Patents by Inventor Shota MORIKAWA

Shota MORIKAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140087
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is configured to execute first and second printing operations including forming a first layer by ejecting a first liquid to first and second regions, and forming a second layer by ejecting a second liquid on the first layer in the second region. In the first printing operation, the first liquid in a first predetermined amount is ejected to the first region and the first liquid in a second predetermined amount is ejected to the second region. In the second printing operation, the first liquid in a third predetermined amount is ejected to the first region and the first liquid in a fourth predetermined amount is ejected to the second region such that an absolute value of a difference between the fourth predetermined amount and the third predetermined amount is larger than that of a difference between the second predetermined amount and the first predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11960948
    Abstract: In a printing device, a head ejects ink on each of a plurality of printing media. Each of the plurality of printing media is classified into one of a plurality of media types. A control device acquires image data, and performs a halftone process to convert the image data to print data for controlling the head to eject the ink. The control device controls the head to eject the ink to print the image on the basis of the print data. Before the controlling, the control device acquires media information indicating, as an indicated media type, a media type from among the plurality of media types; and performs a decision process to decide a target conversion method from among a plurality of conversion methods on the basis of the indicated media type. The halftone process converts the image data to the print data according to the target conversion method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shota Morikawa, Kodai Mizuno, Hitomi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20240099989
    Abstract: There are no drugs or food medicines that can prevent or ameliorate, among side effects caused by drugs, particularly peripheral neuropathy that is caused by anticancer drugs such as oxaliplatin. An agent for preventing or ameliorating peripheral neuropathy including at least one selected from xylitol, L-talitol, and D-threitol as an active ingredient can ameliorate tingling limbs, limb pain, decreased deep tendon reflexes, muscle weakness, allodynia, hyperalgesia, hand fine motor skill disability, gait disturbance, stumbling, falling, flexion impairment (difficulty or inability to sit on one's knees, cross-legged, sideways, in a chair, etc.), limb paralysis, or the like, induced by drugs such as anticancer drugs or diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: KINKI UNIVERSITY, KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shozo NISHIDA, Masanobu TSUBAKI, Tomoya TAKEDA, Toshio MORIKAWA, Shota KAJIYAMA, Satoru ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240040061
    Abstract: A printing device includes a print head, a measuring member, and a controller. The print head prints a patch chart on a print medium. The patch chart includes a plurality of first patches and one or more second patches. Each first patch has a predetermined color. Each second patch has a user specified color represented by an input color value. The measuring member measures a color of a patch. The controller performs a second-patch measurement process to control the measuring member to measure a color of each second patch a plurality of times to acquire a plurality of color values for the each second patch. The controller calculates an average value of at least two of the plurality of color values for the each second patch, and generates a table correlating an input color value with the average value as a measured color value for the each second patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240040062
    Abstract: The printing device includes a print head, a plurality of measuring members, and a controller. The print head is configured to print a patch chart on a print medium. The patch chart includes a plurality of patches including a plurality of first patches and one or more second patches. Each first patch has a predetermined color. Each second patch has a user specified color represented by an input color value. Each of the plurality of measuring members is configured to measure a color of a patch. The controller is configured to perform: a second-patch measurement process to control each of the plurality of measuring members to measure a color of each second patch to acquire a plurality of color values for the each second patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240040063
    Abstract: A printing device prints a patch chart including a plurality of first patches having a predetermined color and one or more second patches having a user specified color. A measuring member measures a color of a patch. The patch chart includes a plurality of patch columns having two or more patches among the plurality of patches arranged linearly. In a case that a patch column of the plurality of patch columns includes a second patch of the plurality of second patches, a controller performs a calibration process to calibrate the measuring member by controlling the measuring member to measure a color of a reference; and after the calibration process is completed, a color measurement process for a patch included in the patch column including the second patch, the color measurement process for the patch being to control the measuring member to measure a color of the patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11863726
