Patents by Inventor Naoki Aoyama
Naoki Aoyama 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: 11962010Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a lithium-ion battery electrode, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode contains a water-soluble polymer (A). The water-soluble polymer (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 5 mol % to 80 mol % of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether (a). In one embodiment, the monomer group contains 20 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (b).Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Katsuya Okubo, Hideki Goda, Naoki Sasagawa, Satoru Aoyama
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Publication number: 20230388921Abstract: In a case where specific processing is performed while a communication apparatus is operating in a second mode, a stop unit stops an operation being performed by the communication apparatus in the second mode, based on an agreement between a channel used by the communication apparatus in the second mode during the specific processing and a channel to be used by the communication apparatus in a first mode to be started by the specific processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: ATSUSHI SHIMAZAKI, NAOKI AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20230389090Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided that is configured to perform an operation in a first mode in which the communication apparatus operates as a child station, and an operation in a second mode in which the communication apparatus operates as a parent station. The communication apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that a channel which the communication apparatus uses in the second mode is not used in search while the communication apparatus is operating in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: SHINICHI ICHIMURA, MASAO MAEDA, NAOKI AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20230269587Abstract: Based on a first operation being received for searching for an access point in which a first authentication method is enabled, information regarding the access point supporting the first authentication method is displayed, and information regarding the access point supporting a second authentication method different from the first authentication method is not displayed, and based on a second operation being received for searching for an access point in which the second authentication method different from the first authentication method is enabled, the second operation being different from the first operation, information regarding the access point supporting the second authentication method is displayed, and information regarding the access point supporting the first authentication method is not displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: KENTARO FUKUSHIMA, NAOKI AOYAMA
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Patent number: 11562187Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing head to move in a first direction, a conveying roller to convey the printing medium in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a housing to house the printing head and the conveying roller and be expandable and contractible in the first direction. The printing apparatus performs predetermined notification based on information related to a length of the housing in the first direction, wherein the conveying roller is incapable of conveying the printing medium having a predetermined size when the length of the housing in the first direction is a first length and conveys the printing medium having the predetermined size in a case where the length is a second length larger than the first length. The predetermined notification is performed based on the information related to the length of the housing indicating information corresponding to the first length.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Kazuhisa Fujino, Naoki Aoyama, Syunichi Kunihiro, Hiroshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20210061196Abstract: A wire harness that includes a pipe configured to have a wire inserted into an internal portion thereof, the pipe including a body with an areally increased portion, wherein the areally increased portion has recesses formed into a peripheral surface of the body, and a plurality of wires that are configured to be inserted inside the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Naoki AOYAMA
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Patent number: 10894432Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Publication number: 20200380321Abstract: The invention provides a printing apparatus, a printing control method, and a processing apparatus, which suppress the occurrence of rework after a start of a printing operation and suppress an output of a printing result not intended by a user due to a mismatch between a state of expansion or contraction and print settings. To this end, printing is performed in print processing by determining whether or not an operable state is established which is a state of expanding a housing to a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Kazuhisa Fujino, Naoki Aoyama, Syunichi Kunihiro, Hiroshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200009886Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Patent number: 10486445Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Publication number: 20180268958Abstract: A electrical wire with improved flexibility that is provided with a metal conductor and an insulating member that wraps around the conductor. The electrical wire includes a conductor portion that is flexible and is made of metal; and an insulating member that wraps around the conductor portion. An inner surface of the insulating member and an outer surface of the conductor portion are provided so as to be separable from each other. Also, it is possible that, in at least some portions of the electrical wire, a space is provided between the inner surface of the insulating member and the outer surfaces of the conductor portion, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Naoki AOYAMA, Masaharu SUETANI, Kentaro TACHI
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Patent number: 10017881Abstract: Provided are: a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber for the production of a carbon fiber having a large single-fiber fineness, said precursor fiber ensuring high heat stability of a spinning dope and excellent productivity; and a copolymer suitable for the production of said precursor fiber. Also provided are: high-quality carbon fiber bundles which have a large single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity; a process for producing the same; and a process for producing flameproofed fiber bundles suitable for the production of the carbon fiber bundles. A polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer which comprises 93.0 to 99.4 mol % of acrylonitrile units, 0.5 to 4.0 mol % of (meth)acrylamide-based units, and 0.1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Naoki Aoyama, Naomasa Matsuyama, Takeshi Nii, Yasuyuki Fujii, Yoshiko Irie, Harumi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20170203589Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Patent number: 9676213Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Patent number: 9597875Abstract: A needed job is quickly performed even if a recovery operation for a print head performed by a recovery mechanism needs a long time as a result of sharing of the same drive source between a discharge roller and the recovery mechanism. To achieve this, a recovery operation for the print head is suspended when a print job is received while the recovery operation is being performed, on a condition that a printing apparatus is in a state where the printing apparatus permits the print job to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Aoyama, Toshiyuki Kuroda
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Patent number: 9527324Abstract: A control unit includes a moving unit that causes a recording unit to move in a reciprocating manner, a detection unit that detects a movement error of the moving unit, a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the recording unit is caused to move in a second direction if the movement error is detected while the recording unit is caused to move in a first direction, a notification unit that issues error notification according to a result of movement of the moving unit, and an execution unit that executes an operation for identifying a cause of the movement error of the moving unit in a case where the moving unit has been able to move in the second direction by the controlling of the control unit, wherein the notification unit issues error notification according to an execution result of the operation by the execution unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Aoyama, Koya Iwakura, Tetsuya Saito
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Publication number: 20160318319Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Patent number: 9428355Abstract: A printing apparatus has a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Katsuya Ogawa, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasufumi Tanaami, Ryo Yonemoto
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Patent number: 9370946Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet, a printing unit configured to print on the printing sheet, a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet overlap each other, a determination unit configured to determine whether the leading edge of the succeeding sheet overlaps the trailing edge of the preceding sheet, and a delay unit configured to delay conveyance of the preceding sheet when the determination unit determines that the leading edge of the succeeding sheet does not overlap the trailing edge of the preceding sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomofumi Nishida, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Masashi Ito, Naoki Aoyama, Syunichi Kunihiro
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Patent number: 9360819Abstract: A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a feeding unit, a conveying unit including a pair of rollers, a printing unit, a control unit and a determination unit. The control can execute successive overlapped conveyance and skew correction. In the skew correction a leading edge of the printing medium abuts against the pair of rollers in a stop state. The determination unit determines whether to execute the successive overlapped conveyance. The control unit executes the skew correction of the succeeding printing medium at a timing according to a determination result of the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Syunichi Kunihiro, Naoki Aoyama, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Yoshiaki Suzuki