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: 12149839
    Abstract: Suppressing a dead period at the time of mode switching. A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels (300) that each outputs a luminance change of incident light; and a detection circuit (305) that outputs an event signal based on the luminance change output from each of the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion element (311) that generates a charge according to an incident light amount; a logarithmic conversion circuit (312, 313) that is connected to the photoelectric conversion element and converts a photocurrent flowing out of the photoelectric conversion element into a voltage signal corresponding to a logarithmic value of the photocurrent; and a first transistor (318) having a drain connected to a sense node of the logarithmic conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Imoto, Yusuke Ikeda, Atsumi Niwa, Atsushi Suzuki, Shinichirou Etou, Kenichi Takamiya, Takuya Maruyama, Ren Hiyoshi
  • Patent number: 12123167
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a machine body; a prime mover that is mounted on the machine body; a fuel cylinder that contains a fuel; a vaporizer that vaporizes the fuel sent from the fuel cylinder and supplies the fuel to the prime mover; a temperature detector that detects a temperature correlating with a decrease in the temperature of the vaporizer; and a controller that imposes restraint on the flow rate of the fuel flowing from the vaporizer to the prime mover when the temperature detected by the temperature detector is lower than or equal to a first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruo Kunizawa, Kiyoshi Matsui, Junki Ito, Haruhito Ikeda, Hisayuki Hiramatsu, Satoshi Osaki, Atsushi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12118744
    Abstract: A preprocessing device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire coordinate information of respective vertexes of a polygon for inside/outside determination and reduce the vertexes of the polygon for inside/outside determination as preprocessing of determination processing of determining whether a coordinate to be determined exists inside or outside the polygon for inside/outside determination, and output the coordinate information of the respective vertexes of the polygon after the vertexes are reduced, to a device which performs the determination processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyahara, Tatsuro Kimura, Ichibe Naito, Atsushi Isomura, Tomoya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240337963
    Abstract: A charge roller includes a base and a surface layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the base, with a contact angle between the surface layer and toluene being 6° or more, and a contact angle between the surface layer and tetradecane being 22° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi IKEDA, Kenji SASAKI, Nozomu SUZUKI, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kosuke OURA, Goki INUKAI, Shogo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240326177
    Abstract: A flux containing an organic acid (AC1), a solvent (S1), and a compound (AZ1) that has a benzotriazole skeleton is employed. AC1 has a rate of decrease in weight of 20% by mass or less in a case of being held at 140° C. for 15 minutes. S1 has a rate of decrease in weight of 50% by mass or less in a case of being held at 140° C. for 15 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohisa KAWANAGO, Yasuhiro KAJIKAWA, Atsushi IKEDA
  • Patent number: 12106002
    Abstract: A display apparatus that displays an image acquired via a network, the display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display information, and one or more controllers configured to register a plurality of pieces of address information including address information for image data accessible with a first protocol and address information for image data accessible with a second protocol, and acquire a plurality of pieces of image data based on the plurality of pieces of registered address information and sequentially display the plurality of pieces of acquired image data on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
  • Patent number: 12099827
    Abstract: An information processing system that provides an application to be executed on an image processing apparatus, the information processing system includes one or more controllers configured to provide, as a first combination application, combination information regarding a reproduction application that reproduces a description file defining an operation procedure, and a first description file, provide, as a second combination application, combination information regarding the reproduction application and a second description file, and output a license code associated with the first combination application and the second combination application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Koike, Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Sora Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12091498
    Abstract: Provided is an optical resin composition for lenses that contains a resin having a structural unit represented by formula (1), and a binaphthalene compound and/or a binaphthalene compound oligomer having a structural unit represented by formula (2). A, p, K1, K2, Z, and q in formula (1) are as described in the present specification. R1-R10, a, and b in formula (2) are as described in the present specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsutake Suematsu, Atsushi Motegi, Kentaro Ishihara, Katsushi Nishimori, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kensuke Oshima, Masahiro Kanda, Shoko Suzuki, Tatsunobu Ogata
  • Patent number: 12089317
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Kawamori, Tatsuyuki Yazawa, Atsushi Ikeda, Masanao Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240287250
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there can be provided a thermoplastic resin comprising a constituent unit (A) derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 to R12, Rk, and Rp each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, a cycloalkyl group containing 5 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkoxyl group containing 5 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, which comprises one or more heterocyclic atoms selected from O, N and S, or an aralkyl group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms, and X and Y represent a single bond or an alkylene group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, i and ii each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, and K1 and K2 each independently represent —
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Shinya IKEDA, Atsushi MOTEGI, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Shoko MURATA SUZUKI, Tatsunobu OGATA
  • Patent number: 12067301
    Abstract: An image sending apparatus includes a first authentication unit configured to perform processing for first authentication to authenticate a user, a storage unit configured to store authentication information used when the first authentication unit authenticates the user, a sending unit capable of sending image data by a plurality of kinds of sending methods, a destination setting unit configured to set a destination to which the sending unit sends the image data, a second authentication unit configured to perform processing for second authentication required for the sending unit to send the image data to the destination set by the destination setting unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to use the authentication information stored in the storage unit when the second authentication unit performs the processing for the second authentication, based on the sending method by which the sending unit sends the image data to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Hiroyuki Amano
