Patents by Inventor Takehiro Chiba

Takehiro Chiba 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).

  • Publication number: 20240278718
    Abstract: A lost article prevention device includes a sensor, a communication device, and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect a state inside a vehicle cabin. The communication device is configured to receive alighting point information being information of an alighting point of a passenger. The controller is configured to determine whether or not a vehicle has arrived at the alighting point on a basis of the alighting point information, and determine whether or not a lost article of the passenger is present in the vehicle cabin on a basis of a detection result of the sensor. The controller releases a closed state of a door when the vehicle is determined to have arrived at the alighting point and the lost article is determined not to be present, and maintains the closed state of the door when the vehicle is determined to have arrived at the alighting point and the lost article is determined to be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota Ito, Kotaro Chiba, Takehiro Miyoshi, Tatsuomi Nakayama, Hideki Agata
  • Publication number: 20240238749
    Abstract: A microreactor which reduces workload of an operator without risk of contamination by foreign substances such as a temperature control liquid. The microreactor produces a product by mixing at least two types of raw material and includes plates which are stacked on each other. One of the plates includes an inlet (first and second raw material inlets) which allows the raw material to be introduced into the inlet, a product outlet which allows a solution containing the product to be discharged from the outlet, a temperature control liquid inlet which allows a heat medium for temperature control to be introduced into the inlet, and a temperature control liquid outlet which allows the heat medium to be discharged from the outlet. The inlet, the product outlet, the temperature control liquid inlet, and the temperature control liquid outlet are located on the same face of the one of the plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI PLANT SERVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukako ASANO, Masashi TAGAMI, Takehiro CHIBA
  • Patent number: 11186456
    Abstract: A conveying device includes a sensor to read a sheet to be conveyed, a first conveyor arranged on an upstream side from the sensor in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet, a second conveyor arranged on a downstream side from the sensor in the sheet conveying direction, and correcting circuitry to correct a distance of the sheet having an error detected when the sensor reads the sheet conveyed by the first conveyor and the second conveyor, to an actual distance. The correcting circuitry uses at least a first correction value correcting a distance read by the sensor when the first conveyor conveys the sheet and a second correction value correcting a distance read by the sensor when the second conveyor conveys the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishii, Takehiro Chiba, Yuji Karikusa
  • Publication number: 20190300310
    Abstract: A conveying device includes a sensor to read a sheet to be conveyed, a first conveyor arranged on an upstream side from the sensor in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet, a second conveyor arranged on a downstream side from the sensor in the sheet conveying direction, and correcting circuitry to correct a distance of the sheet having an error detected when the sensor reads the sheet conveyed by the first conveyor and the second conveyor, to an actual distance. The correcting circuitry uses at least a first correction value correcting a distance read by the sensor when the first conveyor conveys the sheet and a second correction value correcting a distance read by the sensor when the second conveyor conveys the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishii, Takehiro Chiba, Yuji Karikusa
  • Patent number: 10166786
    Abstract: A device includes a head to perform an operation on a conveyed object; a head moving device to move the head in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the conveyed object; a position detector to detect a position of the conveyed object in the width direction; a speed detector to detect a moving speed of the conveyed object in the width direction; a position predictor to obtain a predicted width position of the conveyed object after a predetermined period, based on a detected position of the conveyed object and a detected moving speed of the conveyed object; a speed calculator to calculate a travel speed of the head; and a head travel controller to control the head moving device to move the head at the calculated travel speed. With the calculated travel speed, the head arrives at the predicted width position after the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takehiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20170348969
    Abstract: A device includes a head to perform an operation on a conveyed object; a head moving device to move the head in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the conveyed object; a position detector to detect a position of the conveyed object in the width direction; a speed detector to detect a moving speed of the conveyed object in the width direction; a position predictor to obtain a predicted width position of the conveyed object after a predetermined period, based on a detected position of the conveyed object and a detected moving speed of the conveyed object; a speed calculator to calculate a travel speed of the head; and a head travel controller to control the head moving device to move the head at the calculated travel speed. With the calculated travel speed, the head arrives at the predicted width position after the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takehiro CHIBA
  • Patent number: 9832324
    Abstract: A mark detecting device includes: a belt on which a plurality of marks are provided along a moving direction of the belt; a light-emitting element configured to irradiate at least one of the marks with light; a light-receiving element configured to receive a reflected light reflected from at least one of the belt and the mark of the light irradiated from the light-emitting element and output a signal; and a light amount adjuster configured to compare a first value obtained from the signal output by the light-receiving element and a second value obtained from a signal output by the light-receiving element after the first value is obtained, and to perform light amount adjustment of the light-emitting element when a difference between the first value and the second value is a first threshold or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ishizaki, Takehiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20170126905
    Abstract: A mark detecting device includes: a belt on which a plurality of marks are provided along a moving direction of the belt; a light-emitting element configured to irradiate at least one of the marks with light; a light-receiving element configured to receive a reflected light reflected from at least one of the belt and the mark of the light irradiated from the light-emitting element and output a signal; and a light amount adjuster configured to compare a first value obtained from the signal output by the light-receiving element and a second value obtained from a signal output by the light-receiving element after the first value is obtained, and to perform light amount adjustment of the light-emitting element when a difference between the first value and the second value is a first threshold or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ishizaki, Takehiro Chiba