Patents by Inventor Takashi Inoue

Takashi Inoue 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: 11097621
    Abstract: In a power source system, a high-voltage battery and a low voltage battery are configured to store electric powers to be supplied to a traveling motor and an accessory, respectively. A step-up unit is interposed between the low-voltage battery and the traveling motor, and is configured to step up a voltage of the low-voltage battery and apply the stepped-up voltage to the traveling motor. A controller is configured to perform switching to a normal-time electric power supply circuit, in which the high-voltage battery and the traveling motor are coupled to each other, when the high-voltage battery is in a normal state and perform switching to an abnormal-time electric power supply circuit, in which the low-voltage battery and the traveling motor are coupled to each other via the step-up unit, when the high-voltage battery is in an abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Masaki, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210247086
    Abstract: A leakage sensing apparatus for sensing refrigerant leakage from an air-conditioner in an air-conditioned space air-conditioned by the air-conditioner includes a leakage sensing unit configured to sense the refrigerant leakage, a communication unit configured to transmit notification information indicating that the leakage has been sensed to an external apparatus via a communication network in a case where the leakage sensing unit has sensed the refrigerant leakage, and a power source unit configured to supply power to the leakage sensing apparatus independently of ON/OFF of a power supply to the air-conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Shunji SASAKI, Takashi INOUE, Hiroyasu YONEYAMA
  • Patent number: 11079618
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a light source for outputting initial pulsed light, a polarization control unit for rotating a polarization plane of the initial pulsed light, an optical pulse shaping unit for inputting the initial pulsed light with the rotated polarization plane, and outputting first pulsed light Lp1 having a first polarization direction and second pulsed light Lp2 having a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction with a time, an irradiation optical system for irradiating an imaging object with the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2, a light separation element for separating the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2 reflected by or transmitted through the imaging object on the basis of the polarization directions, an imaging unit for imaging the pulsed light Lp1, and an imaging unit for imaging the pulsed light Lp2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Koji Takahashi, Takashi Inoue, Haruyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20210215732
    Abstract: An automatic sample introduction device includes a needle, a sample loop, a mixer and a suction injection switch mechanism. The mixer is provided between the needle and the sample loop. The suction injection switch mechanism sequentially sucks first and second fluids into the sample loop through the needle and the mixer and injects the first and second fluids held in the sample loop into a predetermined injection port. A chromatograph includes the automatic sample introduction device having the above-mentioned configuration, an analysis column and a detector. The analysis column is connected to the injection port of the automatic sample introduction device, and the detector is connected to the analysis column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi INOUE, Makoto OGAITO
  • Patent number: 11022938
    Abstract: A data generating device sets an initial candidate solution of an intensity spectrum function, a phase spectrum function, and an initial temperature and a cooling rate, generates a neighborhood solution, transforms a first waveform function of a frequency domain including the neighborhood solution and the phase spectrum function into a second waveform function of a time domain including a time-intensity waveform function and a time-phase waveform function and calculates an evaluation value representing a degree of difference between the time-intensity waveform function and the desired time-intensity waveform, sets the neighborhood solution as an n-th candidate solution for a certain probability, and lowers the temperature on the basis of the cooling rate. A decrease in the temperature acts in a direction in which the probability P is lowered when the evaluation value of the neighborhood solution is worse than the evaluation value of the candidate solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11020697
    Abstract: A centrifugal-separation type oil separator includes a cylindrical separator body, and an inflow pipe arranged to introduce a fluid including an oil into the separator body. The inflow pipe includes a curved portion. A peripheral wall of the separator body and the inflow pipe include a common portion common to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Harunori Miyamura
  • Publication number: 20210148869
    Abstract: An autosampler is switched selectively between an injecting mode where a sampling flow path is incorporated into an analysis flow path of a liquid chromatograph and a loading mode where the sampling flow path is not incorporated into the analysis flow path and injects a sample into the analysis flow path at a position farther upstream than a separation column by being switched to the injecting mode with the sample held in the sampling flow path, and includes a clog determiner configured to acquire a sending liquid pressure of a liquid sending pump that sends a mobile phase in the analysis flow path, obtain a variation value of the liquid sending pressure when the injecting mode and the loading mode are switched and determine presence or absence of a clog in a system incorporated into the analysis flow path in the injecting mode based on the obtained variation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOI, Takaaki FUJITA, Takashi INOUE, Kenichi YASUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10994686
