Patents by Inventor Masayuki Shimoda

Masayuki Shimoda 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: 20240155035
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an information processing system that includes a computing machine installed in a computing machine base, and a first transmitting/receiving apparatus connected to the computing machine, a second transmitting/receiving apparatus installed in a user base that is used by a user, and a device connected to the second transmitting/receiving apparatus, and a control apparatus configured to control connection between the first transmitting/receiving apparatus and the second transmitting/receiving apparatus. In the information processing system, the control apparatus is configured to change the connection between the first transmitting/receiving apparatus and the second transmitting/receiving apparatus, and copy the state of the pre-change computing machine from the pre-change computing machine into the post-change computing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya OHARA, Takuya ODA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takafumi TANAKA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11917019
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an information processing system that includes a computing machine installed in a computing machine base, and a first transmitting/receiving apparatus connected to the computing machine, a second transmitting/receiving apparatus installed in a user base that is used by a user, and a device connected to the second transmitting/receiving apparatus, and a control apparatus configured to control connection between the first transmitting/receiving apparatus and the second transmitting/receiving apparatus. In the information processing system, the control apparatus is configured to change the connection between the first transmitting/receiving apparatus and the second transmitting/receiving apparatus, and copy the state of the pre-change computing machine from the pre-change computing machine into the post-change computing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ohara, Takuya Oda, Fumikazu Inuzuka, Takafumi Tanaka, Masayuki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20240028552
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an information processing system including a computer installed in a computer base, a first transceiver connected to the computer, a second transceiver installed in a user base used by a user, a device connected to the second transceiver, a network configured to perform communication between a plurality of the first transceivers and the second transceiver, and a controller configured to control connection between one of the plurality of the first transceivers and the second transceiver, in which the controller is configured to control connection between one of the plurality of the first transceivers and the second transceiver via the network having a circuit switching function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya OHARA, Takuya ODA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takafumi TANAKA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20240031045
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an information processing system including a computing machine installed in a computing machine base, a first transmission/reception device connected to the computing machine, a second transmission/reception device installed in a user base used by a user, a device connected to the second transmission/reception device, and a delay control device configured to measure a delay amount generated between the first transmission/reception device and the second transmission/reception device and control the measured delay amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya OHARA, Takuya ODA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takafumi TANAKA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11852993
    Abstract: A toner container includes: a container that accommodates toner and transports, by rotating, the toner to an opening disposed at a first end portion in a direction of a rotation axis; a support portion that covers a periphery of the container near the first end portion, and supports the container to be rotatable in a circumferential direction, the support portion being attached to an image forming apparatus body and having a sealant interposed between the support portion and the container; and a fixing portion that fixes the container and the support portion to each other while the sealant is compressed when the support portion is rotated relative to the container in a first circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kento Terashima, Kiyoshi Sako, Keiji Sanekata, Chihiro Hagiwara, Masayuki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20230412299
    Abstract: An optical path design device includes a scheduling unit configured to generate, according to demand information, including information on a frequency bandwidth required for communication between a first node device at a start point of an optical path and a second node device at an end point of an optical path, and including information on a future time zone in which the communication will be executed, allocation content including information on a route connecting the first node device and the second node device and information on a center frequency of the frequency allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information and determine the start time and the end time of the allocation of the allocation content, and a queue for adjusting a timing of allocation of the allocation content in the future time zone based on the start time and the end time of the allocation in a case where the allocation content cannot be allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information with the cu
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi Tanaka, Takuya OHARA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takuya ODA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230400796
    Abstract: A toner container includes: a container that accommodates toner and transports, by rotating, the toner to an opening disposed at a first end portion in a direction of a rotation axis; a support portion that covers a periphery of the container near the first end portion, and supports the container to be rotatable in a circumferential direction, the support portion being attached to an image forming apparatus body and having a sealant interposed between the support portion and the container; and a fixing portion that fixes the container and the support portion to each other while the sealant is compressed when the support portion is rotated relative to the container in a first circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kento TERASHIMA, Kiyoshi SAKO, Keiji SANEKATA, Chihiro HAGIWARA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230403220
