Patents by Inventor Naoto Aruga
Naoto Aruga 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: 12153145Abstract: A mobile body specifies a current position of the mobile body with a position specification unit. Further, a detection units detects that the mobile body is in a still state after starting moving from a still state, and a signal containing the specified current position is output to the outside. The mobile body includes a power unit that supplies power to power-consuming units inside the mobile body. The power unit supplies power to the position specification unit during a period from first timing after the mobile body starts the movement to second timing after the mobile body enters the still state.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto Aruga
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Publication number: 20240241574Abstract: A computer executes a detection procedure of recording information on a resource in a storage unit when detecting use of the resource that can be utilized for supporting behavior change of a user based on sensing data, an estimation procedure of estimating a spatial or temporal approach of a user to the resource indicated by the information recorded in the storage unit based on the sensing data, and an output procedure of outputting a message corresponding to the resource whose approach is estimated by the estimation procedure, thereby improving the efficiency of behavior change support.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Reiko ARUGA, Naoto ABE
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Publication number: 20240110335Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation section that accumulates a material containing fibers by an air flow to form a web; a transport section that performs transport; a humidification section that performs humidification; and a pressurization section that performs pressurization and compression into a sheet shape, with respect to the formed web, in which the humidification section includes an intake port that takes in air, a tank that stores water, a mist generation section that generates mist from the water, an exhaust port that exhausts the mist and the air toward the web, an air duct which is provided between the intake port and the tank and through which the air passes, and a duct which is provided between the tank and the exhaust port and through which the mist and the air pass, the duct includes a first duct provided above the tank, a second duct coupled to the first duct, and a third duct provided between the second duct and the exhaust port, and a first top surfaType: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Akira HASHIMOTO, Naoto ARUGA
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Patent number: 11920300Abstract: There is provided a fiber body manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulating section that forms a web by accumulating a material containing fibers on a first transport belt by a dry method; a transport section that transports the web by peeling off a first surface of the web from the first transport belt, and by bringing a second surface of the web, which is a surface opposite to the first surface peeled off from the first transport belt, into contact with a second transport belt; a water-applying section that applies water toward the first surface of the web in a state where the web is in contact with the second transport belt; and a pressurizing section that pressurizes the web to which the water is applied and which is peeled off from the second transport belt.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahide Nakamura, Makoto Kawamoto, Akira Hashimoto, Naoto Aruga
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Publication number: 20240052570Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation section that forms a web by accumulating a material containing fibers by an air flow; a web transport section including a transport belt that comes into contact with one surface of the web and holds the web; a sheet forming section that forms a sheet by subjecting the web supplied from the web transport section to at least one of heating and pressurizing treatments; and an air ejection section provided at an end portion positioned on a sheet forming section side in the web transport section, and ejecting compressed air to the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventor: Naoto ARUGA
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Publication number: 20240052568Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a sheet from a material containing fibers, including: an accumulation section that forms a web by accumulating the material containing fibers by an air flow; a web transport section including a transport belt that comes into contact with one surface of the web and holds the web; a humidification section provided to face the one surface of the transport belt and applying moisture from the other surface side of the web; and a suction section provided to face the humidification section with the transport belt interposed therebetween, in which the suction section has a plurality of suction ports for suctioning air, the humidification section has a discharge port for discharging humidified air, and among the plurality of suction ports, a first suction port and the discharge port are disposed to face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventor: Naoto ARUGA
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Patent number: 11814791Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a pressing unit, a separate sheet shaping unit, a transportation unit, and a cutting-off unit. The pressing unit includes a pressing roller that presses a material containing fibers and a binder, which has a function of bonding the fibers together, to form the material into a shape of a continuous sheet. The separate sheet shaping unit cuts the continuous sheet into a shape of a separate sheet. The transportation unit is provided between the pressing roller and the separate sheet shaping unit and transports the continuous sheet formed by the pressing unit to the separate sheet shaping unit. The cutting-off unit is provided between the pressing roller and the transportation unit. When transportation abnormality occurs on the continuous sheet that is being transported, the cutting-off unit cuts off, from the continuous sheet, a part of the continuous sheet where the transportation abnormality occurs.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Naoto Aruga, Makoto Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20220412004Abstract: There is provided a fiber body manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulating section that forms a web by accumulating a material containing fibers on a first transport belt by a dry method; a transport section that transports the web by peeling off a first surface of the web from the first transport belt, and by bringing a second surface of the web, which is a surface opposite to the first surface peeled off from the first transport belt, into contact with a second transport belt; a water-applying section that applies water toward the first surface of the web in a state where the web is in contact with the second transport belt; and a pressurizing section that pressurizes the web to which the water is applied and which is peeled off from the second transport belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Masahide NAKAMURA, Makoto KAWAMOTO, Akira HASHIMOTO, Naoto ARUGA
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Patent number: 11493770Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a frame having conductivity, a first display device and a second display device supported by the frame, a cable shielded by a conductive cloth, and a screwing structure configured to interpose the cable between the frame and the first and second display devices. The screwing structure holds a conducting region of the frame and the conductive cloth in a state where the conducting region of the frame and the conductive cloth are electrically coupled.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Kazuya Kamakura, Naoto Aruga
