Patents by Inventor Keiji Sakai

Keiji Sakai 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: 20240071231
    Abstract: A human machine interface is configured to select an information display destination from among a plurality of display areas. The HCU acquires a sight line direction of a driver based on an image of an in-vehicle camera. The HCU displays, upon detecting a hop-off action of the driver based on an output signal of an in-vehicle sensor in a situation in which an attention target event such as a puddle, a step, other vehicle or the like exists on a road surface near a door of a driver's seat, in the display area corresponding to the driver's sight line direction, text or an image practically indicating (a) a content of an attention target event or (b) how to deal with a situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi Nohara, Taro Kobayashi, Natsuko Miyazaki, Keiji Okamoto, Asuka Sakai, Kazuhiro Matsui, Haozhou Li, Jinhae Choi
  • Patent number: 11873235
    Abstract: There is provided an activated carbon having a high total trihalomethane filtration capacity, even in water treatment by passing water at a high superficial velocity (SV). In the activated carbon of the present invention, a pore volume A of pores with a size of 1.0 nm or less, of pore volumes calculated by the QSDFT method, is 0.3 cc/g or more, and a pore volume B of pores with a size of 3.0 nm or more and 3.5 nm or less, of pore volumes calculated by the QSDFT method, is 0.009 cc/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: AD'ALL CO., LTD., UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Nakano, Hirokazu Shimizu, Akinori Kawachi, Keiji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220250880
    Abstract: Provided is a crane including a guy link coupling part easily accommodatable at a predetermined position thereof. The guy link coupling part has a pair of left and right link members each extending in a front-rear direction, and a coupling member extending in a left-right direction and connecting the pair of link members to each other. A linking and retaining structure includes a first retainer provided on a boom for retaining the coupling member to restrict the coupling member from moving in the front-rear direction. The first retainer has: a first slope surface slanting inward of the boom, from a proximal position of the boom toward a distal end thereof; a second slope surface located closer to the distal end of the boom than the first slope surface and slanting outward of the boom; and a recess part disposed between the first slope surface and the second slope surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya WATANABE, Shoji WATANABE, Keiji SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220073318
    Abstract: Provided is a hoisting implement which can change a hoisting posture of a long object with a simple and light-weight configuration and minimize a possibility of occurrence of operational errors. The hoisting implement includes a first connection part and a second connection part disposed so that a center of gravity comes between the first connection part and the second connection part along the longitudinal direction of the long object. The first connection part allows a first end of the hoist rope to be fixed to the long object. The second connection part includes a link having a distal portion to which a second end of the hoist rope is allowed to be connected, a swing supporting portion fixed to the long object to swingably support the link about a proximal portion of the link, and a holding portion that detachably holds the distal portion of the laid link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji SAKAI, Akira KOYAHATA, Hiroshi NAKASHIOYA
  • Publication number: 20210261442
    Abstract: There is provided an activated carbon having a high total trihalomethane filtration capacity, even in water treatment by passing water at a high superficial velocity (SV). In the activated carbon of the present invention, a pore volume A (cc/g) of pores with a size of 1.0 nm or less, of pore volumes calculated by the QSDFT method, is 0.300 cc/g or more, and elemental vanadium and/or a vanadium compound is contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyasu NAKANO, Hirokazu SHIMIZU, Keiji SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210261441
    Abstract: There is provided an activated carbon having a high total trihalomethane filtration capacity, even in water treatment by passing water at a high superficial velocity (SV). In the activated carbon of the present invention, a pore volume A of pores with a size of 1.0 nm or less, of pore volumes calculated by the QSDFT method, is 0.3 cc/g or more, and a pore volume B of pores with a size of 3.0 nm or more and 3.5 nm or less, of pore volumes calculated by the QSDFT method, is 0.009 cc/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyasu NAKANO, Hirokazu SHIMIZU, Akinori KAWACHI, Keiji SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10184872
    Abstract: A viscosity/elasticity measurement device includes a container for containing a measurement target material for detection of viscosity/elasticity is contained, a floating rotor made of material including a conductor, formed in a plate and circular shape when seen in plan view, and configured to be floated on a surface of the measurement target material, a magnet applying a magnetic field to the floating rotor in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the measurement target material, a rotational magnetic field control unit driving the magnet to apply a rotational magnetic field to the floating rotor, inducing an induction current in the conductor, and applying rotational torque to the floating rotor to rotate by Lorentz interaction between the induction current and the magnetic field applied to the floating rotor, and a viscosity detection unit detecting the viscosity/elasticity of the measurement target material based on a rotation state of the floating rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
    Inventor: Keiji Sakai
  • Patent number: 10168267
