Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Mukai
Kazuhiro Mukai 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: 11708232Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stacking apparatus includes: a first precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys first sheets; a second precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys second sheets; a merging unit that guides, to a merge point, the first sheets output from the first precedent-stage conveyor unit and guides, to the merge point, the second sheets output from the second precedent-stage conveyor unit; a subsequent-stage conveyor unit that sequentially receives, at the merge point, the conveyed first sheets and the conveyed second sheets, and conveys the received first sheets and the received second sheets in order of the reception while lining up in a conveying direction; and a stacking unit that sequentially catches each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets and stacks, at a predetermined position, each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets in order of the catch.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuko Kobayashi, Misato Ishikawa, Shunsuke Hattori, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Takahiro Kokubo, Noboru Nakamura, Masahito Kochiwa, Hiroyuki Fukuyo, Kazuhiro Mukai, Takeshi Yamagata, Mitsuhiro Saitou
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Patent number: 11679425Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method including: warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well; warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, the decomposer microorganisms being infused in the activator liquid, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well, or warming a purification liquid for decomposing a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the purification liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the purification liquid into an in-ground injection well.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: TAKENAKA CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Inaba, Yuji Yamazaki, Takaaki Shimizu, Nobuyasu Okuda, Yasuhide Furukawa, Tomohiro Nakashima, Haruka Kiyotomo, Kazuhiro Mukai, Masafumi Funakawa, Ai Hasegawa, Keisuke Omura, Kota Tanabe
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Patent number: 11231406Abstract: A ground injection agent concentration estimation method including a injecting an injection liquid to which an injection agent and a marker exhibiting similar behavior in subsurface ground to that of the injection agent have been added, into the subsurface ground through a water injection well; measuring a concentration of the marker at a location spaced apart from the water injection well, and estimating a concentration of the injection agent in the groundwater from the concentration of the marker.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: TAKENAKA CORPORATIONInventors: Haruka Kiyotomo, Takaaki Shimizu, Tomohiro Nakashima, Yamato Shimizu, Nobuyasu Okuda, Yasuhide Furukawa, Yuji Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Mukai, Kaoru Inaba
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Publication number: 20210245982Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stacking apparatus includes: a first precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys first sheets; a second precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys second sheets; a merging unit that guides, to a merge point, the first sheets output from the first precedent-stage conveyor unit and guides, to the merge point, the second sheets output from the second precedent-stage conveyor unit; a subsequent-stage conveyor unit that sequentially receives, at the merge point, the conveyed first sheets and the conveyed second sheets, and conveys the received first sheets and the received second sheets in order of the reception while lining up in a conveying direction; and a stacking unit that sequentially catches each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets and stacks, at a predetermined position, each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets in order of the catch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuko KOBAYASHI, Misato ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke HATTORI, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Takahiro KOKUBO, Noboru NAKAMURA, Masahito KOCHIWA, Hiroyuki FUKUYO, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Takeshi YAMAGATA, Mitsuhiro SAITOU
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Patent number: 11084075Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method includes a first process of injecting a cleaning liquid, that separates a contaminant in subsurface soil from the subsurface soil and that has been warmed to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, into an injection well provided in the ground, and a second process of pumping up groundwater containing the cleaning liquid, in which the contaminant separated from the subsurface soil has been dissolved, from a pumping well that is provided in the ground so as to be spaced apart from the injection well.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: TAKENAKA CORPORATION, TAKENAKA CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yamazaki, Takaaki Shimizu, Nobuyasu Okuda, Yasuhide Furukawa, Tomohiro Nakashima, Haruka Kiyotomo, Kazuhiro Mukai, Kaoru Inaba, Koudai Mae, Masafumi Funakawa, Ai Hasegawa, Keisuke Omura, Kota Tanabe
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Patent number: 11000885Abstract: A contaminated soil purification system for decomposing a contaminant in contaminated soil E. The contaminated soil purification system includes: injecting, into contaminated soil through a water injection well, an injection liquid containing a purification agent to decompose a contaminant or an activator to stimulate biological decomposition by the purification agent; a process of measuring a concentration of the purification agent or the activator in groundwater in an observation well or in a pumping well, the observation well or the pumping well being provided at a location spaced apart from the water injection well; and a process of, based on the concentration that has been measured, automatically controlling an addition amount of the purification agent or the activator to the injection liquid or automatically controlling a pumping amount of water from the pumping well.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Takenaka CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Nakashima, Takaaki Shimizu, Haruka Kiyotomo, Yamato Shimizu, Nobuyasu Okuda, Yasuhide Furukawa, Yuji Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Mukai, Kaoru Inaba
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Patent number: 10742765Abstract: A device system includes a first server on a first network and a second server on a second network. The second server stores processing data transmitted from the first server in the second memory, in response to a request for processing the processing data from the electronic device, transmits the processing data to the electronic device, and stores, in the second memory, information indicating that the processing data has been processed in association with the processing data in response to reception of a notification indicating that the processing data has been processed from the electronic device. The first server determines whether the second server stores the information indicating that the processing data has been processed, and stores the information indicating that the processing data has been processed in the first memory based on a determination that the second server stores the information indicating that the processing data has been processed.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiro Mukai
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Patent number: 10664213Abstract: An information processing system and apparatus are provided. The information processing system includes the information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus through a network. The information processing apparatus authenticates a user based on a card identifier (ID) acquired through the network, and controls execution of an image formation output by the image processing apparatus based on priority execution settings indicating execution order of process execution information set in advance and the process execution information, the image processing apparatus including an image forming device configured to executes the image formation output.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro Mukai
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Publication number: 20200061683Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method including: warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well; warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, the decomposer microorganisms being infused in the activator liquid, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well, or warming a purification liquid for decomposing a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the purification liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the purification liquid into an in-ground injection well.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicants: TAKENAKA CORPORATION, TAKENAKA CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru INABA, Yuji YAMAZAKI, Takaaki SHIMIZU, Nobuyasu OKUDA, Yasuhide FURUKAWA, Tomohiro NAKASHIMA, Haruka KIYOTOMO, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Masafumi FUNAKAWA, Ai HASEGAWA, Keisuke OMURA, Kota TANABE
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Publication number: 20190324008Abstract: A ground injection agent concentration estimation method including a injecting an injection liquid to which an injection agent and a marker exhibiting similar behavior in subsurface ground to that of the injection agent have been added, into the subsurface ground through a water injection well; measuring a concentration of the marker at a location spaced apart from the water injection well, and estimating a concentration of the injection agent in the groundwater from the concentration of the marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: TAKENAKA CORPORATIONInventors: Haruka KIYOTOMO, Takaaki SHIMIZU, Tomohiro NAKASHIMA, Yamato SHIMIZU, Nobuyasu OKUDA, Yasuhide FURUKAWA, Yuji YAMAZAKI, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Kaoru INABA
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Publication number: 20190303080Abstract: An information processing system and apparatus are provided. The information processing system includes the information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus through a network. The information processing apparatus authenticates a user based on a card identifier (ID) acquired through the network, and controls execution of an image formation output by the image processing apparatus based on priority execution settings indicating execution order of process execution information set in advance and the process execution information, the image processing apparatus including an image forming device configured to executes the image formation output.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventor: Kazuhiro MUKAI
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Publication number: 20190232347Abstract: A contaminated soil purification system for decomposing a contaminant in contaminated soil E. The contaminated soil purification system includes: injecting, into contaminated soil through a water injection well, an injection liquid containing a purification agent to decompose a contaminant or an activator to stimulate biological decomposition by the purification agent; a process of measuring a concentration of the purification agent or the activator in groundwater in an observation well or in a pumping well, the observation well or the pumping well being provided at a location spaced apart from the water injection well; and a process of, based on the concentration that has been measured, automatically controlling an addition amount of the purification agent or the activator to the injection liquid or automatically controlling a pumping amount of water from the pumping well.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: TAKENAKA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro NAKASHIMA, Takaaki SHIMIZU, Haruka KIYOTOMO, Yamato SHIMIZU, Nobuyasu OKUDA, Yasuhide FURUKAWA, Yuji YAMAZAKI, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Kaoru INABA
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Patent number: 10351288Abstract: A paper sheets pre-processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a large band remover, a small bundle coupler, a small band remover and an accumulator. The large band remover conveys a bundle in which a plurality of paper sheets are bound by small bands and a predetermined number of small bundles are bound by a large band, and removes the large band from the bundle. The small bundle coupler conveys the predetermined number of small bundles included in the bundle from which the large band is removed by the large band remover, and couples the predetermined number of small bundles to each other. The small band remover separates a single small bundle from the small bundles coupled by the small bundle coupler and removes the small band from the small bundle. The accumulator accumulates the paper sheets from which the small band is removed by the small band remover.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichi Hirose, Kazuhiro Mukai, Masahiro Nagao, Junichi Inoue, Toshinori Utsugi, Osamu Maruyama
