Patents by Inventor Makoto Ikeda

Makoto 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: 20210360170
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect a position of a subject, which is a target of trimming in an image; a setting unit configured to set a determination frame that separates a first region, which includes an edge of the image, and a second region, which is a region of the image excluding the first region, from each other; and a generation unit configured to generate a trimming image to notify a user that the subject is likely to move out of an imaging range of the image, in a case where the position of the subject is included in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto Ikeda, Yusuke Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 11168914
    Abstract: An operating system that can control any apparatus is provided. The operating system (1001) includes an input receiving device (1060), a first information processing device (1100), a second information processing device (1200), and an infrared output device (1070). The operating system (1001) operates a first-type apparatus (1010) operable by communication of an infrared pattern and a second-type apparatus (1020) operable via a network. The first information processing device (1100) is connected to the input receiving device (1060) and configured to analyze operation information corresponding to an input operation. The second information processing device (1200) is configured to control the second-type apparatus (1020) (controlled apparatus (B)) via the network based on a control instruction. The infrared output device (1070) is configured to output an infrared pattern corresponding to a control instruction to the first-type apparatus (1010) (controlled apparatus (A)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ikeda, Kousuke Tsuboi, Takao Sonoda
  • Patent number: 11151705
    Abstract: An image inspecting apparatus includes a reader that reads an image on a recording material formed in an image forming apparatus and generates read image data and an image analyzer that performs analysis to determine abnormality for the read image data by using a threshold value and creates an analysis result. The image analyzer makes pixels constituting the read image data a target pixel sequentially and performs determination of abnormality for the target pixel by using the threshold value calculated by using a threshold value calculating method. The threshold value calculating method includes a plurality of threshold value calculating methods, and a first threshold value calculating method is switched to other threshold value calculating method correspondingly to a number of pixels included in a region for calculating a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11148412
    Abstract: In order to provide, to a roll-to-roll printing apparatus which seamlessly performs printing on a base material using a roll-to-roll method, performance for finely controlling the tension of the base material, the roll-to-roll printing apparatus includes a drive roll (74) that supplies a base material (B) to a plate cylinder, a drive roll actuator that rotates the drive roll (74), a dancer actuator (84) that changes a path line length of the base material (B) to vary the tension of the base material (B), a tension detection device (78) that detects the tension of the base material (B), and a tension control device (80) that controls the drive roll actuator and the dancer actuator (84) in accordance with a result of the detection by the tension detection device (78) to compensate for a variation in the tension of the base material (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Suzuki, Shinya Matsubara, Taishi Hitomi, Makoto Ikeda, Kiyoto Miyoshi, Takatora Ando
  • Patent number: 11098919
    Abstract: In an air conditioning system which conditions air in one air-conditioning-target space with a plurality of air conditioners each including a compressor, the energy consumption efficiency as a whole is improved. The air conditioners (21 to 29) each include a service-side heat exchanger exchanging heat between air of a room which is the air-conditioning-target space and a refrigerant, a heat-source-side heat exchanger exchanging heat between air of a common space and the refrigerant, and a compressor (41 to 49) compressing the refrigerant circulating through the service-side heat exchanger and the heat-source-side heat exchanger. When an air conditioning capacity falls within a predetermined range for at least two of the plurality of air conditioners (21 to 29), part of the air conditioners whose compressors are in operation has its compressor stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Nabeshima, Akio Tasaka, Yuusuke Shiono, Makoto Ikeda, Atsushi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11074683
    Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes an image reader that reads an original image formed on a recording material based on a print job and generates a read image, and a hardware processor that analyzes the read image and performs an image inspection, wherein the hardware processor: acquires the read image from the image reader, detects an edge from the read image, and excludes a region near the edge from a target of the image inspection; performs a predetermined filter process on the read image after the exclusion process to generate a first reference image compares the read image after the exclusion process with the first reference image to generate a first comparison image; and binarizes the first comparison image using a predetermined threshold to detect points where a specific abnormality has occurred, and outputs a detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11072508
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a web processing system that executes predetermined processing onto a web continuously existing along a movement passage, in which the web processing system includes a rotating body that rotates while being in contact with the web, and the control apparatus controls a rotation speed of the rotating body such that a circumferential speed of the rotating body at a contact surface with the web matches a transport speed of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoto Miyoshi, Takatora Ando, Ryuta Nakajima, Keita Suzuki, Shinya Matsubara, Taishi Hitomi, Makoto Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210080141
