Patents by Inventor Shinya Yamazaki
Shinya Yamazaki 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: 11958300Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and in which a first measuring area and a second measuring area are provided, a platen disposed to face the recording head, a reference portion disposed on the platen at a position faceable by the recording head; a distance sensor provided on either of the carriage or the reference portion and configured to measure a distance between a measuring area and the reference portion, and a controller that determines an inclination of the carriage with respect to the platen based on a measurement result of the distance sensor, and controls execution of a predetermined process.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11939461Abstract: A non-ohmic composition including a base elastomer and a plurality of non-ohmic particles, wherein, in a case of comparing volume resistivities ? for the non-ohmic composition within a range of E?Eth for the non-ohmic composition not elongated, the E being an electric field strength applied to the non-ohmic composition, the ? being the volume resistivity of the non-ohmic composition, and the Eth being a threshold electric field strength at a point where an absolute value of a variation in a slope of log ? with respect to log E is maximum, the volume resistivity ? for the non-ohmic composition uniaxially elongated by 50% is 50 times or less the volume resistivity ? for the non-ohmic composition not elongated.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Yasuda, Takanori Yamazaki, Shinya Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11935944Abstract: The on-state characteristics of a transistor are improved and thus, a semiconductor device capable of high-speed response and high-speed operation is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device showing stable electric characteristics is made. The semiconductor device includes a transistor including a first oxide layer; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide layer; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; a second oxide layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer over the second oxide layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer. An end portion of the second oxide layer and an end portion of the gate insulating layer overlap with the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hideomi Suzawa, Shinya Sasagawa, Motomu Kurata, Masashi Tsubuku
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Patent number: 11929416Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide, a second oxide over the first oxide, a first insulator over the second oxide, a first conductor over the first insulator, and a second conductor and a third conductor over the second oxide. The second conductor includes a first region and a second region, the third conductor includes a third region and a fourth region, the second region is positioned above the first region, the fourth region is positioned above the third region, and each of the second conductor and the third conductor contains tantalum and nitrogen. The atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the first region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region, and the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the third region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Ryo Tokumaru, Shinya Sasagawa, Tomonori Nakayama
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Patent number: 11919296Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge liquid to a medium, an abnormal nozzle detection unit configured to detect an abnormal nozzle having a discharging defect among the plurality of nozzles, a contact detection unit configured to detect contact between the head and the medium, a suction unit configured to perform an ejection operation of ejecting the liquid from the plurality of nozzles, and a control unit. The control unit executes a suction operation when the abnormal nozzle is detected and the contact between the head and the medium is detected, and the control unit executes a printing of complementing the abnormal nozzle when the abnormal nozzle is detected and the contact between the head and the medium is not detected.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinya Yamazaki, Tomohiro Yoda
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Publication number: 20240074240Abstract: A high-resolution or high-definition display device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Ryota HODO, Shinya SASAGAWA, Yoshikazu HIURA, Takahiro FUJIE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 11802017Abstract: An ultrasonic apparatus includes a first ultrasonic sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to an object and receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the object, a second ultrasonic sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to the object and receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the object, an determination circuit that outputs an error signal when the difference between a first distance between the first ultrasonic sensor and the object calculated based on ultrasonic wave transmission and reception processing using the first ultrasonic sensor and a second distance between the second ultrasonic sensor and the object calculated based on ultrasonic wave transmission and reception processing using the second ultrasonic sensor is equal to or greater than a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Yamada, Hikaru Iwai, Shinya Yamazaki, Osamu Murayama
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Patent number: 11789386Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, the transporting belt including a surface on which the medium is able to be supported, a washing unit configured to wash the surface using a liquid, an ultrasonic sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave onto the surface and receive the ultrasonic wave reflected from the surface, and a control unit configured to determine a remaining state of the liquid on the surface based on a result of detection by the ultrasonic sensor, in which the ultrasonic sensor transmits the ultrasonic wave onto at least part of the transporting belt, from downstream of the washing unit to upstream of the recording unit, in a rotation direction of the transporting belt.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuya Yumoto, Junpei Yamashita, Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki, Nobuaki Kamiyama, Shigenori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230234382Abstract: A recording device includes a holding part that holds a roll body of a recording medium, a rotation mechanism that rotates the roll body, a pair of transport rollers that transport the recording medium by nipping and rotating the recording medium, a recording part that performs recording on the transported recording medium, a first detection part that detects a leading end of the recording medium, and a notification part that notifies information, wherein whether or not the leading end is detected by the first detection part is monitored in a first monitoring operation in a state in which nipping by the pair of transport rollers is released, and when the leading end has been detected by the first detection part, a first notification operation of causing the notification part to notify that the leading end has been detected by the first detection part is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Tomohiro YODA, Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230158796Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium to perform recording, a carriage mounted with the recording head, and configured to perform scanning, a liquid receiving portion disposed so as to face the recording head, so that the recording head discards the ink into the liquid receiving portion, a distance sensor configured to measure a position of a top portion in a vertical direction of a deposit formed by the ink deposited in the liquid receiving portion, and a control unit configured to determine, based on a result of the measurement by the distance sensor, whether the deposit in the liquid receiving portion needs to