Patents by Inventor Shinya Kono

Shinya Kono 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).

  • Patent number: 11964620
    Abstract: A vehicular power supply device to be equipped in a vehicle includes an electric storage unit group, an inverter, a driving motor, a converter, an electric device group, a first switch, and a second switch. The electric storage unit group includes first and second electric storage units. The driving motor is to be coupled to the electric storage unit group via the inverter. The electric device group is to be coupled to the electric storage unit group via the converter. The first switch is to be controlled between a state where the first electric storage unit is coupled to the inverter and a state where the first electric storage unit is coupled to the converter. The second switch is to be controlled between a state where the second electric storage unit is coupled to the inverter and a state where the second electric storage unit is coupled to the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Seta, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yosuke Ohtomo, Masaki Komuro, Takashi Kono, Shinya Sagawa, Kazuki Makino
  • Patent number: 11358488
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires battery information on a battery of each of one or more vehicles; a second acquisition unit that acquires supply source information on a state of a power supply source; a selection unit that selects a vehicle for providing electric power for the power supply source as a power source out of the one or more vehicles, based on the supply source information and the battery information; and a request unit that requests the vehicle selected as the power source to provide the electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichiro Fujiwara, Kenichi Takahashi, Shinya Kono, Jun Araki
  • Publication number: 20210053458
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires battery information on a battery of each of one or more vehicles; a second acquisition unit that acquires supply source information on a state of a power supply source; a selection unit that selects a vehicle for providing electric power for the power supply source as a power source out of the one or more vehicles, based on the supply source information and the battery information; and a request unit that requests the vehicle selected as the power source to provide the electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichiro FUJIWARA, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Shinya KONO, Jun ARAKI
  • Patent number: 10459192
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a tubular fixed part with a given axis as center, a movable part located inside the fixed part and having the axis as center, a front frame part attached to the fixed part and including at least a magnetic material, and a voice coil motor capable of moving the movable part relatively with respect to the fixed part in the axial direction by a coil wound around an outer circumference of the fixed part and a magnet located in the movable part, wherein the magnet of the movable part is biased by the magnetic material, and an axial width of the coil is longer than an axial width of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Takehiko Iguchi
  • Patent number: 10288867
    Abstract: The drive unit includes a tubular fixed part, a tubular movable part, and a voice coil motor. The tubular fixed part is with a given axis as center, a tubular movable part 3 is located inside of the fixed part and having the axis as center, and a voice coil motor is capable of moving the movable part relatively with respect to the fixed part in the axial direction by a coil located in the fixed part and a magnet located in the movable part. In a state where the magnet is placed in the movable part, a first distance from the axis to the diametrically outer surface of the magnet is longer than a second distance from the axis to the inner circumference surface of the fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Takehiko Iguchi
  • Patent number: 10120181
    Abstract: The optical unit is including a tubular fixed part, a front frame part, a back frame part, a movable part, and a voice coil motor that is capable of moving the movable part relatively with respect to the fixed part in a direction of the axis by a coil located in the fixed part and a magnet located in the movable part and magnetically polarized in a direction orthogonal to the axis, wherein at least a part of the movable part is included in a portion of the front frame part projected in the axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Takehiko Iguchi
  • Patent number: 9887617
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a power conversion device, including a control unit configured to control ON/OFF of a switching element of a neutral-point-clamped power conversion device unit, wherein the control unit drives the power conversion device unit by a one-pulse control, controls a phase difference of an output voltage of the power conversion device unit with respect to a reference phase of to control an active current component of an output current of the power conversion device unit, and controls ON/OFF based on: (a) a phase angle for eliminating a predetermined odd-order harmonic component of the output voltage; and (b) a sum of the reference phase and the phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryuta Hasegawa, Shinya Kono, Takashi Fujita, Teruyuki Ishizuki
  • Publication number: 20160341950
    Abstract: The optical unit is including a tubular fixed part, a front frame part, a back frame part, a movable part, and a voice coil motor that is capable of moving the movable part relatively with respect to the fixed part in a direction of the axis by a coil located in the fixed part and a magnet located in the movable part and magnetically polarized in a direction orthogonal to the axis, wherein at least a part of the movable part is included in a portion of the front frame part projected in the axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya KONO, Takehiko IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160334599
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a tubular fixed part with a given axis as center, a movable part located inside the fixed part and having the axis as center, a front frame part attached to the fixed part and including at least a magnetic material, and a voice coil motor capable of moving the movable part relatively with respect to the fixed part in the axial direction by a coil wound around an outer circumference of the fixed part and a magnet located in the movable part, wherein the magnet of the movable part is biased by the magnetic material, and an axial width of the coil is longer than an axial width of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya KONO, Takehiko IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160282601
    Abstract: The drive unit includes a tubular fixed part, a tubular movable part, and a voice coil motor. The tubular fixed part is with a given axis as center, a tubular movable part 3 is located inside of the fixed part and having the axis as center, and a voice coil motor is capable of moving the movable part relatively with respect to the fixed part in the axial direction by a coil located in the fixed part and a magnet located in the movable part. In a state where the magnet is placed in the movable part, a first distance from the axis to the diametrically outer surface of the magnet is longer than a second distance from the axis to the inner circumference surface of the fixed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya KONO, Takehiko IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9448397
    Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: a moving lens holding barrel that holds a moving lens constituting a part of an objective optical system and is disposed so as to freely advance and retract along a shooting optical axis O; a drive unit that generates a driving force for advancing and retracting the moving lens holding barrel along the shooting optical axis O in a fixed barrel; a flexible substrate disposed so as to urge the moving lens holding barrel in one direction orthogonal to the shooting optical axis O and bent so as to press a part of an outer surface of the moving lens holding barrel in the one direction to an inner surface of the fixed barrel; and a magnetism detecting portion detecting a relative position of the moving lens holding barrel from the fixed barrel according to magnetism of a position detecting magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Makiyama, Takehiko Iguchi, Shinya Kono
  • Publication number: 20160190908
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a power conversion device, including a control unit configured to control ON/OFF of a switching element of a neutral-point-clamped power conversion device unit, wherein the control unit drives the power conversion device unit by a one-pulse control, controls a phase difference of an output voltage of the power conversion device unit with respect to a reference phase of to control an active current component of an output current of the power conversion device unit, and controls ON/OFF based on: (a) a phase angle for eliminating a predetermined odd-order harmonic component of the output voltage; and (b) a sum of the reference phase and the phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryuta HASEGAWA, Shinya KONO, Takashi FUJITA, Teruyuki ISHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160041381
    Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: a moving lens holding barrel that holds a moving lens constituting a part of an objective optical system and is disposed so as to freely advance and retract along a shooting optical axis O; a drive unit that generates a driving force for advancing and retracting the moving lens holding barrel along the shooting optical axis O in a fixed barrel; a flexible substrate disposed so as to urge the moving lens holding barrel in one direction orthogonal to the shooting optical axis O and bent so as to press a part of an outer surface of the moving lens holding barrel in the one direction to an inner surface of the fixed barrel; and a magnetism detecting portion detecting a relative position of the moving lens holding barrel from the fixed barrel according to magnetism of a position detecting magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi MAKIYAMA, Takehiko IGUCHI, Shinya KONO
  • Patent number: 9100211
    Abstract: A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Yasuhisa Shiobara
  • Patent number: 8803957
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image pickup unit including an objective lens including a plurality of optical system members via which an object image is formed, the image pickup unit including: a fixed barrel that holds a fixed lens in the objective lens; a moving lens holding barrel that holds a moving lens and is disposed so as to be slidable along an optical axis inside the fixed barrel; and a voice coil motor section that generates a drive force for moving the moving lens holding barrel relative to the fixed barrel along the optical axis, and the voice coil motor section is disposed so that a center axis of action of a generated thrust force passes through a gravity center of a driven member to be driven by the voice coil motor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makiyama, Takehiko Iguchi, Shinya Kono
  • Patent number: 8743678
    Abstract: A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Yasuhisa Shiobara
  • Patent number: 8705343
    Abstract: A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Yasuhisa Shiobara
  • Patent number: 8670301
    Abstract: A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Yasuhisa Shiobara
  • Patent number: 8665701
    Abstract: A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinya Kono, Yasuhisa Shiobara
  • Publication number: 20130314517
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image pickup unit including an objective lens including a plurality of optical system members via which an object image is formed, the image pickup unit including: a fixed barrel that holds a fixed lens in the objective lens; a moving lens holding barrel that holds a moving lens and is disposed so as to be slidable along an optical axis inside the fixed barrel; and a voice coil motor section that generates a drive force for moving the moving lens holding barrel relative to the fixed barrel along the optical axis, and the voice coil motor section is disposed so that a center axis of action of a generated thrust force passes through a gravity center of a driven member to be driven by the voice coil motor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Satoshi MAKIYAMA, Takehiko IGUCHI, Shinya KONO