Patents by Inventor Koichi Aoki

Koichi 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: 12026355
    Abstract: Techniques for better information sharing and control switching in a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. In an example, windows are added to a dynamic area of a menu based on an execution of a menu application. The menu is presented in the GUI and each window is shown in a first state to provide quick information about the corresponding application. Upon a user selection of the window, the window is presented in a second state. Based on the window being in the second state, an application module is updated to present an overlay window reproducing the window in the second state. The overlay window is presented coextensive with and over the window in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Koichi Aoki, Robert E. Brown
  • Patent number: 11797169
    Abstract: Techniques for better information sharing and control switching in a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. In an example, a computer system determines a user context indicating a likely user interest in applications. Upon a user request for a menu, windows are added to a dynamic area of the menu based on the user context and correspond to the applications. The menu is presented in the GUI and each window be shown in a glanced state to provide quick information about the corresponding application. When the user focus shifts to a window, that window is presented in a focused state to also provide a selectable action that can be performed. Upon a user selection of the window, the window is presented in a selected state to further provide additional performable actions. The window can be pinned to the GUI and user control can automatically switch to another application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Koichi Aoki, Robert E. Brown
  • Patent number: 11681412
    Abstract: Techniques for better information sharing and control switching in a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. In an example, application windows are added to a dynamic area of a menu based on an execution of a menu application. The menu is presented in the GUI and each window is shown in a glanced state to provide quick information about the corresponding application. When the user focus shifts to a window, that window is presented in a focused state. Upon a user selection of the window, the window is presented in a selected state and includes one or more selectable controls. Based on the window in the selected state, an application module is updated to present an overlay window reproducing the window in the selected state. The overlay window is presented coextensive with and over the window in the selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Koichi Aoki, Robert E. Brown
  • Patent number: 11406903
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a receiving section configured to receive an input of a usage purpose of the information processing device from a user, an identifying section configured to identify a procedure including one or more steps necessary for realizing the usage purpose, a first screen generating section configured to generate an operating screen for completing one step in the identified procedure, and a second screen generating section configured to generate an information screen including information regarding the identified procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: You Asakura, Shuji Hiramatsu, Daisuke Kawamura, Wataru Kaneko, Takashi Hatakeda, Takeshi Nakagawa, Shigeru Enomoto, Toru Yamamoto, Satoshi Kobayashi, Koichi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20210185817
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a core, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a heat dissipation member, a first heat transfer member, and a second heat transfer member. The first circuit board includes a first coil pattern surrounding at least a part of the core. The second circuit board includes a second coil pattern surrounding at least a part of the core. The first heat transfer member is in surface contact with the first circuit board and the heat dissipation member. The second heat transfer member is in surface contact with the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta FUJII, Takashi KUMAGAI, Tomohito FUKUDA, Takashi HIRATSUKA, Koichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20200139254
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a receiving section configured to receive an input of a usage purpose of the information processing device from a user, an identifying section configured to identify a procedure including one or more steps necessary for realizing the usage purpose, a first screen generating section configured to generate an operating screen for completing one step in the identified procedure, and a second screen generating section configured to generate an information screen including information regarding the identified procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: You ASAKURA, Shuji HIRAMATSU, Daisuke KAWAMURA, Wataru KANEKO, Takashi HATAKEDA, Takeshi NAKAGAWA, Shigeru ENOMOTO, Toru YAMAMOTO, Satoshi KOBAYASHI, Koichi AOKI
  • Patent number: 10474031
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition contains (a) a polyimide which has, at a terminal of the main chain, at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a sulfonic acid group and a thiol group, (b) a monomer, (c) a thermally crosslinkable compound, (d) a photopolymerization initiator and (e) a polymerization inhibitor, wherein the polymerization inhibitor (e) is a compound obtained by adding at least one hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group or aralkyloxy group to a naphthalene skeleton or an anthracene skeleton of a compound having a naphthalene skeleton or an anthracene skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Katsurada, Koichi Aoki, Hideki Shinohara
  • Patent number: 10112338
