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).

  • Patent number: 10046579
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printhead; a carriage, on which the printhead is mounted; a first containing unit configured to contain ink to be supplied to the printhead; and a channel forming unit which forms an ink supply channel for supplying ink to the printhead. The channel forming unit includes: a first tube which extends in a reciprocation direction of the carriage; a second tube which is connected to the first containing unit; and a first coupling member which couples the first tube and the second tube to each other. The first coupling member is located in one end portion of the printing apparatus in the reciprocation direction, and has a bent channel which connects the first tube and the second tube to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kono, Noriyuki Aoki, Naoaki Wada, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Masakazu Nagashima, Ryohei Maruyama, Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma
  • Patent number: 9981475
    Abstract: An ink supply apparatus includes a first ink tank, a second ink tank, a first flow path configured to connect the first ink tank and the second ink tank, a volume change unit disposed on the first flow path, configured to be able to change an internal volume of its own, and allow ink to flow thereinto from the first flow path when the internal volume is expanded and to flow out to the first flow path when the internal volume is reduced, a first opening and closing unit disposed between the first ink tank and the volume change unit, and a second opening and closing unit disposed between the second ink tank and the volume change unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Kouhei Tokuda, Tsutomu Obata, Hiroyuki Matsunaka, Naoaki Wada, Eiichi Adachi, Noriyuki Aoki, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20180102105
    Abstract: An information processing device capable of connecting to a display device using a function expansion unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: calculate a data transfer rate of the display device from a resolution to be used in the display device; and display, based on a data transfer rate at a given resolution calculated by the calculation unit, a ratio of the data transfer rate of the display device to an allowable data transfer rate, so as to be visibly recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Noriyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 9902160
    Abstract: A supply apparatus includes a holder for a liquid container, a link coupled to the holder, an operation handle rotatably coupled to the link, an engaging portion and a rotation restriction unit. The operation handle operate connection and disconnection of the liquid container to and from a supplying portion by rotation with respect to the link. The engaging portion maintains a connection state between the supplying portion and the liquid container by engaging with the operation handle. The unit can restrict rotation of the operation handle when the engaging portion and the operation handle are in a disengaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 9862191
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid holding container in which waste liquid leakage is not caused even when the container is turned upside down. For this purpose, a surface of an absorber facing the rear face of a cover part is disposed apart from the cover part so as to form a space between the cover part and the absorber of a waste liquid holding container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 9855758
    Abstract: There is provided a print device including a wet liquid supply unit corresponding to a wider environmental range, with a simple and inexpensive configuration. Therefore, a valve that can change the volume is provided in a flow passage between an intermediate tank and a storing unit that stores liquid and that supplies the liquid to the intermediate tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 9649593
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte including an epitaxial thin film crystal made of an electrolyte containing at least lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ohta, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170090400
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid holding container in which waste liquid leakage is not caused even when the container is turned upside down. For this purpose, a surface of an absorber facing the rear face of a cover part is disposed apart from the cover part so as to form a space between the cover part and the absorber of a waste liquid holding container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20170087854
    Abstract: A supply apparatus includes a holder for a liquid container, a link coupled to the holder, an operation handle rotatably coupled to the link, an engaging portion and a rotation restriction unit. The operation handle operate connection and disconnection of the liquid container to and from a supplying portion by rotation with respect to the link. The engaging portion maintains a connection state between the supplying portion and the liquid container by engaging with the operation handle. The unit can restrict rotation of the operation handle when the engaging portion and the operation handle are in a disengaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20170087851
    Abstract: There is provided a print device including a wet liquid supply unit corresponding to a wider environmental range, with a simple and inexpensive configuration. Therefore, a valve that can change the volume is provided in a flow passage between an intermediate tank and a storing unit that stores liquid and that supplies the liquid to the intermediate tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20160167393
    Abstract: An ink supply apparatus includes a first ink tank, a second ink tank, a first flow path configured to connect the first ink tank and the second ink tank, a volume change unit disposed on the first flow path, configured to be able to change an internal volume of its own, and allow ink to flow thereinto from the first flow path when the internal volume is expanded and to flow out to the first flow path when the internal volume is reduced, a first opening and closing unit disposed between the first ink tank and the volume change unit, and a second opening and closing unit disposed between the second ink tank and the volume change unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Kouhei Tokuda, Tsutomu Obata, Hiroyuki Matsunaka, Naoaki Wada, Eiichi Adachi, Noriyuki Aoki, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20150123907
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving the usability when a software keyboard is divided and displayed on a touch screen display. A tablet computer (1) includes: a display (12) including a display screen (S); a touch sensor (13) that detects a user operation on the display screen (S); and a keyboard display control unit (30) that causes a software keyboard (SK) including a plurality of software keys (k) to be displayed on the display screen (S). The keyboard display control unit (30) divides and displays the software keyboard (SK) on the display screen (S) and controls a display form of the division display of the software keyboard (SK) based on the operation detected by the touch sensor (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20140308590
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte including an epitaxial thin film crystal made of an electrolyte containing at least lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ohta, Noriyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 8672439
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including a sensor unit for measuring a moving state of a sheet by optically detecting a surface of the sheet conveyed by a conveying unit. The sensor unit measures and compares the moving states of the sheet at a first measurement position and a second measurement position which are distinct from each other in a main scanning direction, to thereby obtain information on a skew state of a skew component of the moving sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 8511781
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet in a predetermined direction, a printing unit configured to print an image on the sheet, a direct sensor having an image pickup device configured to image the sheet, which is used to sense movement of the sheet by signal processing of an output from the image pickup device, a movement mechanism configured to move the image pickup device in a direction including a component of the predetermined direction, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance mechanism, the printing unit, and the movement mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kosuke Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8419155
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of image sensors imaging a sheet to be conveyed, and a direct sensor unit performing the signal processing of the outputs of the image sensors to detect the movement of the sheet. Here, the plurality of image sensors are provided on the carriage at least at two positions with at least the recording element array diagonally put between the two positions. The plurality of image sensors can image the sheet at two positions separated in a main scan direction and a sub-scan direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120320192
    Abstract: In order to cooperatively operate a plurality of devices and use a relative relationship between these devices, a device cooperation system includes a first device which has a first transmission function to transmit first information and a second device which has a first relative relationship with the first device, has a first reception function to receive the first information, and generates third information based on the first relative relationship, the first information, and second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Aoki, Michio Nagai
  • Patent number: 8152167
    Abstract: A printing apparatus has a sensor unit which optically detects, at a measurement position, a surface of a sheet, for measuring a moving state of the sheet. The sensor unit measures the moving state of the sheet when the sheet is located at the measurement position, and measures a moving state of a surface of the rotary member when the sheet is not located at the measurement position. The sensor unit has at least one of an image sensor arranged to perform imaging of one of the surface of the sheet and the surface of the rotary member so as to obtain image data, based on which the moving state is measured and a Doppler velocity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Haruo Uchida, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100148426
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus, including a sensor unit which optically detects, at a measurement position, a surface of a sheet, for measuring a moving state of the sheet. The sensor unit measures the moving state of the sheet when the sheet is located at the measurement position, and measures a moving state of a surface of the rotary member when the sheet is not located at the measurement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Haruo Uchida, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100134552
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including a sensor unit for measuring a moving state of a sheet by optically detecting a surface of the sheet conveyed by a conveying unit. The sensor unit measures and compares the moving states of the sheet at a first measurement position and a second measurement position which are distinct from each other in a main scanning direction, to thereby obtain information on a skew state of a skew component of the moving sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito