Patents by Inventor Shinobu Yamamoto
Shinobu Yamamoto 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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Publication number: 20150336619Abstract: The top plate section of the metal stock is pressed and clamped against a punch by a pad, a portion that will be at the outside of the L shaped curve is pressed and camped against a die by a blank holder, a bender is moved, and a vertical wall portion at the inside of the L shaped curved of the metal stock sheet and the flange portion joined to the vertical wall at the inside of the L shaped curve are molded. The metal stock sheet is moved in the direction toward the blank holder while the metal stock sheet being pressed and clamped, and a vertical wall portion at the outside of the L shaped curve of the L shaped hat shaped cross-section and the flange portion joined to the vertical wall at the outside of the L shaped curve are molded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuharu TANAKA, Toshimitsu ASO, Takashi MIYAGI, Misao OGAWA, Kazuyuki KAWANO, Kazunori OOOKA,, Shinobu YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 8400466Abstract: An image retrieval apparatus, which is included in an image forming apparatus and has a storage medium storing a machine-readable program to perform an image retrieving method, includes a retrieving unit configured to search and retrieve a target image similar to specified image data in a storage unit storing a distinctive feature area image stored in association with the target image as a key image, an extracting unit configured to extract the distinctive feature area image associated with the target image retrieved by the retrieving unit, and a display control unit configured to control a display unit having a display screen to display the distinctive feature area image or multiple distinctive feature area images on the display screen in a given time interval in an order according to distinctive feature area image type.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Shinobu Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8023735Abstract: Image data is displayed on an image display unit. An information input unit specifies a characteristic extracting range corresponding to the image data. An image-characteristic extracting unit extracts a representative characteristic from the specified range within the image data. The extracted representative characteristic are associated with the image data and stored in a storage device. The representative characteristic associated with the image data are also retrieved when retrieving the image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shinobu Yamamoto, Toshihiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 7900961Abstract: An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Akifumi Hanawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Aita
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Patent number: 7866694Abstract: An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Akifumi Hanawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Aita
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Patent number: 7826679Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, operable to read an image corresponding to an original and a back pad, the original being placed on the back pad so that outside of the original contains an area extending in overall width of the back pad; a first data generator, operable to generate first image data based on the image; a second data generator, operable to generate second image data based on a part of the image corresponding to the area; a first processor, operable to compare the first image data with the second image data so as to generate first edge information; and a detector, operable to detect an edge of the original based on the first edge information.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Keiji Honda, Shinobu Yamamoto, Masahiko Kobako, Kiyoto Kosaka
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Publication number: 20100117340Abstract: An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Akifumi Hanawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Aita
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Publication number: 20100109301Abstract: An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Akifumi Hanawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Aita
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Patent number: 7681909Abstract: An airbag device according to the invention is applicable to an airbag device having an airbag that is housed in a state of being able to inflate and deploy in front of an occupant. The airbag has a center chamber positioned in the vicinity of the center on the occupant side in a deployed state, and side chambers positioned on both the left and right sides of the center chamber. Moreover the airbag is provided with a gas supply section that supplies inflation gas to inside of the side chambers, and a means for introducing inflation gas to inside of the center chamber after the side chamber. Furthermore, the side chamber has; a gas introduction space into which inflation gas from the gas supply section is introduced, an upper space that extends upward from the gas introduction space, and a lower space that extends downward from the gas introduction space.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Takashi Idomoto, Takeshi Ohwada, Yutaka Tsuchida, Hiroya Tabushi, Chihiro Ito, Yosuke Shimizu, Shinobu Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7673901Abstract: An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Akifumi Hanawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Aita
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Publication number: 20080225316Abstract: An image retrieval apparatus, which is included in an image forming apparatus and has a storage medium storing a machine-readable program to perform an image retrieving method, includes a retrieving unit configured to search and retrieve a target image similar to specified image data in a storage unit storing a distinctive feature area image stored in association with the target image as a key image, an extracting unit configured to extract the distinctive feature area image associated with the target image retrieved by the retrieving unit, and a display control unit configured to control a display unit having a display screen to display the distinctive feature area image or multiple distinctive feature area images on the display screen in a given time interval in an order according to distinctive feature area image type.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventor: Shinobu Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7415168Abstract: An image reading apparatus has a data calculation unit (31,32) to calculate moving average data and second derivative data for a plurality of samples made of multivalued data, a position detection unit (41, 42) to detect first and second positions at which the moving average data and second derivative data have a predetermined relationship, a parallel region determination unit (5) to determine a parallel region based on the first and second positions, an inclination detection unit (61 to 64) to determine inclinations based on the parallel region, and an inclination detection unit (7) to correct image data based on the inclinations.