Patents by Inventor Takashi Yasuda
Takashi Yasuda 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: 20240095659Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) includes a position information acquisition unit (102) that acquires position information of a customer, and an order reception unit (104) that receives an order for product purchase by the customer at a virtual store, when the position information satisfies a criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Hirakawa, Nobuaki Kawase, Takashi Yasuda
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Publication number: 20240074170Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers arranged along a vertical direction, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and including a vertical semiconductor channel and a memory film. The memory film includes a blocking dielectric film, a tunneling dielectric layer and a vertical stack of memory elements located between the blocking dielectric film and the tunneling dielectric layer. The blocking dielectric film includes component layers which include, from a side that is proximal to the vertical stack of memory elements toward a side that is distal from the vertical stack of memory elements, an inner silicon oxide blocking dielectric layer, a middle dielectric metal oxide blocking dielectric layer, an outer silicon oxide blocking dielectric layer, and an outer dielectric metal oxide blocking dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takashi YUDA, Noriyuki NAGAHATA, Ippei YASUDA
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Publication number: 20230244170Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyasu YABUKI, Yoshifumi KAJIKAWA, Takashi SUZUKI, Takashi YASUDA, Takashi SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230205110Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; a developing device; a developer storage; a supplier configured to supply developer; an optical sensor; and a controller configured to execute: a developing process of developing an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a usage-amount obtaining process of obtaining a usage amount of the developer; a supplying process of supplying the developer to the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold; and a detecting process of detecting, by the optical sensor, an amount of the developer in the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and wherein the controller is configured to execute the detecting process in a period different from a period in which the developing process is being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Kazuma Hinoue, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kajikawa
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Patent number: 11644778Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyasu Yabuki, Yoshifumi Kajikawa, Takashi Suzuki, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230130965Abstract: The optical element for a low frequency band includes a substrate including a first main face and a second main face, the substrate having birefringence, and an antireflection film located on the first main face, wherein the low frequency band is lower than a reststrahlen band of the antireflection film, wherein an absolute value of a difference between a first refractive index and a second refractive index of the substrate in the low frequency band is 0.2 or more, and wherein a thickness of the substrate is 15 ?m or more and 4000 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Yoichi KAWADA, Takashi YASUDA, Hiroshi SATOZONO
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Patent number: 11599039Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; a developing device; a developer storage; a supplier configured to supply developer; an optical sensor; and a controller configured to execute: a developing process of developing an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a usage-amount obtaining process of obtaining a usage amount of the developer; a supplying process of supplying the developer to the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold; and a detecting process of detecting, by the optical sensor, an amount of the developer in the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and wherein the controller is configured to execute the detecting process in a period different from a period in which the developing process is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Suzuki, Kazuma Hinoue, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kajikawa
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Publication number: 20230024635Abstract: An access control apparatus (2000) acquires a request (20) for access to data stored in a first storage apparatus 30. The access control apparatus (2000) acquires privilege information (70) from a blockchain storage (40). The privilege information (70) represents access privilege pertaining to access to the first storage apparatus (30). The access control apparatus (2000) determines whether requested access is within a range of the access privilege of a target entity (10) being a subject of the request (20), by using the privilege information (70) of the target entity (10). When it is determined that the access is within the range of the access privilege of the target entity (10), the access control apparatus (2000) executes the access.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Takashi YASUDA
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Publication number: 20220404274Abstract: A spectroscopic measurement device includes: a light source unit configured to output pump light and probe light; a terahertz wave generation unit configured to generate a terahertz wave by the input of the pump light; a terahertz wave detection unit to which the terahertz wave and the probe light are input and configured to modulate the probe light based on a refractive index that changes due to an electro-optical effect according to the input of the terahertz wave; and a light detection unit configured to detect the probe light modulated by the terahertz wave detection unit. A main body unit is configured to include the light source unit and the light detection unit. A measurement unit is configured to include the terahertz wave generation unit and the terahertz wave detection unit. The main body unit and the measurement unit are optically connected to each other by a polarization maintaining fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takayoshi KUGA, Yoichi KAWADA, Takashi YASUDA, Kazutaka TOMARI, Masatoshi FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220326635Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; a developing device; a developer storage; a supplier configured to supply developer; an optical sensor; and a controller configured to execute: a developing process of developing an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a usage-amount obtaining process of obtaining a usage amount of the developer; a supplying process of supplying the developer to the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold; and a detecting process of detecting, by the optical sensor, an amount of the developer in the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and wherein the controller is configured to execute the detecting process in a period different from a period in which the developing process is being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Kazuma Hinoue, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kajikawa
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Publication number: 20220291616Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyasu YABUKI, Yoshifumi KAJIKAWA, Takashi SUZUKI, Takashi YASUDA, Takashi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11402782Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyasu Yabuki, Yoshifumi Kajikawa, Takashi Suzuki, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu
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Patent number: 11360406Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; a developing device; a developer storage; a supplier configured to supply developer; an optical sensor; and a controller configured to execute: a developing process of developing an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a usage-amount obtaining process of obtaining a usage amount of the developer; a supplying process of supplying the developer to the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold; and a detecting process of detecting, by the optical sensor, an amount of the developer in the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and wherein the controller is configured to execute the detecting process in a period different from a period in which the developing process is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Suzuki, Kazuma Hinoue, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kajikawa
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Publication number: 20220055451Abstract: A cooling system includes multiple heat exchangers, a shutter, and a controller. The controller determines whether an amount of air flowing to the other heat exchanger needs to be increased and controls an opening degree of the shutter in a closing direction to reduce an amount of air flowing to a specified heat exchanger and increase an amount of air flowing to another heat exchanger upon determining that the amount of air flowing to the other heat exchanger needs to be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Kouta MAJIMA, Takashi Yasuda, Takuya Mitsuhashi
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Patent number: 11226572Abstract: A toner cartridge is mountable on a developing device including a developing roller. The developing device develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photo conductor. The toner cartridge includes a housing in which toner is stored, and an auger rotatable and configured to supply the toner in the housing to the developing device. In a case where the developing device is installed on an image forming apparatus in a state in which the toner cartridge is mounted on the developing device, rotation of the auger is started before formation of the electrostatic latent image corresponding to a sheet is started, based on a signal indicating that the image forming apparatus detects the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Suzuki, Kazuma Hinoue, Takashi Shimizu, Takashi Yasuda, Yoshifumi Kajikawa
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Patent number: 11192488Abstract: A receptacle storage structure formed in an interior member of a sliding door movable in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, includes a bottom wall part and a peripheral wall part forming a storage space with an upward opening. The peripheral wall part includes a displacement wall part forming at least an upper part of a front-side wall part in the front-and-rear direction and displaceable to a front side in the front-and-rear direction. The displacement wall part is tiltable to the front side in the front-and-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Shizuo Hosoya, Takashi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11094226Abstract: A resin molding is provided. The resin molding includes an optically transparent plate-shaped portion, which has a first surface having a smooth surface portion, and a second surface having plural sections, wherein each of the plural sections has a width and includes one or more convex portions which have one or more ridge lines extending in a ridge line direction. The ridge line direction of the one or more convex portions of at least one of the plural sections is different from the ridge line direction of the one or more convex portions of one or more of others of the plural sections. When the first surface of the resin molding is observed from outside, the resin molding has metallic appearance.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yasuda, Masahide Hioki, Norihiro Kakinuma
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Publication number: 20210240119Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Tomoyasu YABUKI, Yoshifumi KAJIKAWA, Takashi SUZUKI, Takashi YASUDA, Takashi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11009821Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyasu Yabuki, Yoshifumi Kajikawa, Takashi Suzuki, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu
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Patent number: 10913332Abstract: In a heat exchange unit, a shutter device is disposed on a vehicle front side with respect to a coolant heat exchanger to open and close a passage for traveling air directed toward the coolant heat exchanger. A blower is switchable between a first blowing state in which air flows from the vehicle front side to the vehicle rear side and a second blowing state in which air flows from the vehicle rear side to the vehicle front side. In a case where a switch that makes a vehicle travelable is in an on state, a control unit switches the blower to the second blowing state, while an open degree of the shutter device is set at a closing side from a maximum open degree of the shutter device when a temperature of the engine coolant is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature determination value.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Go Sato, Takashi Yasuda, Koichi Harada, Ken Muto, Masaaki Kawakubo, Nobukazu Kuribayashi, Hiroyuki Sakane