Patents by Inventor Mieko Ishii
Mieko Ishii 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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Patent number: 11019324Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable stereo camera in which it is possible to prevent the heat generated by an image processing element from contributing to an increase in the temperature of an image sensor, even if the stereo camera is made more compact and the heat density is thus increased inside the stereo camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Mieko Ishii, Atsushi Kazama, Seiichi Katou, Kengo Suzuki, Hidenori Shinohara, Hiroaki Nagai, Kenichi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20190320159Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable stereo camera in which it is possible to prevent the heat generated by an image processing element from contributing to an increase in the temperature of an image sensor, even if the stereo camera is made more compact and the heat density is thus increased inside the stereo camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Mieko ISHII, Atsushi KAZAMA, Seiichi KATOU, Kengo SUZUKI, Hidenori SHINOHARA, Hiroaki NAGAI, Kenichi TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 7675836Abstract: For providing a recording/reproducing apparatus, for recording/reproducing information through conduction of electricity upon contact of a probe, having large recording density and a large transfer speed, but less in deterioration of a probe chips thereof, and being long in the lifetime thereof, within the recording/reproducing apparatus, a multi-chip is formed, disposing probe chips in large numbers thereof at a tip of a cantilever, while the cantilever is of a double-sided beam type, and the multi-chip is disposed at a center of the beam, wherein recording/reproducing portions of the multi-chip are disposed to correspond to recording dots one by one, and the multi-chip forming surface is moved up and down in parallel with the surface of a recording medium, due to suction force, so as to bring it to be in contact with the recording dots, and electricity is conducted after the contact thereof, thereby conducting the recording, in the structure; wherein, since a large amount of data can be read/written at oneType: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mieko Ishii, Takeshi Harada, Youichi Inoue, Kenchi Ito
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Patent number: 7483362Abstract: In a recording/reproducing apparatus having a large number of probes, being still usable continuously when several pieces of the probes are in trouble, wherein a plural number of probes are so disposed that they can make recording and/or reproducing onto the same recording area, which is in charge of the probes, respectively, and when defect, such as, a trouble is generated within a first probe, that defect is detected, automatically, so as to exchanged into a spare probe built within the frame, thereby compensating the defect.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mieko Ishii, Takeshi Harada
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Patent number: 7385786Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first surface and a second surface provided at an air-outflow side at positions with respect to the first surface, and projections having a cylindrical shape are provided on a third surface at an air-inflow side at positions with respect to said first surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Publication number: 20070165512Abstract: For information recording, a structure for supporting a medium component or a probe-installed cantilever array component while regulating relative positions thereof is provided. A moving component includes a plurality of first electrodes or magnetic poles arranged at three or more spots thereof, and disposed between two fixed components. The two fixed components include a plurality of second electrodes or magnetic poles configured to repel or attract the plurality of first electrode or magnetic poles. The plurality of second electrodes or magnetic poles are significantly different in size in a plane parallel to the X-Y plane from the plurality of first electrodes or magnetic poles. In one embodiment, the moving component may be supported by servo control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: HITACHI LTD.Inventors: Takeshi HARADA, Mieko ISHII, Yasushi GOTO
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Publication number: 20060250717Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first surface and a second surface provided at an air-outflow side at positions with respect to the first surface, and projections having a cylindrical shape are provided on a third surface at an air-inflow side at positions with respect to said first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2006Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Patent number: 7072146Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first positive pressure generating portion provided at an air-inflow side and a positive pressure generating portion surface provided at an air-outflow side, projections being provided at the air-inflow side at positions with respect to the first positive pressure generating portion on a first surface which faces the magnetic disk upon read/write operation of the magnetic head slider, and a step surface provided at the air-inflow side with respect to said first positive pressure generating portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Publication number: 20060092811Abstract: In a recording/reproducing apparatus having a large number of probes, being still usable continuously when several pieces of the probes are in trouble, wherein a plural number of probes are so disposed that they can make recording and/or reproducing onto the same recording area, which is in charge of the probes, respectively, and when defect, such as, a trouble is generated within a first probe, that defect is detected, automatically, so as to exchanged into a spare probe built within the frame, thereby compensating the defect.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Mieko Ishii, Takeshi Harada
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Patent number: 6993275Abstract: In an electrophotographic recording device, a multicolor toner image is formed by images in each color superimposed on one another. In order to detect image misalignment, image-forming units form a color registration detection pattern, and sensors detect the pattern and output detection signals. A control unit detects the position of the patterns based on only portions of the detection signals corresponding to leading edges of the patterns.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Teruaki Mitsuya, Hiroyuki Mabuchi, Toru Miyasaka, Mieko Ishii
