Patents by Inventor Kenji Nozaki

Kenji Nozaki 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: 12313016
    Abstract: A stop system for an engine of a work machine includes an engine stop control unit and an engine stop control suspension unit. The engine stop control unit, in a case in which there is a stop instruction that instructs to stop the engine of the work machine, performs delayed stop control to delay the stop of the engine until a predetermined condition is established, and then stops the engine. The engine stop control suspension unit, in a case in which there is a cancellation instruction to cancel the stop instruction, suspends the delayed stop control when work equipment of the work machine is in a locked state, and continues to perform the delayed stop control when the work equipment is in an unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Matsumoto, Shunsuke Sugimura, Takehiro Shibata, Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Tomotaka Komatsu, Yosuke Yamagoe, Ryohei Kikuzawa, Kengo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240401306
    Abstract: An activation system for a work machine includes a presentation unit and an activation control unit. The work machine includes a power source and an additional function unit that realizes a predetermined additional function. The presentation unit presents a precaution related to the predetermined additional function. The activation control unit allows the power source to be activated after an operator confirms the precaution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240401308
    Abstract: A display system for a work machine includes: a display unit that performs a display of an image of surroundings of the work machine and of a function pertaining to delayed stop control of an engine of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Matsumoto, Shunsuke Sugimura, Takehiro Shibata, Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Tomotaka Komatsu, Yosuke Yamagoe, Ryohei Kikuzawa, Kengo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240375611
    Abstract: A work machine activation system includes a management device and an authentication device. The management device stores authentication information usable to authenticate a plurality of operators who are able to operate a work machine. The authentication device authenticates an operator operating the work machine. The authentication device includes a storage unit that stores the authentication information of an operator authenticated in the past, and an authentication unit that authenticates the operator based on the authentication information stored in the storage unit when the management device has not been activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240368859
    Abstract: An activation system for a work machine includes a communication unit, a presentation unit, and a determination unit. The work machine includes a power source and an additional function unit that realizes a predetermined additional function. The communication unit receives confirmation history information indicating an operator who has confirmed a precaution related to the predetermined additional function from a server device. The a presentation unit presents the precaution. The determination unit determines whether or not to omit presentation of the precaution based on the confirmation history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240369026
    Abstract: A stop system for an engine of a work machine includes an engine stop control unit and an engine stop control suspension unit. The engine stop control unit, in a case in which there is a stop instruction that instructs to stop the engine of the work machine, performs delayed stop control to delay the stop of the engine until a predetermined condition is established, and then stops the engine. The engine stop control suspension unit, in a case in which there is a cancellation instruction to cancel the stop instruction, suspends the delayed stop control when work equipment of the work machine is in a locked state, and continues to perform the delayed stop control when the work equipment is in an unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA, Kengo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240362150
    Abstract: A debug circuit is provided in an information processing device and performs debugging of a polling program that polls a flag of a control register used for control on a peripheral function of the information processing device. The debug circuit includes: an execution instruction detection circuit that detects an execution instruction of the peripheral function to generate a detection signal; an expected value comparison circuit that compares a flag value of a flag read from the control register against an expected value of the flag; and a polling time measurement circuit that measures a polling value related to polling of the flag of the control register based on the detection signal and a comparison result obtained by the expected value comparison circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240229424
    Abstract: An activation system of a work machine includes a vehicle body control unit outputting a control signal to drive a vehicle body of the work machine with power supplied by a power source, and an authentication unit performing authentication of an operator of the work machine. The activation system of a work machine first activates the authentication unit, and activates the vehicle body control unit when the authentication unit authenticates that the operator boarding the work machine is a specific operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Kosuke Iwata
  • Publication number: 20240133160
    Abstract: An activation system of a work machine includes a vehicle body control unit outputting a control signal to drive a vehicle body of the work machine with power supplied by a power source, and an authentication unit performing authentication of an operator of the work machine. The activation system of a work machine first activates the authentication unit, and activates the vehicle body control unit when the authentication unit authenticates that the operator boarding the work machine is a specific operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Kosuke Iwata
  • Publication number: 20240125089
    Abstract: An authentication unit performs authentication of an operator. A storage unit stores setting data associated with a plurality of operators. A vehicle body control unit outputs a control signal to drive a vehicle body of the work machine with power supplied by a power source, based on the setting data associated with the authenticated operator. The authentication unit receives the authentication when the power source is stopped and does not receive the authentication when the power source is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Kosuke Iwata
  • Publication number: 20240125090
    Abstract: A work machine start-up system includes a control unit configured to control a work machine, a proximity detection unit configured to detect that a specific operator is in close proximity to the work machine, and a start-up unit configured to start at least part of the control unit when it is detected that the specific operator is in close proximity to the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Kosuke Iwata
  • Patent number: 10940799
