Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Mizuno

Tomohiro Mizuno 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: 9490532
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a cavity part 1 composed of a metal conductor having an opening closed in a bottom; a first excitation circuit 10 superposed and disposed on the upper surface of the cavity part 1, and including inside thereof a first power feeding probe 13 and a first transmission line 14 that feeds electric power to the first power feeding probe 13, and radiating a radio wave of a first polarized wave; and a second cavity part 30 and a third cavity part 50 superposed and disposed on the upper surface of the first excitation circuit 10, and composed of a metal conductor having open holes, and further includes, above the first excitation circuit 10, a matching element 45 composed of a conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Maruyama, Toru Takahashi, Akimichi Hirota, Tetsu Owada, Tomohiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20160315382
    Abstract: An antenna feed circuit includes: a first hybrid circuit having a reference phase second terminal and 90° lagging phase third terminal; second hybrid circuit having a first terminal connecting to first hybrid circuit second terminal, reference phase second terminal, and 90° lagging phase third terminal; a first polarization converter/second polarization converter pair outputting at second hybrid circuit second terminal phase; third polarization converter/fourth polarization converter pair outputting at second hybrid circuit third terminal phase; third hybrid circuit having a first terminal connecting to first hybrid circuit third terminal, reference phase second terminal, and 90° lagging phase third terminal; fifth polarization converter/sixth polarization converter pair outputting at third hybrid circuit third terminal phase; and seventh polarization converter/eighth polarization converter pair outputting at third hybrid circuit second terminal phase rotated by 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya KATASE, Shuji NUIMURA, Tomohiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20160006118
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a cavity part 1 composed of a metal conductor having an opening closed in a bottom; a first excitation circuit 10 superposed and disposed on the upper surface of the cavity part 1, and including inside thereof a first power feeding probe 13 and a first transmission line 14 that feeds electric power to the first power feeding probe 13, and radiating a radio wave of a first polarized wave; and a second cavity part 30 and a third cavity part 50 superposed and disposed on the upper surface of the first excitation circuit 10, and composed of a metal conductor having open holes, and further includes, above the first excitation circuit 10, a matching element 45 composed of a conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi MARUYAMA, Toru TAKAHASHI, Akimichi HIROTA, Tetsu OWADA, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20150355146
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection jig includes a base section with which a probe of the ultrasonic inspection apparatus is brought into contact; and a prominence section provided for the base section and inserted into an inspection object hole of an inspection object. The inspection object hole includes a countersunk section connected with a main surface of the inspection object and extending from the main surface while reducing a diameter; and a connection section connecting a bottom of the countersunk section and the rear surface of the inspection object. The prominence section has a conical shape corresponding to the shape of the countersunk section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi UEMATSU, Yoshiharu KUZE, Seiji KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 9144995
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus configured to form a plurality of dots on a recording medium by ejecting ink droplets includes: a recording head configured to eject the ink droplets of a plurality of colors including similar colors, which are colors of which densities or hues are equal to each other; a transporting unit configured to relatively move the recording head and the recording medium; a head driving circuit configured to perform a driving control of the recording head based on a control signal; and an image processing unit configured to convert an input image signal into a control signal to be supplied to the head driving circuit in a manner so that the dots of the similar colors are formed to be overlapped at a same position at a lower rate in a low density gradation range and at a higher rate in a high density gradation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9000861
    Abstract: A polarization coupler includes: connector waveguide that connects circular waveguide with quadrangular waveguide arranged in an axial direction of circular waveguide and having short side shorter than an inner diameter of circular waveguide; flat conductor wall formed over connector and circular waveguides, and dividing the inside of connector and circular waveguides arranged parallel to an extending direction of long side of quadrangular waveguide; first inclined surface formed on inner wall of connector waveguide at a position facing one surface of conductor wall, and inclined toward conductor wall as coming closer to quadrangular waveguide; second inclined surface formed on the inner wall of connector waveguide at a position facing the other surface of conductor wall, and inclined toward conductor wall as coming closer to quadrangular waveguide; and coupling hole, formed in circular waveguide, for extracting one polarization-divided by conductor wall out of electromagnetic waves propagated through circula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Ado, Shuji Nuimura, Tomohiro Mizuno, Hidenori Yukawa, Tetsu Owada, Takaaki Kimata
  • Publication number: 20140293620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light reflector having a superior blue light-cutting property and superior light reflecting ability. Since the light reflector of the present invention is characterized by containing a thermoplastic resin and light reflective particulates, and by the total amount of the metal elements calcium, potassium, and magnesium being 150 to 1,000 ?g/g, such has a superior blue light-cutting property; while controlling the reflection of light by absorbing light of the wavelength region of blue light, which is likely to have an adverse effect on human eyes, can effectively reflect visible light of other wavelength regions; and can reflect light so that light easy on the eyes is the reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Kengo Suzuki, Kouji Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140197908
    Abstract: A polarization coupler includes: connector waveguide that connects circular waveguide with quadrangular waveguide arranged in an axial direction of circular waveguide and having short side shorter than an inner diameter of circular waveguide; flat conductor wall formed over connector and circular waveguides, and dividing the inside of connector and circular waveguides arranged parallel to an extending direction of long side of quadrangular waveguide; first inclined surface formed on inner wall of connector waveguide at a position facing one surface of conductor wall, and inclined toward conductor wall as coming closer to quadrangular waveguide; second inclined surface formed on the inner wall of connector waveguide at a position facing the other surface of conductor wall, and inclined toward conductor wall as coming closer to quadrangular waveguide; and coupling hole, formed in circular waveguide, for extracting one polarization-divided by conductor wall out of electromagnetic waves propagated through circula
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Ado, Shuji Nuimura, Tomohiro Mizuno, Hidenori Yukawa, Tetsu Owada, Takaaki Kimata
  • Publication number: 20140055517
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus configured to form a plurality of dots on a recording medium by ejecting ink droplets includes: a recording head configured to eject the ink droplets of a plurality of colors including similar colors, which are colors of which densities or hues are equal to each other; a transporting unit configured to relatively move the recording head and the recording medium; a head driving circuit configured to perform a driving control of the recording head based on a control signal; and an image processing unit configured to convert an input image signal into a control signal to be supplied to the head driving circuit in a manner so that the dots of the similar colors are formed to be overlapped at a same position at a lower rate in a low density gradation range and at a higher rate in a high density gradation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Matasumoto
  • Patent number: 8659495
    Abstract: A wireless communication device whose impedance can be matched with an arbitrary load impedance and that can be broadened in operating frequency band even when choosing an input impedance of an IC chip freely is not possible. The wireless communication device includes: a first conductor; a second conductor disposed substantially parallel to the first conductor; a hole formed in the second conductor; a capacitive coupling mechanism disposed adjacent to the hole; and a communication circuit which has at least one of a radio wave transmitting function and a radio wave receiving function. The communication circuit is connected through the capacitive coupling mechanism to two sites on the second conductor that are near borders between the second conductor and the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yanagi, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Tomohiro Mizuno, Takuro Sasaki, Hirokatsu Okegawa
  • Publication number: 20130235108
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a registration shift amount setting device configured to relatively set, between inkjet heads corresponding to colors different to each other, a registration shift amount of recording positions in a nozzle row direction of the inkjet heads; an interpolated image generating device configured to generate, in accordance with the registration shift amount, image data of an interpolated image from, among original image data representing tone values of the respective colors, the original image data of one of the colors corresponding to the inkjet head for which the registration shift amount has been set; a halftone processing device configured to generate color-specific halftone images by performing halftone processing on the image data of the interpolated image and the original image data of the other colors; and an ejection control device configured to control ejection operations of the inkjet heads in accordance with the color-specific halftone images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro MIZUNO, Osamu SHIMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8508429
    Abstract: A radio communication device is obtained which is provided with an RFID tag function which can ensure the mounting area of each antenna as large as possible, and which is sharable with an LF band RFID system or an HF band RFID system and a UHF band RFID system, while having a communication range equivalent to the communication range of each of an LF band an HF band and a UHF band. The device is provided with an integrated circuit (4) having a communication function in a first frequency band, a conductive object (3) connected to one of input and output terminals of the integrated circuit (4), an integrated circuit (5) having a communication function in a second frequency band, and a second conductive object connected between input and output terminals of the integrated circuit (5). The second conductive object is composed of a spiral conductive object (2). The other of the input output terminals of the integrated circuit (4) is connected to a part of the spirally wound conductive object (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishioka, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Tomohiro Mizuno, Takuro Sasaki, Hirokatsu Okegawa
  • Patent number: 8305436
    Abstract: A separation filter selection device provided with an image input unit, a memory unit, a setting unit, an evaluation unit and a separation filter selection unit is disclosed. The image input unit inputs a captured image capturing a tire surface including a characteristic portion thereof. The memory unit stores plural filters for performing image processing of the captured image, stores a training image in which the characteristic portion is separated from the captured image, and a weighted image in which a weighting is set to a predetermined region of the captured image. The setting unit combines two or more filters out of the plural filters and sets a separation filter. The evaluation unit derives an evaluation value of the separation filter on the basis of an image in which a differential between the processed image that has been processed by each of the filters of the separation filter, and the training image, and to which a weighting based on the weighted image is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fujisawa, Tomohiro Mizuno, Akinobu Mizutani, Akira Togii, Hirotaka Iino
