Patents by Inventor Koji Sakamoto
Koji Sakamoto 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).
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Publication number: 20200037133Abstract: A vehicle system device is provided. The vehicle system device is used in a vehicle system that enables an in-vehicle device used in a vehicle and a mobile device carried by a user to transmit and receive a signal via a wireless communication. The vehicle system device may measure a time from a time point at which a reception intensity of the signal exceeds a threshold to a time point at which the reception intensity falls below the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya KUSUMOTO, Takashi SAITOU, Kenichiro SANJI, Koji SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190263358Abstract: A mobile device position estimation system includes: a vehicular system having a vehicle side transmitter transmitting an impulse signal, a vehicle side receiver receiving a response signal, and a vehicle side control unit outputting a transmission command signal of the impulse signal and receiving a notification signal of the response signal; and a mobile device having a mobile device side receiver receiving the impulse signal and a mobile device side transmitter transmitting the response signal. The vehicle side control unit includes: a reception detection unit detecting the response signal; a round-trip timer measuring a round-trip time; and a position estimation unit estimating a position of the mobile device. The position estimation unit: calculates a round-trip distance; and determines whether the mobile device is within a detection area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya KUSUMOTO, Koji SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190256048Abstract: Whether a radio wave received by a portable terminal is a radio wave directly received from an in-vehicle apparatus is determined, based on (i) the characteristic related to the direction of the magnetic field or electric field in the radio wave received by the portable terminal, (ii) the information representing the position of the portable terminal, and (iii) the information representing the orientation of the portable terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya KUSUMOTO, Takashi SAITOU, Koji SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190126779Abstract: An occupant detection system includes a transmitter provided adjacent to a first side face of a vehicle before a predetermined seat and successively transmitting a radio wave over a range covering a seat door located on a second side face of the vehicle and in a same row as the predetermined seat, a receiver provided adjacent to the second side face behind the predetermined seat and receiving the radio wave transmitted from the transmitter, and an occupant detection device including a reception intensity acquirer, an occupant detector, an opening and closing detector. The reception intensity acquirer successively acquires a reception intensity of a radio wave successively received by the receiver. The occupant detector detects an occupant in the vehicle according to the reception intensity of the radio wave received by the receiver while the opening and closing detector detects that the seat door is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Takashi SAITOU, Koji SAKAMOTO, Takahisa MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10137858Abstract: In a vehicle-mounted device, a first time period measuring unit starts measurement of a first time period when detecting an exit movement of a user. Before an elapse of the first time period, a vehicle side transmission unit periodically transmits a response request signal at a predetermined transmission period; and a locking and unlocking control unit keeps a door unlocked while receiving a response signal, locks the door when incapable of receiving the response signal, and keeps the door unlocked when capable of receiving the response signal at the elapse of the first time period. After the first time period is elapsed, the vehicle side transmission unit periodically transmits the response request signal at a second time period; and the locking and unlocking control unit keeps the door unlocked while receiving the response signal, and locks the door when incapable of receiving the response signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20180292521Abstract: A detection apparatus includes: a transmitter transmitting an electric wave toward an inside of a vehicle; a receiver receiving the transmitted electric wave each time the transmitter transmits the electric wave, and performing output in accordance with reception strength of the received electric wave; and a determination portion, based on the reception strength of the electric wave received by the receiver, comparing a change mode of the electric wave received by the receiver changing over time to a predetermined reference mode and determining whether a person is present between the receiver and the transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Takashi SAITOU, Koji SAKAMOTO, Takahisa MATSUMOTO, Masashi MORI
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Publication number: 20180118870Abstract: The invention is directed to a polymer composition comprising 60 to 85 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane; and 15 to 40 parts by weight of a polyolefin, where the parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane and parts by weight of the polyolefin add up to 100 parts by weight; and further comprising 1 to 15 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diene monomer, based on 100 parts by weight as a total amount of the thermoplastic polyurethane and polyolefin. The invention is further directed to a molded article based on the polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventor: Koji SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180041647Abstract: A management system that manages a plurality of network devices includes managing a delivery flag to manage delivery of each consumable for each of the plurality of network devices, receiving a first notification, from a network device, notifying that a remaining amount of a consumable has become small, where the notification includes remaining amount information about each consumable included in the network device, managing the remaining amount information for each consumable in the network device based on a content of the first notification, and determining the consumable to be delivered based on the first notification and the delivery flag.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventor: Koji Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20170344159Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided with a holder configured to set an inspection target thereon, the inspection target configured to detect a contact position on the inspection target touched by a human finger; pseudo finger(s) configured to be detected as the human finger upon contact with the inspection target; a positioner configured to move the pseudo finger(s) relative to the inspection target and to change the contact position of the pseudo finger(s) relative to the inspection target; a memory configured to store, respectively, a value of a pressing force in a range of pressing forces said range including a zero pressing force for each of the pseudo finger(s) on the inspection target; a controller configured to regulate the pressing force for pseudo finger(s) of the pseudo finger(s) based on the respective value; and a sensor configured to acquire an electric signal output from the inspection target.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Koji Sakamoto, Toshihide Matsukawa, Koji Iwami, Shigeki Fujita, Osamu Hikita
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Publication number: 20170297531Abstract: In a vehicle-mounted device, a first time period measuring unit starts measurement of a first time period when detecting an exit movement of a user. Before an elapse of the first time period, a vehicle side transmission unit periodically transmits a response request signal at a predetermined transmission period; and a locking and unlocking control unit keeps a door unlocked while receiving a response signal, locks the door when incapable of receiving the response signal, and keeps the door unlocked when capable of receiving the response signal at the elapse of the first time period. After the first time period is elapsed, the vehicle side transmission unit periodically transmits the response request signal at a second time period; and the locking and unlocking control unit keeps the door unlocked while receiving the response signal, and locks the door when incapable of receiving the response signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Koji SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170092802Abstract: A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a printing section configured to print ink on a surface of a substrate. The printing section prints conductive ink containing a conductive material by offset printing and prints conductive ink containing a conductive material different from the conductive material on the conductive ink by offset printing. Preferably, the printing apparatus further includes a conveyor configured to convey the substrate. Further, the printing section preferably includes a first printing machine configured to print first conductive ink and a second printing machine configured to print second conductive ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: TAKANOHA TRADING CO., LTD.Inventor: Koji SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 9599984Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle-mounted device mounted to a vehicle and a portable device portable by a user, and performs a control to the vehicle corresponding to a collation result performed based on a wireless communication established between the vehicle-mounted device and the portable device. The vehicle-mounted device includes a vehicle-mounted transmission unit which simultaneously transmits radio waves having a predetermined phase difference using at least two transmission antennas disposed orthogonal to each other. The portable device includes a triaxial reception antenna receiving the at least two radio waves, and a magnetic field strength detection unit detecting a magnetic field strength on each of three axes of the triaxial reception antenna. One of the vehicle-mounted device or the portable device includes an illicitness determination unit determining, based on the detected magnetic field strength, whether the wireless communication is established through an illicit repeater.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Munenori Matsumoto, Koji Sakamoto, Kenji Katou, Yuki Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20170035096Abstract: A tobacco material expansion method includes the steps of wetting and swelling a tobacco material by bringing the tobacco material into contact with a water vapor stream at 100 to 160° C., and drying the tobacco material by bringing the wetted swelled tobacco material into contact with a superheated water vapor stream at a temperature higher than that of the water vapor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.Inventors: Satoshi TAGUCHI, Hiromi UEMATSU, Manabu NISHIMURA, Koji SAKAMOTO, Kazuyuki TSUCHIZAWA
