Patents by Inventor Kouji Ikeda

Kouji Ikeda 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: 20220372659
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber assembly includes: a rotating body that has a cylindrical shape, and winds and holds a plurality of support sheets around an outer peripheral surface around a rotation axis of the rotating body; a plurality of supply nozzles arranged along a direction parallel to the rotation axis, the supply nozzles supplying a polymer material to be a material of fibers to the plurality of support sheets; a supply nozzle moving unit that relatively moves the plurality of supply nozzles in the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the rotating body, in which the rotating body is rotatable about the rotation axis to wind, on main surfaces of the plurality of support sheets, fibers obtained by naturally cooling or naturally drying the polymer material supplied from the plurality of supply nozzles, and the rotating body includes a plurality of guide members in an annular shape circumscribing the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body concentrically to regulate positions of the plur
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: TAICHI NAKAMURA, NORIHITO TSUKAHARA, KOUJI IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220377256
    Abstract: A tool system includes a portable tool, an image capturing unit, an orientation detection unit, and a processing unit. The tool includes a driving unit to be activated with power supplied from a power source. The image capturing unit is provided for the tool and generates a captured image. The orientation detection unit is provided for the tool and detects an orientation of the tool. The processing unit performs processing based on the captured image and the orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryosuke SASAKI, Masanori KURITA, Kouji IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220341071
    Abstract: A fiber assembly includes, on a main surface of a support sheet subjected to a release treatment, a warp yarn group in which a plurality of warp yarns including a polymer material are arranged, and a weft yarn group in which a plurality of weft yarns including a polymer material are arranged. The warp yarn group and the weft yarn group form a plurality of first contact portion regions and a plurality of non-contact portion regions. Each of the plurality of first contact portion regions is a region in which at least one of the plurality of warp yarns is integrated with at least one of the plurality of weft yarns. Each of the plurality of warp yarns has a line width of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive, and each of the plurality of weft yarns has a line width of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive. At least one of the plurality of first contact portion regions has a fiber density higher than that of at least one of the plurality of non-contact portion regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: TAICHI NAKAMURA, NORIHITO TSUKAHARA, KOUJI IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11431885
    Abstract: When activating a communication device to start communication, it takes time to perform automatic negotiation processing from when communication device starts processing until communication by the communication device is enabled. A communication apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the communication apparatus. When starting communication with the external apparatus by activating the communication device in a non-operating state, the control unit controls the communication device such that a setting sequence for making a communication setting for a communication interface based on a predetermined communication method which is included in the communication device is executed in parallel with a starting sequence for activating the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Shinomiya, Kouji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220082910
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus detachably attached to an accessory via an accessory shoe includes contacts electrically connectable to the accessory via the accessory shoe and arranged in a row. The contacts include a first signal contact used to transmit a data signal in a communication between the electronic apparatus and accessory, a second signal contact used to transmit a clock signal in synchronization with the data signal in the communication, and a third signal contact used to receive a communication request signal from the accessory. The first and second signal contacts are arranged next to each other. The third signal contact is disposed on an opposite side of the second signal contact with respect to the first signal contact. A transmission of the data signal via the first signal contact is executed in response to a reception of the communication request signal via the third signal contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuhei Hattori, Hiromichi Sakamoto, Kei Tohyama, Takayuki Shu, Hiromi Hayasaki, Kouji Ikeda, Kenji Ishii, Yoshinobu Okano
  • Publication number: 20220082905
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of contacts electrically connectable to an accessory and arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a direction in which the accessory is attached. The contacts include an attachment detection contact to detect an attachment of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, and a communication request contact for a communication request from the accessory to the electronic apparatus. The attachment detection and communication request contacts are disposed between a contact closest one end and a contact closest to another end in the first direction. The attachment detection contact is disposed between the communication request contact and the contact closest to the one end. In the first direction, a distance between the attachment detection contact and the communication request contact is shorter than that between the communication request contact and the contact closest to the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromichi Sakamoto, Kei Tohyama, Takayuki Shu, Hiromi Hayasaki, Kouji Ikeda, Yuhei Hattori, Kenji Ishii, Yoshinobu Okano
