Patents by Inventor Takayuki Sekine

Takayuki Sekine 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: 20240108607
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula [3] or a salt thereof and a method of making the in the formula, L3 represents a group represented by Formula [2c] wherein R3c, R4c, R5c and R6c are the same as or different from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; p3 represents an integer of 1 to 3; q3 represents an integer of 0 to 3; and r3 represents an integer of 1 to 6; A1 represents any one of the groups represented by Formulae [4] to [9], wherein * represents a binding position; and R7 represents a carboxyl-protecting group; and m represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUKUNAGA, Sachiko SHINJO, Daisuke NAKAGAWA, Shinichiro SEKINE, Takayuki YAMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11653089
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a sensor unit, a front engine that generates compressed raw image data by processing image data acquired from the sensor unit, a main engine that executes a development process on the compressed raw image data acquired from the front engine, and a display unit that displays an image. The front engine controls the display unit to display an image based on the image data acquired from the sensor unit, and the main engine records the image data subjected to the development process in a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Shingo Nozawa, Takayuki Sekine
  • Publication number: 20220337750
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a sensor unit, a front engine that generates compressed raw image data by processing image data acquired from the sensor unit, a main engine that executes a development process on the compressed raw image data acquired from the front engine, and a display unit that displays an image. The front engine controls the display unit to display an image based on the image data acquired from the sensor unit, and the main engine records the image data subjected to the development process in a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Shingo Nozawa, Takayuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 11412138
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a sensor unit, a front engine that generates compressed raw image data by processing image data acquired from the sensor unit, a main engine that executes a development process on the compressed raw image data acquired from the front engine, and a display unit that displays an image. The front engine controls the display unit to display an image based on the image data acquired from the sensor unit, and the main engine records the image data subjected to the development process in a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Shingo Nozawa, Takayuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 11172180
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine a target region; an output unit configured to output a predetermined light to the target region; a detection unit configured to detect intrusion of an object to the target region by detecting the predetermined light, wherein, in accordance that the intrusion of an object to the target region is detected by the detection unit in a state of outputting the predetermined light to a first region, the determination unit is further configured to determine a second region as the target region wherein the second region is larger than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Koike, Takayuki Sekine
  • Publication number: 20210058552
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a sensor unit, a front engine that generates compressed raw image data by processing image data acquired from the sensor unit, a main engine that executes a development process on the compressed raw image data acquired from the front engine, and a display unit that displays an image. The front engine controls the display unit to display an image based on the image data acquired from the sensor unit, and the main engine records the image data subjected to the development process in a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Shingo Nozawa, Takayuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 10603910
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a recording element configured to generate thermal energy and a discharge orifice disposed at a position facing the recording element. A bubble is generated in liquid by the thermal energy, liquid between the bubble and the discharge orifice is discharged from the discharge orifice by the pressure of the generated bubble, and the bubble communicates with the atmosphere on the outside of the discharge orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shintaro Kasai, Akiko Hammura, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200092525
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine a target region; an output unit configured to output a predetermined light to the target region; a detection unit configured to detect intrusion of an object to the target region by detecting the predetermined light, wherein, in accordance that the intrusion of an object to the target region is detected by the detection unit in a state of outputting the predetermined light to a first region, the determination unit is further configured to determine a second region as the target region wherein the second region is larger than the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Koike, Takayuki Sekine
  • Publication number: 20190232653
    Abstract: A recording element board includes a discharge orifice configured to discharge liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the discharge orifice, a recording element configured to generate thermal energy to cause bubbling of the liquid, the recording element being disposed in the pressure chamber facing the discharge orifice, and a substrate on which the recording element is formed. When the recording element is driven and the liquid of within the pressure chamber is discharged, a generated bubble communicates with the atmosphere. A discharge orifice projection region where the discharge orifice has been projected on the substrate includes a region includes a region extending beyond a heat-generating region projection region where the heat-generating region of the recording element has been projected on the substrate, the outline of the discharge orifice projection region is circumscribed by the outline of the heat-generating region projection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Takatsugu Moriya, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akiko Hammura, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 10293607
    Abstract: A recording element board includes a discharge orifice configured to discharge liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the discharge orifice, a recording element configured to generate thermal energy to cause bubbling of the liquid, the recording element being disposed in the pressure chamber facing the discharge orifice, and a substrate on which the recording element is formed. When the recording element is driven and the liquid of within the pressure chamber is discharged, a generated bubble communicates with the atmosphere. A discharge orifice projection region where the discharge orifice has been projected on the substrate includes a region includes a region extending beyond a heat-generating region projection region where the heat-generating region of the recording element has been projected on the substrate, the outline of the discharge orifice projection region is circumscribed by the outline of the heat-generating region projection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takatsugu Moriya, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akiko Saito, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20190111678
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a recording element configured to generate thermal energy and a discharge orifice disposed at a position facing the recording element. A bubble is generated in liquid by the thermal energy, liquid between the bubble and the discharge orifice is discharged from the discharge orifice by the pressure of the generated bubble, and the bubble communicates with the atmosphere on the outside of the discharge orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shintaro Kasai, Akiko Hammura, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 10201972
