Patents by Inventor Hironori Hasei

Hironori Hasei 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: 11799195
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20230297032
    Abstract: A dial decoration method of the present disclosure is a dial decoration method including a base formation step of forming a pattern shape on a base material and using the pattern shape as a base, and a printed layer formation step of forming a printed layer on a surface side of the base, and the printed layer formation step includes printing a pattern shape, to form the printed layer, by changing a density of dots of ink ejected by an inkjet method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori NAKAZAWA, Hironori HASEI, Toshimitsu HIRAI, Hirofumi KUROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20230297031
    Abstract: A timepiece component decoration method includes a base formation step of forming a pattern shape on a base material of a timepiece component and using the pattern shape as a base, a first light-transmissive layer formation step of forming, on a surface of the base, a first light-transmissive layer using a light-transmissive resin, a first liquid repellent treatment step of performing a liquid repellent treatment on a surface of the first light-transmissive layer, and a first printed layer formation step of, to form a first printed layer, ejecting ink and printing a pattern shape by an inkjet method on the surface of the first light-transmissive layer on which the liquid repellent treatment was performed, after the first liquid repellent treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori NAKAZAWA, Hironori HASEI, Toshimitsu HIRAI, Hirofumi KUROSAWA
  • Patent number: 11754978
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a watch component is a method for manufacturing a watch component that is formed of an austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base portion formed by a ferrite phase and a surface layer formed by an austenitized phase obtained by austenitizing the ferrite phase. The method includes a first processing step for forming a thinned portion by providing a step in a base material formed of a ferritic stainless steel, a heat treatment step for performing nitrogen absorption treatment on the base material to form the surface layer on an outer surface side of the base portion, and a second processing step for providing a hole portion in the thinned portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Koki Takasawa
  • Publication number: 20230240016
    Abstract: A method of forming a conductive pattern includes forming a conductive pattern by ejecting a liquid-state material containing conductive fine particles onto a porous base material, wherein the conductive fine particles have an average particle size of from 1 nm to 200 nm, and the porous base material is formed with a plurality of cavities and includes communication holes through which the plurality of cavities are in communication, an average diameter of the communication holes being less than or equal to the average particle size of the conductive fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Toshimitsu HIRAI, Hironori HASEI, Tatsuya FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230068998
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20230057778
    Abstract: A watch includes an hour hand and a minute hand, a dial including a plurality of time graduations indicating time by being pointed by the hour hand and the minute hand, and a dial plate including a graduation for predetermined information different from the time, and supported by a rotary shaft, wherein in plan view from a normal direction of the dial, the rotary shaft overlaps with a pointing graduation, which is one of the time graduations, and the predetermined information is indicated by the graduation of the dial plate in an extension direction of the pointing graduation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori NAKAZAWA, Hironori HASEI
  • Patent number: 11532872
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20220035960
    Abstract: A design generation method for a watch part includes the steps of: by an output terminal, transmitting, to a server, watch model information selected by a user and event data including at least a date/time entered by the user; by the server, generating, based on the model information received by the server, model data being component information of the watch part; by the server, generating, based on the event data received by the server, unique data and feature data that are a design element of the watch part; by the server, transmitting, to the output terminal, the model data, the unique data, and the feature data; and by the output terminal, displaying the model data, the unique data, and the feature data on a display unit of the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunori HOSHINO, Hironori HASEI, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210278807
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a watch component is a method for manufacturing a watch component that is formed of an austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base portion formed by a ferrite phase and a surface layer formed by an austenitized phase obtained by austenitizing the ferrite phase. The method includes a first processing step for forming a thinned portion by providing a step in a base material formed of a ferritic stainless steel, a heat treatment step for performing nitrogen absorption treatment on the base material to form the surface layer on an outer surface side of the base portion, and a second processing step for providing a hole portion in the thinned portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Koki TAKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200328504
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 10734715
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20200221999
    Abstract: A wrist apparatus includes a case, a solar battery that is provided in the case, and an optical sensor unit as a biological information measurement unit that is provided in the case, measures biological information, and is disposed at a position overlapping the solar battery in a plan view of a light reception surface of the solar battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRAIDE, Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 10631784
    Abstract: A wrist apparatus includes a case, a solar battery that is provided in the case, and an optical sensor unit as a biological information measurement unit that is provided in the case, measures biological information, and is disposed at a position overlapping the solar battery in a plan view of a light reception surface of the solar battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hiraide, Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 10613581
    Abstract: A wrist apparatus includes a case, a solar battery that is provided in the case, and a biological information measurement unit (optical sensor) that is provided in the case and measures biological information, in which the solar battery is disposed outside an outer edge of the biological information measurement unit in a plan view of a light reception surface of the solar battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hiraide, Hironori Hasei, Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 10350456
    Abstract: An exercise content setting system includes a terminal apparatus that acquires and transmits the daily activity information of a user; and an exercise content setting apparatus that sets exercise content information indicating content of an exercise according to a preset purpose based on the activity information acquired from the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Umetsu, Ryoma Shirouzu, Hironori Hasei
  • Publication number: 20190129470
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes housing that is worn on a user's body; a solar-light power generation unit that has a first and second cell that are arranged with a gap in between; a display unit; a plurality of buttons on which an operation by user is applied; a circuit board is electrically connected to solar-light power generation unit and overlaps, in a plan view, with at least one portion of first area that is configured by connecting the plurality of buttons with straight lines; a wiring unit that is positioned in a second area which is different from first area and includes the gap; a biological sensor positioned in a position that overlaps with first area, and user's biological signal; and wiring unit that electrically connects between solar-light power generation unit positioned in a second area that includes the gap, which is different from first area, and circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Takehisa UEMURA, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20190051975
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a case, a solar cell disposed in the case, a GPS antenna as an antenna section disposed in the case, including a base as a nonconductive member and a conductive body disposed on a surface of the nonconductive member, and adapted to receive a positioning satellite signal, and a circuit board disposed in the case, and electrically connected to the solar cell and the antenna section, and the antenna section overlaps the solar cell in a planar view viewed from a normal direction of light receiving surfaces of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20190025876
    Abstract: A wrist apparatus includes a case, a solar battery that is provided in the case, and a biological information measurement unit (optical sensor) that is provided in the case and measures biological information, in which the solar battery is disposed outside an outer edge of the biological information measurement unit in a plan view of a light reception surface of the solar battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRAIDE, Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20190021661
    Abstract: A wrist apparatus as a portable electronic apparatus includes a case section having a rear surface as a second surface brought into contact with a user's body, a solar battery unit and a display unit provided side by side on a first surface side located on an opposite side to the second surface, a band portion used to mount the case section on the user's body, and a circuit board disposed in the case section and electrically connected to the solar battery unit and the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori HASEI, Noriaki HIRAIDE