be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventor: Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230146770Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of acquiring information about a communication apparatus capable of communicating with the information processing apparatus performs a first execution step of, based on the information processing apparatus being capable of executing a timing notification function, causing the information processing apparatus to execute the timing notification function, and a second execution step of, based on the information processing apparatus being incapable of executing the timing notification function, causing the information processing apparatus to execute an immediate notification function, wherein the timing notification function is a function of, based on it being determined that the information about the communication apparatus satisfies an output condition, causing a notification that is based on the notification information to be output, and wherein the immediate notification function is a function of, without based on the information about the communication apparatus, cType: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20230079017Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the medium, an ultrasonic wave sensor including a transmission unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the medium and a reception unit configured to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted by the transmission unit, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the recording unit, based on an imaging result from the imaging unit and a detection result from the ultrasonic wave sensor. The transmission unit and the reception unit are positioned sandwiching the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Yuya YUMOTO, Junpei YAMASHITA, Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230068296Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head for performing recording on a recording medium, a transporter for transporting the recording medium, a platen for supporting the recording medium, a heater for heating the recording medium supported by the platen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit causes the heater to heat the recording medium at a predetermined and constant heating temperature, causes the recording head and the transporter to record a first test pattern of a predetermined recording density, and a second test pattern of a recording density different from the predetermined recording density on the recording medium, and the recording density of the first test pattern and the recording density of the second test pattern can be set in the heater, and are associated with heating temperature different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230053888Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, the transporting belt including a surface on which the medium is able to be supported, a washing unit configured to wash the surface using a liquid, an ultrasonic sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave onto the surface and receive the ultrasonic wave reflected from the surface, and a control unit configured to determine a remaining state of the liquid on the surface based on a result of detection by the ultrasonic sensor, in which the ultrasonic sensor transmits the ultrasonic wave onto at least part of the transporting belt, from downstream of the washing unit to upstream of the recording unit, in a rotation direction of the transporting belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Yuya YUMOTO, Junpei YAMASHITA, Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230057854Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section capable of recording on a medium, a transport belt that is provided with adhesive capable of adhering with the medium and that is capable of transporting the medium, an ultrasonic sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves to the surface of the adhesive and that receives ultrasonic waves reflected from the surface, and a controller capable of determining the state of the surface based on the detection result of the ultrasonic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Yuya YUMOTO, Junpei YAMASHITA, Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230016614Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and in which a first measuring area and a second measuring area are provided, a platen disposed to face the recording head, a reference portion disposed on the platen at a position faceable by the recording head; a distance sensor provided on either of the carriage or the reference portion and configured to measure a distance between a measuring area and the reference portion, and a controller that determines an inclination of the carriage with respect to the platen based on a measurement result of the distance sensor, and controls execution of a predetermined process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20220417373Abstract: A method for an information processing apparatus, the method including firstly acquiring information regarding a communication apparatus configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus, secondly acquiring notification information created by a management server configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus, executing a first determination process for determining whether the acquired information regarding the communication apparatus satisfies an output condition corresponding to information included in the acquired notification information, and in response to determining in the first determination process that the information regarding the communication apparatus satisfies the output condition, outputting a notification based on the notification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11402500Abstract: A sonic wave sensor unit includes an element substrate having a transmitting element having a transmission side piezoelectric element and transmitting a sonic wave to a medium, and a receiving element having a reception side piezoelectric element and a reception side vibrating surface and receiving a sonic wave reflected by the medium, a sonic wave sensor including a sealing substrate configured to seal the transmission side piezoelectric element and the reception side piezoelectric element, and a holder disposed on a side opposite to the element substrate with respect to the sealing substrate in a ?Z direction and fixed to the sealing substrate, wherein a through hole penetrating the holder in the ?Z direction is formed in the holder, and, in plan view viewed in the ?Z direction, the reception side vibrating surface is disposed inside a wall surface of the holder constituting the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinya Yamazaki, Osamu Murayama
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Publication number: 20220161551Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge liquid to a medium, an abnormal nozzle detection unit configured to detect an abnormal nozzle having a discharging defect among the plurality of nozzles, a contact detection unit configured to detect contact between the head and the medium, a suction unit configured to perform an ejection operation of ejecting the liquid from the plurality of nozzles, and a control unit. The control unit executes a suction operation when the abnormal nozzle is detected and the contact between the head and the medium is detected, and the control unit executes a printing of complementing the abnormal nozzle when the abnormal nozzle is detected and the contact between the head and the medium is not detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Shinya YAMAZAKI, Tomohiro YODA
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Publication number: 20220020366Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to make a division of a content of a talk input by a user into talk content elements for each of topics of the talk content elements, and change a display mode of digest information representing the content and to be displayed on a display screen of a third party. The display mode is changed on a basis of a relationship between the topics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Nami TOKUNAGA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Tsuyoshi SAITO, Noriji KATO