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inner rear-view device for a vehicle that includes a stay, a pivot, a bracket, a housing, a knob, a rear-view unit, a switching mechanism, a fixed engagement section, an elastically-engaged section, an elastically-deformed section, and a suppressing section. The inner rear-view device for the vehicle can adjust angles of a screen and the like and prevent movement of a knob at the time of angle adjustment of the screen and the like even when pivot torque is increased by a magnitude that corresponds to an increase in masses of the housing and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nozaki, Masayuki Iwaki, Keisuke Honda
  • Publication number: 20200247320
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inner rear-view device for a vehicle that includes a stay, a pivot, a bracket, a housing, a knob, a rear-view unit, a switching mechanism, a fixed engagement section, an elastically-engaged section, an elastically-deformed section, and a suppressing section. The inner rear-view device for the vehicle can adjust angles of a screen and the like and prevent movement of a knob at the time of angle adjustment of the screen and the like even when pivot torque is increased by a magnitude that corresponds to an increase in masses of the housing and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji NOZAKI, Masayuki IWAKI, Keisuke HONDA
  • Publication number: 20200055455
    Abstract: A vehicular image-display system includes an image capturing device, a control device, and an image display device. The image capturing device includes an imaging element configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle, and an image acquirer configured to acquire, based on the captured image captured by the imaging element, an image that is smaller in area than the captured image. The control device includes an image generator configured to generate an image that is smaller in area than the acquired image based on the acquired image acquired by the image acquirer. The image display device is configured to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generator. The acquired image is transmitted from the image capturing device to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takuroh NAITOH, Kenji SHIRAISHI, Kenji KAGAMI, Tomonori KIMURA, Kenji NOZAKI, Yasuhiro NOMURA, Hiromitsu SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10486598
    Abstract: A vehicular image-display system includes an image capturing device, a control device, and an image display device. The image capturing device includes an imaging element configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle, and an image acquirer configured to acquire, based on the captured image captured by the imaging element, an image that is smaller in area than the captured image. The control device includes an image generator configured to generate an image that is smaller in area than the acquired image based on the acquired image acquired by the image acquirer. The image display device is configured to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generator. The acquired image is transmitted from the image capturing device to the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuroh Naitoh, Kenji Shiraishi, Kenji Kagami, Tomonori Kimura, Kenji Nozaki, Yasuhiro Nomura, Hiromitsu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170217373
    Abstract: A vehicular image-display system includes an image capturing device, a control device, and an image display device. The image capturing device includes an imaging element configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle, and an image acquirer configured to acquire, based on the captured image captured by the imaging element, an image that is smaller in area than the captured image. The control device includes an image generator configured to generate an image that is smaller in area than the acquired image based on the acquired image acquired by the image acquirer. The image display device is configured to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generator. The acquired image is transmitted from the image capturing device to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Takuroh NAITOH, Kenji SHIRAISHI, Kenji KAGAMI, Tomonori KIMURA, Kenji NOZAKI, Yasuhiro NOMURA, Hiromitsu SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7638571
    Abstract: A particulate chromatic resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a chromatic pigment and a white pigment, or a particulate white resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a white pigment and a black pigment, in which a sheet made from resin composition shows a relationship between a lightness and a light transmittance satisfying the following condition: 1300?(L*×B)?4000 wherein L* means a lightness of a sheet of 3 mm thick having been made of the resin composition, and B means a total light transmittance in terms of % of a sheet of 50 ?m thick having been made of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kita, Tomohiko Akagawa, Tatsushi Ako, Kenji Nozaki, Satoru Yasui
  • Patent number: 7619013
    Abstract: [Problems] To produce a resin composition from a waste plastic material composed of a major portion of a thermoplastic resin and a small amount of incompatible solid foreign material. [Means for solving problems] A reclaimed resin composition which is produced by mixing a pulverized waste plastic material containing a major portion of a thermoplastic resin and a small amount of a non-thermoplastic solid foreign material with a light-shielding component and a light-shielding filler to give a mixture and melting the mixture under heating, and a sheet made from which shows a relationship between a lightness and a light transmittance satisfying the following condition: (A×B)?4000 wherein A means a lightness of a sheet of 3 mm thick having been made of the reclaimed resin composition, and B means a total light transmittance (%) of a sheet of 50 ?m thick having been made of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsushi Ako, Tomohiko Akagawa, Yasuo Kita, Kenji Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20090062447
    Abstract: A particulate chromatic resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a chromatic pigment and a white pigment, or a particulate white resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a white pigment and a black pigment, in which a sheet made from resin composition shows a relationship between a lightness and a light transmittance satisfying the following condition: 1300?(L*×B)?4000 wherein L* means a lightness of a sheet of 3 mm thick having been made of the resin composition, and B means a total light transmittance in terms of % of a sheet of 50 ?m thick having been made of the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kita, Tomohiko Akagawa, Tatsushi Ako, Kenji Nozaki, Satoru Yasui
  • Publication number: 20070054970
    Abstract: [Problems] To produce a resin composition from a waste plastic material composed of a major portion of a thermoplastic resin and a small amount of incompatible solid foreign material. [Means for solving problems] A reclaimed resin composition which is produced by mixing a pulverized waste plastic material containing a major portion of a thermoplastic resin and a small amount of a non-thermoplastic solid foreign material with a light-shielding component and a light-shielding filler to give a mixture and melting the mixture under heating, and a sheet made from which shows a relationship between a lightness and a light transmittance satisfying the following condition: (A×B)?4000 wherein A means a lightness of a sheet of 3 mm thick having been made of the reclaimed resin composition, and B means a total light transmittance (%) of a sheet of 50 ?m thick having been made of the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Tatsushi Ako, Tomohiko Akagawa, Yasuo Kita, Kenji Nozaki