Patents by Inventor Masaru Takagi
Masaru Takagi 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: 20230297020Abstract: An image forming apparatuscomprises a grip member, a support portion, and a housing. The support portion is provided in the housing and supports the grip member to be able to slide between a first position where the grip member is stored further inside than a side surface of the housing and a second position where the grip member protrudes outward from the side surface and can be gripped. The grip member has an upper grip portionand a lower grip portion that are separated in the up-down direction and supported by the support portion to be able to slide substantially horizontally. The image forming apparatus includes restricting mechanismsconfigured to restrict both grip portions from sliding toward the first position in a state in which the grip member is at the second position and an upward force is applied to at least one of the grip portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventor: Masaru TAKAGI
-
Publication number: 20230279945Abstract: A shift device includes: a motor drive circuit; a motor driver unit for driving the motor drive circuit; a control unit that controls the motor driver unit; a motor power supply path; a system power supply path; and a buck-boost unit that converts electric power supplied from the system power supply path to a predetermined voltage and outputs the voltage. Electric power is supplied to the control unit via the buck-boost unit, and either the electric power from the motor power supply path or the electric power from the system power supply path is supplied to the motor driver unit based on a voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru MATSUBARA, Motofumi MIYAKE, Kazunori TAKAGI
-
Publication number: 20230254365Abstract: An information processing device 1 of the present embodiment includes a sensor data collection unit 12 configured to receive sensor data from a sensor device 4, a priority setting unit 13 configured to set, when the sensor data is received, a priority for the sensor data based on a surrounding situation of the sensor device 4, and an execution location determination unit 14 configured to determine a logic group 2 or 3 that is to process the sensor data based on the priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Kazuya MATSUO, Masaru TAKAGI, Ryota NAKADA, Koya MORI
-
Publication number: 20230197907Abstract: A display apparatus includes a micro-light-emitting device comprising at least two device-side electrodes, a driving substrate comprising at least two driving substrate-side electrodes, and at least two metal layers, each metal layer being interposed between a corresponding device-side electrode and a corresponding driving substrate-side electrode, and connecting the corresponding device-side electrode to the corresponding driving substrate-side electrode. A distance between adjacent driving substrate-side electrodes, among the at least two driving substrate-side electrodes, is greater than a distance between adjacent device-side electrodes, among the at least two device-side electrodes, and each metal layer of the at least two metal layers is a metal formed by undergoing heating without pressure applied thereto and then curing during a process of connecting the at least two device-side electrodes to the at least two driving substrate-side electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YANAGISAWA, Takashi TAKAGI, Tsubasa FUJIWARA, Masaru WADA
-
Publication number: 20230037988Abstract: A transfer unit includes first and second rollers, first and second bearing members, a roller holder, first and second urging members, a switching cam, and a driving mechanism. The switching cam includes first and second guide holes with which first and second engaging portions formed on the first and second bearing members engage. The first and second guide holes are formed, each in an approximately arcuate shape, at positions at different distances from the rotation center of the switching cam. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying member is arranged selectively either at a reference position where the first or second roller is in pressed contact with the image carrying member or at a released position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masaru TAKAGI
-
Patent number: 11543763Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, a first roller and a second roller of which the latter has an elastic layer larger in an axial direction than that of the former, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a switching cam, a transfer voltage power supply, and a driving mechanism. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying member is arranged either at a reference position at which, by being kept in pressed contact with the image carrying member, the first or second roller forms a transfer nip or at a released position at which the first or second roller lies away from the image carrying member.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Yuya Shimohora, Masaru Takagi, Takehiro Sato
-
Patent number: 11520254Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, first and second rollers of which the second has an elastic layer larger in an axial direction than the first, first and second bearing members, a roller holder, first and second urging members, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, and a first pre-transfer guide. By rotating the roller holder, the first or second roller is arranged opposite an image carrier and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrier is arranged selectively either at a reference position where the first or second roller is in pressed contact with the image carrier or at a released position where the first or second roller lies away from the image carrier. With the first or second roller arranged at the reference position, the first pre-transfer guide is arranged at a first guide position.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Masaru Takagi, Masayuki Yamada, Yuya Shimohora, Takehiro Sato
-
