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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Publication number: 20200094561Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Hiroki AOKI
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Patent number: 10596840Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryota Takenaka, Hiroki Aoki
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Patent number: 10569578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takehito Washizawa, Hiroki Aoki
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Patent number: 10556452Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hiroki Aoki
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Publication number: 20190263155Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Ryota TAKENAKA, Hiroki AOKI
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Publication number: 20190254108Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20190193435Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Takehito WASHIZAWA, Hiroki AOKI
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Patent number: 10208976Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masaki Toyoshima, Emi Takeda, Shinichi Ito, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Haruyuki Hirasawa, Atsushi Shinno, Hiroki Aoki
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Publication number: 20180345687Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Yoshitsugu TOKAI, Hiroki AOKI, Takehito WASHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20180222221Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Hiroki AOKI
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Patent number: 9914313Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Yoshitsugu Tokai
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Publication number: 20170087899Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Hiroki AOKI, Yoshitsugu TOKAI
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Publication number: 20170051937Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Masaki TOYOSHIMA, Emi TAKEDA, Shinichi ITO, Toshiaki YOSHIKAWA, Haruyuki HIRASAWA, Atsushi SHINNO, Hiroki AOKI
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Patent number: 8529929Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Yamaguchi University, Osaka UniversityInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Koichi Yoshimura, Hiromori Tsutsumi, Chie Teruyama, Masunori Matsuzaki, Shunichi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20100285083Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicants: YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY, OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroki Aoki, Koichi Yoshimura, Hiromori Tsutsumi, Chie Teruyama, Masunori Matsuzaki, Shunichi Kuroda
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Patent number: 7750033Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Yamaguchi UniversityInventors: Koichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Aoki, Masunori Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20070248944Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITYInventors: Koichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Aoki, Masunori Matsuzaki