Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Shoji
Toshiaki Shoji 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).
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Patent number: 11933857Abstract: Provided is a battery residual value determination system capable of easily and accurately determining the residual value of a battery. The battery residual value determination system includes: a battery information reception unit that receives information on the voltage, the current, the temperature, and the period of time elapsed from the time of manufacture of a battery; a first residual value determination unit that determines a first residual value indicating the SOH of the battery; an attenuation function determination unit that determines an attenuation function which indicates a time-dependent change of the SOH specific to the battery and is used for correcting the first residual value of the battery; and a second residual value output unit that determines and outputs a second residual value obtained by correcting the first residual value by using the attenuation function according to the period of time elapsed from the time of manufacture of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYO SYSTEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro Munakata, Toshiaki Kanari, Masahiro Shoji, Katsunari Matsumoto, Ryo Ishigami, Takanori Anrui, Misaki Shimoyamada, Hideki Shoji
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Patent number: 10347068Abstract: A capacitance detection device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that at least partially face each other on opposite sides of a transfer path. An oscillator circuit forms an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. A detection circuit detects a change in capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the oscillator circuit and the detection circuit is included in each of a first board and a second board. The first board is disposed such that a side surface of the first board faces the first electrode in an electric field direction, and the second board is disposed such that a side surface of the second board faces the second electrode in the electric field direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Miki Kagano, Hiroshi Araki, Toshiaki Shoji, Hideki Matsui, Kazuya Makabe, Tomoyuki Miyata, Tomokazu Ogomi
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Publication number: 20190139349Abstract: A capacitance detection device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that at least partially face each other on opposite sides of a transfer path. An oscillator circuit forms an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. A detection circuit detects a change in capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the oscillator circuit and the detection circuit is included in each of a first board and a second board. The first board is disposed such that a side surface of the first board faces the first electrode in an electric field direction, and the second board is disposed such that a side surface of the second board faces the second electrode in the electric field direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Miki KAGANO, Hiroshi ARAKI, Toshiaki SHOJI, Hideki MATSUI, Kazuya MAKABE, Tomoyuki MIYATA, Tomokazu OGOMI
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Patent number: 10282932Abstract: A capacitance detection device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that at least partially face each other on opposite sides of a transfer path. An oscillator circuit forms an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. A detection circuit detects a change in capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the oscillator circuit and the detection circuit is included in each of a first board and a second board. The first board is disposed such that a side surface of the first board faces the first electrode in an electric field direction, and the second board is disposed such that a side surface of the second board faces the second electrode in the electric field direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Miki Kagano, Hiroshi Araki, Toshiaki Shoji, Hideki Matsui, Kazuya Makabe, Tomoyuki Miyata, Tomokazu Ogomi
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Publication number: 20190088065Abstract: A capacitance detection device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that at least partially face each other on opposite sides of a transfer path. An oscillator circuit forms an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. A detection circuit detects a change in capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the oscillator circuit and the detection circuit is included in each of a first board and a second board. The first board is disposed such that a side surface of the first board faces the first electrode in an electric field direction, and the second board is disposed such that a side surface of the second board faces the second electrode in the electric field direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Miki Kagano, Hiroshi Araki, Toshiaki Shoji, Hideki Matsui, Kazuya Makabe, Tomoyuki Miyata, Tomokazu Ogomi
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Patent number: 9894233Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first illumination portion and a second illumination portion. The first illumination portion and the second illumination portion respectively include a bar-like light guide whose shape of an end face of an end portion includes a part of a circle, an ellipse or a parabola, and light source elements that are provided to face the end face of the end portion of the light guide. In the light guide of the second illumination portion, light enters a determined range in which a focus of the shape of the end face of the end portion of the light guide is included. In the light guide of the first illumination portion, light enters a range that is not the determined range in which the focus of the shape of the end face of the light guide is included.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taku Matsuzawa, Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji
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Patent number: 9664533Abstract: A magnetic field generator disposed on one surface side of a sheet-shaped object-to-be-detected contains a magnetic component. The magnetic field generator includes a first magnetic pole part that forms a first magnetic pole, and a second magnetic pole part that forms a second magnetic pole with reverse polarity of the first magnetic pole. The magnetic field generator generates a cross magnetic field that crosses the object-to-be-detected. An MR element is disposed between the first magnetic pole part and the object-to-be-detected. The resistance value of the MR element changes according to a change in a component of the cross magnetic field in a conveying direction. The position of the MR element in the conveying direction is position shifted along the conveying direction from the center position of the first magnetic pole part in the conveying direction, and located between both ends of the first magnetic pole part in the conveying direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Asano, Toshiaki Shoji, Tomokazu Ogomi, Kenji Shimohata, Masaaki Okada, Miki Kagano, Masashi Hino, Hideki Matsui
