Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Aoki

Noriyuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240367445
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image; a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20240354386
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an authentication unit that performs biometric authentication by using biometric information about a first user; an acquisition unit that acquires information about an action history of the first user in the case where the biometric authentication is successful; an storage unit that stores the information about the action history; a generation unit that generates risk information indicating a risk related to the first user, on the basis of the stored information about the action history; and an output unit that outputs the risk information about the first user in response to a request of a second user who is different from the first user. According to such an information processing system, it is possible to properly output information indicating a risk related to the user in response to a request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki AOKI, Hiroaki SUZUKI, Fengqian LOU, Yuki SHIMIZU, Hirokazu AKIBA, Yusuke USUI
  • Patent number: 12119468
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state battery includes a battery element including alternating positive electrode layers and negative electrode layers each separated by a respective solid electrolyte layer interposed in between; a positive electrode terminal that is attached to the battery element to be electrically connected to the positive electrode layers and electrically separated from the negative electrode layers; a negative electrode terminal that is attached to the battery element to be electrically connected to the negative electrode layers and electrically separated from the positive electrode layers; an insulating coating that covers the battery element, wherein a respective portion of each of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal lead out of the covered battery element; and a heat receiving member that is attached to the insulating coating so as to be electrically separated from both the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jusuke Shimura, Noriyuki Aoki, Tomohiro Kato
  • Patent number: 12115781
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus. A printing unit prints an image on a printing medium and is able to move. A cutter unit is able to connect with or separate from the printing unit, and, by following a movement of the printing unit, cuts the printing medium. A setting unit sets, in accordance with a size of the printing medium, a standby position of the cutter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 12064959
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image, a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20240269996
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus comprises a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet. The printing apparatus performs: supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 12018969
    Abstract: A volume measurement apparatus comprises: a point group conversion part converting depth information from a depth sensor into point group data; a raw material heap detection part detecting a point group related to a raw material heap from the point group data, using repose angle information; and a raw material heap volume calculation part that calculates a volume of the raw material heap non-occlusion part based on the point group related to the raw material heap; estimates a volume of the raw material heap occlusion part in the raw material heap, using at least the point group related to the raw material heap; and calculates a volume of the raw material heap, which is a sum of the calculated volume of the raw material heap non-occlusion part and the estimated volume of the raw material heap occlusion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Communication Systems, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yokota, Masanori Takaoka, Noriyuki Aoki, Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 11993073
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 11945235
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230241905
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 11712910
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprising a conveyance unit for conveying a sheet, a carriage mounted with a printhead and configured to scan the printhead in a sheet widthwise direction, a platen arranged so as to face the printhead, a detection unit mounted on the carriage and configured to detect a distance to a sheet, a support portion, for supporting a sheet from below, arranged on a downstream side of the carriage in a conveyance direction, movable between a first position at which the support portion forms a conveyance surface for a sheet and a second position at which the support portion protrudes above the conveyance surface, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection unit, whether the support portion is at the first position or the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 11710855
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery is provided that includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer, in which a porosity of the solid electrolyte layer is equal to or less than 10%. Moreover, the batter includes a surface roughness Rz1 of the cathode layer and a surface roughness Rz2 of the anode layer, such that Rz1+Rz2?25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Nakashima, Masayuki Arimochi, Masamitsu Suzuki, Masahiro Morooka, Noriyuki Aoki, Keiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11679606
    Abstract: There is provided with printing apparatus. A printing unit prints an image on a printing medium and is able to move. A cutter unit is able to connect with or separate from the printing unit, and, by following a movement of the printing unit, cuts the printing medium. A control unit, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the printing medium is cut by the cutter unit, causes the printing unit to perform printing on a succeeding printing medium, while moving the printing unit in a state in which the cutter unit is connected with the printing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromasa Yoneyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230098088
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11590777
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 11541674
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image; a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 11524512
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220388318
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image, a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20220320590
    Abstract: A solid state battery including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode active material in which a spacing d003 of a lattice plane (003) is 4.800 ? or more in a charged state at a positive electrode potential of 4.55 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IWANE, Noriyuki AOKI, Katsunori TAKAHARA, Yusuke FUNADA, Kiyoshi KUMAGAE, Keisuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220252443
    Abstract: A volume measurement apparatus comprises: a point group conversion part converting depth information from a depth sensor into point group data; a raw material heap detection part detecting a point group related to a raw material heap from the point group data, using repose angle information; and a raw material heap volume calculation part that calculates a volume of the raw material heap non-occlusion part based on the point group related to the raw material heap; estimates a volume of the raw material heap occlusion part in the raw material heap, using at least the point group related to the raw material heap; and calculates a volume of the raw material heap, which is a sum of the calculated volume of the raw material heap non-occlusion part and the estimated volume of the raw material heap occlusion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki YOKOTA, Masanori TAKAOKA, Noriyuki AOKI, Kenji KONO