Patents by Inventor Shingo Tsubotani
Shingo Tsubotani 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: 9289981Abstract: An object is to provide a head drive unit that prevents an increase in viscosity of inks in nozzles even when a head is present outside an image forming region and also provide an inkjet printer, and the head drive unit includes: a drive signal output device 31 that outputs either a discharge signal or a meniscus oscillation signal to each head; a cycle generator 326 that generates a cyclic oscillation timing signal for the meniscus oscillation signal; an input interruption detector 324 that detects that input of a print timing signal is interrupted; and a drive signal selector 32 that selects the meniscus oscillation signal as a drive signal output from the drive signal output device and continuously applies the meniscus oscillation signal to all nozzles of each head in synchronization with an oscillation timing signal when interruption of the input of the print timing signal is detected.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Naoya Komada, Shingo Tsubotani
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Publication number: 20150314592Abstract: According to the present invention, the temperature of a head unit is more reliably controlled. A control device for inkjet head, which controls the temperature of a head unit in an inkjet head that is provided with the head unit for ejecting an ink and a heating unit for heating the ink within the head unit. This control device for inkjet head is provided with: a first control unit which controls the action of the heating unit so that the temperature of the head unit is at a first temperature; and a second control unit which stops the action of the heating unit in cases where the temperature of the head unit reaches a second temperature or higher, said second temperature being higher than the first temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Shingo TSUBOTANI, Akira TAKEYA
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Publication number: 20150174898Abstract: An object is to provide a head drive unit that prevents an increase in viscosity of inks in nozzles even when a head is present outside an image forming region and also provide an inkjet printer, and the head drive unit includes: a drive signal output device 31 that outputs either a discharge signal or a meniscus oscillation signal to each head; a cycle generator 326 that generates a cyclic oscillation timing signal for the meniscus oscillation signal; an input interruption detector 324 that detects that input of a print timing signal is interrupted; and a drive signal selector 32 that selects the meniscus oscillation signal as a drive signal output from the drive signal output device and continuously applies the meniscus oscillation signal to all nozzles of each head in synchronization with an oscillation timing signal when interruption of the input of the print timing signal is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Naoya Komada, Shingo Tsubotani
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Patent number: 7413279Abstract: An inkjet printer, including a recording head having a nozzle to jet ink droplets, a control section to control jetting of the ink droplets from the nozzle of the recording head at predetermined driving conditions for jetting the ink droplets, a velocity detecting section to detect ink droplets jetting velocity from the nozzle of the recording head, a temperature detecting section to detect temperature of the recording head or ambient temperature of the recording head, a first changing section to change the driving conditions to alter the ink droplets jetting velocity to a targeted velocity based on detected results of the velocity detecting section, and a second changing section to change the driving conditions at a time differing from a time of the first changing section to alter the ink droplets jetting velocity to the targeted velocity based on the detected results of the temperature detecting section.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Takayuki Kato, Shingo Tsubotani
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Patent number: 7192110Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: exchangeable first and second ink cartridges; a recording head which jets ink to a recording medium; an intermediate tank which receives the ink from the ink cartridge and supplies the ink to the recording head; a detecting sensor which detects whether ink residual quantity of an ink cartridge is not more than predetermined quantity based on ink quantity in the intermediate tank; a switching section which, if the ink residual quantity is not more than the predetermined quantity, switches the ink cartridge for supplying the ink to the intermediate tank; a first detector which detects the reset of the first ink cartridge; a second detector which detects the reset of the second ink cartridge; and a controller which, if the first ink cartridge is reset, controls the switching section to switch the second ink cartridge to the first ink cartridge, for supplying the ink.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Yamamoto, Tetsushi Aoki, Takashi Muramatsu, Minoru Maekawara, Shingo Tsubotani
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Publication number: 20060082605Abstract: An inkjet printer, including a recording head having a nozzle to jet ink droplets, a control section to control jetting of the ink droplets from the nozzle of the recording head at predetermined driving conditions for jetting the ink droplets, a velocity detecting section to detect ink droplets jetting velocity from the nozzle of the recording head, a temperature detecting section to detect temperature of the recording head or ambient temperature of the recording head, a first changing section to change the driving conditions to alter the ink droplets jetting velocity to a targeted velocity based on detected results of the velocity detecting section, and a second changing section to change the driving conditions at a time differing from a time of the first changing section to alter the ink droplets jetting velocity to the targeted velocity based on the detected results of the temperature detecting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Takayuki Kato, Shingo Tsubotani
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Publication number: 20050035985Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: exchangeable first and second ink cartridges; a recording head which jets ink to a recording medium; an intermediate tank which receives the ink from the ink cartridge and supplies the ink to the recording head; a detecting sensor which detects whether ink residual quantity of an ink cartridge is not more than predetermined quantity based on ink quantity in the intermediate tank; a switching section which, if the ink residual quantity is not more than the predetermined quantity, switches the ink cartridge for supplying the ink to the intermediate tank; a first detector which detects the reset of the first ink cartridge; a second detector which detects the reset of the second ink cartridge; and a controller which, if the first ink cartridge is reset, controls the switching section to switch the second ink cartridge to the first ink cartridge, for supplying the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Yamamoto, Tetsushi Aoki, Takashi Muramatsu, Minoru Maekawara, Shingo Tsubotani