Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Shimada
Toshihiro Shimada 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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Publication number: 20240135818Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input interface that accepts a parking reservation for a vehicle for which parking is desired, and a controller that confirms, when the vehicle for which parking is desired is a first vehicle whose purpose for parking includes charging, whether there is an opening for reservation of a first parking lot having a charging station, completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle when there is an opening, changes a reservation of the first parking lot for at least one second vehicle, selected based on a predetermined condition from among one or more reservation holding vehicles for which acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot is completed, to a reservation of a second parking lot based on the predetermined condition when there is no opening, and completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240135398Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire questionnaire data including a score for each autonomous driving system installed in each vehicle among a plurality of vehicles operated by autonomous driving along a predetermined operation route, the score being an evaluation index of ride comfort of each vehicle, identify, based on an aggregate result of the questionnaire data, a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles for which the score is determined to be less than a threshold as a first vehicle, and extract first data to be used in analyzing ride comfort from first vehicle information acquired by a first autonomous driving system, which is an autonomous driving system installed in the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240083297Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that creates an electrical energy consumption map, for an autonomous vehicle, indicating electrical energy consumption of links in an operation route defined by an operation plan, calculates, based on the map, a first predicted value of total electrical energy consumption required for traveling the operation route, and compares the total electrical energy consumption indicated by the first predicted value with a SOC prior to operation of the vehicle, and when the SOC prior to operation does not satisfy the total electrical energy consumption, extracts links satisfying a predetermined condition as candidate links for switching to a manual driving section from among links designated as an autonomous driving section and changes the operation plan so that the SOC prior to operation satisfies the total electrical energy consumption by switching at least one of the extracted candidate links to the manual driving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230249446Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet processing unit, a sheet feeder, and a unit cover. The sheet processing unit inserts an inner sheet into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one ends as a bonding portion. The sheet feeder is disposed above the sheet processing unit and is movable to open to expose the sheet processing unit. The sheet feeder feeds one of the two-ply sheet and the inner sheet. The unit cover is disposed above the sheet processing unit and opens to expose the sheet processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Akira KOJIMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20210302320Abstract: Provided are a moisture detection method and a moisture detection system which are capable of detecting moisture in a simple manner. A moisture detection method in accordance with the present invention uses a moisture detection system which contains: (A) a substance that reacts with water to produce hydrogen peroxide; and (B) a fluorescent substance that is indirectly excited by hydrogen peroxide to emit light. The moisture detection system may further contain (C) a substance that reacts with hydrogen peroxide to produce a reaction product which excites the fluorescent substance (B) to emit light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Toshihiro SHIMADA, Yoshifumi NAKACHO, Honami NISHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11067940Abstract: A holding mechanism for an opening and closing detection device includes a cam, a torsion coil spring, and a pressing member. The cam is rotatably supported in a housing. The torsion coil spring is attached to the cam or an inside of the housing and includes two ends extending in two directions. The pressing member biases one end of the two ends of the torsion coil spring and bring the other end of the two ends of the torsion coil spring into contact with the cam to apply a load to the torsion coil spring. The pressing member is attached to an outside of the housing while biasing the other end of the two ends of the torsion coil spring through an opening of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Toshihiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20210026288Abstract: A holding mechanism for an opening and closing detection device includes a cam, a torsion coil spring, and a pressing member. The cam is rotatably supported in a housing. The torsion coil spring is attached to the cam or an inside of the housing and includes two ends extending in two directions. The pressing member biases one end of the two ends of the torsion coil spring and bring the other end of the two ends of the torsion coil spring into contact with the cam to apply a load to the torsion coil spring. The pressing member is attached to an outside of the housing while biasing the other end of the two ends of the torsion coil spring through an opening of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Toshihiro SHIMADA
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Patent number: 10204613Abstract: A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiro Shimada
