Patents by Inventor Shinya Aoki

Shinya 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: 11874976
    Abstract: In a case in which an electronic pen main unit made into a cartridge is held movably in a casing, electrical connections between the electronic pen main unit and electronic circuit components of the casing are reliably established. The electronic pen main unit is fitted to a fitting part disposed in a casing of an electronic pen in which the pen tip side is made to be an opening and is housed in a state of being movable in a hollow part of the casing by a movement mechanism that moves the fitting part in the axial center direction of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Takenori Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11874977
    Abstract: A cartridge-type electronic pen main body includes a conductive center electrode and a peripheral electrode disposed around the center electrode. The peripheral electrode includes a tapered part on a pen tip side and a cylindrical shaped part on an opposite side along an axial direction. When the cartridge-type electronic pen main body is in use, one end of the center electrode forming a pen tip is projected to the outside from an opening of a cylindrical housing of an electronic pen, and a portion of the tapered part of the peripheral electrode is also projected to the outside such that both the one end of the center electrode and the portion of the tapered part of the peripheral electrode are projected beyond a distal end of the cylindrical housing to capacitively couple with a sensor surface while the cylindrical shaped part of the peripheral electrode remains within the cylindrical housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Takenori Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20240014798
    Abstract: A resonator device includes: a resonator; an integrated circuit device configured to oscillate the resonator and to generate an oscillation signal; a container accommodating the resonator and the integrated circuit device; and a metal bump bonded to the integrated circuit device and electrically coupling the integrated circuit device and the container. The integrated circuit device includes a pad bonded to the metal bump, and a circuit disposed at a position overlapping the metal bump in a plan view of the pad, and W1/W2?1.08, where W1 represents a width of the pad, and W2 represents a width of the metal bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Taichi Fujinami, Ryuta Nishizawa, Shinya Aoki, Shoichiro Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11868571
    Abstract: A capacitive electronic pen includes a housing, a core body, and a peripheral electrode. In the capacitive electronic pen, the core body includes an electrode core formed of a conductor having a spherical section and a shaft center section. The spherical section of the electrode core is not surrounded by the peripheral electrode and is disposed on a tip (distal) end of the capacitive electronic pen protruding from one opening in the axial direction of the housing. The shaft center section of the electrode core has multiple portions that vary in thickness (a cross-section size) including a thin portion, which coupled with the spherical section, and a thick portion. When the core body is fitted to the core body holder, at least a portion of the shaft center section of the electrode core is thinner than the diameter of the spherical section of the electrode core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20230409129
    Abstract: An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a portion of the cartridge housing, the portion located at a position where there is room in the pen housing. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Takenori KANEDA, Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Toru EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11830409
    Abstract: A peripheral image display device is configured to: acquire wheel speeds of a vehicle; determine a slip state or a non-slip state of a wheel of the vehicle based on the acquired wheel speeds; acquire multiple camera images from respective cameras; store, as a past image, the camera image indicating a range in a traveling direction of the vehicle; generate a peripheral image indicating a periphery of the vehicle by synthesizing the camera images, display the peripheral image on a display. In the non-slip state, the peripheral image display device displays a transparent image showing, in a transparent manner, a portion under a floor of the vehicle using the past image selected based on current wheel speeds is. In the slip state, the peripheral image display device deactivates the display of the transparent image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Yoshitsugu Yamashita, Akira Sugie, Tomoki Miyata, Jun Kamishima, Yamato Yorifuji, Kohei Maejima
  • Patent number: 11811363
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes a lid, a first layer, a second layer disposed between the first layer and the lid and configuring a first frame, a third layer disposed between the second layer and the lid and configuring a second frame, a bonding member bonding the third layer to the lid, and a via wire electrically coupled to the lid and penetrating the second frame, in which, when an inner diameter of a first corner portion of the first frame is denoted by R1 and an inner diameter of a second corner portion of the second frame overlapping the first corner portion in a plan view is denoted by R2, R1<R2, and an inner surface of the second corner portion protrudes more than an inner surface of the first corner portion in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11782526
    Abstract: An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a rear end portion of the cartridge housing on a side of the cartridge housing opposite from the pen tip side. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Toru Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11764729
    Abstract: An oscillator includes: a resonator element; a circuit element configured to output a clock signal; and a container accommodating the resonator element and the circuit element and including a substrate having a first surface. The substrate includes a first electrode provided on the first surface and electrically coupled to the resonator element, a second electrode electrically coupled to the resonator element, and an output electrode configured to output the clock signal. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed side by side in a first direction. The output electrode is disposed adjacent to the first electrode in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. When an end portion of the first electrode on a side close to the second electrode is defined as a first end portion, the output electrode includes a first region disposed closer to the second electrode side than the first end portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Shiraki, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11757409
    Abstract: An oscillator includes: a resonator element; a circuit element; and a container including a substrate mounted with the circuit element, in which the circuit element includes a first coupling terminal coupled to the resonator element, a second coupling terminal coupled to the resonator element and aligned in a first direction with the first coupling terminal in the first direction, and an output terminal disposed adjacent to the first coupling terminal in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and in which the substrate includes a first surface mounted with the circuit element and a second surface, and the substrate includes a first coupling electrode provided on the first surface and coupled to the first coupling terminal, a second coupling electrode coupled to the second coupling terminal, an output electrode coupled to the output terminal, a first coupling wiring provided on the second surface and coupled to the first coupling electro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Shiraki, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11699986
