Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ishii

Hiroshi Ishii 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).

  • MOBILE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MOBILE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BODY
    Publication number: 20190283452
    Abstract: A mobile image forming apparatus includes a body, a recording device supported by the body and configured to form an image on a recording medium, a roller provided to the body and configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation. The mobile image forming apparatus further includes a switching device configured to switch a state of the mobile image forming apparatus during image formation between a roller contact state in which the roller is in contact with the recording medium and a roller contactless state in which the roller is contactless with the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikane NISHII, Hiroshi Ishii, Kunihiko Nishioka, Mitsutaka Nakamura, Akiyoshi Tanaka, Yasunari Harada
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BODY
    Publication number: 20190283467
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a body, a recording device supported by the body and including a recording section configured to form an image on a recording medium, and two roller portions provided to the body. The two roller portions are configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation. The two roller portions are combined into a roller unit to rotate coaxially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikane Nishii, Hiroshi ISHII, Kunihiko NISHIOKA, Akiyoshi TANAKA, Yasunari HARADA, Mitsutaka NAKAMURA
  • MOBILE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BODY AND MOBILE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190283453
    Abstract: A mobile image forming apparatus includes a body; a recording device supported by the body and configured to form an image on a recording medium, and at least one roller provided to the body and configured to rotate on the recording medium while the body is moved in a scanning direction for image formation. The mobile image forming apparatus further includes at least one pressing member disposed in contact with the at least one roller and configured to press the at least one roller in a roller axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikane Nishii, Hiroshi Ishii, Kunihiko Nishioka, Akiyoshi Tanaka, Yasunari Harada, Mitsutaka Nakamura
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20190243295
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which includes a plurality of parts including a rotating unit and which uses the plurality of parts to form an image on a sheet is shown. The apparatus includes the following, a sheet conveyor, an image former, and an image reader. A hardware processor controls a conveying interval of the sheet by the sheet conveyor, controls the image former to form an image on the sheet and to output the sheet, detects a defect from the read image data, and diagnoses a failed part in which the defect is detected periodically based on information of the detected defect and a cycle of the part. When the failed part is diagnosed, the hardware processor controls the image former to form an image for failure diagnosis and sets a conveying interval of the sheet by the sheet conveyor larger than the conveying interval in normal image forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ishii
  • Methods and apparatus for shape control
    Patent number: 10337536
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a shape controller controls the shape of a bladder as the bladder inflates. The shape controller includes a first set of regions and a second set of regions. The second set of regions is more flexible than the first set of regions. The shape controller is embedded within, or adjacent to, a wall of the bladder. When the bladder is inflated, the overall shape of the bladder bends in areas adjacent to the more flexible regions of the shape controller. For example, the shape controller may comprise paper and the more flexible regions may comprise creases in the paper. Or, for example, the more flexible regions may comprise notches or indentations. In some implementations of this invention, a multi-state shape display changes shape as it inflates, with additional bumps forming as pressure in the display increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ryuma Niiyama, Lining Yao, Jifei Ou, Sean Follmer, Hiroshi Ishii
  • SETTING ASSIST SYSTEM OF STRADDLE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190126913
    Abstract: A setting assist system of a straddle vehicle configured to change a vehicle body setting which relates to a traveling function of a vehicle body, comprises a receiving section which receives driving operation information relating to a driving operation performed by a rider; a learning section which learns a trend of the driving operation performed by the rider, based on the driving operation information received by the receiving section; a creating section which creates setting information relating to the vehicle body setting based on a learning content obtained by learning by the learning section; and an output section which outputs the setting information created by the creating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR STRADDLE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190118887
