Patents by Inventor Hideki Sato

Hideki Sato 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).

  • ORGANIC ELECTRIC FIELD LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20160233445
    Abstract: A composition for an organic electroluminescent device is a composition for forming an organic light emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device by wet coating process. The composition contains a phosphorescent material, a charge transport material, and a solvent, in which the phosphorescent material and the charge transport material are each an unpolymerized organic compound, and the first oxidation potential of the phosphorescent material ED+, the first reduction potential of the phosphorescent material ED?, the first oxidation potential of the charge transporting material ET+, and the first reduction potential of the charge transporting material ET? satisfy the following condition: ET?+0.1?ED?<ET+?ED+?0.1 or ED?+0.1?ET?<ED+?ET+?0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi YABE, Tomoyuki OGATA, Hideki SATO, Koichiro llDA, Asato TANAKA, Mitsuru TANAMURA, Yuichiro KAWAMURA, Hironori ISHIKAWA, Kazuki OKABE
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT
    Publication number: 20160209468
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a digital circuit having a scan test mode. The digital circuit includes a first flip-flop forming a part of a scan chain when in the scan test mode, and a first selector provided on an input side of the first flip-flop. The first selector is capable of selecting a first signal when not in the scan test mode, and selecting a second signal that is different from the first signal when in the scan test mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Hideki SATO
  • Organic electric field light emitting element and production therefor
    Patent number: 9365767
    Abstract: A composition for an organic electroluminescent device is a composition for forming an organic light emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device by wet coating process. The composition contains a phosphorescent material, a charge transport material, and a solvent, in which the phosphorescent material and the charge transport material are each an unpolymerized organic compound, and the first oxidation potential of the phosphorescent material ED+, the first reduction potential of the phosphorescent material ED?, the first oxidation potential of the charge transporting material ET+, and the first reduction potential of the charge transporting material ET? satisfy the following condition: ET?+0.1?ED?<ET+?ED+?0.1 or ED?+0.1?ET?<ED+?ET+?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yabe, Tomoyuki Ogata, Hideki Sato, Koichiro Iida, Asato Tanaka, Mitsuru Tanamura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Hironori Ishikawa, Kazuki Okabe
  • Fixing device, image forming apparatus, pressing device, and urging device
    Patent number: 9335692
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a first rotary member; a second rotary member that is in contact with the first rotary member and presses a recording medium passing therethrough; a heating member that heats a contact area; a first support member supporting the first rotary member from inside so as to be in contact with the second rotary member; a second support member supporting the first support member and switchable between states in which it is in contact with and separated from the first support member; a first urging-force applying member attached to the second support member and urging the second and first support members against the second rotary member; a second urging-force applying member disposed between the first and second support members; and a switching member via which the first and second support members are switched between states in which they are in contact with and separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sawamura, Hideki Sato, Masahiro Akatsuka, Yasuhiro Kato, Takayuki Ukawa, Shigeru Watanabe
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 9332152
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that receives data of an image, an encoding unit that encodes multiple data blocks respectively representing multiple partial images forming the image to generate multiple pieces of encoded information, a determining unit that determines a reading sequence of the data blocks with respect to each of multiple image rotation angles, and a memory that stores, in an associated form, multiple pieces of sequence information representing the determined sequences with respect to the image rotation angles, and the multiple pieces of generated encoded information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Terutake Hayashi, Kenichi Takahashi, Ryoko Saito
  • Semiconductor device, physical quantity sensor, electronic apparatus, and moving object
    Patent number: 9322878
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a digital circuit having a scan test mode. The digital circuit includes a first flip-flop forming a part of a scan chain when in the scan test mode, and a first selector provided on an input side of the first flip-flop. The first selector is capable of selecting a first signal when not in the scan test mode, and selecting a second signal that is different from the first signal when in the scan test mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Content display-playback system, content display-playback method, recording medium having content display-playback program recorded thereon, and operation control apparatus
    Patent number: 9325931
    Abstract: A content display-playback system includes at least one server that distributes audio-visual content via streaming, and at least one client that plays back, by streaming, the content distributed via streaming from the server, and the server and client are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Nakamura, Hideki Sato
