Patents by Inventor Kouji Okamoto

Kouji Okamoto 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: 20240101199
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a cab disposed on an upper side of the vehicle body frame, brackets connected to the cab, limiting sections and buffering devices. The limiting sections are disposed between the brackets and the vehicle body frame. The limiting sections limit a movement range of the cab with respect to the vehicle body frame. The buffering devices are disposed between the brackets and the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Souichirou MURAKAMI, Hirofumi KOTAKI, Daisuke OKAMOTO, Kouji NAGAMI, Yohei TAKAHASHI, Osamu YATSUDA, Hironori YAMAMITSU
  • Patent number: 9531332
    Abstract: Disclosed is a distortion-compensation apparatus that can reduce the storage space for storing coefficients required for distortion-compensation calculation, and can accurately execute distortion compensation. Distortion-compensation apparatus (100) compensates for distortion of an output signal from a predetermined circuit by predistortion in which an input signal is preliminarily multiplied by a coefficient. First multiplication section (200c) of distortion-compensation apparatus (100) multiplies an input signal by a first coefficient selected from coefficient candidates in accordance with the input signal; second multiplication section (201c1 to 201cm) multiplies a delay signal of an input signal by a tap coefficient; and adding section (202) outputs a signal obtained by adding together an input signal multiplied by the compensation coefficient and the delay signal multiplied by the tap coefficient to the predetermined circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirai, Kouji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9438281
    Abstract: Disclosed is a distortion compensation apparatus that, by appropriately generating a distortion-compensation coefficient, makes it possible to obtain a desired transmission output, and substantially reduce the amount of power leakage to an adjacent channel. Reception section (103) of the distortion compensation apparatus acquires and demodulates a transmission signal to generate a demodulation signal. Delay adjustment section (104) computes the delay amount of the demodulation signal with respect to the baseband signal, eliminates the delay of the demodulation signal with respect to the baseband signal based on the delay amount, and outputs the baseband signal and the demodulation signal in which the delay is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirai, Kouji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9401778
    Abstract: A storage unit stores a first lookup table including a plurality of correction coefficients for I codes, and stores a second lookup table including a plurality of correction coefficients for Q codes. Each of the correction coefficients for I codes and each of the correction coefficients for Q codes are complex numbers. A distortion compensation unit compensates, with one of the plurality of correction coefficients for I codes, distortion of an I code of a transmission signal to generate a first input signal, outputs the first input signal to an SCPA for I codes. The distortion compensation unit compensates, with one of the plurality of correction coefficients for Q codes, distortion of a Q code of the transmission signal to generate a second input signal, and outputs the second input signal to an SCPA for Q codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirai, Kouji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160071751
    Abstract: A sheet sticking apparatus includes: a feeder configured to feed an adhesive sheet; a press unit configured to press and stick the adhesive sheet to an adherend provided with a reference portion at a predetermined position; and a mark-providing unit configured to provide a predetermined position recognition mark to the adhesive sheet at a predetermined position within an area stuck to the adherend, the position recognition mark having a predetermined positional pattern relative to the reference portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kouji OKAMOTO, Kenichi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150349814
    Abstract: Disclosed is a distortion compensation apparatus that, by appropriately generating a distortion-compensation coefficient, makes it possible to obtain a desired transmission output, and substantially reduce the amount of power leakage to an adjacent channel. Reception section (103) of the distortion compensation apparatus acquires and demodulates a transmission signal to generate a demodulation signal. Delay adjustment section (104) computes the delay amount of the demodulation signal with respect to the baseband signal, eliminates the delay of the demodulation signal with respect to the baseband signal based on the delay amount, and outputs the baseband signal and the demodulation signal in which the delay is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshito HIRAI, Kouji OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150349725
    Abstract: Disclosed is a distortion-compensation apparatus that can reduce the storage space for storing coefficients required for distortion-compensation calculation, and can accurately execute distortion compensation. Distortion-compensation apparatus (100) compensates for distortion of an output signal from a predetermined circuit by predistortion in which an input signal is preliminarily multiplied by a coefficient. First multiplication section (200c) of distortion-compensation apparatus (100) multiplies an input signal by a first coefficient selected from coefficient candidates in accordance with the input signal; second multiplication section (201c1 to 201cm) multiplies a delay signal of an input signal by a tap coefficient; and adding section (202) outputs a signal obtained by adding together an input signal multiplied by the compensation coefficient and the delay signal multiplied by the tap coefficient to the predetermined circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshito HIRAI, Kouji OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9090869
