Patents by Inventor Masaru Aoki

Masaru 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: 9411295
    Abstract: The timing of obtaining an output value for use in a determination of a recording medium is generated from a received ultrasonic wave and a waveform generated by delaying the ultrasonic wave, whereby it is possible to reduce an influence of a reflection wave from the peripheral members and an influence of a change in the environment to improve the accuracy of determination of the recoding medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaru Aoki
  • Patent number: 9411293
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus performs control to parallelly achieve document image reading by a reading unit and image formation by an image forming unit for forming on a recording material a document image read by the reading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Nakajima, Masaru Aoki, Hiroto Endo, Daisuke Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9395672
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path guiding a sheet such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path guiding the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion to the first conveying path. A document is fed to the second conveying path and the image forming apparatus includes a first drive transmission portion transmitting a drive force to the image forming portion and a second drive transmission portion transmitting the drive force to a document feeding portion, a conveyance portion and a document discharge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20160162080
    Abstract: A contact hole that penetrates a protective insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a transparent cap film and has a surface of a low-reflection film uncovered as a bottom surface is formed in a lead-out wiring region. A lower-layer terminal portion is formed by the low-reflection film and a low-resistance conductive film below the bottom surface of the contact hole. A contact hole that penetrates the protective insulating film and a transparent cap film and has a surface of a low-reflection film uncovered as a bottom surface is formed in the lead-out wiring region. An upper-layer terminal portion is formed by the low-reflection film and a low-resistance conductive film below the bottom surface of the contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami HAYASHI, Masaru AOKI
  • Patent number: 9309340
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyethylene-based resin composition excellent in the moldability and at the same time, excellent in the balance between impact strength and stiffness as well as in the transparency, and a molded product and a film, which are obtained by the molding of the polyethylene-based resin composition. The polyethylene-based resin composition of the present invention comprises from 41 to 99 wt % of (A) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions and from 1 to 59 wt % of (B) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions, wherein MFR of the composition as a whole is from 0.05 to 50 g/10 min and the density is from 0.910 to 0.960 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihama, Ryousuke Asakawa, Tsutomu Sakuragi, Tetsurou Fukuda, Kazuya Sakata, Masaru Aoki, Kenji Kawagishi, Keiichi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 9280117
    Abstract: When images of a plurality of document sheets are to be read and formed on a plurality of recording materials, an image forming apparatus performs control to convey a document sheet and a recording material at one of a recording material conveyance speed and a document conveyance speed, whichever is lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Nakajima, Masaru Aoki, Hiroto Endo
  • Publication number: 20160028908
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20150378475
    Abstract: In a lead-out wiring area, a protective conductive film is formed on a bottom surface and a side surface of a first contact hole including a surface of a first low resistance conductive film, and a part of a surface of an upper interlayer insulating film, and a second protective conductive film is formed on a bottom surface and a side surface of a second contact hole including a surface of a second low resistance conductive film, and a part of the surface of the upper interlayer insulating film. Then, a lower layer terminal part for a lower layer wiring line is formed of a laminated structure of the first low resistance conductive film and the first protective conductive film, and an upper layer terminal part for an upper layer wiring line is formed of a laminated structure of the second low resistance conductive film and the second protective conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masami HAYASHI, Masaru AOKI, Toru TAKEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9203994
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20150248587
    Abstract: An image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing errors related to association of a person appearing in a video are provided. An image processing system includes: an image acquiring unit which accepts input of videos captured by a plurality of video cameras; a next camera predicting unit which predicts a video camera on which an object detected in a video is to appear next; and a display control unit which announces a confusability of an object according to a similarity between the detected object and another object that is likely to appear in a video of the video camera predicted by the next camera predicting unit and which causes a display device to display a video from the video camera predicted by the next camera predicting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Masaru Aoki
  • Patent number: 9071712
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed portion configured to feed a sheet, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet, a first conveying path configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet feed portion such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again, a document feed portion configured to feed a document to the second conveying path, an image reading portion configured to read an image of the document fed by the document feed portion, and a control portion configured to control the sheet feed portion and the document feed portion such that the document and the sheet are conveyed on the second conveying path in a sequence in which the document and the sheet are mixed in a case where an operation of forming images respectively on both surfaces of a plurality of sheets overlaps with an operati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazushi Ino, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 9048739
