Patents by Inventor Toru Ikeda

Toru Ikeda 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: 12124750
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a touch panel display configured to display an execution button provided to perform processing using a function of the image processing apparatus and realized in the form of a software key, and detect a user operation onto the execution button. The image processing apparatus includes an adjustment unit configured to adjust, in an instruction portion of a user, a time since the execution button is touched until the execution button is released therefrom according to a user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240347924
    Abstract: In a conventional antenna device, transmission radio waves transmitted from a transmitting antenna traveling directly to a receiving antenna are blocked by a shield wall disposed between the receiving antenna and the transmitting antenna. However, some of the transmission radio waves are diffracted at the edge of the shield wall and enter the receiving antenna as diffracted waves, affecting the reception of the reception radio waves. In view of this, the shield wall and a polarized wave converter unit are disposed between the transmitting antenna unit and the receiving antenna unit. As a result, vertically polarized wave components of the diffracted waves are converted by the polarized wave converter unit to circularly polarized wave components that are less affecting the reception of the reception radio waves in the receiving antenna, and the diffracted waves are prevented from affecting the receiving operation of the receiving antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Ikeda, Narihiro Nakamoto, Hiromasa Nakajima, Tomohiro Takahashi, Toru Fukasawa, Naoya Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20240313246
    Abstract: An assembling method for a fuel cell stack including stacking alternately a unitized electrode assembly having an electrolyte membrane and an electrode, and a separator in a predetermined region to form a cell stacked body. Each of the unitized electrode assembly and the separator is a stack element, and the stacking includes transporting the stack element above the predetermined region while sucking the stack element by a suction portion, descending the stack element while positioning the stack element along a guide member extending upward around the predetermined region, and releasing a suction by the suction portion when a lower surface of the stack element abuts on an upper surface of another stack element having been stacked in the predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Kunihiko Yanagisawa, Toru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240309016
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Mitsunori KONO, Yusuke SASAKI, Yuya OGURO, Zenichi IKEDA, Osamu KUBO, Masaki SETO, Toru YAMASHITA, Makoto KAMATA, Kenjiro SATO, Matthew Thomas REYNOLDS, Kazuaki TAKAMI, Asato KINA, Takafumi YUKAWA, Minoru NAKAMURA, Taku KAMEI, Hiroyuki KAKEI, Fumie YAMAGUCHI, Tomohiro OHASHI, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Takuto KOJIMA, Florian PÜNNER, Masataka MURAKAMI, Takahiko TANIGUCHI, Tatsuki KOIKE, Yuichi KAJITA, Yuhei MIYANOHANA, Kohei TAKEUCHI, Yoshiteru ITO, Norihito TOKUNAGA, Yasushi HATTORI, Eiji KIMURA, Martin Alexander PAWLICZEK, Marilena PIRA, Shuhei IKEDA, Noriyuki TEZUKA, Yoshikazu WATANABE, Kevin CURRAN, Nicolle DOERING, Maria HOPKINS, Ben JOHNSON, Andre KIRYANOV, Jon LAM, Sean MURPHY, Natasha O'ROURKE, Holly REICHARD, Paul TANIS, Yunlong ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12055735
    Abstract: A transparent substrate with an antiglare film, includes a transparent substrate having first and second main surfaces and an antiglare film formed on the first main surface. The antiglare film includes a low refractive index layer formed on the first main surface and a high refractive index layer formed in the low refractive index layer and having a refractive index different from that of the low refractive index layer. The low refractive index layer has nlow of 1.4 to 1.8. The high refractive index layer has nhigh at least 0.1 higher than the nlow. The high refractive index layer has an area ratio of its portion where a surface inclination to the first main surface is 0.5° or less of 15% or less. An average length RSm of elements of a roughness curve of an outermost surface on a first main surface side is 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Isshiki, Toru Ikeda, Yosuke Takeda, Takamichi Shimosaka, Takaaki Murakami
  • Patent number: 12015752
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, if an image forming apparatus receives a FAX data, the image forming apparatus posts a message to a chat service indicating that the FAX data has been received, and according to a setting of a forwarding destination of FAX data and scheduled forwarding time, the image forming apparatus posts a message indicating the scheduled forwarding time of the received FAX data. If the image forming apparatus receives an instruction related to forwarding the received FAX data (canceling, changing scheduled time, changing forwarding destination) via the chat service, the image forming apparatus performs processing related to the forwarding the received FAX data (canceling to forward processing, changing scheduled time processing, changing forwarding destination processing) based on the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20230317915