    Abstract: A temperature responsive sheet is disclosed that comprises a chemically modified water-soluble elastin obtained by N-acylating at least some of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin molecule and coupling some or all of carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with a glycine alkyl ester. Also is disclosed a process for producing a cell sheet that comprises preparing above the temperature responsive sheet a film that functions as a scaffold for animal cells, culturing specific cells on the film so as to prepare a cell sheet, and subsequently separating the cell sheet and the temperature responsive sheet comprising the chemically modified water-soluble elastin under conditions of no greater than the culturing temperature for the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kouji Okamoto, Erika Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20150180610
    Abstract: A storage unit stores a first lookup table including a plurality of correction coefficients for I codes, and stores a second lookup table including a plurality of correction coefficients for Q codes. Each of the correction coefficients for I codes and each of the correction coefficients for Q codes are complex numbers. A distortion compensation unit compensates, with one of the plurality of correction coefficients for I codes, distortion of an I code of a transmission signal to generate a first input signal, outputs the first input signal to an SCPA for I codes. The distortion compensation unit compensates, with one of the plurality of correction coefficients for Q codes, distortion of a Q code of the transmission signal to generate a second input signal, and outputs the second input signal to an SCPA for Q codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHITO HIRAI, KOUJI OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8980835
    Abstract: A chemically modified water-soluble elastin that is obtained by subjecting to N-acylating some or all of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in the molecule of a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin and coupling some or all of the carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with the amino group of an amino acid alkyl ester. A chemically modified water-soluble elastin/collagen mixed gel obtained by mixing a collagen with a chemically modified water-soluble elastin that is obtained by subjecting to N-acylating some or all of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in the molecule of a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin and coupling some or all of the carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with the amino group of an amino acid alkyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kouji Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Yosuke Maegawa, Ryota Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Adachi
  • Patent number: 8912740
    Abstract: A actuator driver includes a digital filter configured to perform phase compensation of a digital torque command signal using a fed-back digital signal; a digital PWM generator configured to generate a plurality of pulse-width modulated PWM control signals in response to an output of the digital filter; at least one H bridge configured to select and output a first or second terminal voltage in response to the plurality of PWM control signals; first and second continuous time ?? A/D converters configured to convert the first and second terminal voltages from analog to digital, respectively; and a feed-back filter configured to decimate outputs of the first and second continuous time ?? A/D converters to feed back the digital signal to the digital filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kawabe, Kouji Okamoto, Fumiaki Senoue, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Kiyotaka Tanimoto, Hideki Nishino, Shiro Sakiyama, Takashi Morie, Akio Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8780974
    Abstract: In a digital PLL circuit outputting a clock signal with a frequency obtained by multiplying a frequency of a reference signal by a frequency command word (a frequency ratio), an RPA serially adds a frequency command word containing a fractional component. An output of the RPA is input to a minute phase error generator. The phase error generator generates a plurality of threshold values close to an actual amplitude value of the reference signal based on the fractional portion of the serially added value of the frequency command word, calculates the amplitude value of the reference signal and a phase error of the reference signal corresponding to the amplitude value based on the threshold values, and calculates a minute phase error between the reference signal and the output clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Senoue, Kouji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8648632
    Abstract: In a digital PLL circuit, a phase comparison circuit counts the numbers of transitions of a reference clock and an oscillation clock, sets a time taken until the number of transitions of the reference clock reaches a reference count value as a phase comparison time period, and detects, as a phase error value, a difference between a target count value, obtained based on a magnification value of a desired oscillating frequency with respect to the frequency of the reference clock and the reference count value, and the number of transitions of the oscillation clock in the phase comparison time period. A smoothing circuit smoothes the phase error value. A digitally-controlled oscillation circuit controls the frequency of the oscillation clock in accordance with the phase error value smoothed by the smoothing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Mouri, Kouji Okamoto, Fumiaki Senoue
  • Patent number: 8602405
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus has a process tray onto which a sheet is stacked, an aligning member that conveys the sheet toward a sheet edge regulating member in a contact state in which the aligning member, the sheet edge regulating member regulating the edge of the sheet, and a switching member that switches a state of the aligning member between the contact state where the aligning member is in contact with the sheet, and a non-contact state where the aligning member is spaced apart from the process tray. While the sheet on the process tray is being conveyed toward the sheet edge regulating member by the aligning member, the switching member switches the aligning member from the contact state to the non-contact state, and further switches the aligning member from the non-contact state to the contact state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Inc.
