Patents by Inventor Koichi Saito

Koichi Saito 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: 20240249745
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage device including a carriage with an opening. The opening defines a central axis and has multiple ridges parallel with the central axis. A cross-sectional shape of the opening, along a plane perpendicular to the central axis, includes multiple lobes, each terminating at two of the multiple ridges. The magnetic storage device also includes a pivot positioned in the opening in contact with the multiple ridges. The pivot has a cross-sectional shape, along the plane perpendicular to the central axis, that is circular. The carriage is rotatable, relative to at least one portion of the pivot, about the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiya Usami, Koichi Suzuki, Michio Ueha, Takeshi Saito
  • Patent number: 12030758
    Abstract: The initial setting method for the unmanned forklift includes a step of acquiring a measurement value of floor surface inclination of a stop position where the unmanned forklift stops when the unmanned forklift unloads a palette on a rack, a step of setting the stop position where a predetermined inclination pattern is detected, as a precise adjustment position, from the acquired measurement value, a step of causing the unmanned forklift to unload the palette in accordance with an operation program, and measuring a deviation amount of the palette unloaded by the unmanned forklift, at the precise adjustment position, and a step of correcting a command value of the unmanned forklift at the stop position, based on the measured deviation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawauchi, Kensuke Futahashi, Noriyuki Hasegawa, Masafumi Monchi, Koichi Saito
  • Patent number: 12010280
    Abstract: A machine learning device learns an action of a driving source in a transport device continuously transporting at least two transported objects along a transport path, and includes: a hardware processor that: acquires position information of the at least two transported objects on the transport path on the basis of a result of detection by a sensor provided in the transport path; calculates a reward on the basis of the position information acquired, according to a predetermined rule; learns an action by calculating an action value in reinforcement learning on the basis of the position information acquired and the reward calculated; and generates and outputs control information that causes the driving source to perform an action determined on the basis of a learning result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kiriyama, Koichi Saito, Shun Sugai, Kazuhiko Kowase, Naoshi Kashiwagura
  • Publication number: 20240149563
    Abstract: A laminated glazing assembly includes an outer glass substrate, an inner glass substrate, and a polymeric interlayer disposed therebetween. The laminated glazing assembly also includes an antenna assembly disposed between the polymeric interlayer and one of the outer glass substrate and the inner glass substrate. The antenna assembly includes a film layer that carries a radiating element. The film layer may be a transparent film layer having a refractive index of from 1.45 to 1.55. The radiating element includes conductive wires disposed on the film layer and configured to be energized to transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals. The laminated glazing assembly may also include an adhesive layer disposed between the film layer and one of the outer glass substrate and the inner glass substrate, and a feeding element coupled to the inner glass substrate and capacitively coupled to the antenna assembly to energize the antenna assembly to transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Abdelhalim Mohamed, Koichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11960272
    Abstract: A production line monitoring system for monitoring a production line including a plurality of production devices is provided. The production line monitoring system includes: a plurality of terminals attached to a plurality of workers; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of terminals via a wireless network. The server performs processing of receiving operation information about the production device and generating event information based on the operation information, processing of transmitting the event information to a first terminal and a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, and processing of transmitting event stop information to the second terminal when receiving response information transmitted from the first terminal after performing the processing of transmitting the event information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Atsushi Imai, Tomonori Ishii, Koichi Saito, Manabu Saito
  • Publication number: 20240097700
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a successive comparison type A/D converter. The successive comparison type A/D converter includes a D/A converter, configured to generate an analog output voltage according to a digital input; a comparator, configured to compare a voltage according to an analog input signal with an output voltage of the D/A converter; and a control circuit, configured to input the digital input to the D/A converter. The D/A converter includes: a capacitive D/A conversion circuit, including an output line connected to the comparator and a plurality of capacitors respectively connected to the output line; an isolation capacitor, connected to the output line; and a current source. The current source is configured to output a current signal to the output line through the isolation capacitor in synchronization with an input of the digital input to the D/A converter by the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Koichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240060560
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure supply device/method supplies constant hydraulic pressure for a certain time period even if trouble occurs. A hydraulic pressure supply device has a first connecting line, a pump that delivers hydraulic oil to the first line, a second connecting line to which the hydraulic oil is supplied from the first line, and a third connecting line to which the hydraulic oil returns from the second line, an accumulator connected to the first line, a pressure reducing valve reduces the hydraulic pressure oil introduced from the first to the second line, and a valve device discharges the oil in the first line into the third line. The second and first lines are connected only via the reducing valve. The valve device switches from not discharging to discharging the oil in the first line into the third when the pressure in the first connecting is above the first pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Koichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240058394
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for controlling intestinal bacterial flora. A composition for controlling the proportion of a bacterium in intestinal bacterial flora, the composition comprising an insect material and the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMAMORI, Koichi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11890296
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a combination drug containing cytarabine and a DHODH inhibitor, as a new anti-tumor agent, and to provide an anti-tumor effect enhancing agent which is used in combination with cytarabine, an anti-tumor kit, and an anti-tumor agent which is used in combination with cytarabine. According to the present invention, an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor kit containing cytarabine and a dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor compound are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitazawa, Yukiko Ishii, Koichi Saito, Shun Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11887772
    Abstract: A surface mount inductor includes a molded body made of a composite material containing magnetic powder, and a metal plate including a first metal plate portion embedded in the molded body and a second metal plate portion extending from the first metal plate portion to an outside of the molded body. The second metal plate portion is extended from a side surface or mounting surface side of the molded body, is arranged along the molded body with a bent portion, and forms an external terminal arranged at least on the mounting surface side of the molded body. The external terminal includes a plating layer on a surface on an opposite side from a surface facing the molded body, and does not include a plating layer on the surface facing the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Arai, Ryuta Uematsu, Koichi Saito, Kazuhide Kudo
  • Patent number: 11884012
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes a supply flow channel through which a shaping material flows, an ejection amount control mechanism that controls a flow amount of the shaping material to be ejected from a nozzle, a branch flow channel branched from a first partial flow channel as a flow channel between the melting section and the ejection amount control mechanism out of the supply flow channel, a transfer mechanism that transfers the shaping material in the second partial flow channel to the first partial flow channel via the branch flow channel, and a control section that controls the transfer mechanism to transfer the shaping material in the second partial flow channel to the first partial flow channel in a period from stopping the ejection of the shaping material from the nozzle to resuming the ejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Yuwaki, Koichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11807704
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a functionalized diene monomer-containing polymer containing first and second functionalizing groups, processes for preparing the functionalized polymer, and rubber compositions containing the functionalized polymer. The functionalized polymer contains polymer chains comprises of at least one conjugated diene monomer optionally in combination with at least one vinyl aromatic monomer wherein each polymer chain is functionalized at its chain end with at least the first functionalizing group and is coupled via the first functionalizing group to the second functionalizing group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Yong Yan, Zengquan Qin, Koichi Saito, Rita E. Cook
  • Patent number: 11787111
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional shaping apparatus comprising a nozzle having a discharge port through which a shaping material is discharged, and a flow rate regulation mechanism that includes a butterfly valve provided in a flow path upstream of the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi Saito, Kohei Yuwaki, Shunsuke Mizukami, Kazuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11780155
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object, when an amount of a shaping material discharged toward a shaping surface per unit movement amount of a discharging unit is defined as a discharged shaping amount, in a layer forming step of forming a layer on the shaping surface, in a case in which a second partial shaped object to be shaped is not adjacent to a first partial shaped object that is shaped previously and is shaped with a gap between the first partial shaped object and the second partial shaped object, the second partial shaped object is shaped by setting the discharged shaping amount to a first discharged shaping amount, and in a case in which the second partial shaped object is adjacent to the first partial shaped object, the second partial shaped object is shaped by setting the discharged shaping amount to a second discharged shaping amount that is greater than the first discharged shaping amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Taki Hashimoto, Koichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11742563
    Abstract: A backdoor includes a resin outer panel having an opening; a resin inner panel; a metal reinforcement arranged between the outer panel and the inner panel; and a rear glass covering the opening. The rear glass includes a defogger, and an antenna conductor capable of receiving radio waves in an AM band. The antenna conductor includes a power feeding part, and an antenna element having a predetermined length and connected to the power feeding part. The antenna element includes a proximity part extending along an outer edge among upper, lower, left, and right outer edges of the defogger, and having a predetermined spacing from the outer edge. The antenna element is positioned to be separated from the reinforcement by a predetermined spacing, or positioned on a side with respect to the outer edge where the reinforcement is not present in plan view of the rear glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Saito, Satoshi Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 11718042
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects a molten material, which is a plasticized thermoplastic material, a plasticization section which includes a flat screw having a groove extending in a volute shape and a driving motor that rotates the flat screw, the plasticization section rotating the flat screw to thereby guide the molten material to the nozzle through the groove, and an ejection control mechanism that is disposed in a flow path between the flat screw and the nozzle, and controls an outflow of the molten material from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi Saito, Kohei Yuwaki, Kazuhide Nakamura, Shunsuke Mizukami
  • Patent number: 11701837
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a melting section providing a shaping material to a channel, a nozzle ejecting the shaping material to a shaping region of a shaping table, an ejection-amount adjusting mechanism adjusting an amount of the shaping material from the nozzle, a suction member sucking the shaping material in the channel, a memory configured to store a program, and a processor configured to execute the program so as to control the three-dimensional shaping apparatus. The processor is configured to stop the ejection of the shaping material and, thereafter, prior to resumption of the ejection of the shaping material, execute material purge processing for discharging the shaping material remaining in the melting section to a region different from the shaping region. The suction member is located closer to the nozzle than the ejection-amount adjusting mechanism in the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei Yuwaki, Koichi Saito, Kazuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11697159
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a discharge unit configured to discharge a shaping material; a weight measuring unit configured to measure a weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control the discharge unit and the weight measuring unit to shape a three-dimensional shaped object by stacking layers of the shaping material in a shaping region of a stage, in which the control unit is configured to control the weight measuring unit to measure the weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit, determine whether a predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit based on the weight measured by the weight measuring unit, and when it is determined that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is not discharged, control the discharge unit so that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Kazuhide Nakamura, Koichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11691340
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a drive motor, a plasticizing section having a flat screw configured to be rotated by the drive motor, the plasticizing section being configured to plasticize and convert the material into a molten material by the rotation of the flat screw, and a nozzle configured to inject the molten material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi Saito, Shunsuke Mizukami, Kazuhide Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230122894
    Abstract: [Object] Usage of token is expanded and user satisfaction is improved. [Solution] A point management program causes a computer to implement a point accumulation function of accumulating points associated with a token corresponding to a user, according to a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke HATA, Koichi SAITO, Takehiro NAKAKURA, Yudai KAWAMURA, Ryo MANZOKU, Yukinori MATSUYA