Patents by Inventor Kenji Ito

Kenji 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).

  • Patent number: 10168604
    Abstract: A projection-type display device includes: R, G, and B light sources that emit light beams with different colors; a projection unit that projects light beams based on image information among light beams emitted from the light sources onto a projection screen; a heat sink that radiates heat generated from the R light source, which has a maximum change in light emission intensity relative to a change in temperature, among the light sources; and a heat sink that radiates heat generated from the G and B light sources and that has a surface area smaller than that of the heat sink. In a use state, the R light source is disposed on a side apart from the other light sources in a direction opposite to a direction of gravitational force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koudai Fujita, Daisuke Ito, Kenji Ito
  • Publication number: 20180344066
    Abstract: A draining rack is configured including a fixed rack and a movable rack supported such that it can be tilted with respect to the fixed rack. The movable rack is supported by the fixed rack such that it can be tilted (rotated) between an upright position at which it stands upright on the front side of the fixed rack and a tilted position at which it is tilted from the upright position. By rotating the movable rack from the tilted position to the upright position in a state in which a cleaning sponge is held (interposed) between the fixed rack and the movable rack, this arrangement is capable of squeezing the cleaning sponge. This allows the draining time for the cleaning sponge to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Kenji ITO
  • Patent number: 10133899
    Abstract: A baggage management system according to an embodiment includes a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit stores a baggage terminal identification corresponding to a baggage terminal which is provided with a baggage that is a subject of a baggage management event. The storage unit also stores a clock time of the baggage management event, the clock time being stored in association with the baggage terminal identification. The processor receives a search condition corresponding to the baggage terminal identification. The processor identifies the clock time stored in the storage unit in association with the baggage terminal identification that corresponds to the search condition. The processor identifies a video file of a video recording recorded at the identified clock time. A display unit displays the identified video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Ito, Masami Yamanashi, Shinichi Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 10119879
    Abstract: A strain sensor is provided which includes a strain sensor, a first housing, a second housing joined to the first housing, and a pressure measuring mechanism firmly retained between the first housing and the second housing. The pressure measuring mechanism is gripped between a first face of the first housing and a second face of the second housing to measure compressive stress exerted by a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine on the first housing and the second housing. This structure improves the reliability of mechanical strength of the housings and the pressure measuring mechanism and provides flexibility in selecting the type of the pressure measuring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Takemoto, Shuichi Nakano, Nobuyuki Abe, Kenji Ito
  • Publication number: 20180275243
    Abstract: A position measuring system includes s server and radio wave emitting stations positioned at different locations across a position measuring area. A storage device stores, for each of the plurality of radio wave emitting stations, a beacon identifier that uniquely identifies the radio wave emitting station and a first threshold time. A processor receives, from a portable device, reception information including a reception time indicating when the portable device received a signal from one of the radio wave emitting stations. The processor determines, based on the received signal strength identifier, a position of the reception station in the position measuring area. The processor determines an operation state of the radio wave emitting station corresponding to the received signal. A display device displays information indicating the determined operation state of each of the plurality of radio wave emitting stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeo UCHIDA, Akihiko FUJIWARA, Kenji ITO
  • Publication number: 20180279070
    Abstract: A positioning server determines a location of a mobile device within an area including a plurality of base stations. The positioning server includes a communication circuit through which positioning data is received, a display device, an input unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) generate a user interface for display by the display device, the user interface including a user interface element through which a positioning mode of base stations can be defined, and an image of a map of an area in which the mobile device is to be located and icons representing the base stations that are within the area, (ii) store the positioning mode of the base stations in response to the inputs made through the input unit, and (iii) determine the location of the mobile device based on the positioning data and the stored positioning modes of the base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiko FUJIWARA, Kenji ITO, Shigeo UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 10080988
    Abstract: An air filter assembly having a primary filter element, a secondary filter element, and a housing with an outlet tube is disclosed. The primary filter element is operably installed within the housing and has an interior volume. The secondary filter element is operably installed within the primary filter element interior volume and has an interior volume defined by a first wall extending between a closed end cap and an opposite open end cap. The open end cap of the secondary filter element defines a sealing structure having a first portion extending into the secondary filter interior volume. The outlet tube is operably connected to the housing air outlet opening and includes an inset collar being at least partially disposed within the secondary filter interior volume and extending over at least a part of the sealing structure first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Yota Kawabe, Kenji Ito, William Vanaudenhove