    Abstract: A processing system for a straddle vehicle, comprises an input section which receives information relating to a reaction of a rider; a processor section which learns a reaction trend of the rider based on the information relating to the rider's reaction which is input from the input section, and generates information to be output, based on a learning content of the reaction trend of the rider; and an output section which transmits the information generated by the processor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190111940
    Abstract: An information output apparatus for a straddle vehicle is configured to provide output information to a driver, and includes a receiving unit configured to receive input information input by the driver, a learning unit configured to learn an input tendency that is a tendency of the input information by the driver based on the input information received by the receiving unit, a generating unit configured to generate the output information according to a learned content learned by the learning unit, and an output unit configured to cause a sound device to output the output information generated by the generating unit in a form of a voice in natural language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Motorcycle incorporating a supercharger
    Patent number: 10260463
    Abstract: Provided is a motorcycle incorporating a supercharger which can prevent an increase in a size of a vehicle body. A motorcycle comprises a supercharger which compresses intake air; an air-intake chamber which is placed downstream of the supercharger, stores the intake air compressed in the supercharger, and guides the intake air from the air-intake chamber to a combustion chamber of an engine; a fuel tank placed above the engine, wherein the air-intake chamber is placed between the fuel tank and the engine, and wherein the fuel tank includes a recess-forming section provided with a recess on a bottom surface of the fuel tank in such a manner that the bottom surface of the fuel tank does not interfere with the air-intake chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Daisuke Saeki, Tomo Yamamoto
  • MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, MULTILAYER WIRING FILM, AND METHOD OF FORMING MULTILAYER WIRING FILM
    Publication number: 20190105872
    Abstract: A multilayer transparent conductive film is provided, including: a Ag film that is formed of Ag or a Ag alloy; and a transparent conductive oxide film that is disposed on two opposite surfaces of the Ag film, in which the transparent conductive oxide film is formed of an oxide including Zn, Ga, and Ti.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hiromi Nakazawa, Hiroshi Ishii, Yuto Toshimori, Atsushi Saito, Yujiro Hayashi
  • MULTILAYER REFLECTION ELECTRODE FILM, MULTILAYER REFLECTION ELECTRODE PATTERN, AND METHOD OF FORMING MULTILAYER REFLECTION ELECTRODE PATTERN
    Publication number: 20190103580
    Abstract: A multilayer reflection electrode film includes a Ag film that is formed of Ag or an Ag alloy; and a transparent conductive oxide film that is disposed on the Ag film, in which the transparent conductive oxide film is formed of an oxide that includes Zn and Ga and further includes one element or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sn, Y, and Ti.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hiromi Nakazawa, Hiroshi Ishii, Yuto Toshimori, Atsushi Saito, Yujiro Hayashi
  • Motorcycle
    Patent number: 10233873
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a fuel tank, a vehicle body frame, a pair of front forks, and a canister. The fuel tank contains gasoline therein. The vehicle body frame supports the fuel tank. The pair of front forks are placed spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction to support a front wheel from both sides in the vehicle width direction such that the front wheel is rotatable, and mounted to the vehicle body frame such that the pair of front forks are rotatable around a head pipe. The canister adsorbs gasoline contained in a gasoline vapor present inside the fuel tank and supplies the gasoline to an engine. The canister is placed inward in the vehicle width direction relative to the pair of front forks when viewed from a front, and in front of an engine when viewed from a side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Ono, Ichiro Tanaka, Kotaro Hanabusa, Shinji Ikeda, Takashi Uchida, Tomo Yamamoto, Daisuke Saeki, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Temperature control for sheet heating device
    Patent number: 10156820
    Abstract: A sheet heating device includes a heater, a power supply for the heater, and a control unit configured to set an initial power supply level of the power supply at a start of a sheet heating job by the heater based on the sheet heating job and according to whether or not maximum and minimum power supply levels from a last sheet heating job are stored, and control the power supply level of the power supply during the sheet heating job based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ishii
  • Straddle-type vehicle
    Patent number: 10144473
    Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle includes a front cowling covering a front portion of a vehicle body; and an aerodynamic device including an aerodynamic force generating section which generates a downforce by air flowing in a rearward direction along an upper surface of the front cowling, and the aerodynamic force generating section is placed to overlap with the upper surface of the front cowling, when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Tomo Yamamoto, Daisuke Saeki, Taku Nagata, Seiichi Sonoda, Akira Yoshida, Manabu Morikawa
  • Vehicle body frame structure of straddle-type vehicle
    Patent number: 10144479
