Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Oba
Hiroyuki Oba 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: 8768190Abstract: A developing device includes a developer bearing member for bearing a developer so as to develop an electrostatic image, a restricting member for restricting the amount of developer born on the developer bearing member, a detector for detecting information on the amount of developer existing between the developer bearing member and the restricting member, and a controller which can change a value of a voltage to be applied to the restricting member during image formation based on a result detected by the detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Oba
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Publication number: 20140102533Abstract: The invention provides a polyvinylidene fluoride resin (PVDF) film in which a crystal structure determined from an absorbance by an infrared absorption spectrum is such that a proportion of a ?-type crystal is 10% or more based on the sum total of an ?-type crystal and the ?-type crystal, further preferably a film whose tensile modulus in TD at 120° C. is 90 MPa or less, or a film in which a ratio of its tensile modulus in TD at a temperature of 100° C. to its tensile modulus in TD at a temperature of 23° C. is 4% or less, in particular an extruded film, a backsheet for solar cell module, which comprises the film, and a production process of the film, which comprises quenching a PVDF sheet-shaped material melt-extruded at 5 to 70° C. and preferably then subjecting the quenched material to a heat treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: KUREHA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Hosoda, Yusuke Sato, Hiroyuki Oba, Masamichi Akatsu, Tetsuya Komatsuzaki
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Publication number: 20120076984Abstract: A biaxially oriented poly(arylene sulfide) resin film formed from a resin composition including a syndiotactic polystyrene resin by a ratio of from 0.1 to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a poly(arylene sulfide) resin, which has a center line average roughness Ra in the range of from 0.01 to 0.09 ?m and a maximum height Rmax of 1.0 ?m or less, a static friction coefficient of 1.00 or less and a kinetic friction coefficient of 0.70 or less, and a process for the production of the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Aoi Miyazaki, Masayuki Hino, Tomonori Hosoda, Hiroyuki Oba, Satoshi Usui
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Patent number: 7977559Abstract: In a plurality of rooms, hubs are installed to build a star-shaped LAN, and tone-generation-related devices, such as a keyboard, tone generator device and speaker, are connected to the respective hubs. For example, in an internal network, the keyboard is logically connected to an input side of the tone generator device and a speaker is connected to an output side of the tone generator device, so as to build a tone generation system. The tone-generation-related devices are provided with respective network adaptors so that they can be readily connected to the LAN. Communication is carried out between the tone-generation-related devices, using a communication protocol intended for retransmission control. Each of the tone-generation-related devices is in the form of a processor device, which executes a program corresponding to a function of a desired processing element to thereby implement the desired processing element.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Oba, Shuzo Karakawa
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Publication number: 20110040880Abstract: In a plurality of rooms, hubs are installed to build a star-shaped LAN, and tone-generation-related devices, such as a keyboard, tone generator device and speaker, are connected to the respective hubs. For example, in an internal network, the keyboard is logically connected to an input side of the tone generator device and a speaker is connected to an output side of the tone generator device, so as to build a tone generation system. The tone-generation-related devices are provided with respective network adaptors so that they can be readily connected to the LAN. Communication is carried out between the tone-generation-related devices, using a communication protocol intended for retransmission control. Each of the tone-generation-related devices is in the form of a processor device, which executes a program corresponding to a function of a desired processing element to thereby implement the desired processing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki OBA, Shuzo KARAKAWA
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Patent number: 7864093Abstract: Provided is a pulse phase difference detecting circuit including: a first delay circuit that receives a first pulse signal to output a signal obtained by delaying the first pulse signal as a second pulse signal and includes multiple serially-connected delay units having the same delay amount; a second delay circuit that receives the second pulse signal and includes multiple serially-connected delay units having the delay amount; a first delay adjustment circuit that adjusts a delay amount with respect to the second pulse signal and outputs the adjusted second pulse signal back to the first delay circuit as a third pulse signal; and a pulse arrival position detecting circuit that detects a pulse arrival position of the first pulse signal based on outputs of the delay units of the first and second delay circuits that are transmitted as the third and second pulse signals, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: RENESAS Electronics CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Oba
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Publication number: 20100316402Abstract: A developing device includes a developer bearing member for bearing a developer so as to develop an electrostatic image, a restricting member for restricting the amount of developer born on the developer bearing member, a detector for detecting information on the amount of developer existing between the developer bearing member and the restricting member, and a controller which can change a value of a voltage to be applied to the restricting member during image formation based on a result detected by the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Oba
