Patents by Inventor Takuya Hiraki

Takuya Hiraki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240196485
    Abstract: An induction heating coil unit 2 according to the present invention is an induction heating coil unit 2being configured to be able to heat a heating object 1 by induction heating, wherein the induction heating coil unit 2 includes: an induction heating coil 20 wherein conductors 200 are wound around a predetermined axis line AL; and end wall portions 21 made of a soft magnetic material, the end wall portions 21 being disposed to cover at least a part of end portions on both sides of the induction heating coil 20 in an axial direction, and wherein each of the conductors 200 has an opposing surface 201 opposing to an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface of the heating object 1, and wherein the opposing surface 201 includes a parallel portion 201a extending parallel to the axis line AL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro UMETANI, Shota KAWAHARA, Daiki MIYAKE, Masataka ISHIHARA, Eiji HIRAKI, Shuichi ICHIKAWA, Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takuya ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240155743
    Abstract: An induction heating device according to the present invention includes: an induction heating coil 10 with a conductor 100 wound around a predetermined axis line AL; a member 11 including at least one soft magnetic material 110, the at least one soft magnetic material 110 being disposed at or on an outer side of each of axial end portions 102 of the induction heating coil 10 in an extending direction of the axis line AL; and a heating object 2 disposed on an inner side of the induction heating coil 10 and the member 11, the heating object 2 being configured to be heatable by induction heating using a magnetic flux from the induction heating coil 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro UMETANI, Shota KAWAHARA, Daiki MIYAKE, Masataka ISHIHARA, Eiji HIRAKI, Shuichi ICHIKAWA, Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takuya ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10264160
    Abstract: An information processor includes a first input unit configured to accept designation of an enlargement/reduction rate, an extraction unit configured to extract a first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate and a second output setting different from the first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee for the first output setting and a second fee for the second output setting, a display configured to display the first output setting and the first fee in association with each other, and the second output setting and the second fee in association with each other, a second input unit configured to receive a selection of one of the first output setting and the second output setting, and a controller configured to cause the execution of image formation onto a medium with the selected output setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hiraki
  • Publication number: 20160277634
    Abstract: An information processor includes a first input unit configured to accept designation of an enlargement/reduction rate, an extraction unit configured to extract a first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate and a second output setting different from the first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee for the first output setting and a second fee for the second output setting, a display configured to display the first output setting and the first fee in association with each other, and the second output setting and the second fee in association with each other, a second input unit configured to receive a selection of one of the first output setting and the second output setting, and a controller configured to cause the execution of image formation onto a medium with the selected output setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya HIRAKI
  • Patent number: 9384425
    Abstract: An information processor includes a first input unit configured to accept designation of an enlargement/reduction rate, an extraction unit configured to extract a first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate and a second output setting different from the first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee for the first output setting and a second fee for the second output setting, a display configured to display the first output setting and the first fee in association with each other, and the second output setting and the second fee in association with each other, a second input unit configured to receive a selection of one of the first output setting and the second output setting, and a controller configured to cause the execution of image formation onto a medium with the selected output setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hiraki
  • Patent number: 8786878
    Abstract: A print processing device includes: a display device that displays a print preview of a print document; a plurality of application programs; an application specifying part that specifies the application program which is used to compose the print document; a print mode setting part that stores print mode setting information; an application determining part that determines whether or not the application program specified by the application specifying part is a program that is likely not to provide to the print mode setting part a print orientation information in correspondence with the print document as actually printed; a print preview display method deciding part that determines a display method of the print preview based on a determination result by the application determining part; and a print preview displaying part that displays the print preview according to the display method decided by the print preview display method deciding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hiraki
  • Publication number: 20140078522
    Abstract: An information processor includes a first input unit configured to accept designation of an enlargement/reduction rate, an extraction unit configured to extract a first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate and a second output setting different from the first output setting for printout at the designated enlargement/reduction rate, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee for the first output setting and a second fee for the second output setting, a display configured to display the first output setting and the first fee in association with each other, and the second output setting and the second fee in association with each other, a second input unit configured to receive a selection of one of the first output setting and the second output setting, and a controller configured to cause the execution of image formation onto a medium with the selected output setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya HIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20110216356
    Abstract: A print processing device includes: a display device that displays a print preview of a print document; a plurality of application programs; an application specifying part that specifies the application program which is used to compose the print document; a print mode setting part that stores print mode setting information; an application determining part that determines whether or not the application program specified by the application specifying part is a program that is likely not to provide to the print mode setting part a print orientation information in correspondence with the print document as actually printed; a print preview display method deciding part that determines a display method of the print preview based on a determination result by the application determining part; and a print preview displaying part that displays the print preview according to the display method decided by the print preview display method deciding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya HIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20100265536
    Abstract: An image processing method for managing output jobs that are output to a plurality of logical devices includes: a storing step for storing the output job in a storing part for each plurality of logical devices; an output job managing step for managing the output job stored in the storing part; a grouped information selecting step for selecting grouped information for grouping the output job; and a display control step for displaying the output job stored in the storing part in a grouped manner based on the grouped information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hiraki
  • Publication number: 20040263907
    Abstract: A page processing apparatus for forming layout information showing an allocating position of each page for multi-page printing in which a plurality of pages are arranged to one print medium and printed has: a page designating unit which designates a page to be overlapped and an overlapping page among the pages; an area designating unit which designates an overlap possible area or an overlap inhibition area to an area of the designated page to be overlapped and obtains the designated area as area information; and a layout information obtaining unit which determines a layout position of each page on the basis of the obtained area information and obtains a predetermined page layout as layout information. A good print result is obtained in the multi-page printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Takuya Hiraki