Patents by Inventor Koichi Kitagawa

Koichi Kitagawa 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: 20240305887
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor, a detection sensor that detects rotational shake in the roll direction, a mechanical vibration-proof mechanism that corrects rotational shake, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine, based on a frame rate of motion picture imaging, a correction distribution ratio between mechanical vibration-proof processing using the mechanical vibration-proof mechanism and electronic vibration-proof processing of correcting the rotational shake. The processor is then configured to execute the mechanical vibration-proof processing and the electronic vibration-proof processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Junya KITAGAWA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20240267649
    Abstract: The pixel region includes a first phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the first side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer in a first side region of the first side, and a second phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the second side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer. The first phase difference pixel group includes a first A pixel and a first B pixel in which a light blocking area of the photoelectric conversion element using the light blocking layer is smaller than that of the first A pixel. The controller performs addition readout processing in which at least one of a pixel signal of the first A pixel or a pixel signal of the first B pixel is weighted in accordance with optical characteristics of the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Junya KITAGAWA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20240091342
    Abstract: Provided is an orally administrable vaccine against a coronavirus infectious disease. A transformed Bifidobacterium designed to display a part or a whole of a constituent protein of a coronavirus on a surface of the Bifidobacterium enables the provision of the orally administrable vaccine against a coronavirus infectious disease. The transformed Bifidobacterium designed to display a part or a whole of a constituent protein of a coronavirus on a surface of the Bifidobacterium can induce humoral immunity and cellular immunity through oral administration to suppress an increase in severity of pneumonia or the like even after viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Toshiro SHIRAKAWA, Shunpei UENO, Koichi KITAGAWA, Akihiko KONDO, Masanori KAMEOKA, Takane KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230067359
    Abstract: Provided is a novel cancer gene therapeutic means. More specifically, provided is a nucleic acid having a structure in which (A) a nucleic acid encoding a protein having a CD44 extracellular function, (B) a nucleic acid encoding a protein having a Notch core region function, and (C) a nucleic acid encoding a protein having an HIF-3?4 function are linked in the order of (A)-(B)-(C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toshiro SHIRAKAWA, Naoto KUNIMURA, Koichi KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10559894
    Abstract: To provide a method and a device for manufacturing a connection structure (1) and a wire harness (2). The connection structure connects an insulated wire (100) comprising a wire tip portion (103), an insulating covering (102) being stripped from the tip thereof, to a crimp terminal (200) comprising a closed-barrel-type crimping portion (230) allowing crimp connection with the wire tip portion (103) and has stable conductivity by crimping an aluminum core wire (101) by the crimping portion (230). The method comprises a carrier cutting step for separating crimp terminals (200) from a terminal connecting belt (300) comprising the crimp terminals (200) attached to a carrier (250) in a longitudinal direction, a wire insertion step for inserting wire tip portions (103) into the crimping portions (230) of the separated crimp terminals (200), and a crimping step for crimping the crimping portions (230) with the inserted wire tip portions (103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Patent number: 10424891
    Abstract: The terminal connection strip includes: a carrier formed in a strip shape; and a plurality of terminal fitting which project from at least one edge side of the carrier in a width direction. The terminal fitting includes a crimping section which connects by crimping at least a conductor tip of an insulated wire provided with the conductor tip where a conductor is covered with an insulating cover and the conductor is exposed by peeling off the insulating cover on a distal end side of the insulated wire to the terminal fitting. The crimping section is formed into a hollow shape which allows the insertion of at least the conductor tip from a proximal end side of the crimping section and allows the crimping section to surround the conductor tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Tonoike, Yukihiro Kawamura, Saburo Yagi, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Patent number: 10250001
    Abstract: A wire crimping device includes: a wire crimping unit which crimps a crimping section into which a wire tip is inserted from a wire insertion opening which opens on a proximal end side of the crimping section in a long length direction; and a guiding unit which guides a distal end portion of an aluminum lead line to the wire insertion opening of a female crimp terminal arranged at a predetermined position for being crimped by the wire crimping unit, wherein an inner diameter of an opposedly facing portion of the guiding unit which opposedly faces the wire insertion opening is set in conformity with an inner diameter of the wire insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Patent number: 9680235
    Abstract: In a terminal connection method of inserting a wire tip of an insulated wire, which is formed by stripping a front end of an insulating cover to expose an aluminum core wire, into a pressure-bonding section of a female crimp terminal to pressure bond the insulated wire to the female crimp terminal via the pressure-bonding section, signs are formed on the outer circumferential face of an insulated tip of the insulating cover at a distance of an internal length of the pressure-bonding section from a conductor tip face of the conductor tip, and the wire tip is inserted up to the signs in the pressure-bonding section to pressure-bond the wire tip to the pressure-bonding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Takashi Tonoike, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Patent number: 9667014
    Abstract: A cover stripping step of peeling off an insulating cover on a distal end side of an insulated wire to form a wire tip; a marking step of forming a marking on the insulating cover at a predetermined position; a first marking inspection step of inspecting a stripping state and the marking; a wire insertion step of inserting the wire tip into a closed-barrel-type pressure-bonding section; a pressure-bonding step of pressure-bonding the pressure-bonding section to be connected to the wire tip; and a second marking inspection step of inspecting a pressure-bonded state of the pressure-bonding section to the wire tip using the marking are performed in this order, and the first marking inspection step and the second marking inspection step are performed using the same inspection step part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki, Kouki Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20170149192
    Abstract: The terminal connection strip includes: a carrier formed in a strip shape; and a plurality of terminal fitting which project from at least one edge side of the carrier in a width direction. The terminal fitting includes a crimping section which connects by crimping at least a conductor tip of an insulated wire provided with the conductor tip where a conductor is covered with an insulating cover and the conductor is exposed by peeling off the insulating cover on a distal end side of the insulated wire to the terminal fitting. The crimping section is formed into a hollow shape which allows the insertion of at least the conductor tip from a proximal end side of the crimping section and allows the crimping section to surround the conductor tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi TONOIKE, Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Saburo YAGI, Satoshi TAKAMURA, Takeshi HYOTANI, Koichi KITAGAWA, Eiji ARAMAKI
  • Patent number: 9601840
    Abstract: The terminal connection strip includes: a carrier formed in a strip shape; and a plurality of terminal fitting which project from at least one edge side of the carrier in a width direction. The terminal fitting includes a crimping section which connects by crimping at least a conductor tip of an insulated wire provided with the conductor tip where a conductor is covered with an insulating cover and the conductor is exposed by peeling off the insulating cover on a distal end side of the insulated wire to the terminal fitting. The crimping section is formed into a hollow shape which allows the insertion of at least the conductor tip from a proximal end side of the crimping section and allows the crimping section to surround the conductor tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Tonoike, Yukihiro Kawamura, Saburo Yagi, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20150364834
    Abstract: To provide a method and a device for manufacturing a connection structure (1) and a wire harness (2). The connection structure connects an insulated wire (100) comprising a wire tip portion (103), an insulating covering (102) being stripped from the tip thereof, to a crimp terminal (200) comprising a closed-barrel-type crimping portion (230) allowing crimp connection with the wire tip portion (103) and has stable conductivity by crimping an aluminum core wire (101) by the crimping portion (230). The method comprises a carrier cutting step for separating crimp terminals (200) from a terminal connecting belt (300) comprising the crimp terminals (200) attached to a carrier (250) in a longitudinal direction, a wire insertion step for inserting wire tip portions (103) into the crimping portions (230) of the separated crimp terminals (200), and a crimping step for crimping the crimping portions (230) with the inserted wire tip portions (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Satoshi TAKAMURA, Takeshi HYOTANI, Koichi KITAGAWA, Eiji ARAMAKl
  • Publication number: 20150364838
    Abstract: The terminal connection strip includes: a carrier formed in a strip shape; and a plurality of terminal fitting which project from at least one edge side of the carrier in a width direction. The terminal fitting includes a crimping section which connects by crimping at least a conductor tip of an insulated wire provided with the conductor tip where a conductor is covered with an insulating cover and the conductor is exposed by peeling off the insulating cover on a distal end side of the insulated wire to the terminal fitting. The crimping section is formed into a hollow shape which allows the insertion of at least the conductor tip from a proximal end side of the crimping section and allows the crimping section to surround the conductor tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Tonoike, Yukihiro Kawamura, Saburo Yagi, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20150357782
    Abstract: A wire crimping device includes: a wire crimping unit which crimps a crimping section into which a wire tip is inserted from a wire insertion opening which opens on a proximal end side of the crimping section in a long length direction; and a guiding unit which guides a distal end portion of an aluminum lead line to the wire insertion opening of a female crimp terminal arranged at a predetermined position for being crimped by the wire crimping unit, wherein an inner diameter of an opposedly facing portion of the guiding unit which opposedly faces the wire insertion opening is set in conformity with an inner diameter of the wire insertion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Satoshi Takamura, Takeshi Hyotani, Koichi Kitagawa, Eiji Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20150229039
    Abstract: In a terminal connection method of inserting a wire tip of an insulated wire, which is formed by stripping a front end of an insulating cover to expose an aluminum core wire, into a pressure-bonding section of a female crimp terminal to pressure bond the insulated wire to the female crimp terminal via the pressure-bonding section, signs are formed on the outer circumferential face of an insulated tip of the insulating cover at a distance of an internal length of the pressure-bonding section from a conductor tip face of the conductor tip, and the wire tip is inserted up to the signs in the pressure-bonding section to pressure-bond the wire tip to the pressure-bonding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE, Satoshi TAKAMURA, Takeshi HYOTANI, Koichi KITAGAWA, Eiji ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150155673
    Abstract: A cover stripping step of peeling off an insulating cover on a distal end side of an insulated wire to form a wire tip; a marking step of forming a marking on the insulating cover at a predetermined position; a first marking inspection step of inspecting a stripping state and the marking; a wire insertion step of inserting the wire tip into a closed-barrel-type pressure-bonding section; a pressure-bonding step of pressure-bonding the pressure-bonding section to be connected to the wire tip; and a second marking inspection step of inspecting a pressure-bonded state of the pressure-bonding section to the wire tip using the marking are performed in this order, and the first marking inspection step and the second marking inspection step are performed using the same inspection step part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Satoshi TAKAMURA, Takeshi HYOTANI, Koichi KITAGAWA, Eiji ARAMAKI, Kouki FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20140285356
    Abstract: A power measuring system according to an embodiment includes a power measuring device configured to measure power consumption of a measurement target provided indoors. The power measuring system includes a gateway provided indoors, communicably connectable to the power measuring device, and including a managing unit configured to manage first power measuring device information indicating the measurement target. The power measuring system includes a server communicably connectable to the gateway and including a server storing unit configured to be capable of storing second power measuring device information indicating the measurement target. If content of one of the first power measuring device information and the second power measuring device information is set or updated, the power measuring system synchronizes content of the other with the set or updated content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Kishimoto, Koichi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8812521
    Abstract: An image file sorting method is executed by an image file sorting device, including a storage unit, a control unit, and an image reading unit, wherein the storage unit includes a sorting condition storage unit that stores a sorting condition to specify a sorting destination of an image file. The method includes a sorting keyword extracting step of extracting a sorting keyword from a marker portion of the image file read by the image reading unit, a sorting destination deciding step of deciding the sorting destination of the image file by collating the sorting keyword extracted by the sorting keyword extracting step and the sorting condition stored in the storing condition storage unit, and an image file sorting step of sorting the image file into the sorting destination decided by the sorting destination deciding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Hidenori Yamamoto, Koichi Kitagawa, Yasunori Taniguchi, Kiyoto Kosaka, Satoshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20140101014
    Abstract: A desired money-amount management apparatus includes a control unit and a display unit. The control unit includes (i) a setting unit that sets a group goal for an amount of money for a group composed of a plurality of users registered in a household-accounts management application, (ii) a summing unit that sums remaining amounts, registered in the household-accounts management application, of all member users being the users constituting the group, (iii) a checking unit that checks a progress status of the group goal based on the group goal set by the setting unit and the remaining amount summed by the summing unit, and (iv) a progress-display executing unit that displays the progress status checked by the checking unit on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Kayo IIMURO, Koichi KITAGAWA, Kyoji INARI
  • Patent number: 8406574
    Abstract: An image processor comprising a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an obtaining unit that obtains image data generated as a result of reading a document by a reader in which a predetermined document reading condition is set; a selecting unit that allows a user to select an use of the image data obtained by the obtaining unit out of a plurality of the uses set in advance; a processing unit that processes the image data obtained by the obtaining unit according to an image processing condition suitable for the use selected by the selecting unit; and a transferring unit that transfers the image data after being processed by the processing unit to an application suitable for the use selected by the selecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Kubo, Satoshi Sakai, Koichi Kitagawa, Yasunori Taniguchi, Takayuki Kawanaka, Kiyoto Kosaka