily assembled includes a right-side arm, a central arm, a left-side arm, a lifting table, laser sensors, a turning mechanism, and a transfer controller. The laser sensors are provided on the lifting table and detect presence or absence of an object on an irradiation line of laser light. The turning mechanism horizontally turns the laser sensors. The transfer controller horizontally turns the laser sensors and detects the presence or absence of an object in each of a plurality of detected portions on a load storage shelf, to determine the presence or absence of an object in each of mounting locations and the presence or absence of an object in a location, on the side of each of the mounting locations, to which each of the right-side arm, the central arm, and the left-side arm is to be extended.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventor: Junichi MASUDA
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Patent number: 9333693Abstract: An aliphatic polyester film is obtained by melt-extruding an aliphatic polyester as a film, controlling the entrained air stream between a casting drum and the film while inhibiting the variations of the film edge portion landing points on the casting drum, and subsequently bringing the film into contact with the casting drum over the entire width of the film.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hideyuki Yamauchi, Junichi Masuda, Yoshikazu Endo, Osamu Kitamura
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Publication number: 20160070052Abstract: An object is to provide a light guide body that is able to obtain a large amount of emission light perpendicular to a light emission surface and achieve uniform surface emission with an inexpensive structure. To attain this object, a light guide plate has, on at least one of a light emission surface and a back surface facing the light emission surface, a light diffusion pattern formed of a plurality of dots containing a first diffusing agent and the light diffusion pattern is controlled by the size of the dots and the density of the dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventor: Junichi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20150256079Abstract: An electric power supply control device comprises AC/DC converter, DC/DC converters, and an output electrical voltage monitor unit of the AC/DC converter. When output electrical voltage of the AC/DC converter increases to the first preset value P1, the AC/DC converter stops the convert. When the output electrical voltage decreases to the second preset value P2, the AC/DC converter restarts the convert. The first preset value P1 is equal to or less than the lowest value, out of the upper limit values in electrical voltage ranges in which the DC/DC converters CV1 and CV2 can work. The second preset value P2 is more than or equal to the highest value, out of the lower limit values in electrical voltage ranges in which the DC/DC converters CV1 and CV2 can work.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Taku KIMURA, Mikiyuki AOKI, Hideki NAKAMURA, Masahiro NONOYAMA, Junichi MASUDA, Yohei YAMADA
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Patent number: 9069108Abstract: In order to suppress uneven brilliance of emitted planar light and enhance a rate of light utilization, the present invention provides a backlight unit (1) including: a light guide plate (2) receiving from a light source (31) from a light receiving surface (22) on a side surface and emitting planar light from a light emitting surface on a front surface; and a front side pressing member (5) having a light guide plate pressing portion (52) to press a peripheral portion on the front surface of the light guide plate (2); wherein an attached shape (211) in a concave and convex pattern shape is formed in the light emitting surface (21), and the light guide plate pressing portion (52) is provided with an engagement portion (521) provided with a concave and convex pattern that is engageable with a attached shape (211).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Junichi Masuda
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Patent number: 8961846Abstract: Methods using solid-state shear pulverization and melt mixing and related polymer-carbon nanotube composites, as can be used to affect various mechanical and/or physical material properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: John M. Torkelson, Junichi Masuda
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Publication number: 20140364211Abstract: A non-limiting example information processing apparatus that functions as a game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and usually, a game screen of a single-play game is displayed on the first LCD and a list screen is displayed on the second LCD. The list screen displays at least an icon of a player of another game apparatus capable of performing a communication with the information processing apparatus. In addition, icons of a player who is registered in the game apparatus as a friend and a player who is determined as an acquaintance are also displayed whether a communication can be performed. By performing a communication with using the game apparatus with a passer-by player with whom no communication has been performed, for example, the player is automatically determined as an acquaintance player.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicants: GAME FREAK INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20140362604Abstract: In order to suppress uneven brilliance of emitted planar light and enhance a rate of light utilization, the present invention provides a backlight unit (1) including: a light guide plate (2) receiving from a light source (31) from a light receiving surface (22) on a side surface and emitting planar light from a light emitting surface on a front surface; and a front side pressing member (5) having a light guide plate pressing portion (52) to press a peripheral portion on the front surface of the light guide plate (2); wherein an attached shape (211) in a concave and convex pattern shape is formed in the light emitting surface (21), and the light guide plate pressing portion (52) is provided with an engagement portion (521) provided with a concave and convex pattern that is engageable with a attached shape (211).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventor: Junichi Masuda