    Abstract: The power supply device includes a transformer, a switching unit for driving a primary side of the transformer, a detection unit for detecting an output corresponding to a current flowing on the primary side, a transmission unit for transmitting an output voltage from a secondary side to the primary side, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the switching unit in accordance with an output from the transmission unit, in which, when a switching frequency for driving the switching unit falls within a predetermined frequency range including a resonant frequency of the transformer, the control unit controls the switching unit so as to shorten a turn-ON time of the switching unit in accordance with an output from the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuhei Shoji, Masaru Aoki, Minoru Hayasaki
  • Publication number: 20150109645
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20150098742
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path guiding a sheet such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path guiding the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion to the first conveying path. A document is fed to the second conveying path and the image forming apparatus includes a first drive transmission portion transmitting a drive force to the image forming portion and a second drive transmission portion transmitting the drive force to a document feeding portion, a conveyance portion and a document discharge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
  • Patent number: 8995028
    Abstract: A reading apparatus including: a first conveyance path in which a sheet is conveyed; a second conveyance path different from the first conveyance path, the second conveyance path allowing the sheet switched back after having passed through the first conveyance path to be conveyed therein; a reading unit configured to read the sheet, the reading unit being movable to a first position where a first surface of the sheet in the first conveyance path is read, a second position where a second surface as a back surface of the first surface of the sheet in the second conveyance path is read, and a third position different from the first position and the second position; and a reference portion that the reading unit reads for correcting information read by the reading unit, the reference portion being read by the reading unit moved to the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Daisuke Kaneko, Masaru Aoki
  • Patent number: 8989613
    Abstract: The power supply device includes a transformer, a switching unit for driving a primary side of the transformer, a detection unit for detecting an output corresponding to a current flowing on the primary side, a transmission unit for transmitting an output voltage from a secondary side to the primary side, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the switching unit in accordance with an output from the transmission unit, in which, when a switching frequency for driving the switching unit falls within a predetermined frequency range including a resonant frequency of the transformer, the control unit controls the switching unit so as to shorten a turn-ON time of the switching unit in accordance with an output from the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuhei Shoji, Masaru Aoki, Minoru Hayasaki
  • Patent number: 8964271
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a first conveying path guiding a sheet such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path guiding the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion to the first conveying path. A document is fed to the second conveying path and the image forming apparatus has a first drive transmission portion transmitting a drive force to the image forming portion and a second drive transmission portion transmitting the drive force to a document feeding portion, a conveyance portion and a document discharge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20150044405
    Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition is provided that can provide a foam molding that exhibits an excellent closed cell characteristic and excellent extrusion characteristics, that is light weight and has a rigid feel, and that has an excellent recyclability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Kaneno, Koji Yamashita, Hiroshi Tsuji, Akihiro Suzuki, Shinichi Kitade, Masaru Aoki, Isamu Terayama
  • Publication number: 20140320940
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed portion configured to feed a sheet, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet, a first conveying path configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet feed portion such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again, a document feed portion configured to feed a document to the second conveying path, an image reading portion configured to read an image of the document fed by the document feed portion, and a control portion configured to control the sheet feed portion and the document feed portion such that the document and the sheet are conveyed on the second conveying path in a sequence in which the document and the sheet are mixed in a case where an operation of forming images respectively on both surfaces of a plurality of sheets overlaps with an operati
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazushi Ino, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20140320877
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path guiding a sheet such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path guiding the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion to the first conveying path. A document is fed to the second conveying path and the image forming apparatus includes a first drive transmission portion transmitting a drive force to the image forming portion and a second drive transmission portion transmitting the drive force to a document feeding portion, a conveyance portion and a document discharge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki