Patents by Inventor Asako Chiba

Asako Chiba 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: 20240102813
    Abstract: The function input means 71 accepts input of a cost function that calculates a cost incurred in at least one of a selection of a candidate relay point and a design of a route, the cost function being represented as a linear sum of terms weighted by degree of importance attached to each of the features that an expert is assumed to intend when selecting the candidate relay point and design of the route. The learning means 72 learns the cost function by inverse reinforcement learning using training data that includes relay point information which is data that maps information indicating a relay point with surrounding information of the relay point and usage information of the relay point, and route result information which is result data of a route that pass through each relay point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Fujii, Riki Eto, Yuki Chiba, Norihito Oi
  • Patent number: 10815091
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing provided with a conveyance path, a conveyance unit which conveys a sheet along the conveyance path, a discharge port from which the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is discharged, a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is stacked, and an attitude change unit which changes an attitude of the discharge tray. The discharge tray includes a first sheet receiving surface which is a portion facing the discharge port in a discharge direction of the sheet and on which a leading edge of the sheet lands, and a second sheet receiving surface which is formed at a predetermined inclination with respect to the first sheet receiving surface. The attitude change unit changes the attitude of the discharge tray so that the first sheet receiving surface of the discharge tray is inclined toward the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kaneko, Misato Nakayama, Asako Chiba, Ayumi Machida, Tetsurou Ishikawa, Yoshinori Kanaya, Yoshihiro Taniike, Masashi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190233241
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing provided with a conveyance path, a conveyance unit which conveys a sheet along the conveyance path, a discharge port from which the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is discharged, a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is stacked, and an attitude change unit which changes an attitude of the discharge tray. The discharge tray includes a first sheet receiving surface which is a portion facing the discharge port in a discharge direction of the sheet and on which a leading edge of the sheet lands, and a second sheet receiving surface which is formed at a predetermined inclination with respect to the first sheet receiving surface. The attitude change unit changes the attitude of the discharge tray so that the first sheet receiving surface of the discharge tray is inclined toward the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sadayuki KANEKO, Misato NAKAYAMA, Asako CHIBA, Ayumi MACHIDA, Tetsurou ISHIKAWA, Yoshinori KANAYA, Yoshihiro TANIIKE, Masashi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10301139
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing provided with a conveyance path, a conveyance unit which conveys a sheet along the conveyance path, a discharge port from which the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is discharged, a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is stacked, and an attitude change unit which changes an attitude of the discharge tray. The discharge tray includes a first sheet receiving surface which is a portion facing the discharge port in a discharge direction of the sheet and on which a leading edge of the sheet lands, and a second sheet receiving surface which is formed at a predetermined inclination with respect to the first sheet receiving surface. The attitude change unit changes the attitude of the discharge tray so that the first sheet receiving surface of the discharge tray is inclined toward the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kaneko, Misato Nakayama, Asako Chiba, Ayumi Machida, Tetsurou Ishikawa, Yoshinori Kanaya, Yoshihiro Taniike, Masashi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180257895
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing provided with a conveyance path, a conveyance unit which conveys a sheet along the conveyance path, a discharge port from which the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is discharged, a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is stacked, and an attitude change unit which changes an attitude of the discharge tray. The discharge tray includes a first sheet receiving surface which is a portion facing the discharge port in a discharge direction of the sheet and on which a leading edge of the sheet lands, and a second sheet receiving surface which is formed at a predetermined inclination with respect to the first sheet receiving surface. The attitude change unit changes the attitude of the discharge tray so that the first sheet receiving surface of the discharge tray is inclined toward the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Sadayuki KANEKO, Misato NAKAYAMA, Asako CHIBA, Ayumi MACHIDA, Tetsurou ISHIKAWA, Yoshinori KANAYA, Yoshihiro TANIIKE, Masashi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: D689865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruhiko Kitamura, Masaki Namiki, Shinobu Kato, Minoru Sashida, Hiroshi Oka, Asako Chiba
  • Patent number: D794640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Shigeno, Manabu Ikarashi, Asako Chiba, Shinobu Kato, Tatsuya Nishi