Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ito

Kenichi Ito 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: 20170371267
    Abstract: A print head includes: a mounting board; a light source portion that includes a plurality of light emitting elements provided on one surface of the mounting board; a drive member that is provided on other surface of the mounting board so as to generate a lighting signal and drive the light source portion; and a first temperature detector that is provided on the mounting board, and at least one second temperature detector that is provided at a farther position on the mounting board from the drive member than the first temperature detector; and the drive member includes: a light emitting unit that generates the lighting signal based on a temperature detected by the first temperature detector and a temperature detected by the second temperature detector; and an optical unit that forms an image of light emitted from the light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michio Taniwaki, Kenichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20170277644
    Abstract: A serial communication branching device and a serial communication system are provided. The serial communication branching device, which branches a plurality of slaves connected to the master by a daisy chain into a plurality of paths, is equipped with a first communication circuit that carries out communication with the master connected to a preceding stage side, a plurality of second communication circuits that carry out communication with the slaves of the paths connected to a subsequent stage side, and a path selection circuit disposed between the first communication circuit and the second communication circuits. In the case that a slave connected on the subsequent stage side transmits a reply signal to the master responsive to a transmission signal transmitted from the master, the path selection circuit selects a path of the slave that transmits the reply signal, and outputs the reply signal from the selected path to the master.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Baba, Kenichi Ito
  • Patent number: 9756322
    Abstract: A remote diagnostic device for a computer-controlled apparatus is provided with a camera configured to pick up an image on a display screen of the computer-controlled apparatus, a diagnostic computer installed in a remote place, and a signal conversion adapter. The signal conversion adapter transmits the image picked up by the camera to the diagnostic computer through a network communication line, automatically identifies an actuator of the computer-controlled apparatus, and converts a remote control signal received from the diagnostic computer into an input/output signal for the actuator and outputs the signal to the computer-controlled apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Ito, Cheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20170207475
    Abstract: An electrode for a redox flow battery, which is used in a redox flow battery that carries out a battery reaction using an electrolyte containing an active material, has a capacitance of more than 0.01 F/g. The electrode for a redox flow battery preferably has a charge transfer resistivity of 1 ?·cm2 or less. The electrode for a redox flow battery preferably has a density of 0.05 to 1.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Kenichi Ito
  • Patent number: 9706608
    Abstract: A straight tube LED lamp includes: a straight tube in which a plurality of light emitting diodes is housed; a first cap for forming a power feeding connection to the plurality of light emitting diodes, provided on one axial direction end side of the straight tube; and a second cap for grounding, provided on another axial direction end side of the straight tube. A first terminal for forming an electrical connection to a power feeding terminal of a first lamp socket is provided in the first cap. A second terminal for forming an electrical connection to a grounding terminal of a second lamp socket is provided in the second cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukano, Nobumichi Nishihama, Tadashi Yamanaka, Fumihiko Masuko, Takeshi Saito, Hiroki Nakagawa, Masanao Hieda, Kenichi Ito, Naoki Sugishita, Keisuke Ono, Keiichi Shimizu, Shinichi Kumashiro, Takeshi Osada
  • Patent number: 9598256
    Abstract: A document validating/stacking device is provided that has a validator 1 provided with a swingable rocker 10 formed with a head 16 and a stacker 2 detachably attached to validator 1. Stacker 2 comprises an X-linkage 20 having a driver arm 41 that is separably pushed by head 16 in the same rotational direction as head 16 swings to expand X-linkage 20, to thereby move pusher plate 18 from the initial position to the extended position and to stow the document within interim chamber 24 into storage 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Cash Machine, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20170074899
