Patents by Inventor Makoto Takemoto

Makoto Takemoto 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: 20240092048
    Abstract: A guide position adjustment device includes upstream side guide members and downstream side guide members arranged in order starting from the upstream side in the sheet traveling direction. Each of the upstream side guide members and each of the downstream side guide members are mounted in pairs on the right and left sides of a folder gluer. The guide position adjustment device includes an outlet side guide moving mechanism, which is mounted on a folding guide device provided with a frame moving mechanism for translating, by a first actuator, a supporting frame that supports the upstream side guide members and the downstream side guide members, in the device width direction perpendicular to the sheet traveling direction. The outlet side guide moving mechanism moves, by a second actuator, an outlet side tip end regulation part of the upstream side guide members relative to the supporting frame in the device width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kunihiko YAMAMURO, Makoto SHIMOHATSUBO, Kazuhisa TAKEMOTO, Kazuya SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240097810
    Abstract: An audio transmission system performs time-division multiplexing on audio data of N channels (N is an integral number equal to or larger than 1) for each reference period and transmits multiplexed audio data. The N channels represent a number of channels determined in advance in accordance with a preset mode. The audio transmission system includes a master circuit, one or more slave circuits connected to the master circuit via one or more transmission lines by daisy chain topology, and a signal processing circuit. The slave circuits each function as an audio transmitter. The master circuit functions as an audio receiver. The signal processing circuit limits a level of audio data of the N channels to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined value in a case where a level of audio data received by the master circuit is larger than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Makoto TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230131342
    Abstract: An acoustic processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes one or more microphones, a first voice processing unit, and a second voice processing unit. The second voice processing unit is connectable between the microphones and the first voice processing unit. The second voice processing unit includes an operational amplifier, an output terminal, an attenuator, and a transistor. The output terminal is connectable to the first voice processing unit. The attenuator is electrically connected between an output node of the operational amplifier and the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 11375254
    Abstract: A control apparatus is connected to a server device storing content and to a playback device, and controls playback of the content at the playback device. The control apparatus includes a receiver that receives the content from the server device, and a controller that transmits to the playback device information about a first playback position in the content received by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Takemoto, Makoto Imagawa, Shinichi Toge, Kanji Imanishi, Masatoshi Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10499145
    Abstract: A sound pressure gradient microphone includes: a first non-directional microphone; a second non-directional microphone; a delay device that receives an output of the second non-directional microphone; and a subtractor that receives an output of the first non-directional microphone and an output of the delay device. The subtractor outputs a difference between the output of the first non-directional microphone and the output of the delay device. A phase of the first non-directional microphone is ahead of a phase of the second non-directional microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Takemoto
  • Patent number: 10477440
    Abstract: A content receiving apparatus that connects to a first network and one or more access points of a second network includes a communication unit that receives a content distributed from an external apparatus, a memory that stores a first access point of the second network that meets a predetermined first condition, a detector that detects a first access point connectable to the content receiving apparatus of the second network in the memory; and a controller that changes a connection to the detected first access point if a predetermined second condition is met while the content is being played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Takemoto
  • Patent number: 10171847
    Abstract: An information device is provided that includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component communicates with an external device. The controller downloads video data from the external device through the communication component. The controller performs processing for playing the video data. The controller executes an application for playing the downloaded video data. The controller sends a download request for each divided video data, with the divided video data being obtained by dividing up the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Imoto, Yoshikazu Fujita, Eiji Nakata, Ryuji Ikeda, Masahito Teraoka, Kanji Imanishi, Makoto Takemoto, Makoto Imagawa, Shinichi Toge, Masatoshi Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20180324522
    Abstract: A sound pressure gradient microphone includes: a first non-directional microphone; a second non-directional microphone; a delay device that receives an output of the second non-directional microphone; and a subtractor that receives an output of the first non-directional microphone and an output of the delay device. The subtractor outputs a difference between the output of the first non-directional microphone and the output of the delay device. A phase of the first non-directional microphone is ahead of a phase of the second non-directional microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: MAKOTO TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170288689
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to make it possible to execute each of a plurality of application programs without taking into account the addresses of the programs. A microcomputer (100) is provided with: a program memory (108) which stores a plurality of microphone programs executed by a digital signal processing circuit (104); an address control circuit (109) which controls addresses in the program memory; a program address register (110) which stores the addresses of the microphone programs; and a program size register (111) which stores the sizes of the microphone programs. The address control circuit (109) calculates the addresses in the program memory on the basis of the program address register (110) and the program size register (111).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Makoto Takemoto, Akihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20170272788
    Abstract: A control apparatus is connected to a server device storing content and to a playback device, and controls playback of the content at the playback device. The control apparatus includes a receiver that receives the content from the server device, and a controller that transmits to the playback device information about a first playback position in the content received by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Makoto TAKEMOTO, Makoto IMAGAWA, Shinichi TOGE, Kanji IMANISHI, Masatoshi MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20170070755
    Abstract: An information device is provided that includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component communicates with an external device. The controller downloads video data from the external device through the communication component. The controller performs processing for playing the video data. The controller executes an application for playing the downloaded video data. The controller sends a download request for each divided video data, with the divided video data being obtained by dividing up the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinobu IMOTO, Yoshikazu FUJITA, Eiji NAKATA, Ryuji IKEDA, Masahito TERAOKA, Kanji IMANISHI, Makoto TAKEMOTO, Makoto IMAGAWA, Shinichi TOGE, Masatoshi MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20170041835
    Abstract: A content receiving apparatus that connects to a first network and one or more access points of a second network includes a communication unit that receives a content distributed from an external apparatus, a memory that stores a first access point of the second network that meets a predetermined first condition, a detector that detects a first access point connectable to the content receiving apparatus of the second network in the memory; and a controller that changes a connection to the detected first access point if a predetermined second condition is met while the content is being played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8989618
    Abstract: A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core member, a foamed elastic layer in which two or more strip-shaped foamed elastic members connected together at one or both of longitudinal end portions are spirally wound around the outer peripheral surface of the core member from one end of the core member to the other end thereof, and an adhesive layer for bonding the core member and the foamed elastic layer together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawai, Fuyuki Kano, Makoto Nishimura, Makoto Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8526845
    Abstract: A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core and an elastic layer helically put on an outer peripheral surface of the core and including a first elastic layer and a second elastic layer, the first elastic layer being an outermost layer and the second elastic layer being located closer to the core than the first elastic layer and having a compression set smaller than that of the first elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nonaka, Takeshi Kawai, Makoto Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20130108311
    Abstract: A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core member, a foamed elastic layer in which two or more strip-shaped foamed elastic members connected together at one or both of longitudinal end portions are spirally wound around the outer peripheral surface of the core member from one end of the core member to the other end thereof, and an adhesive layer for bonding the core member and the foamed elastic layer together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi KAWAI, Fuyuki KANO, Makoto NISHIMURA, Makoto TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 8194524
    Abstract: When a user requests a reproduction operation via a remote control, a microprocessor determines whether or not data on a medium of the type selected in advance by a user using the remote control can be reproduced. When the microprocessor determines that data on a medium of the selected type can be reproduced, it selectively reproduces data on the medium of the selected type. When the microprocessor determines that data on a medium of the selected type cannot be reproduced, it sequentially determines whether data on media other than media of the selected type among multiple types of media can be reproduced or not, sets the type of a medium on which data can be reproduced, which is found as a result of the determination, as the type of media to be played, and reproduces data on the medium on which data can be reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8090298
    Abstract: An electrostatic charging member includes a base material; and an outermost layer that contains a porous filler and a resin and has a gel fraction of at least about 50% and a surface roughness Rz in a range of about 2 ?m to about 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro Hoshio, Noboru Wada, Makoto Takemoto, Nagahito Ichijo, Naoki Ohta, Kenji Inoue, Hiroyuki Miura, Keiko Ono, Taketoshi Hoshizaki, Minoru Rokutan
  • Publication number: 20110318047
    Abstract: A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core and an elastic layer helically put on an outer peripheral surface of the core and including a first elastic layer and a second elastic layer, the first elastic layer being the outermost layer and the second elastic layer being located closer to the core than the first elastic layer and having a compression set smaller than that of the first elastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro NONAKA, Takeshi KAWAI, Makoto TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100226236
    Abstract: When a user requests a reproduction operation via a remote control, a microprocessor determines whether or not data on a medium of the type selected in advance by a user using the remote control can be reproduced. When the microprocessor determines that data on a medium of the selected type can be reproduced, it selectively reproduces data on the medium of the selected type. When the microprocessor determines that data on a medium of the selected type cannot be reproduced, it sequentially determines whether data on media other than media of the selected type among multiple types of media can be reproduced or not, sets the type of a medium on which data can be reproduced, which is found as a result of the determination, as the type of media to be played, and reproduces data on the medium on which data can be reproduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100104316
    Abstract: An electrostatic charging member includes a base material; and an outermost layer that contains a porous filler and a resin and has a gel fraction of at least about 50% and a surface roughness Rz in a range of about 2 ?m to about 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro HOSHIO, Noboru WADA, Makoto TAKEMOTO, Nagahito ICHIJO, Naoki OHTA, Kenji INOUE, Hiroyuki MIURA, Keiko ONO, Taketoshi HOSHIZAKI, Minoru ROKUTAN