Patents by Inventor Toru Saito

Toru Saito 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: 20070233343
    Abstract: A lane keeping assistance equipment is provided, for traveling while accurately following a lane marking, without any accompanying temporary stoppages or causing discomfort to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru SAITO, Shinya KUDO, Hajime OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20070233386
    Abstract: A traffic lane deviation preventing system includes traffic line detecting unit for detecting traffic line positions on a road, control unit for determining a possibility of its vehicle's deviation from a traffic line based on the traffic line positions detected by the traffic line detecting unit, setting a travel target point to which the vehicle is to travel if it is determined that there is a possibility of the traffic line deviation. The control unit moves the travel target point toward the center of a traffic lane according to the passage of the control operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Toru Saito, Shinya Kudo, Hajime Oyama
  • Patent number: 7240757
    Abstract: A self propelled industrial machine includes a self propelled vehicle body, a transmission installed in the self propelled vehicle body, an operator presence detection switch and a control unit. The operator presence detection switch is provided to generate an operator presence or absence signal relating to an operator on a seat arranged on the self propelled vehicle body. The control unit is provided to set the transmission to a neutral state in response to the operator absence signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Ueda, Yoshihide Iwamoto, Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20070051274
    Abstract: A hydrophilic treatment composition containing a surfactant having a branched chain, a silicate compound expressed by the following general formula (1), at least one moiety selected from silane coupling agents expressed by the following general formulae (2) and (3), an organic solvent, a catalyst and water. (wherein, in formula (1), R1 may be identical or different, and respectively are a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms, and m is an integer from 1-40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicants: NICCA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Saito, Hirofumi Tochikawa, Masahiro Makimo, Hideaki Tojo
  • Patent number: 7177579
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus has a flexible rotatable member, a slidable member contacting an internal surface of the flexible rotatable member, a holder for holding the slidable member, and a pressure roller for applying a pressure to the flexible rotatable member thereby forming a nip portion with the slidable member. A holding surface of the holder includes a first holding area of a crowned shape, and a second holding area of a crowned shape, which is provided at a downstream side of the first holding area in a moving direction of the flexible rotatable member, and the second holding area has a crown amount larger than a crown amount of the first holding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Uchida, Toru Saito, Atsutoshi Ando, Tomoo Akizuki
  • Publication number: 20060258531
    Abstract: A heavy oil is hydrorefined using a hydrorefining catalyst. A spent hydrorefining catalyst whose activity has decreased is heat treated (S1) and pulverized to obtained a regenerated powder (S2). This regenerated powder is fractionated according to its metal content (S3), formed (S6), dried (S7), and calcined (S7) to manufacture a regenerated catalyst whose volume of pores with a diameter of 50 to 2000 nm is at least 0.2 ml/g, and whose volume of pores with a diameter over 2000 nm is no more than 0.1 mL/g. Using this regenerated catalyst, a heavy oil containing at least 45 wt ppm vanadium and nickel as combined metal elements is hydrodemetalized, and the vanadium and nickel are recovered from the used regenerated catalyst (SS1). Through hydrorefining, the metal components are recovered more efficiently, and the spent catalyst can be reused to manufacture a regenerated catalyst that exhibits high reaction activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroki Koyama, Toru Saito, Yoshiki Iwata, Chikanori Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20060239509
    Abstract: A road line recognition apparatus, including: an imaging section imaging a progress path of a own vehicle including a road to output a couple of images; an image processing section calculating a distance in a real space in a set region of at least an image on one side based on the imaged couple of images; and a detection section detecting a road line; wherein the detection section includes: a road line candidate point detection and conversion processing unit detecting a pixel on a road surface as a road line candidate point based on luminance and the distance with regard to the image on one side, and performing Hough conversion of the road line candidate point; a road line straight line detection processing unit detecting one straight line proper to the road line on each of a right side and a left side of the own vehicle based on at least a position or a behavior of the own vehicle between straight lines obtained by the Hough conversion; and a road line detection processing unit detecting the road line of a s
