Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ikeda

Atsushi Ikeda 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: 11476732
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: an electric motor 2, a relay circuit 3 that switches ON/OFF of power supply to the electric motor 2, a motion conversion mechanism 4 that converts a rotary motion of the electric motor 2 into a motion in a direction different therefrom and outputs the motion, and a housing 1. The housing 1 is configured by joining two housing split bodies 1a and 1b to each other, and in an internal space formed by joining the two housing split bodies 1a and 1b, the electric motor 2, the relay circuit 3, and the motion conversion mechanism 4 are housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Akio Kato, Atsushi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11474855
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus switches alteration detection processing depending on timing of execution of alteration detection to perform alteration detection processing for each file to be accessed to detect an alteration in an extended application, and switches alteration detection execution determination processing depending on a type of access to an extended application package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kogure, Atsushi Ikeda, Hiroaki Koike
  • Publication number: 20220324923
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for advantageously producing a protein molded article which can solve a problem caused by esterification of a hydroxyl group contained in a protein while maintaining a sufficient strength. A method for producing a protein molded article according to the present invention includes a step of bringing a raw material molded article containing a protein in which a hydroxyl group is esterified into contact with an acidic or basic medium in a state of applying a tensile force, thus hydrolyzing an ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Spiber Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takahashi, Atsushi Ikeda, Hideki Kagata, Yunosuke Abe, Kazuki Sakata
  • Patent number: 11431866
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment by the present disclosure includes a storage unit for storing a reading size, an identifying unit for identifying the reading size using a sensor, a reading unit for reading an image of a document, and a setting unit for setting the identifying unit to identify the reading size. In case of the identifying unit identifying the size of the document in a state where the setting unit sets the identifying unit to identify the reading size, the reading unit reads the image of the document based on the size identified by the identifying unit. In case of the identifying unit not identifying the size of the document in the state where the setting unit sets the identifying unit to identify the reading size, the reading unit reads the image of the document based on the size stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Koike, Takeshi Kogure, Atsushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220251739
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fabric capable of easily and inexpensively forming a desired three-dimensional shape. The fabric according to the present invention contains an artificial protein fiber that contains a protein, in which the fabric has a surface including: a portion A that shrinks at a predetermined shrinkage rate when being brought into contact with water; and a portion B that has a shrinkage rate lower than that of the portion A when being brought into contact with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: Spiber Inc., Yuima Nakazato Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuima Nakazato, Atsushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220236929
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided on which an application including a first module and a second module is installed. The first module is configured to determine whether to activate the second module based at least on a time set by a user, and activate the second module based on the first module determining to activate the second module. The second module is configured to cause the image forming apparatus to perform printing. In addition, the image forming apparatus includes an activation unit configured to activate the first module without activating the second module, periodically at each elapse of a predetermined time interval. In a case where it is determined that the second module is to be activated before a time when the first module is to be activated next, the first module is configured to set a timing to activate the second module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
  • Publication number: 20220225488
    Abstract: A location identification system (1) of the present invention includes a plurality of lighting apparatuses (50a1), . . . , (50c3) installed above a plurality of products displayed inside a room, a search apparatus (20) configured to allow a customer to search for and designate the product, and a management apparatus (10) capable of communicating with the plurality of lighting apparatuses (50a1), . . . , (50c3) and the search apparatus (20). The search apparatus (20) transmits identification information of a target product that is designated by the customer to the management apparatus (10). The management apparatus (10) changes, in a case where the identification information of the target product is received from the search apparatus (20), an emission color of a lighting apparatus (50a1), . . . , (50c3) associated with the target product to a pre-specified emission color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami KAWAMORI, Tatsuyuki YAZAWA, Atsushi IKEDA, Masanao SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11343385
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image data according to a predetermined protocol, includes scanning unit configured to scan a document and generating image data, receiving unit configured to receive, from an application, information which is variable for each page, and transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data for which a predetermined header which is a header of the predetermined protocol and which is different for each page is added based on the information received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
  • Publication number: 20220159134
    Abstract: A display device that allows a user to easily move an icon across tabs and freely change the order of the icon in the tab of a movement destination is provided. The display device comprising a display unit, a touch panel that is arranged so as to superimposed on the display unit, and a control unit configured to display a screen including a plurality of tabs capable of accommodating a plurality of predetermined numbers of icons on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Atsushi Ikeda, Hiroaki Koike, Takeshi Kogure
  • Publication number: 20220150322
    Abstract: A plurality of users is allowed to share cached data. Cached data for web content that one of a plurality of web machines is requested to draw is stored so that the cached data is available by the plurality of web machines, and in a case where a first web machine of the plurality of web machines is requested to draw first web content and cached data for the first web content is stored, a drawing result based on the cached data is transmitted to a communication apparatus by which the request to draw is issued, whereas in a case where the first web machine is requested to draw the first web content and the cached data for the first web content is not stored, the first web content is drawn based on a resource acquired from a web server, and a drawing result is transmitted to the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220129212
