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).

  • Publication number: 20190199317
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base; and a vibrator element including a quartz crystal vibrator element attached to the base via a first metal bump, in which the first metal bump is disposed on a straight line inclined within a range of +55° to +65° or ?65° to ?55° with respect to an X axis of the quartz crystal constituting the quartz crystal vibrator element in plan view seen from a direction in which the base and the quartz crystal vibrator element are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUO, Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Shinya AOKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Masashi SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190199315
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base; a circuit element attached to the base; a vibrator element attached to the circuit element; and a plurality of temperature sensors arranged in the circuit element, in which the circuit element includes a first connecting terminal connected to the base, a second connecting terminal connected to the vibrator element, and at least one circuit of an output buffer circuit, a power supply circuit, and a phase-locked loop circuit, and the shortest distance between each of the plurality of temperature sensors and the first connecting terminal or the second connecting terminal is shorter than the shortest distance between each of the temperature sensors and the at least one circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro MURAKAMI, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190195630
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base, a first relay substrate mounted on the base, a second relay substrate mounted on the first relay substrate, and a vibrator element mounted on the second relay substrate, in which the second relay substrate is disposed between the first relay substrate and the vibrator, and the second relay substrate includes a terminal that is electrically coupled to the vibrator element and is positioned in a region overlapping with the first relay substrate and not overlapping the vibrator element in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHIMURA, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190196608
    Abstract: An electronic pen has a cylindrical chassis, a circuit board disposed within a pillar-shaped hollow portion of the chassis, and a connector exposable from an opening in the chassis to outside of the chassis. The connector includes a housing and a shell. The shell has a first size in a direction parallel to a planar surface of a contact portion of the connector and orthogonal to the axial direction of the chassis that is smaller than a diameter of the hollow portion of the chassis. The shell is coupled to the circuit board in a state in which the direction of the first size of the shell is parallel to a planar surface of the circuit board, and a width of the circuit board in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the circuit board is less than the first size of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Naoto Onoda, Shinya Aoki, Yasutatsu Nishihara
  • Patent number: 10325252
    Abstract: A payment management apparatus according to an embodiment includes a purchase request receiving unit, a payment candidate selecting unit, a list information notifying unit, a selected information acquiring unit, and a payment unit. The purchase request receiving unit receives a purchase request transmitted from a user terminal. The payment candidate selecting unit selects payment candidates as candidates for a payer who pays a price for a purchasing object corresponding to the purchase request on behalf of a user who holds the user terminal. The list information notifying unit notifies the user terminal of information on a list of the payment candidates. The selected information acquiring unit acquires, from the user terminal, information on a payment candidate selected from the list of the payment candidates as information on a selected candidate. The payment unit performs a payment process on the purchasing object based on the information on the selected candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehito Gomi, Yusuke Kondo, Shuji Yamaguchi, Shinya Aoki, Naoya Kato
  • Publication number: 20190171303
    Abstract: A position pointing device includes a pressure detecting part which detects a pressure applied in an axial direction of a core body. The core body includes: a leading end part formed from an elastic material; a pedestal part which is formed from a material harder than the material of the leading end part and is joined to the leading end part; and a core body main body part which is joined to the pedestal part, is smaller than the pedestal part in thickness in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, and is formed from a hard material. The core body is housed in a casing and is movable in the axial direction, such that the leading end part is exposed via an opening of the casing, and a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction is transmitted to the pressure detecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Takayuki Arai, Mamoru Ogata, Shinya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190165759
    Abstract: A vibration device including a vibrator, a circuit component, a relay substrate disposed between the vibrator and the circuit component, a package that accommodates the vibrator, the circuit component, and the relay substrate, a first metal bump that joins the circuit component to the package, a second metal bump that joins the relay substrate to the circuit component, and a third metal bump that joins the vibrator to the relay substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Shiro MURAKAMI, Shinya AOKI, Atsushi MATSUO, Masashi SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190165756
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base, a relay substrate that is supported by the base, and a vibrator element that is supported by the relay substrate. In addition, the vibrator element includes a vibration substrate formed of a piezoelectric single-crystalline body and an excitation electrode disposed on the vibration substrate. In addition, the relay substrate includes a substrate formed of the piezoelectric single-crystalline body. A crystal axis of the substrate and a crystal axis of the vibration substrate are shifted from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro MURAKAMI, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190165760
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes abase, a circuit element that is attached to the base, and a vibrator element that is arranged at an active surface of the circuit element and is attached to the circuit element, and the circuit element includes a terminal for frequency adjustment that is used for frequency adjustment of the vibrator element and is disposed in a region that does not overlap the vibrator element when viewed in a plan view of the active surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHIMURA, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190025952
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a position indicator including a retaining mechanism that can fix a core body securely and which can electrically transmit a signal from an internal circuit to the core body reliably. The position indicator includes a core body having conductivity, a conductive elastic member including a holding portion for holding and fixing the core body, a core body holder having conductivity and fitted with the conductive elastic member to retain the core body fitted in the conductive elastic member, a signal transmitter, and an electric connecting member for establishing an electric connection between the core body holder and the signal transmitter. The core body is detachably fitted into the conductive elastic member. A signal from the signal transmitter is transmitted from the core body through the electric connecting member, the core body holder, and the conductive elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda, Yasuhiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10156915
