Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Aoki

Hitoshi 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).

  • Patent number: 10893795
    Abstract: A camera system for monitoring the inside of a body having excellent work efficiency is suggested. The camera system for monitoring the inside of a body includes: a cable (12) in which one end is connected to the imaging part; a first auxiliary tool (8) which is connected to the other end of the cable (12); and a second auxiliary tool (7) which includes a holding unit (7g) which holds a held unit (8g) provided in the first auxiliary tool (8), and a rod-like unit (7x) connected to the holding unit (7g), and which draws out the held unit (8g) toward the outside of the body from the inside of the body through the inside of a tube-like device (6) of which one end is guided toward the inside of the body, in a state of being held by the holding unit (7g).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoki, Toshihisa Gotoh, Kei Urakawa
  • Publication number: 20210005520
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an array device includes a placing step of providing a plurality of elements in an array on a first surface of a substrate, an element separating step of separating a plurality of element chips from one another so that each element chip includes one or more elements, an inspecting step of inspecting the plurality of elements, a removing step of removing any element chip of the plurality of element chips from the surface of the substrate on the basis of a result of the inspecting step, and a mounting step of, after the removing step, mounting an element of at least the elements other than an element of the element chip thus removed onto a mounting substrate by transfer from the substrate, the mounting substrate being different from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: TOSHIYA ISHIO, HITOSHI AOKI
  • Patent number: 10848952
    Abstract: A communication apparatus receives a first acquisition request, which is a request for acquiring apparatus information relating to another communication apparatus that exists in a NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) cluster, from a first other communication apparatus, transmits, in a case where the first acquisition request is received, a second acquisition request that corresponds to the first acquisition request to the cluster, and awaits reception of signals from a plurality of other communication apparatuses in response to the transmitted second acquisition request, for a predetermined period. In addition, a signal is transmitted which includes pieces of apparatus information of the plurality of other communication apparatuses that are included in the signals received from the plurality of other communication apparatuses collectively to the first other communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200314625
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, in a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Discovery Window (DW), performs a first communication with another communication apparatus that belongs to an NAN cluster to which the communication apparatus belongs, and performs a second communication with another communication apparatus belonging to the NAN cluster in a period other than the DW. When the communication apparatus has determined a schedule for communicating with a first other communication apparatus, in a case of the second communication with a second other communication apparatus different to the first other communication apparatus, the communication apparatus determines a schedule for communicating with the second other communication apparatus so that a period for the second communication with the first other communication apparatus and a period for the second communication with the second other communication apparatus at least partially overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200287103
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a plurality of LED elements that are mounted on a drive circuit substrate and emit light source light; a wavelength conversion layer that is stacked on a side of the LED elements opposite to the drive circuit substrate, converts the light source light emitted by the LED elements into long wavelength light, and emits the long wavelength light to a side opposite to the drive circuit substrate; and a first functional layer that is disposed on a light emitting surface side of the long wavelength light of the wavelength conversion layer, reflects the light source light, and transmits the long wavelength light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: MASUMI MAEGAWA, HITOSHI AOKI, TOSHIYA ISHIO, KATSUJI IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200138280
    Abstract: An in-vivo camera device and an in-vivo monitoring camera system more excellent in usability are proposed. An in-vivo camera device includes a camera unit introduced into a body, a support member, and a camera-side cable. The support member has a trocar connection portion for connection with a trocar at a front end side, and is connected to the trocar in a state in which the trocar connection portion is fitted into the trocar by applying tensile force to the camera-side cable passing through the trocar. The support member is provided with a guide introduction portion that is formed to be relatively long at the front end side as a stabilization structure for stabilizing connection with the trocar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TADAHIKO SATO, HITOSHI AOKI, NARAKAZU SHIMOMURA, KEI URAKAWA, YAN QIAN
  • Patent number: 10608365
    Abstract: A connector unit includes a connector cap and a camera-side cable connector. The connector cap includes a connection portion that movably connects the connector cap to the camera-side cable connector. The camera-side cable connector includes a first groove in which a protruding section of the connection portion is movably disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadahiko Sato, Yan Qian, Hitoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10542879
    Abstract: It becomes possible to easily retrieve an imaging portion from the inside of a body. When receiving an external force from forceps (33), the gripping portion (22) causes a camera unit (11) to be displaced following displacement of the forceps (33) while maintaining a posture of the camera unit (11) with respect to the forceps (33), and, when receiving an external force other than the external force from the forceps (33), the gripping portion (22) causes the camera unit (11) to rotate with a contact point (61) as a center, or causes the camera unit (11) to rotate so that the contact point (61) is rotationally moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoki, Kei Urakawa
  • Publication number: 20190374790
    Abstract: An uneven affected area is uniformly irradiated with light. A photoirradiation device includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of LED chips arranged in a matrix over the flexible substrate, walls having flexibility and surrounding the plurality of LED chips, and a protective resin, formed within the walls so as to cover the plurality of LED chips, that has translucency to transmit emitted light emitted by the plurality of LED chips and has flexibility. The emitted light is radiated from a region surrounded by the walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: JUN MORI, HITOSHI AOKI
  • Patent number: 10492669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bending device which is capable of easily controlling a bending motion with superior controllability. A portion of an elastic tube body (11) opposite a portion in which a non-stretching body (4) is fixed inflates in a circumferential direction of the elastic tube body (11) in response to increase in an internal pressure of the elastic tube body (11), and an elastic tube (1P) bends in a step-wise angle corresponding to the number of layers of a multi-layer structure. The portion of the elastic tube body (11) in which the non-stretching body (4) is fixed is thicker than the remaining portion of the elastic tube body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoki, Kazunori Morita, Toshihisa Gotoh, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Masazumi Okajima, Satoshi Iwaki