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: PFU LimitedInventor: Shinobu Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070200319Abstract: An airbag device according to the invention is applicable to an airbag device having an airbag that is housed in a state of being able to inflate and deploy in front of an occupant. The airbag has a center chamber positioned in the vicinity of the center on the occupant side in a deployed state, and side chambers positioned on both the left and right sides of the center chamber. Moreover the airbag is provided with a gas supply section that supplies inflation gas to inside of the side chambers, and a means for introducing inflation gas to inside of the center chamber after the side chamber. Furthermore, the side chamber has; a gas introduction space into which inflation gas from the gas supply section is introduced, an upper space that extends upward from the gas introduction space, and a lower space that extends downward from the gas introduction space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Takashi Idomoto, Takeshi Ohwada, Yutaka Tsuchida, Hiroya Tabushi, Chihiro Ito, Yosuke Shimizu, Shinobu Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070133907Abstract: Image data is displayed on an image display unit. An information input unit specifies a characteristic extracting range corresponding to the image data. An image-characteristic extracting unit extracts a representative characteristic from the specified range within the image data. The extracted representative characteristic are associated with the image data and stored in a storage device. The representative characteristic associated with the image data are also retrieved when retrieving the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Shinobu Yamamoto, Toshihiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070065037Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, operable to read an image corresponding to an original and a back pad, the original being placed on the back pad so that outside of the original contains an area extending in overall width of the back pad; a first data generator, operable to generate first image data based on the image; a second data generator, operable to generate second image data based on a part of the image corresponding to the area; a first processor, operable to compare the first image data with the second image data so as to generate first edge information; and a detector, operable to detect an edge of the original based on the first edge information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: PFU LimitedInventors: Keiji Honda, Shinobu Yamamoto, Masahiko Kobako, Kiyoto Kosaka
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Publication number: 20060279072Abstract: An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Akifumi Hanawa, Shinobu Yamamoto, Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Aita
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Publication number: 20060044575Abstract: An image reading apparatus has a data calculation unit (31,32) to calculate moving average data and second derivative data for a plurality of samples made of multivalued data, a position detection unit (41, 42) to detect first and second positions at which the moving average data and second derivative data have a predetermined relationship, a parallel region determination unit (5) to determine a parallel region based on the first and second positions, an inclination detection unit (61 to 64) to determine inclinations based on the parallel region, and an inclination detection unit (7) to correct image data based on the inclinations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2003Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventor: Shinobu Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4968487Abstract: A heat fumigation apparatus for transpiring a solution of a chemical agent dissolved in a solvent by heating which comprises a container having the solution therein, a wick a part of which is immersed in the solution and a heater for heating the upper portion of the wick thereby transpiring the solution drawn up the wick. The wick is composed of an inorganic powder and/or an organic powder, a binding agent and at least one antioxidant which is substantially non-evaporative at a heating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1989Date of Patent: November 6, 1990Assignee: Fumakilla LimitedInventors: Shinobu Yamamoto, Kunihiro Okada, Yoshihiro Hirobe, Ryo Yamamoto, Satoshi Ohi, Shiro Oyama, Yasuharu Takei
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Patent number: 4874924Abstract: A PTC heating device is adapted to be used as a heat source for an electric vaporizer which is adapted to heat liquid medicine, e.g., liquid insecticide, aromatic liquid, or the like, to vaporize it. The PTC heating device includes a casing in which an electrode structure including at least one PTC thermistor having electrodes arranged on both surfaces thereof and two electrode members interposing the PTC thermistor therebetween is received. The PTC heating device further includes a heat-radiating member mounted through a heat-conducting member with respect to the casing and for heating an absorber having sucked up liquid medicine from a reservoir having the liquid medicine contained therein to vaporize the liquid medicine. One of the electrodes of the PTC thermistor is in close contact with a flat surface of the heat-conducting member through one of two electrode members, so that heat generated at the PTC thermistor is efficiently transmitted to the heat-radiating member through the heat-conducting member.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1988Date of Patent: October 17, 1989Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Shinobu Yamamoto, Fumitoshi Hoshide, Michikazu Takeuchi, Shou Kotani, Sumihiro Yasuda
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Patent number: 4874787Abstract: An insecticidal composition for electric fumigator consisting essentially of:(A) an insecticidally effective amount of a preparation comprising 2-methyl-4-oxo-3-(2-propynyl)cyclopent-2-enyl-chrysanthemate and a synergist, wherein the weight ratio of said synergist to said chrysanthemate ranges from 1/2 to 8, and(B) a porous mat suitable for use on an insecticidal mat, said porous mat being impregnated with said preparation. This composition has both a lower content of an insecticidal active ingredient than ever and the capability of exhibiting a sufficient insecticidal activity over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1987Date of Patent: October 17, 1989Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Shinobu Yamamoto, Kunihiro Okada, Satoshi Ohi, Shiro Oyama, Yasuharu Takei