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Patent number: 9559241Abstract: A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a printing section configured to print ink on a surface of a substrate. The printing section prints conductive ink containing a conductive material by offset printing and prints conductive ink containing a conductive material different from the conductive material on the conductive ink by offset printing. Preferably, the printing apparatus further includes a conveyor configured to convey the substrate. Further, the printing section preferably includes a first printing machine configured to print first conductive ink and a second printing machine configured to print second conductive ink.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: TAKANOHA TRADING CO., LTD.Inventor: Koji Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20160284895Abstract: A photovoltaic apparatus 10 includes: a plurality of photovoltaic elements 11 having transparent conductive oxide layers 18, 19 and generating electrical power by light irradiation; and power collecting members provided on the front and back of each of the photovoltaic elements 11, wherein the power collecting members on the front sides are provided with finger electrodes 27 and a plurality of metallic conductor wires 28, the finger electrodes 27 formed on top of the transparent conductive oxide layers 18 in parallel by gravure offset printing, the thickness of the finger electrodes 27 formed to be 5 ?m or less, the metallic conductor wires 28 orthogonally joined to the finger electrodes 27, and wherein the metallic conductor wires 28 are extended further in one direction and joined to one of the power collecting members provided on the back sides of the adjoining photovoltaic elements 11 to be connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicants: NAMICS CORPORATION, CHOSHU INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kimikazu HASHIMOTO, Masazumi OUCHI, Koji SAKAMOTO, Kazuo MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20160202697Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle-mounted device mounted to a vehicle and a portable device portable by a user, and performs a control to the vehicle corresponding to a collation result performed based on a wireless communication established between the vehicle-mounted device and the portable device. The vehicle-mounted device includes a vehicle-mounted transmission unit which simultaneously transmits radio waves having a predetermined phase difference using at least two transmission antennas disposed orthogonal to each other. The portable device includes a triaxial reception antenna receiving the at least two radio waves, and a magnetic field strength detection unit detecting a magnetic field strength on each of three axes of the triaxial reception antenna. One of the vehicle-mounted device or the portable device includes an illicitness determination unit determining, based on the detected magnetic field strength, whether the wireless communication is established through an illicit repeater.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Munenori MATSUMOTO, Koji SAKAMOTO, Kenji KATOU, Yuki TOKUNAGA
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Patent number: 9361050Abstract: A management system collects operation information of a network device and comprises a management unit configured to manage a condition and a period for distributing a setting value to the network device; a reception unit configured to receive the operation information of the network device; an acquisition unit configured to acquire device information of the network device; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the operation information meets the condition; a decision unit configured to decide a setting value to be distributed to the network device; and a response unit configured to return the determined setting value to the network device when the acquisition of the setting value is requested from the network device via a network within the period. The response unit does not return the decided setting value to the network device when the acquisition of the setting value is requested outside of the period.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koji Sakamoto
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Patent number: 9239291Abstract: The detector in accordance with the present invention includes: a light emitter; a light receiver; and a light guiding member which includes a detection space for determining a state of a predetermined gas and is configured to guide light emitted from the light emitter to the at least one light receiver through the detection space. An internal surface of the detection space of the light guiding member includes a reflective surface causing reflection of light emitted from the light emitter. The reflective surface is a concave ellipsoidal surface having a long axis defined by a straight line determined by the light emitter and the light receiver. The reflective surface has a first focal point at a position of the light emitter and a second focal point on an opposite side of the light receiver from the first focal point.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Koji Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20160007645Abstract: In a state where food ingredients, degradative enzymes, and liquid seasonings are housed and sealed in a hard vessel, it has become possible to develop food products packaged in the hard vessel for normal temperature distribution or chilled distribution by a method of carrying out all of the steps inside the hard vessel, which method comprises carrying out an enzyme impregnation step and an enzymatic reaction step by heating and carrying out an enzyme deactivation step and sterilization step by continuous heating; or by a method of carrying out, after introducing the degradative enzyme into the food ingredient, some steps of enzymatic reaction step, enzyme deactivation step, and sterilization step inside the hard vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicants: HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE, CHRISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Koji SAKAMOTO, Kenya SHIBATA, Fumihiko TOYOTA
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Publication number: 20150300670Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a ventilation fan; a human sensor for human presence detection; a gas sensor for measuring concentration of carbon dioxide; and a control panel as a control device. The control panel controls the ventilation fan based on an output signal of the human sensor and an output signal of the gas sensor. The control panel controls the ventilation fan to change an amount of ventilation by the ventilation fan based on the output signal of the human sensor when the concentration of carbon dioxide measured with the gas sensor is below a first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventor: Koji SAKAMOTO