Patents by Inventor Shigeru Yagi
Shigeru Yagi 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: 9837700Abstract: An antenna device of the present invention includes, in one aspect: a patch antenna having a resonant frequency at a first frequency; and a loop antenna having a resonant frequency at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. A loop length of the loop antenna is such that standing waves are generated in the loop antenna when the loop antenna receives radio waves of the first frequency, and the patch antenna is disposed so as to magnetically couple with the loop antenna.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Youichi Ushigome
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Publication number: 20170229764Abstract: An antenna device including an antenna element which transmits or receives an electromagnetic wave having a specific frequency by being supplied with electric power; a conductive element which is a parasitic element; and a square-shaped housing which includes a wall-thickness portion having a predetermined wall thickness. The antenna element is provided inside the square-shaped housing. The conductive element is provided only inside the wall-thickness portion which is included in any one side of the square-shaped housing, is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna element without being galvanically connected with other components, resonates with the specific frequency, and transmits or receives the electromagnetic wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka AOKI, Shigeru YAGI, Kaoru YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9680204Abstract: An antenna device of the present invention includes an antenna element which transmits or receives an electromagnetic wave having a specific frequency by being supplied with electric power, a conductive element which is formed of a conductive material, arranged so as to be spaced apart from and face the antenna element, and serves as a parasitic element, and a housing having a sealed space therein. The antenna element is provided inside the housing, and the conductive element is provided on outer surface of the housing, or in inner part of the housing, or in a mount member by which the housing is worn on a human body, or in a holding member for holding the housing; the conductive element is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna element, resonates with the specific frequency; and transmits or receives the electromagnetic wave.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Shigeru Yagi, Kaoru Yoshida
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Publication number: 20160276741Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna element including a conductor; and a dielectric component. The antenna element includes a conductor. The dielectric component has a dielectric loss of 0.002 or greater. The dielectric component is attached to the antenna element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru YAGI, Youichi USHIGOME
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Publication number: 20150263437Abstract: An antenna device of the present invention includes, in one aspect: a patch antenna having a resonant frequency at a first frequency; and a loop antenna having a resonant frequency at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. A loop length of the loop antenna is such that standing waves are generated in the loop antenna when the loop antenna receives radio waves of the first frequency, and the patch antenna is disposed so as to magnetically couple with the loop antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru YAGI, Youichi USHIGOME
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Publication number: 20140285385Abstract: An antenna device of the present invention includes an antenna element which transmits or receives an electromagnetic wave having a specific frequency by being supplied with electric power, a conductive element which is formed of a conductive material, arranged so as to be spaced apart from and face the antenna element, and serves as a parasitic element, and a housing having a sealed space therein. The antenna element is provided inside the housing, and the conductive element is provided on outer surface of the housing, or in inner part of the housing, or in a mount member by which the housing is worn on a human body, or in a holding member for holding the housing; the conductive element is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna element, resonates with the specific frequency; and transmits or receives the electromagnetic wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka AOKI, Shigeru YAGI, Kaoru YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 8709688Abstract: An oxide material including gallium, zinc and oxygen, a ratio of the number of atoms of zinc to the number of atoms of gallium (number of atoms of zinc/number of atoms of gallium) being from about 0.01 to about 0.6 and a ratio of the number of atoms of oxygen to the sum of the number of atoms of gallium and the number of atoms of zinc (number of atoms of oxygen/(number of atoms of gallium+number of atoms of zinc)) being from about 1.0 to about 1.6, is disclosed. An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a layer which includes the oxide material is also disclosed. An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a substrate; and a photosensitive layer including gallium, oxygen and zinc is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Takeshi Iwanaga
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Patent number: 8692719Abstract: A multiband antenna includes a conductive antenna element portion and a conductive ground element portion which are provided on an insulating film. The antenna element portion includes a first antenna element having a length corresponding to a first resonance frequency, and a second antenna element having a length corresponding to a second resonance frequency. The ground element portion includes a first side having a length to resonate at the first resonance frequency, and a second side having a length to resonate at the second resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Yuki Kotaka
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Patent number: 8673525Abstract: There is provided an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising, in this order a substrate; a photosensitive layer; and a protective layer including oxygen and gallium, the protective layer including a first region and a second region that is present closer to the substrate than the first region and has a ratio of the number of atoms of oxygen to the number of atoms of gallium (oxygen/gallium) larger than that in the first region.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Yagi
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Patent number: 8655290Abstract: An antenna with a built-in filter for use in an electronic device includes: an antenna element; and a circuit board unit connected to the antenna element, wherein the circuit board unit includes: a filter circuit that filters input and output signals of the antenna element; and a matching circuit that performs impedance matching of the antenna element.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Youichi Ushigome
