Patents by Inventor Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada 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: 12083881
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tsukada, Ryosuke Kubo, Masahito Sekine, Syunsuke Kanagami, Osamu Takahashi, Takateru Sawada, Kenji Makino, Shogo Maenaka
  • Publication number: 20240256739
    Abstract: A method for molding analysis of a plate-like intermediate base material containing resin and reinforcing material when the base material is molded, including applying a base material model having anisotropy between out-of-plane direction and an in-plane direction orthogonal to the out-of-plane direction, and calculating viscosity distribution in a cross-section direction of a molded article using each viscosity in accordance with a flow field, and the viscosity distribution indicates that under a boundary condition there is no slip flow of the base material on a wall surface of the mold, as a result of a shear field in the vicinity of the wall surface, a low viscosity layer that is more affected by an out-of-plane shear viscosity than a central portion of the base material is automatically formed in the vicinity of the wall surface, and the base material in the vicinity of the wall surface functions as a lubricating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke ITAKURA, Kenji FURUICHI, Ryoichi ISHIHARA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi MATSUO, Satoshi SAWADA, Akira HYAKUSAI
  • Patent number: 10310422
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus feeds a sheet that is unfixed through a nip formed between a heating member and a pressurizing member to thermally fix the sheet, and includes a cooler that cools the pressurizing member, wherein when a fixing job is performed on a sheet whose sheet width is a second width larger than a first width, after a fixing job is completed on a sheet whose sheet width in an orthogonal direction to a sheet feeding direction is the first width, the cooler cools a difference region in which a first sheet feeding region of the pressurizing member through which the sheet having the first width is fed and a second sheet feeding region through which the sheet having the second width is fed are not overlapped with each other, with a cooling power stronger than that of a region corresponding to the first sheet feeding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomomi Izawa, Mitsuru Satou, Kenji Sawada
  • Publication number: 20190025739
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus feeds a sheet that is unfixed through a nip formed between a heating member and a pressurizing member to thermally fix the sheet, and includes a cooler that cools the pressurizing member, wherein when a fixing job is performed on a sheet whose sheet width is a second width larger than a first width, after a fixing job is completed on a sheet whose sheet width in an orthogonal direction to a sheet feeding direction is the first width, the cooler cools a difference region in which a first sheet feeding region of the pressurizing member through which the sheet having the first width is fed and a second sheet feeding region through which the sheet having the second width is fed are not overlapped with each other, with a cooling power stronger than that of a region corresponding to the first sheet feeding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomomi Izawa, Mitsuru Satou, Kenji Sawada
  • Patent number: 9488933
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a curved conveyance path; and a pair of downstream side rollers that lies on the downstream side with respect to the curved conveyance path, and catches the sheet conveyed from the upstream side with respect to the curved conveyance path and reaching the curved conveyance path, wherein the curved conveyance path includes a movable guide movable between a first position and a second position, at the first position, the movable guide forms an outer circumferential wall of the curved conveyance path, and guides a tip of the sheet in such a direction that the sheet conveyed to the curved conveyance path travels toward the pair of downstream side rollers, and at the second position, a summit portion of a curve of the outer circumferential wall is retracted toward the outside in a radial direction of the curve with respect to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Sho Karakama
  • Publication number: 20160011791
    Abstract: A storage control apparatus in a storage system including a plurality of nodes each including a storage apparatus that stores data and the storage control apparatus that controls processing of the data in the storage apparatus, the storage control apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a higher-level apparatus that instructs processing of the data in the storage apparatus and with the storage control apparatus included in another node; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit so that a command is transmitted to the storage control apparatuses included in all the other nodes when the communication unit receives the command from the higher-level apparatus, the command including an instruction about processing of data in the storage apparatus included in an arbitrary node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenji SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20150338786
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a curved conveyance path; and a pair of downstream side rollers that lies on the downstream side with respect to the curved conveyance path, and catches the sheet conveyed from the upstream side with respect to the curved conveyance path and reaching the curved conveyance path, wherein the curved conveyance path includes a movable guide movable between a first position and a second position, at the first position, the movable guide forms an outer circumferential wall of the curved conveyance path, and guides a tip of the sheet in such a direction that the sheet conveyed to the curved conveyance path travels toward the pair of downstream side rollers, and at the second position, a summit portion of a curve of the outer circumferential wall is retracted toward the outside in a radial direction of the curve with respect to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji SAWADA, Sho KARAKAMA
