Patents by Inventor Koji Nagai

Koji Nagai 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: 11916563
    Abstract: Provided are an analog-to-digital (AD) converter, a sensor processing circuit, and a sensor system capable of improving responsiveness of feedback control. AD converter includes input part, AD conversion part, first output part, and second output part. The analog signal output from sensor is input to input part. AD conversion part digitally converts an analog signal to generate first digital data and second digital data. First output part outputs the first digital data to control circuit. Second output part outputs the second digital data to sensor before first output part outputs the first digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun'Ichi Naka, Koji Obata, Junji Nakatsuka, Hiroki Yoshino, Masaaki Nagai
  • Publication number: 20240047179
    Abstract: A plasma treatment apparatus includes a treatment chamber 2 and a gas supply device 30 for supplying a treatment gas into the treatment chamber 2. The gas supply device 30 includes: a mass flow controller box 40 having an intake port 41 and an exhaust port 42; a plurality of pipes 43 to each of which a mass flow controller (43a) is attached; and a plurality of pipes 52 which are connected to the pipes 43 in the mass flow controller box 40 and connected to a plurality of pipes 54 as supply sources of the treatment gas by a plurality of joints 53 outside the mass flow controller box. At least one of the joints 53 is covered by a pipe cover 60 so that the joint 53 is hermetically sealed. The inside of the pipe cover 60 and the inside of the mass flow controller box 40 are communicated by a communicating member (circumferential pipe 61, tube 62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kiyosue, Kohei Sato, Ryoichi Isomura, Koji Nagai, Tsutomu Matsuyoshi
  • Patent number: 11885680
    Abstract: A spectral device is provided with: a filter having a property of transmitting light of multiple wavelength ranges from a measurement object; a driving means to slide the filter; and a detector to detect an intensity of the light from the measurement object, the light having passed through the filter, the detector to further measure the intensity of the light multiple times sequentially while the driving means slides the filter and thereby obtain multiple pieces of measured data to be used for a calculation of spectral information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Toru Nakatani, Toshio Kawano, Hitoshi Nagasawa, Koji Nagai
  • Patent number: 11526315
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to accept, through the input device, a user input of identification information about a package for delivery, acquire information about a plurality of document types used in a delivery service, generate a screen displayed on the display, the screen showing a preview of a print image for each of the document types, upon selection of a previewed print image, encode the identification information into a code, and output the selected print image together with the code for printing. The previewed print image includes a signature field and a code field in which the code is to be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Koji Nagai, Shigeo Uchida, Masateru Mitani
  • Publication number: 20220146309
    Abstract: A spectral device is provided with: a filter having a property of transmitting light of multiple wavelength ranges from a measurement object; a driving means to slide the filter; and a detector to detect an intensity of the light from the measurement object, the light having passed through the filter, the detector to further measure the intensity of the light multiple times sequentially while the driving means slides the filter and thereby obtain multiple pieces of measured data to be used for a calculation of spectral information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Toru NAKATANI, Toshio KAWANO, Hitoshi NAGASAWA, Koji NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20210389916
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to accept, through the input device, a user input of identification information about a package for delivery, acquire information about a plurality of document types used in a delivery service, generate a screen displayed on the display, the screen showing a preview of a print image for each of the document types, upon selection of a previewed print image, encode the identification information into a code, and output the selected print image together with the code for printing. The previewed print image includes a signature field and a code field in which the code is to be printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiko FUJIWARA, Koji NAGAI, Shigeo UCHIDA, Masateru MITANI
  • Patent number: 11195526
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an indication management device includes voice acquisition means, indication recognition means, importance degree determination means, and output control means. The voice acquisition means acquires a voice which is input by a voice input terminal. The indication recognition means recognizes details of an indication from the voice acquired by the voice acquisition means. The importance degree determination means determines a degree of importance of the indication from the voice acquired by the voice acquisition means. The output control means controls output of indication details to an output device in accordance with the degree of importance determined by the importance degree determination means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori Hirabayashi, Kazuhiro Ogura, Ryuichi Aoyama, Koji Nagai, Toshinori Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20200348894
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to accept, through the input device, a user input of identification information that specifies a predetermined service and is associated with a plurality of document types used in the predetermined service, acquire document type information about each of the document types, generate a screen displayed on the display, the screen showing a preview of a print image for each of the document types, upon selection of a previewed print image, encode the identification information and generate a code for the predetermined service, and output the selected print image together with the generated code for printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiko FUJIWARA, Koji NAGAI, Shigeo UCHIDA, Masateru MITANI
  • Patent number: 10796890
    Abstract: There is disclosed a plasma processing apparatus for processing a wafer put on a sample stage disposed in a processing chamber within a vacuum vessel by the use of a plasma generated in the processing chamber after mounting the wafer on the sample stage. The apparatus has heaters in areas of the interior of the sample stage which are divided radially and circumferentially. At least those of the heaters which are arranged in the areas located in the radially outer position include circumferentially arranged heater portions that are connected in series. The amounts of heat generated by these circumferentially arranged heater portions are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Kusumoto, Yutaka Ohmoto, Kazunori Nakamoto, Koji Nagai
  • Patent number: 10732912
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printer, an input device configured to receive a user input, and a processor configured to acquire identification information that specifies a task in a predetermined service and is input through the input device, acquire document type information about document types used in the predetermined service based on the acquired identification information, generate a code for the task by encoding the acquired identification information, and control the printer to print an image of one of the document types and the generated code on a sheet of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Koji Nagai, Shigeo Uchida, Masateru Mitani
