Patents by Inventor Kuniaki Sato

Kuniaki Sato 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: 9022154
    Abstract: A one-man riding mobile apparatus includes a plurality of wheels, a board-shaped boarding base to which the wheels are attached, a motor that drives at least a part of the wheels and provided on the boarding base, a plurality of load sensors provided on the boarding base, a plurality of vibrators provided on the boarding base, and a control circuit that performs driving control of the motor and driving control of the vibrators. The control circuit is provided on the boarding base and includes a center-of-gravity position detecting section that detects presence of weighting and a center-of-gravity position based on signals output from the load sensors, a motor driving control section that controls a driving operation of the motor depending on the presence of the weighting and the center-of-gravity position detected by the center-of-gravity position detecting section, and a vibrator driving control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Yasunori Beppu, Sahoko Gohira, Kento Iino, Sho Iwata
  • Publication number: 20150008058
    Abstract: A one-man riding mobile apparatus includes a plurality of wheels, a board-shaped boarding base to which the wheels are attached, a motor that drives at least a part of the wheels and provided on the boarding base, a plurality of load sensors provided on the boarding base, a plurality of vibrators provided on the boarding base, and a control circuit that performs driving control of the motor and driving control of the vibrators. The control circuit is provided on the boarding base and includes a center-of-gravity position detecting section that detects presence of weighting and a center-of-gravity position based on signals output from the load sensors, a motor driving control section that controls a driving operation of the motor depending on the presence of the weighting and the center-of-gravity position detected by the center-of-gravity position detecting section, and a vibrator driving control section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Kuniaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8919761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet conveying device comprising a first conveyance path for conveying a sheet from a pair of first rollers to a pair of second rollers, a second conveyance path for performing switchback conveyance of the sheet, a switching unit for switching the second rollers between a press-contacted state and a separated state, and a single driving source for driving the rollers and the switching unit. A non transferring of drive section is set where when the driving source switches the rotation direction after the sheet that has been switchback-conveyed has reached the first rollers, a drive from the driving source is not transferred to the second rollers. The switching unit is driven to separate the second rollers during a time the drive is not transferred to the second rollers due to the non transferring of drive section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Morinaga, Kuniaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8760734
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to sequentially feed documents loaded on a document positioning plate, a reading sensor configured to read a document of the plurality of documents fed by the sheet feeding unit, an acquisition unit to acquire an interval of the document between a trailing edge of a preceding document and a leading edge of a next document conveyed through the conveyance path, and a reading unit to execute a first reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a first conveyance speed, and a second reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a second conveyance speed that is lower than the first conveyance speed, wherein the reading unit executes the second reading mode after the first reading mode when the interval of the document is less than a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Masaya Shimmachi, Haruo Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 8736915
    Abstract: An image reading recording apparatus includes a recording unit for recording an image on a sheet and a read unit. The recording unit includes a feeding port for feeding the sheet. The read unit includes a frame and a reading portion which movably scans in the frame to read an original. The read unit is movable relative to the recording unit between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the feeding port of the recording unit is closed by the frame. In the second position, the feeding port is not closed by the frame. The recording unit includes a first sheet feeder and a second sheet feeder, such that when the sheet is in the first position, sheet feeding from the first sheet feeder is prohibited, and a sheet is fed from the second sheet feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Haruo Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20130338330
    Abstract: A Pentamethylene diisocyanate is obtained by phosgenating pentamethylenediamine or its salt obtained by a biochemical method, and contains 5 to 400 ppm of a compound represented by the general formula (1) below and a compound represented by the general formula (2) below in total:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Toshihiko Nakagawa, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kuniaki Sato, Satoshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8582143
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprising a conveying unit configured to convey a document; a reading unit configured to read an image of the document conveyed by the conveying unit; a storage unit configured to store data of the image read by the reading unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the data stored in the storage unit to an external unit during a reading operation of the reading unit; and a reading control unit configured to control the reading unit to perform or stop the reading operation according to a threshold value related to a free space available for storing the data in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Yukiura, Kuniaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8477391
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document reading and conveying unit, a pressing plate capable of moving to a position to press a document against a reading surface and to a position withdrawn from the reading surface, and a fixed reader configured to read a document fixed on the reading surface by moving a close-coupled image sensor relative to the document. The document reading and conveying unit includes a controller configured to perform pickup initialization of returning a pickup roller to an initial position after the completion of conveying one or more documents and is supported by the pressure plate. The controller includes a first timer configured to measure an elapsed time from the completion of reading performed by the fixed reader. The controller performs the pickup initialization after a measurement value measured by the first timer exceeds a first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaya Shimmachi, Haruo Ishizuka, Kuniaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20130079486
    Abstract: In a method for producing 1,5-pentamethylenediamine, a lysine decarboxylase-expressing microorganism that is subjected to a treatment is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Tomonori Hidesaki, Akiko Natsuji, Toshihiko Nakagawa, Goro Kuwamura, Daisuke Hasegawa, Satoshi Yamasaki, Kuniaki Sato, Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20130050783
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus and an image reading method are provided by which a top face image and a back face image of a document can both have an improved reading accuracy while simplifying a circuit configuration and providing a higher processing speed. A period within which a reading operation is interrupted is set based on a relation with a free capacity of a buffer memory so as to avoid a period within which the top face image and the back face image of the document are both read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kuniaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8368973
