Patents by Inventor Kaoru Koike

Kaoru Koike 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: 20260138371
    Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing unit that ejects an ink containing a valuable material and thus performs printing on a medium; an ink collecting unit that can collect the ink ejected by the printing unit; a separation unit that separates the valuable material contained in the ink collected by the ink collecting unit; and a valuable material collecting unit that collects the valuable material separated by the separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Kazutoshi FUJISHIMA, Toshihiro YOKOZAWA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Patent number: 12533899
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device 1 includes a head 101 for ejecting liquid, a board case 120 for housing a board unit 123 for driving the head 101, a first fan 121 fixed to the board case 120 and for sending airflow into the board case 120, a carriage 100 for housing therein the head 101 and the board case 120, and a second fan 102 for sending airflow taken from outside the carriage 100 into the carriage 100, wherein the board unit 123 is connected to the head 101 via a board-to-board connector 130, and the amount of airflow sent into the carriage 100 by the second fan 102 is larger than the amount of airflow sent into the board case 120 by the first fan 121.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Koike, Keigo Takishima
  • Patent number: 12315492
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kinoshita, Ryu Aoyama, Izumi Yagi, Yoji Hirose, Fumiaki Tokuhisa, Hideo Nagasaka, Shouichi Doi, Makoto Yamada, Kaoru Koike
  • Patent number: 12002141
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus that makes it possible to automatically orient a front face of a three-dimensional object represented by a three-dimensional image to a user. There are provided: a display unit that displays the three-dimensional image, by which the three-dimensional object appears to exist in a space partitioned by members configuring an outer surface, to be visually recognizable from a plurality of circumferential directions; a direction estimation section that estimates a direction in which a user exists as seen from the display unit; and a display control section that orients a front face of the three-dimensional object displayed by the display unit in the direction in which the user exists estimated by the direction estimation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takanobu Omata, Kaoru Koike, Yuichi Miyagawa, Hisataka Izawa, Itaru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240109353
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device 1 includes a head 101 for ejecting liquid, a board case 120 for housing a board unit 123 for driving the head 101, a first fan 121 fixed to the board case 120 and for sending airflow into the board case 120, a carriage 100 for housing therein the head 101 and the board case 120, and a second fan 102 for sending airflow taken from outside the carriage 100 into the carriage 100, wherein the board unit 123 is connected to the head 101 via a board-to-board connector 130, and the amount of airflow sent into the carriage 100 by the second fan 102 is larger than the amount of airflow sent into the board case 120 by the first fan 121.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru KOIKE, Keigo TAKISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240087205
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus that makes it possible to automatically orient a front face of a three-dimensional object represented by a three-dimensional image to a user. There are provided: a display unit that displays the three-dimensional image, by which the three-dimensional object appears to exist in a space partitioned by members configuring an outer surface, to be visually recognizable from a plurality of circumferential directions; a direction estimation section that estimates a direction in which a user exists as seen from the display unit; and a display control section that orients a front face of the three-dimensional object displayed by the display unit in the direction in which the user exists estimated by the direction estimation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu OMATA, Kaoru KOIKE, Yuichi MIYAGAWA, Hisataka IZAWA, Itaru SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240085250
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that enables a more effective reduction in a load imposed on a user, with the use of force applied to the user in relation to a tangible object. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to estimate, on the basis of a state of a user, a first amount that is predicted by the user with regard to force applied to the user in relation to a tangible object, and control presentation of information to the user on the basis of the first amount and a second amount that is preliminarily registered with regard to the force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo UTSUKI, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Junki INOUE, Takayuki KURIHARA, Takanobu OMATA, Shin SHIROMA, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11914797
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus that includes a display displaying a three-dimensional image such that a three-dimensional object looks as if in a space defined by a member constituting an external surface and that the three-dimensional object is visible from multiple directions around the display, a motion detector detecting a motion of the display caused by an external force, a motion calculation unit calculating a motion of the three-dimensional object caused by the motion of the display based on the motion detected by the motion detector, a display control unit changing the three-dimensional image displayed on the display based on the calculation by the motion calculation unit, and a force sense control unit causing a force sense presentation unit to present a sense of force based on the calculation by the motion calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Omata, Kaoru Koike, Yuichi Miyagawa, Hisataka Izawa, Itaru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11829572
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus that enables an intuitive operation even when a detection target is not able to be inserted into a first space in which a three-dimensional object is visually recognized. A position of a detection target is detected, and a display position of a pointer displayed by a display unit is moved on a basis of a position of the detection target that exists within a second space not overlapping the first space which is a space in which the three-dimensional object is displayed among the position of the detected detection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Koike, Itaru Shimizu, Takanobu Omata, Yuichi Miyagawa, Hisataka Izawa
  • Publication number: 20220365658
    Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus that enables an intuitive operation even when a detection target is not able to be inserted into a first space in which a three-dimensional object is visually recognized. A position of a detection target is detected, and a display position of a pointer displayed by a display unit is moved on a basis of a position of the detection target that exists within a second space not overlapping the first space which is a space in which the three-dimensional object is displayed among the position of the detected detection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: KAORU KOIKE, ITARU SHIMIZU, TAKANOBU OMATA, YUICHI MIYAGAWA, HISATAKA IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220365607
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus that makes it possible to provide appropriate interaction with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: TAKANOBU OMATA, KAORU KOIKE, YUICHI MIYAGAWA, HISATAKA IZAWA, ITARU SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11481025
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including a control section configured to control an operation on an object in a position corresponding to an operating position recognized on the basis of a relation between multiple operating lines each displayed corresponding to an indicator body. The apparatus allows the object to be operated with as little motion as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Shimizu, Yuichi Miyagawa, Takanobu Omata, Kaoru Koike, Hisataka Izawa
  • Publication number: 20220246135
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Ryu AOYAMA, Izumi YAGI, Yoji HIROSE, Fumiaki TOKUHISA, Hideo NAGASAKA, Shouichi DOI, Makoto YAMADA, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20220011853
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including a control section configured to control an operation on an object in a position corresponding to an operating position recognized on the basis of a relation between multiple operating lines each displayed corresponding to an indicator body. The apparatus allows the object to be operated with as little motion as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: ITARU SHIMIZU, YUICHI MIYAGAWA, TAKANOBU OMATA, KAORU KOIKE, HISATAKA IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210320141
    Abstract: To improve the joining strength between semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip includes a first joining surface including a first insulating layer, a plurality of first pads to which a first inner layer circuit insulated by the first insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear first metal layer arranged on an outside of the plurality of first pads. A second semiconductor chip includes a second joining surface joined to the first joining surface, the second joining surface including a second insulating layer, a plurality of second pads that are arranged in positions facing the first pads and to which a second inner layer circuit insulated by the second insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear second metal layer arranged in a position facing the first metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo KOTOO, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11077677
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes ejecting an ultraviolet-ray curable ink of which a viscosity at 28° C. is 8 mPa·s or more from a head to a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet-ray curable ink attached to the recording medium, wherein, in the ejecting of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink, the ultraviolet-ray curable ink is heated such that a temperature of the ejected ultraviolet-ray curable ink becomes 28° C. to 40° C., and a viscosity of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink at the temperature is 15 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Mizutaki, Toshio Kumagai, Masaaki Ando, Hiroaki Kida, Kaoru Koike, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 11069735
    Abstract: To improve the joining strength between semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip includes a first joining surface including a first insulating layer, a plurality of first pads to which a first inner layer circuit insulated by the first insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear first metal layer arranged on an outside of the plurality of first pads. A second semiconductor chip includes a second joining surface joined to the first joining surface, the second joining surface including a second insulating layer, a plurality of second pads that are arranged in positions facing the first pads and to which a second inner layer circuit insulated by the second insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear second metal layer arranged in a position facing the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Kotoo, Kaoru Koike
  • Patent number: 11007790
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section from which liquid is ejected. A return passage has a first end connected to a supply passage at a first location and a second end connected to the supply passage at a second location. The second location is positioned closer to the liquid ejecting section than the first location. The return passage and the supply passage constitute a circulating passage. A pump can cause fluid to flow through the circulating passage. A replaceable filter unit is a portion of the return passage. A discharge passage through which the fluid is discharged to the outside is connected to the return passage. An inflow controller can suppress external fluid from entering the discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Murayama, Takeshi Yoshida, Kaoru Koike, Ryoji Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20200335543
    Abstract: To improve the joining strength between semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip includes a first joining surface including a first insulating layer, a plurality of first pads to which a first inner layer circuit insulated by the first insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear first metal layer arranged on an outside of the plurality of first pads. A second semiconductor chip includes a second joining surface joined to the first joining surface, the second joining surface including a second insulating layer, a plurality of second pads that are arranged in positions facing the first pads and to which a second inner layer circuit insulated by the second insulating layer is electrically connected, and a linear second metal layer arranged in a position facing the first metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo KOTOO, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Patent number: 10744780
    Abstract: A printer has a recording head, a relay container from which ink is supplied to the recording head, and to which the ink is supplied from a terminal container, a pressurizing pump and a depressurizing pump for supplying the ink from the terminal container to the relay container, and a control unit. The control unit calculates an estimated consumption amount of the relay container based on the amount of the ink supplied from the relay container to the recording head, and consumed and the amount of the ink supplied from the terminal container to the relay container, and calculates the amount of the ink supplied from the terminal container to the relay container using the minimum value of tolerance of a supply amount of the depressurizing pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Yasuhiko Kosugi, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Toshihiro Shinbara, Kaoru Koike, Ryoji Fujimori