Patents by Inventor Yuzuru Fukuda

Yuzuru Fukuda 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: 8768624
    Abstract: A vehicle drive support system, and its method, includes a storage apparatus for storing charging station information to manage attribute information containing position information of charging stations, a communication apparatus for receiving a route search request containing an origin, a destination, and a residual quantity in a battery from a mobile and transmitting a response to the route search request, and a route search processing unit for searching a route passing through the charging stations while maintaining a state in which the residual quantity in the battery is greater than 0 between the origin and the destination by using position information of the charging stations contained in the charging station information in response to the route search request received by the communication apparatus, and giving the searched route as the response to the route search request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kobayashi, Yuzuru Fukuda, Masamori Kashiyama
  • Patent number: 8700244
    Abstract: System for providing information on power consumption amount of electric vehicle includes receiving means for receiving departure point of the electric vehicle and destination of the electric vehicle from a terminal device; a database which stores a plurality of power consumption amounts required to move between respective two sections, corresponding to combinations of two sections, the combinations including a combination of a first section in a predetermined area including the departure point and the destination, and a second section including a second point in the predetermined area; extracting means which retrieves the database to thereby extract a power consumption amount required to travel from the departure point to the destination; and transmitting means for transmitting information on the power consumption amount extracted by the extracting means to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Masaki Hasunuma
  • Publication number: 20130218366
    Abstract: A high-speed calculation of power consumption provided to a driver to figure out whether an electric vehicle is able to reach a destination can be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Masaki Hasunuma
  • Publication number: 20120136574
    Abstract: A vehicle drive support system, and its method, includes a storage apparatus for storing charging station information to manage attribute information containing position information of charging stations, a communication apparatus for receiving a route search request containing an origin, a destination, and a residual quantity in a battery from a mobile and transmitting a response to the route search request, and a route search processing unit for searching a route passing through the charging stations while maintaining a state in which the residual quantity in the battery is greater than 0 between the origin and the destination by using position information of the charging stations contained in the charging station information in response to the route search request received by the communication apparatus, and giving the searched route as the response to the route search request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kobayashi, Yuzuru Fukuda, Masamori Kashiyama
  • Publication number: 20100121564
    Abstract: A remote guide system is featured by including: a server with a route search processing unit for searching a route from a departing place to a target place so as to distribute a search result, and a route guide processing unit for distributing guide information for guiding a user from the departing place to the target place by passing the searched route; and a moving object connected to the server, and with a route search request processing unit for transmitting a request of a route search to the server, and a present position processing unit for correcting a present position by employing map image data and for guiding the user based upon the guide information acquired from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Yuichi Kobayashi, Yuzuru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7155745
    Abstract: An application of a client includes a proof data generation device, a command generation device, and a command issuing device. A command and proof data are sent to a server from the application of the client, and a command management device of the server receives them. A proof data verification device verifies the access right of a user to the application on the basis of the proof data, and enables a data storage device to be accessed in accordance with the command, if the verification is successful. The data storage device, used instead of a commonly used hard disk drive, includes a phase change type optical memory or a phase separation type optical memory to execute write once recording. Thus, the access to the data storage device is flexibly controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil-ho Shin, Yuzuru Fukuda, Hironori Gotoh
  • Patent number: 7097295
    Abstract: There are provided a recording liquid that produces high-quality images having a very high image density and water resistance without blotting or permeating into recording paper, and excels in discharging properties; and a method for recording images by the use of such a solution. The recording liquid for ink printers according to the present invention contains a colorant, water, and a fine particle of non-photo-curable resin and a fine particle of photo-curable resin. The method for recording images on a recording medium has the step of discharging the droplets of the recording liquid from a recording head, wherein the above recording liquid is used as the recording liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuzuru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6740152
    Abstract: There are provided a recording liquid that produces high-quality images having a very high image density and water resistance, and can be discharged continuously and stably; a method for manufacturing such a solution; and a method for recording images by the use of such a solution. The recording liquid for ink printers according to the present invention contains a pigment and at least two kinds of fine resin particles, wherein the dispersion polarity of the pigment is the same as the dispersion polarity of each of the two or more kinds of fine resin particles. The method for manufacturing a recording liquid for ink printers has the step of mixing an aqueous dispersion of a pigment, and an aqueous dispersion of the two or more kinds of fine resin particles each having a polarity the same as the polarity of the aqueous dispersion of the pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuzuru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6398356
    Abstract: A recording liquid including a colorant, water and at least two kinds of fine resin particles. In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the two kinds of the fine resin particles are fine self-crosslinkable resin particles. In another preferred embodiment, the number of the kinds of the fine resin particles is 3 or more. Also, disclosed is an image recording method using the recording liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Takeshi Mikami, Jiro Minabe, Yasufumi Suwabe
  • Patent number: 6075085
    Abstract: A recording liquid comprising a colorant, water and at least two kinds of fine resin particles. In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the two kinds of the fine resin particles are fine self-crosslinkable resin particles. In another preferred embodiment, the number of the kinds of the fine resin particles is 3 or more. Also, disclosed is an image recording method using the recording liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Takeshi Mikami, Jiro Minabe, Yasufumi Suwabe
  • Patent number: 5962552
