Patents by Inventor Hiroki Aoki
Hiroki Aoki 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: 12162297Abstract: An information processing device processes information related to a printing process performed by an inkjet device drawing an image onto a fabric and at least one of a pre-processing device performing pre-processing on the fabric before an image is drawn and a post-processing device performing post-processing on the fabric after an image is drawn, the information processing device including an acquisition unit acquiring image data and original image data, the image data being obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric on which the printing process is performed, the original image data being original data of the image drawn on the fabric, a transmission unit transmitting, to a server, the image data and the original image data, and a reception unit receiving, from the server, an image quality parameter obtained by quantifying, by the server, image quality of the image data with respect to the original image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240326147Abstract: A conveyance belt welding method includes supporting the conveyance belt at a belt support surface provided in the conveyance belt welding jig, inserting a first positioning part provided in the conveyance belt welding jig into a first through hole provided at one end portion where the conveyance belt is to be welded, inserting a second positioning part provided in the conveyance belt welding jig into a second through hole provided at another end portion where the conveyance belt is to be welded, and welding the conveyance belt supported by the belt support surface by the conveyance belt welding apparatus with the first positioning part inserted to the first through hole and the second positioning part inserted to the second through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Hirotaka YASHIRO, Hiroki AOKI, Tadashi AIZAWA, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240326343Abstract: A conveyance belt welding apparatus includes: a contact part including a contact surface configured to come into contact with the conveyance belt; a first electrode; a second electrode disposed surrounding the first electrode in plan view from a first direction toward the conveyance belt; a first conductor including a coil and configured to electrically couple a transmission line configured to transmit a high-frequency voltage and the first electrode; and a second conductor configured to electrically couple the transmission line and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode weld the conveyance belt by generating electromagnetic waves in response to application of a high-frequency voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Hirotaka YASHIRO, Tadashi AIZAWA, Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Shinya TANIGUCHI, Kohei YAMADA
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Publication number: 20240334559Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed surrounding the first electrode in plan view from a first direction toward a heating object, a first conductor including a coil and configured to electrically couple a transmission line and the first electrode, a second conductor configured to electrically couple the transmission line and the second electrode, and a housing. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to heat the heating object by generating electromagnetic waves in response to application of a high-frequency voltage. The housing includes a contact part including a contact surface configured to come into contact with the heating object, and a housing case constituting an inner space configured to house the first electrode and the second electrode together with the contact part. The housing case has an insulating property.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Tadashi AIZAWA, Hirotaka YASHIRO, Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Patent number: 11932006Abstract: A recording device includes: a transport unit configured to transport a medium along a transport path, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium transported, a wrinkle forming mechanism configured to form wrinkles on a portion of the medium on the transport path before recording is performed, a detection unit configured to detect a state of the wrinkles, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a rigidity characteristic of the medium based on detection data of the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11904618Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring image data and status data, a transmission unit transmitting, to a server, the image data and the status data, a reception unit receiving, from the server, first data generated by the server based on the image data and the status data, a storage unit storing the first data received by the reception unit and second data, and a control unit, wherein the first data is data defining a learned model learned by machine learning, the learned model being configured to, when the image data and the status data are input, output fabric data indicating a feature value of the fabric, the second data indicates a correspondence relationship between the fabric data and a recommended parameter, and the control unit derives, based on the first data and the second data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the status data.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20230415500Abstract: A support unit is configured to support a medium that is imaged by an imaging device and on which printing is performed by a printing apparatus in accordance with a result of the imaging. The support unit includes a table unit including a support region that supports the medium and a non-support region that does not support the medium, and a sandwiching unit having a portion with light transmissivity and being configured to sandwich the medium with the table unit. The non-support region is provided with a plurality of marks recognizable by the imaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventor: Hiroki AOKI
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Patent number: 11794491Abstract: An information processing device processes information related to a printing process performed by an inkjet device drawing an image onto a fabric and at least one of a pre-processing device performing pre-processing on the fabric before an image is drawn and a post-processing device performing post-processing on the fabric after an image is drawn, the information processing device including an acquisition unit acquiring image data and original image data, the image data being obtained by digitizing a printed fabric as an image, the original image data being original data of an image drawn on the fabric; a storage unit storing derivation data for deriving, based on the image data and the original image data, a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device; and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the original image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11645486Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring pre-printing image data that is obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the printing process is performed and at least one of pre-drawing image data that is obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric after the pre-processing is performed and before the image is drawn and post-drawing image data that is obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the post-processing is performed and after the image is drawn, a storage unit storing derivation data indicating a correspondence relationship between the pre-printing image data, the pre-drawing image data or the post-drawing image data, and a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device, and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the pre-printing image data, the pre-drawing image data or the post-drawing image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20230126527Abstract: A transport device includes a transport belt configured to alternately repeat a transport operation of transporting a medium and a non-transport operation of not transporting the medium, a detection mechanism configured to detect a movement amount of the transport belt in the transport operation, and a control section configured to determine a magnitude of tension of the transport belt based on a vibration state of the transport belt when the transport operation ends, the vibration state being detected by the detection mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Sho SHIMIZU, Hiroki AOKI, Ryosuke BAN
