Patents by Inventor Koji Yamamura

Koji Yamamura 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: 20240101391
    Abstract: A system for detecting a presence of a person in a hoistway, having: one or more controllers configured to authenticate the person in the hoistway; the one or more controllers being operationally connected to an elevator car in the hoistway and configured to determine whether the person is within a predetermined distance of the elevator car from a signal emitter on the person; wherein when the person is within the predetermined distance of the elevator car, the one or more controllers is configured to transmit a feedback request to the person and stop the elevator car unless the one or more controllers receives feedback to the feedback request within a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jayapal Reddy Gireddy, Helge Krambeck, Xinjin Zheng, Yuzhen Xue, Koji Kiyomoto, Arnaud Blanchard, Daigoro Kurokawa, Kazuya Yamamura, Hideki Arai, Terumitsu Saito, Hideaki Sasaki, Takashi Tanaka, Naoto Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20230354837
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food and a solid milk which have suitable solubility and strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which an increase Ya (% by weight) in total crystallization rate that is a difference of a crystal ratio with respect to a total weight at a depth Xa (mm) from a surface of the solid food relative to a crystal ratio in an inner part of the solid food satisfies the following Formula (1A), Ya<?5.24Xa+6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230354839
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food and a solid milk which have suitable solubility and strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which a depth from a surface of the solid food at which an increase in total crystallization rate is zero or minimal is 1.1 mm or less, the increase in total crystallization rate being a difference of a crystal ratio with respect to a total weight at each depth from the surface of the solid food relative to a crystal ratio in an inner part of the solid food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230301319
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food and a solid milk which have suitable solubility and strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which an increase in total crystallization rate that is a difference of a crystal ratio with respect to a total weight on a surface of the solid food relative to a crystal ratio in an inner part of the solid food is 0.1% by weight or less. Further, a depth from the surface of the solid food at which the increase in total crystallization rate is zero or minimal is 0.2 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aya KATO, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230292777
    Abstract: Provided is a solid milk containing suitable free fat and having strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid milk is a solid milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk, in which a hardening index IF represented by the following Formula (1) when the solid milk is divided into a plurality of pieces (N pieces) in a height direction is 0.477 mm2 or more, Formula (1) being represented by a width w in a target region n, a thickness ? in the target region n, a specific surface area voxel ratio Svvoxel_n in the target region n, a content R0 of a total milk sugar, and a total crystal amount Rn of a milk sugar in the target region n, and a content ratio FF of free fat in the solid milk is 1.23% by weight or less. [ Math .
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu KAMIYA, Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230040233
    Abstract: Provided are a solid food, a compression molded body of a food powder, a solid milk, and a compression molded body of a powdered milk which can be produced with improved production efficiency while securing resistance to breakage. A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which a packing fraction of the solid food is configured such that an average value A from a surface of the solid food to a depth of 2 mm is larger than an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the surface of the solid food to a depth of 6 mm, and a rate of increase (A?C)/C×100 of the packing fraction obtained by dividing a difference (A?C) between the average value A and the average value C by the average value C is 6.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220394990
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to protein granules containing a whey protein as a main component, the protein granules having an average particle diameter of 207 ?m to 570 ?m, a homogeneity U of 0.58 or less, a content ratio (volume ratio) of coarse powder having a particle diameter of 500 ?m or more of 22% or less, and a content ratio (volume ratio) of fine powder having a particle diameter of 150 ?m or less of 31% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki HATTORI, Koji YAMAMURA, Takashi OSADA, Keisuke KADOYAMA, Toshiaki TOCHIGI
  • Publication number: 20220378080
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to protein granules containing a soy protein as a main component, the protein granules having an average particle diameter of 150 ?m to 220 ?m, a homogeneity U of 0.58 or less, a content ratio (volume ratio) of a coarse powder having a particle diameter of 300 ?m or more of 27% or less, and a content ratio (volume ratio) of a fine powder having a particle diameter of 100 ?m or less of 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki HATTORI, Koji YAMAMURA, Takashi OSADA, Keisuke KADOYAMA, Toshiaki TOCHIGI
  • Publication number: 20220354143
    Abstract: A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powder, in which in a case where a drop test in which the solid food is dropped onto a drop face is repeated until the solid food is broken, the number of times of dropping leading to breakage when a dropping energy density per unit fracture stress EF is 2×10?4 [(J/m2)/(N/m2)] is 3 times or more, the number of times of dropping leading to breakage when EF is 1×10?4 [(J/m2)/(N/m2)] is 10 times or more, and the number of times of dropping leading to breakage when EF is 5×10?5 [(J/m2)/(N/m2)] is more than 30 times, EF being obtained by dividing a dropping energy density in the drop test by a fracture stress of the solid food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Aya KATO, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220346431
    Abstract: A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding and hardening a food powder, in which a specific surface area voxel ratio of the solid food is configured such that an average value A from a surface of the solid food to a depth of 2 mm is smaller than an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the surface of the solid food to a depth of 6 mm, and a rate of decrease (C?A)/C×100 of the specific surface area voxel ratio obtained by dividing a difference (C?A) between the average value C and the average value A by the average value C is 9.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo HANYU, Tetsu KAMIYA, Koji YAMAMURA, Jin OGIWARA
