Patents by Inventor Tomonori Sato

Tomonori Sato 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: 20090292708
    Abstract: A data delivery apparatus comprising: an information acquiring unit for making a connection with an external equipment provided with a delivery destination folder for receiving data for delivery and for acquiring information on data receiving constrains imposed on said delivery destination folder (S110); a confirmation unit for confirming whether said data receiving constrains will be cleared for delivery of said data to said delivery destination folder (S112); and a display unit for displaying, in the case where said confirmation unit confirms that some of said data receiving constrains on said delivery destination folder will not be cleared, an error/warning message indicating that said some data receiving constrains will not be cleared (S113).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori SATO, Chiyoko Sawada
  • Publication number: 20090248203
    Abstract: In a numerical control apparatus, a rotation-axis filtering processor subjects an angle change amount between interpolation points between rotation angles of a rotation axis to moving average filtering thereby smoothing the angle change amount between the interpolation points. A translation-axis timing synchronization unit subjects a moving amount between interpolation points between tool-tip positions of a translation axis to moving average filtering, to synchronize timing of rotation of the rotation axis being smoothed and timing of movement of the translation axis. A coordinate transformation unit transforms the tool-tip position into coordinates of a machine position of the translation axis according to a configuration of the machine tool, from each tool-tip position after timing synchronization between axes of the translation axis is performed and from each rotation angle of the rotation axis after being filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Nakamura, Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20090238126
    Abstract: A communication system includes a mobile station and a base station. The mobile station calculates estimated TA information based on the position of the mobile station and an amount of propagation path delay. The mobile station determines, based on TA information transmitted from the base station and the estimated TA information, whether the TA information is addressed thereto. The mobile station determines whether to transmit “Message 3” to the base station depending on determination results, and transmits “Message 3” when the TA information is addressed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomonori SATO, Toshio Kawasaki, Takao Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7487005
    Abstract: A process planning apparatus extracts a region to be machined based on the difference of the shape data before and after machining of the workpiece, replaces the extracted region into combinations of the predetermined machining features, allocates a predetermined fixed cycle to each of the replaced machining features, and applies an assessment function relating to a machining time and a life of the end mill to each of the combinations of the machining features to which the fixed cycles are respectively allocated, thereby selecting a group of the fixed cycles which makes an assessment value obtained by the assessment function optimum as the optimal process. By these steps, it becomes possible to design the process for causing the NC machine employing end mills as a cutting tool to perform a predetermined machining of a workpiece without relying on the experience of the designer, and without necessitating complicated work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignees: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Yasda Precision Tools K.K., Yamazaki Mazak Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kakino, Atsushi Matsubara, Iwao Yamaji, Yoshifumi Fujita, Hidenori Saraie, Hisashi Otsubo, Yoshinori Yamaoka, Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20080207133
    Abstract: A receiver in a wireless communication system including a transmitter that multiplies a plurality of transmission signals with a plurality of beam weights to transmit the transmission signal through a plurality of antennas. Also included is a receiver that receives the transmission signals, detects a specific beam weight of which reception state is a specific state among a plurality of to-be-detected beam weights, and notifies the transmitter of the detection of the specific beam weight. The receiver preferably includes a monitoring unit that monitors a state of variation in the beam weight by performing a statistics process on history of previously-detected beam weights. Also included is a control unit that controls the number of the-to-be-detected beam weights or a detection timing of the specific beam weight according to a monitoring result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Masafumi Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20080171483
    Abstract: An inexpensive fluorescent object is provided which may be used, for example, as a test object for color adjustment of a fluorescent endoscope system. The fluorescent object generates fluorescence while minimizing the generation of ‘noise’ at undesired wavelengths, and is made using a plastic that substantially does not deteriorate upon exposure to U.V. and visible radiation. A method of producing the fluorescent object is disclosed, namely, a plastic powder (such as PTFE) and an inorganic fluorescent powder (such as Mn-doped ZnS) are blended so as to form a mixture of these components, and the mixture is then molded by applying pressure to the mixture. An important feature of the invention is that heat is not added during any phase in the production of the fluorescent object, thereby preventing the inorganic fluorescent powder from being denatured when producing the fluorescent object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Takeshi Suga, Tomonori Sato, Nobuyuki Suda, Yukichi Hanayama
  • Publication number: 20080168542
    Abstract: A control terminal including: an interface section to load a portable memory device; an authentication information issue section which issues authentic information; an authentic information registration section which registers the authentic information in a storage section; and an authentication processing section which controls to determine whether the authentication information registered in the storage section is stored in the portable memory device loaded in the interface section, and in a case where the authentication information is stored in the portable memory device, controls to permit a login as a registered user, while in a case where the authentication information is not stored in the portable memory device, controls to permit a login as a guest user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20080118290
    Abstract: A developer transporting apparatus includes: a drop path; a developer transporting path; a developer transporting member; and an aggregation preventing member including: a contact portion that is in contact with the developer transporting member, and that moves in conjunction with the rotation of the developer transporting member; and a developer scrub-off portion that is disposed between an inner wall surface of the developer transporting path and the developer transporting member, and that moves along the inner wall surface in conjunction with the movement of the contact portion, at least part of the aggregation preventing member being disposed at a connecting portion between the drop path and the developer transporting path to prevent the aggregation of the developer to the inner wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Tomonori Sato
  • Patent number: 7340248
    Abstract: In a calibration apparatus, which calibrates the phases of main signals input to each of the antenna elements of an array antenna, a calibration signal generation portion generates calibration signals, which are combined with main signals. An RF switch alternately inputs to a wireless receiving portion the signals radiated from other antenna elements via a first antenna element, and the signals radiated from other antenna elements via a second antenna element, and causes demodulation. The calibration detection portion detects calibration signals from the demodulated signals, and the weight generation portion uses the detected calibration signals to calculate calibration weights, which are set in the phase shifter, to control the phases of main signals for input to each antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Kawasaki, Chiyoshi Akiyama, Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20070180366
    Abstract: A recording medium for storing a print document registration program executed by a computer as a user terminal, the print document registration program allowing the computer to function as: a selection unit for allowing a user to select a desired mail message from a displayed list of mail messages in a mail folder used by an electronic mail client program; a conversion unit for converting the mail message selected by the user into a file of which a form does not depend on the electronic mail client program; and a transmission unit for transmitting the converted mail message to a printing management server as an external device of the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Tomonori Sato
  • Patent number: 7248216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a calibration apparatus for an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. The calibration apparatus comprises a conversion unit detecting a calibration signal from an output of a transmission unit to convert the detected calibration signal into a predetermined reception radio frequency and outputting the converted calibration signal together with a reception main signal to a reception unit, a detecting unit detecting the calibration signal from an output of the reception unit for each of the antenna elements to obtain a relative phase difference between the calibration signals, and a phase correcting unit correcting a phase difference with respect to one of or both a transmission main signal and a reception main signal based on the obtained relative phase difference. This configuration can eliminate the need for a radio transmitter-receiver dedicated to a calibration signal, thus facilitating the calibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Chiyoshi Akiyama, Toshio Kawasaki, Tomonori Sato
  • Patent number: 7194329
    Abstract: An NC apparatus controls a position of a tool by driving a plurality of shafts with a plurality of servomotors. The shafts includes at least one clamp shaft that can be mechanically clamped or non-clamped. A clamp determining unit determines whether a state of the clamp shaft and outputs a signal based on the state. A correcting unit corrects a position instruction value or a position detection value of at least one shaft other than the clamp shaft based on the signal and a correction value so as to cancel an error in a position of the tool due to movement of the tool performed by the clamp shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Eiji Hayashi, Yuji Mizukami, Toshiyuki Muraki, Akira Iseki
  • Publication number: 20070054623
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication device improving a communication quality by properly determining a beam transmitting direction. The wireless communication device has antennas receiving signals transmitted from a terminal respectively through a plurality of paths, a detection unit detecting each of a received timing, arrival angle information and received signal power information of each of the received signals, a delay information calculation unit obtaining delay information from the fastest received timing among the detected received timings or a start timing for a path search with respect to each of the received signals, a weighted coefficient calculation unit calculating a weighted coefficient with respect to each of the received signals based on the obtained delay information, and a determining unit determining a direction of the signal transmitted toward the terminal by using arrival angle information and the weighted coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventor: Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20060279459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a