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160092144
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit, a control unit and an image forming unit. The receiving unit receives first data indicating first print setting information, second data indicating second print setting information and image data. The control unit designates third print setting information based on the first print setting information and the second print setting information. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet based on the image data by using the third print setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: OKI DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki SATO
  • Analog-digital conversion circuit, sensor apparatus, cellular phone, and digital camera
    Patent number: 9285465
    Abstract: An analog-digital conversion circuit (ADC1) includes: a capacitor (C1); a charge and discharge control section (6) that puts, into the capacitor (C1), an electric charge corresponding to an input current of a first period and that causes an electric charge corresponding to an input current of a second period to be discharged from the capacitor (C1); and a digital conversion section (5) that converts an amount of electric charge of the capacitor (C1) into a digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Takahiro Inoue
  • Fixing device, image forming apparatus, pressure-applying device, and pressing device
    Patent number: 9285738
    Abstract: A fixing device includes first and second contact bodies that apply a pressure to a recording medium to fix an unfixed image on the recording medium; a pressing member that is movable between a first position at which the pressing member is in contact with the first contact body and a second position at which the pressing member is separated from the first contact body; a first urging member that urges the pressing member to apply a force to the first contact body; a guide member that controls a direction in which the first contact body moves; a second urging member that is interposed between the pressing member and the guide member and that urges the guide member to apply a force to the first contact body; and a changer that selectively changes a position of the pressing member between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ukawa, Jun Sawamura, Hideki Sato, Yoshiro Konishi, Yasuhiro Kato, Masahiro Akatsuka, Haruhiko Nishida
  • DRIVING ENVIRONMENT RISK DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND DRIVING ENVIRONMENT RISK NOTIFICATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160035222
    Abstract: A driving environment risk determination apparatus includes a driver status acquisition module that acquires a status of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the driving environment risk determination apparatus, an other-vehicle status acquisition module that acquires a driving status of the another vehicle, a driving environment acquisition module that acquires a driving environment in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, a risk determination module that calculates a degree of risk from information acquired through the driver status acquisition module, the other-vehicle status acquisition module, and the driving environment acquisition module and thereby determines whether the degree of risk is minor or major.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tsukasa MIKUNI, Koichi MIZUTANI, Yusuke HAMADA, Takahito SUZUKI, Hideki SATO, Hidemichi TAKAGI
  • Image forming apparatus for performing control operation to disconnect power supply, power management system, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 9251449
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit, a disconnect request receiving unit that receives, from a management apparatus which manages power, a disconnect request to disconnect a supply of power, a notification receiving unit that receives a notification of an occurrence of a predetermined event, and a controller that performs a control operation so as to disconnect the supply of power after the printing unit prints predetermined data if the disconnect request receiving unit has received the disconnect request to disconnect the supply of power and the notification receiving unit has received the notification of the occurrence of the predetermined event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Content display-playback system, content display-playback method, recording medium having content display-playback program recorded thereon, and operation control apparatus
    Patent number: 9215488
    Abstract: In a content display-playback system, an operation control apparatus controls operations of a content providing apparatus and display-playback apparatus connected to a network so that content can be transmitted and received among the content providing apparatus, the display-playback apparatus, and the operation control apparatus and that the content can be displayed and played back on the display-playback apparatus and the operation control apparatus. The operation control apparatus includes a storage unit. When a user operates the operation control apparatus to stop playback during playback of content received from the content providing apparatus on the display-playback apparatus or the operation control apparatus, content meta-information concerning the played back content and playback position information of the content being played back when the playback is stopped are stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Kouichi Matsuda, Shuichi Otsu, Tomoya Narita
  • Image forming system and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9195421
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a client apparatus, a server apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The client apparatus includes a designating unit. The designating unit designates identification information stored in the server apparatus and image data. The server apparatus includes a first memory unit and a transmitting unit. The first memory unit stores the identification information. The transmitting unit transmits the identification information and the image data designated by the designating unit to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a second memory unit, an accepting unit and a control unit. The second memory unit stores first authentication information corresponding to the identification information. The accepting unit accepts second authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Woven tape for slide fastener
    Patent number: 9169583
    Abstract: A woven tape for a slide fastener comprising an element mounting portion and a tape main portion, wherein the tape portion includes warp having a fineness of 30-100 dTex and a weaving density of 100-220 yarns/inch (2.54 cm), weft having a fineness of 60-180 dTex and a weaving density of 30-80 yarns/inch (2.54 cm), and a ratio of the number of yarns in the warp constituting a plain weave structure to the total number of yarns in the warp in the tape main portion is at least 40%. The woven tape for a slide fastener has a low weight and yet a high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Hasegawa, Takahiro Asami, Takashi Mori, Tutomu Hamatani, Hideki Sato
  • Fixing device, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9164451
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing device including a fixing member that fixes toner onto a recording material, a pressurizing member that forms a nip portion, through which the recording material passes, between the fixing member and the pressurizing member, a moving member that is disposed to be movable in response to passage of the recording material in a transport path of the recording material which passes through the nip portion, a detection unit that detects a presence or absence of the moving member, a displacement mechanism that changes a position of the pressurizing member with respect to the fixing member, and an attachment/detachment member that is disposed in a detachable manner at a facing position facing the displacement mechanism and comes into contact with the moving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Shigeyuki Maruhashi, Jun Sawamura, Yasuhiro Kato, Kensuke Ainai
  • POWER FAILURE DETECTION METHOD, POWER FAILURE DETECTOR, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150288223
    Abstract: A power failure detector includes a reference voltage storing part storing as a reference voltage state at least one of weak voltages that are generated due to an inter-wire capacity induction and an inter-wire electromagnetic induction of a wiring of interior wirings on a ground side and a wiring of the interior wirings on a non-ground side into which a wall switch is interposed and that are detected in an OFF state of the wall switch during a non-power failure, a monitored voltage detection part monitoring and detecting as a monitored voltage state at least one of week voltages that are generated due to the inter-wire capacity induction and the inter-wire electromagnetic induction, and a power failure determination partdetermining a power failure by comparing the reference voltage state and the monitored voltage state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Toshiyuki Kaji
  • Inorganic nanostructure reactive direct-write and growth
    Patent number: 9153437
    Abstract: Methods for forming inorganic nanostructures are provided. The methods create the inorganic nanostructures by positioning a writing electrode (e.g., a conductive “stamp”) spaced nanometers above a substrate such that a precursor is intermediate the two. Applying an electric field, a voltage bias, an ionic current, or an electronic current between the writing electrode and the substrate converts the precursor into an inorganic solid material (e.g., a semiconductor such as silicon or germanium) in the area of the writing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Marco Rolandi, Hideki Sato, Stephanie Vasko, Michael Brasino, Adnan Kapetanovic, Vamsi Talla
  • IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150268911
    Abstract: In a cloud computing system with multiple image forming devices, an image forming device on which an operation is performed sends the cloud server operation information indicating that the operation has been performed. The cloud server generates screen data for a screen listing the image forming devices and indicating the image forming device on which the operation was performed, and sends the screen data to an information processing device. The information processing device displays this screen, enabling the user of the information processing device to easily identify the image forming device on which the operation was performed and thereby select the right image forming device to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Hideki SATO
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150271361
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that receives data of an image, an encoding unit that encodes multiple data blocks respectively representing multiple partial images forming the image to generate multiple pieces of encoded information, a determining unit that determines a reading sequence of the data blocks with respect to each of multiple image rotation angles, and a memory that stores, in an associated form, multiple pieces of sequence information representing the determined sequences with respect to the image rotation angles, and the multiple pieces of generated encoded information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki SATO, Terutake HAYASHI, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Ryoko SAITO