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Publication number: 20220098792Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a pressing unit, a separate sheet shaping unit, a transportation unit, and a cutting-off unit. The pressing unit includes a pressing roller that presses a material containing fibers and a binder, which has a function of bonding the fibers together, to form the material into a shape of a continuous sheet. The separate sheet shaping unit cuts the continuous sheet into a shape of a separate sheet. The transportation unit is provided between the pressing roller and the separate sheet shaping unit and transports the continuous sheet formed by the pressing unit to the separate sheet shaping unit. The cutting-off unit is provided between the pressing roller and the transportation unit. When transportation abnormality occurs on the continuous sheet that is being transported, the cutting-off unit cuts off, from the continuous sheet, a part of the continuous sheet where the transportation abnormality occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Naoto ARUGA, Makoto KAWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210302595Abstract: A mobile body specifies a current position of the mobile body with a position specification unit. Further, a detection units detects that the mobile body is in a still state after starting moving from a still state, and a signal containing the specified current position is output to the outside. The mobile body includes a power unit that supplies power to power-consuming units inside the mobile body. The power unit supplies power to the position specification unit during a period from first timing after the mobile body starts the movement to second timing after the mobile body enters the still state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto ARUGA
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Patent number: 11054650Abstract: A head-mounted display device that enables a user to visually recognize a virtual image and an external scene includes an image display unit that causes the user to visually recognize the virtual image and an augmented reality processing unit that forms on the image display unit the virtual image indicating a virtual object which is an object for providing augmented reality to the user and of which the user's visual discomfort is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Fujimaki, Hideho Kaneko, Masahide Takano, Naoto Aruga, Kaori Sendai
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Patent number: 11046429Abstract: A head mounted display capable of controlling maneuver of an unmanned vehicle, the head mounted display including a display section that allows visual recognition of an outside scene, a GNSS information acquisition section that acquires a GNSS information, a communication section capable of performing communication using wireless communication with the unmanned vehicle, and a control section, wherein the control section evaluates whether or not the unmanned vehicle has entered a visual field visually recognizable through the display section in a case where the unmanned vehicle travels in an automatic navigation mode in which the unmanned vehicle moves toward a position indicated by the GNSS information and causes the unmanned vehicle to terminate the travel in the automatic navigation mode but travel in a specific navigation mode different from the automatic navigation mode in a case where the control section determines that the unmanned vehicle has entered the visual field.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Aruga, Yuichi Mori
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Publication number: 20200326553Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a frame having conductivity, a first display device and a second display device supported by the frame, a cable shielded by a conductive cloth, and a screwing structure configured to interpose the cable between the frame and the first and second display devices. The screwing structure holds a conducting region of the frame and the conductive cloth in a state where the conducting region of the frame and the conductive cloth are electrically coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro YOSHIMURA, Kazuya KAMAKURA, Naoto ARUGA
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Patent number: 10627626Abstract: An HMD includes a beacon reception unit that receives a beacon signal and a control unit that controls a reception period of the beacon reception unit and intermittently receives a beacon signal. The control unit selects the beacon signal based on a reception strength of the beacon signal received by the beacon reception unit and changes a reception period of the beacon signal reception unit in accordance with a transmission timing of the selected beacon signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto Aruga
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Publication number: 20190271846Abstract: A head-mounted display device that enables a user to visually recognize a virtual image and an external scene includes an image display unit that causes the user to visually recognize the virtual image and an augmented reality processing unit that forms on the image display unit the virtual image indicating a virtual object which is an object for providing augmented reality to the user and of which the user's visual discomfort is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Yutaka Fujimaki, Hideho Kaneko, Masahide Takano, Naoto Aruga, Kaori Sendai
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Patent number: 10297062Abstract: A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kenro Yajima, Shinichi Kobayashi, Naoto Aruga
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Patent number: 10205990Abstract: A device for sending or receiving a video according to a video wireless transmission standard for transmitting a video via one-to-one wireless communication, includes: a connection control unit which controls establishment of connection according to the video wireless transmission standard between the device and a connection destination device; and a state changing unit which changes the state of one of the device and the connection destination device prior to the establishment of the connection, if both of the device and the connection destination device are in a sending-side state of functioning as a sending-side device of the video, or if both of the device and the connection destination device are in a receiving-side state of functioning as a receiving-side device of the video.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Aruga, Keiichi Okano
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Publication number: 20180281950Abstract: A head mounted display capable of controlling maneuver of an unmanned vehicle, the head mounted display including a display section that allows visual recognition of an outside scene, a GNSS information acquisition section that acquires a GNSS information, a communication section capable of performing communication using wireless communication with the unmanned vehicle, and a control section, wherein the control section evaluates whether or not the unmanned vehicle has entered a visual field visually recognizable through the display section in a case where the unmanned vehicle travels in an automatic navigation mode in which the unmanned vehicle moves toward a position indicated by the GNSS information and causes the unmanned vehicle to terminate the travel in the automatic navigation mode but travel in a specific navigation mode different from the automatic navigation mode in a case where the control section determines that the unmanned vehicle has entered the visual field.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto ARUGA, Yuichi MORI
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Patent number: 10082671Abstract: A head-mounted display includes: a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to a target present in a predetermined range; an imaging unit that images the predetermined range and acquires different preliminary information from the measured distance; and a distance decision unit that decides a distance to the target included in a second region based on the preliminary information acquired in regard to the target included in a measured first region when the first region and the second region different from the first region are included in the predetermined range in which the target is imaged.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto Aruga