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Publication number: 20190193129Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method includes a first process of injecting a cleaning liquid, that separates a contaminant in subsurface soil from the subsurface soil and that has been warmed to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, into an injection well provided in the ground, and a second process of pumping up groundwater containing the cleaning liquid, in which the contaminant separated from the subsurface soil has been dissolved, from a pumping well that is provided in the ground so as to be spaced apart from the injection well.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Yuji YAMAZAKI, Takaaki SHIMIZU, Nobuyasu OKUDA, Yasuhide FURUKAWA, Tomohiro NAKASHIMA, Haruka KIYOTOMO, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Kaoru INABA, Koudai MAE, Masafumi FUNAKAWA, Ai HASEGAWA, Keisuke OMURA, Kota TANABE
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Patent number: 10318218Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more information processing apparatuses to individually store a print job executable with an image forming apparatus, and a management apparatus. Each information processing apparatus includes a first memory to store the print job and first circuitry to transmit, through a network, user identification information identifying one or more users who are allowed to execute the print job. The management apparatus includes a second memory to store association information associating for each print job the user identification information transmitted from the first circuitry and apparatus identification information identifying one of the one or more information processing apparatus storing the print job, and second circuitry to refer the association information and specify apparatus identification information of at least one of the one or more information processing apparatuses, and to transmit a list of information processing apparatuses through the network.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Minako Takigawa, Kazuhiro Mukai
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Publication number: 20190068741Abstract: A device system includes a first server on a first network and a second server on a second network. The second server stores processing data transmitted from the first server in the second memory, in response to a request for processing the processing data from the electronic device, transmits the processing data to the electronic device, and stores, in the second memory, information indicating that the processing data has been processed in association with the processing data in response to reception of a notification indicating that the processing data has been processed from the electronic device. The first server determines whether the second server stores the information indicating that the processing data has been processed, and stores the information indicating that the processing data has been processed in the first memory based on a determination that the second server stores the information indicating that the processing data has been processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro MUKAI
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Publication number: 20180210686Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more information processing apparatuses to individually store a print job executable with an image forming apparatus, and a management apparatus. Each information processing apparatus includes a first memory to store the print job and first circuitry to transmit, through a network, user identification information identifying one or more users who are allowed to execute the print job. The management apparatus includes a second memory to store association information associating for each print job the user identification information transmitted from the first circuitry and apparatus identification information identifying one of the one or more information processing apparatus storing the print job, and second circuitry to refer the association information and specify apparatus identification information of at least one of the one or more information processing apparatuses, and to transmit a list of information processing apparatuses through the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Minako Takigawa, Kazuhiro Mukai
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Publication number: 20180072442Abstract: According to one embodiment, a paper sheet binding apparatus includes a pressing member(1) that presses object to be bound(T?) with a plurality of paper sheets stacked in a stacking direction of the paper sheets to move the object to be bound in the stacking direction, a feed unit(20) that feeds a binding belt(f) in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction ahead of a moving direction of the object to be bound, a press member(3,4) that folds the binding belt along a back end in the moving direction of the object to be bound which is pressed by the pressing member and around which the binding belt is wound while pressing the back end of the object to be bound, and a welding and cutting unit(7) that welds the folded binding belts with each other and cuts the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiro Mukai, Yuta Makino, Atsushi Ina
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Publication number: 20160264278Abstract: A paper sheets pre-processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a large band remover, a small bundle coupler, a small band remover and an accumulator. The large band remover conveys a bundle in which a plurality of paper sheets are bound by small bands and a predetermined number of small bundles are bound by a large band, and removes the large band from the bundle. The small bundle coupler conveys the predetermined number of small bundles included in the bundle from which the large band is removed by the large band remover, and couples the predetermined number of small bundles to each other. The small band remover separates a single small bundle from the small bundles coupled by the small bundle coupler and removes the small band from the small bundle. The accumulator accumulates the paper sheets from which the small band is removed by the small band remover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Kenichi Hirose, Kazuhiro Mukai, Masahiro Nagao, Junichi Inoue, Toshinori Utsugi, Osamu Maruyama
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Patent number: 9394124Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet insert device includes a cassette having a plurality of containing portions each of which contains a plurality of sheets in a vertically stacked state, a moving structure to move the cassette so that the plurality of containing portions are arranged in turn at a pulling-out position, a grip arm to grip the plurality of sheets contained in the containing portion arranged at the pulling-out position in the stacking direction, and a transferring structure which moves the grip arm, to pull out the plurality of sheets at the pulling-out position which are gripped by the grip arm from the containing portion, and transfers the plurality of sheets to a sheet loading part without changing the posture.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Iwao Tsuji, Kazuhiro Mukai