Patents by Inventor Toru Kikuchi

Toru Kikuchi 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: 20170301092
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more processors; a receiving unit configured to receive a divide instruction for dividing first medical information corresponding to a first display image representing a target region to extract a part of details of the first medical information if the first medical information and the first display image are displayed in association with each other on a display unit; and a display processing unit configured to, if the divide instruction has been received, display the part of details on the display unit newly as second medical information that is different from the first medical information and to display a second display image representing a target region corresponding to the part of details in association with the second medical information on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20170300630
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more processors, an acceptance unit configured to accept a specification of one piece of medical information in a set of a plurality of pieces of medical information being displayed on a display unit, a selection unit configured to select reference medical information from the set of medical information based on an associatin between a type of the specified medical information and a type of medical information which belongs to the set of medical information and which is different from the specified medical information, and a change unit configured to change an appearance of the reference medical information to an appearance different from an appearance of medical information other than the reference medical information in the set of the plurality of pieces of medical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro YAKAMI, Yutaka EMOTO, Hiroyuki SEKIGUCHI, Toru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170250593
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a maintenance method includes providing the electric generator with leg plates for placing the electric generator on a floor face of a foundation pedestal, forming a bottom portion of the electric generator to have a bottom plane capable of supporting a weight of the electric generator, and forming a gap between the bottom plane of the electric generator and an opposing floor face of the foundation pedestal; and providing the carrier device in the gap, and lifting up and horizontally moving the electric generator by the carrier device, and thereafter doing maintenance of the electric generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kento ARAI, Hideyuki NAKAMURA, Kiyoshi MIYAIKE, Yuichiro GUNJI, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Toru KIKUCHI, Kazuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20170235261
    Abstract: A control unit is configured to control torque of a fixing motor and torque of a pressing motor such that tangential force at a part holding paper in cooperation with a fixing member in a pressing member is equal to or greater than tangential force at a part holding paper in cooperation with the pressing member in the fixing member, and that the relation between the tangential force at the part of the pressing member and the tangential force at the part of the fixing member changes in accordance with the smoothness of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki YOSHIE, Chiaki YAMADA, Toru KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 9581045
    Abstract: The turbine housing 1 is formed by sheet metal scroll members 5 and 7 butted opposite each other and welded together. A center core part 9 arranged in a central part of the scroll part 3 is integrally formed in one piece from a steel pipe member such as to include a housing portion 93 surrounding a turbine wheel 24, a bearing receiving portion 91 axially supporting the turbine wheel 24, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced supports 92 bridging a gap between the housing portion 93 and the bearing receiving portion 91.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satomi Nagae, Daigo Watanabe, Motoki Ebisu, Michio Kyoya, Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9556590
    Abstract: This invention includes a hydraulic pump (9), a working implement (107) having a lift cylinder (13) driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump (9), an operating device (104) for operating the working implement (107), a traveling motor (7) for driving wheels, and a main controller (100). When the lift cylinder (13) fails to operate despite an extending instruction being imparted to the lift cylinder (13) via the operating device (104), the main controller (100) reduces a limit value for an increase rate of a torque required in the traveling motor (7) to a value smaller than that applied when the lift cylinder (13) operates. With this configuration, occurrence of wheel slip during lifting of an object to be carried can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Satoru Kaneko, Noritaka Itou, Kazuo Ishida, Toshio Kotaka, Satoshi Sekino, Toru Kikuchi, Masaki Higurashi
  • Patent number: 9122923
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus stores a plurality of selection condition rows including a plurality of selection conditions used for selecting an image from a plurality of material images, selects at least one material image from the plurality of material images as a first material image, obtains a feature quantity of the first material image, selects a selection condition row which is stored in the storage unit and includes a selection condition including the obtained feature quantity, selects a second material image from the plurality of material images based on a selection condition row which has been selected, and generates an image based on the first and the second material images which have been selected and the selection condition row which has been selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiki Kondo, Toru Kikuchi, Masato Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150227098
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes: a first base material layer; a first elastic layer provided on the first base material layer; and a first surface releasing layer provided on the first elastic layer, in which an indentation depth (ISO14577-1) on the first surface releasing layer measured at a pushing load of 300 [N/m2] is 100 [?m] to 150 [?m], both inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Toru KIKUCHI, Masanori MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9038759
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a hybrid work vehicle which is simple in configuration, good in ease of mounting on a vehicle and capable of efficiently transmitting motive power. [Solution] The hybrid work vehicle includes: an engine (1); a hydraulic pump (4) which is driven by the engine; a work device (5) which is disposed at the front of the vehicle and performs work using the hydraulic pump as a drive source; a motor/generator (6) which generates electric power by use of the torque of the engine; and a travel drive device which causes the vehicle to travel by rotating and driving wheels by use of the electric power generated by the motor/generator. The hybrid work vehicle is steered while the vehicle bends by way of a center joint (15). The travel drive device includes: a plurality of electric motors (21 and 22); and a propeller shaft (8) which is linked with the plurality of electric motors and transmits motive power from the plurality of electric motors to the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Takashi Ikimi, Hidekazu Moriki, Noritaka Ito, Hiroaki Yanagimoto, Toru Kikuchi, Toshio Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20150139767
    Abstract: This invention includes a hydraulic pump (9), a working implement (107) having a lift cylinder (13) driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump (9), an operating device (104) for operating the working implement (107), a traveling motor (7) for driving wheels, and a main controller (100). When the lift cylinder (13) fails to operate despite an extending instruction being imparted to the lift cylinder (13) via the operating device (104), the main controller (100) reduces a limit value for an increase rate of a torque required in the traveling motor (7) to a value smaller than that applied when the lift cylinder (13) operates. With this configuration, occurrence of wheel slip during lifting of an object to be carried can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Satoru Kaneko, Noritaka Itou, Kazuo Ishida, Toshio Kotaka, Satoshi Sekino, Toru Kikuchi, Masaki Higurashi
  • Patent number: 8996992
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to return a file changed on an arbitrary application to the state before change and improve the convenience of a user in the restoring operation. This invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of executing an application, which includes a display image log recording unit that repeatedly captures a display image when the application is activated, a content log recording unit that stores a backup file before change every time the file loaded by the activated application is changed and saved, a log association unit that associates content log information with display image log information, a display image log selection unit that displays the captured display image, and an application activation unit that loads the backup file associated with the display image designated by a user and activates the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8934759
    Abstract: A video editing apparatus capable of generating edited video data includes a video data selection unit configured to select a plurality of pieces of video data based on a set selection condition, an estimation unit configured to estimate correlation between video frames of the plurality of pieces of the video data selected by the video data selection unit, a cut-point setting unit configured to set the video frames estimated with a predetermined high correlation by the estimation unit as a cut-point, if the plurality of pieces of the video data selected by the video data selection unit are connected, and a generation unit configured to connect the plurality of pieces of the video data selected by the video data selection unit based on the cut-point set by the cut-point setting unit, and generate the edited video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8924657
    Abstract: A data storage apparatus acquires rule information that is used by the external device when performing data access and that defines a relation between the type of access operation and a data read condition, and status information including information for specifying data currently displayed on the external device, and indicates a current display status of the external device. Then, the data storage apparatus determines data to be pre-read from a storage medium and stored in a temporary data storage unit based on the rule information and the status information, and reads the determined data from the storage medium, and stores the read data in a temporary data storage unit. In the case where a data access request is received from the external device, if the requested data is stored in the temporary data storage unit, the requested data is read from the temporary data storage unit, and is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8673705
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a method of producing a thin film transistor superior in productivity and capable of preventing variation in transistor characteristics among devices from occurring to improve carrier mobility, and a thin film transistor. [Solving Means] In a method of producing a thin-film transistor according to the present invention, a solid-state green laser is irradiated onto a channel portion of an amorphous silicon film using a source electrode film and a drain electrode film as masks, thereby improving mobility. Since the channel portion of the amorphous silicon film is crystallized by the irradiation of the solid-state green laser, laser oscillation characteristics can be more stable than in a conventional method that uses an excimer laser. Further, laser irradiation onto a large-size substrate at uniform output characteristics in plane becomes possible, with the result that a variation in crystallinity of channel portions among devices can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Taro Morimura, Toru Kikuchi, Masanori Hashimoto, Shin Asari, Kazuya Saito, Kyuzo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8656312
    Abstract: In a content display apparatus in which a plurality of contents are displayed according to the order of metadata added to each content, the plurality of contents are arranged hierarchically by metadata and a group of metadata, and an array of plurality of contents arranged hierarchically is formed. Icons representing contents are displayed on a display device according to the order of the array of plurality of contents formed, and when a command for scroll is made for the displayed icons, icons in the hierarchy level to which the icons belong are scroll displayed. The scroll speed for scroll displaying the icons is changed, and based on the changed scroll speed, the hierarchy level is changed so that icons in different hierarchy level are displayed and scrolled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Kagaya, Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8601026
    Abstract: Contents can be opened to a suitable group by a simple operation. A data management method allows a plurality of users to browse stored data. The method includes setting association of first data which is previously set to be opened and at least one second data. Third groups to which these second data is opened are determined based on first groups of the first data set to be opened and second groups to which a user setting the association belongs. Then, the second data are opened to a user who belongs to the third groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20130230251
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus stores a plurality of selection condition rows including a plurality of selection conditions used for selecting an image from a plurality of material images, selects at least one material image from the plurality of material images as a first material image, obtains a feature quantity of the first material image, selects a selection condition row which is stored in the storage unit and includes a selection condition including the obtained feature quantity, selects a second material image from the plurality of material images based on a selection condition row which has been selected, and generates an image based on the first and the second material images which have been selected and the selection condition row which has been selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Kondo, Toru Kikuchi, Masato Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8515254
    Abstract: A video editing apparatus comprises an input unit that inputs first video data and second video data; a subject size detection unit that detects a representative size of the subject in both the first video data and the second video data as a subject size; a subject size change amount calculation unit that calculates a subject size change amount; a playback speed correction amount setting unit that sets a correction amount for correcting a playback speed of the second video data in accordance with the subject size change amount; a playback speed correction unit that generates third video data by correcting the playback speed of the second video data in accordance with the correction amount; and a video data concatenation unit that concatenates the first video data and the third video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8497867
    Abstract: An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switching of a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content display on the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for content data of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determined switching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memory unit in accordance with the decided distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Fujiwara, Toru Kikuchi, Daiki Kondo
  • Patent number: D728662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kikuchi, Yuichi Ichikawa, Noriyasu Kotani