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).
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Patent number: 9411295Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaru Aoki
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Patent number: 9411293Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuki Nakajima, Masaru Aoki, Hiroto Endo, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9395672Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20160162080Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masami HAYASHI, Masaru AOKI
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Patent number: 9309340Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Ishihama, Ryousuke Asakawa, Tsutomu Sakuragi, Tetsurou Fukuda, Kazuya Sakata, Masaru Aoki, Kenji Kawagishi, Keiichi Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 9280117Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuki Nakajima, Masaru Aoki, Hiroto Endo
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Publication number: 20160028908Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20150378475Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masami HAYASHI, Masaru AOKI, Toru TAKEGUCHI
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Patent number: 9203994Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20150248587Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Masaru Aoki
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Patent number: 9071712Abstract: 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 operatiType: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazushi Ino, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki, Hiroshi Kato
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Patent number: 9048739Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuhei Shoji, Masaru Aoki, Minoru Hayasaki
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Publication number: 20150109645Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20150098742Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
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Patent number: 8995028Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kato, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Daisuke Kaneko, Masaru Aoki
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Patent number: 8989613Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuhei Shoji, Masaru Aoki, Minoru Hayasaki
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Patent number: 8964271Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20150044405Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Motoki Kaneno, Koji Yamashita, Hiroshi Tsuji, Akihiro Suzuki, Shinichi Kitade, Masaru Aoki, Isamu Terayama
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Publication number: 20140320940Abstract: 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 operatiType: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazushi Ino, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki, Hiroshi Kato
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Publication number: 20140320877Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki