Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Kanai

Kiyoshi Kanai 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: 9916614
    Abstract: To guide other products related to a product which is taken out in hand by a customer. The present product display rack system carries out a first step for detecting an RFID number of a product taken by a customer from desired display racks 11 to 14 based upon the detection result of the RFID reader; a second step for acquiring RFID numbers of related products having related product types and functional types relative to the product type of the RFID number from the product related information data base 260 by using the detected RFID number as a key; a third step for acquiring the product display coordinates of the product type from the product coordinate data base 250 by using the acquired RFID number of the related product as a key; and a fourth step for lighting or flickering the lamp of the lamp guiding units 30 to 33 at a position close to the acquired product display coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Otani, Kiyoshi Kanai, Noriho Tanaka, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hirofumi Tsutsumimoto
  • Publication number: 20160055566
    Abstract: To guide other products related to a product which is taken out in hand by a customer. The present product display rack system carries out a first step for detecting an RFID number of a product taken by a customer from desired display racks 11 to 14 based upon the detection result of the RFID reader; a second step for acquiring RFID numbers of related products having related product types and functional types relative to the product type of the RFID number from the product related information data base 260 by using the detected RFID number as a key; a third step for acquiring the product display coordinates of the product type from the product coordinate data base 250 by using the acquired RFID number of the related product as a key; and a fourth step for lighting or flickering the lamp of the lamp guiding units 30 to 33 at a position close to the acquired product display coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Otani, Kiyoshi Kanai, Noriho Tanaka, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hirofumi Tsutsumimoto
  • Patent number: 7881988
    Abstract: A system with an intelligent shelf (100) has product display shelves (110 to 130) displaying products having RFID tags R. The system includes antennas (112a to 112c) each having unique antenna numbers and detecting a tag serial number from an RFID tag on a product, human body sensors S disposed on each end of the product display shelf 120, a tag-product ID registration table storing the tag serial numbers of the RFID tags and the product IDs of the products and a control computer (200) detecting that a particular product is picked up from and/or returned to a particular product display shelf by combining the input tag serial number and the antenna number of the antenna detecting the tag serial number and analyzing which direction the detected human body has moved based on the difference of the detection times of the human body sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi Information Systems, Ltd., Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tana-X-Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Otani, Kiyoshi Kanai, Tohru Kaneko, Katsumasa Kishida, Hirofumi Tsutsumimoto
  • Publication number: 20090153328
    Abstract: [OBJECT] To provide system and program for obtaining customers' purchase behavior information for products. [MEANS FOR ACHIEVING OBJECT] A system comprising an intelligent shelf (100) having product display shelves (110 to 130) on which the products A to C applied with RFID tags R are displayed, a plurality of antennas (112a to 112c) each having unique antenna numbers and detecting a tag serial number from an RFID tag on a product, a pair of human body sensors S disposed on each end of the product display shelf 120, a tag-product ID registration table storing the tag serial numbers of the RFID tags and the product IDs of the products uniquely given to each kind of product and a control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshinori Otani, Kiyoshi Kanai, Tohru Kaneko, Katsumasa Kishida, Hirofumi Tsutsumimoto
  • Patent number: 7261869
    Abstract: Inexpensive spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate giving useful properties for brightness, opacity and wire abrasion resistance as a paper filler is provided by taking advantage of the causticization step. When a white liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 10% by weight or less and is slaked with the white liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. When a green liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 0.1 to 10% by weight and is slaked with the green liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. In a second step, causticization reaction takes place at a green liquor loading rate of 0.02 to 0.5 cc (green liquor)/min/g (quick lime) at a reaction temperature of 20 to 105° C. to afford spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Yasunori Nanri, Yasuhiro Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20050079117
    Abstract: Inexpensive spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate giving useful properties for brightness, opacity and wire abrasion resistance as a paper filler is provided by taking advantage of the causticization step. When a white liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 10% by weight or less and is slaked with the white liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. When a green liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 0.1 to 10% by weight and is slaked with the green liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. In a second step, causticization reaction takes place at a green liquor loading rate of 0.02 to 0.5 cc (green liquor)/min/g (quick lime) at a reaction temperature of 20 to 105° C. to afford spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuto Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Yasunori Nanri, Yasuhiro Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6761301
    Abstract: A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes formed therein is disposed between a blower fan and a heater for making uniform the pressure of a fluid. A radiation plate is disposed between the heater and a heating target for blowing the fluid having been heated by the heater to the heating target in the form of a turbulent flow. The heated fluid is blown to the heating target for heating the same, whereby solder is melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Tamura/FA System Co., Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd., Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Kazumi Tashiro, Hideaki Arita, Kiyoshi Kanai, Teruo Okano, Fumihiro Yamashita, Shoichirou Matsuhisa, Hidekazu Imai
  • Patent number: 6630277
    Abstract: Coarsely crushed toner particles comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant are effectively pulverized by a mechanical pulverizer including a generally cylindrical rotor rotating about an axis and a stator surrounding the rotor with a minute gap from the rotor. Each of the outer wall of the rotor and the inner wall of the stator is provided with a plurality of grooves which extend generally in parallel with the rotation axis of the rotor and are formed of a wave-shaped plurality of projections and intervening recesses. Each recess on at least one of the rotor and the stator is provided with a flat-shaped bottom between a forward corner and a rear corner adjacent a forward slope and a rear slope respectively, with respect to the rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Naka, Momosuke Takaichi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Tsuneo Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 6627170
    Abstract: Inexpensive spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate giving useful properties for brightness, opacity and wire abrasion resistance as a paper filler is provided by taking advantage of the causticization step. When a white liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 10% by weight or less and is slaked with the white liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. When a green liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 0.1 to 10% by weight and is slaked with the green liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. In a second step, causticization reaction takes place at a green liquor loading rate of 0.02 to 0.5 cc (green liquor)/min/g (quick lime) at a reaction temperature of 20 to 105° C. to afford spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Yasunori Nanri, Yasuhiro Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20030059362
    Abstract: Inexpensive spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate giving useful properties for brightness, opacity and wire abrasion resistance as a paper filler is provided by taking advantage of the causticization step. When a white liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 10% by weight or less and is slaked with the white liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. When a green liquor is used for slaking a quick lime, the quick lime used in the slaking reaction of a first step has a calcium carbonate content of 0.1 to 10% by weight and is slaked with the green liquor at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. In a second step, causticization reaction takes place at a green liquor loading rate of 0.02 to 0.5 cc (green liquor)/min/g (quick lime) at a reaction temperature of 20 to 105° C. to afford spindle- or rice-like calcium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: KAZUTO TAKAHASHI, KIYOSHI KANAI, YASUNORI NANRI, YASUHIRO OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 6445885
    Abstract: A strobe device, including: a strobe circuit board; a connecting conductor composed of a wire member; and a strobe emitting portion which includes; a) a light emitting tube, having electrode terminals on its both ends, b) a reflector for reflecting strobe light emitted by the light emitting tube toward a photographic object and c) a transmission window for covering a front surface of the reflector and for transmitting the strobe light. In the strobe device, the connecting conductor has a contact with the light emitting tube and electricity is supplied to the light emitting tube through the connecting conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Nakanishi, Ken Ishida, Kiyoaki Hazama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kanai
  • Publication number: 20020100791
    Abstract: A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes formed therein is disposed between a blower fan and a heater for making uniform the pressure of a fluid. A radiation plate is disposed between the heater and a heating target for blowing the fluid having been heated by the heater to the heating target in the form of a turbulent flow. The heated fluid is blown to the heating target for heating the same, whereby solder is melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Kazumi Tashiro, Hideaki Arita, Kiyoshi Kanai, Teruo Okano, Fumihiro Yamashita, Shoichirou Matsuhisa, Hidekazu Imai
  • Publication number: 20020086231
    Abstract: Coarsely crushed toner particles comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant are effectively pulverized by a mechanical pulverizer including a generally cylindrical rotor rotating about an axis and a stator surrounding the rotor with a minute gap from the rotor. Each of the outer wall of the rotor and the inner wall of the stator is provided with a plurality of grooves which extend generally in parallel with the rotation axis of the rotor and are formed of a wave-shaped plurality of projections and intervening recesses. Each recess on at least one of the rotor and the stator is provided with a flat-shaped bottom between a forward corner and a rear corner adjacent a forward slope and a rear slope respectively, with respect to the rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Naka, Momosuke Takaichi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Tsuneo Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 6412681
