Patents by Inventor Kaoru Shimizu

Kaoru Shimizu 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: 20240087205
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus that makes it possible to automatically orient a front face of a three-dimensional object represented by a three-dimensional image to a user. There are provided: a display unit that displays the three-dimensional image, by which the three-dimensional object appears to exist in a space partitioned by members configuring an outer surface, to be visually recognizable from a plurality of circumferential directions; a direction estimation section that estimates a direction in which a user exists as seen from the display unit; and a display control section that orients a front face of the three-dimensional object displayed by the display unit in the direction in which the user exists estimated by the direction estimation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu OMATA, Kaoru KOIKE, Yuichi MIYAGAWA, Hisataka IZAWA, Itaru SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11914797
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus that includes a display displaying a three-dimensional image such that a three-dimensional object looks as if in a space defined by a member constituting an external surface and that the three-dimensional object is visible from multiple directions around the display, a motion detector detecting a motion of the display caused by an external force, a motion calculation unit calculating a motion of the three-dimensional object caused by the motion of the display based on the motion detected by the motion detector, a display control unit changing the three-dimensional image displayed on the display based on the calculation by the motion calculation unit, and a force sense control unit causing a force sense presentation unit to present a sense of force based on the calculation by the motion calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Omata, Kaoru Koike, Yuichi Miyagawa, Hisataka Izawa, Itaru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220198401
    Abstract: An attendance management system includes a management device configured to manage attendance of a user and one earphone capable of performing a wireless communication with the management device, wherein the earphone is capable of detecting whether the earphone is mounted on the user and transmitting a result of the detection to the management device, and the management device determines that the user is at work when it is detected that a use state of the earphone is a predetermined state in which the earphone is communicably connected to the management device and mounted on the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi Uemoto, Hiromitsu Asaka, Toru Kaiwa, Masaki Takei, Misa Nishibe, Miharu Kobayashi, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10226400
    Abstract: A multi-cell container includes a bag of substantially flat shape made of flexible film, a partition wall as a separable seal welding opposite inner surfaces of the bag and dividing an inner space of the bag into a plurality of compartments and an inlet-outlet port located at a periphery of the bag so as to be opened to one of the plurality of compartments for introduction and/or discharge of liquid. The partition wall has a horizontal section extending in a direction along the bottom of the bag and a vertical section bent therefrom and extending to the topside of the bag. A first larger volume compartment is formed on one side of the partition wall adjacent the bag bottom and a second smaller volume compartment is formed on the other side of the partition wall. The inlet-outlet port is opened to the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: EA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Kouno, Hidetoshi Sakai, Kaoru Shimizu, Takahide Kawai
  • Patent number: 9216554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of fusion-bonding a plastic film (8a, 8b) to an object to be fusion-bonded such as a port member (16) in manufacturing a drug bag, and relates to a drug bag. The present fusion-bonding process comprises steps of disposing a heat generation element generating heat by absorbing infrared laser, on an opposite surface (8c) of the plastic film (8a, 8b) from the port member (16), or between the port member (16) and the plastic film (8a, 8b), pressing a press member (30a, 30b), which allows infrared laser to be transmitted therethrough, from a side of the plastic film (8a, 8b), and irradiating the infrared laser (L) to the heat generation element (24a, 24b) through the press member (30a, 30b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8668681
    Abstract: A multi-chamber container of two liquid mixing type, aiming for obtaining an increased reliability for preventing an administration from being practiced under a non separated condition of a weak seal. The medical bag 10 has an outer peripheral strong seal 14 and a weak seal 18 for separating the space inside the medical bag into two partitions 20 and 22. At the tip end of an outlet port 12, a flap 28 as a valve member is provided, which usually closes the outlet port 12 to the space inside the medical bag. The flap 28 is connected to the opposite surface of the medical bag, so that the flap 28 is displaced in cooperation with an expansion deformation of the medical bag as obtained when the weak seal 18 is opened, resulting in opening of the outlet port 12. The flap is formed with a small hole 44 for limiting a liquid flow amount to a small value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 8617133
    Abstract: A multi-chamber container includes a medical bag made of a flexible film for storing medicines, and an outlet port mounted to the bag for discharging medicines. The bag has partition wall dividing the bag into compartments for medicines, the wall has welded portion separated by pressing to the bag, the port has extended portion extending to inside the bag and closure member integral with the port and having U-shaped profile, the member has sealed point connected to the bag such that the member is opened by expansion of the bag when the wall separates, the extended portion has recess and thin wall portion connecting to the member, the thin wall portion is broken by the expansion of the bag such that the member is pulled by the sealed point, hinges at the recess and is opened, and the sealed point is positioned away from the recess and toward the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20130304016
    Abstract: A multi-cell container includes a bag of substantially flat shape made of flexible film, a partition wall as a separable seal welding opposite inner surfaces of the bag and dividing an inner space of the bag into a plurality of compartments and an inlet-outlet port located at a periphery of the bag so as to be opened to one of the plurality of compartments for introduction and/or discharge of liquid. The partition wall has a horizontal section extending in a direction along the bottom of the bag and a vertical section bent therefrom and extending to the topside of the bag. A first larger volume compartment is formed on one side of the partition wall adjacent the bag bottom and a second smaller volume compartment is formed on the other side of the partition wall. The inlet-outlet port is opened to the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Katsumi KOUNO, Hidetoshi SAKAI, Kaoru SHIMIZU, Takahide KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20130259407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of fusion-bonding a plastic film (8a, 8b) to an object to be fusion-bonded such as a port member (16) in manufacturing a drug bag, and relates to a drug bag. The present fusion-bonding process comprises steps of disposing a heat generation element generating heat by absorbing infrared laser, on an opposite surface (8c) of the plastic film (8a, 8b) from the port member (16), or between the port member (16) and the plastic film (8a, 8b), pressing a press member (30a, 30b), which allows infrared laser to be transmitted therethrough, from a side of the plastic film (8a, 8b), and irradiating the infrared laser (L) to the heat generation element (24a, 24b) through the press member (30a, 30b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8469938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of fusion-bonding a plastic film (8a, 8b) to an object to be fusion-bonded such as a port member (16) in manufacturing a drug bag, and relates to a drug bag. The present fusion-bonding process comprises steps of disposing a heat generation element generating heat by absorbing infrared laser, on an opposite surface (8c) of the plastic film (8a, 8b) from the port member (16), or between the port member (16) and the plastic film (8a, 8b), pressing a press member (30a, 30b), which allows infrared laser to be transmitted therethrough, from a side of the plastic film (8a, 8b), and irradiating the infrared laser (L) to the heat generation element (24a, 24b) through the press member (30a, 30b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7896860
    Abstract: A container for addition (co-infusion) of medicine to an infusion bag and aims to keep a positive sealed condition while preventing a number of parts from being increased and while maintaining a positive releasing of the sealed condition when an infusion process is carried out. A breakable lug 20 is integrally formed at a end of a port body 10 to which a soft container 80 for storing therein with a co-infusion liquid under a sealed manner, which lug 20 is able to be broken in order to obtain a release function. A rubber plug 98 of an infusion bag 90 is pierced by a needle body 11, while the port body 10 is press fitted into a straight bore of the needle body 11, so that the lug 20 is contacted with an opposed bottom wall of the needle body 11, resulting in at least partial breakage of the lug 20, thereby forming an opening 89 at the portion where the breakage is taken place, so that the medicine in the soft container 80 is transported (co-infused) into the infusion bag 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20100185171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of fusion-bonding a plastic film (8a, 8b) to an object to be fusion-bonded such as a port member (16) in manufacturing a drug bag, and relates to a drug bag. The present fusion-bonding process comprises steps of disposing a heat generation element generating heat by absorbing infrared laser, on an opposite surface (8c) of the plastic film (8a, 8b) from the port member (16), or between the port member (16) and the plastic film (8a, 8b), pressing a press member (30a, 30b), which allows infrared laser to be transmitted therethrough, from a side of the plastic film (8a, 8b), and irradiating the infrared laser (L) to the heat generation element (24a, 24b) through the press member (30a, 30b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MURAMATSU, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20100179505
    Abstract: A multi-chamber container having an outlet port, which is usually closed and is opened in cooperation with an expanded deformation of the bag upon the opening of the medical bag and aiming to obtain more reliable opening of the medical bag upon the separation of the partition wall. The outlet port firmly welded to a strong seal 14-1 at an outer periphery has a base portion 12-1, from which a rectangular cross-sectional shaped portion 12-6 integrally extends. The rectangular cross-sectional shaped portion 12-6 has, at its top surface, a U-shaped groove, the bottom surface 30 of which functions as a weak portion 30?. To a portion 33 inward from the U-shaped groove 39 at the top wall of the rectangular cross-sectional shaped portion 12-6, the opposed surface of the medical bag is firmly welded by a point seal 34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20100159423
    Abstract: A tactile pin display apparatus comprises: tactile pins 20 for braille display; a support housing 30 for supporting and allowing the tactile pins 20 to move forward and backward; cams 40 for raising ends of the tactile pins 20 to a desired height (ON-state) from a tactile surface 35; compression coil springs 10 for biasing the tactile pins 20 against the cams 40; shape memory wires 60 to be heated by current for pivoting the cams 40 forward to bring the tactile pins to the ON-state; and a cam return plate 50 for pivoting the cams backward to lower the tactile pins 20 back to a level (OFF-state) of the tactile surface 35. Even if in the ON-state the tactile pins 20 are strongly pressed by a user, or the current to the shape memory wires 60 is disconnected, the tactile pins 20 are not lowered back because upper surfaces of the cams 40 support lower surfaces of the tactile pins 20. All the tactile pins 20 can be lowered back to the OFF-state by a single reciprocal movement of the cam return plate 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Michinori Hashizume, Jiro Kajino, Kaoru Shimizu, Tomohiro Asao