    Abstract: A rotational speed detection device is provided that can detect the rotational speed of a rotating object with high precision by readily controlling a relatively inexpensive and compact optical device, and has a lower cost and a smaller size with maintained or improved detection precision of the rotational speed of the rotating object. The rotational speed detection device includes a light emitting unit (5), a light receiving unit (6), a received light data obtaining unit (13), and a rotational speed calculation unit (15) that calculates the rotational speed of a rotating object (3). The rotating object (3) has an irregular uneven portion (3A) on a rotating surface thereof. The received light data obtaining unit (13) obtains time-series data of received light data of light reflected by the uneven portion (3A). The rotational speed calculation unit (15) calculates the rotational speed of the rotating object (3) from the periodicity of the time-series data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KYOTO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Yasuda, Keiji Sakai
  • Patent number: 10053159
    Abstract: A cabin support deck for supporting a cabin of a construction machine on the underside of the cabin includes a frame member and a mounting portion. The frame member includes a proximal segment at which the frame member is supported, a distal segment, a left side segment, and a right side segment. The distal segment has a first structure having a first lateral dimension. The proximal segment has a second structure having a second lateral dimension which is greater than the first lateral dimension. At least one of the proximal side sections of the left side segment and the right side segment has the second structure, and the other portions of the left side segment and the right side segment have the first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Sakai, Tomonori Nakashita, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki
  • Publication number: 20170240218
    Abstract: A cabin support deck for supporting a cabin of a construction machine on the underside of the cabin includes a frame member and a mounting portion. The frame member includes a proximal segment at which the frame member is supported, a distal segment, a left side segment, and a right side segment. The distal segment has a first structure having a first lateral dimension. The proximal segment has a second structure having a second lateral dimension which is greater than the first lateral dimension. At least one of the proximal side sections of the left side segment and the right side segment has the second structure, and the other portions of the left side segment and the right side segment have the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji SAKAI, Tomonori NAKASHITA, Kiyotsuna KUCHIKl
  • Patent number: 9518908
    Abstract: An object is to measure a mechanical property of a fluid at a temporal resolution of at least 100 [?s]. Therefore, a method comprising: causing a droplet 21 to fly by ejecting a fluid to be measured from a nozzle 11a as the droplet 21; generating an electric field in a space around a flight path 22 of the droplet 21 by applying a voltage to an electrode arranged in the vicinity of the flight path 22; deforming the droplet 21 in a way of contactless deformation with a dielectric force induced by the electric field; and measuring a mechanical property of the fluid based on temporal variation of deformation state of the droplet 21 after deforming the droplet 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Keiji Sakai, Tomoki Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 9372141
    Abstract: A conductive rotator is immersed in a sample liquid in a sample container. A magnet is arranged at a specific distance from the rotation plane of the rotator in a direction of a rotating axis of the rotator so as to face the sample container. The magnet applies a magnetic field to the rotator from the outside of the sample container. A fluctuating magnetic field drive unit drives the magnet to apply the magnetic field that fluctuates in term of time to the rotator. Induced current is excited in the rotator by the fluctuating magnetic field. A rotating torque is provided to the rotator by the Lorenz interaction between the induced current and the fluctuating magnetic field, and as a result, the rotator rotates in the rotation plane. A viscosity detecting unit obtains the viscosity of the sample liquid based on a rotating state of the rotator and a time-fluctuating state of the fluctuating magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Yasuda, Keiji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20160161387
    Abstract: A rotational speed detection device is provided that can detect the rotational speed of a rotating object with high precision by readily controlling a relatively inexpensive and compact optical device, and has a lower cost and a smaller size with maintained or improved detection precision of the rotational speed of the rotating object. The rotational speed detection device includes a light emitting unit (5), a light receiving unit (6), a received light data obtaining unit (13), and a rotational speed calculation unit (15) that calculates the rotational speed of a rotating object (3). The rotating object (3) has an irregular uneven portion (3A) on a rotating surface thereof. The received light data obtaining unit (13) obtains time-series data of received light data of light reflected by the uneven portion (3A). The rotational speed calculation unit (15) calculates the rotational speed of the rotating object (3) from the periodicity of the time-series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Masanori YASUDA, Keiji SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20150068290
    Abstract: An object is to measure a mechanical property of a fluid at a temporal resolution of at least 100 [?s]. Therefore, a method comprising: causing a droplet 21 to fly by ejecting a fluid to be measured from a nozzle 11a as the droplet 21; generating an electric field in a space around a flight path 22 of the droplet 21 by applying a voltage to an electrode arranged in the vicinity of the flight path 22; deforming the droplet 21 in a way of contactless deformation with a dielectric force induced by the electric field; and measuring a mechanical property of the fluid based on temporal variation of deformation state of the droplet 21 after deforming the droplet 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: The Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science
    Inventors: Keiji Sakai, Tomoki Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 8757348
