Patents by Inventor Makoto Aoki

Makoto 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: 11973905
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing method, a non-transitory recording medium, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing system captures a plurality of images at respective locations each associated with a location where the object is managed, or a process performed on the object to be managed, generates print data of a second slip associated with the plurality of objects to be managed, the second slip being different from a first slip associated with each of the plurality of objects, and controls a display to display, based on detection of the printed second slip from the image captured by the imaging device, the plurality of objects to be managed associated with the printed second slip, as being placed at the location or the process associated with the imaging device that captured the image of the second slip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 11972071
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240138263
    Abstract: A light emitting element of one or more embodiments includes a first electrode, a second electrode oppositely to the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light emitting element of one or more embodiments includes a polycyclic compound represented by a specific chemical structure in the emission layer, thereby showing improved emission efficiency and life characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAMOTO, Keigo HOSHI, Yuji SUZAKI, Hirokazu KUWABARA, Nobutaka AKASHI, Ryuhei FURUE, Toshiyuki MATSUURA, Yoshiro SUGITA, Yuma AOKI, Yuuki MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11949557
    Abstract: The ICT resource management device includes: a configuration information management part that manages configuration information of physical nodes and virtual nodes; a layer mapping part that performs mapping between the physical layer and the virtual layer; a location specifying part that specifies a location of a physical node; a device connect destination determination part that determines a physical node to which to connect the device in response to a request for configuration change based on at least one of the specified location, information relating to a service, a network connection configuration of the network connecting the device to the physical node, and quality of the network; a blueprint creation part that creates a blueprint based on the configuration information, the mapping information, and the connection destination; and an orchestrator part that performs orchestration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Aoki, Takeshi Kuwagata, Katsuyuki Hasebe, Makoto Kanzaki
  • Publication number: 20240078066
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more image capturing devices and circuitry. The one or more image capturing devices capture a first slip and a second slip to generate one or more images. The first slip has a first image code corresponding to a first type of identification information thereon, and the second slip has a second image code corresponding to a second type of identification information thereon. The circuitry is to manage a position of the first slip based on the first image code recognized from the one or more images, manage a position of the second slip based on the second image code recognized from the one or more images, and display the position of the second slip in response to an operation performed by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 11862366
    Abstract: A method of making a heater includes an aluminum nitride base having equal to or less than 1% impurities, particularly one embodiment having none of polybrominated biphenyl, polybrominated diphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated paraffin, phthalate, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, and mercury. The base is fired in a heating unit before any layering. Thereafter, on a topside and backside of the base a conductor layer is layered and allowed to settle and dry before firing. Next, a resistive layer is layered on the base from a resistor paste such that the resistive layer connects to the conductor layer on the topside. The resistor paste is allowed to settle and dry and then the base with the conductor and resistor layers is fired. At least four layers of glass are layered next over the resistive layer, each instance thereof including layering a glass, drying the glass and firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Aoki, Jerry Wayne Smith
  • Publication number: 20230410850
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a first wiring board having first and second interconnections and a first side surface; a second wiring board having third and fourth interconnections and a second side surface; first and second projecting parts each provided at one of the first and second side surfaces; first and second recessed parts each provided at the other of the first and second side surfaces; and a memory and a memory controller mounted on the first and second wiring boards, respectively. The first and second projecting part are connected to one of the first and third interconnections and one of the second and fourth interconnections, respectively. The first and second recessed parts is connected to the other of the first and third interconnections and the other of the second and fourth interconnections, respectively. The first projecting part is engaged with the first recessed part to electrically connect the memory to the memory controller via the first and third interconnections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta IWASAKI, Masayuki KAGA, Katsuji SUZUKI, Tsuneyori INO, Makoto AOKI
  • Patent number: 11848151
    Abstract: When manufacturing a magnetic body which is made of a ferrite material containing Fe, Ni, and Zn, and whose Mn content is 0.1288 percent by mass or higher, or a magnetic body which is made of a ferrite material containing Fe, Ni, Zn, and Cu, and whose Mn content is 0.1178 percent by mass or higher, an iron oxide powder whose Mn content is 0.20 percent by mass or higher is used as a raw material powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Asako, Kenji Yazawa, Makoto Aoki, Tomomi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11839019
    Abstract: A communication module includes a first wiring board including a plurality of first signal lines and a first ground line, and a second wiring board including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a plurality of second signal lines. The second layer includes a shielding member. The communication module includes a plurality of first connection members via which the plurality of first signal lines are electrically connected to the plurality of second signal lines, and at least one conductive member provided between the first ground line and the shielding member. The at least one conductive member is provided so as to overlap with at least one second signal line among the plurality of second signal lines as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the first wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohisa Ishigami, Makoto Aoki, Yuya Okada
  • Patent number: 11791074
    Abstract: A heater includes an aluminum nitride base having equal to or less than 1% impurities, particularly one embodiment having none of polybrominated biphenyl, polybrominated diphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated paraffin, phthalate, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, and mercury. At least one resistive trace of silver and palladium overlies the base as does a conductor of silver and platinum or palladium that electrically connects to the resistive trace to apply an external voltage to the resistive trace for heating thereof. At least four, but optionally five, layers of glass overlie the resistive trace and part of the conductor. A first two consecutive layers of the glass layers define a first glass having a solid content of more than 65% and a viscosity of 100 Pa·s or less. The following two or three consecutive layers of the five layers define a second glass dissimilar to the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Aoki, Jerry Wayne Smith
  • Publication number: 20230316024