    Abstract: Described are an ink composition comprising water, a colorant and acrylic silicone resin particles having alkoxysilyl groups; and an image recording method comprising discharging the droplet of an ink composition from a recording head to record an image on a substrate, wherein an ink composition comprising water, a colorant and acrylic silicone resin particles having alkoxysilyl groups is used as the ink composition. According to the present invention, 1) blotting of the ink composition on the substrate can be prevented, 2) an image which has water resistance and has a markedly high image density can be obtained, 3) an image does not become sticky even under a high environmental temperature, and 4) there is no problem in safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mikami, Yuzuru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5889085
    Abstract: The ink composition of the present invention comprises water, colorant and fine particles of a resin containing fluoroolefin units. The fine particles of resin may be preferably fine particles of fluorine-containing vinyl ether resin composed of fluoroolefin units and vinyl ether units represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of F, CF.sub.3 and Cl; Y is selected from the group consisting of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 OH and R.sub.4 COOH; R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are alkylene groups having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms respectively, n and m are integers, and the ratio of m to n, m/n, is in the range of 1/99 to 99/1. The ink composition of the present invention is able to record an image of high density and superior water resistance with only a small amount of ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Takeshi Mikami
  • Patent number: 5635327
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor and process for preparing the same, the photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate having thereon a photoconductive layer and a surface layer in this order, the photoconductive layer comprising amorphous silicon containing at least one of hydrogen and a halogen, and the surface layer comprising a dried and/or cured product under a reduced pressure of an inorganic or organic high molecular weight material containing fine particles of a conductive metal oxide dispersed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Shigeru Yagi, Taketoshi Higashi
  • Patent number: 5631087
    Abstract: An electrostatic image-bearing dielectric member comprises a support and a dielectric layer formed on the support. The dielectric layer is formed of at least one of amorphous carbon, diamond-like carbon and diamond. The dielectric layer may contain not larger than 60 atomic percent of at least one of hydrogen and fluorine. An intermediate layer may be provided between the support and the dielectric layer in order to improve the adhesion therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Shigeru Yagi, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Masato Ono
  • Patent number: 5592274
    Abstract: In an electrophotographic system, an electrostatic latent image as formed on a photoreceptor is developed with a developing agent to form a toner image thereon, a transfer paper is laid over the toner image and pressure is applied to the photoreceptor and the transfer paper so as to transfer or simultaneously transfer and fix the toner image onto the transfer paper. The photoreceptor is one having a surface protecting layer and a light-sensitive layer made of a hydrogenated and/or fluorinated amorphous silicon. The light-sensitive layer and the surface protecting layer of the photoreceptor are uniformly heated to a constant temperature. A charging device or a discharging brush or blade is used as a device of discharging the charges of the photoreceptor after the transference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taketoshi Higashi, Shigeru Yagi, Yuzuru Fukuda, Masato Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ohta
  • Patent number: 5556729
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: an electrically conductive substrate, a charge injection blocking layer formed on said electrically conductive substrate, a photoconductive layer comprising a single layer formed on said charge injection blocking layer, said photoconductive layer comprising amorphous silicon containing boron, a positive hole capturing layer formed on said photoconductive layer, said positive hole capturing layer being selected from the group comprising amorphous silicon containing less than 50 ppm boron and amorphous silicon being substantially composed of hydrogen and silicon atoms, and a surface layer formed on said positive hole capturing layer. The boron concentration contained in said photoconductive layer is 0.01-1000 ppm. The surface layer is formed by amorphous silicon nitride, amorphous silicon oxide, amorphous silicon carbide or amorphous carbon as a main body. The charge injection blocking layer has amorphous silicon as a main body and contains a group V element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Masato Ono, Taketoshi Higashi, Shigeru Yagi
  • Patent number: 5462827
    Abstract: A negative-charging electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electrically conductive support having consecutively thereon (a) a charge injection prevention layer having a thickness of from 0.15 to 10 .mu.m, (b) a photoconductive layer, and (c) a surface layer, the charge injection prevention layer (a) comprising amorphous silicon containing at least one of a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom, and containing a nitrogen atom in an atomic ratio of from 0.01 to 0.65 to the silicon atom, the photoconductive layer (b) comprising amorphous silicon containing at least one of a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Masato Ono, Taketoshi Higashi, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Yuzuru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5459009
    Abstract: A process for producing an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising the steps of forming a photoconductive layer on a conductive substrate in a reaction chamber, and after the photoconductive layer is formed, forming a surface protection layer on the photoconductive layer by introducing into the reaction chamber a gaseous mixture comprising (i) a first component, fluorohydrocarbon gas, and (ii) a second component silicon, hydride gas, or a hydrocarbon gas and/or hydrogen gas and decomposing the gaseous mixture by glow discharge, wherein the surface protection layer thus formed comprises amorphous silicon carbide when the second component is a silicon hydride gas or amorphous carbon when the second component is a hydrocarbon gas and/or hydrogen gas. The surface protection layer exhibits sufficient hardness to protect the photoconductive layer from frictional scratches and other related damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Masayuki Nishikawa, Masato Ono, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Shigeru Yagi, Ken-ichi Karakida
  • Patent number: 5447812
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor and process for preparing the same, the photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate having thereon a photoconductive layer and a surface layer in this order, the photoconductive layer comprising amorphous silicon containing at least one of hydrogen and a halogen, and the surface layer comprising a dried and/or cured product under a reduced pressure of an inorganic or organic high molecular weight material containing fine particles of a conductive metal oxide dispersed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Fukuda, Shigeru Yagi, Taketoshi Higashi
  • Patent number: 5422209
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising an electrically conductive substrate having provided thereon at least a photoconductive layer and a surface layer, wherein the photoconductive layer comprises (a) a charge transporting layer mainly composed of amorphous silicon containing at least one of hydrogen and a halogen and at least one selected from carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen and (b) a charge generating layer composed of amorphous silicon containing at least one of hydrogen and a halogen or amorphous silicon containing at least one of hydrogen and a halogen and at least one selected from germanium and tin, and the surface layer is composed of at least one of an organic polymer material and an inorganic polymer material having dispersed therein an electrically conductive fine powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ono, Taketoshi Higashi, Masao Watanabe, Masaki Yokoi, Yuzuru Fukuda, Shigeru Yagi