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).
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Patent number: 10046579Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Kono, Noriyuki Aoki, Naoaki Wada, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Masakazu Nagashima, Ryohei Maruyama, Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma
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Patent number: 9981475Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Kouhei Tokuda, Tsutomu Obata, Hiroyuki Matsunaka, Naoaki Wada, Eiichi Adachi, Noriyuki Aoki, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato
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Publication number: 20180102105Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Noriyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 9902160Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9862191Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9855758Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9649593Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte including an epitaxial thin film crystal made of an electrolyte containing at least lithium.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiromichi Ohta, Noriyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20170090400Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20170087854Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20170087851Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20160167393Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Kouhei Tokuda, Tsutomu Obata, Hiroyuki Matsunaka, Naoaki Wada, Eiichi Adachi, Noriyuki Aoki, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato
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Publication number: 20150123907Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventor: Noriyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20140308590Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte including an epitaxial thin film crystal made of an electrolyte containing at least lithium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiromichi Ohta, Noriyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 8672439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito
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Patent number: 8511781Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kosuke Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 8419155Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120320192Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Aoki, Michio Nagai
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Patent number: 8152167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Haruo Uchida, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100148426Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Haruo Uchida, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100134552Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kenji Shigeno, Noriyuki Aoki, Yuji Kanome, Kosuke Yamamoto, Masakazu Tsukuda, Haruo Uchida, Hiroyuki Saito