    Abstract: An information processing system including a circuitry configured to detect first identification information used to identify a job, generate second identification information associated with the first identification information, and create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime KAWASAKI, Makoto AOKI, Takeshi OGAWA, Koichi KUDO
  • Publication number: 20230308558
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing method, a non-transitory recording medium, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing system captures a plurality of images at respective locations each associated with a location where the object is managed, or a process performed on the object to be managed, generates print data of a second slip associated with the plurality of objects to be managed, the second slip being different from a first slip associated with each of the plurality of objects, and controls a display to display, based on detection of the printed second slip from the image captured by the imaging device, the plurality of objects to be managed associated with the printed second slip, as being placed at the location or the process associated with the imaging device that captured the image of the second slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 11714981
    Abstract: An information processing system including a circuitry configured to detect first identification information used to identify a job, generate second identification information associated with the first identification information, and create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki, Takeshi Ogawa, Koichi Kudo
  • Publication number: 20230234117
    Abstract: A crowning method is applied to a bending process by a press brake comprising an upper table and a lower table as being vertically opposed to each other, wherein the lower table comprises slits respectively opened in right and left directions, to bend a workpiece put and deviated rightward or leftward on the lower table so as to extend the workpiece over at least one of upper portions of the slits, the crowning method comprising: deforming end sides of the upper portions of the slits of the lower table so as to warp the one of the upper portions upward to carry out a crowning regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Taishi SUZUKI, Koutaku MIURA, Makoto AOKI
  • Publication number: 20230184965
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus includes a housing that includes an incidence surface and a back surface located on the opposite side of the incidence surface, a sensor panel that is housed in the housing and configured to convert radiation incident from the incidence surface into an electrical signal, a conductive plate that is housed in the housing and extends in a direction intersecting with a normal to the incidence surface, and an antenna element housed in the housing. The conductive plate is located between the sensor panel and the back surface. The antenna element is located between the conductive plate and the back surface. The antenna element includes a portion that extends in the direction intersecting with the normal to the incidence surface. The conductive plate is configured to function as a ground for the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hajime Shimura, Tomoyasu Soma, Makoto Aoki, Motoki Tagawa, Hiroto Kondo, Yutaka Ishinari
  • Publication number: 20230181145
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus includes a housing having an incident face and a side face, a reflective member accommodated within the housing, the reflective member having a reflective face which reflects radio waves, and an antenna element accommodated within the housing. The side face of the housing includes a conductor region and a transmissive region, the transmissive region having a higher radio wave transmittance than the conductor region. The reflective member is disposed in a position at which a first radio wave, which proceeds directly from the antenna element toward the transmissive region, and a second radio wave, which reaches the reflective face from the antenna element and is reflected toward the transmissive region by the reflective face, strengthen each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto Aoki, Tomohisa Ishigami, Hajime Shimura, Tomoyasu Soma, Yutaka Ishinari, Hiroto Kondo, Motoki Tagawa
  • Patent number: 11675547
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an image capturing device, an information processing apparatus, and processing circuitry. The image capturing device is installed to capture an image of a range in which a position of an object to be managed is managed. The information processing apparatus recognizes a code image corresponding to the object from a captured image captured by the image capturing device and manage the position of the object. The processing circuitry generates spatial coordinate information of the code image based on a position of the code image recognized from the captured image, a size of the code image recognized from the captured image, and a size of a reference code image, and manages the position of the object corresponding to the code image, with plane coordinate information of the code image corrected using the spatial coordinate information of the code image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 11676746
    Abstract: A method of making a heater includes an aluminum nitride base having equal to or less than 1% impurities, particularly one embodiment having none of polybrominated biphenyl, polybrominated diphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated paraffin, phthalate, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, and mercury. The base is fired in a heating unit before any layering. Thereafter, on a topside and backside of the base a conductor layer is layered and allowed to settle and dry before firing. Next, a resistive layer is layered on the base from a resistor paste such that the resistive layer connects to the conductor layer on the topside. The resistor paste is allowed to settle and dry and then the base with the conductor and resistor layers is fired. At least four layers of glass are layered next over the resistive layer, each instance thereof including layering a glass, drying the glass and firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Aoki, Jerry Wayne Smith
  • Patent number: 11671542
    Abstract: An information processing system includes image capturing devices, an information processing apparatus, and processing circuitry. The image capturing devices are disposed to capture images of a management area. The information processing apparatus recognizes a code image corresponding to an object to be managed in the management area, from a captured image captured by the image capturing devices, and manages a location of the object. The processing circuitry sets address identification information associated with position information in the management area to a region of the captured image; based on recognition of the code image in the region, manages the position information associated with the address identification information set for the region, as a location of the object corresponding to the code image; and commonly sets one piece of the address identification information associated with the position information, for regions of different captured images captured by the image capturing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki, Makoto Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230154656
    Abstract: A method of making a heater includes an aluminum nitride base having equal to or less than 1% impurities, particularly one embodiment having none of polybrominated biphenyl, polybrominated diphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated paraffin, phthalate, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, and mercury. The base is fired in a heating unit before any layering. Thereafter, on a topside and backside of the base a conductor layer is layered and allowed to settle and dry before firing. Next, a resistive layer is layered on the base from a resistor paste such that the resistive layer connects to the conductor layer on the topside. The resistor paste is allowed to settle and dry and then the base with the conductor and resistor layers is fired. At least four layers of glass are layered next over the resistive layer, each instance thereof including layering a glass, drying the glass and firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: MAKOTO AOKI, JERRY WAYNE SMITH