Patents by Inventor Koji Kawasaki

Koji Kawasaki 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: 11900205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a glove/logging system capable of accurately determining periods for glove airtightness inspection and replacement and improving the safety of a work glove in use and the work efficiency by recording and storing the status of use such as the operator name, the frequency of use, the period of use, and the details of work for an individual pair of work gloves attached to an equipment such as an isolator, and retroactively checking improper work and equipment abnormalities by tracing glove operations upon occurrence of operational abnormalities. The glove/logging system is configured to record and store information on the status of use for a work glove, and include an operator tag, a glove tag, a reader for reading information from the tags, and an information device for recording and storing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke Kakuda, Jun Masudome, Yoshiaki Okada, Koji Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20230347002
    Abstract: A decontamination device capable of confirming accurate operations of a mist circulation dispersion means before and after or during a decontamination operation and guaranteeing the overall operation as a decontamination device. The device includes a mist supply means, a mist circulation dispersion means, and an ultrasonic detection means. The mist supply means converts a chemical for decontamination of the inside of a working chamber of the device into a mist for decontamination and supplies such mist to the inside of the working chamber. The mist circulation dispersion means subjects a vibrating board (which includes a plurality of ultrasonic transmitters) to ultrasonic vibration to generate sound flows with ultrasound from board surfaces in the vertical direction and presses the mist with acoustic radiation pressure of the sound flows in order to circulate and disperse the mist for decontamination in the working chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa KITANO, Zhiqiang GUO, Kazuhiko KITAHORA, Yoshitaka OGATA, Daisuke KAKUDA, Yoshiaki OKADA, Koji KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11759829
    Abstract: A method for decontaminating a low-temperature article, the method comprising: an applying step including applying a decontamination agent to external surfaces of a low-temperature article and supplying a mist of decontamination agent to a first external surface of said low-temperature article to form a condensed film of the decontamination agent on said first external surface; and a drying step including ultrasonically vibrating vibration boards disposed on a periphery of the low-temperature article to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultrasound in a vertical direction, irradiating with ultrasonic waves the low-temperature article with the decontamination agent applied thereto, subjecting said first external surface of the low-temperature article to ultrasonic vibration and acoustic radiation pressure, supplying dry air to the first external surface and drying said first external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Kawasaki, Daisuke Kakuda, Jun Masudome, Haruka Futamura, Yukihiro Yazaki, Tsukasa Kitano, Zhiqiang Guo, Ayumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230229877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a glove/logging system capable of accurately determining periods for glove airtightness inspection and replacement and improving the safety of a work glove in use and the work efficiency by recording and storing the status of use such as the operator name, the frequency of use, the period of use, and the details of work for an individual pair of work gloves attached to an equipment such as an isolator, and retroactively checking improper work and equipment abnormalities by tracing glove operations upon occurrence of operational abnormalities. The glove/logging system is configured to record and store information on the status of use for a work glove, and include an operator tag, a glove tag, a reader for reading information from the tags, and an information device for recording and storing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke Kakuda, Jun Masudome, Yoshiaki Okada, Koji Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11698199
    Abstract: The present invention provides a work hood that allows for free rotation in a work box to provide a wide work area and easy decontamination of a sealing portion present at the boundary between the work hood and the work box. A rotation support for rotatably supporting the entire half suit is provided. The rotation support includes a base portion, a rotating portion, a bearing portion, a sealing member, and a communication hole. The base portion is airtightly and annularly provided around an opening, and the rotating portion is provided around the base portion through the bearing portion, with a hem portion of the half suit being fixed to the rotating portion. The sealing member is annularly provided in an annular space formed by the base portion and the rotating portion so as to separate the work box and the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Kawasaki, Daisuke Kakuda, Jun Masudome, Takashi Kinbara, Kazuhiko Kitahora, Ken Nagai, Hiroyuki Imai, Takuya Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230211026
    Abstract: A continuous decontamination device capable of achieving short-term operations to provide uniform decontamination levels at each part by employing decontamination agents such as hydrogen peroxide without using expensive electron accelerators and of treating articles to be decontaminated in large quantities. The device includes a device body composed of a decontamination region and an aeration region, a conveyance means configured to convey an article, a mist supply means, and an aeration means. The conveyance means changes a part for supporting the article inside the decontamination region when the conveyance means supports the article carried from an inlet and conveys the article to an outlet, thereby decontaminating all external surfaces of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KAWASAKI, Daisuke KAKUDA, Yoshitaka OGATA
  • Patent number: 11656360