    Abstract: A joining device includes a first roller that rotates an attached first workpiece in the conveying direction to convey the first workpiece, and a second roller that rotates the attached second workpiece in the conveying direction to join the second workpiece to the conveyed first workpiece by heat. The second roller includes a main body drum, a plurality of protruding portions provided at intervals in the rotational direction of the main body drum, and a plurality of suction portions that is provided to each of the protruding portions and attaches a second workpiece onto end surfaces of the protruding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ayaka WAKASUGI, Daigo MUKASA, Toru IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230319212
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, if an image forming apparatus receives a FAX data, the image forming apparatus posts a message to a chat service indicating that the FAX data has been received, and according to a setting of a forwarding destination of FAX data and scheduled forwarding time, the image forming apparatus posts a message indicating the scheduled forwarding time of the received FAX data. If the image forming apparatus receives an instruction related to forwarding the received FAX data (canceling, changing scheduled time, changing forwarding destination) via the chat service, the image forming apparatus performs processing related to the forwarding the received FAX data (canceling to forward processing, changing scheduled time processing, changing forwarding destination processing) based on the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Toru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11772125
    Abstract: To provide an antiglare film-coated substrate that has an excellent antiglare property and reduced haze and through which cloudiness is not easily recognized visually on a black printed layer when the black printed layer is seen therethrough, for example, an antiglare film forming liquid composition for forming the antiglare film, and a method of producing an antiglare film-coated substrate. An antiglare film-coated substrate 1 includes a transparent substrate 2; and an antiglare film 3 provided on the transparent substrate 2, in which the antiglare film 3 contains silica as its main component and a CF3(CH2)n-group where n is an integer of 1 to 6, and the antiglare film 3 has surface roughness curve skewness Rsk of 1.3 or less and has arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.01 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Takeda, Takamichi Shimosaka, Toru Ikeda, Osamu Homma, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11772356
    Abstract: To provide a translucent structure having a low haze factor and low sparkle. The translucent structure has an uneven structure at the surface thereof, wherein the uneven structure includes first convex portions 5a, of which the diameters at a height of the bearing height+0.05 ?m of the surface shape (a), obtainable by measuring the uneven structure by a laser microscope, are at least 1 ?m, and in an image (c) in which a plurality of convex portions are scattered, obtained by filtering the surface shape (a) by image processing software to obtain a smoothing image (b), and subtracting XYZ data of the smoothing image (b) from XYZ data of the surface shape (a), said plurality of convex portions include second convex portions 5b, of which the diameters at a height of 0.01 ?m when the bearing height is deemed to be 0, are at least 0.4 ?m, the density of the second convex portions is from 0.023 to 7.210 units/?m2, and the proportion of the total area in cross-section at a height of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Takeda, Toru Ikeda, Makoto Fukawa
  • Publication number: 20230234797
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a peeling position where a protective film is peeled off a sheet, and a control unit that controls a roll device based on the information and moves the peeling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shinsuke CHOKYU, Toru IKEDA, Kazuki MATSUNAGA, Koya SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 11660849
    Abstract: A roll conveying unit of a joined body manufacturing apparatus includes a rotating unit and a suction unit. The outer peripheral surface of the rotating unit includes a contact suction portion that makes contact with a first back surface. The rotating unit rotates while bringing the contact suction portion into contact with the first back surface. The suction unit suctions the second layer from the contact suction portion through pores of the first layer, to thereby form a suctioned portion attracted to the contact suction portion under suction, in a laminated body of the first layer and the second layer. The peeling unit peels the coating film from the second back surface of the suctioned portion of the film-attached joined body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Matsunaga, Toru Ikeda, Nobuyoshi Muromoto, Shinsuke Chokyu
  • Patent number: 11658317
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inspection for erroneous assembly of a fuel cell stack which allows for determination of whether the fuel cell stack has been properly assembled without depending on the appearance of the fuel cell stack. The erroneous assembly inspection method inspects for erroneous assembly of a fuel cell stack that is produced by stacking power generation cells and dummy cells in proper power generation positions and proper dummy positions. The erroneous assembly inspection method measures a pressure difference in anode gas passages and cathode gas passages when gas is supplied at different pressures respectively to an anode gas inlet and a cathode gas inlet of the workpiece to determine whether or not the workpiece is in a third erroneous assembly state including a first abnormal cell in which a dummy MEA and a power generation separator are assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Toru Ikeda, Naohiro Kawakita, Keiichi Iio
  • Patent number: 11581552
    Abstract: A sheet attaching apparatus includes a gripping mechanism that grips one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of a first sheet that has been drawn out from a first supply roll; a moving mechanism that allows the first sheet to be attached to a second sheet by moving the gripping mechanism to cause the first sheet to approach and contact the second sheet that passes through an attaching portion provided in a feeding path; and a releasing mechanism that releases a grip of the gripping mechanism on the first sheet, after the first sheet has contacted the second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kawamura, Keiichi Shiraishi, Junichi Nakano, Toru Ikeda, Kunitoshi Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20220396062
    Abstract: A roll conveying unit of a joined body manufacturing apparatus includes a rotating unit and a suction unit. The outer peripheral surface of the rotating unit includes a contact suction portion that makes contact with a first back surface. The rotating unit rotates while bringing the contact suction portion into contact with the first back surface. The suction unit suctions the second layer from the contact suction portion through pores of the first layer, to thereby form a suctioned portion attracted to the contact suction portion under suction, in a laminated body of the first layer and the second layer. The peeling unit peels the coating film from the second back surface of the suctioned portion of the film-attached joined body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki MATSUNAGA, Toru IKEDA, Nobuyoshi MUROMOTO, Shinsuke CHOKYU
  • Patent number: 11467789
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a content to be displayed on a display unit of the image processing apparatus, a setting unit configured to make a setting as to whether to display, in accordance with a login to the image processing apparatus, the content registered by the registration unit, and a display control unit configured to control, in a case where the setting unit makes the setting to display, in accordance with the login to the image processing apparatus, the content registered by the registration unit, processing of displaying, on the display unit in accordance with a user login, the content registered by the registration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Ikeda, Seiya Omori
  • Publication number: 20220166891
    Abstract: An application control unit which determines whether a screen displayed on a display is a destination input screen for inputting a destination; and a soft numeric keypad control unit which controls display of a software numeric keypad displayed on the display are provided. When the screen displayed on the display is the destination input screen, the soft numeric keypad control unit causes the software numeric keypad to be displayed in an enlarged manner as compared with when the screen displayed on the display is not the destination input screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Toru Ikeda, Kanta Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11299420
    Abstract: A glass article including a first main surface, a second main surface, and an end face, in which: the glass article includes an antiglare layer on the first main surface side; the antiglare layer has a glass transition point Tg of equal to or less than a glass transition point Tg0 of the glass article at a center portion in a cross section along a thickness direction; and the first main surface has a protrusion diameter y (?m) that satisfies the relation (1) with respect to a 60° specular gloss (gloss value) x (%) of the first main surface, y>?0.0245x+3.65 (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Fukushi, Satoshi Kanasugi, Toru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220089026
    Abstract: A glass substrate includes a first major surface, a second major surface, an end surface, a first boundary surface, a second boundary surface, and a bent portion in which the first major surface is bent so as to be concave and the second major surface is bent so as to be convex. The bent portion includes a portion in which a distance D1 from the end surface to the first major surface in a tangential direction, extending from the end surface toward the first major surface, of the glass substrate is longer than a distance D2 from the end surface to the second major surface in a tangential direction, extending from the end surface toward the second major surface, of the glass substrate. A difference between the distance D1 and the distance D2 is 50 ?m or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takeaki ONO, Koki MORIYA, Toru IKEDA, Kensuke FUJII
  • Patent number: 11267750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a translucent structure having a surface unevenness shape which has: an area ratio of surface flat regions in which an angle formed with a flat surface is in a range of 0° to 0.5° of in a range of 0% to 5.8%; a projection density of in a range of 0.0001/?m2 to 0.05/?m2; a projection area ratio of in a range of 5.5% to 50%; a skewness Ssk which represents the degree of non-symmetry of in a range of ?0.5 to 1.1; a load area factor Smr1 at a boundary between a projected mountain portion and a core portion of in a range of 0% to 14.5%; and an arithmetic average surface roughness Sa of in a range of 0.06 ?m to 0.143 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Masanobu Isshiki, Toru Ikeda, Takaaki Murakami, Yosuke Takeda, Minoru Tamada