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Publication number: 20170085738Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first illumination portion and a second illumination portion. The first illumination portion and the second illumination portion respectively include a bar-like light guide whose shape of an end face of an end portion includes a part of a circle, an ellipse or a parabola, and light source elements that are provided to face the end face of the end portion of the light guide. In the light guide of the second illumination portion, light enters a determined range in which a focus of the shape of the end face of the end portion of the light guide is included. In the light guide of the first illumination portion, light enters a range that is not the determined range in which the focus of the shape of the end face of the light guide is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taku MATSUZAWA, Akiko FUJIUCHI, Toshiaki SHOJI
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Patent number: 9444952Abstract: A magnet is disposed on one side of a conveyance plane in which a sheet-like medium to be read is conveyed and generates a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance plane. A magnetoresistive effect element is disposed between the magnet and the conveyance plane, and detects an intensity variation in a conveyance direction component of the magnetic field in a magnetic reading area. An imaging optical system and a light receiver are disposed on the side opposite to the magnet side with respect to the conveyance plane. The imaging optical system forms an image of an optical reading area on the light receiver, the optical reading area including at least a portion in the conveyance direction of the magnetic reading area of the conveyance plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuo Morimoto, Tomokazu Ogomi, Toshiaki Shoji, Masashi Hino, Toru Aramaki, Atsushi Ito
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Patent number: 9341765Abstract: A light source device includes: a light-emitting part; a light guide including in its center a columnar part whose central axis direction is a lengthwise direction, that guides light input into an end face from the light-emitting part, and outputs light from a side face of the columnar part; a light guide holder that covers an end of the light guide except for at least part of the end face; and a support part, including a through-hole that penetrates from one face to another face formed therein, that holds an end of the light guide holder on a side of a first opening on the one face of the through-hole so as to allow sliding in the lengthwise direction, and light is input into the light guide via a second opening on the other face of the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Daisuke Ohama, Toshiaki Shoji
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Patent number: 9329333Abstract: An irradiation device increasing the lighting depth and facilitating the assembling is provided. A transparent bar-shaped light guide having LEDs disposed near ends thereof includes a first prism group and a first reflector, and, a second prism group and a reflector which are provided so as to extend in a lengthwise direction and which diffuse and reflect light. The light guide includes a first light outgoing area emitting reflected light as primary light Lm, and a second light outgoing area emitting reflected light as secondary light Ls. The first light outgoing area includes a plane portion forming a flat surface. A plane mirror reflects the secondary light Ls in a direction overlapping the primary light Lm in a read area.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Akio Masuda
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Patent number: 9273848Abstract: The light source unit comprises a light source emitting visible light and light of a non-visible wavelength; a rod-like light guide at the end of which the light source is provided and within which incident light from the light source is propagated in the long axis direction; a reflector that is linear along the long axis direction and provided on the contour surface of the light guide; and a support member encompassing the reflector and light guide, having a given width in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction, and provided with an opening extending along the long axis direction. The reflector and support member are formed by a reflecting material containing a substance reflecting the light of a non-visible light wavelength and reflecting the visible light and light of a non-visible light wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tohru Aramaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Atsushi Itoh, Toshiaki Shoji
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Patent number: 9244135Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes a first magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on mutually opposing sides of a conveyance path, and one of poles of the first magnet faces an opposite pole of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet generate a cross magnetic field whose strength in a spacing direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction, is within a predetermined range. An AMR element is located in a magnetic field in which the strength of the cross magnetic field in the spacing direction is within a predetermined range, and detects, as change in a resistance value, change in the cross magnetic field caused by an object to be detected. A multilayer board outputs the change in the resistance value detected by the AMR element to a processing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomokazu Ogomi, Hiroyuki Asano, Toshiaki Shoji, Takeshi Musha, Jin Inoue, Masaaki Okada, Miki Kagano, Kazuya Makabe, Kenji Shimohata, Takeshi Kishimoto
