Patents by Inventor Junichi Tamura
Junichi Tamura 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: 20220108114Abstract: A bed system includes: an imaging device; a bed on which the imaging device is to be installed; and a controller configured to process an image acquired by the imaging device to predict a possibility of overturning of a user, in which, when it is determined that a state of the user is a first state, the controller predicts the possibility of overturning of the user based on a first parameter, when it is determined that the state of the user is a second state, the controller predicts the possibility of overturning of the user based on a second parameter, the first state is a state of the user different from the second state, and the first parameter is different from the second parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Mao YOSHIDA, Takeshi NAGAYASU, Yosuke YAMAZAKI, Junichi TAMURA
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Publication number: 20220020099Abstract: A profile evaluation apparatus includes a processor configured to evaluate, in a case where users register profiles of the users, credibility of a profile item of a target user input to a profile publication service, which publishes the registered profiles, on a basis of information regarding the target user managed for a social networking service.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Junichi TAMURA, Chizuko SENTO
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Publication number: 20210397104Abstract: Toner classification apparatus comprising classification rotor comprising a plurality of vanes extending from rotation center side of classification rotor to outer circumference side of classification rotor; the plurality of vanes are disposed with prescribed gaps established between vanes; gaps form opening facing rotation center region of classification rotor; each of vanes is disposed such that portion of vane away from of center of rotation of classification rotor is located on more upstream side in a direction of rotation of classification rotor than portion of vane closer to center of rotation of classification rotor; each of vanes has elbow; and in a horizontal cross section provided by sectioning classification rotor in a rotational axis perpendicular direction of classification rotor, shape of vane satisfies prescribed formulae, as well as toner production method comprising classification step of carrying out classification process on particles to be classified by using toner classification apparatusType: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Daisuke YAMASHITA, Yuichi MIZO, Junichi TAMURA, Ran WAKAYAMA, Yutaro YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11198159Abstract: An article sorting apparatus, comprising a sorting mechanism (23) that performs a sorting operation to convey an inspected article (W) in one of a plurality of sorting directions (D1, D2 and D3); and a control unit that receives a sorting control signal (RJ) and controls operation of the sorting mechanism (23), wherein the sorting mechanism (23) includes rejection arms (31, 32) that change posture between a rejection posture where the rejection arms contact with the article (W) to change the conveyance direction to a specific sorting direction (D2 or D3) and a pass allowance posture where the rejection arms allow the article (W) to pass without contacting with the article, and air cylinders (33A, 33B) that operate the rejection arms to change the posture thereof, and an acceleration sensor (61) and a detection unit (62) and a deterioration determination circuit (46) that determines the deterioration of the movable portion (23M).Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Tamura, Koji Koizumi
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Patent number: 11193815Abstract: An article inspection apparatus includes a measuring unit 11 that outputs a measuring signal of weight within a required measurement time from a weight application time, when the weight of an article W is applied, a determination unit 16 that inspects the article W based on the measuring signal, an electromagnetic coil 84 that applies a diagnostic load to the measuring unit 11, and a performance diagnosis unit 18 that causes the diagnostic load to be applied from the electromagnetic coil 84 to the measuring unit 11, within a predetermined diagnosable time longer than the required measurement time from the weight application time, when the weight of the article W is applied to the measuring unit 11, and diagnoses the performance of the measuring unit 11, based on the measuring signal when the diagnostic load is applied.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Tamura
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Patent number: 11131938Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle including a binder resin, and inorganic fine particles A and silica particles B, wherein the inorganic fine particle A has a rectangular parallelepiped shape; an amount of the inorganic fine particles A is 0.3 to 3.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the toner particles; a number average particle diameter of the silica particles B is 80 to 200 nm; a fixing ratio of the inorganic fine particle A is 25% to 70%; where a separation amount of the inorganic fine particles A is denoted by YA (mg), and a separation amount of the silica particles is denoted by YB (mg), YA is 3.00 to 18.0, YA and YB satisfy the following formula, YA/YB>0.75, and a surface potential difference C in a rubbing test using the inorganic fine particle A and the binder resin is ?70 V to +70 V.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuji Murayama, Takaho Shibata, Junichi Tamura, Kenta Mitsuiki, Megumi Shino, Hironori Minagawa
