Patents by Inventor Kenji Fujii

Kenji Fujii 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).

  • Patent number: 12171530
    Abstract: A pulse transit time measuring apparatus according to one aspect includes a belt unit configured to be wrapped around a measurement site of a user, an electrocardiogram acquisition unit including electrodes provided at the belt unit and configured to acquire an electrocardiogram of the user by using the electrodes, a pulse wave signal acquisition unit including a pulse wave sensor provided at the belt unit, and configured to acquire a pulse wave signal representing a pulse wave of the user by using the pulse wave sensor, and a pulse transit time calculation unit configured to calculate a pulse transit time based on a time difference between a waveform characteristic point of the electrocardiogram and a waveform characteristic point of the pulse wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawabata, Kenji Fujii, Naomi Matsumura, Reiji Fujita, Akito Ito
  • Patent number: 12168260
    Abstract: A method of welding a first member and a second member together includes preparing the first member and the second member, bringing the first member and the second member into contact to form a space between the first member and the second member, and bringing a welding horn into contact with the first member or the second member. The method of welding further includes performing a vibration process to vibrate the welding horn to weld the first member and the second member together by frictional heat, and performing a fluid-flow process to make fluid flow through the space. The fluid-flow process is performed during the vibration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ohira, Masato Takikawa, Kenji Fujii, Naoki Nakajo
  • Publication number: 20240408533
    Abstract: A method for separating a fluorocarbon, the method including separating a fluorocarbon having n carbon atoms from a mixture including the fluorocarbon having n carbon atoms and a fluorocarbon having n+m or more carbon atoms, where the fluorocarbon having n carbon atoms is separated by bringing the mixture and an adsorbent into contact with each other, n is an integer of 1 or more; and m is an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., ATOMIS INC.
    Inventors: Michiru KAGAWA, Yoshinori TANAKA, KenJI SUMIDA, Yusuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240388012
    Abstract: Electrical performance of a vehicular antenna device constant is kept constant. A vehicular antenna device 1 includes: a first antenna 31; a second antenna 32; a first cable 35 for the first antenna 31; a second cable 36 for the second antenna 32; and a housing 10 that holds the first antenna 31 and the second antenna 32. The first cable 35 and the second cable 36 are held in a predetermined region of one surface of the housing 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke FUJII, Kenji HAYAKAWA, Seiya HIROKI
  • Publication number: 20240379507
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lead, a semiconductor element, a sealing resin, and a first conductive section. The lead includes an obverse surface facing in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element includes a circuit section, an element first surface, and first electrodes on the element first surface. The first electrodes are connected to the obverse surface. The sealing resin covers the lead partially and the semiconductor element. The lead includes first terminal sections and a second terminal section aligned in a first direction crossing the thickness direction. Each first electrode is electrically connected to the circuit section. Each first terminal section is electrically connected to the circuit section via one first electrode. The first conductive section is between the second terminal section and the element first surface and connected to the second terminal section and the element first surface. The first conductive section is insulated from the circuit section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Akinori NII, Hiroaki AOYAMA, Kenji FUJII
  • Patent number: 12138021
    Abstract: A biometric data measurement system and method, including a transmitting device including a measurement unit configured to measure a first biometric data, a setting unit configured to set a first reference time corresponding to an occurrence time of a first feature value of the first biometric data, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal at a time when a predetermined first time period has elapsed since the first reference time, and a receiving device including a measurement unit configured to measure a second biometric data, a setting unit configured to set a second reference time corresponding to an occurrence time of a second feature value of the second biometric data, and a reception unit configured to maintain an awaiting state for the signal during a third time period from a time when a second time period has elapsed since the second reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawabata, Kenji Fujii, Naomi Matsumura, Reiji Fujita, Akito Ito
  • Publication number: 20240359220
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treating apparatus for treating a substrate. The substrate treating apparatus includes a substrate treating unit configured to supply a water-insoluble water repellent to the substrate to perform water-repellent treatment to the substrate, a decomposition solution mixing mechanism configured to mix a decomposition solution for decomposing the water repellent to a water repellent-containing liquid that contains the water repellent as a waste liquid generated through the water-repellent treatment of the substrate, and a discharging unit configured to discharge a mixed liquid of the water repellent-containing liquid and the decomposition solution to an outside of the substrate treating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Shigeru YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiko NAGAI, Keiji IWATA, Takashi AKIYAMA, Akira ITO, Daiki FUJII, Kazuki GODA, Yosuke NISHINO, Yuya KAWAI, Kenji EDAMITSU
  • Patent number: 12103543