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device installed in a machine where there is a possibility in occurrence of vibration or impact, including: an acceleration detecting unit detecting acceleration in a predetermined time interval; an impact determining unit, in a case where it is determined that an acceleration value of acceleration detected by the acceleration detecting unit exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, calculating a second threshold value based on a maximum value among acceleration values of plural accelerations detected by the acceleration detecting unit for a predetermined time interval after the determination, in a case where the number of accelerations where acceleration values exceeds the second threshold value among the plural accelerations is a predetermined number or less, determining the impact as a single-type impact, and in a case where the number exceeds the predetermined number, determining the impact as a multiple-type impact; and an output unit outputting a signal in a case where the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Oouchi, Kenichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20170015002
    Abstract: An automated robotic assembly system is configured to assemble a device by fitting a first component made of a material liable to deformation by external force with a second component by means of a robot, and the first component is provided with a distortion detection unit for detecting distortion thereof. If the distortion detected by the distortion detection unit exceeds a predetermined value, a signal for notifying abnormality is output to stop an automated assembly operation by the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi ITO, Cheng LIU
  • Patent number: 9343319
    Abstract: First, a product to be inspected is prepared. The product to be inspected includes a substrate and a first film formed on the substrate. TDS is performed while the temperature of the product to be inspected is raised to 1,000° C. or higher, and the quality of the product to be inspected is determined by checking for the presence or absence of a peak at 1,000° C. or higher. Meanwhile, the substrate is, for example, a semiconductor substrate such as a silicon substrate. In addition, the rate of temperature rise is, for example, equal to or higher than 40° C./min and equal to or lower than 80° C./min. The upper limit of the temperature of TDS is, for example, 1,300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shien Cho, Takahiro Hara, Kenichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20160104338
    Abstract: A document validating/stacking device is provided that has a validator 1 provided with a swingable rocker 10 formed with a head 16 and a stacker 2 detachably attached to validator 1. Stacker 2 comprises an X-linkage 20 having a driver arm 41 that is separably pushed by head 16 in the same rotational direction as head 16 swings to expand X-linkage 20, to thereby move pusher plate 18 from the initial position to the extended position and to stow the document within interim chamber 24 into storage 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20160073103
    Abstract: A remote diagnostic device for a computer-controlled apparatus is provided with a camera configured to pick up an image on a display screen of the computer-controlled apparatus, a diagnostic computer installed in a remote place, and a signal conversion adapter. The signal conversion adapter transmits the image picked up by the camera to the diagnostic computer through a network communication line, automatically identifies an actuator of the computer-controlled apparatus, and converts a remote control signal received from the diagnostic computer into an input/output signal for the actuator and outputs the signal to the computer-controlled apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi ITO, Cheng LIU
  • Patent number: 9251636
    Abstract: A document validating/stacking device is provided that has a validator 1 provided with a swingable rocker 10 formed with a head 16 and a stacker 2 detachably attached to validator 1. Stacker 2 comprises an X-linkage 20 having a driver arm 41 that is separably pushed by head 16 in the same rotational direction as head 16 swings to expand X-linkage 20, to thereby move pusher plate 18 from the initial position to the extended position and to stow the document within interim chamber 24 into storage 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Ito
  • Patent number: 9222909
    Abstract: A biosensor according to the present invention includes a first base material having an insulating surface; an adhesive layer located on the insulating surface of the first base material; and an electrode system and wiring sections fixed to the first base material via the adhesive layer. The electrode system includes top electrode layers and bottom electrode layers, and the bottom electrode layers are formed of a material having a higher conductivity than that of the top electrode layers; the electrode system includes a working electrode and a counter electrode, and also includes an enzyme reaction section located on the working electrode, the enzyme reaction section containing an enzyme and an electron acceptor; and the bottom electrode layers and the wiring sections are integral with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanao Watanabe, Kenichi Ito, Makoto Ishii, Hiroshi Yoshida, Toshiaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20150213668
    Abstract: A document validating/stacking device is provided that has a validator 1 provided with a swingable rocker 10 formed with a head 16 and a stacker 2 detachably attached to validator 1. Stacker 2 comprises an X-linkage 20 having a driver arm 41 that is separably pushed by head 16 in the same rotational direction as head 16 swings to expand X-linkage 20, to thereby move pusher plate 18 from the initial position to the extended position and to stow the document within interim chamber 24 into storage 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Kenichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20150125969