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides an information processing system in which at least one of a connection between an input/output device and a computing machine or a connection between the computing machine and a central computing machine is made via a network, and a plurality of users uses the same content by using the input/output device via the network, the information processing system including a delay measurement device configured to measure an amount of transmission delay generated between the input/output device and the central computing machine for each of the users, and a delay adjustment device configured to adjust a difference in the amount of transmission delay between the users to be kept within a predetermined value on the basis of the measured amount of transmission delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya ODA, Takuya OHARA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takafumi TANAKA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11841637
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a storage part in which a developer is stored; a transport body that includes a spiral blade and transports the developer via a rotation thereof; a developing body to which the developer is supplied from the transport body; an attachment part which is disposed between the transport body and the developing body and includes an opening allowing the developer supplied from the transport body to the developing body to pass and to which a sealing member sealing the opening is detachably attached; and a connection portion which extends to cross the opening at a spiral angle of the blade as viewed from the developing body toward the transport body and of which one end portion and the other end portion are connected to the attachment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sako, Chihiro Hagiwara, Keiji Sanekata, Masayuki Shimoda, Kento Terashima
  • Publication number: 20230384709
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a storage part in which a developer is stored; a transport body that includes a spiral blade and transports the developer via a rotation thereof; a developing body to which the developer is supplied from the transport body; an attachment part which is disposed between the transport body and the developing body and includes an opening allowing the developer supplied from the transport body to the developing body to pass and to which a sealing member sealing the opening is detachably attached; and a connection portion which extends to cross the opening at a spiral angle of the blade as viewed from the developing body toward the transport body and of which one end portion and the other end portion are connected to the attachment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi SAKO, Chihiro HAGIWARA, Keiji SANEKATA, Masayuki SHIMODA, Kento TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11822281
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning device includes: a cleaning member including an inclined portion that wipes and cleans an entire surface of a sensor, which includes a long side portion extending in a longitudinal direction and a short side portion extending in a lateral direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction, while moving relative to the surface of the sensor in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the sensor and is disposed obliquely to a wiping direction so that an upstream end portion of the inclined portion in the wiping direction is positioned outside the surface of the sensor in the lateral direction; and a moving mechanism that moves the cleaning member in the wiping direction and in a direction opposite to the wiping direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji Sanekata, Chihiro Hagiwara, Kiyoshi Sako, Kento Terashima, Masayuki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20230367241
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a rotating member that delivers a developer to an image holding body while rotating, and has a minimum distance with a housing at a portion from delivery of the developer to the image holding body to release of the developer as viewed in an axial direction of the rotation; a supply member that extends in the axial direction, is disposed diagonally below the rotating member as viewed from the axial direction, and transports the developer while rotating to supply the developer to the rotating member; and a pair of flow path walls that are disposed above the supply member and sandwich a flow path connecting from an inside to an outside of the housing in an upward-downward direction, the flow path having a first flow path width of an inner flow path opening on an inner side of the housing in the flow path as viewed from the axial direction equal to or larger than the minimum distance, and a second flow path width of an outer flow path opening on an outer side of the housing in the fl
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIMODA, Masafumi KUDO
  • Publication number: 20230353060
    Abstract: Provided is an electric compressor that can ensure necessary stiffness for stacked members including a supporting plate and a control board, without increasing the number of components. An inverter circuit portion of an inverter-equipped electric compressor includes busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) that are each formed by a thin plate member made of metal and that each constitutes part of the wiring of the inverter circuit portion, and includes a plate-like supporting plate 6b that is formed by a resin member molded integrally with the busbars 6a. Each of the busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) has an embedded portion (a U-phase embedded portion 611, a V-phase embedded portion 621, or a W-phase embedded portion 631) that is embedded in the supporting plate 6b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru ITO, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230344753
