Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Baba

Hiroshi Baba 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: 20150336528
    Abstract: An airbag module-equipped seat in which the periphery of an attachment portion of a guide member that guides a deployment direction of an airbag has a compact size and the guide member can be attached easily while maintaining satisfactory deployment performance of the airbag. This seat includes an airbag module attached to a side frame, a guide member that guides a deployment direction of the airbag module, and an attachment member for attaching the guide member to the side frame. The side frame has an attachment hole for the attachment member at a position different from a shaft portion for attaching the airbag module. The attachment member has a holding space in which an end of the guide member is held in a detachable manner, and is inserted into the attachment hole in a state in which the end of the guide member is held in the holding space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Baba, Makoto Takeuchi, Hiroshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20150244998
    Abstract: An image projection system includes a first image projection apparatus and a second image projection apparatus; each of detecting units that is arranged on the first image projection apparatus and detects whether the second image projection apparatus is in contact with or adjacent to the first image projection apparatus; a specifying unit that specifies a positional relationship between the first image projection apparatus and the second image projection apparatus based on detection results; a dividing unit that divides content data into pieces of divided content data corresponding to the respective image projection apparatuses on the basis of the positional relationship; and a projecting unit that projects a first projection image based on a piece of the divided content data corresponding to the first image projection apparatus on a projected object, and interconnects the first projection image to a second projection image projected by the second image projection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Shinsuke YANAZUME, Hiroshi BABA
  • Patent number: 9087057
    Abstract: A content processing apparatus managed as a content-using apparatus in apparatus information associating a content-using apparatus that supports content data with functions available in using the content data, and having a content processing unit that processes content data in response to a user's operation so that the user can utilize the content data, a used function identification unit that identifies a function used to process the content data and generates used function information indicating the identified function, and an apparatus search result display unit to display information of a content-using apparatus extracted by searching through apparatus information based on the used function information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ozaki, Hiroshi Baba, Shinsuke Yanazume, Shoh Nagamine
  • Patent number: 8964214
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is connected to an external device and includes a first receiving unit that receives information indicating a first volume of unprinted print data out of print data capable of being subject to distributed printing from the external device; a deciding unit that decides a second volume of the unprinted print data to undertake in the image processing apparatus for distributed printing on the basis of a predetermined condition upon reception of the information indicating the first volume of the unprinted print data; a first transmitting unit that transmits information indicating the second volume to the external device; and a second receiving unit that receives a piece of the unprinted print data corresponding to the second volume from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yanazume, Hiroshi Baba, Tabito Suzuki, Nahoko Yano
  • Patent number: 8881160
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus sequentially executing one or more processes of a workflow on an input document includes: a workflow-information storage unit storing workflow information; a result storage unit storing a process result; a workflow control unit receiving workflow identification information for identifying the workflow and acquiring workflow information from the workflow-information storage unit on the basis of the workflow identification information; and a result acquiring unit acquiring the process result from the result storage unit based on the result identification information when the workflow information acquired by the workflow control unit includes the result identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Ozaki, Masateru Kumagai, Shinsuke Yanazume, Hiroshi Baba, Shoh Nagamine
  • Publication number: 20140312664
    Abstract: An easy-to-attach clip member that makes the surroundings of a stay cloth mounting portion compact while maintaining high airbag deployment performance, and an airbag module-equipped seat with the clip member are provided. A clip member is connected to a cloth-form body that transmits a tensile force. The clip member includes a connecting portion connected to one end of the cloth-form body, and a groove engaged with an edge portion of a mounted portion. The clip member is provided to reduce a torque generated at the connecting portion by the tensile force transmitted from the cloth-form body when engaged with the edge portion of the mounted portion, and connects the cloth-form body to the mounted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Izawa, Hiroshi Baba
  • Patent number: 8479095
    Abstract: A workflow executing device includes a workflow executing unit; a first extracting unit that extracts a first preview property including a first element constituting a first data item and first position information; a second extracting unit that extracts a second preview property including a second element constituting a second data item and a second position information item, the second data item being obtained as a result of processing the first data item; a preview property managing unit that saves preview properties; a preview property generating unit that inserts the second element that is the processing result into the first preview property in place of the first element that is the processing target, and generates a new second preview property by associating the first position information with the second element; and a preview creating unit that creates preview images based on preview properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoh Nagamine, Hiroki Ozaki, Hiroshi Baba, Masateru Kumagai, Shinsuke Yanazume
  • Patent number: 8448331
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes: two heads equipped with plural nozzles for suctioning and mounting a component; a memory holding at least one of information on maximum speed and maximum acceleration; an operation determining unit determining whether an operation after a suctioning operation of any one of heads is a suctioning operation or not; a speed/acceleration calculating unit calculating at least one of speed and acceleration at the time of axial movement by using at least one of the maximum speed and the maximum acceleration for the suction, if it is determined that the operation after the suctioning operation is the suctioning operation; a control signal generating unit generating a control signal; and a driving unit performing movement from the suction operation to a component suction position of the subsequent nozzle in accordance with the control signal when the suctioning operation by the subsequent nozzle is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Baba
  • Publication number: 20130060925
    Abstract: A content distribution system includes a terminal device, and a content distribution server connectable to the terminal device. The content distribution server includes a capability information obtaining unit to obtain capability information of the terminal device that requests a target content; an element extraction unit to obtain the requested target content and to extract a sub-content element composing the target content; a comparison unit to identify a sub-content element that can be used at the terminal device based on the capability information, and to compare the identified sub-content element based on the capability information and the extracted sub-content element to determine which sub-content element can be used at the terminal device; an output determination unit to determine whether separation of the target content is required to distribute the sub-content element to the terminal device; and a separating unit to separate the target content into sub-content element if separation is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Shoh NAGAMINE, Hiroshi Baba, Shinsuke Yanazume, Hiroki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20130014386
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus including: a holding portion capable of holding and releasing an electronic component including a plurality of electrodes; a movement mechanism configured to move the holding portion; a coating portion in which a coating object to be applied onto the plurality of electrodes is set; and a controller configured to control the holding portion to hold the electronic component, control the movement mechanism to move the holding portion to a position above the coating portion, control the holding portion to release the electronic component above the coating portion so that the coating object is applied onto the electrodes, control the holding portion to hold the released electronic component again, control the movement mechanism to move the holding portion to a position above one of a substrate and another electronic component, and control the electronic component to be mounted on one of the substrate and the another electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Baba, Kenichi Oowada
  • Publication number: 20120259879
    Abstract: A content processing apparatus managed as a content-using apparatus in apparatus information associating a content-using apparatus that supports content data with functions available in using the content data, and having a content processing unit that processes content data in response to a user's operation so that the user can utilize the content data, a used function identification unit that identifies a function used to process the content data and generates used function information indicating the identified function, and an apparatus search result display unit to display information of a content-using apparatus extracted by searching through apparatus information based on the used function information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ozaki, Hiroshi Baba, Shinsuke Yanazume, Shoh Nagamine
  • Publication number: 20120117570
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus sequentially executing one or more processes of a workflow on an input document includes: a workflow-information storage unit storing workflow information; a result storage unit storing a process result; a workflow control unit receiving workflow identification information for identifying the workflow and acquiring workflow information from the workflow-information storage unit on the basis of the workflow identification information; and a result acquiring unit acquiring the process result from the result storage unit based on the result identification information when the workflow information acquired by the workflow control unit includes the result identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Ozaki, Masateru Kumagai, Shinsuke Yanazume, Hiroshi Baba, Shoh Nagamine
  • Publication number: 20120096348
    Abstract: A workflow executing device includes a workflow executing unit; a first extracting unit that extracts a first preview property including a first element constituting a first data item and first position information; a second extracting unit that extracts a second preview property including a second element constituting a second data item and a second position information item, the second data item being obtained as a result of processing the first data item; a preview property managing unit that saves preview properties; a preview property generating unit that inserts the second element that is the processing result into the first preview property in place of the first element that is the processing target, and generates a new second preview property by associating the first position information with the second element; and a preview creating unit that creates preview images based on preview properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoh Nagamine, Hiroki Ozaki, Hiroshi Baba, Masateru Kumagai, Shinsuke Yanazume