  • Publication number: 20220073864
    Abstract: A fiber sheet of the present disclosure includes: a first fiber layer including a plurality of first fibers, the plurality of first fibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and arranged side by side in a first direction; a second fiber layer including a plurality of second fibers, the plurality of second fibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and disposed to face the first fiber layer; and a nanofiber layer including nanofibers, the nanofibers comprising any one of a thermoplastic polymer, a thermosetting polymer, a biodegradable polymer, and a biological polymer, the nanofiber layer disposed to be in contact with the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer, in which the nanofiber layer is heat-welded to the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: NORIHITO TSUKAHARA, TAICHI NAKAMURA, KOUJI IKEDA, KIYOTAKA TSUJI
  • Patent number: 11206356
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first capturing unit configured to obtain a first image; and a second capturing unit configured to obtain a second image having a wider angle of view than an angle of view of the first image. The apparatus controls each of a first display device corresponding to one eye of a user and a second display device corresponding to the other eye of the user to display an image based on the first image or the second image. In a case where no subject exists in the first image, the apparatus causes at least one of the first display device and the second display device to display the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Takashi Ichimiya, Kouji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210385385
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first capturing unit configured to obtain a first image; and a second capturing unit configured to obtain a second image having a wider angle of view than an angle of view of the first image. The apparatus controls each of a first display device corresponding to one eye of a user and a second display device corresponding to the other eye of the user to display an image based on the first image or the second image. In a case where no subject exists in the first image, the apparatus causes at least one of the first display device and the second display device to display the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Takashi Ichimiya, Kouji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11186818
    Abstract: Provided is a culture medium including fibers aligned in one direction, and a method for producing the same. The culture medium includes: a substrate; a frame body that includes a first surface, a second surface opposite therefrom, and one or more through holes extending from the first surface through the second surface, and that is mounted to the substrate such that the first surface is opposed thereto; a plurality of aligned fibers interposed between the substrate and the first surface; and a bonding portion that bonds the substrate, the plurality of aligned fibers, and the frame body, wherein at least a part of the plurality of aligned fibers is exposed from a first opening that is formed in the first surface by the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Ikeda, Taichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210348097
    Abstract: A cell culture chip has a stack structure formed by sequentially stacking: a first electrode provided on a main surface of a first board; a first partition wall layer including a first main flow path, and a first inlet flow path and a first outlet flow path connected to the first main flow path; a planar mesh structure sheet used as a scaffolding material for cells; a second partition wall layer including a second main flow path, and a second inlet flow path and a second outlet flow path connected to the second main flow path; and a second electrode provided on a main surface of a second board, in which the planar mesh structure sheet is sandwiched between the first partition wall layer and the second partition wall layer, and, among aperture ratios of a surface of the planar mesh structure sheet facing the first partition wall layer, an aperture ratio of a portion facing the first main flow path is greater than an aperture ratios of portions facing the first inlet flow path and the first outlet flow path, an
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: TAICHI NAKAMURA, NORIHITO TSUKAHARA, KOUJI IKEDA, KIYOTAKA TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20210285138
    Abstract: A fiber mesh sheet is provided, in which the fiber mesh sheet has a mesh structure in which two or more layers of planar fiber arrangement groups are laminated, where, in each of the planar fiber arrangement groups, longitudinal directions of a plurality of fibers made of a polymer material are arranged in a plane along one direction, longitudinal directions of the fibers in one of the fiber arrangement groups intersect those of the fibers in the other fiber arrangement group in two adjacent layers of the fiber arrangement groups at an intersecting angle of 30° or more and 150° or less in a plan view seen from a direction perpendicular to the plane, an upper part of a cross section of the fiber in the fiber arrangement group at a lowermost layer is a substantially circular shape, and a lower part of a cross section of the fiber in the fiber arrangement group at the lowermost layer is a substantially flat shape, where the upper part is a side on which the adjacent fiber arrangement group is present, and the lo
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: TAICHI NAKAMURA, NORIHITO TSUKAHARA, KOUJI IKEDA, KIYOTAKA TSUJI
