Patents by Inventor Masayuki Hirano

Masayuki Hirano 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).

  • Patent number: 11925458
    Abstract: A motion state monitoring system, a training support system, a motion state monitoring method, and a program capable of suitably managing measurement results according to an attaching direction of a sensor are provided. A motion state monitoring system according to the present disclosure monitors a motion state of a target part of a subject's body. The motion state monitoring system includes an acquisition unit, an attaching direction detection unit, and a control processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires sensing information of a sensor attached to the target part. The attaching direction detection unit detects an attaching direction of the sensor. The control processing unit outputs information related to the sensing information in association with the attaching direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Toru Miyagawa, Issei Nakashima, Keisuke Suga, Masayuki Imaida, Manabu Yamamoto, Yohei Otaka, Masaki Katoh, Asuka Hirano, Taiki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240027945
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an optical sensor configured to measure reflected light from a test image on the image carrier. The optical sensor includes a printed circuit board, with a light-emitting element provided on a first surface of the printed circuit board, and with the light-emitting element being configured to irradiate the test image on the image carrier with light. The optical sensor also includes a light-receiving element provided on the first surface of the printed circuit board, with the light-receiving element being configured to receive the reflected light from the test image on the image carrier. A connector is provided on a second surface of the printed circuit board opposite to the first surface of the printed circuit board, with a cable for controlling the optical sensor being connected to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirano, Masaaki Moriya
  • Patent number: 11809115
    Abstract: A printed circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. A light-emitting element and a light-receiving element are mounted on the first mounting surface. An electronic component for driving the light-emitting element is mounted on the second mounting surface. A supporting member supports the printed circuit board. The supporting member has a through-hole in which the electronic component is inserted when the printed circuit board is supported by the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirano, Masaaki Moriya
  • Publication number: 20210318652
    Abstract: A printed circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. A light-emitting element and a light-receiving element are mounted on the first mounting surface. An electronic component for driving the light-emitting element is mounted on the second mounting surface. A supporting member supports the printed circuit board. The supporting member has a through-hole in which the electronic component is inserted when the printed circuit board is supported by the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirano, Masaaki Moriya
  • Patent number: 10444693
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units configured to form images of different colors on a transfer member, a comparator configured to compare values of color patterns measured by a sensor with a threshold, and a controller configured to determine whether the threshold corresponds to a target threshold for a current color pattern among the color patterns while the color patterns are measured by the sensor, detect color misregistration concerning the color patterns based on a comparison result of the comparator, and control relative positions of images of the different colors to be formed by the plurality of image forming units, based on the color misregistration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirano, Koichiro Ino
  • Publication number: 20190129347
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming units configured to form images of different colors on a transfer member, a comparator configured to compare values of the color patterns measured by a sensor with a threshold, and a controller configured to determine whether the threshold corresponds to a target threshold for a current color pattern among the color patterns while the color patterns are measured by the sensor, detect color misregistration concerning the color patterns based on a comparison result of the comparator, and control relative positions of images of the different colors to be formed by the plurality of image forming units, based on the color misregistration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirano, Koichiro Ino
  • Patent number: 9835972
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a light scanning apparatus which is capable of aligning a lens with a plurality of light-emitting devices and forming a high-quality image while suppressing generation of moiré. In a first image formation mode, light-emitting devices outputting light beams exposing both ends of the photosensitive member in a rotational direction and at least a part of light-emitting devices exposing an area between exposure positions of the light-emitting devices outputting the light beams exposing the both ends are used to form an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member. In a second image formation mode, the light-emitting devices outputting the light beams exposing both ends are not used, and at least a part of light-emitting devices exposing an area between exposure positions of the light-emitting devices outputting the light beams exposing both ends are used to form the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20160349660
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a light scanning apparatus which is capable of aligning a lens with a plurality of light-emitting devices and forming a high-quality image while suppressing generation of moiré. In a first image formation mode, light-emitting devices outputting light beams exposing both ends of the photosensitive member in a rotational direction and at least a part of light-emitting devices exposing an area between exposure positions of the light-emitting devices outputting the light beams exposing the both ends are used to form an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member. In a second image formation mode, the light-emitting devices outputting the light beams exposing both ends are not used, and at least a part of light-emitting devices exposing an area between exposure positions of the light-emitting devices outputting the light beams exposing both ends are used to form the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 9193409
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a stabilizer arranged to support a pair of wheels arranged at opposite sides of a vehicle body to be movable up and down relative to the vehicle body, and a switching mechanism arranged to switch between a movable state in which the pair of wheels are permitted to move up and down and a locked state in which the pair of wheels are restricted from moving up and down. The switching mechanism includes a coupling pin member arranged to engage with the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the locked state thereby restricting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and to disengage from the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the movable state thereby permitting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and a solenoid fixed to the vehicle body and arranged to drive the coupling pin member into and out of engagement with the stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichirou Tsujii, Kazuhiro Nishida, Masayuki Hirano, Toshio Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9007414
    Abstract: Density unevenness is suppressed even in an image that is formed by a multiple exposures method in which the same region on a photoreceptor is exposed multiple times with different laser light sources (light emitting elements), by adjusting the amounts of light of the respective lasers based on a density difference among test images. An image is formed for each group of light emitting elements grouped together for multiple exposures by dividing, in the main scanning direction, the region of a test image formed on a recording medium. The images formed for the respective multiple-exposure light emitting element groups are compared to one another in density, to thereby adjust the amounts of light of the respective laser light sources (light emitting elements) and reduce fluctuations in image density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 8754921
    Abstract: A storage stores data of charging electric potentials at two or more points on a surface of an image carrier, and coordinates thereof expressed using a main-scanning position and a sub-scanning position thereof. A determination unit determines a correction value of a light power from the data of charging electric potentials at two or more points and coordinates thereof that have been read out from the storage unit. The correction value is applied to the light source so as to reduce the charging electric potential or the charging electric potential unevenness of coordinates on the surface of the image carrier. A correction unit uses the determined charging electric potential or correction value to correct the light power of the light source so as to mitigate an influence of charging unevenness at each set of coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 8614727
    Abstract: A first mark and a second mark are provided on a photosensitive drum and a rotation reference position sensor detects these marks. A counter is reset according to a detection signal corresponding to the first mark, and is incremented its count value according to a detection signal corresponding to the second mark. A CPU controls an exposure intensity based on light amount correction data read from a memory according to the counted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130278703
    Abstract: Density unevenness is suppressed even in an image that is formed by a multiple exposures method in which the same region on a photoreceptor is exposed multiple times with different laser light sources (light emitting elements), by adjusting the amounts of light of the respective lasers based on a density difference among test images. An image is formed for each group of light emitting elements grouped together for multiple exposures by dividing, in the main scanning direction, the region of a test image formed on a recording medium. The images formed for the respective multiple-exposure light emitting element groups are compared to one another in density, to thereby adjust the amounts of light of the respective laser light sources (light emitting elements) and reduce fluctuations in image density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 8260504
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a balancer beam rotatably mounted on a vehicle body to cause a right wheel and a left wheel to move up and down in opposite directions, and is capable of making turns by leaning the vehicle body. The saddle riding type vehicle also includes a headlight, a drive mechanism arranged to rotate the headlight, a front detector arranged to detect a rotation angle of the balancer beam relative to the vehicle body, and a controller programmed to control the drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the front detector. The rotation angle detected by the front detector corresponds to an angle of the vehicle body leaning sideways relative to a traveling surface (relative lean angle). The controller controls the drive mechanism based on such result of detection by the front detector. The headlight can therefore illuminate directions of movement properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiichirou Tsujii, Yosuke Hirayama, Atsushi Imai, Kazuhiro Nishida, Masayuki Hirano, Toshio Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20110255891