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Patent number: 11099720Abstract: A display control device includes a processor configured to specify an emphasis item that a viewer viewing profile information of a first user desires to emphasize out of the profile information, the first user using a service with which the profile information is registered, from an operation history of the viewer, and perform a display control of displaying the emphasis item with priority over other items, in a case where the viewer views profile information of a second user.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Junichi Tamura
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Publication number: 20210208743Abstract: A display control device includes a processor configured to specify an emphasis item that a viewer viewing profile information of a first user desires to emphasize out of the profile information, the first user using a service with which the profile information is registered, from an operation history of the viewer, and perform a display control of displaying the emphasis item with priority over other items, in a case where the viewer views profile information of a second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi TAMURA
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Publication number: 20210055668Abstract: A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a styrene-acrylic resin, the toner being characterized in that the styrene-acrylic resin is a graft polymer having an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound segment and a styrene-acrylic segment, the styrene-acrylic segment has a specific monomer unit, the melting point of the styrene-acrylic segment is from 30° C. to 80° C., and when the toner is measured using a FT-IR ATR method, the intensity assigned to the styrene-acrylic resin and the intensity assigned to the binder resin satisfy a specific relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Junichi Tamura, Takaho Shibata, Ryuji Murayama, Kenta Mitsuiki, Megumi Shino, Hironori Minagawa
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Patent number: 10877386Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle and an external additive, the toner satisfies a certain relationship with regard to ?l (C/m2) and ?s (C/m2). The toner is divided into two groups i.e. a first group and a second group with inertial classifier, the first group including a larger size of the toner particles, and the second group including a smaller size of the toner particles, and the number of the toner particles in the first group being substantially equal to the number of the toner particles in the second group. Then, al (C/m2) represents an absolute value of average surface charge density of the toner included in the first group, and ?s (C/m2) represents an absolute value of average surface charge density of the toner included in the second group.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuji Murayama, Junichi Tamura, Kentaro Kamae, Hayato Ida, Daisuke Yamashita, Masaharu Miura, Takaho Shibata, Wakiko Katsumata, Yuichi Mizo
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Patent number: 10775710Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and a silica fine particle A on a surface of the toner particle, wherein D50 on a number basis of the toner is 3.0 to 6.0 the silica fine particle A is a particle having a particle diameter of 80 to 500 nm, the particle diameter being confirmable by observing the toner with a SEM, and when the average coverage with the silica fine particle A determined by image analysis of a particle group of a small particle diameter side of the toner with a SEM is set to Ss and the average coverage with the silica fine particle A determined by image analysis of a particle group of a large particle diameter side of the toner with a scanning electron microscope is set to S1, Ss is 20 to 70 area %, Ss and S1 satisfy S1/Ss?0.80.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro Kamae, Ryuji Murayama, Junichi Tamura, Masaharu Miura, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Koh Ishigami, Yuichi Mizo
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Publication number: 20200191642Abstract: An article inspection apparatus includes a measuring unit 11 that outputs a measuring signal of weight within a required measurement time from a weight application time, when the weight of an article W is applied, a determination unit 16 that inspects the article W based on the measuring signal, an electromagnetic coil 84 that applies a diagnostic load to the measuring unit 11, and a performance diagnosis unit 18 that causes the diagnostic load to be applied from the electromagnetic coil 84 to the measuring unit 11, within a predetermined diagnosable time longer than the required measurement time from the weight application time, when the weight of the article W is applied to the measuring unit 11, and diagnoses the performance of the measuring unit 11, based on the measuring signal when the diagnostic load is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventor: Junichi TAMURA
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Patent number: 10675757Abstract: A device for positioning a processing tool: a processing tool for processing the to-be-processed workpiece's surface while pressing the surface to be processed; a movement mechanism able to displace processing tool's distal end in a first direction orthogonal to the surface to be processed and/or a second direction parallel with the surface to be processed; a force sensor able to detect a force in the first and second direction applied to the processing tool's distal end pressed onto the surface to be processed; and a control device for executing a correction step for controlling the movement mechanism so the surface to be processed is pressed while the distal end's position of the processing tool is aligned with a processing reference position on the surface to be processed, and correcting the processing tool's position so that the force in the second direction is within a specific value or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Kinoshita, Jun Fujimori, Yuhei Horiuchi, Kazunori Hara, Junichi Tamura, Satoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200097722Abstract: An information processing device includes a determining unit and a setting unit. The determining unit determines a position of a second apparatus after a first apparatus comes into contact with the second apparatus. The first apparatus transports an object to or from the second apparatus. The setting unit sets a target location for the first apparatus in accordance with the determined position of the second apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro MINAMIKAWA, Yoshimi UEZU, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Junichi TAMURA
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Publication number: 20200064751Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle including a binder resin, and inorganic fine particles A and silica particles B, wherein the inorganic fine particle A has a rectangular parallelepiped shape; an amount of the inorganic fine particles A is 0.3 to 3.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the toner particles; a number average particle diameter of the silica particles B is 80 to 200 nm; a fixing ratio of the inorganic fine particle A is 25% to 70%; where a separation amount of the inorganic fine particles A is denoted by YA (mg), and a separation amount of the silica particles is denoted by YB (mg), YA is 3.00 to 18.0, YA and YB satisfy the following formula, YA/YB>0.75, and a surface potential difference C in a rubbing test using the inorganic fine particle A and the binder resin is ?70 V to +70 V.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Ryuji Murayama, Takaho Shibata, Junichi Tamura, Kenta Mitsuiki, Megumi Shino, Hironori Minagawa
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Publication number: 20200057397Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle and an external additive, the toner satisfies a certain relationship with regard to ?l (C/m2) and ?s (C/m2). The toner is divided into two groups i.e. a first group and a second group with inertial classifier, the first group including a larger size of the toner particles, and the second group including a smaller size of the toner particles, and the number of the toner particles in the first group being substantially equal to the number of the toner particles in the second group. Then, al (C/m2) represents an absolute value of average surface charge density of the toner included in the first group, and ?s (C/m2) represents an absolute value of average surface charge density of the toner included in the second group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Ryuji Murayama, Junichi Tamura, Kentaro Kamae, Hayato Ida, Daisuke Yamashita, Masaharu Miura, Takaho Shibata, Wakiko Katsumata, Yuichi Mizo
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Patent number: 10552102Abstract: A server apparatus includes a detection unit and a generation unit. The detection unit detects a change in information to be used for access to content provided by a web service. The generation unit generates, in a case where the change is detected, second content in which the information with new settings is added to first content which is associated with the information before the change.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi Tamura
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Publication number: 20200023523Abstract: A robot control system includes a robot apparatus that operates autonomously in accordance with control information provided to the robot apparatus, the robot apparatus receiving update information to be used to update the control information and updating the control information in accordance with the received update information, an imaging apparatus that captures an image of the robot apparatus, and a control apparatus including a transmitting unit that transmits to the robot apparatus update information generated in accordance with the image captured by the imaging apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimi UEZU, Junichi TAMURA, Takahiro MINAMIKAWA, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200023410Abstract: An article sorting apparatus, comprising a sorting mechanism (23) that performs sorting operation to convey an inspected articles (W) in one of a plurality of sorting directions (D1, D2 and D3); and a control unit that receives a sorting control signal (RJ) and controls operation of the sorting mechanism (23), wherein the sorting mechanism (23) includes rejection arms (31, 32) that change posture between a rejection posture that the rejection arms contact with the article (W) to change the conveyance direction to a specific sorting direction (D2 or D3) and a pass allowance posture that the rejection arms allow the article (W) to pass without contacting with the article, and air cylinders (33A, 33B) that operate the rejection arms to change the posture thereof, and an acceleration sensor (61) and a detection unit (62) and a deterioration determination circuit (46) that determine the deterioration of the movable portion (23M).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Junichi TAMURA, Koji KOIZUMI
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Patent number: 10514624Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle that contains a resin component and a silicone compound, wherein the resin component contains at least 50 mass % of olefin resin; a content of the silicone compound is from 1 mass part to 42 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the resin component; a weight-average molecular weight of the silicone compound as measured by GPC is from 1,000 to 25,000; and a content, in a molecular weight distribution of the silicone compound as measured by GPC, of a component having a weight-average molecular weight of not more than 500 is not more than 0.05 mass % of the silicone compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Tamura, Hayato Ida, Kentaro Kamae, Ryuji Murayama, Takashi Hirasa