Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Kimura

Tomoaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20250029492
    Abstract: A transport facility includes a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a travel data obtainer, a connection data obtainer, a display, and a controller. The travel data obtainer obtains travel data including position information and time information in a manner associated with each other. The position information indicates a position of a transport vehicle. The connection data obtainer obtains connection data including connection destination information and the time information in a manner associated with each other. The connection destination information indicates a relationship between a vehicle communicator and a destination wireless transmitter-receiver to which the vehicle communicator is connected. The controller performs a display process of causing the display to display connection information based on the travel data and the connection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao, Tatsuki Ii, Tomoaki Nishikawa, Kouji Ueba, Kosuke Sakamoto, Kosuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 12170487
    Abstract: An insulating transformer includes a plurality of sub-insulating transformers connected in series. Polarity directions of all sub-windings are identical. When a current I flows from a first main terminal to a third main terminal through the first sub-winding, an interphase capacitance, and the second sub-winding, excitation inductance of the first sub-winding and excitation inductance of the second sub-winding are configured to have opposite polarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Itogawa, Kikuo Izumi, Takeshi Amimoto, Yu Kawai, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240242475
    Abstract: A liquid application apparatus sequentially moves to a plurality of regions to which a region to be applied with liquid is divided and discharges liquid on basis of an image pattern corresponding to each of the plurality of regions. The liquid application apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: calculate a deviation amount between a first region on which an image pattern is applied by the liquid application apparatus and a second region to which the liquid application apparatus moves from the first region; and correct an image pattern corresponding to the second region on basis of the deviation amount calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kimiharu YAMAZAKI, Takashi IKEDA, Yasunari KAWASHIMA, Tomoaki KIMURA, Hideo TANAKA, Yuta KASHIWAGI, Masayuki SUNAOSHI, Yorifumi TSUCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11881788
    Abstract: In a DC/DC converter, in first power transmission in which power is transmitted from a first DC power source to a second DC power source, on/off drive of a positive electrode-side switching element and a negative electrode-side switching element is stopped in a third bridge circuit on the power-receiving side. When a power transmission amount by the first power transmission is smaller than a first reference value, a control circuit lowers the switching frequency of the switching elements of a first bridge circuit and a second bridge circuit on the power-transmitting side and a fourth bridge circuit on the power-receiving side, compared with when the power transmission amount is equal to or greater than the first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Itogawa, Yu Kawai, Takeshi Amimoto, Yusuke Higaki, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11791712
    Abstract: A power conversion device converts a direct-current power on the DC side of the power conversion device to an alternating-current power by an inverter circuit having a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, and outputs the AC power from the AC side of the power conversion device. A current detector detects a reactor current output from the inverter circuit. As overcurrent detector detects overcurrent in a control mode in which the reactor current is caused to follow a reactor current command value, control circuit starts an overcurrent mode in which a time period where the reactor current monotonically decreases is provided. In the overcurrent mode, whether to switch the overcurrent mode to the normal control mode is determined based on the reactor current or in accordance with a timing corresponding to a zero-cross point of a voltage or current on the AC side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Amimoto, Kikuo Izumi, Tatsuya Okuda, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230304236
    Abstract: A liquid application apparatus sequentially moves to each of a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing a liquid application area and discharges liquid to connect images. The liquid application apparatus includes an imager and processing circuitry. The imager reads a reference position set in an area where end portions of the plurality of divided areas overlap with each other. The processing circuitry sets the reference position to a reference origin of image writing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yasunari KAWASHIMA, Kimiharu YAMAZAKI, Tomoaki KIMURA, Takashi IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230208304
    Abstract: An insulating transformer includes a plurality of sub-insulating transformers connected in series. Polarity directions of all sub-windings are identical. When a current I flows from a first main terminal to a third main terminal through the first sub-winding, an interphase capacitance, and the second sub-winding, excitation inductance of the first sub-winding and excitation inductance of the second sub-winding are configured to have opposite polarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ITOGAWA, Kikuo IZUMI, Takeshi AMIMOTO, Yu KAWAI, Tomoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220393606