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Patent number: 8574798Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor having at least a photosensitive layer and a surface layer provided at a surface of the photosensitive layer. The surface layer contains a first layer which is provided at the photosensitive layer side and has a refractive index of n1 and a second layer which is provided at the opposite side of the first layer to the photosensitive layer and has a refractive index of n2. The refractive index of the photosensitive layer, the refractive index of the first layer, the refractive index of the second layer, the film thickness of the first layer, an integer of 0 or more, and the wavelength of light with which the surface of the photoreceptor is irradiated when an electrostatic latent image is formed satisfy specific relationships.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Iwanaga, Masayuki Nishikawa, Shigeru Yagi, Nobuyuki Torigoe
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Publication number: 20130236212Abstract: An oxide material including gallium, zinc and oxygen, a ratio of the number of atoms of zinc to the number of atoms of gallium (number of atoms of zinc/number of atoms of gallium) being from about 0.01 to about 0.6 and a ratio of the number of atoms of oxygen to the sum of the number of atoms of gallium and the number of atoms of zinc (number of atoms of oxygen/(number of atoms of gallium+number of atoms of zinc)) being from about 1.0 to about 1.6, is disclosed. An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a layer which includes the oxide material is also disclosed. An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a substrate; and a photosensitive layer including gallium, oxygen and zinc is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru YAGI, Takeshi IWANAGA
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Patent number: 8460452Abstract: An oxide material including gallium, zinc and oxygen, a ratio of the number of atoms of zinc to the number of atoms of gallium (number of atoms of zinc/number of atoms of gallium) being from about 0.01 to about 0.6 and a ratio of the number of atoms of oxygen to the sum of the number of atoms of gallium and the number of atoms of zinc (number of atoms of oxygen/(number of atoms of gallium+number of atoms of zinc)) being from about 1.0 to about 1.6, is disclosed. An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a layer which includes the oxide material is also disclosed. An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a substrate; and a photosensitive layer including gallium, oxygen and zinc is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Takeshi Iwanaga
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Patent number: 8404415Abstract: Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer arranged on or above the electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer arranged on or above the photosensitive layer, and containing about 90% or more by atom of gallium (Ga), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H), and having an atomic number density of about 7.8×1022 cm?3 or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Iwanaga, Shigeru Yagi, Nobuyuki Torigoe
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Patent number: 8400364Abstract: Disclosed is a multiband planar antenna including: an insulating film, a first antenna section and a second antenna section facing to the first antenna section across a feeding point on a film, wherein the first antenna section includes: a first antenna element including a side having a length in an extending direction corresponds to a first resonance frequency; a shorter second antenna element at a predetermined distance from and in parallel with the first antenna element; and a first coupling section to couple the first and second antenna elements, wherein a length in the extending direction of a first clearance corresponds to a resonance frequency higher than the first resonance frequency, and wherein the second antenna section includes: third and fourth antenna elements; a second coupling section; and a second clearance similar to the above.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Kotaka, Shigeru Yagi
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Patent number: 8357478Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a base, a photosensitive layer formed on the base, and an overcoat layer formed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the overcoat layer includes gallium, oxygen, and hydrogen, and the intensity ratio (IO-H/IGa-O) of a signal IO-H of an O—H bond to a signal IGa-O of a Ga—O bond in an infrared absorption spectrum is about 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideya Katsuhara, Shigeru Yagi, Takashi Imai, Nobuyuki Torigoe, Takeshi Iwanaga
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Publication number: 20120218162Abstract: The multifrequency antenna comprises a substrate, antenna elements, shunt inductor conductors, series capacitor conductors, series inductor conductors, a connection point, and input/output terminals. The antenna elements are provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the connection point via the shunt inductor conductors. The antenna elements form capacitors together with the parts facing the series capacitor conductors and are electrically connected to the input/output terminals via these capacitors and series inductor conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicants: The University fo Electro-Communications, Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Shigeru Yagi, Akira Saitou, Kazuhiko Honjo
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Patent number: 8158316Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electrically conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer and a surface layer laminated in this order. The surface layer includes at least gallium (Ga) and oxygen (O) as constituent elements thereof, and has a thickness of 0.2 ?m to 1.5 ?m, and a microhardness of 2 GPa to 15 GPa.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Iwanaga, Shigeru Yagi, Nobuyuki Torigoe
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Publication number: 20120077448Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna with a built-in filter, the antenna being implemented in an electronic device, comprising: an antenna element; and a circuit board unit connected to the antenna element, wherein the circuit board unit includes: a filter circuit that filters input and output signals of the antenna element; and a matching circuit that performs impedance matching of the antenna element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Youichi Ushigome
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Patent number: 8111200Abstract: Disclosed is a planar antenna, including: a film formed of a planar insulating material; an antenna portion which is a planar conductor on the film; and a ground portion which is a conductor to be grounded, wherein the antenna portion comprises: at least one first short stub; a first antenna element which is connected to the ground portion through the at least one first short stub and whose shape has such an angle that a distance between the first antenna element and the ground portion increases with increasing distance from a feeding point along the ground portion, the feeding point being provided between the first antenna element and the ground portion; a second short stub; and a second antenna element which is connected to the first antenna element through the second short stub.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Yagi, Yuki Kotaka, Fuminori Sano