  • Publication number: 20120005880
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes: two heads equipped with plural nozzles for suctioning and mounting a component; a memory holding at least one of information on maximum speed and maximum acceleration; an operation determining unit determining whether an operation after a suctioning operation of any one of heads is a suctioning operation or not; a speed/acceleration calculating unit calculating at least one of speed and acceleration at the time of axial movement by using at least one of the maximum speed and the maximum acceleration for the suction, if it is determined that the operation after the suctioning operation is the suctioning operation; a control signal generating unit generating a control signal; and a driving unit performing movement from the suction operation to a component suction position of the subsequent nozzle in accordance with the control signal when the suctioning operation by the subsequent nozzle is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: HIROSHI BABA
  • Publication number: 20110304878
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is connected to an external device and includes a first receiving unit that receives information indicating a first volume of unprinted print data out of print data capable of being subject to distributed printing from the external device; a deciding unit that decides a second volume of the unprinted print data to undertake in the image processing apparatus for distributed printing on the basis of a predetermined condition upon reception of the information indicating the first volume of the unprinted print data; a first transmitting unit that transmits information indicating the second volume to the external device; and a second receiving unit that receives a piece of the unprinted print data corresponding to the second volume from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Shinsuke YANAZUME, Hiroshi BABA, Tabito SUZUKI, Nahoko YANO
  • Publication number: 20110016474
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus for performing an operation by use of an application, which can communicate with a plurality of external apparatuses, includes an application registering unit to register one or more applications selected as available applications from applications installed in the plurality of external apparatuses, an application selecting unit to select an application to be utilized from the one or more applications registered by the application registering unit, and a control unit to communicate with an external apparatus having the selected application installed therein to perform the operation by utilizing the selected application installed in the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Satoru Sugishita, Masahiro Suzuki, Yoko Sugiura, Hiroshi Baba
  • Patent number: 7831657
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus for performing an operation by use of an application, which can communicate with a plurality of external apparatuses, includes an application registering unit to register one or more applications selected as available applications from applications installed in the plurality of external apparatuses, an application selecting unit to select an application to be utilized from the one or more applications registered by the application registering unit, and a control unit to communicate with an external apparatus having the selected application installed therein to perform the operation by utilizing the selected application installed in the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Sugishita, Masahiro Suzuki, Yoko Sugiura, Hiroshi Baba
  • Patent number: 7573970
    Abstract: A prescaler that operates in a broad band. The prescaler includes a buffer and a counter. The buffer includes a first amplification circuit, which has three inverter circuits of different drive capacities, a second amplification circuit, which has four series-connected inverter circuits, and a feedback circuit. One of the inverter circuits is connected between a capacitor and an inverter circuit via a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit. This varies the drive capacity of the first amplification circuit. The feedback circuit functions as a variable resistor having two transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Katashi Hasegawa, Koju Aoki, Hiroshi Baba
  • Publication number: 20090162215
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor in which cylinder bores are formed and a muffler device is provided. The internal space of the muffler device is divided into at least two compartments by a partition wall. A cylindrical body, which allows the two compartments to communicate with each other and has the length of 16 to 50% of the overall length of the internal space, is provided in the partition wall. In particular, the overall length of the internal space of the muffler device is set to be within the range of 100 to 120 mm and the length of the cylindrical body is set to be within the range of 20 to 50 mm. Consequently, the muffler device can effectively attenuate and reduce the pulsation generated from the compressor and can be manufactured at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Baba, Yoshinobu Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 7390178
    Abstract: A compressor comprises a plurality of pairs of a cylinder bore and a piston moving reciprocally in the cylinder bore, a valve plate provided with a plurality of outlet holes for leading pressurized gas in the cylinder bores to the outside, a plurality of strap-shaped outlet valves, each whereof is free at one longitudinal end opposing a corresponding one of the outlet holes to open and close it, and a plurality of retainers, each whereof extends in the same direction as a corresponding one of the outlet valves and is provided with a divergence restricting surface opposing the valve plate with the corresponding outlet valve extending between the surface and the valve plate to restrict the divergence of the corresponding outlet valve. The divergences of the outlet valves restricted by the retainers are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Baba, Kouji Takizawa, Yoshinobu Ichikawa