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Patent number: 6985334Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first positive pressure generating portion provided at an air-inflow side and a positive pressure generating portion surface provided at an air-outflow side. Projections are provided at the air-inflow side respect to the first positive pressure generating portion on a surface which faces the magnetic disk upon read/write operation of the magnetic head slider.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Publication number: 20060002272Abstract: For providing a recording/reproducing apparatus, for recording/reproducing information through conduction of electricity upon contact of a probe, having large recording density and a large transfer speed, but less in deterioration of a probe chips thereof, and being long in the lifetime thereof, within the recording/reproducing apparatus, a multi-chip is formed, disposing probe chips in large numbers thereof at a tip of a cantilever, while the cantilever is of a double-sided beam type, and the multi-chip is disposed at a center of the beam, wherein recording/reproducing portions of the multi-chip are disposed to correspond to recording dots one by one, and the multi-chip forming surface is moved up and down in parallel with the surface of a recording medium, due to suction force, so as to bring it to be in contact with the recording dots, and electricity is conducted after the contact thereof, thereby conducting the recording, in the structure; wherein, since a large amount of data can be read/written at oneType: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Mieko Ishii, Takeshi Harada, Youichi Inoue, Kenchi Ito
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Publication number: 20050243470Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first positive pressure generating portion provided at an air-inflow side and a positive pressure generating portion surface provided at an air-outflow side, projections being provided at the air-inflow side at positions with respect to the first positive pressure generating portion on a first surface which faces the magnetic disk upon read/write operation of the magnetic head slider, and a step surface provided at the air-inflow side with respect to said first positive pressure generating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2005Publication date: November 3, 2005Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Patent number: 6870638Abstract: An image processing apparatus for a laser printer, wherein a halftone control through laser pulse modulation (PWM) is used in combination with distributed clustered-dot halftone processing which distributes a tone level over four clustered-dots, and the value represented by higher bits of a threshold are used to switch a PWM pulse pattern in a highlight area to a discontinuous pattern, thereby implementing the high density halftone processing, which provides a high highlight tone density and stability, only with a small scale memory and circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2000Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Shibuya, Mieko Ishii, Hiroshi Tanigaki
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Publication number: 20040179870Abstract: In an electrophotographic recording device, a multicolor toner image is formed by images in each color superimposed on one another. In order to detect image misalignment, image-forming units form a color registration detection pattern, and sensors detect the pattern and output detection signals. A control unit detects the position of the patterns based on only portions of the detection signals corresponding to leading edges of the patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Teruaki Mitsuya, Hiroyuki Mabuchi, Toru Miyasaka, Mieko Ishii
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Publication number: 20040012888Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first positive pressure generating portion provided at an air-inflow side and a positive pressure generating portion surface provided at an air-outflow side. Projections are provided at the air-inflow side respect to the first positive pressure generating portion on a surface which faces the magnetic disk upon read/write operation of the magnetic head slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Patent number: 6597537Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first surface provided at an air-inflow side and a second surface provided at an air-outflow side. Projections are provided at the air-inflow side with respect to the first surface on a surface while faces the magnetic disk upon read/write operation of the magnetic head slider.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue
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Patent number: 6539188Abstract: A liquid type development device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on image-holding equipment by using liquid developer made of a highly insulating solvent and toner particles dispersed in the solvent has a liquid developer tank detachably situated in a cartridge; and at least one supplementary liquid tank containing supplementary liquid to be added to liquid developer contained in the liquid developer tank so as to keep the concentration of nonvolatile components in the liquid developer constant. Further, when the used development cartridge is recovered, and another new development cartridge is bought, a discount price privilege for the newly bought development cartridge is given to a user who has turned in the used cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shogo Matsumoto, Kazutaka Satou, Mieko Ishii, Yoshio Ohuchi, Junichi Matsuno
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Publication number: 20020191344Abstract: A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first surface provided at an air-inflow side and a second surface provided at an air-outflow side. Projections are provided at the air-inflow side with respect to the first surface on a surface while faces the magnetic disk upon read/write operation of the magnetic head slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo
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Patent number: 6452751Abstract: A magnetic head slider having a magnetic head for reading/writing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has three surface portions with levels which are different from each other on a surface facing to the magnetic disk including a first surface portion forming a pad surface, a second surface portion having a level which is lower than a level of the first surface portion and a third surface portion having a level which is lower than that of the second surface portion. The second surface portion is provided at a side opposite to a side on which the magnetic head is mounted and the third surface portion is provided at the side on which the magnetic head is mounted. A projection is provided on the second surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2002Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Tokuyama, Mieko Ishii, Ryuji Tsuchiyama, Youichi Kawakubo, Hiromitsu Tokisue