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: 12203558
    Abstract: [Problem] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a casing for a fluid controller capable of enabling maintenance inside the casing even in a state where the lower part of the casing is fixed to a main body of a fluid controller, and improving maintainability. [Solution] A casing 1 for covering devices 104,106,108 on a main body 101 of a fluid controller 100, the casing 1 is configured so as to be dividable into a plurality of parts, and the plurality of parts comprising a first part 2 provided with a fixing portion 2i for fixing to the main body 101, a second part 4 attached to the first part 2, and a third part 5 attachably and detachably provided at an upper partition higher than a predetermined height position of the casing 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Takatoshi Nakatani, Kazuyuki Morisaki, Tomokazu Hirota, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20250019332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where X is selected from the group consisting of a single bond, O, N—(C1-C4)-alkyl, N—Ar1, CR5R6, S, S(O) and SO2; Z1 and Z2 are independently selected from hydrogen, -Alk-OH, —CH2—Ar2—CH2—OH, -Alk?-C(O)ORx, —CH2—Ar2—C(O)ORx and —C(O)—Ar2—C(O)ORx, where Rx is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, phenyl, benzyl and C1-C4-alkyl; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted mono- or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 26 carbon atoms as ring members and optionally substituted mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 26 atoms as ring members, R5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar1; R6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C4-alkyl; Alk is C2-C4-alkandiyl; provided that R1 and R2 are not both phenyl, if R3 and R4 are both hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Karl REUTER, Philipp KOSCHKER, Florian STOLZ, Mark KANTOR, Noriyuki KATO, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Atsushi MOTEGI, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Shinya IKEDA, Takafumi WATANABE, Tatsunobu OGATA, Kazutaka TAKAMATSU, Yutaro HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240430300
    Abstract: A communication apparatus configured to receive and display a rendering result of a Web page from an image generation system that functions as a cloud browser, the communication apparatus comprising: an editing unit configured to accept editing of insertion data to be inserted into an operation target element of the Web page; and a control unit configured to restrict transmission of the insertion data to the image generation system until editing of the insertion data is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Atsushi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240416213
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor configured to output information relating to an exercise quantity of a user who performs exercise while viewing a moving image; and an information processing apparatus including a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute controlling displaying of the moving image, and playing back the moving image at a playback speed determined based on the information relating to the exercise quantity of each of a plurality of the users output from the sensor, and a attributable ratio of the exercise quantity with respect to the playback speed of the moving image set for each of the plurality of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka KURUSU, Atsushi IKEDA, Hayato WATANABE, Kyosuke SUZUKI, Tsutomu KAWASE
  • Patent number: 12169721
    Abstract: An information processing system provides combined information in which a description file defining an operation procedure and a reproduction application configured to reproduce the description file are combined, as a combined application to be executed by an image processing apparatus. The information processing system includes one or more control circuits each having a processor and a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as an acquisition unit, an output unit, a reception unit, and a generation unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire definition information from the reproduction application. The output unit is configured to output screen information to a display based on the definition information. The reception unit is configured to receive an edit instruction corresponding to the screen information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kogure, Atsushi Ikeda, Hiroaki Koike, Sora Kumagai
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11947895
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to execute an application containing a first component for displaying a web page and a second component different from the first component. The information processing apparatus selects, in a case where a plurality of external fonts that is externally acquired is determined to be used in a web page displayed in the first component, a font for used in the second component from the plurality of external fonts based on a usage pattern of each of the plurality of external fonts in the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11947273
    Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and less than 10 micrometers. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 3.5×105 particles per mm2 or greater and 7.5×105 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 0.2 micrometers or greater and 5.5 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11947272
    Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion formed of a conductive resin composition, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and 10 micrometers or less. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 1.0×104 particles per mm2 or greater and 2.0×106 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 3.0 micrometers or greater and 15.0 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki