Patents by Inventor Osamu Maruyama

Osamu Maruyama 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: 20240109473
    Abstract: A left vehicle lamp (2L) includes a lamp housing (14), a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening of the lamp housing (14), an illumination unit (3, 4) that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing (14) and the lamp power bar (12), a radar (5) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member (6) that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar (5) so as to hide at least a part of the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The radar (5) is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member (6) is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi, Yuichi Watano
  • Publication number: 20240110686
    Abstract: A right-side vehicle lamp (2R) comprises: a lamp housing (14); a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening in the lamp housing (14); a low-beam illumination unit (3) positioned inside a lamp chamber (S) formed from the lamp housing (14) and the lamp cover (12); radar (5) configured so as to emit radio waves outside the vehicle, thereby acquiring radar data; and a shielding part (6) positioned so as to face the radar (5) so as to shield the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle, the shielding part (6) being configured so as to transmit the radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The shielding part (6) is formed integrally with the lamp cover (12). The boundary (B) between the shielding part (6) and the lamp cover (12) is positioned outside the field of view (Fv) of the radar (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
  • Publication number: 20230419253
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface is connected to an external device. The processor acquires cargo-handling information relating to cargo-handling work through the communication interface, and selects a cargo-handling apparatus to be caused to perform the cargo-handling work from among a plurality of cargo-handling apparatuses based on the cargo-handling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide OTSURU, Osamu MARUYAMA, Haruhiko HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220153541
    Abstract: An arrangement position determination method of an object, including: based on information of dimensions of a predetermined area and dimensions of a plurality of objects to be accommodated in the predetermined area stored in a storage section of a control device, searching for a position at which the object does not interfere with a boundary of the predetermined area and other objects in a first direction; and when there is no position at which the object does not interfere with the boundary and the other objects in the first direction, searching for a position at which the object does not interfere with the boundary and the other objects in the first direction at a position shifted in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi USHIYAMA, Osamu MARUYAMA, Haruhiko HORIUCHI, Yoshihide OTSURU
  • Patent number: 10351288
    Abstract: A paper sheets pre-processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a large band remover, a small bundle coupler, a small band remover and an accumulator. The large band remover conveys a bundle in which a plurality of paper sheets are bound by small bands and a predetermined number of small bundles are bound by a large band, and removes the large band from the bundle. The small bundle coupler conveys the predetermined number of small bundles included in the bundle from which the large band is removed by the large band remover, and couples the predetermined number of small bundles to each other. The small band remover separates a single small bundle from the small bundles coupled by the small bundle coupler and removes the small band from the small bundle. The accumulator accumulates the paper sheets from which the small band is removed by the small band remover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichi Hirose, Kazuhiro Mukai, Masahiro Nagao, Junichi Inoue, Toshinori Utsugi, Osamu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9783370
    Abstract: An article sorting apparatus includes: a conveyance path extending in a first conveyance direction; at least one conveyance unit including a belt that forms a load surface on which an article is placed and a driving portion to drive the belt, and configured to move along the conveyance path and to convey the article placed on the load surface in a second conveyance direction that intersects the first conveyance direction; a loading portion configured to load the article onto the load surface; a sorting portion configured to sort the article received from the at least one conveyance unit; a weight information detector configured to detect weight information correlated with weight of the article transferred to the load surface; and a controller configured to control driving the driving portion in accordance with the detected weight information, to transfer the article placed on the load surface to the sorting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujihara, Osamu Maruyama, Yusuke Mitsuya
  • Patent number: 9708131
    Abstract: An article sorting apparatus includes a conveyance path, a conveyor cell, a loading device, a positioning device, a sorting unit and a control device. The conveyor cell moves along the conveyance path in a first conveyance direction and conveys an article loaded thereon in a second conveyance direction that intersects the first conveyance direction. The loading device loads the article onto the conveyor cell. The positioning device is located opposite the loading device with respect to the conveyance path. The positioning device includes a contact member and a driving unit. The driving unit drives the contact member in the second conveyance direction and brings it into contact with the article loaded onto the conveyor cell. The sorting unit receives the article conveyed by the conveyor cell. The control device controls conveyance of the article in the second conveyance direction. The control device controls the driving unit of the positioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujihara, Yusuke Mitsuya, Osamu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20170057751