  • Patent number: 10012558
    Abstract: In a combustion pressure sensor, a sensor holder is installed in a housing. The sensor holder has an end contact surface. A load transfer member is installed in the housing. The load transfer member has a contact surface facing the end contact surface of the sensor holder. The contact surface of the load transfer member is in contact with the end contact surface of the sensor holder. One of the contact surface of the load transfer member and the end contact surface of the sensor holder has a concavely curved shape, and the other thereof has a convexly curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Takemoto, Syuichi Nakano, Nobuyuki Abe, Kenji Ito, Takashi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9910279
    Abstract: A HUD includes a light source unit 57, a light modulation element 54 that modulates light that is emitted from the light source unit 57, a projection portion that projects the modulated light onto a projection surface, wind guide paths 61 and 62 that guide wind W sent from an air conditioning device 9 of a car 100 to the light source unit 57, the wind guide path 61 that guides the wind W to the light modulation element 54, a shutter 63 for performing blocking and opening of the wind guide paths 61 and 62, and a system control unit 64 that selectively performs control for blocking the wind guide paths 61 and 62 and control for opening the wind guide paths 61 and 62 by controlling the shutter 63.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koudai Fujita, Daisuke Ito, Kenji Ito
  • Patent number: 9886830
    Abstract: An article management system comprises a medium in which unique identification information is recorded, a reader for reading the identification information recorded on the medium, an alarm, which is to be attached to an article deposited by a user, for carrying out a notification operation in response to input of a driving signal, and an article management apparatus including an association module configured to associate the medium with the alarm attached to the article to be handed over to the user who carries the medium and an output module configured to output the driving signal to the alarm associated with the medium of which the identification information is read by the reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Ito, Masami Yamanashi, Shinichi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20180000152
    Abstract: The filter for cigarette product includes a mouthpiece end side-filter material and a front stage-filter material. The mouthpiece end side-filter material has a low air flow-resistance unit that is arranged in a part of a cross section from a front end surface to a rear end surface and having a relatively low air flow-resistance, and a high air flow-resistance unit that is arranged in the remainder of the cross section from the front end surface to the rear end surface and having a higher air flow-resistance than the low air flow-resistance unit. At least on the rear end surface of the mouthpiece end side-filter material, the low air flow-resistance unit is arranged only in one semicircular area, of two parts into which the cross section of the mouthpiece end side-filter material is divided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kenji ITO, Yu NINOMIYA, Tomiharu NAGATA, Hiroyuki TORAI, Sadao OGI, Kazumasa ARAE
  • Publication number: 20180005182
    Abstract: An item management apparatus comprises an interface configured to obtain a first identifier of a first wireless device that is carried by a user and a second identifier of a second wireless device that is correlated with an item and carries out an alarm notice in response to a drive signal; a first receiver configured to receive a first signal from the first wireless device; a second receiver configured to receive a second signal from the second wireless device; and a processor configured to correlate the first identifier with the second identifier and to cause the memory to store the correlated first identifier and second identifier, if the first signal is received by the first receiver from the first wireless device corresponding to the first identifier obtained via the interface, and the second signal is received by the second receiver from the second wireless device corresponding to the second identifier obtained via the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji Ito, Masami Yamanashi, Shinichi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20170338005
    Abstract: A wiring harness capable of reliably blocking a leak path after an endurance test and exhibiting a good waterproof performance over a long period of time. The wiring harness has a waterproof structure in which a spliced portion is formed by joining conductors that are exposed by partially removing coating materials, and a conductor exposed portion composed of a bundle of the exposed conductors. An outer peripheral surface of each coating material end part of each insulated wire adjacent to the conductor exposed portion are continuously covered with a waterproofing agent to seal the conductor exposed portion and is configured using a reactive adhesive having a gel fraction in a range of 20 to 70% as the waterproofing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kenji ITO, Tatsuya HASE, Kazuo NAKASHIMA, Kohei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9824792
    Abstract: A wiring harness has a waterproof structure in which a waterproof agent covers a conductor exposed portion-and outer peripheral surfaces of end portions of wire covering members of a plurality of insulated wires in succession, the portion including a splice portion where portions of the members of the insulated wires are removed and the exposed conductors are spliced together and a bundle of the exposed conductors of the insulated wires, the end portions being adjacent to the portion, whereby the portion is sealed with the waterproof agent, wherein the waterproof agent is a cured product of an ultraviolet curable adhesive agent that contains (A) an ester acrylate having a linear or branched C2-C12 alkyl group, (B) a (meth)acrylate compound comprising at least two urethane bonds in one molecule, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Kyushu University
