Patents by Inventor Kengo Tanaka

Kengo Tanaka 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: 20200272299
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an operation display device, a hardware key input device, a placement detector, and processing circuitry. The operation display device includes a touch panel. The hardware key input device is configured to be placed on the operation display device. The hardware key input device includes a key top having a high dielectric constant for pressing the touch panel. The placement detector is configured to detect placement of the hardware key input device on the operation display device. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display on the touch panel to transition to a mode enabling a pressing operation using the hardware key input device when the placement detector detects the placement of the hardware key input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawamura, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Norihisa Matsuda, Fumitoshi Nishina, Masaki Tsugawa, Kengo Tanaka, Tetsuya Hirata
  • Publication number: 20200063299
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth that is excellent not only in flame retardancy and antistatic properties but also in appearance quality and preferably also has protection performance against electric arcs, a method for producing the same, and a textile product. A means for resolution is a cloth including a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and an electrically conductive fiber, wherein both the meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and the electrically conductive fiber are colored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kengo TANAKA, Hiroki SHIMADA, Kenji IWASHITA, Kenji YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10459368
    Abstract: A powder detector includes a driver to drive a motor, a stirrer to stir powder in a vessel, a vibration plate disposed in the vessel and vibrated by a flip of the stirrer rotated by the motor, and circuitry. The circuitry detects a vibration of the vibration plate, estimates an amount of powder based on a detection result of the vibration, and causes the driver to drive the motor from a starting point, so as to move the stirrer to a preset halt position. The starting point is a rotation angle of the motor on detection of the vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sumihiro Inokuchi, Hiroshi Adachi, Masashi Hommi, Naohiro Funada, Norio Muraishi, Kengo Tanaka, Shingo Nishizaki, Masaki Karakawa
  • Publication number: 20190227821
    Abstract: Provided is a remote operating system which enables to operate a device by a remote operating device in a simple and reliable manner even if the device to be operated is not equipped with a communication function, or if displayed contents on a monitor screen of the device to be operated are not recognized by the remote operating device. A remote operating system (100) includes: a screen acquisition unit (121); an image determination unit (122); a state providing unit (123); an operation reception unit (131); an operating signal output unit (132); a correct or incorrect operation determination unit (133); and a state database DB. The remote operating system (100) further includes a capture device (141) for capturing an image of a monitor X1 of a device X of interest, and a control interface (142) connected to a keyboard X2 of the object X to be controlled in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masato OWADA, Kengo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190196360
    Abstract: A powder detector includes a driver to drive a motor, a stirrer to stir powder in a vessel, a vibration plate disposed in the vessel and vibrated by a flip of the stirrer rotated by the motor, and circuitry. The circuitry detects a vibration of the vibration plate, estimates an amount of powder based on a detection result of the vibration, and causes the driver to drive the motor from a starting point, so as to move the stirrer to a preset halt position. The starting point is a rotation angle of the motor on detection of the vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sumihiro INOKUCHI, Hiroshi ADACHI, Masashi HOMMI, Naohiro FUNADA, Norio MURAISHI, Kengo TANAKA, Shingo NISHIZAKI, Masaki KARAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190154356
    Abstract: A heat storage system using a heat storage container having a tubular body, an adsorbent that is accommodated in the tubular body, generates heat by adsorption of an adsorbate and absorbs heat by desorption of the adsorbate, and a flow channel that penetrates the tubular body in a longitudinal direction, the heat storage system comprising a diffusion layer for transporting the adsorbate in liquid phase from the flow channel to the adsorbent, wherein the adsorbate is transported to the flow channel, the adsorbate is transported to the diffusion layer, a part of the adsorbate transported to the diffusion layer is adsorbed on the adsorbent, the adsorbent releases heat, and the remaining adsorbate is vaporized by the heat to become heat transport fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko CHIKAZAWA, Yuichi KIMURA, Kengo TANAKA, Mamoru SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190055674
    Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide yarn, which includes an ultrafine filament, and that has superior handling properties, elongation and contraction properties, and with which a fabric and a fiber product of high quality can be obtained, a fabric using this yarn, and a fiber product using this yarn or fabric. The solution is imparting a binder to yarn that includes a filament A-1 with a single fiber diameter of 10 to 3000 nm and a fiber A-2 with a single fiber diameter greater than the filament A-1, and obtaining a fabric or fiber product using the yarn as necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo TANAKA, Akira TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10202891
    Abstract: An object is to provide a precombustion-chamber gas engine in which occurrence of knocking is restricted. The precombustion-chamber gas engine includes: a cylinder; a cylinder head; a piston delimiting a main combustion chamber with the cylinder head; a precombustion-chamber cap delimiting a precombustion chamber inside thereof and including a plurality of nozzle holes through which the precombustion chamber is in communication with the main combustion chamber; an intake valve for opening and closing an intake port that opens on the cylinder head; and an exhaust valve for opening and closing an exhaust port that opens on the cylinder head. In a planar view where the cylinder head is seen from below, there are at least one intake-side nozzle hole and at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole, and a total nozzle-hole area of the at least one intake-side nozzle hole is larger than that of the at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Oda, Kengo Tanaka, Akihiro Yuuki
  • Patent number: 10163045
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus to which a removable device can be set is provided. The removable device includes a first memory to store first status information indicating a status of the removable device, first identification information identifying the removable device, and second identification information identifying the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Tanaka, Kazushi Takei, Norio Muraishi, Sumihiro Inokuchi, Masashi Hommi, Atsushi Kuramoto, Takuya Kemmochi, Yoichi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20180360169
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a hook and loop fastener that not only has excellent engaging properties but is also flexible, generates little ripping noise when the male part and female part are separated, is excellent for sewing to fabric or the like, and is very durable, and a textile product comprising the hook and loop fastener. A hook and loop fastener comprises a fabric A that has a resin layer and a napped fabric B that has a resin layer containing a napped portion and a ground structure portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9968435
