Patents by Inventor Shuji Kimura
Shuji Kimura 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: 20240351645Abstract: A spoiler device is adapted to be installed on a rear edge of a vehicle body component arranged on a vehicle and includes a spoiler body having an upper surface portion and a bent portion bent downward from a rear end of the upper surface portion and a movable mechanism connected to the spoiler body to drive the spoiler body to move relative to the vehicle body component. The spoiler body is movable between a storing position where a front end of the upper surface portion is close to an upper surface of the vehicle body component and an extending position where the upper surface portion extends rearward relative to the vehicle body component via the movable mechanism. Taking an imaginary line extending along the upper surface as a reference, the front end in the extending position is located on or further downward than the imaginary line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki NAKAMURA, Kei AMBO, Eiji KIMURA, Hiroyuki HAZAWA, Shinichi OZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI, Shogo DEHARA, Shuji NAKA
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Publication number: 20240339674Abstract: A battery string is configured such that a plurality of battery circuit modules can be connected in series. A middle point between a first capacitor and a second capacitor provided on a detection line connecting a positive electrode output line and a negative electrode output line of the battery string to each other is grounded by a ground line through a limiting resistor. During operation of the battery string, an electric leakage detection unit sets a battery circuit module in a pass-through state, and detects electric leakage in the battery string based on a differential voltage that is a difference between a first voltage being the voltage of the first capacitor and a second voltage being the voltage of the second capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Shuji TOMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20240266839Abstract: A power source system includes a first battery string, a second battery string, and a third battery string. Each of the battery strings includes a plurality of batteries capable of outputting direct-current power. The battery strings are Y-connected so as to output three-phase alternating-current power to three-phase output terminals (alternating-current output terminals) as well as connected to a neutral line. On the neutral line, a neutral line capacitor for blocking a direct current, a neutral line switch disposed in series to the neutral line capacitor, and an electric resistance element disposed in parallel to the neutral line switch are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20240266860Abstract: The battery string is configured so that a plurality of battery circuit modules can be connected in series. The drive circuit SU5 from the drive circuit SU0 of the battery circuit module transmits a gate signal for ON/OFF of the switch to the downstream drive circuit SU while delaying the gate signal by a predetermined delay time Td. When a particular battery circuit module (drive circuit SU4 in FIG. 4) is passed through, the delay time is switched from the delay time Td to the delay time Tds. The delay time Tds is longer than the delay time Td. As a result, the period of the gate signal, which is the “delay time×the number of battery circuit modules to be operated”, can be suppressed from becoming short (the increase in frequency can be suppressed), and an increase in loss can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Junta Izumi, Hironori Miki, Kenji Kimura, Takayuki Ban, Takuya Mizuno, Shuji Tomura, Naoki Yanagizawa, Kazuo Ootsuka, Hiroshi Tsukada
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Publication number: 20240258800Abstract: The alternating current sweep unit outputs alternating current power from three battery strings that are Y-connected. The offset voltage command Vst_offset is calculated by adding the offset component V*abc_off of the string voltage obtained from the string voltage command V*abc, the amplitude Vamp of the command voltage calculated using dq shaft voltage command values v*d and v*q, and the margin voltage Vmrg. By determining the on-time ton of the gate signal by using the string voltage command V*abc and the offset voltage command Vst_offset and performing duty control on the gate signal, it is possible to set an offset voltage corresponding to the command voltage, and thus it is possible to suppress an increase in battery loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20230338746Abstract: Provided is a medical immobilization device that contributes to reducing the burden on a patient, while being capable of firmly immobilizing the patient. A medical immobilization device 10 is a device for immobilizing a specific site 1 of the body of a patient with the patient lying on their back. The medical immobilization device 10 comprises a block 3 made of a material that allows radiation to pass through, and the block 3 comprises holder portions 2a to 2c in which at least a region from the lower surface to both sides of the specific site 1 fit. All or part of the upper part of the block 3 is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicants: NIHON YAMAMURA GLASS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITYInventors: Shuji KIMURA, Shinichiro OGURA, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Naritoshi MUKUMOTO, Ryohei SASAKI, Satoru MIYAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230179966Abstract: A smishing prevention system includes a reception unit that receives an SMS message, a determination unit that determines whether or not a source phone number of the SMS message is a phone number registered in a company information database, a registration unit that registers a determination result in a communication history database, and a presentation unit that presents the determination result to a destination terminal of the SMS message.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Ruriko MATSUURA, Shuji KIMURA, Taichi OSADA, Nobuhiro KIMURA, Takashi YASUNAGA, Masahiko NOGUCHI, Ryo NAGAOKA, Takato TODA