    Abstract: A printing device comprises a head configured to print an image having a plurality of pixels on a printing medium based on image data, an input device configured to obtain an input of designating a pixel of the image, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the printing device to print, on a same printing medium, a first patch group containing a plurality of patches, and a second patch group containing patches corresponding to the designated pixel designated via the input device, the second patch group containing a pair of patches, a color difference of the pair of patches contained in the second patch group being smaller than a color difference of a pair of patches with a smallest color difference among the plurality of patches contained in the first patch group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shota Morikawa
  • Patent number: 11853822
    Abstract: A printing device comprises a head including nozzles configured to eject ink and is configured to print, with use of the ink, an image having a plurality of pixels on a printing medium, an input device configured to receive information designating a pixel in the image, and a controller. The controller performs judging a priority of a designated color of a designated pixel designated by the information designating the pixel, determining one of conditions including a number, sizes, and the number and sizes of the designated patches of the designated color, based on the priority judged by the judging, and printing a patch chart containing the designated patch according to the one of the conditions on the printing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shota Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20230382128
    Abstract: A colorimetry system includes: a color measuring unit; a moving unit; and a controller. The controller executes a color measuring operation for a plurality of patches included in a patch chart printed on a print medium on the basis of patch information. The plurality of patches includes a first patch; and a second patch. The patch information includes information on the first patch and the second patch. The color measuring operation includes: a first color measuring operation; and a second color measuring operation. The first color measuring operation measures a color of the first patch with the color measuring unit while the moving unit moves the color measuring unit relative to the print medium. The second color measuring operation measures a color of the second patch with the color measuring unit while the moving unit does not move the color measuring unit relative to the print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11787174
    Abstract: When a print data creation program is executed by a computer, the computer performs the following processing. The computer acquires image data representing a print image from a storage. The computer divides the print image represented by the acquired image data into a plurality of divided images of a desired resolution. The computer creates print data to be printed by a print device, from at least one of the plurality of divided images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kayanaka, Shota Morikawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Masashi Ueda, Masashi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230316027
    Abstract: In a printing device, a head ejects ink on each of a plurality of printing media. Each of the plurality of printing media is classified into one of a plurality of media types. A control device acquires image data, and performs a halftone process to convert the image data to print data for controlling the head to eject the ink. The control device controls the head to eject the ink to print the image on the basis of the print data. Before the controlling, the control device acquires media information indicating, as an indicated media type, a media type from among the plurality of media types; and performs a decision process to decide a target conversion method from among a plurality of conversion methods on the basis of the indicated media type. The halftone process converts the image data to the print data according to the target conversion method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shota MORIKAWA, Kodai MIZUNO, Hitomi MIWA
  • Publication number: 20230289549
    Abstract: A printing device comprises a head including nozzles configured to eject ink and is configured to print, with use of the ink, an image having a plurality of pixels on a printing medium, an input device configured to receive information designating a pixel in the image, and a controller. The controller performs judging a priority of a designated color of a designated pixel designated by the information designating the pixel, determining one of conditions including a number, sizes, and the number and sizes of the designated patches of the designated color, based on the priority judged by the judging, and printing a patch chart containing the designated patch according to the one of the conditions on the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11750763
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions instruct a computer to perform processes including an acquisition step and a color chart creation step. The acquisition step includes acquiring a specified color. The color chart creation step includes creating a color chart in which a plurality of color patches are arranged. The color patches are based on the specified color acquired by the acquisition step and have a color within a color gamut that is based on print settings of a printer. The color chart creation step includes creating a first color chart and a second color chart. The first color chart is the color chart based on first print settings of the printer. The second color chart is the color chart based on second print settings of the printer different from the first print settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota Morikawa, Tsubasa Umetsu, Ikumi Okutsu
  • Patent number: 11743413
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions instruct a computer to perform processes including an acquisition step, a determination step, and a display step. The acquisition step includes acquiring a specified color. The determination step includes determining whether a device-independent color based on the specified color is present within a first color gamut based on first print settings of a printer. The display step includes displaying, when it is determined by the determination step that the device-independent color is present within the first color gamut, second print settings of the printer. The second print settings are different from the first print settings and with which the device-independent color is present within a second color gamut that is based on the second print settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20230171366