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Patent number: 11468278Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring image data and ink data, the image data being obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the printing process is performed, the ink data indicating a type of the ink, a storage unit storing derivation data for deriving a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device, and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the ink data, wherein the derivation data includes first data and second data, the first data being configured to define a learned model learned by machine learning, the learned model being configured to, when the image data is input, output fabric data indicating a feature value of the fabric, the second data indicating a correspondence relationship between the fabric data and the ink data, and the recommended parameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11446939Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit capable of performing recording on a medium, a transporting belt capable of transporting the medium, and a first contact portion and a second contact portion that contact the transporting belt, and are inclined in mutually different directions with respect to a movement direction of the transporting belt, wherein when a direction orthogonal to the movement direction and along the transporting belt is an orthogonal direction, a range, in which the first contact portion and the second contact portion are provided, in the orthogonal direction is wider than a width dimension of the transporting belt in the orthogonal direction, and an interval between the first contact portion and the second contact portion in the orthogonal direction increases in the movement direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hiroki Aoki
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Publication number: 20220134779Abstract: An information processing device processes information related to a printing process performed by an inkjet device drawing an image onto a fabric and at least one of a pre-processing device performing pre-processing on the fabric before an image is drawn and a post-processing device performing post-processing on the fabric after an image is drawn, the information processing device including an acquisition unit acquiring image data and original image data, the image data being obtained by digitizing a printed fabric as an image, the original image data being original data of an image drawn on the fabric; a storage unit storing derivation data for deriving, based on the image data and the original image data, a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device; and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the original image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220138520Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring image data and ink data, the image data being obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the printing process is performed, the ink data indicating a type of the ink, a storage unit storing derivation data for deriving a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device, and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the ink data, wherein the derivation data includes first data and second data, the first data being configured to define a learned model learned by machine learning, the learned model being configured to, when the image data is input, output fabric data indicating a feature value of the fabric, the second data indicating a correspondence relationship between the fabric data and the ink data, and the recommended parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220134774Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring image data and status data, a transmission unit transmitting, to a server, the image data and the status data, a reception unit receiving, from the server, first data generated by the server based on the image data and the status data, a storage unit storing the first data received by the reception unit and second data, and a control unit, wherein the first data is data defining a learned model learned by machine learning, the learned model being configured to, when the image data and the status data are input, output fabric data indicating a feature value of the fabric, the second data indicates a correspondence relationship between the fabric data and a recommended parameter, and the control unit derives, based on the first data and the second data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the status data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220134775Abstract: An information processing device processes information related to a printing process performed by an inkjet device drawing an image onto a fabric and at least one of a pre-processing device performing pre-processing on the fabric before an image is drawn and a post-processing device performing post-processing on the fabric after an image is drawn, the information processing device including an acquisition unit acquiring image data and original image data, the image data being obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric on which the printing process is performed, the original image data being original data of the image drawn on the fabric, a transmission unit transmitting, to a server, the image data and the original image data, and a reception unit receiving, from the server, an image quality parameter obtained by quantifying, by the server, image quality of the image data with respect to the original image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220134773Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring pre-printing image data that is obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the printing process is performed and at least one of pre-drawing image data that is obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric after the pre-processing is performed and before the image is drawn and post-drawing image data that is obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the post-processing is performed and after the image is drawn, a storage unit storing derivation data indicating a correspondence relationship between the pre-printing image data, the pre-drawing image data or the post-drawing image data, and a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device, and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the pre-printing image data, the pre-drawing image data or the post-drawing image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220118775Abstract: A recording device includes: a transport unit configured to transport a medium along a transport path, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium transported, a wrinkle forming mechanism configured to form wrinkles on a portion of the medium on the transport path before recording is performed, a detection unit configured to detect a state of the wrinkles, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a rigidity characteristic of the medium based on detection data of the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210291559Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit capable of performing recording on a medium, a transporting belt capable of transporting the medium, and a first contact portion and a second contact portion that contact the transporting belt, and are inclined in mutually different directions with respect to a movement direction of the transporting belt, wherein when a direction orthogonal to the movement direction and along the transporting belt is an orthogonal direction, a range, in which the first contact portion and the second contact portion are provided, in the orthogonal direction is wider than a width dimension of the transporting belt in the orthogonal direction, and an interval between the first contact portion and the second contact portion in the orthogonal direction increases in the movement direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventor: Hiroki AOKI
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Patent number: 11116029Abstract: A network entity (5) sends, to a mobility management entity (6) or a subscriber server (9), a request message in order to configure the mobility management entity (6) to report a second identifier to be used by a radio access network node (2) for identifying a radio terminal (1). Further, the network entity (5) receives the second identifier from the mobility management entity (6) directly or through the subscriber server (9) and communicates with the radio access network node (2) by using the second identifier. It is thus, for example, possible to allow an MEC server (or an MEC application hosted on the MEC server) and the radio access network (RAN) node to directly exchange therebetween control messages regarding a specific radio terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Iwai, Nobuhiko Itoh, Ling Xu, Kenki Takagi, Toshiyuki Tamura, Tomoaki Hokao, Naoaki Suzuki, Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi, Kazuki Eguchi, Kouichi Kimura, Hiroki Aoki, Hideki Bessho, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tooru Kikuchi