  • Patent number: 10939599
    Abstract: A component-mounting device includes a mounting head, a discharging portion, and a paste receiving portion. The mounting head holds a component. The discharging portion applies paste by spraying to the component held by the mounting head. The paste receiving portion is provided on the mounting head and captures paste that has been discharged from the discharging portion and has failed to reach the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kouji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200344403
    Abstract: When activating a communication device to start communication, it takes time to perform automatic negotiation processing from when communication device starts processing until communication by the communication device is enabled. A communication apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the communication apparatus. When starting communication with the external apparatus by activating the communication device in a non-operating state, the control unit controls the communication device such that a setting sequence for making a communication setting for a communication interface based on a predetermined communication method which is included in the communication device is executed in parallel with a starting sequence for activating the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi Shinomiya, Kouji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10653051
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an electronic component mounting device includes: a mounting head which picks up an electronic component from a part feeder, and transfers and mounts the electronic component on a board; a dispenser which applies a paste to a lower surface of the electronic component picked up by the mounting head, the paste being flied out from an ejection hole of the dispenser against gravity, the ejection hole opening upwardly; and a shield member which is disposed between the electronic component and the dispenser and has an opening above the ejection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kouji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10625492
    Abstract: A method for producing a medium includes forming a fiber assembly by discharging a raw material liquid of fibers from a nozzle to generate the fibers and depositing the fibers so as to surround a circumferential surface of a rotatable winder, and transferring the fiber assembly to a base member while rotating the rotatable winder. The circumferential surface of the rotatable winder has a plurality of belt-shaped projection portions extending in a direction along a rotation axis of the rotatable winder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Ikeda, Taichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10568157
    Abstract: A communication apparatus which is capable of, for a peripheral device of which connection destination is limited to an image pickup apparatus, appropriately changing data without requiring complicated user operations. Wireless communications with a determined one of a first external apparatus and a second external apparatus are carried out using a predetermined protocol. The second external apparatus connects to the first external apparatus by transmitting an advertisement based on the predetermined protocol to the first external apparatus. In a case where an instruction to establish a connection with the first external apparatus is received, a connection with the second external apparatus is established, and then an instruction to stop the transmission of the advertisement is transmitted to the second external apparatus. After that, the connection with the second external apparatus is terminated, and transmission of another advertisement based on the predetermined protocol is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kouji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10464285
    Abstract: A laminate includes a first sheet containing first fibers, a second sheet laminated on the first sheet and containing second fibers, and an adhesive disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet. At least a part of the adhesive is disposed in an end portion along the edge side of the laminate so as to form a linear first region, and the first sheet is adhered to the second sheet via the first region. Alternatively, a mass per unit area of the adhesive present in an end portion along an edge side of the laminate is larger than a mass per unit area of the adhesive present in a portion near a central part of the laminate rather than the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Ikeda, Koji Motomura, Takatoshi Mitsushima
  • Publication number: 20190166734
    Abstract: A component-mounting device includes a mounting head, a discharging portion, and a paste receiving portion. The mounting head holds a component. The discharging portion applies paste by spraying to the component held by the mounting head. The paste receiving portion is provided on the mounting head and captures paste that has been discharged from the discharging portion and has failed to reach the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: KOUJI IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10232293
    Abstract: A fiber laminate includes a first fiber sheet containing first fibers, a second fiber sheet laminated on the first fiber sheet and containing second fibers, and an adhesive interposed between the first fiber sheet and the second fiber sheet. The adhesive is disposed to form a linear first region in the fiber laminate when viewed from a normal direction of a principal surface of the fiber laminate. The first fiber sheet and the second fiber sheet are adhered to each other via the first region. A gap is formed between the first fiber sheet and the second fiber sheet in a second region other than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Motomura, Nobuhiro Nishizaki, Kouji Ikeda, Takahiko Murata, Takatoshi Mitsushima