    Abstract: A printing device comprises a head configured to print an image having a plurality of pixels on a printing medium based on image data, an input device configured to obtain an input of designating a pixel of the image, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the printing device to print, on a same printing medium, a first patch group containing a plurality of patches, and a second patch group containing patches corresponding to the designated pixel designated via the input device, the second patch group containing a pair of patches, a color difference of the pair of patches contained in the second patch group being smaller than a color difference of a pair of patches with a smallest color difference among the plurality of patches contained in the first patch group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shota MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230113162
    Abstract: This rotary electric machine includes: an electric motor; a power supply unit including a heat-dissipation member, a power module, and a cover covering the heat-dissipation member and the power module; and a coolant path. A connection portion connecting the electric motor and the power supply unit is provided between the housing and the power supply unit. A cylindrical portion of the cover extends toward the one side in the axial direction and covers the connection portion from the radially outer side. The coolant path is provided at one or both of the heat-dissipation member and an area between the heat-dissipation member and the housing. The coolant path overlaps the power module as seen in the axial direction. The cylindrical portion of the cover has an opening through which a coolant passes, at a circumferential-direction position different from a circumferential-direction position on the radially outer side of the connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MURAKAMI, Hiroyuki Higashino, Jun Tahara, Shota Morikawa, Yoshinobu Utsumi, Yosuke Uno
  • Patent number: 11620091
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions instruct a computer to perform processes including an acquisition step, a determination step, and a display step. The acquisition step includes acquiring a specified color. The determination step includes determining whether a device-independent color based on the specified color is present within a first color gamut based on first print settings of a printer. The display step includes displaying, when it is determined that the device-independent color is not present within the first color gamut, second print settings of the printer. The second print settings are different from the first print settings and cause a distance between the device-independent color and a second color gamut that is based on the second print settings to be smaller than a distance between the device-independent color and the first color gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Morikawa
  • Patent number: 11570328
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a head having nozzles; and a controller. The controller executes: a first recording processing of discharging liquid from the nozzles with respect to a first area of a recording medium, based on first image data, and a second recording processing of discharging the liquid from the nozzles with respect to a second area, of the recording medium, which overlaps with or is adjacent to the first area based on second image data, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the first recording processing. The controller further executes a determining processing of determining the predetermined time based on color information of the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20220360145
    Abstract: With an object, of providing a rotating electric machine such that a reduction in size can be achieved, and a balance between a cooling performance and vibration resistance can be achieved, a multiple of connection portions formed of a first connection portion and a second connection portion that mechanically connect a rotating electric machine main body and a power converter are provided on a non-external device connection portion side bracket in the rotating electric machine main body and a heat dissipating member in the power converter, cross-sectional centers of the first connection portion and the second connection portion are caused to be positioned farther to an inner diameter side than an outer diameter of a stator, and a power module is disposed between two connection portions neighboring in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HIGASHINO, Yosuke UNO, Saburo TANAKA, Toshiaki KASHIHARA, Yoshinobu UTSUMI, Jun TAHARA, Hiroyuki YAHARA, Takaya MUTO, Shota MORIKAWA, Naohide MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11479051
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a processor sets a target printing method for printing a target image to one of a bidirectional printing method and a unidirectional printing method. In a case where the bidirectional printing method is set as the target printing method: the processor executes both a first generation process and a second generation process. The first generation process generates first partial print data by converting a set of partial image data using a first color conversion profile. The second generation process generates second partial print data by converting another set of partial image data using a second color conversion profile. In a case where the unidirectional printing method is set as the target printing method, the processor executes a third generation process generating third partial print data by converting a set of partial image data using a third color conversion profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Arakane, Masashi Kuno, Shota Morikawa