    Abstract: An article sorting apparatus includes a conveyance path, a conveyor cell, a loading device, a positioning device, a sorting unit and a control device. The conveyor cell moves along the conveyance path in a first conveyance direction and conveys an article loaded thereon in a second conveyance direction that intersects the first conveyance direction. The loading device loads the article onto the conveyor cell. The positioning device is located opposite the loading device with respect to the conveyance path. The positioning device includes a contact member and a driving unit. The driving unit drives the contact member in the second conveyance direction and brings it into contact with the article loaded onto the conveyor cell. The sorting unit receives the article conveyed by the conveyor cell. The control device controls conveyance of the article in the second conveyance direction. The control device controls the driving unit of the positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIHARA, Yusuke Mitsuya, Osamu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9535318
    Abstract: This invention provides a reflective mask blank capable of preventing peeling-off of a multilayer reflective film due to cleaning or the like in a mask manufacturing process or during mask use. The reflective mask blank includes a multilayer reflective film, a protective film, an absorber film, and a resist film formed in this order on a substrate. Assuming that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the multilayer reflective film is L(ML), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the protective film is L(Cap), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the absorber film is L(Abs), and that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the resist film is L(Res), L(Abs)>L(Res)>L(Cap)?L(ML) and the outer peripheral end of the resist film is located inward of an outer peripheral end of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hamamoto, Tatsuo Asakawa, Osamu Maruyama, Tsutomu Shoki
  • Publication number: 20160282711
    Abstract: This invention provides a reflective mask blank capable of preventing peeling-off of a multilayer reflective film due to cleaning or the like in a mask manufacturing process or during mask use. The reflective mask blank includes a multilayer reflective film, a protective film, an absorber film, and a resist film formed in this order on a substrate. Assuming that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the multilayer reflective film is L(ML), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the protective film is L(Cap), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the absorber film is L(Abs), and that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the resist film is L(Res), L(Abs)>L(Res)>L(Cap)?L(ML) and the outer peripheral end of the resist film is located inward of an outer peripheral end of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HAMAMOTO, Tatsuo ASAKAWA, Osamu MARUYAMA, Tsutomu SHOKI
  • Patent number: 9452893
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an article sorting apparatus includes a conveyance path extending in a first conveyance direction, the conveyance path having a curve; a conveyance unit that moves along the conveyance path and conveys an article loaded on the conveyance unit in a second conveyance direction that intersects the first conveyance direction of the conveyance path; a loading portion that loads the article onto the conveyance unit; a sorting portion that sorts the article conveyed by the conveyance unit; and a controller that controls movement of the conveyance unit in the first conveyance direction and conveyance of the article in the second conveyance direction and controls the conveyance unit before entry of the conveyance unit into the curve such that if the curve has a curvature radius that is less than a predetermined threshold value, the position of the article on a load surface of the conveyance unit on which the article is placed is adjusted to a position that is offset from a middle position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujihara, Yusuke Mitsuya, Kazuya Saimei, Hidenari Mori, Osamu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20160264278
    Abstract: A paper sheets pre-processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a large band remover, a small bundle coupler, a small band remover and an accumulator. The large band remover conveys a bundle in which a plurality of paper sheets are bound by small bands and a predetermined number of small bundles are bound by a large band, and removes the large band from the bundle. The small bundle coupler conveys the predetermined number of small bundles included in the bundle from which the large band is removed by the large band remover, and couples the predetermined number of small bundles to each other. The small band remover separates a single small bundle from the small bundles coupled by the small bundle coupler and removes the small band from the small bundle. The accumulator accumulates the paper sheets from which the small band is removed by the small band remover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi Hirose, Kazuhiro Mukai, Masahiro Nagao, Junichi Inoue, Toshinori Utsugi, Osamu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20160257502
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an article sorting apparatus includes a conveyance path extending in a first conveyance direction, at least one conveyance unit including a belt that forms a load surface on which an article is placed and a driving portion for driving the belt, the conveyance unit being configured to move along the conveyance path and to convey the article placed on the load surface in a second conveyance direction that intersects the first conveyance direction, a loading portion configured to load the article onto the load surface of the at least one conveyance unit, a sorting portion configured to sort the article received from the at least one conveyance unit, a weight information detector configured to detect weight information correlated with a weight of the article that is transferred from the loading portion to the load surface, and a controller configured to control driving of the driving portion in accordance with the weight information detected by the weight information detector, thereby