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Publication number: 20230008133Abstract: A control system including: a first wireless telephone terminal; a second wireless telephone terminal; and a wireless mobile object, wherein the first wireless telephone terminal includes a call placement/reception unit that establishes a voice channel over a mobile communication network with the second wireless telephone terminal and the wireless mobile object by using a multi-point call function of controlling a voice call among a plurality of points, and a control unit that controls the wireless mobile object by transmitting a control signal to the wireless mobile object through the voice channel, and that transmits, to the second wireless telephone terminal through the voice channel, a change signal for changing a user who maneuvers the wireless mobile object when strength of radio waves from the wireless mobile object decreases to less than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Ryo NAGAOKA, Masahiko NOGUCHI, Shuji KIMURA, Nobuhiro KIMURA, Taichi OSADA, Takashi YASUNAGA, Takato TODA, Ruriko MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20220365528Abstract: A wireless mobile object 1 includes: a response unit 32 that responds to a call received through a voice channel over a mobile communication network; and a control unit 36 that controls an action of the wireless mobile object, based on maneuver information received through the voice channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Shuji Kimura, Ryo Nagaoka, Takato Toda, Nobuhiro KIMURA, Takashi Yasunaga, Taichi Osada, Kaori Isagai, Yasuharu Yamashita
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Publication number: 20220242694Abstract: A reporting device 1 includes: a starting unit 12 that when emergently stopping an elevator, starts a detection device 3 that is installed in the elevator and senses a radio wave emitted by a mobile terminal 5; a reception unit 13 that receives from the detection device 3 a sensing signal indicating that a radio wave from the mobile terminal 5 has been sensed; and a reporting unit 14 that makes a report to an external system 7 when the reception unit 12 receives the sensing signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Ryo Nagaoka, Shuji Kimura, Nobuhiro KIMURA, Taichi Osada, Takashi Yasunaga, Yasuharu Yamashita, Kaori Isagai, Takato Toda
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Patent number: 10123416Abstract: A vehicular wiring structure includes a panel and a printed wiring part. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a flat face of the panel, a conductive member is printed on the flat face directly. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a non-flat face of the panel, a film on which a conductive member is printed is pasted to the non-flat face.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Nomura, Gaku Ito, Taku Furuta, Shuji Kimura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Masahiro Ito, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Eiji Shimochi
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Patent number: 10017133Abstract: An instrument panel as a vehicular panel includes a panel body on a surface side of which key tops are installed, a printed wiring section arranged on the surface side of the panel body, and an insulation outer layer arranged on the surface side of the panel body so as to cover the printed wiring section.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Gaku Ito, Tomoaki Sasaki, Shuji Kimura, Taku Furuta, Shoichi Nomura
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Publication number: 20170215285Abstract: A vehicular wiring structure includes a panel and a printed wiring part. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a flat face of the panel, a conductive member is printed on the flat face directly. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a non-flat face of the panel, a film on which a conductive member is printed is pasted to the non-flat face.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi NOMURA, Gaku ITO, Taku FURUTA, Shuji KIMURA, Tomoaki SASAKI, Masahiro ITO, Mitsunori TSUNODA, Eiji SHIMOCHI
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Publication number: 20170151916Abstract: An instrument panel as a vehicular panel includes a panel body on a surface side of which key tops are installed, a printed wiring section arranged on the surface side of the panel body, and an insulation outer layer arranged on the surface side of the panel body so as to cover the printed wiring section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsunori TSUNODA, Gaku ITO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Shuji KIMURA, Taku FURUTA, Shoichi NOMURA
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Publication number: 20160286747Abstract: Disclosed are a plant growth lighting apparatus capable of forming a lighting region having a high degree of illuminance uniformity in the array direction of a light-emitting element array as well as a plant hydroponic cultivation apparatus and a plant hydroponic cultivation method capable of growing a plant with high growth efficiency even in a large cultivation region. A plurality of light-emitting element units, each including a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength different from that of the first light-emitting element, are arranged side by side along one direction to form a light-emitting element array. The light-emitting element unit is constituted by two second light-emitting elements disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the one direction and one first light-emitting element disposed between the two second light-emitting elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihisa MATSUMOTO, Mitsuhiro MATSUDA, Ichiro SHIBAGAKI, Shuji KIMURA, Ryohei KOYAMA
