Patents by Inventor Kenta Ogata
Kenta Ogata 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).
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Patent number: 11964712Abstract: A steering control device is provided with at least one of a first torque correction computing part and a second torque correction computing part; wherein the first torque correction computing part is equipped with a weight computing part which computes an increment of weight based on a magnitude of the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of weight to generate a weight, a clip value computing part which computes an automatic driver torque clip value according to the weight, and a clip processing part which clip processes the automatic driver torque with the automatic driver torque clip value; and the second torque correction computing part is equipped with a gain computing part which computes an increment of gain according to the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of gain to generate a gain, and a gain processing part which outputs an automatic driver torque multiplied by the gain.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenta Tominaga, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Michihiro Ogata, Masaya Endo, Hiroaki Kitano
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Patent number: 11950614Abstract: A food material powder supply device 1 of the disclosure includes a supply tank 50 that temporarily stores food material powder in a tank 50A and supplies the food material powder to a processing container 2A of a food processing machine 2, a vacuum device 70 that reduces the pressure inside the supply tank 50 with vacuum pumps 71A and 71B, and a control device 3 that operates the vacuum device 70 to reduce the internal pressure of the supply tank 50 to be equal to or lower than a predetermined atmospheric pressure at which moisture of the food material powder is evaporated and cools the food material powder in the supply tank 50. A stirring member 54 which is driven to rotate during the cooling of the food material powder is arranged inside the tank 50A.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Katsumata, Takeshi Okiyama, Yasuhisa Ogata
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Patent number: 11927613Abstract: A sheet electrical resistance measuring device includes: a housing having a gap for receiving a sheet therein; a sheet pulling member comprising a first and second rotating rollers that are disposed in the housing and pulls the sheet inserted into the gap; a stopper that is disposed in the housing and causes the sheet pulling member to stop pulling the sheet; and a pair of electrodes that is disposed in the housing and measures electrical resistance of the sheet which is stopped and brought into contact with the pair of electrodes. The sheet electrical resistance measuring is capable of reducing the likelihood of wrinkles to be occurred when inserting the sheet, thereby increasing measurement accuracy of the sheet electrical resistance measuring device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kouhei Yukawa, Kenta Ogata
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Publication number: 20240054821Abstract: A management device to be used in an in-vehicle network including a plurality of function units installed in a vehicle includes: a state information acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating a state of the vehicle; and an allocation unit configured to change allocation of transmission bands of a plurality of logical paths between the function units in accordance with the state of the vehicle indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Yojiro SUYAMA, Hideyuki TANAKA, Junji YANO, Darmawan GO
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Patent number: 11802896Abstract: A sheet electric resistance measuring instrument includes first and second housings that are paired with each other and that sandwich a sheet from both sides of the sheet, a pair of electrodes that are provided on the first housing and that measure an electric resistance of the sheet sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and the second housing, and a contact member that is disposed between the pair of electrodes on the first housing and that is brought into contact with the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kouhei Yukawa, Kenta Ogata
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Patent number: 11796948Abstract: A measurement device includes a measurement unit that measures a physical property of a measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate through an application of an ultrasonic wave, the measurement unit including a first mode that measures the physical property using a first burst wave sensitive in a first predetermined range of physical property values and a second mode that measures the physical property using a second burst wave sensitive in a second range of physical property values different from the first range, and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to execute at least one of the first mode and the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta Ogata, Kouhei Yukawa
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Patent number: 11774893Abstract: A measurement device includes: a resistance measurement unit that measures an electrical resistance of a measurement target; a first measurement unit, including a detector that detects information indicating a first physical property other than the electrical resistance of the measurement target, that measures the first physical property from a detection result from the detector; a second measurement unit, including a detector that detects information indicating a second physical property other than the electrical resistance and the first physical property of the measurement target, that measures the second physical property from a detection result from the detector, in which a length of time from a start of driving the detector until a start of actual measurement is longer in the second measurement unit than in the first measurement unit; and a control unit that performs first control causing the first measurement unit to execute a measurement operation of measuring the first physical property in parallel wiType: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta Ogata, Kouhei Yukawa
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Publication number: 20230303351Abstract: A feeding device includes: a supply unit that supplies air to a space between a plurality of loaded media to float the media; a feeding unit that feeds out the media floated by the supply unit; and a detection unit that detects whether or not a medium bundle is present among the plurality of media in a state of being floated by the supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoshiyuki KITAZAWA, Kenta OGATA, Kouhei YUKAWA, Masaru OKUTSU, Hiroaki FUJIKURA, Yohei ONOUE
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Patent number: 11659101Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a human presence sensor that detects a user who uses the image forming apparatus; a first covering provided in front of the human presence sensor; and a second covering provided in front of the first covering, the second covering being configured not to interfere with detection of a detection target by the human presence sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Kenta Ogata
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Patent number: 11601556Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation unit that is decentered from a center line between a right part and a left part of the image forming apparatus rightwards or leftwards and that is disposed closer to a rear face or a front face of the image forming apparatus; a human sensor that detects a user intending to use the image forming apparatus; and a controller that performs control of operation of the image forming apparatus by using a detection result of the human sensor, the human sensor having a detection range set to detect the user, the user being detectable even when the user is present at least partially outside a width range of the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Kenta Ogata