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to sequentially feed a plurality of documents loaded on a document positioning plate, a reading sensor arranged in a conveyance path configured to read a document of the plurality of documents fed by the sheet feeding unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an interval of the document between a trailing edge of a preceding document and a leading edge of a next document conveyed through the conveyance path, and a reading unit configured to execute a first reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a first conveyance speed, and a second reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a second conveyance speed that is lower than the first conveyance speed, wherein the reading unit executes the second reading mode after the first reading mode when the interval of the document is less than a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Masaya Shimmachi, Haruo Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20120161383
    Abstract: The present invention provide a sheet conveying device comprising a driving source which freely rotates in a forward/reverse direction, a separation roller shaft configured to drive a separation roller to separate and feed each sheet to be conveyed in accordance with forward/reverse rotation of the driving source, a stopper unit configured to close a conveyance path of stacked sheets on an upstream side of the separation roller in a conveyance direction, a stopper opening/closing member configured to open/close the stopper unit in a vertical direction, and a transfer unit provided between the stopper opening/closing member and the separation roller shaft and configured to transfer a rotating force to the stopper opening/closing member in accordance with a drive of the separation roller shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Kazuyuki Morinaga
  • Publication number: 20120161382
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet conveying device comprising a first conveyance path for conveying a sheet from a pair of first rollers to a pair of second rollers, a second conveyance path for performing switchback conveyance of the sheet, a switching unit for switching the second rollers between a press-contacted state and a separated state, and a single driving source for driving the rollers and the switching unit. A non transferring of drive section is set where when the driving source switches the rotation direction after the sheet that has been switchback-conveyed has reached the first rollers, a drive from the driving source is not transferred to the second rollers. The switching unit is driven to separate the second rollers during a time the drive is not transferred to the second rollers due to the non transferring of drive section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Morinaga, Kuniaki Sato
  • Patent number: 7718258
    Abstract: A film adhesive having an adhesive layer (C) mainly containing a thermoplastic polyimide having a glass transition temperature of not more than 100° C. and an adhesive layer (D) having a storage shear modulus of not more than 106 Pa at 50° C. Furthermore, the film adhesive further comprises a base material (A) and an adhesive layer (B). The film adhesive can exhibit excellent low-temperature adhesive property and covering capability functioning as a die bonding adhesive film which can be used in a semiconductor package. In addition, the film adhesive can exhibit excellent low-temperature adhesive property and covering capability which functions both as a die bonding adhesive film and as a dicing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi Kodama, Seiji Itami, Kuniaki Sato, Syuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20090039594
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to sequentially feed a plurality of documents loaded on a document positioning plate, a reading sensor arranged in a conveyance path configured to read a document of the plurality of documents fed by the sheet feeding unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an interval of the document between a trailing edge of a preceding document and a leading edge of a next document conveyed through the conveyance path, and a reading unit configured to execute a first reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a first conveyance speed, and a second reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a second conveyance speed that is lower than the first conveyance speed, wherein the reading unit executes the second reading mode after the first reading mode when the interval of the document is less than a predetermined interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Masaya Shimmachi, Haruo Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20090040572
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document reading and conveying unit, a pressing plate capable of moving to a position to press a document against a reading surface and to a position withdrawn from the reading surface, and a fixed reader configured to read a document fixed on the reading surface by moving a close-coupled image sensor relative to the document. The document reading and conveying unit includes a controller configured to perform pickup initialization of returning a pickup roller to an initial position after the completion of conveying one or more documents and is supported by the pressure plate. The controller includes a first timer configured to measure an elapsed time from the completion of reading performed by the fixed reader. The controller performs the pickup initialization after a measurement value measured by the first timer exceeds a first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Shimmachi, Haruo Ishizuka, Kuniaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20090040560
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprising a conveying unit configured to convey a document; a reading unit configured to read an image of the document conveyed by the conveying unit; a storage unit configured to store data of the image read by the reading unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the data stored in the storage unit to an external unit during a reading operation of the reading unit; and a reading control unit configured to control the reading unit to perform or stop the reading operation according to a threshold value related to a free space available for storing the data in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Yukiura, Kuniaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20070285741
    Abstract: An image reading recording apparatus includes a recording unit for recording an image on a recording material; a read unit, movable relative to the recording unit, for reading an image on an original, the read unit being movable between a first position for closing a sheet feeding port of the recording unit and a second position for opening the sheet feeding port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniaki SATO, Haruo ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 7071243
    Abstract: A photo curable resin composition, which comprises (A) an acid-modified, vinyl group-containing epoxy resin, (B) an elastomer, (C) a photopolymerization initiator, (D) a diluent and (E) a curing agent, can give a high performance cured film having distinguished heat resistance, humidity-heat resistance, adhesibility, mechanical characteristics and electrical characteristics, and a photosensitive element, which comprises a support and a layer of the photo curable resin composition laid on the support, has distinguished heat resistance, humidity-heat resistance, adhesibility, mechanical characteristics and electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Sato, Hiroaki Hirakura, Toshihiko Ito, Takao Hirayama, Toshizumi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20060110595
    Abstract: A film adhesive having an adhesive layer (C) mainly containing a thermoplastic polyimide having a glass transition temperature of not more than 100° C. and an adhesive layer (D) having a storage shear modulus of not more than 106 Pa at 50° C. Furthermore, the film adhesive further comprises a base material (A) and an adhesive layer (B). The film adhesive can exhibit excellent low-temperature adhesive property and covering capability functioning as a die bonding adhesive film which can be used in a semiconductor package. In addition, the film adhesive can exhibit excellent low-temperature adhesive property and covering capability which functions both as a die bonding adhesive film and as a dicing tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Youichi Kodama, Seiji Itami, Kuniaki Sato, Syuji Tahara