Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Kawano

Tomoyuki Kawano 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: 20230268863
    Abstract: A motor control device according to the present disclosure is a motor control device configured to control voltage signals of a plurality of phases, the voltage signals being applied to an alternating-current motor, the motor control device including: a differential-value calculation unit configured to calculate the time differential value of a virtual line connecting peak values of each of phase voltage signals that are the voltage signals of the respective phases, the voltage signals being input to the alternating-current motor; a wavelength calculation unit configured to calculate the wavelength of each phase voltage signal input to the alternating-current motor from the time differential value; and a switching-signal generation unit configured to generate, based on the calculated wavelength, a signal that switches the phase of the alternating-current motor to which alternating-current voltage is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke ITO, Tomoyuki KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10095153
    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting a beam in accordance with image information; a controller substrate for controlling the light source; a deflector for scanningly deflecting the beam; an optical device for directing the deflected beam onto a member-to-be-scanned; a casing supporting the substrate, the deflector and the optical device, wherein the substrate is provided with a projected portion projecting relative to the casing; and a connector for removably connecting a cable for supplying a signal to the light source, the connector being provided on a side of the projected portion where the controller substrate is supported by the casing. The cable is insertable and removable relative to the connector in a direction parallel with a surface of the projected portion provided with the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Junya Azami
  • Patent number: 9977237
    Abstract: An optical scanner includes a polygonal mirror; a mirror for reflecting the beam from the polygonal mirror; an optical box having a cap and containing the mirror; a first mirror regulating portion in a direction of a normal line of the mirror, the first regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the reflecting surface and a back surface as is closer to the cap; and a second mirror regulating portion in a beam sub-scanning direction, the second regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the mirror as is closer to the cap; wherein the mirror has a plurality of apex lines, and the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion are disposed at positions which are remoter from the cap than the apex line that is closest to the cap, with respect to a direction perpendicular to a main scan direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ohta, Akihiro Fukutomi, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Patent number: 9798138
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a deflector for deflecting a light beam to optically scan a scanned region on a scanned surface in a main scanning direction, and an imaging optical system for guiding the light beam deflected by the deflector, to the scanned surface. The imaging optical system includes an imaging optical element in which, in the main scanning direction, a distance to an optical axis from one effective end portion through which a light beam that enters one end portion of the scanned region passes is longer than a distance to the optical axis from another effective end portion through which a light beam that enters another end portion of the scanned region passes. In the imaging optical element, a thickness in an optical axis direction of the one effective end portion is thinner than a thickness in the optical axis direction of the other effective end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Genichiro Kudo, Akihiro Hibino, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Publication number: 20170299974
    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting a beam in accordance with image information; a controller substrate for controlling the light source; a deflector for scanningly deflecting the beam; a optical device for directing the deflected beam onto a member-to-be-scanned; a casing supporting the substrate, the deflector and the optical device, wherein the substrate is provided with a projected portion projecting relative to the casing; and a connector for removably connecting a cable for supplying a signal to the light source, the connector being provided on a side of the projected portion where the controller substrate is supported by the casing. The cable is insertable and removable relative to the connector in a direction parallel with a surface of the projected portion provided with the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Junya Azami
  • Publication number: 20170269219
    Abstract: To accurately monitor the status of an antenna even when characteristics of the antenna chronologically change, the antenna is replaced, and the like. This device 1 includes a GPS receiver 11, a GPS antenna 12, a modem 12 for transmitting location information of a vehicle that is received by the GPS receiver 11, an antenna current source 13 and a current/voltage conversion unit 14 that detect the status of the GPS antenna 12, a storage unit 16 that rewritably stores a threshold for the status of the GPS antenna 12, and a control unit 18 that determines the status of the GPS antenna 12 and rewrites the threshold stored in the storage unit 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo Matsushima, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Patent number: 9535246
    Abstract: Six first holes into which lead pins of a first semiconductor laser are inserted are arranged to form a parallelogram having line segments each connecting two first holes arranged in an X direction as first short sides, and line segments each connecting three first holes arranged in an intersecting direction intersecting with the X direction as first long sides. Six second holes into which lead pins of a second semiconductor laser are inserted are arranged to form a parallelogram having line segments each connecting two second holes arranged in the X direction as second short sides, and line segments each connecting three second holes arranged in the intersecting direction intersecting with the X direction as second long sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Mitsuhiro Obara, Junya Azami
  • Publication number: 20160313554
    Abstract: An optical scanner includes a polygonal mirror; a mirror for reflecting the beam from the polygonal mirror; an optical box having a cap and containing the mirror; a first mirror regulating portion in a direction of a normal line of the mirror, the first regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the reflecting surface and a back surface as is closer to the cap; and a second mirror regulating portion in a beam sub-scanning direction, the second regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the mirror as is closer to the cap; wherein the mirror has a plurality of apex lines, and the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion are disposed at positions which are remoter from the cap than the apex line that is closest to the cap, with respect to a direction perpendicular to a main scan direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ohta, Akihiro Fukutomi, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Patent number: 9411157
    Abstract: An optical scanner includes a polygonal mirror; a mirror for reflecting the beam from the polygonal mirror; an optical box having a cap and containing the mirror;a first mirror regulating portion in a direction of a normal line of the mirror, the first regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the reflecting surface and a back surface as is closer to the cap; and a second mirror regulating portion in a beam sub-scanning direction, the second regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the mirror as is closer to the cap; wherein the mirror has a plurality of apex lines, and the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion are disposed at positions which are remoter from the cap than the apex line that is closest to the cap, with respect to a direction perpendicular to a main scan direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ohta, Akihiro Fukutomi, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Publication number: 20160223812