    Abstract: First, a product to be inspected is prepared. The product to be inspected includes a substrate and a first film formed on the substrate. TDS is performed while the temperature of the product to be inspected is raised to 1,000° C. or higher, and the quality of the product to be inspected is determined by checking for the presence or absence of a peak at 1,000° C. or higher. Meanwhile, the substrate is, for example, a semiconductor substrate such as a silicon substrate. In addition, the rate of temperature rise is, for example, equal to or higher than 40° C./min and equal to or lower than 80° C./min. The upper limit of the temperature of TDS is, for example, 1,300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shien CHO, Takahiro HARA, Kenichi ITO
  • Patent number: 9026380
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air gap measuring apparatus, for measuring width of an air gap formed between a rotator and a stator. An insertion section has a first flat plate section and a second flat plate section. Gap adjusting means drives the second flat plate section such that the second flat plate section moves away from the first flat plate section, until the first flat plate section and the second flat plate section abuts on the rotator and the stator. An operating section extends to outside of the insertion section, and operates the gap adjusting means. An elastic body has an end that follows the first flat plate section, and other end that follows the second flat plate section. A strain gage outputs electrical signals corresponding to the strain of the elastic body, the strain being formed due to the movement of the second flat plate section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ito, Yasuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140359268
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for changing a security key on a computer chip that has a CPU, a first OTPROM (OTPROM1) storing a root key of the chip or derivative thereof (RKPUB1), and a second OTPROM (OTPROM2) on which the chip manufacturer stores nothing. A ROM of the chip stores a first software program (SW1). A device manufacturer can take that chip and interface it to a mass memory of a memory block of an electronic device, then execute a second software program (SW2) that is stored on the mass memory only if SW2 is authenticated by SW1 using the RKPUB1. Then a new root key of the chip or derivative thereof (RKPUB2) is provided (via SW2 or a USB connection for example) which is stored to the OTPROM2 via a security service portion of SW1. Thereafter RKPUB2 can be used to authenticate SW2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Antti JAUHIAINEN, Vesa PELLIKKA, Arnaud BOSCHER, Kenichi ITO, Taina Maria ANTTILA
  • Patent number: 8866279
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a lead frame; a semiconductor element held by the lead frame; a frame body which is formed on the lead frame to surround the semiconductor element, cover a side surface of the lead frame, and expose a bottom surface of the lead frame; and a protective resin filling a region surrounded by the frame body. The lead frame includes an uneven part formed in a section which is part of an upper surface of the lead frame, and is covered with the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuu Hasegawa, Tooru Aoyagi, Kenichi Ito, Toshiyuki Fukuda, Kiyoshi Fujihara, Masanori Nishino
  • Publication number: 20140151734
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element mounted on the substrate, with a surface opposite to a light-emitting surface facing the substrate; a first resin encapsulant which covers the light-emitting element such that at least part of the light-emitting surface is exposed; and a second resin encapsulant provided on and in contact with the first resin encapsulant and the light-emitting surface. The first resin encapsulant contains a light reflective material. The second resin encapsulant has a function of converting first light emitted by the light-emitting element into second light of different wavelength, and a function of mixing the first light and the second light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi ITO, Yoshiyuki IDE, Hideaki USUKUBO, Koji NAKATSU, Takafumi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20130228518
    Abstract: A separation membrane module and fluid separation method are disclosed. A plurality of tubes are arranged in a body. A first chamber on a first fixed plate at an opposite side where the tubes are attached, comprising a plurality of rooms divided by at least one divider. A second chamber on a second fixed plate at an opposite side where the tubes are attached, comprising a plurality of rooms divided by at least one divider. The tubes are connected in series in terms of fluid path. A operation in which mixed fluid containing two or more types of fluid that flows into one of the rooms within one of chambers flows within one of the tubes, flows into one of the rooms within another chamber, and flows into another of the tubes by way of one of the rooms within the another chamber is repeatedly carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi ITO, Masaaki OBATA