    Abstract: A seat includes an airbag module fixed to a seat frame, a trim cover including a breaking part which breaks according to an inflation and a deployment of an airbag of the airbag module, a first stay cloth and a second stay cloth which guide the inflating and deploying airbag to the breaking part, a first fixing member which is attached to the backside frame and stretches and supports the first stay cloth, and a second fixing member which stretches and supports the second stay cloth, in which the backside frame is provided with a pair of first attachment holes into which both end portions of the first fixing member are inserted and a pair of second attachment holes into which both end portions of the second fixing member are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Akinori Taniguchi, Takayuki Ohmori, Keita Myochin
  • Publication number: 20210123725
    Abstract: A measurement probe of the present disclosure that scans a surface of a measurement object to measure a three-dimensional shape or the like of the surface of the measurement object includes a first movable portion having a stylus, a second movable portion that is connected to the first movable portion to be movable in a Z direction, a third movable portion that is connected to the second movable portion to be movable in the Z direction, a first position measurer that measures a first position of the first movable portion in the Z direction, a second position measurer that measures a second position of the second movable portion in the Z direction, and a third position measurer that measures a third position of the third movable portion in the Z direction. A first relative position is calculated based on the first position and the second position. A second relative position is calculated based on the first position and the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: KEISHI KUBO, TAKASHI INOUE, MASATERU DOI, MAKOTO OKAZAKI, YUKIYA USUI, TAKANORI FUNABASHI
  • Patent number: 10989935
    Abstract: A modulation pattern calculation apparatus includes an iterative Fourier transform unit, a filtering process unit, and a modulation pattern calculation unit. The iterative Fourier transform unit performs a Fourier transform on a waveform function including an intensity spectrum function and a phase spectrum function, performs a replacement of a temporal intensity waveform function based on a desired waveform after the Fourier transform and then performs an inverse Fourier transform, and performs a replacement to constrain the phase spectrum function after the inverse Fourier transform. The filtering process unit performs a filtering process of cutting a part exceeding a cutoff intensity for each wavelength, on the intensity spectrum function in a frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Takashi Inoue, Koji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10942418
    Abstract: A Fourier transform is performed on a first waveform function in a frequency domain, and a second waveform function in a time domain including a temporal intensity waveform function and a temporal phase waveform function is generated. A replacement of the temporal intensity waveform function based on a desired waveform is performed for the second waveform function. The second waveform function is modified so as to bring a spectrogram of the second waveform function close to a target spectrogram generated in advance in accordance with a desired wavelength band. An inverse Fourier transform is performed on the modified second waveform function, and a third waveform function in the frequency domain is generated. Data is generated on the basis of an intensity spectrum function or a phase spectrum function of the third waveform function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Koji Takahashi, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210060568
    Abstract: A vial holder includes a thermally conductive holder positioned at a lower part and a non-thermally conductive holder positioned at an upper part. The thermally conductive holder is made of thermally conductive material and supports at least bottom surfaces of the vials accommodated in the accommodation holes. The non-thermally conductive holder is made of non-thermally conductive material, is arranged so as to cover an upper surface of the thermally conductive holder while being in contact with the upper surface, and includes a plurality of through holes constituting at least a part of the accommodation holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210041123
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle system includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire external air information as information on at least one of an external air temperature around an outdoor unit or weather information; and a control section configured to control a rotation number of a fan of an air blower based on the external air information at a start of operation of the refrigeration cycle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hayato MORI, Takashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10894541
    Abstract: A vehicle speed limiter system installed on a vehicle includes a detection unit to detect a speed limit value of a road while the vehicle is traveling; a setting unit to set the speed limit value; a limiter unit to limit the vehicle speed, based on the speed limit value; an obtainment unit to obtain a stepping amount on an accelerator pedal; a calculation unit to calculate a parameter depending on the stepping amount in a state where the vehicle speed is being limited by the limiter unit; and a display unit to display information based on the parameter, in a case where a speed limit value newly detected by the detection unit is greater than the speed limit value previously set by the setting unit, before the setting unit sets the speed limit value newly detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Takashi Inoue, Sokfan Yee, Tetsuya Taira, Keiji Yamashita, Takato Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200377833
