Patents by Inventor Kunihide Fujii

Kunihide Fujii 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: 20240011681
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a chiller reduced in size, cost, and energy use. [Solution] A chiller C1 includes a tank 1, a pump 2, a plurality of coolant circuits 3 and 4 configured to cool a plurality of respective loads, and a refrigeration circuit 5. The plurality of coolant circuits 3 and 4 and the refrigeration circuit 5 are connected to each other via respective heat exchangers 6 and 7 capable of individually controlling cooling performance. The first heat exchanger 6 connecting the first coolant circuit 3 and the refrigeration circuit 5 is configured to control a temperature of a coolant that returns from a first load W1 and a second load W2 to the tank 1. The second heat exchanger 7 connecting the second coolant circuit 4 and the refrigeration circuit 5 is configured to control a temperature of the coolant that is supplied from the tank 1 to the second load W2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Yohei TOBE, Toshiki SASATANI
  • Publication number: 20230228462
    Abstract: A chiller is provided that includes a deionization filter to remove ionic substances in cooling waters, and that is of such a small size as to save energy and costs. The chiller also includes cooling-water circuits, and a refrigeration circuit. The refrigeration circuit includes heat-exchange-path sections. The heat-exchange-path sections include respective heat exchangers. The cooling-water circuits and includes tanks, first supply lines, second supply lines, and return lines. The chiller includes a filtering line branching off from the second supply line of the cooling-water circuit and connected to the return line of the cooling-water circuit. The filtering line is provided with the deionization filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Yohei TOBE, Toshiki SASATANI
  • Patent number: 11135548
    Abstract: A heat exchange flow path portion is formed by alternately winding two spirally-shaped first and second heat transfer walls, with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween in the radial direction of the flow path pipe, around the outer periphery of a cylindrical flow path pipe, in which a cooling heat source is disposed in a main heat transfer flow path inside thereof. An inlet flow path and an outlet flow path for introducing compressed air into the flow path pipe and discharging compressed air from the flow path pipe are alternately formed, in the radial direction, from the gap between the heat transfer walls. Heat exchange is performed between compressed air that flows in the flow path and compressed air that flows in the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, Kunihide Fujii, Shunsuke Uchida
  • Patent number: 10812147
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Publication number: 20200145058
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Tadashi MORITA, Shigeru ARISAWA, Yoshihisa TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10608704
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Publication number: 20200094185
    Abstract: A heat exchange flow path portion is formed by alternately winding two spirally-shaped first and second heat transfer walls, with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween in the radial direction of the flow path pipe, around the outer periphery of a cylindrical flow path pipe, in which a cooling heat source is disposed in a main heat transfer flow path inside thereof ?n inlet flow path and an outlet flow path for introducing compressed air into the flow path pipe and discharging compressed air from the flow path pipe are alternately formed, in the radial direction, from the gap between the heat transfer walls. Heat exchange is performed between compressed air that flows in the flow path and compressed air that flows in the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki IWATA, Tetsuo SAKAGUCHI, Kunihide FUJII, Shunsuke UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190260422
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Tadashi MORITA, Shigeru ARISAWA, Yoshihisa TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10355750
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Publication number: 20180183495
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Patent number: 9900059
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Patent number: 9831923
    Abstract: A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Publication number: 20170041047
    Abstract: A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Patent number: 9497588
    Abstract: A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150319566
    Abstract: A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150311958
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Tadashi MORITA, Shigeru ARISAWA, Yoshihisa TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9106273
    Abstract: A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Patent number: 9094058
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Patent number: 8942629
    Abstract: A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140329463
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama