Inventor

Minoru Hashimoto

Inventor

Tokyo, JP

Overview

1980–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 109 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer16%

G06FElectric digital data processing8%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification7%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television6%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests5%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general4%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use3%

B25JManipulators2%

G03GElectrography2%

LOCD12%

PatentTitleYear

10,988,141Engine lubrication system2021 10,875,180Robot system2020 10,800,032Industrial robot, controller, and method thereof2020 10,757,283Information processing apparatus and control method of the information processing apparatus with a converter supplying power when a PFC circuit is off2020 10,606,334Information processing apparatus for determining level of power saving of processor according to return time notified by device connected to processor, and power saving method for processor2020 10,521,625Safety control device, method of controlling safety control device, and recording medium2019 10,168,761Information processing apparatus for determining level of power saving of processor2019 10,162,695Information processing apparatus and fault diagnosis method2018 10,158,771Information processing apparatus that transfers diagnosis information on a unit to another unit through a communication line for CPU to CPU communication, method of controlling an information processing apparatus, and storage medium2018 10,096,762Gel actuator and method for producing same2018 9,987,622Hydrodesulfurization catalyst for diesel oil and hydrotreating method for diesel oil2018 9,906,661'Apparatus having power-saving mode, control method of the apparatus, and storage medium'2018 9,869,794'Multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor system, multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor system control method, program, and recording medium'2018 D0805338Chair2017 D0804878'Chair'2017 D0801742'Chair'2017 9,671,522'Multi-optical axis photoelectric sensor system'2017 9,599,748'Multi-optical axis photoelectric sensor'2017 9,572,520'Movement assistance device, and synchrony based control method for movement assistance device'2017 9,501,121'Job processing apparatus using multiple power sources and method of controlling the same'2016 9,329,581'Safety control system'2016 9,235,178'Image processing apparatus'2016 9,231,498'Gel actuator and gel used therein'2016 9,146,699'System for controlling total power consumption of plural apparatuses and control method thereof'2015 9,136,576'Connecting structure for a waveguide converter having a first waveguide substrate and a second converter substrate that are fixed to each other'2015 9,118,262'Control method for contract-type gel actuator and control device'2015 9,060,087'Apparatus and method for determining a storage location based on the amount of electricity stored in a secondary battery of an image processing apparatus'2015 9,007,056'Monitoring device and monitoring method for rotary encoder'2015 8,912,453'Electronic component package'2014 8,830,505'Apparatus that transmits job data to terminal, terminal device, control method, and storage medium'2014 8,752,896'Rocking chair'2014 8,634,115'Image processing device and image processing method'2014 8,559,126'Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetic-recording head'2013 8,528,815'Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus'2013 8,384,331'Servo system and safety control device'2013 8,356,633'Stacked conduit assembly and screw fastening method for conduit part'2013 8,351,813'Power supply control for switching a state of supply of electric power'2013 8,322,609'Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus'2012 8,240,037'Process for producing a circuit module'2012 8,146,706'Air duct for vehicle air conditioning and air conditioner for vehicle'2012 8,085,489'Method for writing servo patterns and disk drive including a controller for writing servo patterns according to the method'2011 8,040,286'High frequency module'2011 7,999,644'Switch'2011 7,941,729'Data storage device and error processing method in its read processing'2011 7,853,797'Information processing method and information processing apparatus'2010 7,746,586'Media drive, processing method for recording data onto a medium, processing method for data read from a medium, and method for controlling a process for reading data from a medium'2010 7,738,263'Circuit module and process for producing the same'2010 7,737,071'Catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbon oil, process for producing the same, and method for hydrotreating hydrocarbon oil'2010 7,660,062'Media drive, processing method for recording data onto a medium, processing method for data read from a medium, and method for controlling a process for reading data from a medium'2010 7,631,117'Method for communicating between host and storage device, storage device, host, and system comprising storage device and host'2009 7,618,916'Hydrotreating catalyst for gas oil, process for producing the same, and method of hydrotreating gas oil'2009 7,620,740'Storage devices and method of transferring file between the devices'2009 7,610,119'Safety controller and system using same'2009 7,609,417'Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, information notifying