Patents by Inventor Kenji Makino

Kenji Makino 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: 20220231441
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector capable of ensuring connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a housing and a terminal fitting to be disposed in the housing. The terminal fitting includes a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting, a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board and a shaft portion located between the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion. The housing includes a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the terminal fitting by being engaged with the shaft portion. The terminal fitting has a center of gravity on a side closer to the board connecting portion than the shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji MAKINO, Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220224025
    Abstract: It is aimed to omit a crimping step without enlargement. A connection device includes a movable-side conductive member and a fixed-side conductive member configured to electrically contact a first conductor and a second conductor serving as connection objects, and a pressing member made of resilient non-metal and configured to give a pressing force in a contact direction to the first conductor, the second conductor, the movable-side conductive member and the fixed-side conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro NISHITANI, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Kenji MAKINO, Takashi NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20220224044
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal connected to a front end portion of an electric wire and a housing in which the terminal is arranged. The housing includes a base portion and cover members. The electric wire extending rearward from a portion of the housing that has the terminal therein is disposed on the base portion. The cover members that are movable between a position in which the cover members cover the base portion and a position in which the cover members are away from the base portion. The cover members include a wire pressing portion that presses the electric wire disposed on the base portion toward the base portion when the cover members are in the position in which the cover members cover the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo HARA, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime KAWASE, Hajime MATSUI, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Kenji MAKINO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220216627
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector and a connector mounting body capable of ensuring good workability at the time of manufacturing and connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a connector housing and a flexible cable arranged in the connector housing and including conductive paths. The flexible cable includes terminal connecting portions to be connected to mating terminals on one end sides of the conductive paths and board connecting portions to be connected to a circuit board on the other end sides of the conductive paths. The connector includes a reinforcement plate for reinforcing a region of the flexible cable on the side of the terminal connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro NISHITANI, Kenji MAKINO, Takashi NATSUME, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220192561
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that can grasp an emotion transmission ability. An index of emotion of a person in a first area is measured. Map data representing the measured index in association with a position of the person in the first area is created. An emotion transmission ability of the person is estimated based on the created map data. Information on the estimated emotion transmission ability of the person is stored in a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji MAKINO, Masahiro TERADA, Daisuke HAYASHI, Shunta EGO
  • Publication number: 20220189200
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing system and an information processing method which can easily grasp a state of a person in a predetermined area. The information processing system includes a first imaging unit that images a performer, a second imaging unit that images a person in a predetermined area, a first recognition unit that recognizes a scene based on an image captured by the first imaging unit, a second recognition unit that recognizes expression of the person based on an image captured by the second imaging unit, a calculation unit that calculates a state index of the person according to the scene based on a recognition result of the scene and a recognition result of the expression of the person, a heat map creation unit that creates a heat map representing the state index of the person in association with a position of the person in the predetermined area, and an output unit that outputs the heat map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke HAYASHI, Kenji MAKINO, Masahiro TERADA, Shunta EGO
  • Publication number: 20220134876
    Abstract: A vehicle driving system to be provided in a vehicle includes a touch sensor and a control unit. The touch sensor is to be provided in the steering operation device and configured to measure a fluctuation in electrostatic capacitance. The control unit determines, based on information from the touch sensor, whether a driver of the vehicle is in a steering-holding state or in a non-steering-holding state. After a detection of a first fluctuation that is a fluctuation in the electrostatic capacitance occurring before a malfunction of the touch sensor, the control unit determines that the driver is in the non-steering-holding state even if the information from the touch sensor to the control unit indicates that the driver is in the steering-holding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyuki TSUKADA, Ryosuke KUBO, Masahito SEKINE, Syunsuke KANAGAMI, Osamu TAKAHASHI, Takateru SAWADA, Kenji MAKINO, Shogo MAENAKA
  • Publication number: 20220059963
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector capable of properly exhibiting functions of a detection piece. A connector is provided with a housing (10) including a cavity (16), a terminal fitting (40) to be inserted into the cavity (16) from behind and including a tubular box portion (41) having open front and rear surfaces, a tab (31) of a mating terminal fitting (30) being inserted into the box portion (41) from front, and a retainer (60) to be mounted into the housing (10) and including a detection piece (64) capable of coming into contact with a rear end of the box portion (41). The detection piece (64) includes a recess (73) for avoiding interference with the tab (31) passed through the box portion (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya MIYAMURA, Kenji MAKINO, Akiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210372852
    Abstract: A photodetector device includes an avalanche photodiode array substrate. A circuit substrate includes time measurement circuits and a clock driver. Each of the time measurement circuit includes a delay line unit, and is arranged to acquire, from an operation result of a delay line, time information indicating timing at which a pulse signal is input from a corresponding avalanche photodiode. The delay line unit is arranged to initiate an operation of the delay line in response to input of the pulse signal to the time measurement circuit, and to stop the operation of the delay line in response to input of a clock signal from a clock driver to the time measurement circuit, and is arranged to detect a time interval shorter than a cycle of the clock signal by the operation of the delay line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi BABA, Tatsuya HASHI, Yoshihito SUZUKI, Kenji MAKINO, Shigeyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210356319
