Patents by Inventor Takayasu Aoki
Takayasu 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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Publication number: 20100009281Abstract: The method for producing a developing agent according to the invention contains subjecting the toner material dispersion liquid to mechanical shearing to make the granular mixture into fine particles, thereby providing a dispersion liquid containing fine particles having a smaller particle diameter than a particle diameter of the granular mixture. The toner material dispersion liquid is subjected to mechanical shearing under a temperature of a glass transition point Tg of the binder resin or more and a pressure of 10 MPa or more, and the resulting dispersion liquid containing the fine particles is depressurized with two or more stages while maintaining the temperature of a glass transition point Tg of the binder resin or more and then cooled to a temperature of a glass transition point Tg of the binder resin or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Asumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20100009276Abstract: In a method for producing a developing agent by coagulating a toner fine particle dispersion including a toner fine particle, an aqueous medium and a dispersant to obtain a toner particle, the coagulation is carried out only by pH adjustment, the dispersant is a surfactant, and a concentration of the surfactant is a concentration of not more than a critical micell concentration of the toner material dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayasu Aoki, Asumi Matsumoto, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Itou, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Yasuhito Noda
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Publication number: 20090246682Abstract: A surfactant is added in an amount of from 0.1 to 5% by weight of the total weight of a developing agent at the time of at least either kneading a toner material or subjecting the toner material to mechanical shearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takafumi Hara, Takashi Urabe, Takayasu Aoki, Tsuyoshi Itou, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta, Asumi Matsumoto, Yasuo Goto
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Publication number: 20090155708Abstract: The dispersion liquid including toner material particles is introduced into a mechanical shearing device including a heating unit, a mechanical shearing unit, and a cooling unit, heated to a temperature not lower than the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin under a condition that satisfies the following relationship (1), subjected to mechanical shearing, and thereafter cooled, whereby fine particles are obtained. ?2<log((A+B)/C)<2??(1) With the proviso that a volume of a portion in which the dispersion liquid flows in the heating unit and the mechanical shearing unit is expressed as A cc, a volume of a portion in which the dispersion liquid flows in the cooling unit is expressed as B cc, and a flow rate of the dispersion liquid is expressed as C cc/min.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Urabe, Takayasu Aoki, Tsuyoshi Itou, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Asumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20090155702Abstract: After fine particles containing a binder resin and a coloring agent are agglomerated in a dispersion liquid to form agglomerated particles, an inverting agent which inverts a sign of a zeta potential of the agglomerated particles is added to the dispersion liquid to stabilize the agglomerated particles, and then, the agglomerated particles are fused.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Ikuta, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Itou, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki, Takafumi Hara, Asumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20090136864Abstract: It is intended to provide a method includes the step of forming agglomerated particles by agglomerating fine particulate mixture containing a binder resin and a colorant. In the step of forming agglomerated particles, a cationic organic coagulating agent having an average molecular weight of from 1000 to 100000 is added to a liquid dispersion containing fine particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Motonari Udo, Yasuhito Noda, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara
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Publication number: 20090130579Abstract: A method for manufacturing a developing agent includes forming a toner particle by adding an aggregating agent to a dispersion containing fine particles containing a binder resin and a colorant to allow aggregation and melt adhesion to occur, wherein the pH of the dispersion satisfies the formula (1) below, when denoting pH before the addition of the aggregating agent by pH(A), the pH of the dispersion after the addition of the aggregating agent by pH(B), and the pH of the dispersion after the melt adhesion by pH(C): 0.90?pH(C)/pH(A)?0.25 and 1.00?pH(C)/pH(B)?0.30??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Ikuta, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki, Takafumi Hara
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Publication number: 20090130589Abstract: A method for producing a developing agent contains mechanically shearing a mixture containing a polyester resin, a colorant and a releasing agent to form first fine particles, aggregating the first fine particles to form aggregated particles as a core, aggregating second fine particles containing a polyester resin onto the core to form a shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motonari Udo, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Itou, Yasuhito Noda, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara
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Publication number: 20090130585Abstract: A coarse particle containing a polyester based resin and a coloring agent is added in an aqueous medium containing a surfactant, a basic substance and an inorganic water-soluble electrolyte, and dispersion and coagulation are carried out to form a toner particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Takafumi Hara, Tsuyoshi Itou, Masahiro Ikuta, Motonari Udo, Yasuhito Noda, Satoshi Araki, Asumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20080286678Abstract: A developing agent including a core containing an amorphous polyester resin and a fatty acid ester based wax, a shell provided on the surface of the core and containing a copolymer of an aromatic vinyl monomer and acrylic acid or an acrylic ester, and a coloring agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayasu Aoki, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta, Tsuyoshi Itou, Takashi Urabe, Takafumi Hara, Satoshi Araki, Yasuhito Noda
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Publication number: 20080261144Abstract: A method for producing a developing agent, includes preparing a dispersion of particles containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and forming toner particles by aggregating and fusing the particles, in which the number of coarse particles having a particle size of 0.6 ?m or larger after the solid concentration of the dispersion of particles is adjusted to 1 ppm is less than 3,000 per ?L.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Ikuta, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki
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Publication number: 20080131808Abstract: A developing agent including a toner particle obtained by using a dispersion containing a solvent, a granular mixed compound having a binder resin and a coloring agent dispersed in the solvent, and, as an additive to disperse a compound, a combination of a surfactant and a basic compound or a combination of a sulfone-based surfactant and a polycarboxylic acid-based surfactant, wherein the additive remaining in the developing agent is within a predetermine range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Urabe, Satoshi Araki, Takayasu Aoki, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara
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Publication number: 20080131801Abstract: A method including polymerization performed with the use of a binder resin dispersion containing a styrene monomer, a compound having one or more unsaturated bond and sulfonic acid or sulfonate, and an acrylic ester monomer, wherein the contents of the monomers and the compound are 60 to 90 mol %, 1 mol ppm to 10 mol %, and 10 to 40 mol %, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motonari Udo, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Itou, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta
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Publication number: 20080102398Abstract: A method for producing a developing agent including heating a dispersion of a toner particle material containing a binder resin fine particle, a coloring agent particle and a dispersion medium at a temperature of a glass transition point of the binder resin or higher and adding a coagulating agent in the heated dispersion of a toner particle material to coagulate a toner material containing the binder resin fine particle and the coloring agent particle, thereby forming a coagulated particle is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayasu Aoki, Masahiro Ikuta, Tsuyoshi Itou, Takashi Urabe, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki
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Patent number: 7164887Abstract: The positional relationship between a master terminal and a slave terminal and the positional relationship of the slave terminal with the master terminal and with other slave terminals are measured, and a slave terminal subject to switching to master terminal is selected using the positional relationship. A network is then reconstructed with the slave terminal subject to switching selected in this manner as the new master terminal, and as a result the terminals forming the network prior to switching are prevented from falling outside of the communication range of the new master terminal and short range radio communication is maintained with the same terminals as those prior to switching.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2002Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tosaku Tanada, Kentaro Nagahama, Hiroshi Matsuya, Takayasu Aoki, Toshiya Tamura
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Patent number: 7020486Abstract: A portable communication terminal which can establish communications between portable communication terminals by Bluetooth or the like by a simple operation are provided. An initiator terminal activates a short-distance radio communication section to make a Bluetooth function active and sends a request to start communications using a Bluetooth communication function to an acceptor terminal through a general communications network such as a telephone network or the like. The acceptor terminal makes the Bluetooth communication function active when it responds to the communication-starting request and sends a Bluetooth connection request to the initiator terminal by using the Bluetooth communication function. The initiator terminal responds to the Bluetooth connection request whereby a Bluetooth connecting session is established.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tosaku Tanada, Kentaro Nagahama, Hiroshi Matsuya, Takayasu Aoki, Toshiya Tamura
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Publication number: 20030125074Abstract: A portable communication terminal which can establish communications between portable communication terminals by Bluetooth or the like by a simple operation are provided. An initiator terminal activates a short-distance radio communication section to make a Bluetooth function active and sends a request to start communications using a Bluetooth communication function to an acceptor terminal through a general communications network such as a telephone network or the like. The acceptor terminal makes the Bluetooth communication function active when it responds to the communication-starting request and sends a Bluetooth connection request to the initiator terminal by using the Bluetooth communication function. The initiator terminal responds to the Bluetooth connection request whereby a Bluetooth connecting session is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Tosaku Tanada, Kentaro Nagahama, Hiroshi Matsuya, Takayasu Aoki, Toshiya Tamura
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Publication number: 20030124979Abstract: The positional relationship between a master terminal and a slave terminal and the positional relationship of the slave terminal with the master terminal and with other slave terminals are measured, and a slave terminal subject to switching to master terminal is selected using the positional relationship. A network is then reconstructed with the slave terminal subject to switching selected in this manner as the new master terminal, and as a result the terminals forming the network prior to switching are prevented from falling outside of the communication range of the new master terminal and short range radio communication is maintained with the same terminals as those prior to switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Tosaku Tanada, Kentaro Nagahama, Hiroshi Matsuya, Takayasu Aoki, Toshiya Tamura
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Patent number: 5983090Abstract: In a mobile communication system, when a mobile station (PS1 to PSj) makes a request for connection to a service provider (SP), a base station (BS1 to BSn) acquires an IP address "IP1" assigned for the base stations and assigns to the requesting mobile station an IP address "IP2" for the mobile stations that has been acquired in advance in place of the IP address "IP1". When data transfer is started, the base station changes the source address in data sent by the mobile station from "IP2" to "IP1" and then transfers the resulting data to the service provider. On the other hand, the base station changes the destination address of data sent by the service provider from "IP1" for the base stations to "IP2" for the mobile stations for subsequent transfer to the mobile station.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Takayasu Aoki
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Patent number: 5898708Abstract: When a receiver unit receives second data composed of check bits and first data obtained by encoding information bits indicating the communication contents by way of a first generator matrix based on a first generating polynomial, and then further encoding the first data by way of a second generator matrix of an irreducible standard form based on a second generating polynomial, an error location detector decodes the second data received by way of a second check matrix that is orthogonal to the second generator matrix so as to detect errors produced in the first data. A dummy syndrome generator generates a dummy syndrome of the error produced in the information bits based on the detected error location and on the first generating polynomial.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1995Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toru Tateishi, Katsumi Murano, Takayasu Aoki, Hiroaki Sato