Patents by Inventor Atsushi TOYOFUKU

Atsushi TOYOFUKU 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: 11970001
    Abstract: A driving waveform determining method with which a waveform of a driving pulse applied to a driving element provided in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid is determined includes: a first step of determining a waveform candidate of the driving pulse; a second step of notifying a user of candidate information of the waveform candidate; a third step of receiving an instruction issued by the user in accordance with the candidate information; and a fourth step of determining the waveform of the driving pulse in accordance with the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Toyofuku, Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11964478
    Abstract: A waveform determination method is disclosed that includes acquiring second timing information regarding a timing at which the flight distance of the droplet reaches the first distance when each of the plurality of waveform candidates indicated by the second waveform information is used, and a determination step of determining a waveform of each of the first drive pulse and the second drive pulse based on the first timing information and the second timing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Murayama, Atsushi Toyofuku, Shunya Fukuda, Takahiro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11964480
    Abstract: A driving waveform determining method with which a waveform of a driving pulse applied to a driving element provided in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid is determined includes: a first step of measuring, by performing a simulation, ejection characteristics of the liquid from the liquid ejecting head when a waveform candidate is used for the driving pulse; a second step of measuring, by performing an actual measurement, the ejection characteristics of the liquid from the liquid ejecting head when the waveform candidate is used for the driving pulse; and a third step of determining the waveform of the driving pulse in accordance with a measurement result obtained in the first step and a measurement result obtained in the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Toyofuku, Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11919304
    Abstract: A drive-waveform determination method determines a waveform of a first drive pulse to be applied to a drive element included in a first liquid discharging head that discharges liquid. The drive-waveform determination method includes: a first step of obtaining second waveform information regarding a waveform of a second drive pulse to be applied to a drive element included in a second liquid discharging head that discharges liquid; and a second step of determining the waveform of the first drive pulse, based on the second waveform information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Toyofuku, Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura
  • Publication number: 20230415478
    Abstract: A method of determining an ejection state of a liquid ejecting head having a plurality of nozzles that are arrayed in a second direction intersecting a first direction and from which liquid is ejected in the first direction includes: an acquiring step of acquiring a plurality of positional information items by capturing, at a plurality of timings, images of droplets ejected from the plurality of nozzles; and a determining step of determining the ejection state based on the plurality of positional information items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230415477
    Abstract: An ejection state determination method for determining an ejection state of a liquid ejecting head in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid in a first direction are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The ejection state determination method includes a first obtaining step of obtaining a plurality of pieces of multi-valued data of an image including a plurality of pixels by capturing, at one timing, an image of a droplet ejected from one nozzle selected from the plurality of nozzles, and a second obtaining step of obtaining determination information from the plurality of pieces of multi-valued data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230382108
    Abstract: A drive waveform determination method determines a waveform of a drive pulse to be applied to a driven element provided in a liquid ejection head for ejecting a liquid and includes a first process of acquiring an exclusion condition and a second process of determining the waveform of the drive pulse based on multiple candidate waveforms and the exclusion condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiro MURAYAMA, Atsushi TOYOFUKU
  • Patent number: 11820015
    Abstract: An overshoot amount detection method includes a synchronization step of synchronizing a signal of an inertial sensor with a signal of an encoder based on a first synchronizing signal output from the inertial sensor during a signal synchronizing operation and a second synchronizing signal output from the encoder during the signal synchronizing operation, a signal generation step of generating a first signal by twice integration of a first detection signal output from the inertial sensor during a working operation and removal of a low-frequency component contained in the first detection signal and generating a second signal for supplement of the low-frequency component of the first signal from a second detection signal output from the encoder during the working operation, and an overshoot amount detection step of detecting an overshoot amount of an arm based on the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ryutaro Seki, Atsushi Toyofuku, Tomonori Mano
  • Publication number: 20220305794
    Abstract: A liquid selecting method includes an acquiring step of executing first acquisition processing for each of a plurality of first liquid candidates, the first acquisition processing being processing of acquiring first information about a first ejection characteristic of a liquid to be ejected from a liquid ejecting head when a driving waveform is applied to a driving element of the liquid ejecting head, and a liquid selecting step of selecting one or more liquids to be ejected from the liquid ejecting head based on the first information and at least some of the plurality of first liquid candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220305776
    Abstract: A drive waveform determination method includes: a first acquisition step of executing first acquisition processing for acquiring, in a first environment condition which is a condition of an environment in which a liquid ejection head is provided, first information on an ejection characteristic of a liquid when each of a plurality of drive waveform candidates is applied to a drive element; a second acquisition step of executing second acquisition processing for acquiring, in a second environment condition which is a condition of the environment in which the liquid ejection head is provided and is different from the first environment condition, second information on the ejection characteristic when each of the plurality of drive waveform candidates is applied to the drive element; and a waveform determination step of determining a drive waveform based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220305777
    Abstract: A first acquisition processing is processing of acquiring first information indicative of an ejection characteristic of a first liquid ejected by a liquid ejecting device when a driving waveform candidate is applied to a driving element. A second acquisition processing is processing of acquiring second information indicative of an ejection characteristic of a second liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting device when the driving waveform candidate is applied to the driving element, and the second liquid differs from the first liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220250379
