Patents by Inventor Osamu Shimizu
Osamu Shimizu 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: 12291613Abstract: A water-soluble film is provided that is excellent in film transparency and water solubility and inhibits sticking between the films. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein a crystallite size obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by wide-angle X-ray measurement is from 4.0 to 5.5 nm and a degree of crystallization obtained from the X-ray profile is from 10.0% to 25.0%, and an external haze is from 7.0% to 30.0%.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto, Mitsunori Asada
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Patent number: 12286514Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble PVA film having good water sealing properties in addition to excellent water solubility while maintaining mechanical strength of the water-soluble PVA film and a package using the same. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. When a crystallinity index calculated using a diamond prism is Fd1 and a crystallinity index calculated using a germanium prism is Fg1 for FT-IR measurement of a first surface of the water-soluble film by ATR technique, Fd1 and Fg1 are 0.25?Fd1?0.65 and Fd1/Fg1>1. Fd1 and Fg1 are preferably Fd1/Fg1?1.5.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20250129545Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a transport belt 5 that transports a cloth M in a transport direction A in a state where a first surface M1 of the cloth M faces the adhesive layer 5a, printing section that print an image on a second surface M2 of the cloth M, which is an opposite side to the first surface M1 and which is transported by the transport belt 5, and an infrared image capturing section 30 that uses infrared light to capture an image of a capture target I formed on the first surface M1 of the cloth M that is transported by the transport belt 5, wherein the printing section has a first head 101 that is configured to eject an image forming ink for forming the image and a second head 102 that is configured to eject a capture target forming ink for forming the capture target I.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Sho SHIMIZU, Osamu KATSUDA
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Publication number: 20250128529Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a transport belt 5 that transports the fabric M in a transport direction A in a state where the first surface M1 of the fabric M faces the adhesive layer 5a, printing section 101 that prints an image on a second surface M2 of the fabric M transported by the transport belt 5, the second surface M2 being on opposite side than the first surface M1, and an infrared imaging section 30 that captures an image of an imaging target I provided on the first surface M1 by using infrared rays with respect to the fabric M transported by the transport belt 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Sho SHIMIZU, Osamu KATSUDA
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Patent number: 12275827Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film capable of inhibiting sticking between the films while maintaining excellent water solubility and a package using the same. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. When a crystallinity index calculated using a diamond prism is Fd1 and a crystallinity index calculated using a germanium prism is Fg1 for FT-IR measurement of a first surface of the water-soluble film by ATR technique, Fd1 and Fg1 are Fd1?0.65 and Fd1/Fg1<1. Fd1 is preferably Fd1?0.25.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Patent number: 12261839Abstract: A user authentication system includes a main body device and an authentication device. The main body device has an authentication code transmission requesting unit, a verification unit, and an unlocking unit. The authentication code transmission requesting unit generates an authentication code transmission request including a first value, and transmits the authentication code transmission request to the authentication device. The authentication device generates an authentication code in response to the first value in the authentication code transmission request, and transmits the authentication code to the main body device. The verification unit determines that authentication is successful if the authentication code is received from the authentication device. When the verification unit determines that the authentication is successful, the unlocking unit enables a predetermined functionality.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Osamu Kawamae, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Nobuo Masuoka, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20250065750Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a power reception coil mounted to a moving object, a plurality of relay coils, and a power reception circuit connected with the power reception coil. The relay coils are configured to successively relay supply of electric power from a power transmission coil, which is arranged along a surface on which the moving object moves, to the power reception coil during movement of the moving object. Each of the relay coils includes a first coil and a second coil, which are configured to be magnetic-field-coupled respectively to the power transmission coil and the power reception coil, and a connection circuit that connects the first and second coils. The connection circuit includes at least one resonance capacitor involved in setting of a resonance frequency of at least one of the first and second coils. The at least one resonance capacitor has a parallel characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, The University of TokyoInventors: Hayato SUMIYA, Eisuke TAKAHASHI, Nobuhisa YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Osamu SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20250067988Abstract: A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Mitsunobu WATANABE, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Nobuo MASUOKA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 12234333Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film preferably used for production of a package that has excellent surface gloss and has excellent anti-blocking properties, and a package using the same. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the water-soluble film has a glossy surface with an average height SRc(G) of 1.8 ?m or less and a maximum height SRz(G) of 20 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Patent number: 12233714Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls scenery display according to a current position of a mobile body is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a region where a predetermined object outside the mobile body appears within a window of the mobile body, a display unit that displays a transmissive region and a non-transmissive region within the window, and a control unit that controls the display unit based on the detected region. The detection unit detects an appearance place where the object appears in the window, based on a current position of the mobile body, a moving speed and a traveling direction of the mobile body, and position information associated with the object. Thereafter, a transmissive region is displayed in the region where the object appears, or a non-transmissive region that masks a region where the object is absent is displayed in the window.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Shoji, Toshiyuki Kimura, Naoto Shimizu, Kentaro Shibukawa, Tetsu Sumii, Teruyoshi Masuda, Osamu Sakurai, So Morimoto