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Patent number: 9234947Abstract: By providing a first magnet and a second magnet on wall surfaces of a hollow section where paper money is conveyed such that different magnetic poles face each other, a gradient magnetic field is formed wherein both a magnetic field component in an opposing direction to the magnets and a magnetic field component in a conveyance direction of the paper money include a zero point. An AMR element is provided between the paper money and the first magnet. The AMR element is enclosed by a multi-layered substrate and covered with resin. The AMR element is provided in an area where the magnetic field intensity is weak, which is where the magnetic field intensity in the gradient magnetic field in the conveyance direction is near zero. The paper money passes through an area where the magnetic field intensity of the gradient magnetic field is strong.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomokazu Ogomi, Ryoji Shirahana, Toshiaki Shoji, Takeshi Musha, Jin Inoue, Masaaki Okada
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Publication number: 20150377650Abstract: A magnetic field generator disposed on one surface side of a sheet-shaped object-to-be-detected contains a magnetic component. The magnetic field generator includes a first magnetic pole part that forms a first magnetic pole, and a second magnetic pole part that forms a second magnetic pole with reverse polarity of the first magnetic pole. The magnetic field generator generates a cross magnetic field that crosses the object-to-be-detected. An MR element is disposed between the first magnetic pole part and the object-to-be-detected. The resistance value of the MR element changes according to a change in a component of the cross magnetic field in a conveying direction. The position of the MR element in the conveying direction is position shifted along the conveying direction from the center position of the first magnetic pole part in the conveying direction, and located between both ends of the first magnetic pole part in the conveying direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki ASANO, Toshiaki SHOJI, Tomokazu OGOMI, Kenji SHIMOHATA, Masaaki OKADA, Miki KAGANO, Masashi HINO, Hideki MATSUI
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Publication number: 20150304511Abstract: A magnet is disposed on one side of a conveyance plane in which a sheet-like medium to be read is conveyed and generates a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance plane. A magnetoresistive effect element is disposed between the magnet and the conveyance plane, and detects an intensity variation in a conveyance direction component of the magnetic field in a magnetic reading area. An imaging optical system and a light receiver are disposed on the side opposite to the magnet side with respect to the conveyance plane. The imaging optical system forms an image of an optical reading area on the light receiver, the optical reading area including at least a portion in the conveyance direction of the magnetic reading area of the conveyance plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuo MORIMOTO, Tomokazu OGOMI, Toshiaki SHOJI, Masashi HINO, Toru ARAMAKI, Atsushi ITO
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Publication number: 20140376254Abstract: A light guide propagates light emitted by a light source in the long axis direction. A fluorescent material layer surrounds the outer periphery of the light guide except for an opening along the long axis direction. A light reflecting pattern is provided on the outer periphery of the light guide opposite to the fluorescent material layer. The fluorescent material layer captures light reflected by the light reflecting pattern and exiting from the outer periphery of the light guide, reflects part of the light, and emits light of different wavelengths. The light emitted by the fluorescent material layer is transmitted into the light guide, and the light having entered therein from the end and the light emitted by the fluorescent material layer are emitted to the object from a portion of the light guide that is exposed in the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hironobu Arimoto, Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji
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Publication number: 20140355078Abstract: An irradiation device increasing the lighting depth and facilitating the assembling is provided. A transparent bar-shaped light guide having LEDs disposed near ends thereof includes a first prism group and a first reflector, and, a second prism group and a reflector which are provided so as to extend in a lengthwise direction and which diffuse and reflect light. The light guide includes a first light outgoing area emitting reflected light as primary light Lm, and a second light outgoing area emitting reflected light as secondary light Ls. The first light outgoing area includes a plane portion forming a flat surface. A plane mirror reflects the secondary light Ls in a direction overlapping the primary light Lm in a read area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Akio Masuda
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Publication number: 20140355303Abstract: A light source device includes: a light-emitting part; a light guide including in its center a columnar part whose central axis direction is a lengthwise direction, that guides light input into an end face from the light-emitting part, and outputs light from a side face of the columnar part; a light guide holder that covers an end of the light guide except for at least part of the end face; and a support part, including a through-hole that penetrates from one face to another face formed therein, that holds an end of the light guide holder on a side of a first opening on the one face of the through-hole so as to allow sliding in the lengthwise direction, and light is input into the light guide via a second opening on the other face of the through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Daisuke Ohama, Toshiaki Shoji
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Publication number: 20140332667Abstract: The light source unit comprises a light source emitting visible light and light of a non-visible wavelength; a rod-like light guide at the end of which the light source is provided and within which incident light from the light source is propagated in the long axis direction; a reflector that is linear along the long axis direction and provided on the contour surface of the light guide; and a support member encompassing the reflector and light guide, having a given width in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction, and provided with an opening extending along the long axis direction. The reflector and support member are formed by a reflecting material containing a substance reflecting the light of a non-visible light wavelength and reflecting the visible light and light of a non-visible light wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tohru Aramaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Atsushi Itoh, Toshiaki Shoji