Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Ito

Nobuaki Ito 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: 11648778
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting head including: first and second nozzle rows extending in a first direction; a first supply flow path; a first filter chamber having a first inlet; and a second filter chamber having a second inlet, in which the first and second nozzle rows are shifted from each other in both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first supply flow path has a branch flow path for distributing the liquid between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber at a branch position, the branch position is disposed between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber in a plan view, and the first and second inlets are disposed at a part where the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber overlap each other when viewed in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Katsuhiro Okubo, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Nobuaki Ito, Shun Katsuie
  • Publication number: 20230133122
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head and a robot, the head includes a first nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a first ink are arranged and a second nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a second ink are arranged, the robot includes an arm portion having a distal end, a proximal end, and a plurality of joints, and a base portion coupled to the proximal end, supports the head by the distal end, and changes a position and a posture of the head with respect to a workpiece, a brightness of the second ink is lower than a brightness of the first ink, and a distance between the second nozzle row and the proximal end is less than a distance between the first nozzle row and the proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinori NAKAJIMA, Yuki ISHII, Nobuaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20230138411
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel pyrimidine compound represented by Formula [I] and a salt thereof: [in the formula, the symbols are as defined in the specification], which is useful for treating, preventing and/or diagnosing seizure and the like in disease involving epileptic seizure or convulsive seizure (including multiple drug resistant seizure, refractory seizure, acute symptomatic seizure, febrile seizure and status epilepticus), as well as a medical use therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoichi SHINOHARA, Shin IWATA, Kenta ARAI, Nobuaki ITO, Masaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230119224
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting system includes a head unit that includes a nozzle for ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a drive element for applying pressure fluctuation to a liquid in the pressure chamber by supplying a drive pulse, a first connection portion that is communicably connected to a server through a network, a decision portion that decides a waveform of the drive pulse supplied to the drive element based on first input information, and a first input portion to which the first input information is input from the server through the first connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki HANAMURA, Takao YAMAMOTO, Nobuaki ITO, Shunya FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230122325
    Abstract: A first acquisition section that acquires first information unique to the liquid discharge head and second information related to the liquid discharge device is included. A determination section that determines whether or not correspondence relationship between the first information and the second information is stored in the server in advance is included in the server. A second transmission section that transmits third information related to a determination result of the determination section from the server is included. A second reception section that receives the third information is included. A first notification section that makes, based on the third information, a first notification to outside is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Takao YAMAMOTO, Shunya FUKUDA, Yuki HANAMURA, Nobuaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20230117636
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting system includes a head unit that includes a pressure chamber, a drive element driven by an applied drive waveform, a vibration plate that vibrates by drive of the drive element, and a nozzle through which a liquid is ejected by a pressure applied in the pressure chamber by vibration of the vibration plate, and an input portion to which an input parameter for detecting an ejection failure of the liquid based on residual vibration of the vibration plate is input from a server through a network connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki HANAMURA, Takao YAMAMOTO, Nobuaki ITO, Shunya FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230118256
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting system includes a head unit that includes a nozzle for ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a drive element for applying pressure fluctuation to a liquid in the pressure chamber by supplying a drive pulse, an acquisition portion that acquires output information regarding a usage condition of the head unit, a first connection portion that is communicably connected to a server through a network, a first output portion that outputs the output information through the first connection portion, a first input portion to which input information regarding a waveform of the drive pulse supplied to the drive element is input through the first connection portion. A decision portion that decides the waveform of the drive pulse supplied to the drive element based on the input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Takao YAMAMOTO, Shiki KUMAGAI, Shunya FUKUDA, Nobuaki ITO
  • Patent number: 11613119
    Abstract: A liquid discharge method of discharging a liquid from a nozzle of a liquid discharge head by applying a drive pulse to a drive element of the liquid discharge head includes an acquisition step of acquiring a state of a dot formed on a recording medium by the liquid discharged from the nozzle, as a recording condition, and a driving step of applying the drive pulse that varies depending on the recording condition acquired in the acquisition step, to the drive element. The drive pulse may include a first potential, a second potential different from the first potential, and a third potential different from the first potential and the second potential. The second potential may be to be applied after the first potential, and the third potential may be to be applied after the second potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11602931
    Abstract: A liquid discharge method of discharging a liquid from a nozzle of a liquid discharge head by applying a drive pulse to a drive element of the liquid discharge head includes an acquisition step of acquiring a recording condition, and a driving step of applying the drive pulse to the drive element. The drive pulse includes a first potential, a second potential different from the first potential, and a third potential different from the first potential and the second potential. The second potential is to be applied after the first potential, and the third potential is to be applied after the second potential. In the liquid discharge method, in the driving step, the drive pulse having the first potential that varies depending on the recording condition acquired in the acquisition step is applied to the drive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura, Nobuaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20230049327
