Patents by Inventor Naoki Maruyama

Naoki Maruyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20230249452
    Abstract: A recording device includes: a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge, to a medium, a first dot that is a dot of a reaction liquid; a second nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge, to the medium to which the reaction liquid is discharged, a second dot that is a dot of ink containing a color material that coagulates with the reaction liquid; and a control unit configured to control discharging of the first dot by the first nozzle group and discharging of the second dot by the second nozzle group, in which the control unit controls arrangement, on the medium, of the first dot discharged by the first nozzle group so as to be more regular than arrangement, on the medium, of the second dot discharged by the second nozzle group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki MARUYAMA, Ippei OKUDA
  • Patent number: 11661475
    Abstract: An epoxy resin includes a reaction product between an epoxy compound and a compound having a naphthalene structure and a functional group that is reactive with an epoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Katagi, Tomoko Higashiuchi, Yuki Nakamura, Kazumasa Fukuda, Naoki Maruyama, Lin Tian
  • Publication number: 20230145758
    Abstract: An imprint apparatus according to the present invention includes a controller configured to perform a contacting step of moving at least one of a mold holding unit and a substrate holding unit by at least one of a mold driving unit and a substrate driving unit such that a mold and an imprint material on a substrate surface are brought into contact with each other, an obtaining step of obtaining a driving force in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface for the substrate holding unit by the substrate driving unit after performing the contacting step, and a tilt correcting step of rotating the mold holding unit about a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the substrate surface by the mold driving unit based on a magnitude of the driving force obtained in the obtaining step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Naoki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20230065607
    Abstract: A steel sheet including a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.14-0.60%, Si+Al?3.00, P 0.030%, S?0.0050%, N 0.015%, B?0.0050%, C×Mn?0.80, Mn+Ni+Cu+1.3Cr+4(Mo+W)?0.80, 0.003?Ti+Zr+Hf+V+Nb+Ta+Sc+Y?0.20, Sn+As+Sb+Bi?0.020, Mg: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.005%, REM: 0 to 0.005%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, and satisfying Ms=546 ×exp(?1.362 x C)?11 ×Si?30 ×Mn?18 ×Ni?20 ×Cu?12×Cr ?8(Mo+W)?200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki MARUYAMA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Shinichiro TABATA
  • Patent number: 11583184
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a small-sized, low-cost medical optical imaging device capable of irradiating even a deep portion of a dental root canal. Provided is a medical optical imaging device (4) that is provided with an illumination unit (6) for emitting illumination light to a subject, an imaging section (7) for imaging the subject, and a controller (8) for controlling at least the imaging section (7). The imaging section (7) is provided with an imaging lens system (71) and an imaging element (72) for receiving an optical image created by the imaging lens system (71). When viewed from the subject side, the illumination unit (6) is disposed in front of the imaging lens system (71) and overlapping the imaging lens system (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE YOSHIDA DENTAL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11560476
    Abstract: An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound A that has at least two mesogenic structures and at least one phenylene group, and an epoxy compound B that has at least two mesogenic structures and at least one divalent biphenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Maruyama, Yuka Yoshida, Tomoko Higashiuchi, Kazumasa Fukuda, Keiichiro Nishimura, Yoshitaka Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20230012409
    Abstract: A system includes a print unit configured to print an answer sheet including a plurality of free-form answer fields and a plurality of marking fields, the plurality of marking fields being configured to mark answers written in the respective plurality of free-form answer fields, a reading unit configured to read the answer sheet printed by the print unit, a marking unit configured to mark the answers based at least on description of the plurality of marking fields included in the answer sheet read by the reading unit, and an aggregation unit configured to aggregate results of marking made by the marking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11535700
    Abstract: Provided is an epoxy polymer which has a mesogen skeleton and a structural unit represented by Formula (A). In Formula (A), each R5 independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Katagi, Naoki Maruyama, Yuka Yoshida, Tomoko Higashiuchi, Yoshitaka Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20220408022
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit for acquiring each of motion vector amounts of video signals each obtained from a plurality of camera units; a determination unit for determining whether or not each of the motion vector amounts is appropriate; and a control unit for performing image blur correction for the video signal for which the motion vector amount determined to be not appropriate has been obtained by using the motion vector amount determined to be appropriate if it is determined by the determination unit that at least one of the motion vector amounts is not appropriate, and to perform image blur correction for the video signals by sharing any one of the motion vector amounts determined to be appropriate by the determination unit or by using the respective motion vector amounts if it is determined by the determination unit that the respective motion vector amounts are appropriate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Naoka Maruhashi, Seiya Ohta, Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11519061
    Abstract: A steel sheet includes: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel structure represented by, in area %, first martensite in which two or more iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath: 20% to 95%, ferrite: 15% or less, retained austenite: 15% or less, and the balance: bainite, or second martensite in which less than two iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath, or the both of these, in which the total area fraction of ND//<111> orientation grains and ND//<100> orientation grains is 40% or less, and the content of solid-solution C is 0.44 ppm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Kawata, Masafumi Azuma, Akihiro Uenishi, Naoki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20220330824
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a small-sized, low-cost medical optical imaging device capable of irradiating even a deep portion of a dental root canal. Provided is a medical optical imaging device (4) that is provided with an illumination unit (6) for emitting illumination light to a subject, an imaging section (7) for imaging the subject, and a controller (8) for controlling at least the imaging section (7). The imaging section (7) is provided with an imaging lens system (71) and an imaging element (72) for receiving an optical image created by the imaging lens system (71). When viewed from the subject side, the illumination unit (6) is disposed in front of the imaging lens system (71) and overlapping the imaging lens system (71).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Naoki MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11466119
    Abstract: An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure, the epoxy compound comprising a first epoxy compound having one biphenyl structure in a molecule and a second epoxy compound that is different from the first epoxy compound, at a mass ratio of the first epoxy compound to the second epoxy compound (first epoxy compound:second epoxy compound) of from 10:100 to 50:100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukuda, Yoshitaka Takezawa, Naoki Maruyama, Yuka Yoshida, Tomoko Higashiuchi
  • Publication number: 20220321790
    Abstract: In order to provide a tilt control device capable of performing tilt control optimal at a high speed by controlling both a focus position and a tilt angle even when a scene changes such as in a case in which a subject changes, there is provided an imaging apparatus including a tilt control unit that performs tilt control by driving at least one of an imaging device and an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit that drives a focus lens, and a control unit that has a plurality of control modes for performing focus correction using at least one of the tilt control unit and the focus lens driving unit and selects one of the plurality of control modes in accordance with the number of subject areas displayed on an image screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki, Natsuko Sato, Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11440990
    Abstract: An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound having at least two mesogenic structures and at least one divalent biphenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Yoshida, Naoki Maruyama, Tomoko Higashiuchi, Kazumasa Fukuda, Keiichiro Nishimura, Yoshitaka Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20220247879
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a first function of performing first processing based on image data obtained by reading a document, and a second function of performing second processing based on image data obtained by reading a document includes a controller including a processor that displays, on the display unit, a first setting screen for setting a setting value to be used for a job of the first function, displays, on a display unit, an object for accepting a user operation for displaying a second setting screen for setting a setting value to be used for a job of the second function together with at least a part of the first setting screen upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition in a state where the first setting screen is displayed and no user operation is accepted, and displays the second setting screen on the display unit upon selection of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11394843
    Abstract: In a multifunction peripheral, image data generated by a scanner section is transferred to an image processor via a data bus. If it is determined that an image processing and another image processing are not executed in parallel, the transfer rate of image data is set to a first transfer rate, whereas if it is determined that the image processing and the other image processing are executed in parallel, one of a plurality of different transfer rates lower than the first transfer rate is selected based on a result of determination of whether or not settings associated with the image processing are predetermined settings and a result of determination of whether or not settings associated with the other image processing are other predetermined settings, and the transfer rate of image data is set to the selected one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11381731
    Abstract: In order to provide a tilt control device capable of performing tilt control optimal at a high speed by controlling both a focus position and a tilt angle even when a scene changes such as in a case in which a subject changes, there is provided an imaging apparatus including a tilt control unit that performs tilt control by driving at least one of an imaging device and an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit that drives a focus lens, and a control unit that has a plurality of control modes for performing focus correction using at least one of the tilt control unit and the focus lens driving unit and selects one of the plurality of control modes in accordance with the number of subject areas displayed on an image screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Ryo Kawasaki, Natsuko Sato, Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11352562
    Abstract: An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure, and having a value of ??2/??1 equal to 3 or less, wherein ??1 is an initial dynamic shear viscosity (Pa·s) and ??2 is a maximum value of dynamic shear viscosity (Pa·s), in a measurement of dynamic shear viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Higashiuchi, Naoki Maruyama, Kazumasa Fukuda, Yoshitaka Takezawa, Hideyuki Katagi, Yuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220162374
    Abstract: An epoxy resin includes a reaction product between: an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure; and at least one selected from the group consisting of an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid having a carboxy group and a hydroxy group bonded to an aromatic ring and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having two carboxy groups bonded to an aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hideyuki KATAGI, Yuki NAKAMURA, Kazumasa FUKUDA, Tomohiro IKEDA, Lin TIAN, Kei TOUGASAKI, Naoki MARUYAMA, Yoshitaka TAKEZAWA
  • Patent number: 11301227
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus in which a web browser configured to communicate with a server apparatus and a peripheral device is provided includes an execution unit, an identification information reception unit, an application information reception unit, and a transmission unit. The execution unit is configured to execute a script received via the web browser. The identification information reception unit is configured to, based on the execution unit having executed the script, receive device identification information about the peripheral device from the peripheral device. The application information reception unit is configured to transmit the device identification information received by the identification information reception unit to the server apparatus and receive application information from the server apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Maruyama