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Patent number: 8446642Abstract: An image processing apparatus in which the reusability of digital image data is improved is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image reading unit reading a draft and obtaining the digitized image data; an image writing unit printing image data on a transfer paper; a recording unit recording image data and attached information of the image data; an external I/F unit transmitting and receiving image data and attached information of the image data; a first and a second image data processing units processing the image data from the image reading unit and the recording unit, respectively; and a bus controlling unit connecting each of the units. The first and the second image data processing units match the characteristics of the image data to prescribed characteristics so that the matched image data can be usable for both the image writing unit and the external device.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Togami, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Toshiya Hikita, Takeharu Tone, Shuji Kimura, Takumi Nozawa, Toshimi Yamamura, Akira Murakata, Satoshi Ohkawa, Manabu Komatsu, Yasunobu Shirata, Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Yukihiko Tamura
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Patent number: 8395673Abstract: An image shot by a shooting unit is stored in a shot image storing unit. An expected shooting state storing unit stores expected shooting state information which represents an expected shooting state of an object to be shot. A guide direction determining unit references the image stored in the shot image storing unit and the expected shooting state information, and determines in which direction the object to be shot, which is shot by the shooting unit, is to be guided. A guide direction instruction outputting unit notifies a user of a result of the determination made by the guide direction determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2004Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Mitsuaki Fukuda, Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Masaki Watanabe, Takayuki Sugiura, Naoyuki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Satoshi Fukui, Atsushi Miki, Shuji Kimura, Mitsuhiro Gotoh
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Patent number: 8248671Abstract: Service information provided by a user is notified to a central processing unit (CPU), and the CPU executes a computer program for an operation process of the service, to determine a path (channel) through which image data should pass and a process content of image processes according to the service. Depending on the service information, image process is performed only by a first image data processor, image processes are performed by a combination of both the first image data processor and a second image data processor, or image process is performed only by the second image data processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Shuji Kimura
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Patent number: 8059285Abstract: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image scanning unit configured to generate image data by converting light reflected from an optically scanned printed page into electrical signals; an interface configured to receive image data from an external apparatus; an expansion bus to which the image scanning unit and the interface are connected; a bus control unit configured to control the expansion bus; an image data storage unit configured to store the image data; at least one image processing unit connected to the expansion bus and configured to perform an image processing operation on the image data; a task management unit configured to send an image processing request to the image processing unit; and an image writing unit connected to the expansion bus and configured to print the image data on which the image processing operation has been performed by the image processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Murakata, Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Toshiya Hikita, Takumi Nozawa, Satoshi Ohkawa, Toshimi Yamamura, Atsushi Togami, Takeharu Tone, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Yasunobu Shirata, Shuji Kimura, Takanori Ito, Yukihiko Tamura, Masato Ishii
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Patent number: 8035829Abstract: The present invention increases output throughput and enhances user-friendliness by subjecting image data to magnification processing by an optimal image processing means, with an optimal magnification ratio, in accordance with a service provided to a user. When a service provided to the user is selected and a magnification ratio is set, a CPU of a MFP determines the distribution of respective magnification ratios of a first image data processor and a second image data processor. For instance, when the selected service is a “service relating to the output of image data” the distribution of respective magnification ratios is determined so that magnification processing with the set magnification ratio is carried out in the first image data processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Shuji Kimura