    Abstract: A location information system may comprise a first mobile body; a plurality of base stations communicable with the first mobile body; and a location obtainer device mounted on a second mobile body and communicable with the plurality of base stations. The first mobile body may comprise a moving mechanism configured to move the first mobile body; and a first location obtainer configured to obtain first location information indicating a location of the first mobile body. Each of the plurality of base stations may comprise a base station location obtainer configured to obtain base station location information indicating a location of the base station. The location obtainer device may comprise a second location obtainer configured to obtain second location information indicating a location of the second mobile body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Shinoda, Koji Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20230132065
    Abstract: The present invention can provide an incubator having not only a favorable cell culture function but also an autonomous decontamination function that saves the need for connection to an external decontamination device. The incubator provided with a culture vessel, a circulating means, a temperature-regulating means, and a gas supplying means for supplying a decontamination gas or a humidifying water vapor. The gas supplying means includes a compressed gas generating means, a decontamination solution supplying means, a water supplying means, a mixed gas/liquid regulator, and a vaporizer for generating a decontamination gas or a water vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KAWASAKI, Yoshitaka OGATA, Hideo NISHIWAKI, Daisuke KAKUDA, Jun MASUDOME, Yukihiro YAZAKI, Zhiqiang GUO, Tsukasa KITANO
  • Publication number: 20230088666
    Abstract: A total logging system configured to promptly and properly identify the cause of trouble and confirm countermeasures by comprehensively recording and accumulating an operator, a state of operations, and a work environment and tracing a series of operations together with recorded videos. The system includes: an image capturing device (ICD) configured to capture images of the state of operations; an information exchanging device (IED) configured to communicate information between a tag and a reader; several types of sensors configured to monitor the internal environment of a sterile working device and the operating state of an inward/outward conveying mechanism and other mechanisms; and an information recording and accumulating device (IRAD). The IRAD the operator according to information received from the IED and records details of operations performed by the operator using machines, appliances, treatment object articles and other items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KAWASAKI, Yoshitaka OGATA, Daisuke KAKUDA, Yoshiaki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20220378964
    Abstract: The present invention achieves a decontamination effect with a proper amount of hydrogen peroxide mist supplied to a room to be decontaminated by further refining such hydrogen peroxide mist supplied to the room for dispersion/diffusion, and reducing the duration of operations such as aeration to increase efficiency of decontamination. The decontamination system includes a mist generation means, a mist discharge port, and a mist dispersion/diffusion means. The mist generation means converts a decontamination liquid into a mist to generate a mist for decontamination. The mist discharge port is opened at an upper portion on an internal side wall surface of the room to discharge a such mist into the inside of the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Koji KAWASAKI, Gun SOU, Tsukasa KITANO, Zhiqiang GUO, Haruka FUTAMURA, Yukihiro YAZAKI, Daisuke KAKUDA, Jun MASUDOME
  • Publication number: 20220370666
    Abstract: A decontamination system not requiring large-scale equipment such as large-diameter ducts and anti-condensation heaters and for that reason capable of efficiently using a decontamination liquid. Long pipes can be installed for each of a plurality of rooms to be decontaminated, a decontamination liquid is not present in supply pipes as a residual dead liquid, and a proper amount of decontamination liquid can essentially be supplied for each room to cause no failure of an ultrasonic vibrator. The decontamination system employs a decontamination mist and includes a compressed air generating means and a decontamination liquid supplying means, and each room to be decontaminated is provided with a primary mist generating means and a secondary mist generating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Koji KAWASAKI, Gun SOU, Tsukasa KITANO, Zhiqiang GUO, Haruka FUTAMURA, Yukihiro YAZAKI, Daisuke KAKUDA, Jun MASUDOME
  • Patent number: 11370534
    Abstract: A flying device includes a base, thrusters, an orientation detection unit, an abnormality detection unit, and an orientation control unit. The plurality of thrusters are provided on the base each including a propeller, a motor which drives the propeller, and a pitch change mechanism unit which changes a pitch of the propeller. The orientation detection unit detects an orientation of the base. The abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality in the thrusters. The orientation control unit, when the abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality in at least one of the thrusters, changes the pitches of the propellers in the remaining thrusters to maintain an orientation of the base detected by the orientation detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Baba, Takenori Matsue, Koji Kawasaki, Naoya Kato
  • Publication number: 20220193290
    Abstract: A decontamination device configured to provide, on a short time scale, uniform decontamination of target articles without using expensive electron accelerators and to treat articles to be decontaminated in large quantities. The device includes a device body composed of a decontamination region and an aeration region, a conveyance means for conveying an article, a mist supply means, a mist control means, and an aeration means. The mist supply means converts a decontamination agent into a decontamination agent mist and supplies the same to the inside of the decontamination region. The mist control means includes vibration boards adjacent to internal wall surfaces of the decontamination region, and these boards are ultrasonically vibrated to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultrasound in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Koji KAWASAKI, Daisuke KAKUDA, Jun MASUDOME, Haruka FUTAMURA, Yukihiro YAZAKI, Tsukasa KITANO, Zhiqiang GUO, Ayumi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220193291
    Abstract: A pass box configured to accommodate and decontaminate an article by concentrating a mist of decontamination agent on an article's surface and to reduce a duration of aeration operations. The box includes a decontamination chamber, an aeration chamber in which residue of the decontamination agent is removed from the article's surface, a decontamination agent supply device, a decontamination agent control device, a moving device configured to reposition the article, and an air supply and exhaust device. The decontamination agent supply device converts a chemical into the mist and supplies it into the decontamination chamber. The decontamination agent control device includes vibration boards that are adjacent to internal wall surfaces of the decontamination chamber and that are ultrasonically vibrated to generate sound flows in the vertical direction thereby pressing the mist with acoustic radiation to concentrate the mist on the external surfaces of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Kawasaki, Daisuke Kakuda, Jun Masudome, Tsukasa KITANO, Zhiqiang GUO
  • Publication number: 20220184259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decontamination device capable of accomplishing a decontamination effect with a proper amount of decontamination agent by employing a mist control mechanism and concentrating a mist for decontamination on the surface of an article to be conveyed, and reducing the duration of operations such as aeration to achieve more efficient decontamination works, and a pass box in which the decontamination device is disposed. The decontamination device of the present invention includes a mist supply means and a mist control mechanism, and the mist supply means converts a chemical for decontamination into a mist for decontamination, and supplies the same to the inside of a working chamber that accommodates the article. The mist control mechanism includes vibration boards disposed adjacent to internal wall surfaces of the working chamber, and the vibration boards are ultrasonically vibrated to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultra sound in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: KOJI KAWASAKI, DAISUKE KAKUDA, JUN MASUDOME, HARUKA FUTAMURA, YUKIHIRO YAZAKI, TSUKASA KITANO, ZHIQIANG GUO, AYUMI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220176401
    Abstract: A mist supply device configured to decontaminate a target with a proper amount of decontamination agent supplied to the target by converting such agent into a fine mist, and reducing the duration of operations such as aeration to increase decontamination efficiency. The device includes a mist generation means, a mist microparticulating means, and a supply port. The mist generation means converts the decontamination agent into a primary mist and supplies it to the mist microparticulating means, which includes at least one vibration board that is subjected to ultrasonic vibration to generate sound flows from board surfaces by an ultrasound in the vertical direction. The supplied primary mist is subjected to ultrasonic vibration by the sound flows to reduce the primary mist into a secondary mist of smaller size. The generated secondary mist is supplied to the inside of the room through the supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Kawasaki, Daisuke Kakuda, Jun Masudome, Haruka Futamura, Yukihiro Yazaki, Tsukasa Kitano, Zhiqiang Guo, Ayumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220152667
    Abstract: A method for decontaminating a low-temperature article to accomplish decontaminating a surface of the such article, and to reduce duration of operations to increase efficiency of decontamination, and a pass box used in such method. The method includes an applying step of applying a decontamination agent to external surfaces of the article, and a drying step of irradiating the article with agent thereon with ultrasonic waves and drying the surface. In the applying step, a gas, fog or mist of the decontamination agent is supplied to a target surface to form a condensed film of the agent on the target surface. In the drying step, dry air is supplied to the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: KOJI KAWASAKI, DAISUKE KAKUDA, JUN MASUDOME, HARUKA FUTAMURA, YUKIHIRO YAZAKI, TSUKASA KITANO, ZHIQIANG GUO, AYUMI OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11222529
    Abstract: A traveling assisting method for an ambulance vehicle includes the first to third steps. The first step is the step of causing a server to acquire an expected arrival time at which an ambulance vehicle arrives at a traffic intersection that is located on an expected traveling route of the ambulance vehicle. The second step is the step of causing the server to acquire an expected arrival time at which a vehicle arrives at the traffic intersection, when the vehicle is located in surroundings of the expected traveling route. The third step is the step of causing the server to transmit a restraint instruction to the vehicle to travel toward the traffic intersection and to restrain entry of a vehicle other than the ambulance vehicle into the traffic intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Kurokawa, Takenori Shimizu, Junya Watanabe, Jun Goto, Koji Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11207656
    Abstract: A particle control method configured prevent an extremely small quantity of particles descending on a stream of a laminar flow in a clean zone through which the laminar flow flows (as in a RABS or isolator device) from descending to a specific position or to guide the particles so as to have them descend to a specific position by controlling movement of the particles. [Solution] A particle descent position is separated away from a board surface of the oscillation board by using an acoustic radiation pressure generated by prompting ultrasonic vibration of the oscillation board disposed with a board surface substantially in parallel with a flow direction of the laminar flow. Moreover, by using a node of a standing wave field generated by prompting the ultrasonic vibration of two oscillation boards disposed with the board surfaces faced with each other, the particle is guided to a direction of a node of a standing wave field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Koji Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210373175
    Abstract: A location information system may comprise a first mobile body; a plurality of base stations communicable with the first mobile body; and a location obtainer device mounted on a second mobile body and communicable with the plurality of base stations. The first mobile body may comprise a moving mechanism configured to move the first mobile body; and a first location obtainer configured to obtain first location information indicating a location of the first mobile body. Each of the plurality of base stations may comprise a base station location obtainer configured to obtain base station location information indicating a location of the base station. The location obtainer device may comprise a second location obtainer configured to obtain second location information indicating a location of the second mobile body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke SHINODA, Koji KAWASAKI