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIHARA, Osamu MARUYAMA, Yusuke MITSUYA
  • Patent number: 9377679
    Abstract: This invention provides a reflective mask blank capable of preventing peeling-off of a multilayer reflective film due to cleaning or the like in a mask manufacturing process or during mask use. The reflective mask blank includes a multilayer reflective film, a protective film, an absorber film, and a resist film formed in this order on a substrate. Assuming that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the multilayer reflective film is L(ML), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the protective film is L(Cap), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the absorber film is L(Abs), and that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the resist film is L(Res), L(Abs)>L(Res)>L(Cap)?L(ML) and the outer peripheral end of the resist film is located inward of an outer peripheral end of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hamamoto, Tatsuo Asakawa, Osamu Maruyama, Tsutomu Shoki
  • Publication number: 20150301441
    Abstract: This invention provides a reflective mask blank capable of preventing peeling-off of a multilayer reflective film due to cleaning or the like in a mask manufacturing process or during mask use. The reflective mask blank includes a multilayer reflective film, a protective film, an absorber film, and a resist film formed in this order on a substrate. Assuming that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the multilayer reflective film is L(ML), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the protective film is L(Cap), that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the absorber film is L(Abs), and that a distance from the center of the substrate to an outer peripheral end of the resist film is L(Res), L(Abs)>L(Res)>L(Cap)?L(ML) and the outer peripheral end of the resist film is located inward of an outer peripheral end of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HAMAMOTO, Tatsuo ASAKAWA, Osamu MARUYAMA, Tsutomu SHOKI
  • Patent number: 8465369
    Abstract: A network game system includes a substitution management portion that, when a mid-competition player requests to substitute that player's game operations to a spectator, performs management of a substitution process in which the terminal device of that player is set as a spectating terminal, and the terminal device of the spectator is set as a competing terminal, wherein the spectator who has been substituted for that player by the substitution management portion executes the game operations of that player by operating the terminal device of the spectator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Dokei, Osamu Maruyama, Hiroaki Kinno, Koji Kitaura, Masafumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110263333
    Abstract: A network game system includes a substitution management portion that, when a mid-competition player requests to substitute that player's game operations to a spectator, performs management of a substitution process in which the terminal device of that player is set as a spectating terminal, and the terminal device of the spectator is set as a competing terminal, wherein the spectator who has been substituted for that player by the substitution management portion executes the game operations of that player by operating the terminal device of the spectator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Dokei, Osamu Maruyama, Hiroaki Kinno, Koji Kitaura, Masafumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7518233
    Abstract: A sealing structure for multi-chip modules stable in cooling performance and excelling in sealing reliability is to be provided. The under face of a frame 5 compatible with a wiring board 1 in thermal expansion rate is fixed with solder 8 to the face of the wiring board 1 for mounting semiconductor devices 2; a rubber O-ring 15 is placed between the upper face of the frame 5 and the under face of the circumference of an air-cooled: heat sink 7; the plastic member 6 making possible relative sliding is placed between the upper face of the circumference of the heat sink 7 and the upper frame 10; the upper face of a plastic member 6 is restrained with the inside middle stage of an upper frame 10; and the lower part of the upper frame 10 and the frame 5 are fastened together with bolts 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Takahashi, Kenichi Kasai, Takahiro Daikoku, Takayuki Uda, Toshitada Netsu, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Takahiko Matsushita, Osamu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7132622
    Abstract: There is provided a laser machining apparatus, and a laser machining method using the same. The laser machining apparatus has a body portion having a plurality of laser irradiating sections and work mounting sections, a supplying stocker for supplying workpieces, and a discharging stocker for discharging the workpieces. The apparatus further comprises a supply-side transfer unit having work retaining tables capable of attracting/releasing the workpieces and being of the same number as the laser irradiating sections, and moving in vertical and horizontal directions, and a discharge-side transfer unit having work retaining tables capable of attracting/releasing the workpieces and being of the same number as the laser irradiating sections, and moving in vertical and horizontal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Via Mechanics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Ito, Futao Naruse, Osamu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6965037
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an aminocarbazole by catalytically reducing a nitrocarbazole, wherein as a catalyst is used an active nickel-based catalyst prepared by contacting a nickel-based catalyst with an alkali and an iron compound under a hydrogen gas or inert gas atmosphere in an inert solvent, and according to the method of the present invention, decrease in reaction speed, decrease in yield of a product or the like depending upon the lot of the starting nitrocarbazoles can be prevented, and aminocarbazoles can be produced in a good yield constantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Kamikawa, Osamu Maruyama