    Abstract: A photodetector device includes an avalanche photodiode array substrate formed from compound semiconductor. A plurality of avalanche photodiodes arranged to operate in a Geiger mode are two-dimensionally arranged on the avalanche photodiode array substrate. A circuit substrate includes a plurality of output units which are connected to each other in parallel to form at least one channel. Each of the output units includes a passive quenching element and a capacitative element. The passive quenching element is connected in series to at least one of the plurality of avalanche photodiodes. The capacitative element is connected in series to at least one of the avalanche photodiodes and is connected in parallel to the passive quenching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takuya FUJITA, Yusei TAMURA, Kenji MAKINO, Takashi BABA, Koei YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11125616
    Abstract: A photodetector device includes an avalanche photodiode array substrate formed from compound semiconductor. A plurality of avalanche photodiodes arranged to operate in a Geiger mode are two-dimensionally arranged on the avalanche photodiode array substrate. A circuit substrate includes a plurality of output units which are connected to each other in parallel to form at least one channel. Each of the output units includes a passive quenching element and a capacitative element. The passive quenching element is connected in series to at least one of the plurality of avalanche photodiodes. The capacitative element is connected in series to at least one of the avalanche photodiodes and is connected in parallel to the passive quenching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takuya Fujita, Yusei Tamura, Kenji Makino, Takashi Baba, Koei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11118970
    Abstract: An optical detection circuit includes: a first optical detection element having a first anode and a first cathode, the first optical detection element being configured to generate voltage between the first anode and the first cathode due to photoelectromotive force generated in accordance with incident-light quantity; and a first operational amplifier having a first non-inverting input terminal, a first inverting input terminal, and a first output terminal, in which the first non-inverting input terminal is connected to fixed potential, one of the first anode and the first cathode is connected to the first inverting input terminal, and the other of the first anode and the first cathode is connected to the first output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Kenji Makino
  • Publication number: 20210255341
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a substrate including a first electrode portion, a radiation absorption layer disposed on one side with respect to the substrate and configured of a plurality of perovskite crystals, and a second electrode portion disposed on the one side with respect to the radiation absorption layer and being opposite to the first electrode portion with the radiation absorption layer interposed therebetween. Each of the plurality of perovskite crystals is formed to extend with a first direction in which the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion are opposite to each other as a longitudinal direction in a region between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion in the radiation absorption layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: Kyoto University, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Keiji ABE, Toshiyuki IZAWA, Kenji MAKINO, Seiichiro MIZUNO, Takumi IKENOUE, Yuki HARUTA, Masao MIYAKE, Tetsuji HIRATO
  • Publication number: 20210199855
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material and an antireflective layer on the base material wherein the antireflective layer includes a plurality of fine protrusions on a surface thereof and a support layer for supporting the protrusions, and the support layer contains boron in an amount of 7×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 2.5×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11009627
    Abstract: There is provided an optical member including a porous layer on a substrate, wherein the porous layer contains silicon oxide particles, a silicon oxide binder, and a fluorine compound having a fluorocarbon group and a nonionic hydrophilic group, and the amount of the fluorine compound is 0.1% by mass or more and 2.5% by mass or less with respect to the silicon oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Kenji Makino
  • Patent number: 10983253
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material and an antireflective layer on the base material wherein the antireflective layer includes a plurality of fine protrusions on a surface thereof and a support layer for supporting the protrusions, and the support layer contains boron in an amount of 7×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 2.5×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 10863095
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager that performs imaging of a subject through an imaging optical system including a focus lens capable of changing a position of a principal point in a range between a first position and a second position in a direction of an optical axis; and an imaging controller that continuously performs plural imaging control operations for causing the imager to perform imaging of the subject through the imaging optical system in a state where the principal point of the focus lens is set at each of plural imaging positions which are set in a movement range as at least a partial range of the range, and the imaging controller makes distances between the plural imaging positions narrower and sets a larger number of the plural imaging positions in an imaging control operation performed later in time series among the plural imaging control operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mizusawa, Kenji Makino, Daisuke Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200379144
    Abstract: An optical member that has excellent antireflection properties and that can maintain antifogging properties over a long term, and a method for manufacturing an optical member are provided. The optical member includes, in sequence, a substrate, a porous layer, and a multilayered antireflection layer. The ratio n/n0 is 0.85 or more and 0.95 or less, where n represents a refractive index of a layer having the highest refractive index among layers included in the antireflection layer and n0 represents a refractive index of a compound constituting the layer having the highest refractive index at a theoretical density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Toshinao Tatsuno
  • Publication number: 20200370954
    Abstract: A photodetector device includes an avalanche photodiode array substrate formed from compound semiconductor. A plurality of avalanche photodiodes arranged to operate in a Geiger mode are two-dimensionally arranged on the avalanche photodiode array substrate. A circuit substrate includes a plurality of output units which are connected to each other in parallel to form at least one channel. Each of the output units includes a passive quenching element and a capacitative element. The passive quenching element is connected in series to at least one of the plurality of avalanche photodiodes. The capacitative element is connected in series to at least one of the avalanche photodiodes and is connected in parallel to the passive quenching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takuya FUJITA, Yusei TAMURA, Kenji MAKINO, Takashi BABA, Koei YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200271514
    Abstract: An optical detection circuit includes: a first optical detection element having a first anode and a first cathode, the first optical detection element being configured to generate voltage between the first anode and the first cathode due to photoelectromotive force generated in accordance with incident-light quantity; and a first operational amplifier having a first non-inverting input terminal, a first inverting input terminal, and a first output terminal, in which the first non-inverting input terminal is connected to fixed potential, one of the first anode and the first cathode is connected to the first inverting input terminal, and the other of the first anode and the first cathode is connected to the first output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Kenji MAKINO