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound that can be used as a more superior therapeutic agent for central nervous system diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Tetsuya SATO, Takuya MINOWA, Yusuke HOSHIKA, Hidekazu TOYOFUKU, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro SOTA, Shuuji KAWANO, Takayuki NAKAMURA, Ryohei ETO, Takuma IKEBUCHI, Kei MORIYAMA, Nobuaki ITO
  • Patent number: 11504965
    Abstract: In the present liquid discharge method, in the driving step, the drive pulse in which a potential change rate during a change from the third potential to the first potential varies depending on the recording condition acquired in the acquisition step is applied to the drive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11491779
    Abstract: A liquid discharge method of discharging a liquid from a nozzle of a liquid discharge head by applying a drive pulse to a drive element of the liquid discharge head includes an acquisition step of acquiring a recording condition including a first discharge characteristic and a second discharge characteristic of the liquid from the liquid discharge head, a determination step of determining the drive pulse to be applied to the drive element, based on the recording condition, and a driving step of applying the drive pulse determined in the determination step to the drive element. In the liquid discharge method, in the determination step, the drive pulse is determined by a determination method subjected to weighting in which a weight of the first discharge characteristic is greater than a weight of the second discharge characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11472184
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus may include a first head unit and a second head unit. The first head unit includes first and second parts. A position of the second part in a first direction is different from that of the first part, and a width is shorter than a width of the first part in a second direction. The second head unit includes a fourth part and a fifth part. A position of the fifth part in the first direction is different from that of the fourth part, and a width is shorter than a width of the fourth part in the second direction. The first head unit and the second head unit are disposed side by side in the second direction. At least a part of the second part and at least a part of the fifth part do not overlap with each other in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11425793
    Abstract: There is provide a printing apparatus including: a transport section that transports a medium in a first direction; a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport section; a signal generation section that outputs a first pulse signal; and a heating section that is provided downstream of the discharge section in the first direction, includes a first heater that generates heat in accordance with a first pulse included in the first pulse signal, and heats the medium, in which the signal generation section adjusts the first pulse in accordance with a heating amount for heating the medium by the heating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masaaki Fujimori, Hironori Endo, Toshiyuki Suzuki, Toru Matsuyama, Ryo Hirabayashi, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11401878
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a target injection time, determining a first crank angle defining a start of fuel injection and a second crank angle defining an end of fuel injection, controlling a fuel injector in an injection start priority mode in which the fuel is injected for the first target injection time from a first time point corresponding to the first crank angle or an injection end priority mode in which the fuel is injected for the second target injection time from a second time point corresponding to a target crank angle, and the controlling including controlling the fuel injector so as to inject the fuel in the injection start priority mode or the injection end priority mode in accordance with an injection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Nakajima, Hidekazu Hironobu, Daiki Yamazaki, Ryuichi Hata, Nobuaki Ito, Yasunori Shinmi
  • Publication number: 20220184972
    Abstract: a?b?0, p?1, q?1, where a is a number of pairs each consisting of two adjacent first head units, b is a number of pairs each consisting of two adjacent second head units, p is a number of first head units, and q is a number of second head units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KANEGAE, Nobuaki ITO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220184947
    Abstract: The width by which the first, second heads overlap each other cross-sectionally along the first direction is greater than the width by which the fifth, sixth heads overlap each other cross-sectionally along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KANEGAE, Nobuaki ITO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 11339739
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine control apparatus including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether a start of the internal combustion engine is complete, determining whether a warm-up of an exhaust catalyst device is needed, acquiring an information on a temperature inside a cylinder, switching an injection mode, and controlling the fuel injector to inject the fuel in accordance with the injection mode, the switching including switching the injection mode to the first injection mode when the start of the internal combustion engine is complete and the warm-up of the exhaust catalyst device is needed, and switching the injection mode to the second injection mode or the third injection mode in accordance with the information on the temperature when the start of the internal combustion engine is complete and the warm-up of the exhaust catalyst device is not needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hironobu, Ryuichi Hata, Daiki Yamazaki, Masatoshi Nakajima, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11331919
    Abstract: The plurality of first nozzles and the plurality of second nozzles are arranged such that a distance between nozzles adjacent to each other in a first direction is a first distance, the support body is provided with a first fixing portion for fixing the first head unit onto the support body and a second fixing portion for fixing the second head unit onto the support body, and a distance between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion in the first direction is a second distance that is different from an integral multiple of the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Nobuaki Ito, Shunsuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11326536
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine control apparatus is configured to control an internal combustion engine including a piston reciprocating in a cylinder and a fuel injector arranged to inject a fuel into a combustion chamber facing the piston in the cylinder. The internal combustion engine control apparatus includes an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling the fuel injector so as to inject the fuel in an injectable area from a first crank angle at which an intake stroke is started to a second crank angle at which a compression stroke is ended, and setting an injection frequency of the fuel injected by the fuel injector in the injectable area. The microprocessor is configured to perform the setting including setting the injection frequency between once and four times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Hata, Daiki Yamazaki, Hidekazu Hironobu, Masatoshi Nakajima, Nobuaki Ito, Takaya Kawana