    Abstract: A first mark and a second mark are provided on a photosensitive drum and a rotation reference position sensor detects these marks. A counter is reset according to a detection signal corresponding to the first mark, and is incremented its count value according to a detection signal corresponding to the second mark. A CPU controls an exposure intensity based on light amount correction data read from a memory according to the counted value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20110060494
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a stabilizer arranged to support a pair of wheels arranged at opposite sides of a vehicle body to be movable up and down relative to the vehicle body, and a switching mechanism arranged to switch between a movable state in which the pair of wheels are permitted to move up and down and a locked state in which the pair of wheels are restricted from moving up and down. The switching mechanism includes a coupling pin member arranged to engage with the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the locked state thereby restricting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and to disengage from the stabilizer to set the stabilizer to the movable state thereby permitting rotation of the stabilizer relative to the vehicle body, and a solenoid fixed to the vehicle body and arranged to drive the coupling pin member into and out of engagement with the stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichirou TSUJII, Kazuhiro NISHIDA, Masayuki HIRANO, Toshio TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 7878290
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle capable of making turns by leaning a vehicle body includes a pair of rear wheels provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body, a pair of support mechanisms arranged to support the pair of rear wheels to be movable, independently of each other, up and down about a pivot axis relative to the vehicle body, an engine disposed forward of the pivot axis to produce a drive force, a differential mechanism arranged to distribute the drive force of the engine to the pair of rear wheels and to absorb a rotating speed difference between the pair of rear wheels at a time of making a turn, the differential mechanism including drive shafts arranged between the engine and the pivot axis, a pair of shaft drive mechanisms provided for the pair of rear wheels, respectively, and arranged to transmit the drive force of the differential mechanism to the pair of rear wheels, and a pair of constant velocity universal joints provided for the pair of shaft drive mechanisms, respectively, each including a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiichirou Tsujii, Masayuki Hirano, Takeshi Toyota, Sachiyo Hasegawa, Isao Fujii
  • Publication number: 20100168966
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a balancer beam rotatably mounted on a vehicle body to cause a right wheel and a left wheel to move up and down in opposite directions, and is capable of making turns by leaning the vehicle body. The saddle riding type vehicle also includes a headlight, a drive mechanism arranged to rotate the headlight, a front detector arranged to detect a rotation angle of the balancer beam relative to the vehicle body, and a controller programmed to control the drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the front detector. The rotation angle detected by the front detector corresponds to an angle of the vehicle body leaning sideways relative to a traveling surface (relative lean angle). The controller controls the drive mechanism based on such result of detection by the front detector. The headlight can therefore illuminate directions of movement properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichirou TSUJII, Yosuke HIRAYAMA, Atsushi IMAI, Kazuhiro NISHIDA, Masayuki HIRANO, Toshio TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100147615
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle capable of making turns by leaning a vehicle body includes a pair of rear wheels provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body, a pair of support mechanisms arranged to support the pair of rear wheels to be movable, independently of each other, up and down about a pivot axis relative to the vehicle body, an engine disposed forward of the pivot axis to produce a drive force, a differential mechanism arranged to distribute the drive force of the engine to the pair of rear wheels and to absorb a rotating speed difference between the pair of rear wheels at a time of making a turn, the differential mechanism including drive shafts arranged between the engine and the pivot axis, a pair of shaft drive mechanisms provided for the pair of rear wheels, respectively, and arranged to transmit the drive force of the differential mechanism to the pair of rear wheels, and a pair of constant velocity universal joints provided for the pair of shaft drive mechanisms, respectively, each including a
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichirou TSUJII, Masayuki HIRANO, Takeshi TOYOTA, Sachiyo HASEGAWA, Isao FUJII
  • Patent number: 7576293
    Abstract: An interior illumination device includes a receiving housing of a design part having swinging shafts; a switching knob of a design part having swinging holes, said switching knob being swingably supported by the swinging shafts and the swinging holes; a switching unit of a functional part swingably supporting a switching lever; and a rotation regulating member interposed between the switching knob and the swinging shafts of the design part for regulating a swinging range of the switching knob. When the design part and the functional part are assembled with each other, the switching knob and the switching lever are connected to each other, and the switching lever is swung in conjunction with a swing of the switching knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Nagai, Masayuki Hirano