    Abstract: Distribution devices are each connected to a single or a plurality of line switching networks and a single or a plurality of packet switching networks, selects either the line switching network or the packet switching network as the distribution destination on the basis of distribution policy information in a case where data to which the service providing device or the calculation device is set as a transmission destination, and transmits the received data to the selected switching network is received, and the distribution device captures the received data on the basis of the aggregation policy information and transmit the data to the service providing device or the calculation device corresponding to the transmission destination of the captured data in a case where data transmitted by the other distribution device is received from the line switching network or the packet switching network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya ODA, Takuya OHARA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takafumi TANAKA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230336629
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an information processing system that includes a computing machine installed in a computing machine base, and a first transmitting/receiving apparatus connected to the computing machine, a second transmitting/receiving apparatus installed in a user base that is used by a user, and a device connected to the second transmitting/receiving apparatus, and a control apparatus configured to control connection between the first transmitting/receiving apparatus and the second transmitting/receiving apparatus. In the information processing system, the control apparatus is configured to change the connection between the first transmitting/receiving apparatus and the second transmitting/receiving apparatus, and copy the state of the pre-change computing machine from the pre-change computing machine into the post-change computing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya OHARA, Takuya ODA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takafumi TANAKA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230324830
    Abstract: A developing device includes a housing in which a circulation path is formed by a first path through which a developer passed to a developing roll flows, a second path disposed offset from the first path in a direction of gravity, and a pair of connecting ports connecting the first path and the second path; and a transport member that operates in the housing to transport the developer in a determined direction in the circulation path, in which the transport member transports the developer in the determined direction in a case where a load at a determined time during transportation in the determined direction is equal to or less than a reference value, transports the developer in a reverse direction to the determined direction in a case where the load at the determined time during transportation in the determined direction exceeds the reference value, and transports the developer in the determined direction in a case where a load during or after transportation in the reverse direction is equal to or less than
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Chihiro HAGIWARA, Kiyoshi SAKO, Keiji SANEKATA, Masayuki SHIMODA, Kento TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230305479
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning device includes: a cleaning member including an inclined portion that wipes and cleans an entire surface of a sensor, which includes a long side portion extending in a longitudinal direction and a short side portion extending in a lateral direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction, while moving relative to the surface of the sensor in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the sensor and is disposed obliquely to a wiping direction so that an upstream end portion of the inclined portion in the wiping direction is positioned outside the surface of the sensor in the lateral direction; and a moving mechanism that moves the cleaning member in the wiping direction and in a direction opposite to the wiping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Keiji SANEKATA, Chihiro HAGIWARA, Kiyoshi SAKO, Kento TERASHIMA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230305429
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a rotating member that delivers a developer to a latent image of an image holding body while rotating; a supply member that extends in an axial direction of the rotating member and is disposed diagonally below the rotating member as viewed from the axial direction, transports the developer while rotating, and supplies the developer to the rotating member; and an upper member disposed on an opposite side of the rotating member with respect to a tangent line extending in an upward-downward direction in contact with a portion of the rotating member on a supply member side and above the supply member, as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji HAYAMIZU, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230232307
    Abstract: An optical path design device includes: a search unit configured to search for one or more route possibilities from a start point to an end point in an optical network including one or more transmission paths as links and a plurality of node devices as nodes on the basis of topology information of the optical network, information on the start point, and information on the end point; a time derivation unit configured to derive available time which is time at which a frequency band including one or more frequency slots becomes available for communication for each of the transmission paths or the node devices included in the route; and a design unit configured to select the route from the one or more route possibilities that have been searched for on the basis of the available time derived for each of the transmission paths or the node devices and select a frequency band of an optical signal to be transmitted through an optical path in the selected route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi Tanaka, Takuya OHARA, Fumikazu INUZUKA, Takuya ODA, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20220409773
    Abstract: Provided is a transplantation device comprising a hydrogel in which insulin-secreting cells or pancreatic islets are enclosed, wherein the hydrogel is prepared by gelatinizing an alginic acid derivative by a chemical crosslinkage. Thus, a novel transplantation device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIMODA, Kumiko AJIMA, Shoji FURUSAKO