  • Publication number: 20200143803
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an indication management device includes voice acquisition means, indication recognition means, importance degree determination means, and output control means. The voice acquisition means acquires a voice which is input by a voice input terminal. The indication recognition means recognizes details of an indication from the voice acquired by the voice acquisition means. The importance degree determination means determines a degree of importance of the indication from the voice acquired by the voice acquisition means. The output control means controls output of indication details to an output device in accordance with the degree of importance determined by the importance degree determination means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Kazunori Hirabayashi, Kazuhiro Ogura, Ryuichi Aoyama, Koji Nagai, Toshinori Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10634758
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a positioning apparatus comprises a first interface and a processor. The first interface receives a positioning signal. The processor sets an interval for searching the positioning signal with a first interface to a first searching interval, sets the interval for searching the positioning signal to a second searching interval which is shorter than the first searching interval if it is determined that the positioning signal is received through searching in the first searching interval and uses the positioning signal received through searching in the second searching interval to specify a position of the positioning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeo Uchida, Akihiko Fujiwara, Mika Hirama, Kazunori Hirabayashi, Koji Nagai
  • Patent number: 10487488
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes: a sprayer that jets a liquid to a surface of a toilet bowl portion of a toilet bowl; and a movable-type scattering suppression member that is movable between a closed position and an opened position and suppresses the liquid jetted from the sprayer from scattering to an upper surface side of the toilet bowl at the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Nagai
  • Publication number: 20190324699
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printer, an input device configured to receive a user input, and a processor configured to acquire identification information that specifies a task in a predetermined service and is input through the input device, acquire document type information about document types used in the predetermined service based on the acquired identification information, generate a code for the task by encoding the acquired identification information, and control the printer to print an image of one of the document types and the generated code on a sheet of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiko FUJIWARA, Koji NAGAI, Shigeo UCHIDA, Masateru MITANI
  • Patent number: 10309988
    Abstract: A probe guide plate includes a first silicon substrate, a first recess portion formed in an upper surface of the first silicon substrate, first through-holes formed in the first silicon substrate at a bottom of the first recess portion, a second silicon substrate directly bonded on the first silicon substrate, a second recess portion formed to face the first recess portion in a lower surface of the second silicon substrate, and second through-holes formed in the second silicon substrate at a bottom of the second recess portion and arranged to correspond to the first through-holes, A notch portion is formed at an upper end portion of an inner wall of each of the first through-holes of the first silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., JAPAN ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shimizu, Kosuke Fujihara, Katsunori Yamagishi, Koji Nagai
  • Patent number: 10279604
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plasma treatment unit that performs plasma treatment on a surface of a treatment object to acidify at least the surface of the treatment object; and a recording unit that performs inkjet recording on the surface of the plasma treatment subjected to the plasma treatment by the plasma treatment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Nakai, Hiroyoshi Matsumoto, Masakazu Yoshida, Souichi Nakazawa, Tatsuro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Hiratsuka, Koji Nagai
  • Publication number: 20190057846
    Abstract: There is disclosed a plasma processing apparatus for processing a wafer put on a sample stage disposed in a processing chamber within a vacuum vessel by the use of a plasma generated in the processing chamber after mounting the wafer on the sample stage. The apparatus has heaters in areas of the interior of the sample stage which are divided radially and circumferentially. At least those of the heaters which are arranged in the areas located in the radially outer position include circumferentially arranged heater portions that are connected in series. The amounts of heat generated by these circumferentially arranged heater portions are adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Kusumoto, Yutaka Ohmoto, Kazunori Nakamoto, Koji Nagai
  • Patent number: 10141165
    Abstract: There is disclosed a plasma processing apparatus for processing a wafer put on a sample stage disposed in a processing chamber within a vacuum vessel by the use of a plasma generated in the processing chamber after mounting the wafer on the sample stage. The apparatus has heaters in areas of the interior of the sample stage which are divided radially and circumferentially. At least those of the heaters which are arranged in the areas located in the radially outer position include circumferentially arranged heater portions that are connected in series. The amounts of heat generated by these circumferentially arranged heater portions are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Kusumoto, Yutaka Ohmoto, Kazunori Nakamoto, Koji Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180306892
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a positioning apparatus comprises a first interface and a processor. The first interface receives a positioning signal. The processor sets an interval for searching the positioning signal with a first interface to a first searching interval, sets the interval for searching the positioning signal to a second searching interval which is shorter than the first searching interval if it is determined that the positioning signal is received through searching in the first searching interval and uses the positioning signal received through searching in the second searching interval to specify a position of the positioning apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeo Uchida, Akihiko Fujiwara, Mika Hirama, Kazunori Hirabayashi, Koji Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180230685
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes: a sprayer that jets a liquid to a surface of a toilet bowl portion of a toilet bowl; and a movable-type scattering suppression member that is movable between a closed position and an opened position and suppresses the liquid jetted from the sprayer from scattering to an upper surface side of the toilet bowl at the opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji NAGAI