    Abstract: A paper money input and output device includes a money input unit to which paper money is paid in, a money output unit which releases paper money to the exterior of the device, a plurality of recirculation cases which, along with storing paper money, also output stored paper money to the money output unit, a collection case which can store paper money from the money input unit or the plurality of recirculation cases, and a rejected-for-payout case which stores money which has been paid out from the recirculation cases and which has been rejected for outpayment; and, along with these units being arranged so that the thickness direction of the paper money which they receive is in the same direction, and along with them being provided in a stacked state in that direction, on one side only of a direction which is orthogonal with respect to the direction along which the money input unit, the money output unit, the collection case, the rejected-for-payout case, and the recirculation cases are provided in a stacked
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Yoshikawa, Keiji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20140165710
    Abstract: A conductive rotator is immersed in a sample liquid in a sample container. A magnet is arranged at a specific distance from the rotation plane of the rotator in a direction of a rotating axis of the rotator so as to face the sample container. The magnet applies a magnetic field to the rotator from the outside of the sample container. A fluctuating magnetic field drive unit drives the magnet to apply the magnetic field that fluctuates in term of time to the rotator. Induced current is excited in the rotator by the fluctuating magnetic field. A rotating torque is provided to the rotator by the Lorenz interaction between the induced current and the fluctuating magnetic field, and as a result, the rotator rotates in the rotation plane. A viscosity detecting unit obtains the viscosity of the sample liquid based on a rotating state of the rotator and a time-fluctuating state of the fluctuating magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KYOTO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Yasuda, Keiji Sakai
  • Patent number: 8727592
    Abstract: A light source module of the present invention is configured such that there is a through hole (23) in one longitudinal end portion of a light guide (21) that constitutes a light guide plate, into which through hole (23) a positioning pin (24) for positioning an LED light source (12) and the light guide (21) fits. Further, a guide (9) is provided to the other end portion of the light guide (21), which guide (9) restrains the light guide (21) in a direction of a short side but does not restrain the light guide (21) in a direction of a long side. This makes it possible to provide a light source module that can reduce warping and cracking caused by expansion of a light guide, and an electronic apparatus including the light source module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Ishizaka, Kazuya Ikuta, Eiji Kurimoto, Sumito Nishioka, Keiji Sakai, Hirotsugu Matoba, Takeshi Takayama
  • Publication number: 20140047903
    Abstract: A viscosity/elasticity measurement device includes a container for containing a measurement target material for detection of viscosity/elasticity is contained, a floating rotor made of material including a conductor, formed in a plate and circular shape when seen in plan view, and configured to be floated on a surface of the measurement target material, a magnet applying a magnetic field to the floating rotor in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the measurement target material, a rotational magnetic field control unit driving the magnet to apply a rotational magnetic field to the floating rotor, inducing an induction current in the conductor, and applying rotational torque to the floating rotor to rotate by Lorentz interaction between the induction current and the magnetic field applied to the floating rotor, and a viscosity detection unit detecting the viscosity/elasticity of the measurement target material based on a rotation state of the floating rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: Keiji Sakai
  • Patent number: 8599447
    Abstract: In a light source unit (210) serving as an embodiment of an illuminating apparatus, when P is a light-emitting element pitch [mm], and H is an optical axis distance [mm] between light-emitting elements (212) and an original (G), and when, in an illuminance cycle (T) representing repetition of bright and dark areas in a main scanning direction (X) on a light-irradiated face (Gs) of the original (G) caused by the light-emitting elements (212), the light-emitting element pitch (P) and the optical axis distance (H) are set such that unevenness [%] (M) (=(L1?L2)/L3 [%]) obtained by dividing a value obtained by subtracting a minimum illuminance value (L2) from a maximum illuminance value (L1) by an average illuminance value (L3) and an inter-unevenness distance [mm] (N) which is a half cycle of the illuminance cycle (T) satisfy the relation M?N/2?5.5, and more preferably, M?N/2?7.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suto, Tomohiko Okada, Shohichi Fukutome, Hisashi Yamanaka, Kenji Nakanishi, Yoshihisa Yamada, Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Eiji Kurimoto, Keiji Sakai
  • Patent number: 8365582
    Abstract: An apparatus of measuring viscosity and/or elasticity comprising: an electro-conductive rotor; a container that contains a sample and the rotor such that the rotor is arranged in the sample; a magnet unit that is arranged in the surrounding of the container and applies a magnetic field to the rotor; a rotation controlling unit that drives the magnet unit to apply a rotating magnetic field to the rotor so as to induce induced current in the rotor and rotate the rotor by providing the rotor with a rotation torque caused by Lorentz interaction between the induced current and the magnetic field applied to the rotor; a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the rotor; and a dynamic property detection unit that detects viscosity and/or elasticity of the sample being in contact with the rotor based on the rotation torque and the rotational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventor: Keiji Sakai