    Abstract: A position pointing device includes a pressure detecting part which detects a pressure applied in an axial direction of a core body. The core body includes: a leading end part formed from an elastic material; a pedestal part which is formed from a material harder than the material of the leading end part and is joined to the leading end part; and a core body main body part which is joined to the pedestal part, is smaller than the pedestal part in thickness in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, and is formed from a hard material. The core body is housed in a casing and is movable in the axial direction, such that the leading end part is exposed via an opening of the casing, and a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction is transmitted to the pressure detecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Wacom Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Takayuki Arai, I, Mamoru Ogata, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 10114483
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a position indicator including a retaining mechanism that can fix a core body securely and which can electrically transmit a signal from an internal circuit to the core body reliably. The position indicator includes a core body having conductivity, a conductive elastic member including a holding portion for holding and fixing the core body, a core body holder having conductivity and fitted with the conductive elastic member to retain the core body fitted in the conductive elastic member, a signal transmitter, and an electric connecting member for establishing an electric connection between the core body holder and the signal transmitter. The core body is detachably fitted into the conductive elastic member. A signal from the signal transmitter is transmitted from the core body through the electric connecting member, the core body holder, and the conductive elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda, Yasuhiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20180267636
    Abstract: An electronic stylus includes a hollow cylindrical casing having an opening defined in an axial end portion thereof, a core body mounted in the casing and having an axial end portion projecting out of the opening, and a core body protector covering and accommodating therein the axial end portion of the core body, and protecting the core body. The casing has, adjacent to the opening, an abutment surface lying in a direction transverse to an axial direction of the casing and an inner wall surface extending in the axial direction of the casing. The core body protector has a first surface facing the abutment surface of the casing and a second surface facing the inner wall surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kuan-her Chiu, Ming-shen Sun, Shinya Aoki, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10061406
    Abstract: A position pointer has a tubular housing having a first opening portion at one longitudinal end. A rod-shaped core body is arranged in the housing with a first end of the core body opposed to the first opening portion. A writing pressure detection circuit is arranged in the housing, which, in operation, detects a writing pressure based on movement of the core body. A signal transmitter is arranged in the housing, which, in operation, transmits a signal. The position pointer includes an elastic block of material sized and shaped to form a seal with an inner surface of the housing and positioned near the first end of the core body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: WACOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Arai, Takenori Kaneda, Shinya Aoki, Yasuhiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10031224
    Abstract: A radar device which receives reflected waves from objects, and derives still targets, includes: a determining unit that determines whether any other still target exists at a position in the vicinity of a reference target which is a still target existing at a position closest to a position of a vehicle in a longitudinal direction; and a setting unit that makes it easy to determine the reference target as a roadblock, in a case where the number of other still targets existing at positions in the vicinity of the reference target is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Hisateru Asanuma
  • Publication number: 20180203109
    Abstract: There is provided a radar device. A detection vehicle velocity acquiring unit is configured to acquire a detection vehicle velocity detected on the basis of rotation of a wheel. A relative velocity calculating unit is configured to calculate the relative velocity of a still object. A correction value calculating unit is configured to calculate a first correction value on the basis of the detection vehicle velocity and the relative velocity of the still object obtained in a CW mode and calculate a second correction value on the basis of the detection vehicle velocity and the relative velocity of the still object obtained in a FM-CW mode. A vehicle velocity correcting unit is configured to correct the detection vehicle velocity using at least one of the first correction value and the second correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: DENSO TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Yasuhiro KURONO, Daisuke NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20180097474
    Abstract: A package includes a first layer on which a quartz crystal resonator element is mounted; a second layer that is joined to the first layer and on which a circuit element mounted; a third layer that is joined to a surface of the second layer that is opposite in direction to a surface of the second layer, on which the circuit element is mounted; a connection pad that is provided on the first layer; an external lateral surface terminal that is electrically connected to the connection pad; resonance element wiring that electrically connects the connection pad and the external lateral surface terminal to each other, in which the resonance element wiring is positioned between the third layer and the second layer, and includes terminal wiring that is connected to the external lateral surface terminal and interlayer wiring that connects the connection pad and the terminal wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya AOKI
  • Publication number: 20180097476
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes: a first side surface terminal provided on a first side surface; a first external connection terminal provided on a mounting surface (rear surface); a first recess electrode provided in a first recess and electrically connected with the first external connection terminal; and a first branch wiring disposed on a front surface of a middle plate and including a first end exposed in the first side surface between the first side surface terminal and the first recess electrode. The relation: L11>L12 is satisfied, where L11 is the distance between the first end and the first recess electrode and L12 is the distance between the first end and the first side surface terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya AOKI
  • Patent number: 9873098
    Abstract: A three-component mixing apparatus and a three-component mixing adhesive kit, which allow anyone to easily and uniformly mix three kinds of drugs in mixing a three-component adhesive used in, e.g., surgical procedure (or treatment) or dental procedure (or treatment), includes a syringe filled with a first drug; a plunger; and an infusion-needle connector having a connecting part for a second drug container and a connecting part for a third drug container and a confluent path formed on a base end part. The first drug, the second drug and the third drug are mixed in the syringe by removably attaching the infusion-needle connector to a discharge opening of the syringe, the second drug container to its connecting part and the third drug container to its connecting part and then pulling the plunger inserted into the syringe to introduce the second drug and the third drug into the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki Asada, Kenju Sasaki, Shinya Aoki, Kazuya Sakata, Hiroshi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20170363735
    Abstract: There is provided a radar device. A signal processing unit is configured to: acquire first and second estimate peaks estimated as a first peak in a rising section and a second peak in a falling section; extract first and second history peaks existing in a predetermined range from the first and second estimate peaks. A determining unit is configured to determine that the signal processing unit has erroneously extracted the first peak corresponding to a still object as the first peak corresponding to a moving object, if an accuracy of pairing of the first history peak and a second object peak existing in a predetermined range apart from the first history peak by a predetermined distance is larger than an accuracy of pairing of the first and second history peaks in a situation where a distance between the radar device and the moving object decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinya AOKI