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including an indoor unit provided with a microphone element for receiving voice instructions, such that a voice instruction spoken by an operator is acquired with high quality and control based on the voice instruction spoken by the operator is likely to be ensured. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit (12), a transmission unit, and a reception unit. The indoor unit has a main body (100) and a microphone element. The main body has formed therein a blow-out port (120) through which air-conditioned air is blown out toward a space to be air-conditioned. The microphone element accepts a voice instruction captured from a voice capturing portion (P1) arranged at a position that deviates from a ventilation space through which the air blown out from the blow-out port flows, in such a manner as to face the space to be air-conditioned. The transmission unit transmits the voice instruction accepted by the microphone element to an outside as a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kousuke TSUBOI, Takao SONODA, Makoto IKEDA, Tetsushi TSUDA, Yu OTA, Yuuichi KITA, Kenji AMANO, Atsushi MATSUBARA, Tomomi KUKITA, Naoko KURIYAMA, Tomoyoshi ASHIKAGA, Gen KUMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10864691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothed belt (1) containing: a belt main body (2) containing an array of a cord, a tooth portion (2b) formed on the lower side of the array of the cord and arranged at a predetermined interval along a longitudinal direction of the cord, and a back surface portion (2a) formed on the upper side of the array of the cord and having the cord buried therein, which are integrally molded with a first thermoplastic elastomer composition; and a back sheet (3) adhered to the back surface portion side of the belt main body (2) and composed of a second thermoplastic elastomer composition, in which the back sheet (3) has an uneven shape (6) in a surface on the adhesion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200286218
    Abstract: An image inspecting apparatus includes a reader that reads an image on a recording material formed in an image forming apparatus and generates read image data and an image analyzer that performs analysis to determine abnormality for the read image data by using a threshold value and creates an analysis result. The image analyzer makes pixels constituting the read image data a target pixel sequentially and performs determination of abnormality for the target pixel by using the threshold value calculated by using a threshold value calculating method. The threshold value calculating method includes a plurality of threshold value calculating methods, and a first threshold value calculating method is switched to other threshold value calculating method correspondingly to a number of pixels included in a region for calculating a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Makoto IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10764334
    Abstract: A communication system includes a communication device configured to execute a process related to a cyber security solution in accordance with policy information defining execution details of the process related to the cyber security solution. The communication system includes a change unit configured to change the policy information, wherein the change unit changes the policy information after a state of the communication device in a process of manufacturing the communication system transitions from a first state where the communication device is mounted to the communication system to a second state where a predetermined process is executed thereafter so that the execution details of the process related to the cyber security solution in the second state are expanded more than the execution details in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Wakita, Michitaka Tsuboi, Makoto Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200237487
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental mill blank having reduced cracks and that excels in mechanical strength and aesthetic quality. The present invention relates to a dental mill blank comprising an inorganic filler and a polymer, and having a porosity of 25 to 35 volume % after 2-hour ashing at 600° C. In the dental mill blank, the inorganic filler preferably comprises an inorganic filler (A) and an inorganic filler (B), and the dental mill blank preferably satisfies the following formulae (I) and (II), 0.12?a?0.70??(I) 3?b/a??(II), where a is an average primary particle diameter of the inorganic filler (A) in micrometers, and b is an average primary particle diameter of the inorganic filler (B) in micrometers. Preferably, the inorganic filler (A) and the inorganic filler (B) have a volume-to-volume content ratio (A)/(B) of 5/95 to 50/50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Masashi INOUE, Makoto IKEDA, Hiroshige ISHINO
  • Publication number: 20200215814
    Abstract: A web processing system which includes two rollers configured to rotate at the same phase while being in contact with a web which continuously exists along a movement passage and a suppressing mechanism for suppressing a tension variation of the web between the two rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoto MIYOSHI, Takatora ANDO, Keita SUZUKI, Shinya MATSUBARA, Taishi HITOMI, Makoto IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200198268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothed belt (1) containing: a belt main body (2) containing an array of a cord, a tooth portion (2b) formed on the lower side of the array of the cord and arranged at a predetermined interval along a longitudinal direction of the cord, and a back surface portion (2a) formed on the upper side of the array of the cord and having the cord buried therein, which are integrally molded with a first thermoplastic elastomer composition; and a back sheet (3) adhered to the back surface portion side of the belt main body (2) and composed of a second thermoplastic elastomer composition, in which the back sheet (3) has an uneven shape (6) in a surface on the adhesion side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200182329
    Abstract: This toothed belt transmission device (1) includes a toothed belt (10) in which belt teeth (13) and belt tooth bottom parts (14) are alternately formed, and a toothed pulley (50) in which pulley teeth (53) and pulley tooth bottom parts (54) are alternately formed so as to mesh with the toothed belt (10). The tips of the belt teeth (13) come into contact with the pulley tooth bottom parts (54), but the tips of the pulley teeth (53) do not come into contact with the belt tooth bottom parts (14), and gaps (S) are provided between the tips of the pulley teeth (53) and the belt tooth bottom parts (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200153999
    Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes: an image reader that reads an original image on a recording material based on a print job and generates a read image; and a hardware processor that analyzes the read image acquired from the image reader and performs image inspection, in which the hardware processor: performs predetermined filter processing on the read image and generates a first reference image; acquires background density from the first reference image and sets a threshold based on the background density; compares the read image to the first reference image and generates a first comparison image; and binarizes the first comparison image by using the threshold, detects a part where a specific abnormality has occurred, and outputs a detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Jun ITOU, Makoto IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200141607
    Abstract: An operating system that can control any apparatus is provided. The operating system (1001) includes an input receiving device (1060), a first information processing device (1100), a second information processing device (1200), and an infrared output device (1070). The operating system (1001) operates a first-type apparatus (1010) operable by communication of an infrared pattern and a second-type apparatus (1020) operable via a network. The first information processing device (1100) is connected to the input receiving device (1060) and configured to analyze operation information corresponding to an input operation. The second information processing device (1200) is configured to control the second-type apparatus (1020) (controlled apparatus (B)) via the network based on a control instruction. The infrared output device (1070) is configured to output an infrared pattern corresponding to a control instruction to the first-type apparatus (1010) (controlled apparatus (A)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto IKEDA, Kousuke TSUBOI, Takao SONODA
  • Patent number: 10635039
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: an image former; a sheet detection sensor; an image reader; and a hardware processor that: detects an image abnormality by analyzing the read image data and obtains a position in a sheet conveyance direction of the detected image abnormality in the read image data for each piece of the read image data corresponding to each of the sheets; estimates a conveyance interval of the plurality of sheets based on a detection result by the sheet detection sensor, and determines whether a specific periodicity exists based on the estimated conveyance interval and the position of the image abnormality detected from the read image data corresponding to each of the sheets; and when the specific periodicity is determined to exist, estimates a part corresponding to the specific periodicity as a failure point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200124122
    Abstract: A brake lining is provided that is to be pressed against a sliding surface of a brake disk fastened to a wheel or an axle of a railway vehicle. The brake lining includes: a plurality of friction members arranged to be spaced from each other, each of the friction members having a front surface that is to face the sliding surface; a back board fastened to a back surface of each of the friction members; and a base plate supporting each friction member at a region including a center portion of the respective friction members. Two friction members are taken as a pair, and the back board that is fastened to the pair of friction members is a one-piece member, and a width of the back board at a space between the friction members of the pair of friction members is greater than a width of the friction member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro FUJIMOTO, Yuiko SAKAYAMA, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Kazutaka ASABE, Takeshi NAKANO, Makoto IKEDA, Isao SHIMAZOE, Yasushi KARINO, Hajime TAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200126549
    Abstract: A management system (1090) includes an air conditioner (1062), a sound input unit (1064), an operation sound analyzing unit (1016), a first preprocessing unit (1011), a command extracting unit (1014), and a control unit (1017). The sound input unit (1064) is provided in a room where the air conditioner is provided and obtains sound data (SD). The operation sound analyzing unit (1016) analyzes the sound data by a predetermined analysis method so as to obtain a determination result (RE) regarding whether an abnormality exists in the air conditioner or details of the abnormality. The first preprocessing unit (1011) performs first preprocessing on the sound data. The command extracting unit (1014) extracts a command (CM) of a user from the sound data that has been subjected to the first preprocessing. The control unit (1017) controls the air conditioner on the basis of the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shimei TEI, Kenji KITA, Takeo ABE, Xianglian LI, Akiko SHIRAI, Naveen GUNTURU, Makoto IKEDA, Tomomi KUKITA, Kenji AMANO, Yu OTA, Yuuichi KITA, Toshiyuki MAEDA, Hisanori OHSHIMA, Tetsushi TSUDA