  • Publication number: 20120050130
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication device capable of communicating a signal in a first frequency band and a signal in a second frequency band, which is lower in frequency than the first frequency band, including: a plate-like object; a first integrated circuit which has a function of communicating in the first frequency band; a first conductive object which is connected to one of two input/output terminals of the first integrated circuit; a conductive object group constituted of a plurality of second conductive objects at least one of which is connected to another of the two input/output terminals of the first integrated circuit; a second integrated circuit which has a function of communicating in the second frequency band; and a coiled conductive object of which a winding start side is connected to one of two input/output terminals of the second integrated circuit and a winding end side is connected to another of the two input/output terminals of the second integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishioka, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Tomohiro Mizuno, Takuro Sasaki, Hirokatsu Okegawa
  • Publication number: 20110175790
    Abstract: A wireless communication device whose impedance can be matched with an arbitrary load impedance and that can be broadened in operating frequency band even when choosing an input impedance of an IC chip freely is not possible. The wireless communication device includes: a first conductor; a second conductor disposed substantially parallel to the first conductor; a hole formed in the second conductor; a capacitive coupling mechanism disposed adjacent to the hole; and a communication circuit which has at least one of a radio wave transmitting function and a radio wave receiving function. The communication circuit is connected through the capacitive coupling mechanism to two sites on the second conductor that are near borders between the second conductor and the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Takashi Yanagi, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Tomohiro Mizuno, Takuro Sasaki, Hirokatsu Okegawa
  • Publication number: 20110084888
    Abstract: A radio communication device is obtained which is provided with an RFID tag function which can ensure the mounting area of each antenna as large as possible, and which is sharable with an LF band RFID system or an HF band RFID system and a UHF band RFID system, while having a communication range equivalent to the communication range of each of an LF band an HF band and a UHF band. The device is provided with an integrated circuit (4) having a communication function in a first frequency band, a conductive object (3) connected to one of input and output terminals of the integrated circuit (4), an integrated circuit (5) having a communication function in a second frequency band, and a second conductive object connected between input and output terminals of the integrated circuit (5). The second conductive object is composed of a spiral conductive object (2). The other of the input output terminals of the integrated circuit (4) is connected to a part of the spirally wound conductive object (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishioka, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Tomohiro Mizuno, Takuro Sasaki, Hirokatsu Okegawa
  • Patent number: 7894048
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical sheet that excels in a light convergence function or a light diffusion function, has excellent brightness increase ratio in the desired angular direction, in particular the front surface direction, and greatly inhibits the side lobe, and a method for manufacturing such an optical sheet with good efficiency and high accuracy. The optical sheet has a substrate that has a first surface having formed thereon a peak-valley portion that converges and scatters light and an optical adjustment portion that differs in an optical property from the substrate. A plurality of the optical adjustment portions are formed at least in part of a non-passage portion for the light in the substrate in the case where a parallel beam falls from the first surface in a direction normal to a surface located opposite the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Fujimoto, Junichi Fujimori, Tomohiro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7812769
    Abstract: There are provided a plurality of connection auxiliary means 12 electrically connected to an end portion of a central conductor 8 of a coaxial track 5 on a side of a patch conductor 3, and radiately extending toward an edge portion of a penetrating hole 7 on a side of the patch conductor 3. The plurality of connection auxiliary means 12 are fitted to or electrically connected to the edge portion of the penetrating hole 7 with an electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Hirokazu Sano, Norihisa Osumi, Rikako Mine
  • Publication number: 20100117919
    Abstract: There are provided a plurality of connection auxiliary means 12 electrically connected to an end portion of a central conductor 8 of a coaxial track 5 on a side of a patch conductor 3, and radiately extending toward an edge portion of a penetrating hole 7 on a side of the patch conductor 3. The plurality of connection auxiliary means 12 are fitted to or electrically connected to the edge portion of the penetrating hole 7 with an electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi ELectric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Hirokazu Sano, Norihisa Osumi, Rikako Mine
  • Publication number: 20100026799
    Abstract: A separation filter selection device provided with an image input unit, a memory unit, a setting unit, an evaluation unit and a separation filter selection unit is disclosed. The image input unit inputs a captured image capturing a tire surface including a characteristic portion thereof. The memory unit stores plural filters for performing image processing of the captured image, stores a training image in which the characteristic portion is separated from the captured image, and a weighted image in which a weighting is set to a predetermined region of the captured image. The setting unit combines two or more filters out of the plural filters and sets a separation filter. The evaluation unit derives an evaluation value of the separation filter on the basis of an image in which a differential between the processed image that has been processed by each of the filters of the separation filter, and the training image, and to which a weighting based on the weighted image is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fujisawa, Tomohiro Mizuno, Akinobu Mizutani, Akira Togii, Hirotaka Iino