Patents by Inventor Wataru Sugawara

Wataru Sugawara 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: 11036203
    Abstract: A fabrication system for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates, according to a fabrication condition and fabrication data, a three-dimensional object to be fabricated according to the fabrication data and corrects the fabrication data according to an estimation result of the three-dimensional object estimated by the processing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Sugawara, Hiroshi Maeda, Yoshinobu Takeyama, Tsukasa Matsuoka, Yoichi Ito, Shingo Nagatsuka
  • Publication number: 20200001529
    Abstract: A fabrication prediction system includes processing circuitry configured to acquire fabrication data for each layer and a setting of fabrication condition to fabricate a fabrication object, predict a deformation of the fabrication object for each layer in time series from starting of a fabrication of the fabrication object based on the fabrication data for each layer and the setting of fabrication condition, and calculate correction data for each layer based on the deformation of the fabrication object for each layer in time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Sugawara, Tsukasa MATSUOKA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Yasuaki YOROZU
  • Publication number: 20190286104
    Abstract: A fabrication system for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates, according to a fabrication condition and fabrication data, a three-dimensional object to be fabricated according to the fabrication data and corrects the fabrication data according to an estimation result of the three-dimensional object estimated by the processing circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Sugawara, Hiroshi Maeda, Yoshinobu Takeyama, Tsukasa Matsuoka, Yoichi Ito, Shingo Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 8265476
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to compare the present and last date-time information when performing the present photographing operation and to newly count a number of photographed subject images when the present date-time information is not within the predetermined period from the last date-time information and to continuously count the number of photographed subject images when the present date and time information is within the predetermined period from the last date-time information, and a displaying unit having an exit screen displayed when the imaging apparatus is turned off and to display the number of the photographed subject images on the exit screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wataru Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20120098989
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit that capture image data, a display that displays the image data, a calendar that provides current time and date information, and a determination unit that classifies the image data by determining which one of plural different scene categories corresponds to the image data. The apparatus also includes a count unit that obtains the current time and data information from the calendar, adds the image data to the time and date information and increments a number of images captured today corresponding to the scene category classified by the determination unit when a date of a currently captured image data is the same as a date in a previously captured image data. A display unit displays, on the display, the number of images captured today corresponding to each of the plural different scene categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Wataru SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20110249962
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to compare the present and last date-time information when performing the present photographing operation and to newly count a number of photographed subject images when the present date-time information is not within the predetermined period from the last date-time information and to continuously count the number of photographed subject images when the present date and time information is within the predetermined period from the last date-time information, and a displaying unit having an exit screen displayed when the imaging apparatus is turned off and to display the number of the photographed subject images on the exit screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Wataru Sugawara
  • Patent number: 7991284
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to compare the present and last date-time information when performing the present photographing operation and to newly count a number of photographed subject images when the present date-time information is not within the predetermined period from the last date-time information and to continuously count the number of photographed subject images when the present date and time information is within the predetermined period from the last date-time information, and a displaying unit having an exit screen displayed when the imaging apparatus is turned off and to display the number of the photographed subject images on the exit screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wataru Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20100202768
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to compare the present and last date-time information when performing the present photographing operation and to newly count a number of photographed subject images when the present date-time information is not within the predetermined period from the last date-time information and to continuously count the number of photographed subject images when the present date and time information is within the predetermined period from the last date-time information, and a displaying unit having an exit screen displayed when the imaging apparatus is turned off and to display the number of the photographed subject images on the exit screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Wataru Sugawara
  • Patent number: 6548924
    Abstract: A protective device (3) for a hermetic type electromotively driven compressor (1a) includes a protector assembly (30) having a housing (32) with an electric current fuse (34) which detects a predetermined over-current. The housing (32) comprises an electrically insulating skirt member (31) formed so as to block a conductive part on the side facing an external connection terminal. By forming the electrically insulating skirt member (31) of housing (32) for a hermetic type electromotively driven compressor, insulation distance between a conductive part such as the electric current fuse (34) and an external conductive part such as a metal wall part (21) is set to be 9.5 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Furukawa, Yoshihiko Ishikawa, Toshio Shimada, Wataru Sugawara
  • Patent number: 6496339
    Abstract: An electric power supply device 13, combining an overload protector device 3 and a starter device 4 each other, and an equipment using thereof comprises a socket terminal 5 connected to an electric part of the overload protector device 3, and a convex portion 10c opposing to a tip opening portion 5a of the socket terminal 5, which is nearly in conformity with the shape of that tip opening portion and has a little gap therebetween, wherein while keeping superiority in work of assembling external apparatuses onto the terminal pins, prying force caused onto the tip opening portion when the socket terminals of the starter device are fitted onto terminal pins of an external equipment is suppressed, thereby to improve reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Yamada Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Sugawara, Toshio Shimada, Shigeya Kawaminami, Masahiko Niino
  • Publication number: 20020018326
    Abstract: An electric power supply device 13, combining an overload protector device 3 and a starter device 4 each other, and an equipment using thereof comprises a socket terminal 5 connected to an electric part of the overload protector device 3, and a convex portion 10c opposing to a tip opening portion 5a of the socket terminal 5, which is nearly in conformity with the shape of that tip opening portion and has a little gap therebetween, wherein while keeping superiority in work of assembling external apparatuses onto the terminal pins, prying force caused onto the tip opening portion when the socket terminals of the starter device are fitted onto terminal pins of an external equipment is suppressed, thereby to improve reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Wataru Sugawara, Toshio Shimada, Shigeya Kawaminami, Masahiko Niino
  • Publication number: 20010048285
    Abstract: A protective device (3) for a hermetic type electromotively driven compressor (1a) includes a protector assembly (30) having a housing (32) with an electric current fuse (34) which detects a predetermined over-current. The housing (32) comprises an electrically insulating skirt member (31) formed so as to block a conductive part on the side facing an external connection terminal. By forming the electrically insulating skirt member (31) of housing (32) for a hermetic type electromotively driven compressor, insulation distance between a conductive part such as the electric current fuse (34) and an external conductive part such as a metal wall part (21) is set to be 9.5 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Hideharu Furukawa, Yoshihiko Ishikawa, Toshio Shimada, Wataru Sugawara
  • Patent number: 5497286
    Abstract: An overload protective apparatus has fixed contacts connected to at least one pair of fixed terminals secured on the bottom of a case, a dish-shaped polymetallic element, e.g., a bimetal or trimetal having movable contacts bonded thereon so as to oppose the fixed contacts, and an adjusting bolt supporting a central portion of the polymetallic element for maintaining the polymetallic element at a position separate from the bottom of the case, wherein the polymetallic element and the adjusting bolt are accommodated in the case. The polymetallic element used herein is constructed to make a current density around bonding portions for the movable contacts higher than other regions, such that portions around the movable contacts are more susceptible to rupture when an abnormal current flows through the polymetallic element. The polymetallic element is also constructed to prevent degradation of the spring constant thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Shimada, Wataru Sugawara