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Patent number: 10065824Abstract: A stacking apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a stacking unit, and a separation member supply unit. The conveyance unit conveys sheets for circuit board. The stacking unit stacks the sheets. The separation member supply unit supplies a separation member to separate the stacked sheets at any position. The separation member supply unit places the separation member on the sheet in being conveyed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yousuke Edo, Yasufumi Takahashi, Yasuo Niikura, Satoru Takano, Hidehiko Fujiwara, Takeshi Akai, Yasunori Hino, Tadashi Matsuoka, Atsunori Yoshida, Ryo Kanno, Hikaru Fukasawa, Hiroshi Komuro, Masaru Yamagishi, Toshihiro Shimada, Satoshi Aizawa, Kenji Ishii
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Publication number: 20170330546Abstract: A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki Matsuda, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiro Shimada
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Patent number: 9767783Abstract: A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiro Shimada
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Patent number: 9711125Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator having a projection part which includes a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20170174462Abstract: A stacking apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a stacking unit, and a separation member supply unit. The conveyance unit conveys sheets for circuit board. The stacking unit stacks the sheets. The separation member supply unit supplies a separation member to separate the stacked sheets at any position. The separation member supply unit places the separation member on the sheet in being conveyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Yousuke EDO, Yasufumi TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NIIKURA, Satoru TAKANO, Hidehiko FUJIWARA, Takeshi AKAI, Yasunori HINO, Tadashi MATSUOKA, Atsunori YOSHIDA, Ryo KANNO, Hikaru FUKASAWA, Hiroshi KOMURO, Masaru YAMAGISHI, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Satoshi AIZAWA, Kenji ISHII
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Patent number: 9547274Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, an image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sound absorbing device utilizing a Helmholtz resonator, and a hinged exterior cover operable to open and close relative to the apparatus body. The hinged exterior cover is a hinged cover configured to pivot about a pivot shaft arranged at a lower end portion of the hinged exterior cover. At least a part of the hinged exterior cover has a multiplex structure made by overlaying a plurality of plate-like members on one another. The sound absorbing device is formed by utilizing space between two plate-like members of the plurality of plate-like members making up the multiplex structure as a cavity of the Helmholtz resonator.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Kohta Takenaka, Toshihiro Shimada, Wataru Hojo
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Patent number: 9527321Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a shielding object that is arranged at least in a plurality of directions and shields noise; and a Helmholtz silencer that is arranged in a direction where the shielding object does not exist, the shielding object and the silencer being arranged with respect to a noise source causing noise such as a driving source that is arranged inside an apparatus body, wherein a neck portion of the Helmholtz silencer is directed to the noise source, a plurality of such Helmholtz silencers are provided to correspond to at least two kinds of frequencies, and installed number of the Helmholtz silencers corresponding to at least two kinds of the frequencies respectively, is made different depending on a distance from the noise source.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Junichi Kawase, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Kouta Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20160300558Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator having a projection part which includes a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20160225363Abstract: A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA, Toshiyuki UCHIDA, Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro SHIMADA
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Patent number: 9389574Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator also includes a projection part having a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
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Patent number: 9389561Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of latent image bearers, a latent image writer, a plurality of developing units, a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, an adjuster, a pattern image formation controller, a color deviation detector, a color deviation correction controller, and an image-formation-mode setting unit. The color deviation correction controller executes color deviation correction control in the separated state. The image-formation-mode setting unit sets a normal linear-velocity image formation mode in which an image is formed at a normal linear velocity and at least one non-normal linear-velocity image formation mode including a low linear-velocity image formation mode in which an image is formed at a low linear velocity slower than the normal linear velocity.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kaoru Yoshino, Toshihiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20160161905Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, an image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sound absorbing device utilizing a Helmholtz resonator, and a hinged exterior cover operable to open and close relative to the apparatus body. The hinged exterior cover is a hinged cover configured to pivot about a pivot shaft arranged at a lower end portion of the hinged exterior cover. At least a part of the hinged exterior cover has a multiplex structure made by overlaying a plurality of plate-like members on one another. The sound absorbing device is formed by utilizing space between two plate-like members of the plurality of plate-like members making up the multiplex structure as a cavity of the Helmholtz resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: Richo Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA, Kohta TAKENAKA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Wataru HOJO