  • Publication number: 20100100070
    Abstract: A multi-chamber container of two liquid mixing type, aiming for obtaining an increased reliability for preventing an administration from being practiced under a non separated condition of a weak seal. The medical bag 10 has an outer peripheral strong seal 14 and a weak seal 18 for separating the space inside the medical bag into two partitions 20 and 22. At the tip end of an outlet port 12, a flap 28 as a valve member is provided, which usually closes the outlet port 12 to the space inside the medical bag. The flap 28 is connected to the opposite surface of the medical bag, so that the flap 28 is displaced in cooperation with an expansion deformation of the medical bag as obtained when the weak seal 18 is opened, resulting in opening of the outlet port 12. The flap is formed with a small hole 44 for limiting a liquid flow amount to a small value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru SHIMIZU, Yasuhiro Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20080097372
    Abstract: A container for addition (co-infusion) of medicine to an infusion bag and aims to keep a positive sealed condition while preventing a number of parts from being increased and while maintaining a positive releasing of the sealed condition when an infusion process is carried out. A breakable lug 20 is integrally formed at a end of a port body 10 to which a soft container 80 for storing therein with a co-infusion liquid under a sealed manner, which lug 20 is able to be broken in order to obtain a release function. A rubber plug 98 of an infusion bag 90 is pierced by a needle body 11, while the port body 10 is press fitted into a straight bore of the needle body 11, so that the lug 20 is contacted with an opposed bottom wall of the needle body 11, resulting in at least partial breakage of the lug 20, thereby forming an opening 89 at the portion where the breakage is taken place, so that the medicine in the soft container 80 is transported (co-infused) into the infusion bag 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 7097457
    Abstract: Rotational member (310) with plural tactile pins (301) movable up-and-down for displaying characters is rotated by rotation driving means. Elastic O-rings (370) are provided in the rotational member (310) for pressing and holding the pins (301). Actuators (320) brought to contact the pins (301) are provided nearby the rotational member (310) for positioning the pins (301) at desired heights from a tactile surface. Cam (330) brought to contact with the pins (301) is provided also nearby the rotational member (310) for positioning the pins (301) at the reset position or height. Furthermore, selectively actuating means is provided for selectively actuating the actuators (320). Owing to such arrangement, a continuous tactile pin display apparatus can be reduced in size, weight and cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: ASKK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Kajino, Michinori Hashizume, Kaoru Shimizu, Tomohiro Asao
  • Publication number: 20050079472
    Abstract: Internet text information, e-mails or the like is continuously displayed as braille text of arbitrary length without being divided on a row-by-row basis. A structure includes a rotating braille display section for continuously displaying braille by moving a plurality of pins forward and backward over a touch-and-sense surface of a rotating disk, the pins corresponding to 8 to 36 characters, a key input section, an external interface section, a memory file memory section, and a control section for controlling these sections using software. Also included are a unit for connecting an external control device like a personal computer to the external interface section, and a unit for instructing the external control device by operating the key input section to load Internet text information or the like and store the information in the memory file memory section or display the information on the rotating braille display section as braille.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Shimamura, Jiro Kajino, Tomohiro Asao, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20040110562
    Abstract: Rotational member (310) with plural tactile pins (301) movable up-and-down for displaying characters is rotated by rotation driving means. Elastic O-rings (370) are provided in the rotational member (310) for pressing and holding the pins (301). Actuators (320) brought to contact the pins (301) are provided nearby the rotational member (310) for positioning the pins (301) at desired heights from a tactile surface. Cam (330) brought to contact with the pins (301) is provided also nearby the rotational member (310) for positioning the pins (301) at the reset position or height. Furthermore, selectively actuating means is provided for selectively actuating the actuators (320). Owing to such arrangement, a continuous tactile pin display apparatus can be reduced in size, weight and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Jiro Kajino, Michinori Hashizume, Kaoru Shimizu, Tomohiro Asao
  • Patent number: 6685116
    Abstract: A crushing apparatus is provided for crushing a printed circuit board on which electronic components are mounted into pieces of a size ranging from a few to ten centimeters square and separating some of the components and sheathed wires from the printed circuit board. The crushing apparatus comprises a rotor 3 having a substantially conical or truncated conical projected center 6 mounted at the center of rotation thereof, a plurality of extensions 3a thereof extending from the conical projected center 6 radially and horizontally, and studs 3 and 4 mounted on the extensions 3a thereof. A drive motor 8 is provided for rotating the rotor 3, a cylindrical case 1 accommodates the rotor 3 therein, and a plurality of studs 2 mounted are on the inner side of the cylindrical case 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Hisazumi, Takeshi Uemura, Nobuo Terada, Yoshiaki Furuya, Shoichi Irie, Kaoru Shimizu, Norio Hirata