    Abstract: In a DC/DC converter, in first power transmission in which power is transmitted from a first DC power source to a second DC power source, on/off drive of a positive electrode-side switching element and a negative electrode-side switching element is stopped in a third bridge circuit on the power-receiving side. When a power transmission amount by the first power transmission is smaller than a first reference value, a control circuit lowers the switching frequency of the switching elements of a first bridge circuit and a second bridge circuit on the power-transmitting side and a fourth bridge circuit on the power-receiving side, compared with when the power transmission amount is equal to or greater than the first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ITOGAWA, Yu KAWAI, Takeshi AMIMOTO, Yusuke HIGAKI, Tomoaki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11129539
    Abstract: A pulse measuring device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires plural pieces of time-series photographed image data obtained by photographing a living body; an image processor that generates plural pieces of transformed image data corresponding to the plural pieces of photographed image data by performing a multiple resolution analysis on each of the plural pieces of photographed image data a plurality of times, each of the plural pieces of photographed image data being decomposed into a high-resolution component and a low-resolution component on the multiple resolution analysis; and a pulse measuring unit that calculates a feature quantity indicating luminance of a predetermined area in each of the plural pieces of transformed image data, calculates a variation period of the feature quantity by analyzing time-series data of the feature quantity, and calculates a pulse of the living body based on the variation period of the feature quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromatsu Aoki, Masao Hiramoto, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 10942091
    Abstract: A control device of a dynamometer system is provided with: a driving force observer which estimates a generated driving force of a vehicle; an electrical inertia control unit which uses the driving force to generate a front wheel basic torque command signal and a rear wheel basic torque command signal; a synchronization control unit which generates a synchronization control torque command signal with respect to the basic torque command signal and the basic torque command signal in such a way as to eliminate a speed difference; and torque command signal generating units which use the synchronization control torque command signal to adjust the basic torque command signal and the basic torque command signal. The synchronization control unit is defined in such a way that the poles of a denominator polynomial of a transfer function from the driving force to the speed difference are all negative real numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20210010903
    Abstract: A control device of a dynamometer system is provided with: a driving force observer which estimates a generated driving force of a vehicle; an electrical inertia control unit which uses the driving force to generate a front wheel basic torque command signal and a rear wheel basic torque command signal; a synchronization control unit which generates a synchronization control torque command signal with respect to the basic torque command signal and the basic torque command signal in such a way as to eliminate a speed difference; and torque command signal generating units which use the synchronization control torque command signal to adjust the basic torque command signal and the basic torque command signal. The synchronization control unit is defined in such a way that the poles of a denominator polynomial of a transfer function from the driving force to the speed difference are all negative real numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Takao AKIYAMA, Tomoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210013796
    Abstract: A power conversion device converts a direct-current power on the DC side of the power conversion device to an alternating-current power by an inverter circuit having a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, and outputs the AC power from the AC side of the power conversion device. A current detector detects a reactor current output from the inverter circuit. As overcurrent detector detects overcurrent in a control mode in which the reactor current is caused to follow a reactor current command value, control circuit starts an overcurrent mode in which a time period where the reactor current monotonically decreases is provided. In the overcurrent mode, whether to switch the overcurrent mode to the normal control mode is determined based on the reactor current or in accordance with a timing corresponding to a zero-cross point of a voltage or current on the AC side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi AMIMOTO, Kikuo IZUMI, Tatsuya OKUDA, Tomoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170353546
    Abstract: An operating status display system includes: a configuration information storage storing information indicating a relationship between systems provided on cloud computing systems, business applications operating on the cloud computing systems to realize the systems, virtual servers, one server being used for the business applications, physical servers configuring the virtual servers, and facilities used for the physical servers; an operating information storage storing operating information indicating respective operating statuses of the business applications, the virtual servers, the physical servers, and the facilities; and an operating status display performing switching among system operating statuses indicating operating statuses of some of the systems, cloud computing system operating statuses indicating operating statuses of some of the cloud computing systems, and facility operating statuses indicating operating statuses of some of the facilities according to a user operation and displaying the switch