    Abstract: A recording element substrate includes: a substrate on which a plurality of energy generating elements that generate energy used for ejecting liquid are arranged side by side, an ejection port forming member in which ejection ports are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of energy generating elements, a plurality of supply passages which are channels extending in a thickness direction of the substrate and through which liquid is supplied to the energy generating elements, and a support member that is formed between the substrate and the ejection port forming member and supports the ejection port forming member, in which supply ports that are apertures of the plurality of supply passages are linearly arranged side by side on the substrate, and a plurality of support members are provided side by side between adjacent supply ports on the substrate in a direction in which the supply ports are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akiko Saito, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 10195848
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a recording element configured to generate thermal energy and a discharge orifice disposed at a position facing the recording element. A bubble is generated in liquid by the thermal energy, liquid between the bubble and the discharge orifice is discharged from the discharge orifice by the pressure of the generated bubble, and the bubble communicates with the atmosphere on the outside of the discharge orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shintaro Kasai, Akiko Saito, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170334203
    Abstract: A recording element substrate includes: a substrate on which a plurality of energy generating elements that generate energy used for ejecting liquid are arranged side by side, an ejection port forming member in which ejection ports are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of energy generating elements, a plurality of supply passages which are channels extending in a thickness direction of the substrate and through which liquid is supplied to the energy generating elements, and a support member that is formed between the substrate and the ejection port forming member and supports the ejection port forming member, in which supply ports that are apertures of the plurality of supply passages are linearly arranged side by side on the substrate, and a plurality of support members are provided side by side between adjacent supply ports on the substrate in a direction in which the supply ports are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Akiko Saito, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 9731504
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head having at least one energy generation element for generating heat to be used for ejecting a liquid includes an insulating layer which is provided in contact with a substrate and supports the energy generation element; at least one heat transmitting layer which is composed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the insulating layer and which is provided, in the insulating layer, between the energy generation element and the substrate; and a heat transmitting member which thermally connects the at least one heat transmitting layer and the substrate, wherein the heat transmitting member is connected to an area, on the heat transmitting layer, excluding an area directly below the energy generation element in a position interposed between the energy generation element and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Sekine, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Masataka Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9707751
    Abstract: A transfer-type ink jet recording apparatus including an intermediate image forming unit for applying an ink containing a resin to an intermediate transfer member to form an intermediate image and a transfer unit for transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The apparatus further includes a heating unit for heating the intermediate image to a temperature equal to or higher than the minimum film forming temperature of the resin and a cooling unit for cooling the intermediate image heated by the heating unit to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature of the resin to supply the image to the transfer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Nishitani, Takumi Otani, Takayuki Sekine, Koichiro Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20170197411
    Abstract: A recording element board includes a discharge orifice configured to discharge liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the discharge orifice, a recording element configured to generate thermal energy to cause bubbling of the liquid, the recording element being disposed in the pressure chamber facing the discharge orifice, and a substrate on which the recording element is formed. When the recording element is driven and the liquid of within the pressure chamber is discharged, a generated bubble communicates with the atmosphere. A discharge orifice projection region where the discharge orifice has been projected on the substrate includes a region includes a region extending beyond a heat-generating region projection region where the heat-generating region of the recording element has been projected on the substrate, the outline of the discharge orifice projection region is circumscribed by the outline of the heat-generating region projection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Takatsugu Moriya, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akiko Saito, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20170197410
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a recording element configured to generate thermal energy and a discharge orifice disposed at a position facing the recording element. A bubble is generated in liquid by the thermal energy, liquid between the bubble and the discharge orifice is discharged from the discharge orifice by the pressure of the generated bubble, and the bubble communicates with the atmosphere on the outside of the discharge orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shintaro Kasai, Akiko Saito, Shinji Kishikawa, Takayuki Sekine, Shuzo Iwanaga, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160375680
    Abstract: A transfer-type ink jet recording apparatus including an intermediate image forming unit for applying an ink containing a resin to an intermediate transfer member to form an intermediate image and a transfer unit for transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The apparatus further includes a heating unit for heating the intermediate image to a temperature equal to or higher than the minimum film forming temperature of the resin and a cooling unit for cooling the intermediate image heated by the heating unit to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature of the resin to supply the image to the transfer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Eisuke Nishitani, Takumi Otani, Takayuki Sekine, Koichiro Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9527314
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes forming first and second liquid composition aggregated layers by respectively applying first and second liquid compositions containing resin to a recording medium using an ink jet recording head; performing heating and pressurization of the medium in a first fixation step using a first fixing unit; and performing heating and pressurization of the medium in a second fixation step using a second fixing unit followed by cooling to separate the medium from the second fixing unit. MFT1>MFT2 and T1>MFT1?T2>MFT2?T3 are satisfied, where MFT1, MFT2 are, respectively, minimum film forming temperatures of the first and second liquid composition aggregated layers, and T1, T2, and T3 are temperatures of the first and second liquid composition aggregated layers upon heating and pressurization in first and second fixation steps and upon separation in second fixation step, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuto Moriguchi, Eisuke Nishitani, Koichiro Nakazawa, Takumi Otani, Takayuki Sekine