  • Patent number: 9085431
    Abstract: A sheet feed cassette having: a main body to be set in a body of an image forming apparatus; a first press-up member configured to support print media stacked thereon; a first elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to make the first press-up member press up the print media; a second press-up member; a second elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to make the second press-up member press up the first press-up member or the print media; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the force of the second press-up member to press up the first press-up member or the print media in accordance with a size of the print media; and a regulatory mechanism configured to prevent the second press-up member from pressing up the first press-up member or the print media when the main body is detached from the body of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Kouki Muramoto, Takahiro Iwasaki, Masanobu Tomiyasu
  • Patent number: 8923720
    Abstract: Provided is a control panel support mechanism having a first support member attached to an image forming apparatus, a second support member supporting a control panel and axially supported by the first support member to be vertically swingable with respect to the first support member, a lock member slidable towards or away from a swing axis of the second support member, and a biasing unit to bias the lock member to slide towards the swing axis. The first support member has a plurality of engaging grooves each positioned along a radial direction with respect to the swing axis and having an opening at an end of the first support member opposite the swing axis, the plurality of engaging grooves being aligned vertically. The biasing unit biases the lock member so that the lock member enters one of the plurality of engaging grooves through the opening to lock in engagement with the engaging groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Naotaka Uchida, Akira Yamamura, Kenji Sawada
  • Publication number: 20140367908
    Abstract: A sheet feed cassette having: a main body to be set in a body of an image forming apparatus; a first press-up member configured to support print media stacked thereon; a first elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to make the first press-up member press up the print media; a second press-up member; a second elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to make the second press-up member press up the first press-up member or the print media; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the force of the second press-up member to press up the first press-up member or the print media in accordance with a size of the print media; and a regulatory mechanism configured to prevent the second press-up member from pressing up the first press-up member or the print media when the main body is detached from the body of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Kouki Muramoto, Takahiro Iwasaki, Masanobu Tomiyasu
  • Patent number: 8650039
    Abstract: A medical service support system includes: a first input unit that inputs first patient information on a patient in carrying out a medical examination of the patient; a second input unit that inputs second patient information on the patient in executing, to the patient, a pretreatment of an inspection being ordered according to a medical examination result of the patient; a memory that stores the first patient information inputted by the first input unit and the second patient information inputted by the second input unit; a consistency judging unit that judges match or mismatch of respective common items contained in both of the first patient information and the second patient information stored in the memory, by comparing the first patient information with the second patient information for each common item; and a display unit that displays a consistency judgment result by the consistency judging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumi Koike, Kunimasa Shimizu, Takayoshi Kiuchi, Goro Miura, Kenji Sawada, Koichiro Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8570615
    Abstract: An image scanning device includes: a light source; a light guide for converting light from the light source into a linear light beam and applying the linear light beam onto a reading position; an image reading element for receiving the light beam reflected from the reading position; and a light intensity sensor for detecting an intensity of the light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Yamamura, Masahiko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Yuichi Akahori
  • Patent number: 8537106
    Abstract: An operation panel structure for an image forming apparatus, said operation panel structure having an operation panel protruding from a front side of the image forming apparatus. The operation panel structure has a first support unit for supporting the operation panel such that the operation panel is capable of pivoting in a first direction along a vertical direction and a second support unit for supporting the operation panel such that the operation panel is capable of pivoting in a second direction along a horizontal direction. A lock claw is capable of selectively engaging with a plural number of lock holes so that the operation panel can be locked in the plural number of locked positions while the operation panel is pivoting in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Akihiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 8265951
    Abstract: Adequate use item information and subject's condition criterion information are determined in advance. Actual use item information and actual subject's condition information are inputted. The actual use item information includes information of at least one used medical device and information of at least one used medicine. The actual subject's condition information indicates biological conditions of the subject after conduction of the inspection. The actual use item information is compared with the adequate use item information and the actual subject's condition information is compared with the subject's condition criterion information so that pieces of information with difference therebetween are extracted as difference information. Whether the conducted specific medical inspection was carried out adequately or not is determined based on the difference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumi Koike, Kunimasa Shimizu, Takayoshi Kiuchi, Goro Miura, Kenji Sawada, Koichiro Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8111240