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body frame structure which can reduce a burden in assembly of a straddle-type vehicle. The structure comprises a head pipe; and a pair of main frames extending rearward from the head pipe and outward in a vehicle width direction such that the main frames are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction. Rear portions of the pair of main frames are detachably coupled to each other in the vehicle width direction via a coupling member. The pair of main frames include a pair of front frame members including respective first mounts to which a drive unit of the vehicle is mounted, and a pair of respective rear frame members located rearward relative to the front frame members. The pair of rear frame members have a stiffness lower than that of the front frame members in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Tomo Yamamoto, Daisuke Saeki
  • FILLING-WRAPPED NOODLE STRIP FOOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
    Publication number: 20180325125
    Abstract: There are provided a filling-wrapping dough sheet food, such as Chinese dumpling, of which a peripheral portion of a dough sheet is not likely to become hard after cooking with a microwave oven or the like, and a method for producing the same. The filling-wrapping dough sheet food is prepared by using a dough sheet containing preferably 15 to 65% by weight of grain flour, preferably 1 to 48% by weight of acetylated phosphate-crosslinked starch, and preferably 1 to 42% by weight of hydroxypropylated starch based on the total weight of the dough sheet, in which the weight ratio between the grain flour and (the acetylated phosphate-crosslinked starch+the hydroxypropylated starch) is preferably 90:10 to 20:80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Ohama, Misaki Asano, Chiaki Kurihara, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Image reading device, image forming apparatus, method of displaying document image, and non-transitory recording medium
    Patent number: 10129424
    Abstract: An image reading device includes an imaging device to capture an image of a document placed below the imaging device to generate a document image and output an image signal based on the document image, circuitry to determine a size of a fed-sheet based on information on the fed-sheet, the fed-sheet being a sheet to be formed with the document image, generate a frame image for the document image, the frame image having a size equal to the size of the fed-sheet, and synthesize the frame image with the image signal output from the imaging device to generate a synthesized image, and a display to display the synthesized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yabuuchi, Naoki Asaba, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiroshi Ishii, Ayumu Hashimoto, Atsushi Yoshida, Osamu Kizaki, Naoki Goh, Masafumi Kishi, Masaki Nagase
  • Methods and Apparatus for Processing Droplets
    Publication number: 20180318826
    Abstract: An electrowetting-on-dielectric actuator may include an array of electrodes and a dielectric layer. The actuator may modulate voltage of the electrodes in such a way that time-varying electric fields created by the electrodes cause droplets of liquid to move relative to the actuator. The electric fields may cause the droplets to press up against a bottom surface of the actuator while the droplets are under and touching the bottom surface. The droplets may then be released from the bottom surface and thereby deposited on an object being fabricated. The release of droplets may be repeated, one layer of droplets at a time, to fabricate the object. Multiple actuators may simultaneously organize droplets in layers. A robot may move the actuators, one at a time, into position for releasing the droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Udayan Umapathi, Patrick Shin, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Straddle vehicle
    Patent number: 10112677
    Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame; an axle which is rotatable integrally with a wheel; a swing arm having a front end portion pivotably mounted to the vehicle body frame, and a rear end portion to which the axle is rotatably mounted; a first coupling member to which rotational driving power from a driving source is transmitted is coaxially, rotatably mounted to the axle via a bearing; and a second coupling member coaxial with the axle and including a joining portion non-rotatably joined to the axle, a fitting portion fitted to the first coupling member via a buffering member, and a coupling portion for coupling the joining portion to the fitting portion, wherein the coupling portion is placed axially outward relative to the first coupling member, and the joining portion extends from axially outside between the first coupling member and the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Tomo Yamamoto, Daisuke Saeki
  • PLAYBACK SOUND PROVISION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180293047
    Abstract: A playback sound provision device includes: a surrounding information detection device configured to detect detection information including information on a three-dimensional object or a planar display around the vehicle; and a control device configured to determine a playback method for a playback sound based on a music piece based on the detection information when a predetermined target is included in the detection information, and provide the playback sound based on the playback method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Yukari NAKANE, Chisato KOMURASAKI, Hiroshi ISHII