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Publication number: 20230057219Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation unit that is decentered from a center line between a right part and a left part of the image forming apparatus rightwards or leftwards and that is disposed closer to a rear face or a front face of the image forming apparatus; a human sensor that detects a user intending to use the image forming apparatus; and a controller that performs control of operation of the image forming apparatus by using a detection result of the human sensor, the human sensor having a detection range set to detect the user, the user being detectable even when the user is present at least partially outside a width range of the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Kenta OGATA
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Publication number: 20230054980Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a human presence sensor that detects a user who uses the image forming apparatus; a first covering provided in front of the human presence sensor; and a second covering provided in front of the first covering, the second covering being configured not to interfere with detection of a detection target by the human presence sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Kenta OGATA
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Patent number: 11573516Abstract: A measurement device is provided with: a measurement unit including a first mode that measures an electrical resistance of a recording medium used in an image forming apparatus in a first predetermined range of electrical resistance values and a second mode that measures the electrical resistance in a second range of electrical resistance values different from the first range, the second range and the first range being set such that with respect to the electrical resistance of multiple brands of recording media, a number of brands belonging to the second range is greater than a number of brands belonging to the first range; and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to prioritize execution of the second mode over the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta Ogata, Kouhei Yukawa
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Publication number: 20220373954Abstract: A measurement device is provided with: a measurement unit including a first mode that measures an electrical resistance of a recording medium used in an image forming apparatus in a first predetermined range of electrical resistance values and a second mode that measures the electrical resistance in a second range of electrical resistance values different from the first range, the second range and the first range being set such that with respect to the electrical resistance of multiple brands of recording media, a number of brands belonging to the second range is greater than a number of brands belonging to the first range; and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to prioritize execution of the second mode over the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Kouhei YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20220373951Abstract: A measurement device includes: a resistance measurement unit that measures an electrical resistance of a measurement target; a first measurement unit, including a detector that detects information indicating a first physical property other than the electrical resistance of the measurement target, that measures the first physical property from a detection result from the detector; a second measurement unit, including a detector that detects information indicating a second physical property other than the electrical resistance and the first physical property of the measurement target, that measures the second physical property from a detection result from the detector, in which a length of time from a start of driving the detector until a start of actual measurement is longer in the second measurement unit than in the first measurement unit; and a control unit that performs first control causing the first measurement unit to execute a measurement operation of measuring the first physical property in parallel wiType: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Kouhei YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20220371349Abstract: A measurement device includes a measurement unit that measures a physical property of a measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate through an application of an ultrasonic wave, the measurement unit including a first mode that measures the physical property using a first burst wave sensitive in a first predetermined range of physical property values and a second mode that measures the physical property using a second burst wave sensitive in a second range of physical property values different from the first range, and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to execute at least one of the first mode and the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Kouhei YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20220373326Abstract: A measurement device includes: a first measurement unit, disposed at a first opposing position facing a portion of a sheet-like measurement target, that measures a first physical property of the measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate with an ultrasonic wave; a second measurement unit, disposed at a second opposing position facing another portion of the measurement target in a state in which the first measurement unit is facing the first portion, that pinches and restrains the other portion in a thickness direction and measures a second physical property other than the first physical property of the measurement target; and a disposed unit disposed between the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit in an intersecting direction with respect to the thickness direction of the measurement target.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Kouhei YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20220373582Abstract: A sheet electrical resistance measuring device includes: a housing having a gap for receiving a sheet therein; a sheet pulling member that is disposed in the housing and pulls the sheet inserted into the gap; a stopper that is disposed in the housing and causes the sheet pulling member to stop pulling the sheet; and a pair of electrodes that is disposed in the housing and measures electrical resistance of the sheet which is stopped and brought into contact with the pair of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kouhei YUKAWA, Kenta OGATA
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Publication number: 20220373583Abstract: A sheet electric resistance measuring instrument includes first and second housings that are paired with each other and that sandwich a sheet from both sides of the sheet, a pair of electrodes that are provided on the first housing and that measure an electric resistance of the sheet sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and the second housing, and a contact member that is disposed between the pair of electrodes on the first housing and that is brought into contact with the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kouhei YUKAWA, Kenta OGATA
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Publication number: 20220261285Abstract: An in-vehicle device is mounted to a vehicle and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating a state of the vehicle; a plurality of physical resources; and an allocation unit configured to change, in accordance with the state indicated by the state information acquired by the acquisition unit, allocation of the physical resources to be used in a target process being one or a plurality of types of processes that should be performed by the in-vehicle device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Darmawan GO, Yasuhiro YABUUCHI