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventor: Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20060083529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fixing apparatus which includes a first rotatable member having an endless configuration, a second rotatable member in pressure contact with the first rotatable member which causes a recording material bearing an image to be nipped and conveyed at a pressure contact portion between the first and second rotatable members, a temperature raising unit for raising temperature of a local portion of the first rotatable member by reception of electric power supply, a temperature detecting unit for detecting temperature of a location different from the pressure contact portion with respect to a rotational direction of the first rotatable member, a first control unit for feedback-controlling electric power to be supplied to the temperature raising unit based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit, a setting unit for variably setting a set value corresponding to electric power to be supplied to the temperature raising unit, based on a temperature rise speed detected by the temperatu
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoo Akizuki, Masao Umezawa, Toru Saito, Toshikazu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 7013097
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fixing apparatus which includes a first rotatable member having an endless configuration, a second rotatable member in pressure contact with the first rotatable member which causes a recording material bearing an image to be nipped and conveyed at a pressure contact portion between the first and second rotatable members, a temperature raising unit for raising temperature of a local portion of the first rotatable member by reception of electric power supply, a temperature detecting unit for detecting temperature of a location different from the pressure contact portion with respect to a rotational direction of the first rotatable member, a first control unit for feedback-controlling electric power to be supplied to the temperature raising unit based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit, a setting unit for variably setting a set value corresponding to electric power to be supplied to the temperature raising unit, based on a temperature rise speed detected by the temperatu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoo Akizuki, Masao Umezawa, Toru Saito, Toshikazu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20050244346
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oral composition comprising crystalline cellulose, and one or more surface active agents selected from the group consisting of alkyl glycoside, polyglycerin fatty acid ester, sucrose fatty acid ester and betaine, which has an excellent shape-holding ability and dispersibility in an oral cavity, does not change a taste of juice after teeth brushing, in addition, has excellent stability with time not causing solid-liquid separation. Moreover, the present invention provides an oral composition comprising a cationic bactericide and crystalline cellulose, which can effectively prevent an oral cavity disease such as a periodontal disease, dental caries and the like by enhancing an ability of the cationic bactericide to reside on a tooth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Nakao, Toru Saito
  • Patent number: 6952643
    Abstract: A road traffic information output apparatus includes: a road traffic information obtaining device that obtains road traffic information; a decision-making device that determines in advance a specific area for which road traffic information will need to be output; and a control device that implements control to output road traffic information that has been obtained by the road traffic information obtaining device for the specific area determined in advance, when the road traffic information for the specific area determined in advance by the decision-making device is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Xanavi Informatics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Matsuoka, Toru Saito, Hideo Suzuki, Takeshi Horie
  • Patent number: 6950616
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus in which at least one temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of a fixing film and at least one temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of a heat generating element are included, and which controls the heat generating element on the basis of the temperature of the fixing film detected by the temperature detecting element and thus achieves temperature controlling of the fixing film, and an image forming apparatus to which the fixing apparatus is applied are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Saito, Atsutoshi Ando, Takehiko Suzuki, Tomoo Akizuki
  • Patent number: 6919294
    Abstract: A method for producing a hydrorefining catalyst is used to produce the hydrorefining catalyst which contains an inorganic oxide carrier and a hydrogenation-active metal and which has such a bimodal pore characteristic that pores having pore diameters of not more than 50 nm have a pore volume of not less than 0.4 cm3/g, pores having pore diameters of not less than 50 nm have a pore volume of not less than 0.2 cm3/g, and pores having pore diameters of not less than 1000 nm have a pore volume of not more than 0.1 cm3/g. The method comprises the steps of mixing and forming a pseudo-boehmite powder having a dispersibility index of 0.13 to 0.28, and calcinating the formed pseudo-boehmite under a condition in which the pseudo-boehmite is converted into ?-alumina. The hydrorefining catalyst, which has the bimodal pore characteristic, can be produced easily at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Japan Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Saito, Chikanori Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20050123329
    Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes a flexible rotatable member, a flexible rotatable member, a slidable member contacting an internal surface of the flexible rotatable member, a holder for holding the slidable member, and a pressure roller for applying a pressure to the flexible rotatable member thereby forming a nip portion with the slidable member, wherein a holding surface of the holder includes a first holding area of a crowned shape in which a central portion in a longitudinal direction of the holder protrudes more than both end portions toward the nip portion, and a second holding area of a crowned shape, which is provided at a downstream side of the first holding area in a moving direction of the flexible rotatable member and in which a central portion in a longitudinal direction of the holder protrudes more than both end portions toward the nip portion, and the second holding area has a crown amount larger than a crown amount of the first holding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio Uchida, Toru Saito, Atsutoshi Ando, Tomoo Akizuki
  • Publication number: 20040261609
    Abstract: A control system of an industrial truck includes a first switch, a second switch and a hydraulic circuit. The first switch detects whether an operator sits down on a seat, and carries out a first operation based on the detecting result. The second switch detects whether a device for operating an actuator is operated, and carries out a second operation based on the detecting result. The hydraulic circuit is used for operating of the actuator. The hydraulic circuit includes: a control valve, a first circulating line, a hydraulic line and a drive lock valve. The control valve includes a spool that position is changed by the device. The first circulating line includes the control valve, through which the hydraulic fluid circulates. The hydraulic line connects the spool with the actuator, through which the hydraulic fluid passes. The drive lock valve is provided for the hydraulic line, and blocks the hydraulic line, based on the first operation and/or the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Nakada, Katsumi Ueda, Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20040256168
    Abstract: A self propellered industrial machine includes a self propellered vehicle body; a transmission installed in the self propellered vehicle body; an operator presence detection switch and a control unit. The operator presence detection switch is provided to generate an operator presence or absence signal relating to an operator on a seat arranged on the self propellered vehicle body. The control unit is provided to set the transmission to a neutral state in response to the operator absence signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Katsumi Ueda, Yoshihide Iwamoto, Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20040249538
    Abstract: A distributed control system is composed of a plurality of controllers mounted on a forklift, and a network providing connections between or among said plurality of controllers within said forklift. A first controller out of said plurality of controllers is configured to control a function in response to an interfacing signal received from a second controller out of said plurality of controllers. When not receiving said interfacing signal during a predetermined period, the first controller controls said function using data stored in said first controller in place of said interfacing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Kuniharu Osaki, Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20040197112
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus in which at least one temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of a fixing film and at least one temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of a heat generating element are included, and which controls the heat generating element on the basis of the temperature of the fixing film detected by the temperature detecting element and thus achieves temperature controlling of the fixing film, and an image forming apparatus to which the fixing apparatus is applied are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Saito, Atsutoshi Ando, Takehiko Suzuki, Tomoo Akizuki
  • Publication number: 20040178526
    Abstract: Provided is a producing method and apparatus for a plastic lens capable of hardening a hardenable composition including a compound having an episulfide group under suppression of generation of an optical strain, and a raw material storage/supply apparatus adapted for storage and supply of such hardenable composition. A raw material storage/supply apparatus is provided by supporting, on a movable base, a storage container capable of storing a liquid raw material. A temperature regulating pipe is included for regulating the temperature of the storage container. Also provided is a temperature regulating apparatus capable of regulating a fluid flowing in the temperature regulating pipe at a temperature less than the room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kojima, Kenichi Tonouchi, Toru Saito
  • Patent number: 6780817
    Abstract: A hydrorefining catalyst of a hydrogenation active metal component supported on a refractory porous carrier has a median pore diameter determined by the nitrogen adsorption method of 8 to 20 nm, a pore volume determined by the nitrogen adsorption method of 0.56 cm3/g or greater, and a pore volume of pores with a pore diameter of 50 nm or larger determined by the mercury intrusion porosimetry method of 0.32 cm3/g or greater. Both the demetallizing activity and metal deposition capacity of the catalyst in hydrogenation and demetallizing of heavy oil are high. The hydrorefining catalyst is obtained by kneading a porous starting powder principally composed of &ggr;-alumina and having a pore capacity of 0.75 m3/g or larger and a mean pore diameter of 10 to 200 &mgr;m, molding and calcining, and supporting an active metal component on the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Japan Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Koyama, Toru Saito, Hideaki Kumagai