    Abstract: An operation panel structure for an image forming apparatus, said operation panel, structure having an operation panel protruding from a front side of the image forming apparatus. The operation panel has a first section mainly functioning as a display and a second section mainly having operation keys, and the first section and the second section are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the width direction of the image forming apparatus at respective specified angles to a horizontal plane. The second section is located in front of the first section. The first section is rectangular in a plan view, and the second section is substantially semicircular in a plan view. A front edge of the first section and a rear linear edge of the second section are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Akihiro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20110261418
    Abstract: An image scanning device includes: a light source; a light guide for converting light from the light source into a linear light beam and applying the linear light beam onto a reading position; an image reading element for receiving the light beam reflected from the reading position; and a light intensity sensor for detecting an intensity of the light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Yamamura, Masahiko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Yuichi Akahori
  • Publication number: 20110235254
    Abstract: Provided is a control panel support mechanism having a first support member attached to an image forming apparatus, a second support member supporting a control panel and axially supported by the first support member to be vertically swingable with respect to the first support member, a lock member slidable towards or away from a swing axis of the second support member, and a biasing unit to bias the lock member to slide towards the swing axis. The first support member has a plurality of engaging grooves each positioned along a radial direction with respect to the swing axis and having an opening at an end of the first support member opposite the swing axis, the plurality of engaging grooves being aligned vertically. The biasing unit biases the lock member so that the lock member enters one of the plurality of engaging grooves through the opening to lock in engagement with the engaging groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Naotaka Uchida, Akira Yamamura, Kenji Sawada
  • Patent number: 7944590
    Abstract: A box for an image reading apparatus, the box comprising a box body and a reinforcing member, the box body comprising a rectangular frame and a base plate fixed to the rectangular frame, and the reinforcing member being attached to the box body. The reinforcing member has a downwardly drawn area, upwardly drawn areas which are adjacent to the downwardly drawn area on front side and rear side for placing a reading block without interfering with the movement of an original document scanning unit and a cutout portion for disposing at least an image processing unit formed from the downwardly drawn area to end-of-scan side in the subscanning direction of the box body. An image reading apparatus having reduced thickness is provided by employing this box. An image forming apparatus in which height position of the image reading apparatus is set to such a height position that allows easy operation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologiges, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Masahiko Tanaka, Yukinobu Iguchi, Akihiro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20100094647
    Abstract: A medical service support system includes: a first input unit that inputs first patient information on a patient in carrying out a medical examination of the patient; a second input unit that inputs second patient information on the patient in executing, to the patient, a pretreatment of an inspection being ordered according to a medical examination result of the patient; a memory that stores the first patient information inputted by the first input unit and the second patient information inputted by the second input unit; a consistency judging unit that judges match or mismatch of respective common items contained in both of the first patient information and the second patient information stored in the memory, by comparing the first patient information with the second patient information for each common item; and a display unit that displays a consistency judgment result by the consistency judging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi KOIKE, Kunimasa SHIMIZU, Takayoshi KIUCHI, Goro MIURA, Kenji SAWADA, Koichiro Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100094101
    Abstract: Adequate use item information and subject's condition criterion information are determined in advance. Actual use item information and actual subject's condition information are inputted. The actual use item information includes information of at least one used medical device and information of at least one used medicine. The actual subject's condition information indicates biological conditions of the subject after conduction of the inspection. The actual use item information is compared with the adequate use item information and the actual subject's condition information is compared with the subject's condition criterion information so that pieces of information with difference therebetween are extracted as difference information. Whether the conducted specific medical inspection was carried out adequately or not is determined based on the difference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi KOIKE, Kunimasa SHIMIZU, Takayoshi KIUCHI, Goro MIURA, Kenji SAWADA, Koichiro Miyazaki