    Abstract: A comfort determination model learning unit 81 learns a comfort determination model, by using comfortable activity data where a comfort indicator, which is an indicator measuring whether an individual is comfortable or not when an activity classified as a comfortable activity is performed, is associated with a teacher label indicating comfort, and uncomfortable activity data where the comfort indicator when an activity classified as an uncomfortable activity is performed, is associated with a teacher label indicating discomfort, as first training data, taking an objective variable for a comfort value indicating a degree of comfort, and taking an explanatory variable for each of the comfort indicators. An individual data generation unit 82 generates individual data including explanatory variables, which are used in the comfort determination model, generated based on the comfort indicators of the subject during riding on a vehicle, and driving situations of the vehicle when the comfort indicators are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asako Fujii, Yusuke Koitabashi, Takuroh Kashima, Yuki Chiba, Kenji Sobata
  • Publication number: 20240299981
    Abstract: A case, a piezoelectric vibrator, and a wire are provided. The case has a bottomed cylindrical shape, the case including a bottom portion and a side wall portion. The piezoelectric vibrator includes piezoelectric ceramic containing Ti and Zr, and is attached to the bottom portion inside the case. The wire is connected to the piezoelectric vibrator and extends to an outside of the case. A resonance frequency in a spreading vibration mode of the piezoelectric ceramic not attached to the bottom portion becomes minimum at a temperature in a range of about ?30° C. or higher and about 10° C. or lower. A cross-sectional porosity in any longitudinal cross section of the piezoelectric ceramic is about 1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji KORESAWA, Yusuke SUZUKI, Junichi NOMURA, Tomoaki MATSUSHITA, Akio FUJITA, Kazuhiko FUJII
  • Patent number: 12084774
    Abstract: A gas wiping nozzle manufactured from parts divided along the slit length direction and maintains a gap in the width direction over the length direction in high temperature atmospheres and a method for manufacturing a hot-dip metal strip. In a gas wiping nozzle, a first and a second nozzle member are each divided along the length direction X of a slit into a plurality of nozzle members. The dimension of a divided face of the first nozzle member is 1.5T1 or more in a section of the first nozzle member where T1 is the thickness of the first nozzle member in the width direction Z of the slit, and the dimension of a divided face of the second nozzle member is 1.5T2 or more in a section of the second nozzle member where T2 is the thickness of the second nozzle member in the width direction Z of the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamashiro, Hideyuki Takahashi, Takumi Koyama, Hidetoshi Inoue, Syuhei Nishinaka, Toshiki Fujii, Reona Aishima, Yutaka Yanagisawa, Masahiro Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20240268766
    Abstract: A blood-pressure-measuring device includes: a feature amount acquisition unit that acquires one or more feature amounts related to estimation of a blood pressure value of a human body; a blood pressure value calculation unit that calculates an estimated blood pressure value based on the feature amount; an actually measured blood pressure value acquisition unit that acquires an actually measured blood pressure value measured by a method different from the calculation by the blood pressure value calculation unit; a calibration determination unit that determines whether or not the feature amount acquired by the feature amount acquisition unit deviates from a predetermined reference value, the calibration determination unit determining to acquire the actually measured blood pressure value when the calibration determination unit has determined that the feature amount deviates; and a calibration processing unit that estimates blood pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Kenji FUJII, Naomi MATSUMURA, Akito ITO, Yuki SAKAGUCHI, Takahide TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240188874
    Abstract: A biological state estimation device that estimates a biological state based on at least an electrocardiographic feature amount and comprises an electrocardiographic waveform acquisition unit; an electrocardiographic feature amount extraction unit, a pulse waveform acquisition unit; a pulse wave feature amount extraction unit an electrocardiographic waveform quality determination unit; a first search reference point setting unit for setting a first reference point for searching the electrocardiographic waveform when the electrocardiographic waveform is of quality to enable extraction of the electrocardiographic feature amount; and a second search reference point setting unit that sets a second reference point for searching the electrocardiographic waveform on the basis of the pulse wave feature amount when the electrocardiographic waveform is of quality to enable extraction of the electrocardiographic feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akito ITO, Kenji FUJII, Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Naomi MATSUMURA, Yuki SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240188839
    Abstract: Highly accurate blood pressure estimation based on a circulatory organ-related feature amount can be performed. A blood pressure estimation device includes a blood pressure estimation unit configured to acquire a circulatory organ-related feature amount that is a feature amount related to a state of a circulatory organ and changes in accordance with pulsation of a heart and to calculate a blood pressure value from the circulatory organ-related feature amount, and a reference blood pressure measurement unit including a sound wave detection unit configured to detect Korotkoff sound generated in accordance with the pulsation, the reference blood pressure measurement unit being configured to measure a reference blood pressure value by using the Korotkoff sound. The blood pressure estimation unit includes a feature amount acquisition unit configured to acquire the circulatory organ-related feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Akito ITO, Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Kenji FUJII, Naomi MATSUMURA, Yuki SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11963778
    Abstract: A belt and electrocardiographic measurement device, the belt including a belt body windable around an upper arm in a circumferential direction of the upper arm, and an electrode array including a plurality of electrodes fixed to an inner surface of the belt body and arranged side by side in a direction, which is a longitudinal direction of the belt body, the plurality of electrodes being more than N+2 in number, where N is a number of electrodes required for obtaining electrocardiographic information, the electrodes, counted from a first electrode located at a first end in the direction (X) by counting including the first electrode, to the (N+1)th electrode in the direction (X) being arranged at equal intervals that are predetermined intervals, and intervals between each of the (N+1)th and subsequent electrodes being greater than the predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiji Fujita, Yasuhiro Kawabata, Kenji Fujii, Naomi Matsumura, Akito Ito
  • Publication number: 20240122517
    Abstract: A biological information measurement device adapted to be attached on an upper arm of a human body and used thereon includes a belt portion adapted to be wound around the upper arm, electrocardiographic measurement means including a plurality of electrodes for detecting an electrocardiographic signal of the human body, pulse wave measurement means including a pulse wave sensor for detecting a pulse wave of the human body, heartbeat vibration measurement means including a vibration sensor for detecting vibration caused by beating of a heart of the human body, and an analysis processing unit configured to calculate a pre-ejection time and a pulse transit time of the heart based on time series data of the electrocardiographic signal, time series data of the pulse wave, and time series data of the vibration caused by the beating of the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Kenji FUJII, Naomi MATSUMURA, Akito ITO, Yuki SAKAGUCHI, Reiji FUJITA, Daizo OKA
  • Publication number: 20240081718
    Abstract: A biological information measurement device includes a sensor unit that detects predetermined biological information related to an organ of a living body, an A/D conversion unit that converts a measurement signal output from the sensor unit into a digital signal, a storage unit that stores information including a digital signal related to the measurement signal output from the A/D conversion unit, an analysis processing unit that determines presence or absence of a suspicion of an abnormality in the organ by analyzing the digital signal, and a measurement control unit that changes a sampling frequency related to A/D conversion of the measurement signal under a predetermined condition when the analysis processing unit has determined that a suspicion of an abnormality is present in the organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji FUJII, Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Naomi MATSUMURA, Akito ITO, Yuki SAKAGUCHI, Daizo OKA, Takuya YOSHIDA, Seiji FUKUNAGA, Tatsuaki OKA
  • Publication number: 20240038709
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an electric conductor, a semiconductor element, and a bonding layer. The electric conductor has a main surface and a rear surface opposite to the main surface in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element includes a main body and electrodes. The main body has a side facing the main surface of the conductor, and the electrodes each protrude toward the main surface from the side of the main body to be electrically connected to the main surface. The bonding layer is held in contact with the main surface and the electrodes. Each electrode includes a base portion in contact with the main body, and a columnar portion protruding toward the main surface from the base portion to be held in contact with the bonding layer, which is a sintered body of a metal powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Kenji FUJII
  • Patent number: 11842971
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an electric conductor, a semiconductor element, and a bonding layer. The electric conductor has a main surface and a rear surface opposite to the main surface in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element includes a main body and electrodes. The main body has a side facing the main surface of the conductor, and the electrodes each protrude toward the main surface from the side of the main body to be electrically connected to the main surface. The bonding layer is held in contact with the main surface and the electrodes. Each electrode includes a base portion in contact with the main body, and a columnar portion protruding toward the main surface from the base portion to be held in contact with the bonding layer, which is a sintered body of a metal powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230386983
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor elements, a conductive support, a third semiconductor element and a sealing resin. The conductive support includes first and second leads spaced apart in a first direction. The first semiconductor element is supported by the first lead. The second semiconductor element is supported by the second lead. The third semiconductor element, supported by the conductive support, insulates the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element. The sealing resin covers a part of the conductive support. A distance d1 between the first lead and the second lead in the first direction is greater than distance d0 given by Equation below. In Equation below, Y is the number of years of insulation life (years) expected for the semiconductor device, A and B are constants determined by a material of the sealing resin, and X is a voltage (kVrms). d ? 0 = Y A B × 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshizo OSUMI, Taro NISHIOKA, Tomohira KIKUCHI, Kenji FUJII, Hiroaki MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20230361007
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes leads each having an obverse surface facing in a thickness direction and extending in a first direction crossing the thickness direction, a semiconductor element including electrodes connected to the obverse surfaces of the leads, and a sealing resin covering the leads and semiconductor element. The sealing resin includes a resin bottom surface opposite from the semiconductor element with respect to the leads in the thickness direction. The leads are mutually separated in a second direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and the first direction. Each lead includes a first reverse surface, a second reverse surface and a recessed surface facing away from the obverse surface in the thickness direction. The first and the second reverse surfaces are mutually separated with the recessed surface intervening in the first direction and exposed at the resin bottom surface. The recessed surface is covered with the sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji FUJII, Taro NISHIOKA, Shinya HIKITA