Patents by Inventor Akira Arai
Akira Arai 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).
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Patent number: 10848923Abstract: A user location information detection and tracking system includes an IC tag that a user can carry, a user terminal configured to receive identification information outputted from the IC tag, a magnetic field device configured to form a magnetic field in a predetermined area, and a managing device communicably connected to the user terminal. The IC tag outputs at a predetermined timing, as the identification information, tag ID for identifying the IC tag, in response to detection of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field device, the IC tag outputs, as the identification information, magnetic field identification information for identifying the magnetic field, and in response to the identification information received from the IC tag, the user terminal sends the identification information to the managing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.Inventors: Motoki Suzuki, Taro Morioka, Akira Arai, Hiroyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200314596Abstract: A user location information detection and tracking system includes an IC tag that a user can carry, a user terminal configured to receive identification information outputted from the IC tag, a magnetic field device configured to form a magnetic field in a predetermined area, and a managing device communicably connected to the user terminal. The IC tag outputs at a predetermined timing, as the identification information, tag ID for identifying the IC tag, in response to detection of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field device, the IC tag outputs, as the identification information, magnetic field identification information for identifying the magnetic field, and in response to the identification information received from the IC tag, the user terminal sends the identification information to the managing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Motoki SUZUKI, Taro MORIOKA, Akira ARAI, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20200102703Abstract: A recording medium manufacturing apparatus includes at least one material supplying section which includes a storage unit which stores a fiber-containing material containing cellulose fibers and a resin, at least one carrying body which carries the fiber-containing material which is supplied from the material supplying section, a transfer-target body onto which the fiber-containing material which is carried by the carrying body is electrostatically transferred, and an after-treatment unit which performs an after-treatment on the fiber-containing material which is electrostatically transferred onto the transfer-target body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kaneo YODA, Yasumasa NAKAJIMA, Seiichi TANIGUCHI, Shunichi SEKI, Akira ARAI, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Hiroki KURATA
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Publication number: 20200101637Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus is an apparatus that heats a material containing fibers to form a sheet, and includes a heating portion that heats the material, and a control portion that controls a temperature at which the heating portion heats the material. The control portion sets a temperature of the heating portion to a first temperature in a first state where the sheet manufacturing apparatus manufactures the sheet, and sets the temperature of the heating portion to a second temperature lower than the first temperature at a predetermined timing in a second state where the sheet is not manufactured, or at a predetermined timing when a state of the sheet manufacturing apparatus is shifted to the state where the sheet is not manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kaneo YODA, Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Yuki OGUCHI, Shigeo FUJITA, Akira ARAI, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA, Teruaki OGUCHI, Seiichi TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200043037Abstract: A point management system manages points on the basis of an index related to a financial product, the points being held by a user in a loyalty points program with which accumulated points can be exchanged for a product or the like. The point management system includes a point management unit that, on the basis of a target value and/or a withdrawal value of a point balance in management set on the basis of a tiered unit of exchange in exchanging points for a product or the like, calculates information related to prediction of whether or not the point balance reaches each of the target value and/or the withdrawal value by a term, or selects a financial product with which the point balance is highly likely to reach the target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Akira ARAI, Taro MORIOKA, Ryoji KASHIWAGI, Hideaki YASUKAWA
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Publication number: 20200011009Abstract: A sheet is configured to have a first complex having a fiber and a fiber aggregation inhibitor integrally, a second complex having a fiber and a fiber aggregation inhibitor integrally, and a binding material which combines the first complex and the second complex and contains a resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Akira ARAI, Kaneo YODA, Shunichi SEKI, Yoshihiro UENO, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA, Shinichi KATO, Hidehiro TAKANO
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Publication number: 20190062996Abstract: Provided is technology improving the efficiency (productivity) of a sheet manufacturing apparatus. A sheet manufacturing apparatus 100 manufactures sheets S by heating with heaters 81 and 82 a mixture (second web W2) of resin and fiber produced by defibrating feedstock MA. The heaters 81 and 82 each have a first roller 171, a second roller 172 that holds the second web W2 with the first roller 171, and a moving mechanism 190. The moving mechanism 190 can switch the first roller 171 and second roller 172 to a position holding the second web W2, and a first roller 171 and second roller 172 are separated and do not hold the second web W2. The heaters 81 and 82 are configured as units that can removably installed to the sheet manufacturing apparatus 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaneo YODA, Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Yuki OGUCHI, Shigeo FUJITA, Akira ARAI, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA, Teruaki OGUCHI, Seiichi TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180114150Abstract: An airline ticket sales system having a stock recording unit retaining a stock of flights, and a destination candidate extraction unit including: receiving an input of at least one condition from a user via an information processing terminal, information about a destination airport being excluded from the condition; acquiring, from the stock recording unit, information about outbound candidate flights and inbound candidate flights satisfying the condition; extracting, as candidate airports, a predetermined number from airports common to arrival airports of the outbound candidate flights and departure airports of the inbound candidate flights; selecting, based on a predetermined criterion, one from round-trip candidate flights composed of combinations of the outbound candidate flights and the inbound candidate flights among the departure airports of the outbound candidate flights specified by the condition and the respective candidate airports; and regarding the selected one as a to-be-sold round-trip flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.Inventors: Taro Morioka, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Akira Arai, Takashi Sagimori, Hitoshi Matsuo, Takeo Shimada
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Patent number: 9933748Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes one or plural forming devices that form respective images on a recording medium that is being transported, a fixing device provided on a downstream side with respect to at least one of the forming devices in a direction of transport of the recording medium and that fixes the images formed on the recording medium, a delivering device that receives the recording medium transported in a first direction and discharges the recording medium in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a supplying device that supplies the recording medium to any of the forming devices or to the delivering device. The forming devices, the fixing device, the delivering device, and the supplying device have respective housings and are each joinable to any of the other devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mikio Yamaguchi, Yukihiro Ichiki, Akira Arai, Sho Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170343939Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes one or plural forming devices that form respective images on a recording medium that is being transported, a fixing device provided on a downstream side with respect to at least one of the forming devices in a direction of transport of the recording medium and that fixes the images formed on the recording medium, a delivering device that receives the recording medium transported in a first direction and discharges the recording medium in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a supplying device that supplies the recording medium to any of the forming devices or to the delivering device. The forming devices, the fixing device, the delivering device, and the supplying device have respective housings and are each joinable to any of the other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mikio YAMAGUCHI, Yukihiro ICHIKI, Akira ARAI, Sho WATANABE
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Patent number: 9398376Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a diaphragm including a pair of convex surfaces respectively including convex surfaces of a pair of longitudinal split tubular members. A valley is formed between one side portions of the pair of longitudinal split tubular members. The electroacoustic transducer further includes: a converter configured to convert between a vibration of the diaphragm in a depth direction of the valley and an electric signal corresponding to the vibration; and a supporter supporting other side portions of the pair of longitudinal split tubular members of the diaphragm so as to allow the other side portions to vibrate in a vibration direction of the vibration.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
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Publication number: 20150110305Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a diaphragm including a pair of convex surfaces respectively including convex surfaces of a pair of longitudinal split tubular members. A valley is formed between one side portions of the pair of longitudinal split tubular members. The electroacoustic transducer further includes: a converter configured to convert between a vibration of the diaphragm in a depth direction of the valley and an electric signal corresponding to the vibration; and a supporter supporting other side portions of the pair of longitudinal split tubular members of the diaphragm so as to allow the other side portions to vibrate in a vibration direction of the vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Masao NORO, Akira ARAI
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Patent number: 8938084Abstract: A speaker device includes an enclosure provided with a speaker unit and a bass reflex port, wherein the bass reflex port has an outer opening opened to outside of the enclosure and an inner opening opened to inside of the enclosure, and has a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area is gradually reduced along an axial direction of the bass reflex port from its ends to its center, and the tubular body is formed so that a length of the hollow cross-section in one direction does not change along the axial direction, and wherein the inner opening of the bass reflex port is located opposite to the speaker unit, with the bass reflex port sandwiched therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira Arai
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Patent number: 8430200Abstract: A speaker apparatus according to the present invention includes a phase inversion-type enclosure in which a speaker unit and a bass reflex port are installed, the bass reflex port having a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area gradually becomes smaller from one opening side toward an inside of the bass reflex port in an axial direction of the bass reflex port, and a length in one direction of the hollow cross section of the tubular body not changing and constant along the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira Arai
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Publication number: 20130083937Abstract: A speaker device includes an enclosure provided with a speaker unit and a bass reflex port, wherein the bass reflex port has an outer opening opened to outside of the enclosure and an inner opening opened to inside of the enclosure, and has a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area is gradually reduced along an axial direction of the bass reflex port from its ends to its center, and the tubular body is formed so that a length of the hollow cross-section in one direction does not change along the axial direction, and wherein the inner opening of the bass reflex port is located opposite to the speaker unit, with the bass reflex port sandwiched therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Arai
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Patent number: 8094842Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a loudspeaker enclosure having an inside space, a loudspeaker provided on the loudspeaker enclosure, a first diaphragm which has one of ends fixed to a surface of the loudspeaker enclosure and the other end, a second diaphragm which has one of ends fixed to the surface of the loudspeaker enclosure and the other end, a coupling portion having an elasticity, and coupling the other end of the first diaphragm to the other end of the second diaphragm, an opening structure provided in the surface of the loudspeaker enclosure, and a sealing member provided to a portion among the first and second diaphragms, the coupling portion and an edge part of the opening structure, and closing the inside space to hold an airtightness of the loudspeaker enclosure in a state that the first and second diaphragms can be vibrated.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
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Publication number: 20110303481Abstract: A speaker apparatus according to the present invention includes a phase inversion-type enclosure in which a speaker unit and a bass reflex port are installed, the bass reflex port having a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area gradually becomes smaller from one opening side toward an inside of the bass reflex port in an axial direction of the bass reflex port, and a length in one direction of the hollow cross section of the tubular body not changing and constant along the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira ARAI
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Patent number: 8028792Abstract: A speaker apparatus according to the present invention includes a phase inversion-type enclosure in which a speaker unit and a bass reflex port are installed, the bass reflex port having a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area gradually becomes smaller from one opening side toward an inside of the bass reflex port in an axial direction of the bass reflex port, and a length in one direction of the hollow cross section of the tubular body not changing and constant along the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira Arai
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Patent number: 7940943Abstract: A speaker driving apparatus includes a speaker enclosure whose inside is tightly closed, at least two speakers that are provided to the speaker enclosure so as to have a common rear space, and a signal supplying unit that supplies a stereo left channel signal to the speaker in a first group and supplies a stereo right channel signal to the speaker in a second group. The at least two speakers being divided into two groups as the first group and the second group.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
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Publication number: 20090260915Abstract: A speaker apparatus according to the present invention includes a phase inversion-type enclosure in which a speaker unit and a bass reflex port are installed, the bass reflex port having a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area gradually becomes smaller from one opening side toward an inside of the bass reflex port in an axial direction of the bass reflex port, and a length in one direction of the hollow cross section of the tubular body not changing and constant along the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira ARAI