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).

  • Publication number: 20200094561
    Abstract: A recording device includes a supporting stage including a supporting surface formed with a plurality of suction holes and configured to support a target recording medium transported along the supporting surface by applying a negative pressure to an internal space that communicating with the suction holes, a recording head configured to eject a fluid onto the target recording medium supported by the supporting surface to perform recording, and a partition member configured to block a flow of gas in the internal space. The supporting surface includes, in a transport direction of the target recording medium, a first region where a first suction force is generated and a second region where a second suction force weaker than the first suction force is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroki AOKI
  • Patent number: 10596840
    Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a transporting unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a winding unit disposed on a downstream side of the transporting unit in the transport direction and configured to wind the medium, a recording head disposed between the transporting unit and the winding unit and configured to discharge ink onto the medium positioned in a discharge range, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium positioned in the discharge range, and a medium guide unit disposed on a downstream side of the medium supporting unit in the transport direction, and heated by a heater, and moreover including a curved portion curved in a direction away from the recording head, wherein the curved portion includes a curved portion side convex portion group including curved portion side convex portions projecting in a direction approaching the recording head and arranged in an X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Takenaka, Hiroki Aoki
  • Patent number: 10569578
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a platen including a first guide rail and a second guide rail mutually parallel in a width direction that intersects a transport direction of a medium; an edge holder including a plate-shaped member that covers an end portion of the medium in the width direction, a first engaging portion that engages with the first guide rail, and a second engaging portion that engages with the second guide rail; and a changing portion that is provided on the first engaging portion side and is for changing a position of the plate-shaped member in the width direction. A space in the transport direction formed between the first engaging portion and the first guide rail is narrower than a space in the transport direction formed between the second engaging portion and the second guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takehito Washizawa, Hiroki Aoki
  • Patent number: 10556452
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus that includes a print section configured to perform printing onto a medium, a support section configured to support the medium, a base section to which the support section is attached, and a contact section configured to be attached to the base section so as to be movable to come into contact with the support section and being configured such that a position of the contact section with respect to the base section is not changed when the support section is detached from the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190263155
    Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a transporting unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a winding unit disposed on a downstream side of the transporting unit in the transport direction and configured to wind the medium, a recording head disposed between the transporting unit and the winding unit and configured to discharge ink onto the medium positioned in a discharge range, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium positioned in the discharge range, and a medium guide unit disposed on a downstream side of the medium supporting unit in the transport direction, and heated by a heater, and moreover including a curved portion curved in a direction away from the recording head, wherein the curved portion includes a curved portion side convex portion group including curved portion side convex portions projecting in a direction approaching the recording head and arranged in an X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ryota TAKENAKA, Hiroki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20190254108
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20190193435
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a platen including a first guide rail and a second guide rail mutually parallel in a width direction that intersects a transport direction of a medium; an edge holder including a plate-shaped member that covers an end portion of the medium in the width direction, a first engaging portion that engages with the first guide rail, and a second engaging portion that engages with the second guide rail; and a changing portion that is provided on the first engaging portion side and is for changing a position of the plate-shaped member in the width direction. A space in the transport direction formed between the first engaging portion and the first guide rail is narrower than a space in the transport direction formed between the second engaging portion and the second guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Takehito WASHIZAWA, Hiroki AOKI
  • Patent number: 10208976
    Abstract: An air-conditioning ventilation system of the present invention includes one or a plurality of air circulation devices configured to circulate air among a plurality of rooms, one or a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses provided in at least one of the plurality of rooms, a human detector provided in each of the plurality of rooms and configured to detect a human present in a corresponding one of the rooms in which the human detector is provided, an optimal air-conditioning ventilation operation estimating unit configured to estimate presence or absence of any human in each of the plurality of rooms, or a human presence ratio representing a number of humans present per unit time in each of the plurality of rooms, on a basis of a past result of detection by the human detector, and a controller configured to control the air circulation device and the air-conditioning apparatus on a basis of a result of estimation by the optimal air-conditioning ventilation operation estimating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Toyoshima, Emi Takeda, Shinichi Ito, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Haruyuki Hirasawa, Atsushi Shinno, Hiroki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20180345687