    Abstract: The present invention provides a body lumen graft base that is a thin film, has adequate flexibility and low permeability, and can be inserted in a catheter with a small diameter. The body lumen graft base of the present invention is obtained by subjecting at least one surface of a woven fabric comprising a fiber having a total fineness of 1 to 80 decitex and a single fiber fineness of less than 0.1 decitex to press treatment using a calender machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Aya Saito, Kazuyoshi Tani, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Kengo Tanaka, Kumiko Tsuda, Mie Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 9934593
    Abstract: Provided is a status determination system which can easily and reliably acquire status information on a monitor screen from the monitor screen. A status determination system 1 includes: image acquisition unit 10 which captures a screen of a monitor X via an adapter device W and acquires the screen as an image; image determination unit 20 which determines whether or not the image is an image from which status information is to be acquired; color information acquisition unit 30 which acquires color information at a specific point on the image when it is determined that the image is an image front which status information is to be acquired; and status conversion unit 40 which converts the acquired color information at the specific point to the status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BICLICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Owada, Kengo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170270395
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus to which a removable device can be set is provided. The removable device includes a first memory to store first status information indicating a status of the removable device, first identification information identifying the removable device, and second identification information identifying the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo TANAKA, Kazushi TAKEI, Norio MURAISHI, Sumihiro INOKUCHI, Masashi HOMMI, Atsushi KURAMOTO, Takuya KEMMOCHI, Yoichi KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 9616786
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a tiltable unit provided in a receiving recess formed in a seatback, the vehicle seat including a stopper structure configured to keep the tiltable unit in the receiving recess, wherein the stopper structure is configured so that a protrusion piece provided to one of an inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and an outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit is pressed against the other, and wherein the protrusion piece is arranged to be sandwiched between a seat cover, which covers a general plane of the one of the inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and the outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit, and a seat pad covered with the seat cover, and the protrusion piece forms a protrusion shape protruding further than the general plane and pressed against the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kengo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170046853
    Abstract: Provided is a status determination system which can easily and reliably acquire status information on a monitor screen from the monitor screen. A status determination system 1 includes: image acquisition unit 10 which captures a screen of a monitor X via an adapter device W and acquires the screen as an image; image determination unit 20 which determines whether or not the image is an image from which status information is to be acquired; color information acquisition unit 30 which acquires color information at a specific point on the image when it is determined that the image is an image front which status information is to be acquired; and status conversion unit 40 which converts the acquired color information at the specific point to the status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Biclick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Owada, Kengo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9432546
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an electric power supply, a plurality of modules, a startup time calculator, and a fastest startup pattern determiner. The plurality of modules include a plurality of direct current (DC) modules and at least one alternating current (AC) module, and the modules are to be driven by an electric power supplied from the electric power supply. The startup time calculator calculates a startup time of each of the modules. The fastest startup pattern determiner determines a fastest startup pattern based on the startup time of each of the modules calculated by the startup time calculator, and starts up the modules in accordance with the determined fastest startup pattern. The fastest startup pattern is determined based on a longest startup time among the startup times of the DC and AC modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160135944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a body lumen graft base that is a thin film, has adequate flexibility and low permeability, and can be inserted in a catheter with a small diameter. The body lumen graft base of the present invention is obtained by subjecting at least one surface of a woven fabric comprising a fiber having a total fineness of 1 to 80 decitex and a single fiber fineness of less than 0.1 decitex to press treatment using a calender machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Aya SAITO, Kazuyoshi TANI, Yoshikazu TAKAHASHI, Kengo TANAKA, Kumiko TSUDA, Mie KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160127593
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an electric power supply, a plurality of modules, a startup time calculator, and a fastest startup pattern determiner. The plurality of modules include a plurality of direct current (DC) modules and at least one alternating current (AC) module, and the modules are to be driven by an electric power supplied from the electric power supply. The startup time calculator calculates a startup time of each of the modules. The fastest startup pattern determiner determines a fastest startup pattern based on the startup time of each of the modules calculated by the startup time calculator, and starts up the modules in accordance with the determined fastest startup pattern. The fastest startup pattern is determined based on a longest startup time among the startup times of the DC and AC modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9300100
    Abstract: An SRC includes a stator; a rotator rotatably attached to the stator; and a stack-type cable accommodated in an annular accommodation space defined by the stator and the rotator. The stack-type cable includes a transmission path FC including a pair of transmission path conductors and laminate sheets covering the pair of transmission path conductors and also includes a dummy FC that is provided on a front surface of the transmission path FC and is formed of laminate sheets not including a flat rectangular conductor, the transmission path FC and the dummy FC being stacked on each other; the stack-type cable further includes a grease that causes the transmission path FC and the dummy FC stacked on each other to adhere to each other; and a width-direction interval between the pair of transmission path conductors is set to smaller than, or equivalent to, a conductor width of each transmission path conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Abe, Kengo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9286957
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks each including a bit line to which a plurality of memory cells are connected, and a dummy bit line to which a plurality of dummy cells are connected; a reference cell; and a sense amplifier including a first input terminal to which selected memory cell of the plurality of memory cells is to be electrically connected via the bit line, and a second input terminal to which the reference cell is to be electrically connected, the dummy bit line of one memory block of the plurality of memory blocks different from another memory block of the plurality of memory blocks including the selected memory cell being to be electrically connected to the second input terminal of the sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Kengo Tanaka