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a package having a plurality of external terminals disposed on a mounting surface, a circuit element housed in the package, and a resonator which is housed in the package, and is electrically coupled to the circuit element, wherein the circuit element is electrically coupled to the package with a plurality of pads each of which is bonded to the package via a bump member, the circuit element overlaps at least one of the external terminals in a plan view, and each of the bump members is bonded to the package at a position where at least a part of the bump member does not overlap the plurality of external terminals in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Shoichiro Kasahara, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11677352
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a package having a plurality of external terminals disposed on a mounting surface, a circuit element housed in the package, and a resonator which is housed in the package, and is electrically coupled to the circuit element, wherein the circuit element is electrically coupled to the package with a plurality of pads each of which is bonded to the package via a bump member, the circuit element has a rectangular shape in a plan view, and at least three of closest ones to four corners of the circuit element out of the bump members are bonded to the package at respective positions overlapping the plurality of external terminals in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shoichiro Kasahara, Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230170846
    Abstract: An oscillator includes: a resonator element; a circuit element configured to output a clock signal; and a container accommodating the resonator element and the circuit element and including a substrate having a first surface. The substrate includes a first electrode provided on the first surface and electrically coupled to the resonator element, a second electrode electrically coupled to the resonator element, and an output electrode configured to output the clock signal. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed side by side in a first direction. The output electrode is disposed adjacent to the first electrode in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. When an end portion of the first electrode on a side close to the second electrode is defined as a first end portion, the output electrode includes a first region disposed closer to the second electrode side than the first end portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Shiraki, Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230170875
    Abstract: An oscillator includes: a resonator element; a circuit element electrically coupled to the resonator element and configured to output a clock signal; and a container accommodating the resonator element and the circuit element and including a substrate having a first surface on which the circuit element is mounted. The substrate includes a first electrode provided on the first surface and electrically coupled to the resonator element, a second electrode electrically coupled to the resonator element, and an output electrode configured to output the clock signal. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed side by side in a first direction. The output electrode is disposed adjacent to the first electrode in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Shiraki, Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230170847
    Abstract: An oscillator includes: a resonator element; a circuit element; and a container including a substrate mounted with the circuit element, in which the circuit element includes a first coupling terminal coupled to the resonator element, a second coupling terminal coupled to the resonator element and aligned in a first direction with the first coupling terminal in the first direction, and an output terminal disposed adjacent to the first coupling terminal in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and in which the substrate includes a first surface mounted with the circuit element and a second surface, and the substrate includes a first coupling electrode provided on the first surface and coupled to the first coupling terminal, a second coupling electrode coupled to the second coupling terminal, an output electrode coupled to the output terminal, a first coupling wiring provided on the second surface and coupled to the first coupling electro
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu SHIRAKI, Shinya AOKI
  • Patent number: 11662840
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a housing, a core body having a front end that protrudes from an opening in a side of the housing, and a coupling member housing one or more components of the electronic pen. The housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion separated in an axial direction of the housing. The first housing portion includes an opening arranged such that the front end of the core body protrudes outside while the first housing portion is electrically separated from the core body. A protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral surface of the coupling member electrically separates the first and second housing portions. One side of the cylindrical coupling member in the axial direction with respect to the protrusion portion is fitted to the first housing portion, and another side in the axial direction is fitted to the second housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230155568
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base, a semiconductor element, and a vibrator. The semiconductor element is flip-chip mounted on the base, the vibrator is mounted on the semiconductor element via an adhesive, a first coupling wire is formed on the base, the semiconductor element and the first coupling wire are electrically coupled via a first bump, the first coupling wire and the vibrator are electrically coupled via a first wire, and the semiconductor element and the vibrator are covered by a mold portion placed on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230155567
    Abstract: A vibrator device has a base, a semiconductor element having an oscillation circuit, and a vibrator having an excitation electrode sequentially stacked and includes a first wire electrically coupling between the excitation electrode and the semiconductor element, a second wire electrically coupling between a second external terminal as an external output terminal placed on the base and the semiconductor element, and a shield wire placed between at least a part of the first wire and at least a part of the second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Shigenori Isozaki, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11652467
    Abstract: A vibration device has a substrate, a mount disposed on the substrate, a vibration element having a base end and a tip end, the base end being disposed on the mount, and an adhesive fixing the mount and the vibration element. The mount has a first protrusion and a second protrusion disposed to be aligned in a first direction in which the base end and the tip end are aligned, and whose protrusion heights on the vibration element side differ from each other, the second protrusion is located on the base end side of the vibration element relative to the first protrusion, the vibration element is disposed on the first protrusion and the second protrusion, and a portion of the vibration element on the base end side relative to the second protrusion is separated from the substrate and the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Shiraki, Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230108860
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a cylindrical housing including an opening on one end of the housing in an axial direction of the housing, a core body attached inside of the housing such that an end of the core body protrudes from the opening on the one end of the housing, and a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a signal that is transmitted from the core body. The core body includes a core rod that is conductive and a protection member. The core rod includes a front portion that protrudes from the opening on the one end of the housing, a back portion, and an intermediate portion between the front portion and the back portion. The intermediate portion has a tapered shape narrowing from the front portion toward the back portion. The core rod receives the signal from the signal generation circuit. The protection member covers a side surface of the intermediate portion of the core rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Shinya AOKI, Noboru YAMAGUCHI