Patents by Inventor Norio Tanaka
Norio Tanaka 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).
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Patent number: 11945216Abstract: A transport device includes: a first rotating body including a shaft portion, a cylindrical portion on an outer periphery of the shaft portion, and a recessed portion in an outer surface of the cylindrical portion; a second rotating body capable of moving from the first rotating body while contacting an outer surface of the first rotating body and nipping a recording medium; a transport unit that includes a holding portion that holds the recording medium, and that transports the recording medium by moving the holding portion in a rotation direction of the first rotating body while the holding portion is disposed in the recessed portion; and a moving mechanism including a cam portion on a side of the cylindrical portion and a contact portion connected to the second rotating body and that comes into contact with the cam portion to separate the second rotating body from the first rotating body.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Takayuki Ukawa, Kei Tanaka, Hideki Kuge, Norio Ogawahara, Takayuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 11932696Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment comprising an antibody against CCR8.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Tetsuya Yoshida, Yujiro Kidani, Mitsunobu Matsumoto, Takayuki Kanazawa, Satomi Shinonome, Kanji Hojo, Naganari Ohkura, Shimon Sakaguchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Hisashi Wada, Atsunari Kawashima, Norio Nonomura
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Patent number: 11934022Abstract: A photoelectric fiber includes a fiber including a core through which light is guided; an electrical unit formed continuously with the fiber, the electrical unit being configured to house a photoelectric conversion chip including a photoelectric conversion element; and an external electrode formed on a front surface of at least one of the fiber or the electrical unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion chip is optically connected to the core and electrically connected to the external electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Norio Sato, Atsushi Aratake, Makoto Abe, Takuya Tanaka, Kota Shikama, Takao Fukumitsu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20230130718Abstract: Provided are a deburring tool and a deburring apparatus capable of, when the contact angle between the deburring tool and a workpiece changes, following the portions to be deburred, and thus always capable of performing uniform deburring against contraction, deformation, and strain of resin products. A deburring tool includes a nav. tool 9 in which a cutting tool 7 is inserted and fitted and that has an opening 41 exposing a blade portion of the cutting tool 7, opening edge portions 42 and 43 of the opening 41 each include a profiling guide portion 45 expanding, in the circumferential direction of the profiling guide member, in a sector shape that is centered on the center axis of the nav. tool 9, and the profiling guide portion 45 is formed to have a conical shape in side view.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Norio TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230090535Abstract: A processing apparatus includes an articulated robot having an arm distal-end portion to which a processing tool configured with a cutting edge portion and a profiling portion and a shape measurement unit are attached, and a processor. The processor, in a workpiece set state, recognizes, by measuring a shape of the workpiece using the shape measurement unit, a tilt of a profiled surface portion of the workpiece and a position of a process portion of the workpiece to generate processing-target-portion information based on the position of the process portion, generates processing-point information indicating a processing point, moves the arm distal-end portion to the processing point based on the processing-point information, controls an orientation of the processing tool in accordance with the tilt of the profiled surface portion of the workpiece to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using the processing tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Takeshi FUSE, Toshiharu MIYATA, Norio TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230016606Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet storage unit including a sheet tray on which one or more sheets are to be stacked, a sensor configured to detect that the sheet storage unit is being operated, and a processor configured to execute a predetermined process after the sensor detects that the sheet storage unit has been operated, and a predetermined condition relating to an occurrence of the sheet conveyance error is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventor: Norio TANAKA
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Patent number: 11534878Abstract: A processing apparatus 1 includes: a workpiece-set-position recognition unit 114 that moves an arm distal-end portion to a specified position measurement point to measure a shape of a workpiece in a workpiece set state in which the workpiece is positioned by a workpiece positioning unit, and thereby recognizes a set position of the workpiece; a processing-point-information generation unit 115 that, based on the set position of the workpiece and processing-target-portion information 124 indicating a position of a target portion of the workpiece for specified processing, generates processing-point information 125 indicating a processing point which is a movement point of the arm distal-end portion to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using a processing tool in the workpiece set state; and a workpiece-processing control unit 116 that moves the arm distal-end portion to the processing point based on the processing-point information 125 to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using theType: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: NIHON SHORYOKU KIKAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Fuse, Toshiharu Miyata, Norio Tanaka
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Patent number: 11479427Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet storage unit including a sheet tray on which one or more sheets are to be stacked, a sensor configured to detect that the sheet storage unit is being operated, and a processor configured to execute a predetermined process after the sensor detects that the sheet storage unit has been operated, and a predetermined condition relating to an occurrence of the sheet conveyance error is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Norio Tanaka
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Patent number: 11415124Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a suction pressure acquirer configured to acquire suction pressure data indicating suction pressure of a pump, and a detector configured to detect occurrence of cavitation in the pump based on a variation coefficient of the suction pressure data during a detection target period.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu Ogawa, Soichiro Konada, Norio Tanaka, Takaaki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20220203491Abstract: A processing apparatus 1 includes: a workpiece-set-position recognition unit 114 that moves an arm distal-end portion to a specified position measurement point to measure a shape of a workpiece in a workpiece set state in which the workpiece is positioned by a workpiece positioning unit, and thereby recognizes a set position of the workpiece; a processing-point-information generation unit 115 that, based on the set position of the workpiece and processing-target-portion information 124 indicating a position of a target portion of the workpiece for specified processing, generates processing-point information 125 indicating a processing point which is a movement point of the arm distal-end portion to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using a processing tool in the workpiece set state; and a workpiece-processing control unit 116 that moves the arm distal-end portion to the processing point based on the processing-point information 125 to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using theType: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Takeshi FUSE, Toshiharu MIYATA, Norio TANAKA