    Abstract: acquiring second timing information regarding a timing at which the flight distance of the droplet reaches the first distance when each of the plurality of waveform candidates indicated by the second waveform information is used, and a determination step of determining a waveform of each of the first drive pulse and the second drive pulse based on the first timing information and the second timing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiro MURAYAMA, Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Shunya FUKUDA, Takahiro KATAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220153022
    Abstract: The drive waveform determination method includes a first step of setting a condition of the first discharge characteristic, a second step of acquiring the first discharge characteristic and the second discharge characteristic that are measured when a candidate waveform is used as a waveform of the drive pulse, a third step of determining whether the first discharge characteristic meets the condition, and a fourth step of, when it is determined in the third step that the condition is met, evaluating a candidate waveform by performing a superior comparison using the second discharge characteristic. The waveform of the drive pulse is determined by an optimization process in which at least the second step, the third step, and the fourth step are repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220126440
    Abstract: A method of the present disclosure includes (a) a step of receiving track information for specifying a track of a target operation of a robot, (b) a step of acquiring, according to an instruction to adjust a parameter set for controlling the target operation, about one or more initial parameter sets, values of evaluation indicators of control results obtained when causing the robot to execute the target operation using the respective initial parameter sets, (c) a step of displaying, on a display section, one or more reference displays based on the acquired values of the evaluation indicators, and (d) a step of receiving an input of condition information for deciding a condition of optimization processing for the parameter set, the condition information being condition information about the evaluation indicators, performing the optimization processing for the parameter set according to the condition information, and determining a value of a new parameter set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kimitake MIZOBE, Ryutaro SEKI, Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Jun TODA
  • Publication number: 20220118616
    Abstract: A method according to an aspect includes (a) receiving track information for specifying a track of a target operation of a robot, (b) determining a first indicator and a second indicator, when one of the first indicator and the second indicator is superior, another being inferior, (c) receiving condition information for deciding conditions for optimization processing, (d) determining, based on the condition information, a search range and a parameter set used for the optimization processing, (e) acquiring values of the first indicator and the second indicator when the robot is caused to execute the target operation based on the determined parameter set, (f) determining a new parameter set based on the acquired values of the first indicator and the second indicator, and (g) repeating the steps (e) and (f) to acquire a parameter set more excellent in the first indicator than the parameter set determined in the step (d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kimitake MIZOBE, Ryutaro SEKI, Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Jun TODA
  • Publication number: 20220101213
    Abstract: (a) Determine first, second indexes. (b) Acquire values of the first, second indexes after a robot works using a parameter set. (c) Determine a new parameter set using a multi-objective optimization technique with a function containing the first, second indexes as an objective function. (d) Acquire values of the first, second indexes using the new parameter set. (e) Acquire parameter sets and values of the first, second indexes thereof by repeating (c), (d). (f) Perform display based on the values of the first, second indexes with respect to two or more of the parameter sets. The value of the first index of the first parameter set is better than the value of the first index of the second parameter set. The value of the second index of the second parameter set is better than the value of the second index of the first parameter set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kimitake MIZOBE, Ryutaro SEKI, Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Jun TODA
  • Publication number: 20220063268
    Abstract: A drive-waveform determination method determines a waveform of a first drive pulse to be applied to a drive element included in a first liquid discharging head that discharges liquid. The drive-waveform determination method includes: a first step of obtaining second waveform information regarding a waveform of a second drive pulse to be applied to a drive element included in a second liquid discharging head that discharges liquid; and a second step of determining the waveform of the first drive pulse, based on the second waveform information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA, Takahiro KATAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220032615
    Abstract: A driving waveform determining method with which a waveform of a driving pulse applied to a driving element provided in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid is determined includes: a first step of measuring, by performing a simulation, ejection characteristics of the liquid from the liquid ejecting head when a waveform candidate is used for the driving pulse; a second step of measuring, by performing an actual measurement, the ejection characteristics of the liquid from the liquid ejecting head when the waveform candidate is used for the driving pulse; and a third step of determining the waveform of the driving pulse in accordance with a measurement result obtained in the first step and a measurement result obtained in the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA, Takahiro KATAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220032616
    Abstract: A driving waveform determining method with which a waveform of a driving pulse applied to a driving element provided in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid is determined includes: a first step of determining a waveform candidate of the driving pulse; a second step of notifying a user of candidate information of the waveform candidate; a third step of receiving an instruction issued by the user in accordance with the candidate information; and a fourth step of determining the waveform of the driving pulse in accordance with the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Toshiro MURAYAMA, Takahiro KATAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220016769
    Abstract: An overshoot amount detection method includes a synchronization step of synchronizing a signal of an inertial sensor with a signal of an encoder based on a first synchronizing signal output from the inertial sensor during a signal synchronizing operation and a second synchronizing signal output from the encoder during the signal synchronizing operation, a signal generation step of generating a first signal by twice integration of a first detection signal output from the inertial sensor during a working operation and removal of a low-frequency component contained in the first detection signal and generating a second signal for supplement of the low-frequency component of the first signal from a second detection signal output from the encoder during the working operation, and an overshoot amount detection step of detecting an overshoot amount of an arm based on the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ryutaro SEKI, Atsushi TOYOFUKU, Tomonori MANO