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Ken Kobayashi

Ken Kobayashi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073512DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A document feeding device has: a document placement stand on which documents of different sizes can be placed; a conveying section separating, one-by-one, documents of a document stack placed on the document placement stand, and conveying a separated document to a discharging section; a first document width sensing unit sensing a maximum document width of the document stack placed on the document placement stand; a second document width sensing unit sensing a document width of a document separated from the document placement stand by the conveying section; and a controller that, in a case in which a mixed size document mode that permits conveying of documents of different sizes is not set, causes the conveying section to restartably interrupt conveying of the document when the maximum document width sensed by the first document width sensing unit and the document width sensed by the second document width sensing unit differ.03-19-2009
20100079689LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL SPATIAL MODULATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1):04-01-2010
20100079719LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal molecule includes a structure represented by Formula (1):04-01-2010
20100085530LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL SPATIAL MODULATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1):04-08-2010
20100085531LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL SPATIAL MODULATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1):04-08-2010
20100201064TRANSPORTING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a transporting device that includes: a transport unit that transports a document placed on a document tray; a detector that detects the width of the document placed on the document tray; a controller that controls the transport unit to transport the document when the width of the document detected by the detector is a predetermined definite size, and prohibits the transport unit from transporting the document when the width of the document detected by the detector is a predetermined size that is different from the definite size; and a cancellation unit that cancels the prohibition on the document transportation imposed by the controller.08-12-2010
20110102731LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL SPACE MODULATION DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER - A liquid crystal material in which liquid crystal molecules have uniform alignment state is provided. A liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material is included between a TFT array substrate and an opposed substrate. The liquid crystal material has a phase system continuously showing an isotropic phase, a nematic phase, and a smectic ‘A’ phase in this order as temperature changes from higher state to lower state and shows electroclinic effect in the smectic ‘A’ phase. As the liquid crystal material is heated (temperature is increased), the nematic phase is shown after the smectic ‘A’ phase without other phase in between, and the isotropic phase is shown after the nematic phase without other phase in between. Since the alignment state of the liquid crystal molecules becomes uniform, the transmittance is precisely controlled.05-05-2011
20110310465ELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE, DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic device includes an insulating liquid, an electrophoretic particle in the insulating liquid, and a porous layer in the insulating liquid. The porous layer includes a fibrous structure that includes a non-electrophoretic particle having an optical reflective property different from that of the electrophoretic particle.12-22-2011

Patent applications by Ken Kobayashi, Kanagawa JP

Ken Kobayashi, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110013240DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE-SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A document feeder includes: a conveyance unit that separates one document from among documents placed on a document tray, and conveys the document; a first width-determining unit that determines a width of one of the documents; a second width-determining unit that determines a width of the conveyed document; a first length-determining unit that determines a length of one of the documents; a second length-determining unit that determines a length of the conveyed document; and a controller that if an inconsistency occurs between the width determined by the first width-determining unit and the width determined by the second width-determining unit, causes a display unit to display an operation guide including first content, and if an inconsistency occurs between the length determined by the first length-determining unit and the length determined by the second length-determining unit, causes the display unit to display an operation guide including second content.01-20-2011

Ken Kobayashi, Machida JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080244264PUBLIC KEY CERTIFICATE VALIDATION SYSTEM - To validate a certificate of a service provider apparatus, a service receiving apparatus determines a certificate validation method on based on a combination of the performance of the service receiving apparatus, the performance of a CRL repository apparatus, the performance of a certificate validation apparatus, and the performance of a network, and performs validation of a certificate by the determined method. Furthermore, to validate a certificate of a service provider apparatus, a service receiving apparatus requests a method selection apparatus to validate the certificate, and the method selection apparatus determines a certificate validation method based on a combination of the performance of the method selection apparatus, the performance of the CRL repository apparatus, the performance of the certificate validation apparatus and the performance of the network, validates the certificate by the determined method, and notifies a validation result to the service receiving apparatus.10-02-2008
20090249461BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided a management server technology that allows a user to continuously use a business function of a business server without logging in again to the business server, even if the authority of the user to the business server is changed. The business server receives an access from a user terminal, and requests a management server to perform user authentication. In response to the authentication request, the management server determines a future scheduled authority of the user, generates not only authority information at the time of the user authentication, but also a determination result including the future scheduled authority information, and transmits them to the business server. The business server provides the user terminal with a new business function based on the scheduled user authority information, upon expiration of a validity period of the user authority to the current business function.10-01-2009

Patent applications by Ken Kobayashi, Machida JP

Ken Kobayashi, Webster, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110226078Complex Joystick Control System and Method - A complex joystick system master unit embodiment utilizes joystick segments and joystick joints arranged in a particular order with a slave unit arranged in a similar order. A sample master unit with three joystick segments has segment lengths that provide a relative ratio of lengths between themselves. The slave unit articulated arm utilizes controlled segments and articulated arm joints arranged in the same order and having the same relative ratio of lengths between themselves. Articulated arm electronic angle sensors and joystick segment angle sensors produce signal that are applied to a plurality of servos. The servos control movement of the articulated arm so that said respective relative angular articulated arm positions of the articulated arm controlled segments match those of the complex joystick segments.09-22-2011

Ken Kobayashi, Fujiyoshida-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120099328LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE - A light-emitting module of the present invention comprises: a light source in which an LED element is disposed on a substrate and electrodes electrically connected to the LED element are provided on the substrate; a metal plate on which the light source is disposed; lead wires connected to the electrodes directly or via other electrode pattern; and a housing made of resin fixed onto the metal plate and housing the light source therein. Moreover, the housing includes a hole opening above the light source, and includes at least one pair of protrusions that protrude facing one another inside the hole and apply a bias to the light source to press the light source onto a metal plate side.04-26-2012