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Patent number: 11343392Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image reading section configured to read an original document and generate image data, the image data corresponding to the original document or a part of the original document. The image processing apparatus further includes a control panel including a document area for displaying a plurality of images, the plurality of images including an image which corresponds to the image data. The control panel is configured to receive input designating the image corresponding to the image data and at least one other image from the plurality of images. The image processing apparatus also includes a controller, which in response to an instruction, generates an aggregation image including the image corresponding to the image data and the at least one other image from the plurality of images.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Norio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20210136240Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image reading section configured to read an original document and generate image data, the image data corresponding to the original document or a part of the original document. The image processing apparatus further includes a control panel including a document area for displaying a plurality of images, the plurality of images including an image which corresponds to the image data. The control panel is configured to receive input designating the image corresponding to the image data and at least one other image from the plurality of images. The image processing apparatus also includes a controller, which in response to an instruction, generates an aggregation image including the image corresponding to the image data and the at least one other image from the plurality of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Norio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20210070572Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet storage unit including a sheet tray on which one or more sheets are to be stacked, a sensor configured to detect that the sheet storage unit is being operated, and a processor configured to execute a predetermined process after the sensor detects that the sheet storage unit has been operated, and a predetermined condition relating to an occurrence of the sheet conveyance error is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Norio TANAKA
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Patent number: 10931839Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image reading section configured to read an original document and generate image data, the image data corresponding to the original document or a part of the original document. The image processing apparatus further includes a control panel including a document area for displaying a plurality of images, the plurality of images including an image which corresponds to the image data. The control panel is configured to receive input designating the image corresponding to the image data and at least one other image from the plurality of images. The image processing apparatus also includes a controller, which in response to an instruction, generates an aggregation image including the image corresponding to the image data and the at least one other image from the plurality of images.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Norio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20200182239Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a suction pressure acquirer configured to acquire suction pressure data indicating suction pressure of a pump, and a detector configured to detect occurrence of cavitation in the pump based on a variation coefficient of the suction pressure data during a detection target period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu OGAWA, Soichiro KONADA, Norio TANAKA, Takaaki MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20190387114Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image reading section configured to read an original document and generate image data, the image data corresponding to the original document or a part of the original document. The image processing apparatus further includes a control panel including a document area for displaying a plurality of images, the plurality of images including an image which corresponds to the image data. The control panel is configured to receive input designating the image corresponding to the image data and at least one other image from the plurality of images. The image processing apparatus also includes a controller, which in response to an instruction, generates an aggregation image including the image corresponding to the image data and the at least one other image from the plurality of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventor: Norio TANAKA
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Patent number: 10306091Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a plurality of sheet feeding cassettes includes a display device; and a controller circuit including: a display control unit configured to generate information to be displayed on the display device, the information including a sheet feeding cassette selection region and a first recording agent selection region; and a setting unit configured to apply a recording agent setting for each of the sheet feeding cassettes based on a selection made in the first recording agent selection region among at least a decolorable recording agent including a decolorable color material and a non-decolorable recording agent including a non-decolorable color material. The display control unit is further configured to generate for display on the display device a list of the sheet feeding cassettes along with the recording agent setting for each of the sheet feeding cassettes.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Norio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190128288Abstract: Easily detecting cavitation to occur in a pump. A detection apparatus, a detection method, and a program are provided. The detection apparatus includes: a discharge pressure acquiring unit to acquire discharge pressure data indicating discharge pressure of a pump; and a detector to detect occurrence of cavitation in the pump based on a fluctuation amount of a time waveform of the discharge pressure data during a target detection period. The detector may have: a fluctuation amount calculator to calculate the fluctuation amount of the discharge pressure data during the target detection period; and a determining unit to determine, in response to the calculated fluctuation amount becoming the reference fluctuation amount or more, that cavitation has occurred in the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Soichiro Konada, Norio Tanaka, Takaaki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20190025807Abstract: A device information providing apparatus includes: a central processing unit (CPU) that: transmits an acquisition request for acquiring a first data to a device installed in a plant; and provides, to a control apparatus for controlling the plant, second data output from the device, wherein the second data is acquired by performing a predetermined process for the first data detected by the device; and a storage that stores the first data output from the device based on the acquisition request. The CPU further provides the first data stored in the storage to outside of the device information providing apparatus based on a use request input from the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichiro Kobuchi, Soichiro Konada, Norio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190014229Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image reading section configured to read an original document and generate image data, the image data corresponding to the original document or a part of the original document. The image processing apparatus further comprises a control panel including a document area for displaying a plurality of images, the plurality of images including an image which corresponds to the image data. The control panel is configured to receive input designating the image corresponding to the image data and at least one other image from the plurality of images. The image processing apparatus also includes a controller, which in response to a user instruction, generates an aggregation image including the image corresponding to the image data and the at least one other image from the plurality of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventor: Norio TANAKA