    Inventors: Kouji Okamoto, Yoshihiko Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20130285579
    Abstract: A actuator driver includes a digital filter configured to perform phase compensation of a digital torque command signal using a fed-back digital signal; a digital PWM generator configured to generate a plurality of pulse-width modulated PWM control signals in response to an output of the digital filter; at least one H bridge configured to select and output a first or second terminal voltage in response to the plurality of PWM control signals; first and second continuous time ?? A/D converters configured to convert the first and second terminal voltages from analog to digital, respectively; and a feed-back filter configured to decimate outputs of the first and second continuous time ?? A/D converters to feed back the digital signal to the digital filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: AKIRA KAWABE, KOUJI OKAMOTO, FUMIAKI SENOUE, HITOSHI KOBAYASHI, KIYOTAKA TANIMOTO, HIDEKI NISHINO, SHIRO SAKIYAMA, TAKASHI MORIE, AKIO YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 8564362
    Abstract: A filter circuit includes two parallel digital filters, a DAC, and an LPF. The DAC includes two parallel decoders, a parallel-to-serial converter, a switch driver, and a switch. A PLL circuit supplies a reference clock to the DAC. A frequency divider provided in the DAC divides the frequency of the reference clock by two, and supplies the half frequency clock to a parallel processing section (the two decoders and the parallel-to-serial converter) of the DAC and the two digital filters. This makes it easy to secure a timing margin, permitting use in high-speed communication on the order of several GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Michiko Tokumaru, Heiji Ikoma, Kouji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20130130384
    Abstract: A temperature responsive sheet is disclosed that comprises a chemically modified water-soluble elastin obtained by N-acylating at least some of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin molecule and coupling some or all of carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with a glycine alkyl ester. Also is disclosed a process for producing a cell sheet that comprises preparing above the temperature responsive sheet a film that functions as a scaffold for animal cells, culturing specific cells on the film so as to prepare a cell sheet, and subsequently separating the cell sheet and the temperature responsive sheet comprising the chemically modified water-soluble elastin under conditions of no greater than the culturing temperature for the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kouji Okamoto, Erika Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8439342
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus nicely performs an aligning operation for a sheet conveyed onto a process tray with a simple configuration. A switching member performs an operation of switching an aligning member from a non-contact state to a contact state before the sheet reaches a contact position on the tray or performs an operation of, while the sheet on the tray is being conveyed toward a sheet edge regulating member by the aligning member, switching the aligning member from the contact state to the non-contact state, and further switching the aligning member from the non-contact state to the contact state. Thus, the sheet processing apparatus reduces an occurrence of a conveyance failure caused by collision of a leading edge of thick paper with a return roller and a return guide member, and maintains good conveyance performance by preventing sheet stick caused by a coating material coated on coat paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Finetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouji Okamoto, Yoshihiko Kitahara
  • Patent number: 8395442
    Abstract: A filter circuit includes two parallel digital filters, a DAC, and an LPF. The DAC includes two parallel decoders, a parallel-to-serial converter, a switch driver, and a switch. A PLL circuit supplies a reference clock to the DAC. A frequency divider provided in the DAC divides the frequency of the reference clock by two, and supplies the half frequency clock to a parallel processing section (the two decoders and the parallel-to-serial converter) of the DAC and the two digital filters. This makes it easy to secure a timing margin, permitting use in high-speed communication on the order of several GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Michiko Tokumaru, Heiji Ikoma, Kouji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20130040891
    Abstract: A chemically modified water-soluble elastin that is obtained by subjecting to N-acylating some or all of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in the molecule of a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin and coupling some or all of the carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with the amino group of an amino acid alkyl ester. A chemically modified water-soluble elastin/collagen mixed gel obtained by mixing a collagen with a chemically modified water-soluble elastin that is obtained by subjecting to N-acylating some or all of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in the molecule of a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin and coupling some or all of the carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with the amino group of an amino acid alkyl ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kouji Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Yosuke Maegawa, Ryota Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Adachi