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction by rotating while pinching the medium, a support portion that is disposed on a downstream side of the transport unit in the transport direction and that has a support surface that supports the medium transported by the transport unit, a printing unit that is disposed opposite the support portion and that is capable of printing an image and a mark on the medium, and a detection unit that detects the mark printed on the medium by the printing unit when printing on both surfaces of the medium is performed, where the detection unit is disposed on a downstream side of the transport unit in the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu TOKAI, Hiroki AOKI, Takehito WASHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180222221
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus that includes a print section configured to perform printing onto a medium, a support section configured to support the medium, a base section to which the support section is attached, and a contact section configured to be attached to the base section so as to be movable to come into contact with the support section and being configured such that a position of the contact section with respect to the base section is not changed when the support section is detached from the base section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroki AOKI
  • Patent number: 9914313
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion for printing on a medium, a driving roller for transporting the medium, a first and a second driven roller which are respectively supported with a gap in one roller shaft in a shaft line direction of the roller shaft and rotate around the roller shaft while pressing the transported medium on the driving roller, and a shaft support member that has a shaft support portion which supports the roller shaft between the first driven roller and the second driven roller. The first and the second driven roller have a through hole into which the roller shaft is inserted and an inner diameter in a roller center portion is smaller than an inner diameter of a roller end portion in the shaft line direction. The roller shaft is supported so as to be swingable with the shaft support portion as a support point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Aoki, Yoshitsugu Tokai
  • Publication number: 20170087899
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion for printing on a medium, a driving roller for transporting the medium, a first and a second driven roller which are respectively supported with a gap in one roller shaft in a shaft line direction of the roller shaft and rotate around the roller shaft while pressing the transported medium on the driving roller, and a shaft support member that has a shaft support portion which supports the roller shaft between the first driven roller and the second driven roller. The first and the second driven roller have a through hole into which the roller shaft is inserted and an inner diameter in a roller center portion is smaller than an inner diameter of a roller end portion in the shaft line direction. The roller shaft is supported so as to be swingable with the shaft support portion as a support point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Yoshitsugu TOKAI
  • Publication number: 20170051937
    Abstract: An air-conditioning ventilation system of the present invention includes one or a plurality of air circulation devices configured to circulate air among a plurality of rooms, one or a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses provided in at least one of the plurality of rooms, a human detector provided in each of the plurality of rooms and configured to detect a human present in a corresponding one of the rooms in which the human detector is provided, an optimal air-conditioning ventilation operation estimating unit configured to estimate presence or absence of any human in each of the plurality of rooms, or a human presence ratio representing a number of humans present per unit time in each of the plurality of rooms, on a basis of a past result of detection by the human detector, and a controller configured to control the air circulation device and the air-conditioning apparatus on a basis of a result of estimation by the optimal air-conditioning ventilation operation estimating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki TOYOSHIMA, Emi TAKEDA, Shinichi ITO, Toshiaki YOSHIKAWA, Haruyuki HIRASAWA, Atsushi SHINNO, Hiroki AOKI
  • Patent number: 8529929
    Abstract: It is a main object of the present invention to provide a drug delivery system in which drugs can be changed or which can be recharged with drugs, which continuously delivers drugs at effective concentrations to local lesional sites in a body and allows the use of drugs for which it has thus far been difficult to achieve effective local concentrations for a variety of reasons and drugs which have been difficult to use due to adverse effects on tissues that are not sites of action. The present invention provides a drug delivery system comprising an indwelling medical device on which a biocompatible material having target molecules on its surface has been coated, and target-recognizing nanocarriers (e.g., bio-nanocapsules, liposomes, liposome preparations, and nanoparticles) in which drugs are encapsulated and which have target-recognizing molecules capable of specifically binding to the target molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Yamaguchi University, Osaka University
    Inventors: Hiroki Aoki, Koichi Yoshimura, Hiromori Tsutsumi, Chie Teruyama, Masunori Matsuzaki, Shunichi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20100285083
    Abstract: It is a main object of the present invention to provide a drug delivery system in which drugs can be changed or which can be recharged with drugs, which continuously delivers drugs at effective concentrations to local lesional sites in a body and allows the use of drugs for which it has thus far been difficult to achieve effective local concentrations for a variety of reasons and drugs which have been difficult to use due to adverse effects on tissues that are not sites of action. The present invention provides a drug delivery system comprising an indwelling medical device on which a biocompatible material having target molecules on its surface has been coated, and target-recognizing nanocarriers (e.g., bio-nanocapsules, liposomes, liposome preparations, and nanoparticles) in which drugs are encapsulated and which have target-recognizing molecules capable of specifically binding to the target molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroki Aoki, Koichi Yoshimura, Hiromori Tsutsumi, Chie Teruyama, Masunori Matsuzaki, Shunichi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7750033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a prophylactic agent or a therapeutic agent for a disorder of collagen or elastin metabolism, which comprises a substance possessing JNK inhibitory activity as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaguchi University
    Inventors: Koichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Aoki, Masunori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20070248944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a prophylactic agent or a therapeutic agent for a disorder of collagen or elastin metabolism, which comprises a a substance possessing JNK inhibitory activity as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Aoki, Masunori Matsuzaki