Patent number: 11520255Abstract: A transfer unit includes first and second rollers of which the second roller has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than the first roller, a roller holder, and a switching cam. One of the first and second rollers is, by rotating the roller holder, arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, arranged selectively either at a reference position to form a transfer nip or at a released position to lie away from the image carrying member. Let a length of the elastic layer of the first roller in the axial direction, a width of an effective image area on the image carrying member to which a toner image can be transferred, and a width of a recording medium of a maximum size allowing transfer using the first roller be L1, L3, and L4 respectively, L4<L1?L3?5 mm is fulfilled.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Takehiro Sato, Masayuki Yamada, Masaru Takagi, Yuya Shimohora
-
Publication number: 20220382582Abstract: A data processing system of the present embodiment is a data processing system that performs stream processing on received data and performs batch processing on the data after storage, and includes: a fast response processing apparatus 11 that performs processing of a part of the stream processing on the received data; a fast response processing result providing apparatus 12 that stores a processing result of the fast response processing apparatus 11 and reply to a query; a real-time processing apparatus 21 that performs remaining processing of the stream processing on the received data and the processing result of the fast response processing apparatus 11; a real-time processing result providing apparatus 22 that stores a processing result of the real-time processing apparatus 21 and reply to a query; a storage 31 that stores the received data; a batch processing apparatus 32 that performs the batch processing on the received data stored in the storage 31 at a predetermined timing; and a batch processing resType: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Kazuya Matsuo, Masaru Takagi, Ryota Nakada, Koya Mori
-
Publication number: 20220377283Abstract: An image data collecting apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires position information of a plurality of mobile bodies on which a photographing device is mounted, and a selecting unit that acquires, for each mobile body, the position information acquired for the plurality of mobile bodies, information indicating photographing ranges of the photographing devices mounted on the plurality of mobile bodies, and position information of a predetermined object, and selects a mobile body on which a photographing device that outputs collection target image data is mounted from the plurality of mobile bodies on the basis of the acquired information; a transmitting unit that transmits a collection instruction for image data which is a photographing result of the photographing device mounted on the mobile body to the selected mobile body; and a receiving unit that receives the image data transmitted from the mobile body having received the collection instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Jun SHIODA, Masaru TAKAGI, Kazuya MATSUO, Lidwina Ayu ANDARINI, Ryota NAKADA, Koya MORI, Hiroyuki TANAKA
-
Publication number: 20220335693Abstract: A mixed reality space sharing system is provided with which 3D information regarding a target real space can be shared between a plurality of MR terminals while keeping the information updated, without spending a long processing time. A shared information management server includes: an information management unit for creating a room by associating, with each other, 3D information and anchor information that are transmitted from a first terminal, which is at least one of a plurality of mixed reality terminals, and managing the information; and a sharing unit for transmitting the 3D information and the anchor information to a second terminal different from the first terminal. The second terminal downloads the 3D information and the anchor information transmitted from the shared information management server, and creates a mixed reality space using the downloaded information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya MATSUO, Masaru TAKAGI, Ryota NAKADA, Koya MORI, Hiroyuki TANAKA
-
Patent number: 11474457Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an image input portion, a transfer unit, a transfer voltage power supply, and a control portion. The transfer unit includes a transfer roller having a metal shaft and an elastic layer laid around an outer circumferential face of the metal shaft to form a transfer nip by keeping the elastic layer in pressed contact with an image carrying member, and transfers a toner image formed on the image carrying member to a recording medium as it passes through the transfer nip. The transfer unit includes, as the transfer roller, a first roller, and a second roller having a larger axial-size elastic layer compared to the first roller. The control portion arranges the first or second roller opposite the image carrying member according to width-direction sizes of the recording medium and image data fed to the image input portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Yuya Shimohora, Masayuki Yamada, Masaru Takagi, Takehiro Sato
-
Patent number: 11477124Abstract: The present invention offers a network management technique that can realize effective acquisition of various data transmitted from terminals, while reducing the network congestion. In a network management system including a plurality of terminals that can transmit data, a plurality of destination devices that perform respective predetermined processes based on the data, a relay device arranged between them, and a management device communicable with the terminals, the destination devices, and the relay device, the management device receives a request regarding required data from the destination devices; and, in response to the request, instructs to integrate data items that are to be relayed to individual destination devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Takagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Kazuya Matsuo, Jun Shioda, Koya Mori
-