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Takehiro Hosokawa, Tatsuya Hase, Kenji Ito, Makoto Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 9815167
    Abstract: A lens manufacturing method including a holding step of holding a lens in a lens holding fixture, and a machining step of machining a surface to be machined in the held lens. A reverse surface of the surface to be machined is machined into a non-planar shape with a first surface shape error. A lens holding surface of the lens holding fixture is machined into the same shape as the non-planar shape with a second surface shape error smaller than the first surface shape error. In the holding step, the reverse surface is brought into surface contact with the holding surface in imitation of the holding surface to correct the shape of the lens such that the reverse surface runs along the holding surface. In the machining step, the surface to be machined is machined in a state where the correction has been made by the holding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Hiraki, Kenji Ito, Seiichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9818856
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a HEMT and a diode. The HEMT includes: a substrate having a GaN layer as a channel layer generating a two-dimensional electron gas and an AlGaN layer as a barrier layer on the GaN layer; a source electrode on the AlGaN layer ohmic contacting the AlGaN layer; a drain electrode on the AlGaN layer apart from the source electrode and ohmic contacting the AlGaN layer; an inter-layer insulating film on the AlGaN layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode on the inter-layer insulating film. The substrate includes an active layer region generating the two dimensional electron gas in the GaN layer. The diode includes an anode electrically connected to the gate electrode and a cathode electrically connected to the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Hoshi, Shoji Mizuno, Tetsu Kachi, Tsutomu Uesugi, Kazuyoshi Tomita, Kenji Ito
  • Publication number: 20170315013
    Abstract: A strain sensor is provided which includes a strain sensor, a first housing, a second housing joined to the first housing, and a pressure measuring mechanism firmly retained between the first housing and the second housing. The pressure measuring mechanism is gripped between a first face of the first housing and a second face of the second housing to measure compressive stress exerted by a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine on the first housing and the second housing. This structure improves the reliability of mechanical strength of the housings and the pressure measuring mechanism and provides flexibility in selecting the type of the pressure measuring mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKEMOTO, Shuichi NAKANO, Nobuyuki ABE, Kenji ITO
  • Patent number: 9798997
    Abstract: An article management system comprises a transmitter for sending electric wave, a receiver for receiving the electric wave from the transmitter, an alarm for carrying out a notification operation in response to the input of a drive signal and an article management apparatus including an association module configured to associate the transmitter with the alarm corresponding to an article to be handed over to a user who has the transmitter on condition that the electric wave from the transmitter is being received by the receiver, and a determination-output module configured to determine whether or not a relative distance between the transmitter and the receiver becomes shorter than a specific distance on condition that the electric wave from the transmitter is being received by the receiver and to output the drive signal to the alarm which is associated with the transmitter if the relative distance is shorter than the specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Ito, Masami Yamanashi, Shinichi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20170280094
    Abstract: A projection display device and a light source control method thereof capable of improving visibility of specific information without increasing a manufacturing cost and a power consumption amount are provided. An HUD includes a plurality of light sources that emit light beams with different colors, a projection unit that projects light according to image information among the light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources onto a combiner, and a light source control unit that sequentially emits lights from the plurality of respective light sources according to a predetermined light emission amount pattern. The light source control unit performs control for causing at least one of the light sources other than a specific light source among the plurality of light sources to emit light with a smaller light emission amount than a light emission amount of the specific light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: DAISUKE ITO, KOUDAI FUJITA, KENJI ITO
  • Publication number: 20170269363
    Abstract: Provided are a projection-type display device, an electronic device, a driver viewing image sharing method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a driver viewing image sharing program. An HUD comprises a captured image data acquisition unit that acquires captured image data from an imaging unit that captures ahead of a windshield, a projection image data generation unit that analyzes the acquired captured image data and generates projection image data, a projection unit that modulates light emitted from a light source unit according to the projection image data and projects the modulated light onto a combiner, a driver viewing image data generation unit that generates driver viewing image data in which the projection image data is overlapped on the captured image data, and a communication unit that transmits the driver viewing image data to an electronic device that includes a display unit and exists in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koudai FUJITA, Daisuke ITO, Kenji ITO