Patents by Inventor Shoji Kawano

Shoji Kawano 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: 11898217
    Abstract: A method for producing a steel plate member (SPM), including: a quenching step for heating the SPM to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation finish temperature A3 and subsequently cooling the SPM at a cooling rate (CR) faster than an upper critical CR; and a tempering step for reheating a second region of the SPM to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation start temperature A1 without reheating a first region of the SPM after quenching and subsequently cooling the SPM at a CR slower than a lower critical CR. In the cooling process of the tempering step, the shape of the second region is corrected in a temperature range from a temperature equal to or lower than A1 to a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which transformation into ferrite and pearlite is finished while maintaining the CR slower than the lower critical CR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji Kawano, Shinya Yamamoto, Masatomo Niihara, Tomoaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20210147956
    Abstract: A method for producing a steel plate member (SPM), including: a quenching step for heating the SPM to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation finish temperature A3 and subsequently cooling the SPM at a cooling rate (CR) faster than an upper critical CR; and a tempering step for reheating a second region of the SPM to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation start temperature A1 without reheating a first region of the SPM after quenching and subsequently cooling the SPM at a CR slower than a lower critical CR. In the cooling process of the tempering step, the shape of the second region is corrected in a temperature range from a temperature equal to or lower than A1 to a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which transformation into ferrite and pearlite is finished while maintaining the CR slower than the lower critical CR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji KAWANO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Masatomo NIIHARA, Tomoaki IHARA
  • Patent number: 10478734
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game control program, a game control method, and a game control device with which the operability regarding movement instructions for a game character can be improved. A game control device 1 includes a touchscreen 10; a first determination unit 32 that determines, as a first touch operation, an operation in which contact with the touchscreen 10 is maintained and in which the contact position is moved continuously; a trajectory generating unit 33 that generates an anticipated movement trajectory of a character in the game in accordance with the direction and movement amount of the first touch operation; a second determination unit 35 that determines, as a second touch operation, new contact with the touchscreen 10 while the contact in the first touch operation is being continued; and a trajectory changing unit 36 that changes the anticipated movement trajectory in accordance with the kind, contact position, or movement amount of the second touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ueno, Shoji Kawano
  • Publication number: 20170291110
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game control program, a game control method, and a game control device with which the operability regarding movement instructions for a game character can be improved. A game control device 1 includes a touchscreen 10; a first determination unit 32 that determines, as a first touch operation, an operation in which contact with the touchscreen 10 is maintained and in which the contact position is moved continuously; a trajectory generating unit 33 that generates an anticipated movement trajectory of a character in the game in accordance with the direction and movement amount of the first touch operation; a second determination unit 35 that determines, as a second touch operation, new contact with the touchscreen 10 while the contact in the first touch operation is being continued; and a trajectory changing unit 36 that changes the anticipated movement trajectory in accordance with the kind, contact position, or movement amount of the second touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ueno, Shoji Kawano