Patents by Inventor Kenji Shimizu

Kenji Shimizu 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: 20160155158
    Abstract: An information distribution server includes a content sending unit, a measurement data reception unit, an advertisement effect processing unit, an effect measurement database, a data input unit, a template selection unit and a content generation unit. The measurement data reception unit receives measurement information for measuring the advertisement effect of the content data during a content distribution period. The advertisement effect processing unit determines whether or not advertisement effect is high with use of the measurement data collected by carrying out the content distribution, where the content distribution is carried out by changing a screen template in a same setting. The effect measurement database stores the determined advertisement effect together with measurement information for each screen template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9346339
    Abstract: [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To provide a vehicle door, in which the arrangement of the reinforcing bracket is not limited, and the strength of the joined portion between the door frame and the door panel can be improved. The vehicle door has a portion of a door frame that forms a window opening inserted into the inside of a door panel. The door frame is provided with a stepped portion which separates a surface area on the frame forming portion side and a surface area on the insertion portion side from each other; the surface area on the insertion portion side that is continuous with the stepped portion is formed as an inner-panel facing surface facing the inner panel; the inner-panel facing surface is shifted in a direction away from the inner panel by the stepped portion; and the reinforcing bracket is made to overlap the shifted inner-panel facing surface therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Hiroaki Yamazaki, Shigenobu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 9348445
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program, which simply switch to a display method which a user desires. When an information processing device (100) in which two touch panels (40, 50) are rotatably connected by a hinge (30) is in a two-screen state, the current screen mode is switched to another screen mode by carrying out a re-fold operation which, via a prescribed angle within a prescribed time, returns the information processing device (100) to an original state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yuji Kunitake, Ryo Yokoyama, Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160141166
    Abstract: A sample mounting plate has: a substrate made of alumina ceramic which exhibits white; and a cover layer which is laminated so as to cover the front surface of the substrate and which has multiple grooves formed in some areas. The cover layer has: a conductive interference layer which exhibits conductivity and is configured so as to exhibit a prescribed color (such as navy blue) through light interference and which is laminated on the substrate; and a water-repellent layer which exhibits higher water repellency than that of the substrate and is laminated on at least a part of the conductive interference layer and on which a sample is to be mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TORIUMI, Mitsunori MIYAMOTO, Kenji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160121634
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes at least one recording head, at least one head holder, a carriage, a reference member, a sub-reference member, and an adjuster. The at least one recording head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge droplets. The at least one head holder holds the at least one recording head. The carriage holds the at least one head holder and movable in a main scanning direction. The reference member is provided at the carriage and arranged along the main scanning direction. The sub-reference member is provided at the carriage in separation from the reference member. The adjuster adjusts parallelism of the sub-reference member to the reference member. The at least one head holder is supported by and detachable from the reference member, positioned in contact with the sub-reference member, and held in the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi Saiga, Shinichiro Naruse, Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9266411
    Abstract: A door frame is provided with a first fixed portion and a second fixed portion to which one end and the other end of a beltline reinforcement, with respect to the lengthwise direction thereof, are fixed, respectively; the first fixed portion is provided with a lengthwise-direction position limit portion which is positioned on an extension of the beltline reinforcement in the lengthwise direction thereof and faces against the one end of the beltline reinforcement, the second fixed portion is provided with a thickness directional position limit portion which overlaps the other end of the beltline reinforcement in the door thickness direction, and the lengthwise-direction position limit portion and the thickness directional position limit portion are fixed to the corresponding ends of the beltline reinforcement by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Shigenobu Ohsawa, Jiro Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9201350
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including plural image holding members that have toner images formed on respective surfaces thereof, image forming sections that form the toner images on the plural image holding members, respectively, a belt member that has an endless belt shape, plural transfer members each of which nips the belt member between the transfer member and a corresponding image holding member, a moving mechanism that individually moves the plural transfer members between a first place and a second place, plural rod-shaped rotating members around which the belt member is stretched and rotated, an adjusting member that adjusts a position of the belt member, an initializing mechanism that performs an initialization processing of returning the inclination of the adjusting member to an initial state, and a controller that starts the initialization processing by the initializing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9198231
    Abstract: A heater control device having at least two PTC heaters having PTC elements includes switching units which are provided so as to correspond to the PTC heaters and which switch an energized state and a non-energized state of the PTC elements by being turned ON and OFF, pattern information which defines state combination patterns of the energized state and the non-energized state of the PTC elements with respect to a required power value for the heater unit, and a ratio controlling unit which when the required power for the heater unit is at an intermediate value of the required power values defined in the pattern information, controls a ratio of the energized state to the non-energized state of the PTC elements based on a ratio of ON time to OFF time for which an average power within a certain period matches the required power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Nagasaka, Hidetaka Sato, Koji Nakano, Shiro Matsubara, Satoshi Kominami, Kiyotaka Sumito, Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9163161
    Abstract: Provided is a polyurethane aqueous dispersion characterized in having practical utility in terms of processing suitability when a formed film is produced by salt coagulation method, and characterized in that a formed film obtained from the same has practical utility in terms of resistance against ethanol water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiro Goto, Kenji Shimizu, Yoshio Seki, Tomoya Genmoto, Chie Ipponsugi, Naohito Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9156509