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of preventing a phenomenon that printing by a schedule setting will not be started due to display of a confirmation screen is provided. The image forming apparatus comprising a display unit, a registering unit configured to register an object associated with a print timing condition and a printing setting designated by a user, and a printing unit configured to print an image on a paper sheet. When the object displayed on the display unit is selected, the display unit displays a confirmation screen. According to accepting of a predetermined operation in a state that the confirmation screen is displayed, the printing unit prints an image on a paper sheet based on the printing setting. By satisfying the print timing condition, the display unit does not display the confirmation screen, and the printing unit prints the image on the paper sheet based on the printing setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Koike, Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure
  • Publication number: 20220066810
    Abstract: A virtual machine comprises a browser and an output unit configured to output a file generated while the browser interprets and processes a Web page to storage, which is different from a storage region that the virtual machine has and can be shared with another virtual machine different from the virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220043367
    Abstract: A charging roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The ten point height of irregularities RZ of a surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 3.9 micrometers, and is equal to or less than 6.1 micrometers. The mean spacing between peaks Sm of the surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 12.5 micrometers and is equal to or less than 13.5 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Asami UEMATSU, Atsushi IKEDA, Shogo SUZUKI, Kosuke OURA, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kenji SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220026824
    Abstract: A charging roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The ten point height of irregularities RZ of a surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 6.5 micrometers, and is equal to or less than 11.7 micrometers. The mean spacing between peaks Sm of the surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 16.5 micrometers and is equal to or less than 18.8 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Asami UEMATSU, Atsushi IKEDA, Shogo SUZUKI, Kosuke OURA, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kenji SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11233950
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an open-close detector configured to detect an open-close state indicating whether an optical path open-close device of a film camera is open or closed, a displacement detector configured to detect a displacement of a movable portion of the film camera interlocked with a movement of an operation portion of the film camera, and control circuitry. In response to a detection result of the displacement detector, the control circuitry selects a measurement mode for measuring an open time during which the optical path open-close device is open, from a plurality of operation modes of the electronic device. In the measurement mode, the control circuitry measures the open time based on the open-close state detected by the open-close detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Kenji Hayasaka, Takamasa Matsumoto, Youhei Niitsuma, Toshihiro Okamoto, Kenta Takahashi, Yuichi Mikuni
  • Publication number: 20220004698
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to execute an application containing a first component for displaying a web page and a second component different from the first component. The information processing apparatus selects, in a case where a plurality of external fonts that is externally acquired is determined to be used in a web page displayed in the first component, a font for used in the second component from the plurality of external fonts based on a usage pattern of each of the plurality of external fonts in the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11215266
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a drive part (2); a motion conversion mechanism part (3) configured to convert a rotary motion from the drive part (2) to a linear motion in an axial direction parallel with an output shaft (10a) of the drive part (2); a driving force transmission part (4) including a transmission gear mechanism (28) configured to transmit a driving force from the drive part (2) to the motion conversion mechanism part (3); and a motion-conversion-mechanism support part (5) including a double-row bearing (40) configured to support the motion conversion mechanism part (3), wherein the double-row bearing (40) is arranged on one side in the axial direction with respect to the transmission gear mechanism (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210389913
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of recording an error that occurs before inputting a job in a job execution history. The image forming apparatus includes a network communication unit, a print unit that prints image data included in an input print job, a job-history recording unit that records a print result by the print unit as a job history, and an application manager that executes an application based on occurrence of a start factor. The application includes an obtainment unit that obtains image data via a network using the network communication unit, a job input unit that inputs a print job of the obtained image data into the image forming apparatus, and an error-recording-job input unit that inputs an error recording job into the image forming apparatus when an error occurs in execution of the application and the job input unit does not input the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Kogure, Atsushi Ikeda, Hiroaki Koike
  • Patent number: 11172099
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the image processing apparatus are provided. The image processing apparatus sets whether or not a function provided in the image processing apparatus requires user authentication, and upon issuance of an instruction to activate an application, determines whether or not a function used by the application is set to require the user authentication. If it is determined that the function used by the application is set to require the user authentication, the image processing apparatus permits the application to use the function in a case that the user authentication has succeeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Sasagawa, Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
  • Patent number: 11162565
    Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator, including: a drive part (2); a motion conversion mechanism part (3) configured to convert a rotary motion from the drive part (2) into a linear motion in an axial direction in parallel to an output shaft of the drive part (2); and a lock mechanism part (7) configured to prevent drive by the motion conversion mechanism part (3). The lock mechanism part (7) includes: a rotary motor (64); and a lock member (60), which is driven by the rotary motor (64) so as to be brought into at least any one of a locking state of preventing the drive by the motion conversion mechanism part (3) and an unlocking state of releasing the locking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa, Yoshinori Ikeda