  • Publication number: 20240271045
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon production apparatus includes a synthesis gas production unit structured to produce a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen by using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, a hydrocarbon production unit structured to produce a hydrocarbon by using the synthesis gas, and a first separator structured to separate a recycle gas containing a light hydrocarbon having 4 or less carbon atoms from an effluent from the hydrocarbon production unit. The synthesis gas production unit is structured to receive supply of the recycle gas and also use the recycle gas for production of the synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Masakazu IKEDA, Yasushi SATO, Akira GOTO, Takuya KAJITA, Satoshi TAKASAKI, Ryo KISHIDA, Kazuya MAYUMI, Satoshi NAGATAKE
  • Patent number: 12046455
    Abstract: A shower plate includes a plate-shaped dielectric main body having gas holes, and a plurality of sealed areas formed in the dielectric main body. Each of the sealed areas has a permittivity lower than a permittivity of the dielectric main body. A volume density of the sealed areas at a central region of the dielectric main body is higher than a volume density of the sealed areas at a peripheral region of the dielectric main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Kawakami, Atsushi Kubo, Taro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12046453
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing container; a substrate holder disposed within the processing container and configured to hold a substrate thereon; a dielectric window disposed below the substrate holder; and a plurality of phased array antennas disposed below the dielectric window and configured to irradiate a plurality of electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Ikeda, Atsushi Kubo, Eiki Kamata, Nobuhiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12006179
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing configured to house a recording portion recording an image on a sheet and to have a side including an opening through which the sheet passes, a tray configured to rotate about a rotation shaft, relative to the housing, between a closed position at a first angle for closing the opening and an open position at a second angle for loading the sheet, and an urging mechanism configured to urge the tray toward the closed position when an angle about the rotation shaft of the tray is between the first angle and a third angle and to urge the tray toward the open position when an angle about the rotation shaft of the tray is between the third angle and the second angle. The third angle is an angle between the first angle and the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Takano, Tetsu Hamano, Atsushi Ikeda, Masaaki Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20240167570
    Abstract: A sealing device is arranged between a high-pressure space and a low-pressure space next to each other along an axial direction of a rod, and seals a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the rod and an inner circumferential surface of a housing through which the rod can be inserted. The sealing device has an annular member mounted to the housing and a seal member, at which the seal member is mounted to the annular member, projects toward the outer circumferential surface of the rod, and is contactable with the outer circumferential surface of the rod. The seal member has an outer circumferential portion arranged radially outwardly and an inner circumferential portion arranged radially inwardly. The seal member is deformable in a curved shape such that a portion contactable with the outer circumferential surface of the rod projects toward the low-pressure space in the axial direction of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240160831
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: a memory storing a program; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor when executing the program causes the information processing apparatus to: acquire screen information for identifying a size of a screen of a communication terminal; determine, based on the screen information, a minimum font size for displaying characters included in a predetermined Web page on the screen of the communication terminal in a predetermined font size; set a font size of a character included in the predetermined Web page and smaller than the minimum font size to be larger than or equal to the minimum font size; generate display information for displaying the predetermined Web page on a screen of the communication terminal based on the set font size; and transmit the generated display information to the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: ATSUSHI IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240160336
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of communication with an image generation system functioning as a cloud browser, the communication apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive, from the image generation system, selection element related information related to a selection element in a Web page being displayed using the cloud browser; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the selection element related information, a selection UI to display the selection element converted from a first display format in the Web page to a second display format different from the first display format; and a control unit configured to cause a display unit of the communication apparatus to display the selection UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: ATSUSHI IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240153180
    Abstract: An image generation system capable of communicating with a communication apparatus, the system includes a reception unit that receives an operation instruction for a Web page from the communication apparatus, an acquisition unit that, if the operation instruction is a copy instruction, acquires Web page configuration information which exists at coordinates on the Web page and for which the copy instruction has been accepted, and a transmission unit that transmits, to the communication apparatus, one of the Web page configuration information and information based on the Web page configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: ATSUSHI IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240142890
    Abstract: A developing roll for use in an image-forming apparatus using electrophotography includes a cylindrical core made of metal; an annular elastic layer made of rubber and arranged around the core; and an annular surface layer arranged around the elastic layer. The surface layer includes a central portion and end portions. The central portion is located at the center of the developing roll in the longitudinal direction, the end portions are located at opposite end portions of the developing roll in the longitudinal direction. A coefficient of kinetic friction of the outer peripheral surface of each end portion of the surface layer is less than or equal to 0.1, and a ten-point average roughness Rz of the outer peripheral surface of each end portion of the surface layer is less than or equal to 1.8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke OURA, Norimasa HOSONUMA, Atsushi IKEDA, Yu AKAI, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kenji SASAKI