Patents by Inventor Kenji Takagi

Kenji Takagi 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: 12147618
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes a rotary operator and a base supporting the rotary operator so that the rotary operator is rotatable. The rotary operator includes a rotary body provided on the base, a pressed portion provided on the rotary body and on which a pressing operation is performed, a press detecting unit provided on the rotary body along an outer circumference of the rotary operator and configured to detect the pressing operation performed on the pressed portion, and elastic members interposed between the pressed portion and the press detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Syusuke Fujiwara, Nao Takagi
  • Patent number: 12139406
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a substance with a modified carbon allotrope surface that can suppress or prevent uneven distribution, uneven orientation, and the like of a structural analysis target substance in a structural analysis by cryo-electron microscopy. A method for producing a substance with a modified carbon allotrope surface of the present invention includes: the step of surface-treating by reacting a carbon allotrope surface with a halogen oxide radical, wherein the carbon allotrope surface is modified by the surface-treating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inoue, Haruyasu Asahara, Kei Ohkubo, Kenji Iwasaki, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Mika Hirose, Atsushi Nakagawa, Junichi Takagi, Takefumi Doi, Hiroaki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20240359716
    Abstract: An automatic train operation assistance device includes a data extraction unit that acquires operation data including the operation of a train and load factors of the vehicles of the train from a data collection device that collects equipment data on the train, a feature extraction unit that extracts, using the operation data, operation data on an inter-station including a travel time taken by the train to travel from a first station to a second station and a stoppage time for which the train is stopped at the first station or the second station, as features, and an operation prediction unit that constructs a prediction model using the features, and predicts the future operating conditions of the train including the future position of the train, using the prediction model and current features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori TACHIBANA, Shota SHIMAYOSHI, Kenji UEDA, Masamichi TAKAGI, Haruna ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 12128320
    Abstract: A ranking list display method in a game system, which can easily execute ranking confirmation of a user, who is a ranking confirmation target, such as the user himself/herself, a friend or a rival, is provided. The ranking list display method in a game system includes determining a position in a ranking list of a game of a user who is a ranking confirmation target in relation to a display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on a terminal, and displaying a pointer, which corresponds to the determined position in the ranking list of the user who is the ranking confirmation target in relation to the display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on the terminal, within the display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Maya Sawamura, Takuya Kai, Kenji Iguchi, Yushi Takagi, Toshiharu Yabe
  • Publication number: 20240345221
    Abstract: A measurement device includes: a light source; an interference optical system that separates light into reference light and irradiation light and causes reflected light and the reference light to interfere with each other to generate interference light; an optical element that emits the irradiation light and receives the reflected light; and a photodetector that detects the interference light. The interference optical system includes a beam splitter. The measurement device satisfies d1?d2+d3 and d2+d3?d1|?|d4?d1| where d1 is an optical path length from the beam splitter to the photodetector, d2 is an optical path length from the beam splitter to the optical element, d3 is an optical path length from the optical element to the photodetector, and d4 is an optical path length from the beam splitter to the photodetector via a noise light path inside the interference optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: HIROYUKI TAKAGI, YASUHISA INADA, KAZUYA HISADA, YUMIKO KATO, KENJI NARUMI, KOHEI KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240304401
    Abstract: The acoustic device includes: an operator; a state switching mechanism that performs switching of operation modes of the operator in response to a switching operation; and an operational-feeling switching mechanism that performs switching of operational feelings of the operator in response to the switching operation, along with the switching of the operation modes performed by the state switching mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Nao Takagi
  • Publication number: 20240280370
    Abstract: The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of predetermined points in a target area and a predetermined probability distribution regarding the plurality of points. The definition unit defines, with a predetermined probability distribution, a plurality of routes each having each of a plurality of predetermined points in the target area as a departure place or a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAGI, Kenji KOMIYA, Atsushi ISOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240271947
    Abstract: The acquisition unit acquires a departure place or a destination outside a target area. The estimation unit estimates a route extending from the acquired departure place or destination through the target area. The replacement unit replaces the acquired departure place or destination with an end point of the target area on the estimated route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAGI, Kenji KOMIYA, Atsushi ISOMURA
  • Patent number: 12044997
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image to the sheet, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet having passed through the fixing portion such that a surface of the sheet to which the powder adhesive is applied is inside, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion and bond the sheet by the powder adhesive. A relationship of Tmax1>Tmax2 is satisfied, where Tmax1 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the fixing portion and Tmax2 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the bonding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Nishizawa, Shigeto Tamura, Takaaki Tsuruya, Tsutomu Shimano, Kohei Matsuda, Tetsuya Sano, Kenji Takagi, Tomoaki Nakai, Masaki Shimomura
  • Cap
    Patent number: 11964806
    Abstract: A cap comprising a cap body including a top plate portion which is disk-shaped, and a skirt portion which is cylindrical and provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion, the top plate portion including a substrate and a resin coating film provided on a cap inner surface side of the substrate, the resin coating film including a polyester-based resin and a lubricant, and a sealing member provided in the cap body separately from the cap body so as to face the top plate portion, and having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji Fujishige, Kenji Takagi, Kenji Kawahara, Yukikazu Hiraide, Takashi Kawada
  • Patent number: 11905073