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Publication number: 20140344464Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires operation information of a user, and executes an application based on the operation information. While the application is being executed, the information processing apparatus repeatedly searches for other unspecified information processing apparatuses by using a wireless communication function, and establishes a connection with the one or more of the other information processing apparatuses having been searched for. The information processing apparatus executes a communication application to communicate with the connected one or more of the other information processing apparatuses, based on the operation information and on operation information relating to the one or more of the other information processing apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Junichi MASUDA, Katsumi OHNO
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Publication number: 20140318515Abstract: An air-leading type, stratified scavenging two-stroke engine. The engine including a cylinder member and a crankcase joined therewith has an intake passage, an exhaust passage, first and second scavenging passages, a communicating portion and an air passage. The intake passage, the exhaust passage and the air passage are formed in the cylinder member. The first and the second scavenging passages each has a cylinder member-side passage and a crankcase-side passage. The cylinder member-side passages of both of the first and the second scavenging passages communicate with each other via the communicating portion. The air passage is connected to the cylinder member-side passage of the first scavenging passage. In the engine, air for pre-scavenging is introduced from the air passage through a check valve into the cylinder member-side passage of the first scavenging passage, and a part of the introduced air flows into the second scavenging passage through the communicating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji IMAFUKU, Yoshifumi WATANABE, Hideaki HIRANO, Junichi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20140318517Abstract: A stratified scavenging two-stroke engine includes: an intake passage that connects an intake opening through an outer surface of a cylinder member with an intake port opening to the inside of a cylinder, and supplies gaseous mixture of fuel and air; an exhaust passage that connects an exhaust outlet opening through the outer surface of the cylinder member with an exhaust port opening to the inside of the cylinder, and discharges combustion gas; a scavenging passage; and an air passage that connects an air inlet opening through the outer surface of the cylinder member with the scavenging passage and supplies pre-scavenging air into the scavenging passage. The intake and the air inlet are arranged at positions opposite from the exhaust port across the axis of the cylinder, and arranged side by side in a substantially circumferential direction of the cylinder or a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji IMAFUKU, Junichi MASUDA, Yoshifumi WATANABE, Hideaki HIRANO
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Patent number: 8832278Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires operation information of a user, and executes an application based on the operation information. While the application is being executed, the information processing apparatus repeatedly searches for other unspecified information processing apparatuses by using a wireless communication function, and establishes a connection with the one or more of the other information processing apparatuses having been searched for. The information processing apparatus executes a communication application to communicate with the connected one or more of the other information processing apparatuses, based on the operation information and on operation information relating to the one or more of the other information processing apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Game Freak, Inc.Inventors: Junichi Masuda, Katsumi Ohno
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Patent number: 8811847Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms a color image by overlaying toner images formed on respective first, second, and third photoreceptors, comprising: first, second, and third voltage-applied members respectively facing the first, second, and third photoreceptors; a first AC power supply generating first AC voltage, and superimposing the first AC voltage on first DC voltage to generate first voltage for causing a first electric field between the first voltage-applied member and the first photoreceptor; a second AC power supply generating second AC voltage, and superimposing the second AC voltage on second DC voltage to generate second voltage for causing a second electric field between the second voltage-applied member and the second photoreceptor; and a composite circuit superimposing a composite of the first voltage and the second voltage on third DC voltage, to generate third voltage for causing a third electric field between the third voltage-applied member and the third photoreceptor.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mikiyuki Aoki, Junichi Masuda, Taku Kimura, Takahiro Yokoya