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Publication number: 20250023262Abstract: According to an embodiment, a cable assembly arranged between a first connector and a second connector is disclosed. The first connector is arranged at a position near a control device on a substrate and the second connector is arranged at a position away from the control device on the substrate. The cable assembly includes a cable row, a paddle card substrate and a hot melt material. In the cable row a plurality of cables each transmitting a differential signal are arranged side by side. The paddle card substrate is provided with signal electrodes and ground electrodes, internal conductors of the plurality of cables are electrically connected to the signal electrodes. External conductors of the plurality of cables are electrically connected to the ground electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Toshiyasu ITO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Yoshihide KUROKI, Keita NOZAWA, Masashi TANAKA, Hiroaki KURIBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240345177Abstract: For lithium-ion batteries that are composed of multiple battery cells and have a flat region in the SOC-OCV characteristic curve where the rate of change in open circuit voltage with respect to state of charge is less than or equal to a predetermined value, an equalization method is used to determine which battery cells should be subjected to equalization processing. The equalization cell determination device includes an acquisition unit that acquires the voltages of a plurality of battery cells immediately after charging of a lithium-ion battery is stopped, and a voltage difference between the voltages of the plurality of battery cells acquired by the acquisition unit. The battery includes a calculation unit and a determination unit that determines a battery cell to be subjected to equalization processing based on the plurality of voltage differences calculated by the calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Osamu Shimizu
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Patent number: 12115871Abstract: A wireless power receiving system includes: a power receiving device having a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil of a power transmission device installed on a road surface, at least part of the power receiving coil being contained in a vehicle wheel; and in-vehicle devices installed in a mobile object, the in-vehicle devices being energizably connected to the power receiving device. The power receiving device transmits the received electric power to the in-vehicle devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Takehiro Imura, Osamu Shimizu, Katsuhiro Hata, Keizo Akutagawa, Yasumichi Wakao, Isao Kuwayama, Daisuke Gunji
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Publication number: 20240272234Abstract: The controllers perform a series of charge/discharge processes in which LFP cell is charged to a full state of charge by the charger/discharger, LFP cell in a full state of charge is discharged by the charger/discharger until OCV of LFP cell reaches a predetermined OCV of LFP cell that uniquely represents the common capacity before and after the degradation of LFP cell, and the current integrated value of the discharge current is acquired during the discharge process. The controllers perform the charge/discharge process one or more times to obtain the variation capacity of LFP cell based on the one or more current integrated values obtained thereby. The controllers add the variation capacity to the common capacity, calculate the full charge capacity of LFP cell, and determine the degradation of LFP cell based on the calculated full charge capacity of LFP cell and the initial full charge capacity of LFP cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu SHIMIZU, Yoshimi HORIBE
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Publication number: 20240200304Abstract: A controller acquires a target design surface, at least a portion of which is located above an actual topography. The controller acquires a position of a main body of a work machine. The controller acquires a position of a work implement. The controller causes the work machine to travel forward while controlling the work implement in accordance with the target design surface. The controller acquires a height difference between the target design surface and a predetermined portion of the main body. The controller determines whether there is any more earth held by the work implement based on the height difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Osamu SHIMIZU, Kei NAKANO, Souichi TSUMURA
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Publication number: 20240176216Abstract: An image capturing apparatus is attachable to a heating cooker that heats food. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit and a blower unit. The image capturing unit is configured to perform image capturing. The blower unit is supported by the heating cooker, the blower unit being freely attachable to and detachable from the heating cooker. The blower unit supports the image capturing unit and disposes the image capturing unit at a position facing the heating cooker. The blower unit is configured to generate an air current that flows through a gap between the heating cooker and the image capturing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Tomohiro Kitaura, Kota Nakamura, Ryunosuke Makino, Yuuki Okamoto, Osamu Shimizu, Hiroshi Mizuno
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Patent number: 11984735Abstract: A dynamic wireless power transfer system includes a power transmission coil, a power transmission circuit, a power reception coil, a power reception circuit, and a relay circuit. The power transmission coil is provided in a road. The power transmission circuit supplies electric power to the power transmission coil. The power reception coil is provided in a vehicle. The power reception circuit is connected to the power reception coil. The relay circuit transfers electric power between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil in a contactless manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Hayato Sumiya, Eisuke Takahashi, Nobuhisa Yamaguchi, Masaya Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Osamu Shimizu
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Patent number: 11936226Abstract: A battery control device for controlling a battery includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of the battery, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a full charge capacity of the battery by selecting, based on the state acquired by the acquisition unit, a first estimation method for estimating the full charge capacity of the battery based on an accumulated current value obtained by accumulating a charging current of the battery obtained by performing a charging process and a second estimation method for estimating the full charge capacity of the battery based on aging deterioration data showing a deterioration state of the battery with aging.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Osamu Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230352865Abstract: According to an embodiment, a high-speed transmission device includes a substrate, a control device on the substrate, a first connector, a second connector; and a cable assembly between the first connector and the second connector. The first connector is disposed at a position near the control device on the substrate and electrically connected to the control device via the substrate. The second connector is disposed at a position away from the control device on the substrate and equipped with an apparatus for transmitting / receiving a signal to and from the control device. The cable assembly includes a cable row, a paddle card substrate and a first conductive resin cover. Cables each transmitting a differential signal are arranged side by side in the cable row. The cables each comprise an internal conductor and an external conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Toshiyasu ITO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Yoshihide KUROKI, Keita NOZAWA, Masashi TANAKA, Hiroaki KURIBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230352864Abstract: According to an embodiment, a high-speed transmission device includes a substrate, a control device on the substrate, a first connector, a second connector; and a cable assembly between the first connector and the second connector. The first connector is disposed at a position near the control device on the substrate and electrically connected to the control device via the substrate. The second connector is disposed at a position away from the control device on the substrate and equipped with an apparatus for transmitting / receiving a signal to and from the control device. The cable assembly includes a cable row, a paddle card substrate and a first conductive resin cover. Cables each transmitting a differential signal are arranged side by side in the cable row. The cables each comprise an internal conductor and an external conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Toshiyasu ITO, Osamu SHIMIZU