    Abstract: A door transportation method in a vehicle body assembly line, in which the vehicle body is placed and transported on a vehicle body transportation carriage of a floor conveyer, and thereby components are assembled to the vehicle body, includes: placing and transporting the door, which is detached from the vehicle body, on a door placing section arranged on a base stand of the vehicle body transportation carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9085220
    Abstract: When a formed product having undergone roll forming and welding is bent in the shape of a door sash, the formed product may distort and/or deform. Such distortion and/or deformation is reduced to a sufficient degree. A door sash is formed by bending an elongated metal plate in a widthwise direction such that portions thereof are superimposed, which are welded together for unification. The door sash has a joint portion extending in a longitudinal direction and having exposed surfaces extending continuously in the widthwise direction, a pocket portion extending continuously from one widthwise end of the joint portion and being to be located on the inner side of a vehicle, and a design portion extending continuously from the other widthwise end of the joint portion and being to be located on the outer side of the vehicle. The door sash is bent in the longitudinal direction, and has two parallel welding marks formed on each of the exposed surfaces of the joint portion and extending in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Yoshihara, Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150197072
    Abstract: A joined body of dissimilar aluminum alloy materials includes a first Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy material, a second Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy material, and a single Al—Mg aluminum alloy material. The joined body of dissimilar aluminum alloy materials is formed by welding the first Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy material and the second Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy material to the single Al—Mg aluminum alloy material. The Al—Mg aluminum alloy material and the first Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy material are joined by arc welding. The Al—Mg aluminum alloy material and the second Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy material are joined by friction-stir welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji SHIMIZU, Shigenobu OHSAWA, Jiro YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 9076267
    Abstract: To aim to achieve addition of blur to an image based on distance information of a subject and to appropriate determination of a block size that is a unit for coding. Blur is added to the image with use of one of disparity information for each pixel unit and distance information for each pixel unit and arbitrary blur conditions. A block size of each region of the image that are to be divided into blocks for coding is determined based on a blur value of the region. The image is divided into blocks based on the determined block sizes and coded in units of blocks. By increasing a block size with respect to a region included in an image having a high blur value, it is possible to reduce processing amount of reference block searching, thereby achieving speed-up of processing and reduction in processing amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150183306
    Abstract: A door frame is provided with a first fixed portion and a second fixed portion to which one end and the other end of a beltline reinforcement, with respect to the lengthwise direction thereof, are fixed, respectively; the first fixed portion is provided with a lengthwise-direction position limit portion which is positioned on an extension of the beltline reinforcement in the lengthwise direction thereof and faces against the one end of the beltline reinforcement, the second fixed portion is provided with a thickness directional position limit portion which overlaps the other end of the beltline reinforcement in the door thickness direction, and the lengthwise-direction position limit portion and the thickness directional position limit portion are fixed to the corresponding ends of the beltline reinforcement by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Shigenobu Ohsawa, Jiro Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20150135600
    Abstract: A door sash includes a sash member including: a body portion having: a first sidewall facing one side of a door glass; a second sidewall facing the other side of the door glass; and a bottom wall that connects base ends of the first side wall and the second sidewall and faces a end face along a thickness direction of the door glass; and a fin portion which extends from a corner between the first sidewall and the bottom wall and has a surface flush with a surface opposite to a surface, which faces the door glass, of either one of the first sidewall and the bottom wall, and wherein the sash member is bent in a width direction of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi YOKOTA, Kenji SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9028046
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording heads, a plurality of head holders to hold the recording heads, a guide member extending in a main scanning direction, a carriage movable in the main scanning direction along the guide member to hold the head holders, a reference member provided to the carriage and extending in the same direction as the guide member extends, an intermediate holder disposed between the carriage and the head holders and supported by the carriage with the reference member and at least two sub-reference portions, an adjustment member provided to at least one of the two sub-reference portions to displace the one of the two sub-reference portions relative to the carriage, and a contact portion provided to each of the head holders to contact against the intermediate holder in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the reference member extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Saiga, Shinichiroh Naruse, Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9028045
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a recording head to form an image on a recording medium, a carriage mounting the recording head and movable in a main scanning direction, a guide member extending in the main scanning direction to movably hold and guide the carriage, a stay member extending in the main scanning direction to hold the guide member, a frame member attached to the stay member to support the stay member, and an adjustment unit provided between and attached to a first end of the stay member and to the frame member to adjust an angle of the stay member with respect to the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9023756
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive recording material, which contains: a support; a thermosensitive recording layer provided on one surface of the support; and a back layer provided on the other surface of the support, wherein the support has a surface formed of a resin, and wherein the back layer contains a combination of a core-shell acrylic resin and an oxazoline resin, or a reaction product thereof, or both thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Hideo Aihara, Daiki Iwata
  • Patent number: 9002969
    Abstract: A distributed multimedia server system includes a buffer server module, a storage server module, and an intercluster connection network. Based on memory information on a buffer memory of the storage server module that stores divided multimedia information, the buffer server module obtains the divided multimedia information from the buffer memory using remote direct memory access. The storage server module reads the divided multimedia information requested from the buffer server module from a storage device, and stores the divided multimedia information in the buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kimiyama, Tsuyoshi Ogura, Tetsuo Kawano, Kenji Shimizu, Mitsuru Maruyama, Takeshi Kugimoto
  • Patent number: D761699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tokumaru Watanabe, Kenji Shimizu