    Abstract: A cap comprises a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion integrally provided with the top plate portion through a corner portion and screwed to a mouth portion of a can container, and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer which is provided separately from the cap body to face the top plate portion, includes a protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral side of a portion opposed to the mouth portion when the cap body is screwed with the can container and gradually decreasing in thickness toward an outer peripheral edge, and slides on the top plate portion and a sealing layer which is integrally provided with the sliding layer and seals the mouth portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Daiwa Can Company
    Inventors: Eiji Araki, Takashi Kawada, Kenji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20240042784
    Abstract: The laminate includes: a base material; an intermediate layer provided on the base material and having an accommodation part; a recording medium provided in the accommodation part; and an overlay layer provided on the intermediate layer. The accommodation part is provided in a part of a plane of the intermediate layer, and the accommodation part is a through hole penetrating in the thickness direction of the intermediate layer or a recess recessed in the thickness direction of the intermediate layer. The recording medium includes a color development layer containing: a coloring compound having an electron donating property; a developer having an electron accepting property; and a matrix resin. The base material, the intermediate layer, and the overlay layer contain the same type of resin material. The base material and the intermediate layer are bonded to each other by fusion, and the intermediate layer and the overlay layer are bonded to each other by fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Maho WATANABE, Hirohisa AMAGO, Yuriko KAINO, Kenji TAKAGI, Ryota YAMANO, Hiroshi MIZUNO, Aya TEJIMA
  • CAP
    Publication number: 20230406576
    Abstract: A cap includes: a cap body including a top plate and a skirt having a tubular shape disposed on a circumferential edge of the top plate, a sealing member disposed on an inner surface of the top plate and configured to seal a mouth of a container, a slit extending in a circumferential direction of the skirt, and a worked portion formed at least in a part of the slit in the circumferential direction on at least a side of the slit closer to the top plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji ARAKI, Kenji TAKAGI, Eiji FUJISHIGE
  • Patent number: 11841653
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member that carries a developer image; a transfer member that forms a transfer nip portion with the image bearing member and transfers the developer image in the transfer nip portion from the image bearing member to a recording material; a fixing portion that includes a heater and fixes the developer image to the recording material using heat of the heater; a temperature detection portion that detects a temperature of the fixing portion; a control portion that controls power supplied to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion becomes a predetermined control target temperature; and an acquisition portion that acquires a temperature of the image bearing member or the transfer member. The control target temperature is changed based on the temperature acquired by the acquisition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Kaino, Kenji Takagi, Yusuke Jinkoma
  • Cap
    Patent number: 11834228
    Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a disk-shaped top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion; and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer and a sealing layer, the sliding layer disposed on the top plate portion side and having a thin portion thinner than at least a center side provided on an outer peripheral edge side, and the sealing layer provided on a main surface opposite to the top plate portion side of the sliding layer and sealing a mouth portion of a can container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji Fujishige, Junji Matsumura, Eiji Araki, Kenji Takagi, Keisuke Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230373688
    Abstract: A cap includes: a cap body including a top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion; a sealing member provided in the cap body separately from the cap body so as to face the top plate portion; a plurality of locking portions arranged in a circumferential direction in the skirt portion, the locking portions protruding inward in a radial direction of the skirt portion and supporting the sealing member; a plurality of small diameter portions arranged between the top plate portion and the locking portions of the skirt portion, the small diameter portions being respectively provided on a top plate portion side of the locking portions in the axial direction; and a plurality of large diameter portions provided adjacent to the small diameter portions in the circumferential direction and having an inscribed circle diameter larger than an inscribed circle diameter of the plurality of small diameter portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Eiji ARAKI, Kenji TAKAGI, Eiji FUJISHIGE
  • Publication number: 20230350330
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to perform a fixing process in which the fixing portion fixes the image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to perform a bonding process in which the bonding portion bonds the plurality of sheets to each other with the powder adhesive by using the heating member to heat and press the plurality of sheets, wherein P1<P2 is satisfied, where P1 (MPa) is a peak value of pressure received by the sheet in the fixing process, and P2 (MPa) is a peak value of pressure received by the sheet in the bonding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: KENJI TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11667142
    Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first recording layer to be colored in a first color, a second recording layer to be colored in a second color, the second color being different from the first color, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the first intermediate layer including a plurality of layers respectively containing materials different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobukazu Hirai, Yuriko Kaino, Kenji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20220413419
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to heat and press the sheet conveyed from the image forming portion while nipping and conveying the sheet by a first nip portion to fix toner image to the sheet, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to heat and press the sheet folded by the folding portion while nipping and conveying the sheet by a second nip portion to bond the sheet by powder adhesive. A peak value of pressure that the second rotary member pair applies to the sheet in the second nip portion is greater than a peak value of pressure that the first rotary member pair applies to the sheet in the first nip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kenji Takagi
  • Patent number: 11485549
    Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion; a sealing member that is a separate member from the cap body and is provided in the cap body, the sealing member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion; a plurality of locking portions provided in a circumferential direction of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a movement of the sealing member in a direction away from the top plate portion and support the sealing member; and a plurality of regulating portions provided in the circumferential direction of the skirt portion, protruding inward in a radial direction than an inner peripheral surface of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a radial movement of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji Fujishige, Junji Matsumura, Eiji Araki, Kenji Takagi, Takashi Kawada