    Abstract: A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes formed therein is disposed between a blower fan and a heater for making uniform the pressure of a fluid. A radiation plate is disposed between the heater and a heating target for blowing the fluid having been heated by the heater to the heating target in the form of a turbulent flow. The heated fluid is blown to the heating target for heating the same, whereby solder is melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Tamura Fa System Co., Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd., Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Kazumi Tashiro, Hideaki Arita, Kiyoshi Kanai, Teruo Okano, Fumihiro Yamashita, Shoichirou Matsuhisa, Hidekazu Imai
  • Publication number: 20020015589
    Abstract: A strobe device, including: a strobe circuit board; a connecting conductor composed of a wire member; and a strobe emitting portion which includes; a) a light emitting tube, having electrode terminals on its both ends, b) a reflector for reflecting strobe light emitted by the light emitting tube toward a photographic object and c) a transmission window for covering a front surface of the reflector and for transmitting the strobe light. In the strobe device, the connecting conductor has a contact with the light emitting tube and electricity is supplied to the light emitting tube through the connecting conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Hiromi Nakanishi, Ken Ishida, Kiyoaki Hazama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kanai
  • Patent number: 6337953
    Abstract: A strobe device, including: a strobe circuit board; a connecting conductor composed of a wire member; and a strobe emitting portion which includes; a) a light emitting tube, having electrode terminals on its both ends, b) a reflector for reflecting strobe light emitted by the light emitting tube toward a photographic object and c) a transmission window for covering a front surface of the reflector and for transmitting the strobe light. In the strobe device, the connecting conductor has a contact with the light emitting tube and electricity is supplied to the light emitting tube through the connecting conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Nakanishi, Ken Ishida, Kiyoaki Hazama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kanai
  • Publication number: 20010037272
    Abstract: An information display apparatus including: a receiver connecting to a network and receiving financial information through the network; a reservoir connecting to an output side of the receiver and accumulating the financial information received from the receiver; a specifying-information-accepting unit for accepting specifying information that specifies the financial information accumulated in the reservoir to be a basis of predetermined information to be displayed; an information selector connecting to the specifying-information-accepting unit and the reservoir and selecting financial information specified by the predetermined information accepted by the specifying-information-accepting unit from the financial information accumulated in the reservoir; and a display processing unit connecting to an output of the information selector and displaying the predetermined information based on the financial information selected by the information selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Hisanori Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Mina Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20010015368
    Abstract: A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes formed therein is disposed between a blower fan and a heater for making uniform the pressure of a fluid. A radiation plate is disposed between the heater and a heating target for blowing the fluid having been heated by the heater to the heating target in the form of a turbulent flow. The heated fluid is blown to the heating target for heating the same, whereby solder is melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Kazumi Tashiro, Hideaki Arita, Kiyoshi Kanai, Teruo Okano, Fumihiro Yamashita, Shoichirou Matsuhisa, Hidekazu Imai
  • Patent number: 6190633
    Abstract: Inexpensive spindle- or needle-like calcium carbonate giving useful properties for bulk, brightness, opacity, wire abrasion resistance and yield as a paper filler is provided by taking advantage of the causticization step. In a first step, a quick lime having a calcium carbonate content of 10% by weight or less is slaked with a liquor having a pH of 5.5 to 13.5 at a concentration of 20 to 60% to prepare a milk of lime. In a second step, causticization reaction takes place at a green liquor loading rate of 0.02 to 0.5 cc (green liquor)/min/g (quick lime) at a reaction temperature of 20 to 105° C. to afford spindle- or needle-like calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kanai, Yasunori Nanri, Yasuhiro Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5291419
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the life of a connection between members including the steps of extracting parameters defining the shearing strain of a predetermined model representing the connection thereby to calculate the values of plural shearing strains of the connection, calculating the equivalent strain amplitude corresponding to thermal fatigue stress for each of the values of the plural shearing strains defining the relationship between the shearing strain and the equivalent strain amplitude, formulating a life evaluation criterion equation expressed using the equivalent strain amplitude, calculating, for the connection, the equivalent strain amplitude corresponding to each of the shearing strains actually measured using the equation, and substituting the equivalent strain amplitude for the life evaluation criterion equation to acquire the life of the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Satoh, Katsuhiro Arakawa, Kiyoshi Kanai, Tsutomu Takahashi, Takaji Takenaka, Haruhiko Imada