method therefor, and program for implementing the method'2009 7,551,389'Disk drive and method of retracting head thereof'2009 7,542,223'Magnetic disk drive using load/unload area for data storage'2009 7,508,939'Image processing system and method for processing image data using the system'2009 7,489,463'Method of writing patterns using head with correct phases, and data storage device'2009 7,490,143'Communication system'2009 7,446,967'Method of measuring head characteristics of a data storage device, and data storage device'2008 7,426,088'Magnetic disk drive with function assignment and manufacturing method therefor'2008 7,409,063'Contents distribution system'2008 7,373,477'Fragmentation executing method and storage device'2008 7,361,624'Catalyst for hydrotreating gas oil, process for producing the same, and method for hydrotreating gas oil'2008 7,342,735'Method of writing patterns onto a recording disk, and data storage device'2008 7,302,122'Optical fiber holding device, optical dispersion-equalizer, and method of manufacturing optical fiber holding device'2007 7,275,261'Method and system for monitoring utilizing condition of contents, computer program and recording medium'2007 7,035,174'Optical disc drive and optical pickup apparatus that correct astigmatism'2006 6,930,849'Disk drive unit, controller for actuator, and method for controlling hard disk drive and disk drive unit'2005 6,892,607'Steering wheel'2005 6,840,118'Wave gear device torque detection method'2005 6,807,322'PMD compensating apparatus for controlling polarization controller based on detection of magnitude of waveform distortion'2004 6,757,461'Tunable dispersion compensation device, optical receiver, and optical fiber communication system'2004 6,657,931'Optical disc drive for performing read/write operations on optical disks'2003 6,653,612'Optical pickup and an optical disc drive using such optical pickup'2003 6,522,809'Waveguide grating device and method of controlling Bragg wavelength of waveguide grating'2003 6,516,401'Data reading method and data reading apparatus'2003 6,392,569'Decoding apparatus, data reproduction apparatus, and decoding method'2002 6,386,063'Steering wheel'2002 6,314,638'Apparatus for manufacturing electrode plate for nonaqueous electrolyte battery'2001 6,284,405'Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, electrode plate for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, and method for manufacturing electrode plate for nonaqueous electrolyte battery'2001 6,249,854'Data reading method and apparatus for a disk drive storage device'2001 6,170,340'Torque detection mechanism for a flexed meshing type gear drive'2001 5,982,722'Tracking servo apparatus for carrying out tracking by eliminating an offset component from an output signal and method therefor'1999 5,963,516'Tracking control apparatus of optical disc apparatus and method of same'1999 5,946,168'Magneto-resistance effect device and magnetic head'1999 5,920,528'Optical disc apparatus and method of tracking control of optical disc apparatus'1999 5,864,440'Data processing method and data storage system'1999 5,698,336'Magnetic recording medium'1997 5,645,520'Shape memory alloy actuated rod for endoscopic instruments'1997 5,467,329'Optical disc playback apparatus and method which utilizes single RAM for data decoding and TOC processing'1995 5,384,761'Optical disc player having a disk offset detection and protection'1995 5,247,501'Tracking error detection apparatus for an optical disk'1993 5,218,453'Optical disc access control apparatus'1993 5,059,469'Magnetic recording medium'1991 5,035,366'Paper shredder with service power outlet'1991 4,957,243'Shredder'1990 4,880,666'Method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium'1989 4,714,654'Magnetic recording medium'1987 4,695,513'Magnetic recording medium'1987 4,578,313'Powder for magnetic recording media and process for manufacturing the same'1986 4,511,617'Magnetic recording medium'1985 4,445,109'Temperature sensing device'1984 D0271761'Video disc player'1983 D0270832'Video disc player'1983 4,265,841'Method for production of composite piezoelectric material'1981 D0258286'Combined television receiver and video tape recorder'1981 D0255902'Projection television receiver'1980 D0255682'Projection television receiver'1980

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1981–2001Based in Yokohama, JP· patent location history

1993–2006Patents assigned to SONY CORP (12)· patent assignee history

1993–2018Based in Tokyo, JP· patent location history

1993–2013Based in Kanagawa, JP· patent location history

2005–2010Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH (12)· patent assignee history

2009–2020Patents assigned to CANON KK (18)· patent assignee history

2009–2020Patents assigned to OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO (11)· patent assignee history

2009–2016Based in Chigasaki, JP· patent location history

2011–2016Patents assigned to HASHIMOTO MINORU (17)· patent assignee history

2011–2020Based in Ritto, JP· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
CANON KK	18	2009–2020
HASHIMOTO MINORUself	17	2011–2016
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH	12	2005–2010
SONY CORP	12	1993–2006
OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO	11	2009–2020

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Tokyo, JP	20	1993–2018
Kanagawa, JP	19	1993–2013
Chigasaki, JP	10	2009–2016
Ritto, JP	8	2011–2020
Yokohama, JP	7	1981–2001