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Patent number: 7847174Abstract: In a plurality of rooms, hubs are installed to build a star-shaped LAN, and tone-generation-related devices, such as a keyboard, tone generator device and speaker, are connected to the respective hubs. For example, in an internal network, the keyboard is logically connected to an input side of the tone generator device and a speaker is connected to an output side of the tone generator device, so as to build a tone generation system. The tone-generation-related devices are provided with respective network adaptors so that they can be readily connected to the LAN. Communication is carried out between the tone-generation-related devices, using a communication protocol intended for retransmission control. Each of the tone-generation-related devices is in the form of a processor device, which executes a program corresponding to a function of a desired processing element to thereby implement the desired processing element.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Oba, Shuzo Karakawa
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Publication number: 20100045503Abstract: Provided is a pulse phase difference detecting circuit including: a first delay circuit that receives a first pulse signal to output a signal obtained by delaying the first pulse signal as a second pulse signal and includes multiple serially-connected delay units having the same delay amount; a second delay circuit that receives the second pulse signal and includes multiple serially-connected delay units having the delay amount; a first delay adjustment circuit that adjusts a delay amount with respect to the second pulse signal and outputs the adjusted second pulse signal back to the first delay circuit as a third pulse signal; and a pulse arrival position detecting circuit that detects a pulse arrival position of the first pulse signal based on outputs of the delay units of the first and second delay circuits that are transmitted as the third and second pulse signals, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki Oba
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Patent number: 7592531Abstract: Processor devices functioning as tone-generation-related processing elements, such as a keyboard, tone generator and speaker, are connected to a star-type network. Desired processing elements are logically connected (e.g., a keyboard is logically connected to the input side of the tone generator and a speaker is connected to the output side of the tone generator) in an internal network, so that a tone generation system can be built. Each processor device possesses a content file, and each of the processor devices has a table storing, for each of the processor devices, information indicating whether the content file possessed thereby can be supplied. If a particular one of the processor devices does not possess a content file to be used, the particular processor device extracts, from the table, another processor device capable of supplying the content file to be used and receives the content file from the extracted processor device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Shuzo Karakawa, Hiroyuki Oba, Eiichiro Aoki
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Publication number: 20090047529Abstract: A gas barrier film, comprising a mixture-deposited layer made of a metal and a metal oxide, provided on at least one surface of a polymer film substrate, and characterized in that, where the integration values of the XPS spectrums of the metal and the metal oxide of the above mixture-deposited layer are defined as SMe and SMeO, respectively, the value of the integration value ratio (SMeO/SMe) in the above mixture-deposited layer is 1.5 to 100, and that a resin layer formed using a polycarboxylate-based solution is laminated on at least one surface of the mixture-deposited layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: KUREHA CORPORATIONInventors: Mototaka Kawashima, Hiroyuki Oba, Juichi Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 7476712Abstract: The invention is directed to a film which comprises a poly(carboxylic acid) polymer and a polyvalent metal compound, which is endowed with excellent gas barrier property against, for example oxygen, which has such resistance that the appearance, shape, and gas-barrier properties are not impaired by neutral water, high-temperature water vapor, or hot water; a laminate produced by use of the film; and a process for producing the film or laminate industrially conveniently at low cost. The film or laminate of the present invention is suitable for use as a package, packaging container, or vacuum insulation material for articles which are apt to be deteriorated by oxygen, etc., such as foods, beverages, chemicals, medicines, and metallic precision parts; e.g., electronic parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Oba, Masahiro Yamazaki, Tomohisa Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20070214945Abstract: Processor devices functioning as tone-generation-related processing elements, such as a keyboard, tone generator and speaker, are connected to a star-type network. Desired processing elements are logically connected (e.g., a keyboard is logically connected to the input side of the tone generator and a speaker is connected to the output side of the tone generator) in an internal network, so that a tone generation system can be built. Each processor device possesses a content file, and each of the processor devices has a table storing, for each of the processor devices, information indicating whether the content file possessed thereby can be supplied. If a particular one of the processor devices does not possess a content file to be used, the particular processor device extracts, from the table, another processor device capable of supplying the content file to be used and receives the content file from the extracted processor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2007Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Shuzo Karakawa, Hiroyuki Oba, Eiichiro Aoki
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Publication number: 20070124450Abstract: In a plurality of rooms, hubs are installed to build a star-shaped LAN, and tone-generation-related devices, such as a keyboard, tone generator device and speaker, are connected to the respective hubs. For example, in an internal network, the keyboard is logically connected to an input side of the tone generator device and a speaker is connected to an output side of the tone generator device, so as to build a tone generation system. The tone-generation-related devices are provided with respective network adaptors so that they can be readily connected to the LAN. Communication is carried out between the tone-generation-related devices, using a communication protocol intended for retransmission control. Each of the tone-generation-related devices is in the form of a processor device, which executes a program corresponding to a function of a desired processing element to thereby implement the desired processing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Oba, Shuzo Karakawa
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Patent number: 6963700Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging member, contactable to the image bearing member, for electrically charging the image bearing member at a charging position; developing means for developing an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with a developer; wherein when a first area on the image bearing member which is going to be an image formation area is at the charging position, the charging member moves with a peripheral speed difference relative to the image bearing member, and when a second area on the image bearing member which is a part of an area which is going to be a non-image formation area is at the charging position, the charging member moves substantially without a peripheral speed difference relative to the image bearing member, and wherein a collecting electric field is formed for collecting the developer from the second area to the developing means.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Junichi Kato, Hiroshi Satoh, Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Oba
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Publication number: 20050131162Abstract: The invention is directed to a film which comprises a poly(carboxylic acid) polymer and a polyvalent metal compound, which is endowed with excellent gas barrier property against, for example oxygen, which has such resistance that the appearance, shape, and gas-barrier properties are not impaired by neutral water, high-temperature water vapor, or hot water; a laminate produced by use of the film; and a process for producing the film or laminate industrially conveniently at low cost. The film or laminate of the present invention is suitable for use as a package, packaging container, or vacuum insulation material for articles which are apt to be deteriorated by oxygen, etc., such as foods, beverages, chemicals, medicines, and metallic precision parts; e.g., electronic parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Inventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Oba, Masahiro IbaYamazaki, Tomohisa Hasegawa
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Patent number: 6907211Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes: an image bearing member, a charging member for charging the image bearing member, the charging member bearing electrically conductive particles that contact the image bearing member, and a developer carrying member for carrying a developer provided with toner and electrically conductive particles, the developer carrying member being applied a voltage to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer and being capable of collecting a residual developer on the image bearing member, wherein the developer carrying member is provided in such a manner that the developer carrying member opposes the image bearing member via a gap of 150 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Junichi Kato, Yasushi Shimizu, Hiroshi Sato, Hiroyuki Oba
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Publication number: 20040202494Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes: an image bearing member, a charging member for charging the image bearing member, the charging member bearing electrically conductive particles that contact the image bearing member, and a developer carrying member for carrying a developer provided with toner and electrically conductive particles, the developer carrying member being applied a voltage to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer and being capable of collecting a residual developer on the image bearing member, wherein the developer carrying member is provided in such a manner that the developer carrying member opposes the image bearing member via a gap of 150 &mgr;m or more and 250 &mgr;m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2001Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Junichi Kato, Yasushi Shimizu, Hiroshi Sato, Hiroyuki Oba
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Patent number: 6801738Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a rotatable charging member, forming a nip with the image bearing member, for electrically charging the image bearing member; developing structure for developing an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member to form a toner image, the developing structure supplying electroconductive particles to the image bearing member, wherein the electroconductive particles are fed to the nip by the image bearing member; and transferring structure for transferring the toner image onto a recording material at a transfer position.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Oba, Junichi Kato, Yasushi Shimizu, Hiroshi Satoh, Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 6778791Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a charging rotatable member, contactable to the image bearing member at a contact position, for electrically charging the image bearing member, the charging rotatable member being rotatable for counterdirectional peripheral movement relative to rotation of the image bearing member at the contact position; developing means for developing an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with a developer, the developing means being capable of collecting a residual developer from the image bearing member; and wherein start of rotation of the charging rotatable member is simultaneous with or prior to start of rotation of the image bearing member.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Shimizu, Junichi Kato, Hiroshi Satoh, Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Oba