  • Patent number: 9227441
    Abstract: A tension fluctuation alleviating device, for use in a fabric printing apparatus including a fabric supplying device, a printing mechanism, a guide between the fabric supplying device and the printing mechanism, and a fabric take-up device, the fabric printing apparatus configured to perform printing on the fabric while intermittently sending the fabric to the printing mechanism, includes a support member provided between the fabric supplying device and the guide device and extending across a width direction of the fabric, and a tension relieving member including an elastically deformable elastic portion supported by the support member and extending from the support member toward the fabric, and a contacting portion closer to the fabric than the elastic portion and contacting with the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hasegawa, Yutaka Matsuyama, Koji Yamamura
  • Patent number: 9126397
    Abstract: A printing method is performed by use of a printing device. The printing device includes a print head, a supply roll, a serving roll, a support roll, a feed roll, and a winding roll. The printing device feeds a fabric material toward the winding roll by a prescribed length each time that a cycle of a print operation is performed by the print head, so that the printing is performed on the fabric material intermittently. The printing method includes performing a first feed operation of intermittently rotating the feed roll by a first motor to pull the fabric material from a print unit and feed the fabric material toward the winding roll by a prescribed length; and performing a second feed operation of intermittingly rotating the serving roll by a second motor to feed the fabric material toward the print unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Roland DG Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hasegawa, Yutaka Matsuyama, Koji Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20150022606
    Abstract: A tension fluctuation alleviating device, for use in a fabric printing apparatus including a fabric supplying device, a printing mechanism, a guide between the fabric supplying device and the printing mechanism, and a fabric take-up device, the fabric printing apparatus configured to perform printing on the fabric while intermittently sending the fabric to the printing mechanism, includes a support member provided between the fabric supplying device and the guide device and extending across a width direction of the fabric, and a tension relieving member including an elastically deformable elastic portion supported by the support member and extending from the support member toward the fabric, and a contacting portion closer to the fabric than the elastic portion and contacting with the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Yutaka MATSUYAMA, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140230670
    Abstract: A printing method is performed by use of a printing device. The printing device includes a print head, a supply roll, a serving roll, a support roll, a feed roll, and a winding roll. The printing device feeds a fabric material toward the winding roll by a prescribed length each time that a cycle of a print operation is performed by the print head, so that the printing is performed on the fabric material intermittently. The printing method includes performing a first feed operation of intermittently rotating the feed roll by a first motor to pull the fabric material from a print unit and feed the fabric material toward the winding roll by a prescribed length; and performing a second feed operation of intermittingly rotating the serving roll by a second motor to feed the fabric material toward the print unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Roland DG Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Yutaka MATSUYAMA, Koji YAMAMURA
  • Patent number: 7432931
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an image signal prevents burn-in of display devices such as a PDP and an LCD. A number-of-pixels conversion section generates pixel data located at interpolation positions in horizontal or vertical directions based on information about the interpolation positions obtained from a controller, to obtain an image signal in which the number of pixels is converted. A panel driver shifts the display position of an image in a PDP in the horizontal or vertical directions by as much as one pixel, each time a predetermined period of time elapses, within a predetermined range based on information about the display position obtained from the controller in order to prevent a screen from being burned-in. The controller changes the phase of each of the interpolation positions in a change unit smaller than 360° for a period of time when the display position of the image is shifted by as much as one pixel, the interval between the interpolation positions being set to 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Someya, Koji Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20060209054
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an image signal prevents burn-in of display devices such as a PDP and an LCD. A number-of-pixels conversion section generates pixel data located at interpolation positions in horizontal or vertical directions based on information about the interpolation positions obtained from a controller, to obtain an image signal in which the number of pixels is converted. A panel driver shifts the display position of an image in a PDP in the horizontal or vertical directions by as much as one pixel, each time a predetermined period of time elapses, within a predetermined range based on information about the display position obtained from the controller in order to prevent a screen from being burned-in. The controller changes the phase of each of the interpolation positions in a change unit smaller than 360° for a period of time when the display position of the image is shifted by as much as one pixel, the interval between the interpolation positions being set to 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Ikuo Someya, Koji Yamamura
  • Patent number: 7047593
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kitamura, Saburo Kajikawa, Masakazu Onda, Seiji Ishikawa, Yasunori Tsuzaki, Masashi Okushima, Tetsuharu Nomachi, Koji Yamamura, Hirokazu Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20030028994
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kitamura, Saburo Kajikawa, Masakazu Onda, Seiji Ishikawa, Yasunori Tsuzaki, Masashi Okushima, Tetsuharu Nomachi, Koji Yamamura, Hirokazu Nagaoka