  • Publication number: 20190336788
    Abstract: Light can be radiated onto a desired region of skin in a reliable and simple manner while preventing the radiation of light onto regions other than the desired region. A light radiator is provided with: a light source that radiates light onto skin; a light shielding member that is arranged between the skin and the light source; and a flexible base on which the light source and the light shielding member are mounted, in which an opening that corresponds to a specific region of the skin can be formed in the light shielding member, and the light is radiated onto the specific region through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: JUN MORI, HITOSHI AOKI, MASUMI MAEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10470027
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes one or more computers that cause the communication apparatus to: accept a first instruction at the communication apparatus from a user, perform, in response to accepting the first instruction, a first search process for searching, over a plurality of channels, a first other communication apparatus by a first method complying with a communication standard other than a Wi-Fi Alliance Neighbor Awareness Networking standard, and a second search process, which is performed after the first search process, for searching a wireless network and a second other communication apparatus which is in the wireless network, by a second method. Each of the wireless network, the second other communication apparatus, and the second method is compliant with the Wi-Fi Alliance Neighbor Awareness Networking standard, and performs, after performing the second search process, the first search process without further accepting an instruction from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10441154
    Abstract: A camera system for monitoring the inside of a body, which is easily used and can be installed during a short period of time, is suggested. A drawing auxiliary tool (7) having a wire structure guides a camera unit (11) and a camera side cable (12) in which one end part is connected to the camera unit (11) from the outside of the body toward the inside of the body via a first hole provided on a body wall, and draws out the other end part of the camera side cable (12) from the inside of the body toward the outside of the body via a second hole provided on the body wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoki, Kishoh Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20190305465
    Abstract: A connector unit includes a connector cap and a camera-side cable connector. The connector cap includes a connection portion that movably connects the connector cap to the camera-side cable connector. The camera-side cable connector includes a first groove in which a protruding section of the connection portion is movably disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: TADAHIKO SATO, YAN QIAN, HITOSHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20190289644
    Abstract: A communication for executing a service with another communication apparatus that can execute a desired service is efficiently executed. A communication apparatus performs a communication for establishing a data link during a cyclic first period in a network, performs, in accordance with the data link established with another communication apparatus within the network, a communication based on the data link with the other communication apparatus by using the established data link during a second period other than the first period, and announces the second period within the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190231171
    Abstract: An in-body imaging device includes a camera support tube, one end of which is able to be introduced into a body; a camera joined to the camera support tube inside the body; a support tube joining portion that joins the camera and the camera support tube; a camera-side cable connected to the camera and led out to an outside of the body through the camera support tube; and a controller outside the body, connected to the camera-side cable, and including at least a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihisa GOTOH, Tsuguhisa INOUE, Kei URAKAWA, Hitoshi AOKI
  • Patent number: 10362611
    Abstract: A communication device establishes a first connection to a first other communication device, establishes, based on the first connection, a second connection to a second other communication device that is connected to the first other communication device, while the first connection has been established, and then performs direct communication with the second other communication device using the second connection. The communication device determines whether an operation mode of the first connection is a mode in which a periodic search for other networks is performed while a network has been established by the first connection. If the operation mode is the mode in which the periodic search is performed, the communication device restricts at least one of establishment of the second connection and switching of a channel in the second connection while the first connection has been established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190222661
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a function for performing transmission and reception of a wireless signal in a period having a predetermined length which arrives at a predetermined time interval, a function for performing at least one process of the transmission and the reception of the wireless signal in the period as a substitute for a particular communication apparatus belonging to a set of a plurality of communication apparatuses among which the period is synchronized, and a function for deciding whether or not proxy processing is to be performed in accordance with a frequency of periods during which the communication apparatus performs the transmission and the reception of the wireless signal among a plurality of the periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190215758
    Abstract: A communication device performs processing of transmission and reception of wireless signals in a period of a predetermined length, which arrives at a predetermined time interval, processing of requesting a particular communication device, belonging to a group of a plurality of communication devices that are synchronized regarding the period, for proxy regarding at least one processing of transmission and reception of wireless signals in the period, and processing of deciding whether or not to perform a request for proxy, in accordance with a frequency of the period in which the communication means performing transmission and reception of wireless signals, out of a plurality of the periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Hitoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10348990
    Abstract: A light detecting device includes: an optical filter (2) that transmits a first wavelength light having a wavelength in a first wavelength range, a second wavelength light having a wavelength in a second wavelength range, . . . , and an n-th wavelength light having a wavelength in an n-th wavelength range (n is an integer); an optical sensor (3) that detects at least one of a first wavelength light intensity of the first wavelength light, a second wavelength light intensity of the second wavelength light, . . . , and an n-th wavelength light intensity of the n-th wavelength light; and an analysis unit (4) that estimates a light intensity of light having a wavelength in a wavelength range other than at least one of the first wavelength range, the second wavelength range, . . . , and the n-th wavelength range based on at least one of the first wavelength light intensity, the second wavelength light intensity, . . . , and the n-th wavelength light intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshihisa Gotoh, Toshio Yoshida, Yoshinobu Kanazawa, Yoshimitsu Nakashima, Kohji Kobayashi, Toshio Fukai, Hitoshi Aoki, Yasushi Nagamune, Takashi Tokizaki, Toshitaka Ota