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a deflector for deflecting a light beam to optically scan a scanned region on a scanned surface in a main scanning direction, and an imaging optical system for guiding the light beam deflected by the deflector, to the scanned surface. The imaging optical system includes an imaging optical element in which, in the main scanning direction, a distance to an optical axis from one effective end portion through which a light beam that enters one end portion of the scanned region passes is longer than a distance to the optical axis from another effective end portion through which a light beam that enters another end portion of the scanned region passes. In the imaging optical element, a thickness in an optical axis direction of the one effective end portion is thinner than a thickness in the optical axis direction of the other effective end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Genichiro Kudo, Akihiro Hibino, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Publication number: 20160018638
    Abstract: Six first holes into which lead pins of a first semiconductor laser are inserted are arranged to form a parallelogram having line segments each connecting two first holes arranged in an X direction as first short sides, and line segments each connecting three first holes arranged in an intersecting direction intersecting with the X direction as first long sides. Six second holes into which lead pins of a second semiconductor laser are inserted are arranged to form a parallelogram having line segments each connecting two second holes arranged in the X direction as second short sides, and line segments each connecting three second holes arranged in the intersecting direction intersecting with the X direction as second long sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Mitsuhiro Obara, Junya Azami
  • Publication number: 20140211288
    Abstract: An optical scanner includes a polygonal mirror; a mirror for reflecting the beam from the polygonal mirror; an optical box having a cap and containing the mirror;a first mirror regulating portion in a direction of a normal line of the mirror, the first regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the reflecting surface and a back surface as is closer to the cap; and a second mirror regulating portion in a beam sub-scanning direction, the second regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the mirror as is closer to the cap; wherein the mirror has a plurality of apex lines, and the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion are disposed at positions which are remoter from the cap than the apex line that is closest to the cap, with respect to a direction perpendicular to a main scan direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ohta, Akihiro Fukutomi, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Patent number: 8254004
    Abstract: An oscillating device includes an oscillator, an elastic supporting member for movably supporting the oscillator, a first supporting frame for supporting the elastic supporting member, and a second supporting frame extending along the elastic supporting member with a spacing maintained therebetween, the second supporting member extending from the first supporting frame, wherein the second supporting frame is provided in a cantilever shape relative to the first supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ushijima, Kaoru Noguchi, Takahisa Kato, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Publication number: 20100002277
    Abstract: An oscillating device includes an oscillator, an elastic supporting member for movably supporting the oscillator, a first supporting frame for supporting the elastic supporting member, and a second supporting frame extending along the elastic supporting member with a spacing maintained therebetween, the second supporting member extending from the first supporting frame, wherein the second supporting frame is provided in a cantilever shape relative to the first supporting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Ushijima, Kaoru Noguchi, Takahisa Kato, Tomoyuki Kawano
  • Publication number: 20070132200
    Abstract: A number of embodiments of moveable storage racks and/or partitions that can be installed in existing buildings without the necessity of installing guide rails for them. In addition, the movement may be controlled so that the partitions move either in a parallel fashion or they can be rotated through an arc. The partitions are supported on drive and guide belts that are mounted on the underside thereof and which eliminate the need for the guide rails and spread the weight of the partition over a greater area of the floor so as to permit use in buildings which were not originally designed for such systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Kunio Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Kawano, Ichiro Ikenega, Michihiko Higashinosono, Takuya Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kiyota, Kazuya Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 7226354
    Abstract: A cabinet wherein air sucked from an inlet opening 4d of a shelf board combined inlet duct 4 by drive of an air purification unit 3 is passed through the shelf board combined inlet duct 4 and introduced into the inside of a case 3a, and by a dust collection filter 32 and an odor eliminating means 33. Air forced into the shelf board combined outlet duct 5 through the air duct 10 is exhausted through an outlet opening 5d of the shelf board combined outlet duct 5, and air curtain is formed along the opening of the storage section 11 of a cabinet 1. Therefore, air in the storage section 11 of the cabinet 1 is circulated and purified, while getting caught in a circulating airflow including the air curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Kongo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Toshihiro Higashi, Hiroaki Koba, Ichiro Ikenaga, Kazuya Tokunaga, Satoru Yoshimitsu, Hitoshi Shibuya
  • Patent number: 7032762
    Abstract: The invention provides a relatively simple and inexpensive power-assisted movable rack system, movement of which is controlled by an operator. The movable rack system comprises a plurality of movable racks, each of which includes a plurality of wheels, a DC motor turning forward or backward and reciprocating the movable rack, a pair of direction switches provided at opposite positions in moving directions of the movable rack, and an actuating circuit rotating the DC motor in one direction during the operation of one of the direction switches and rotating the DC motor in an opposite direction during the operation of the other direction switch. The DC motor applies dynamic braking force, so that movable racks can be stopped with a short braking distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kongo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Kawano, Kazuya Tokunaga, Ichiro Ikenaga, Toshihiro Higashi
  • Publication number: 20050184018
    Abstract: The invention provides a relatively simple and inexpensive power-assisted movable rack system, movement of which is controlled by an operator. The movable rack system comprises a plurality of movable racks, each of which includes a plurality of wheels, a DC motor turning forward or backward and reciprocating the movable rack, a pair of direction switches provided at opposite positions in moving directions of the movable rack, and an actuating circuit rotating the DC motor in one direction during the operation of one of the direction switches and rotating the DC motor in an opposite direction during the operation of the other direction switch. The DC motor applies dynamic braking force, so that movable racks can be stopped with a short braking distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: KONGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Kawano, Kazuya Tokunaga, Ichiro Ikenaga, Toshihiro Higashi
  • Patent number: D507441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kongo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Toshihiro Higashi
  • Patent number: D509978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Kongo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawano, Toshihiro Higashi