    Abstract: The blow molding device (1) is provided with a heating means (4) for heating a preform (P) to a temperature appropriate for molding, an antimicrobial agent-spraying means (50) for spraying an antimicrobial agent on the preform (P), a hot forming means for stretch blow molding the preform into a bottle (B), and an irradiation device (7) irradiating electromagnetic waves or ultrasonic waves on the bottle. After the heating means (4) has heated the preform (P), the anti-microbial agent-spraying means (50) sprays the anti-microbial agent and sterilizes the preform (P) with hot antimicrobial agent. During subsequent stretch blow molding of the preform (P), the hot forming means performs additional drying of antimicrobial agent retained on the preform (P) in the hot state and additional sterilization. The irradiation device (7) irradiates electromagnetic waves or ultrasonic waves to degrade the anti-microbial agent remaining on the molded bottle (B) and further promote antimicrobial agent drying and sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10017655
    Abstract: Provided are a silver element containing silver acetonedicarboxylate with high silver content, and capable of providing a silver element with excellent electrical conductivity, flatness, and adhesivity through heating even for a short time at a low temperature of below the decomposition temperature of the silver salt, and having excellent storage stability, as well as a substrate having a silver element formed thereon with the composition. The composition is characterized by a particular ratio of silver compound (A) represented by formula (1) and amine compound (B) represented by formula (2): (R1: H, —(CY2)a-CH3, —((CH2)b-O—CHZ)c-CH3; R2: —(CY2)d-CH3, —((CH2)e-O—CHZ)f-CH3, Y: H, —(CH2)g-CH3; Z: H, —(CH2)h-CH3; a: 0-8; b: 1-4; c: 1-3; d: 1-8; e: 1-4; f: 1-3; g: 1-3; h: 1-2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Aoki, Eui-Chul Kang, Tatsuya Kozu, Toshinobu Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10002813
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an adhesive composition having high heat conductivity and excellent adhesion, in which the dispersibility of a heat-conductive filler is controlled, and in which thermal stress during cooling/heating cycle testing can be alleviated. An adhesive composition containing a soluble polyimide (A), an epoxy resin (B), and a heat-conductive filler (C), the adhesive composition characterized by containing three types of diamine residues having a specific structure, and in that the content of the epoxy resin (B) is 30-100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the soluble polyimide (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Shimada, Koichi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9946689
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a native processing section adapted to perform processing based on a program stored therein so as to generate a native image as a processing result; a web processing section adapted to generate a web image based on data requested to a server; and a display image generation section adapted to generate a display image and output the display image to a display device, the display image including an element image making up at least part of the native image and an element image making up at least part of the web image, in which the native processing section and the web processing section move the element images in the same direction when the target to be operated by a user is switched between the native image and the web image to change the configuration of the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Morita, You Asakura, Koichi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9919349
    Abstract: A cleaning method is provided for on-site cleaning of equipment such as filling equipment that fills beverages, etc. into bottles, cans, and other containers, liquid treatment equipment for filling solutions, and pipe equipment for connecting said equipment, the method being able to increase significantly the cleanliness of portions in contact with the filling solution while shortening cleaning time and reducing the amount used of utilities such as cleaning solution, etc. In the cleaning method for on-site cleaning of the liquid pathways of equipment such as filling equipment (4) for filling beverages into bottles, cans and other containers, liquid-treatment equipment (3) for filling solutions, or pipe equipment (4p) that connects said equipment, liquid comprising nanobubbles is pumped into said equipment and is left undisturbed to soak for a prescribed period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Ito, Koichi Aoki, Shinichi Tokunaga, Minoru Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20180052391
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition contains (a) a polyimide which has, at a terminal of the main chain, at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a sulfonic acid group and a thiol group, (b) a monomer, (c) a thermally crosslinkable compound, (d) a photopolymerization initiator and (e) a polymerization inhibitor, wherein the polymerization inhibitor (e) is a compound obtained by adding at least one hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group or aralkyloxy group to a naphthalene skeleton or an anthracene skeleton of a compound having a naphthalene skeleton or an anthracene skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki Katsurada, Koichi Aoki, Hideki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20160229108
    Abstract: The blow molding device (1) is provided with a heating means (4) for heating a preform (P) to a temperature appropriate for molding, an antimicrobial agent-spraying means (50) for spraying an antimicrobial agent on the preform (P), a hot forming means for stretch blow molding the preform into a bottle (B), and an irradiation device (7) irradiating electromagnetic waves or ultrasonic waves on the bottle. After the heating means (4) has heated the preform (P), the anti-microbial agent-spraying means (50) sprays the anti-microbial agent and sterilizes the preform (P) with hot antimicrobial agent. During subsequent stretch blow molding of the preform (P), the hot forming means performs additional drying of antimicrobial agent retained on the preform (P) in the hot state and additional sterilization. The irradiation device (7) irradiates electromagnetic waves or ultrasonic waves to degrade the anti-microbial agent remaining on the molded bottle (B) and further promote antimicrobial agent drying and sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES FOOD & PACKING MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150318227