calibration apparatus for an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. The calibration apparatus comprises a conversion unit detecting a calibration signal from an output of a transmission unit to convert the detected calibration signal into a predetermined reception radio frequency and outputting the converted calibration signal together with a reception main signal to a reception unit, a detecting unit detecting the calibration signal from an output of the reception unit for each of the antenna elements to obtain a relative phase difference between the calibration signals, and a phase correcting unit correcting a phase difference with respect to one of or both a transmission main signal and a reception main signal based on the obtained relative phase difference. This configuration can eliminate the need for a radio transmitter-receiver dedicated to a calibration signal, thus facilitating the calibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Chiyoshi Akiyama, Toshio Kawasaki, Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20060277219
    Abstract: Disclosed is a document management device that extracts attached information set up on at least one file of a plurality of files, and uniformly applies the extracted attached information to the plurality of files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20060234694
    Abstract: In a calibration apparatus, which calibrates the phases of main signals input to each of the antenna elements of an array antenna, a calibration signal generation portion generates calibration signals, which are combined with main signals. An RF switch alternately inputs to a wireless receiving portion the signals radiated from other antenna elements via a first antenna element, and the signals radiated from other antenna elements via a second antenna element, and causes demodulation. The calibration detection portion detects calibration signals from the demodulated signals, and the weight generation portion uses the detected calibration signals to calculate calibration weights, which are set in the phase shifter, to control the phases of main signals for input to each antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Toshio Kawasaki, Chiyoshi Akiyama, Tomonori Sato
  • Publication number: 20060135236
    Abstract: Travel historical data corresponding with each course are pre-prepared in accordance with the course type of the branch-point transition at the branching point. The course selected by the operator is discriminated in real time in the area of the branching point, either set of travel historical data is read, and the travel historical data is made to continue on from the previous travel historical data, whereby the ghost car image is displayed. Therefore, the ghost car image can always be made to travel together with the player moving body in accordance with the course arbitrarily selected by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Daichi Katagiri, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Makoto Sato
  • Publication number: 20060136088
    Abstract: An NC apparatus controls a position of a tool by driving a plurality of shafts with a plurality of servomotors. The shafts includes at least one clamp shaft that can be mechanically clamped or non-clamped. A clamp determining unit determines whether a state of the clamp shaft and outputs a signal based on the state. A correcting unit corrects a position instruction value or a position detection value of at least one shaft other than the clamp shaft based on the signal and a correction value so as to cancel an error in a position of the tool due to movement of the tool performed by the clamp shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Eiji Hayashi, Yuji Mizukami, Toshiyuki Muraki, Akira Iseki
  • Publication number: 20060089746
    Abstract: A process planning apparatus extracts a region to be machined based on the difference of the shape data before and after machining of the workpiece, replaces the extracted region into combinations of the predetermined machining features, allocates a predetermined fixed cycle to each of the replaced machining features, and applies an assessment function relating to a machining time and a life of the end mill to each of the combinations of the machining features to which the fixed cycles are respectively allocated, thereby selecting a group of the fixed cycles which makes an assessment value obtained by the assessment function optimum as the optimal process. By these steps, it becomes possible to design the process for causing the NC machine employing end mills as a cutting tool to perform a predetermined machining of a workpiece without relying on the experience of the designer, and without necessitating complicated work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicants: Yoshiaki KAKINO, Kyoto University, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Yasda Precision Tools K.K., Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kakino, Atsushi Matsubara, Iwao Yamaji, Yoshifumi Fujita, Hidenori Saraie, Hisashi Otsubo, Yoshinori Yamaoka, Tomonori Sato
  • Patent number: 6943522
    Abstract: A servo controller includes a mechanical characteristic compensation unit for attenuating components having predetermined frequencies and corresponding to characteristics of a machine, which are included in a position instruction signal corrected by a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, and computing feed-forward signals respectively associated with position, speed, and torque of the machine, and a feedback compensation unit for driving the machine according to the feed-forward signals. Therefore, the servo controller can reduce vibrations that originate from the characteristics of the machine. In addition, because the FIR filter can easily make the response path with respect to a symmetrical instructed path, become symmetrical, when the machine is made to travel between two positions along the same path, the two response paths of the round trip match each other, so machined surfaces having no irregularities can be provided when performing reciprocating machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kotaro Nagaoka, Tomonori Sato, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Teiji Takahashi