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki KIMURA, Satoru Isogai, Yusuke Okumura, Kenichiro Furuhashi, Mitsuo Fudetani
  • Publication number: 20170347898
    Abstract: A pulse measuring device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires plural pieces of time-series photographed image data obtained by photographing a living body; an image processor that generates plural pieces of transformed image data corresponding to the plural pieces of photographed image data by performing a multiple resolution analysis on each of the plural pieces of photographed image data a plurality of times, each of the plural pieces of photographed image data being decomposed into a high-resolution component and a low-resolution component on the multiple resolution analysis; and a pulse measuring unit that calculates a feature quantity indicating luminance of a predetermined area in each of the plural pieces of transformed image data, calculates a variation period of the feature quantity by analyzing time-series data of the feature quantity, and calculates a pulse of the living body based on the variation period of the feature quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromatsu AOKI, Masao HIRAMOTO, Tomoaki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9758925
    Abstract: To prepare a shaped product comprising a thermal adhesive fiber under moisture and having a fiber aggregate nonwoven structure. In the shaped product, the thermal adhesive fibers under moisture are melted to bond to fibers constituting the fiber aggregate nonwoven structure and the bonded fiber ratio is not more than 85%. The shaped product has an apparent density of 0.05 to 0.7 g/cm3, a maximum bending stress of not less than 0.05 MPa in at least one direction, and a bending stress of not less than ? of the maximum bending stress at 1.5 times as large as the bending deflection at the maximum bending stress. The moistenable-thermal adhesive fiber may be a sheath-core form conjugated fiber comprising a sheath part comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol-series copolymer and a core part comprising a polyester-series resin. Such a shaped product can be used for a building board or the like since the shaped product has a high bending stress although the product is light and has a low density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kimura, Yasuro Araida, Toru Ochiai, Sumito Kiyooka
  • Patent number: 9477919
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for generating a barcode with a human readable interpretation (HRI). The method includes receiving a data set comprising an application identifier and a data portion. The data set further includes a first special character before the application identifier and a second special character after the application identifier and before the data portion. The application identifier and data in the data portion have a one to one correspondence with an HRI. The method further includes generating a barcode encoding data set based on the data set, including stripping the first special character and the second special character from the data set; generating an HRI data set based on the data set; and generating the barcode with the HRI based on the barcode encoding data set and the HRI data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Teisuke Takei, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9200390
    Abstract: In a nonwoven fiber assembly which comprises a fiber comprising a thermal adhesive fiber under moisture and in which the fiber are entangled with each other, the fibers are bonded at contacting points of the fibers by melting the thermal adhesive fiber under moisture to distribute the bonded points approximately uniformly, thereby obtaining a buffer substrate. The buffer substrate may further comprises a conjugated fiber comprising a plurality of resins which are different in thermal shrinkage and form a phase separation structure, and the conjugated fibers may have an approximately uniform crimps having an average curvature radius of 20 to 200 ?m and are entangled with the fibers constituting the nonwoven fiber assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kimura, Toru Ochiai, Sumito Kiyooka, Satoshi Koizumi, Kazuhiro Muraki
  • Publication number: 20140263676
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for generating a barcode with a human readable interpretation (HRI). The method includes receiving a data set comprising an application identifier and a data portion. The data set further includes a first special character before the application identifier and a second special character after the application identifier and before the data portion. The application identifier and data in the data portion have a one to one correspondence with an HRI. The method further includes generating a barcode encoding data set based on the data set, including stripping the first special character and the second special character from the data set; generating an HRI data set based on the data set; and generating the barcode with the HRI based on the barcode encoding data set and the HRI data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Teisuke Takei, Tomoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: D1012925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dynabook Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: D1035646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DYNABOOK INC.
    Inventor: Tomoaki Kimura