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an adhesive composition having high heat conductivity and excellent adhesion, in which the dispersibility of a heat-conductive filler is controlled, and in which thermal stress during cooling/heating cycle testing can be alleviated. An adhesive composition containing a soluble polyimide (A), an epoxy resin (B), and a heat-conductive filler (C), the adhesive composition characterized by containing three types of diamine residues having a specific structure, and in that the content of the epoxy resin (B) is 30-100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the soluble polyimide (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akira SHIMADA, Koichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150203699
    Abstract: Provided are a silver element containing silver acetonedicarboxylate with high silver content, and capable of providing a silver element with excellent electrical conductivity, flatness, and adhesivity through heating even for a short time at a low temperature of below the decomposition temperature of the silver salt, and having excellent storage stability, as well as a substrate having a silver element formed thereon with the composition. The composition is characterized by a particular ratio of silver compound (A) represented by formula (1) and amine compound (B) represented by formula (2): (R1: H, —(CY2)a-CH3, —((CH2)b-O—CHZ)c-CH3; R2: —(CY2)d-CH3, —((CH2)e-O—CHZ)f-CH3, Y: H, —(CH2)g-CH3; Z: H, —(CH2)h-CH3; a: 0-8; b: 1-4; c: 1-3; d: 1-8; e: 1-4; f: 1-3; g: 1-3; h: 1-2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Aoki, Eui-chul Kang, Tatsuya Kozu, Toshinobu Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20150135044
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a native processing section adapted to perform processing based on a program stored therein so as to generate a native image as a processing result; a web processing section adapted to generate a web image based on data requested to a server; and a display image generation section adapted to generate a display image and output the display image to a display device, the display image including an element image making up at least part of the native image and an element image making up at least part of the web image, in which the native processing section and the web processing section move the element images in the same direction when the target to be operated by a user is switched between the native image and the web image to change the configuration of the display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Toru Morita, You Asakura, Koichi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20130019902
    Abstract: A cleaning method is provided for on-site cleaning of equipment such as filling equipment that fills beverages, etc. into bottles, cans, and other containers, liquid treatment equipment for filling solutions, and pipe equipment for connecting said equipment, the method being able to increase significantly the cleanliness of portions in contact with the filling solution while shortening cleaning time and reducing the amount used of utilities such as cleaning solution, etc. In the cleaning method for on-site cleaning of the liquid pathways of equipment such as filling equipment (4) for filling beverages into bottles, cans and other containers, liquid-treatment equipment (3) for filling solutions, or pipe equipment (4p) that connects said equipment, liquid comprising nanobubbles is pumped into said equipment and is left undisturbed to soak for a prescribed period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES FOOD & PACKAGING MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Ito, Koichi Aoki, Shinichi Tokunaga, Minoru Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 6117286
    Abstract: A zero-gap type electrolytic cell 11 characterized as having a hydrophilic liquid-permeable material 16 interposed between an ion-exchange membrane 12 and a gas diffusion cathode 17. The reaction product passes through the liquid-permeable material and disperses toward edges of the liquid-permeable material before being withdrawn. Hence, the withdrawal direction for the target reaction product is not opposite the feed direction for the reactant gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Permelec Electrode Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimamune, Koichi Aoki, Masashi Tanaka, Katsumi Hamaguchi, Yoshinori Nishiki
  • Patent number: 5968449
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an iron base Si--Mn alloy or an iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy which can be easily crushed and can be manufactured in large quantity, and alloy powder thereof.An iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy having good crushability and alloy powder thereof, comprising:C: 0.40 to 1.20% by weight,Si: 5.0 to 12.0% by weight,Mn: 19.0 to 42.0 % by weight, or Ni: not more than 30% by weight, and the balance being Fe, with the following equations satisfied: Si.gtoreq.11.89-2.92 C-0.077 Mn, Vickers hardness (Hv).gtoreq.550, and area ratio of dendrite structure .ltoreq.50%.An iron base Si--Mn--Ni alloy having good crushability and alloy powder thereof, comprising:C: 0.40 to 1.20% by weight,Si: 5.0 to 12.0% by weight,Mn: 19.0 to 42.0% by weight, or Ni: not more than 30% by weight, and the balance being Fe, with the following equations satisfied: Si.ltoreq.8.3 C+0.14 Mn, and relative permeability (.mu.).ltoreq.1.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Welding Products & Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Aoki, Atsuo Onoda, Masao Kamada, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kuniteru Suzuki, Shunji Kikuchi