    Abstract: A cell picking device includes a sucker having a pipette tip attached to a tip portion of the sucker and is used to suck the cell from a tip of the pipette tip, a driver configured to cause the sucker to perform a suction operation and move the sucker in a horizontal-plane direction and an axial direction of the pipette tip with the sucker inclined with respect to a vertical direction. A controller moves the sucker such that the tip of the pipette tip moves in a horizontal direction while being in contact with a bottom surface of the container installed on the sample mounting stage in a predetermined position on the sample mounting stage to desorb a cell arranged in the predetermined position from the bottom surface of the container, and suck the cell desorbed from the bottom surface of the container from the tip of the pipette tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi INOUE, Kenji TAKAKURA, Yoshitaka NODA, Yasuaki MATSUNAGA, Mika OKADA, Akari TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10837399
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing an engine, an engine, and a connected cylinder. The method of manufacturing an engine includes at least a fitting step of fitting a connected cylinder to a hollow portion of a cylinder block main body. The connected cylinder is (1) a first connected cylinder including two or more cylinder liners and a connecting portion configured to connect the two or more cylinder liners to each other or (2) a second connected cylinder including a connected cylinder main body portion having two or more cylinder bores and a coating configured to cover an inner peripheral surface of the connected cylinder main body portion in which the cylinder bores are formed. The cylinder block main body has one end side, another end side, and the hollow portion passing through the cylinder block main body from the one end side to the another end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: TPR CO., LTD., TPR INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Horigome, Akira Sato, Takashi Oizumi, Takashi Inoue, Akira Hikone
  • Patent number: 10795282
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing section, a voltage applicator, a detector, a calculating section, and an evaluating section. The detector detects values of first and second currents. The first current flows between the photosensitive drum and the developing section during formation of an electrostatic latent image. The second current flows between the photosensitive drum and the developing section when the electrostatic latent image is not being formed. The calculating section calculates a toner charge-to-mass ratio. The evaluating section evaluates reliability of a calculation result of the toner charge-to-mass ratio by comparing the second current value to a reference value. The reference value is of a reference current flowing between the photosensitive drum and the developing section when the electrostatic latent image is not being formed, and indicates a current value detected after adjustment to at least one of the photosensitive drum and the developing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sunayama, Shizuya Uemura, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 10794561
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a projector lens, a first light source disposed behind the projector lens and configured to emit light for forming a low-beam light distribution pattern, a second light source disposed behind the projector lens and configured to emit light for forming an additional high-beam light distribution pattern, and a metal base member. The base member includes a first surface on which the first light source is disposed and a second surface on which the second light source is disposed. The second surface is inclined with respect to an optical axis such that an emission portion of the light emitting element faces obliquely forward and upward. A plurality of metal plate-shaped fins extending in a left-right direction and an upper-lower direction of the lamp are arranged along a front-rear direction of the lamp on a rear surface of the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kazushi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200298710
    Abstract: In a power source system, a high-voltage battery and a low voltage battery are configured to store electric powers to be supplied to a traveling motor and an accessory, respectively. A step-up unit is interposed between the low-voltage battery and the traveling motor, and is configured to step up a voltage of the low-voltage battery and apply the stepped-up voltage to the traveling motor. A controller is configured to perform switching to a normal-time electric power supply circuit, in which the high-voltage battery and the traveling motor are coupled to each other, when the high-voltage battery is in a normal state and perform switching to an abnormal-time electric power supply circuit, in which the low-voltage battery and the traveling motor are coupled to each other via the step-up unit, when the high-voltage battery is in an abnormal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Shinichiro Masaki, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200301174
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a light source for outputting initial pulsed light, a polarization control unit for rotating a polarization plane of the initial pulsed light, an optical pulse shaping unit for inputting the initial pulsed light with the rotated polarization plane, and outputting first pulsed light Lp1 having a first polarization direction and second pulsed light Lp2 having a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction with a time, an irradiation optical system for irradiating an imaging object with the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2, a light separation element for separating the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2 reflected by or transmitted through the imaging object on the basis of the polarization directions, an imaging unit for imaging the pulsed light Lp1, and an imaging unit for imaging the pulsed light Lp2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Koji TAKAHASHI, Takashi INOUE, Haruyasu ITO