Patent number: 11470002Abstract: A technique for compressing and transmitting data without hampering real-time performance can be offered. In a data compression transmission system for collecting data generated by a plurality of devices at a central server via a network, an intermediate server is arranged between the devices and the central server. Each of the devices includes a packet cache processing unit for converting the generated data to a hash value based on a cache. The intermediate server includes a packet cache processing unit for decoding the hash value to original data based on the cache, a buffering unit for aggregating the data and outputting the data as a long packet, and a compression encoding unit for compressing the data and generating encoded data.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Takagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Koya Mori, Tomohiro Inoue, Hiroyuki Tanaka
-
Patent number: 11428754Abstract: A receptacle includes a pair of spare terminals that are located on both sides of a plurality of receptacle terminals in a longitudinal direction and are short-circuited. A plug includes a pair of relay electrodes that respectively come in contact with the pair of spare terminals when the plug is connected to the receptacle. A connector inspection instrument includes a conduction detecting circuit and a pair of terminal support portions supporting a pair of inspection terminals, and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism supports one or both of the pair of terminal support portions in such a way as to displace the one or both of the pair of terminal support portions in a width direction to narrow or widen an interval between the pair of inspection terminals.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Koji Izumi, Tomohiko Yamakawa, Masaru Takagi, Hayato Mori
-
Publication number: 20220263899Abstract: Provided is a relay server capable of reducing network traffic when collecting large amounts of sensor data from a large number of sensor terminals. A relay server that collects sensor data from a plurality of sensor terminals and uploads the sensor data to a central server via a network includes a data collection unit that collects the sensor data from the plurality of sensor terminals, a relay data creation unit that calculates a presence of spatial overlaps between the collected sensor data, removes overlaps between the sensor data, and creates relay data integrating the sensor data, and an upload unit that uploads the relay data to the central server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Kazuya Matsuo, Masaru Takagi, Ryota Nakada, Koya Mori, Hiroyuki Tanaka
-
Publication number: 20220236669Abstract: A transfer unit includes first and second rollers of which the second has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than the first, a roller holder, and a switching cam. One of the first and second rollers is, by rotating the roller holder, arranged opposite the image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, arranged selectively either at a reference position to form a transfer nip or at a released position to lie away from the image carrying member. Let the length of the elastic layer of the first roller in the axial direction, the width of the effective image area on the image carrying member to which the toner image can be transferred, and the width of the recording medium of the maximum size allowing transfer using the first roller be L1, L3, and L4 respectively, L4<L1?L3?5 mm is fulfilled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takehiro SATO, Masayuki YAMADA, Masaru TAKAGI, Yuya SHIMOHORA
-
Publication number: 20220236670Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an image input portion, a transfer unit, a transfer voltage power supply, and a control portion. The transfer unit includes a transfer roller having a metal shaft and an elastic layer laid around the outer circumferential face of the metal shaft to form a transfer nip by keeping the elastic layer in pressed contact with an image carrying member, and transfers a toner image formed on the image carrying member to a recording medium as it passes through the transfer nip. The transfer unit includes, as the transfer roller, a first roller, and a second roller having a larger axial-size elastic layer compared to the first roller. The control portion arranges first or second roller opposite the image carrying member according to width-direction sizes of the recording medium and the image data fed to the image input portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuya SHIMOHORA, Masayuki YAMADA, Masaru TAKAGI, Takehiro SATO
-
Publication number: 20220236667Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, first and second rollers of which the second has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than the first, first and second bearing members, a roller holder, first and second urging members, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, and a first pre-transfer guide. By rotating the roller holder, the first or second roller is arranged opposite an image carrier and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrier is arranged selectively either at a reference position where the first or second roller is in pressed contact with the image carrier or at a released position where the first or second roller lies away from the image carrier. With the first or second roller arranged at the reference position, the first pre-transfer guide is arranged at a first guide position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masaru TAKAGI, Masayuki YAMADA, Yuya SHIMOHORA, Takehiro SATO
-
Publication number: 20220236666Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, a first roller and a second roller of which the latter has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than that of the former, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a switching cam, a transfer voltage power supply, and a driving mechanism. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying member is arranged either at a reference position at which, by being kept in pressed contact with the image carrying member, the first or second roller forms a transfer nip or at a released position at which the first or second roller lies away from the image carrying member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masayuki YAMADA, Yuya SHIMOHORA, Masaru TAKAGI, Takehiro SATO