Patents by Inventor Yuji Hatanaka

Yuji Hatanaka 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: 20110051196
    Abstract: A print control apparatus is provided, which controls a printing apparatus that performs printing using a plurality of color inks including a white ink. The print control apparatus includes a toning white designation unit that designates a plurality of partial regions in a print region where the printing by the printing apparatus is performed, and designating at least one of sets of density values and color specification values with respect to a toning white that is defined by a combination of the density value and the color specification value in a predetermined color system with respect to the partial regions; and a print control unit that controls a first image forming unit that forms a color image on the print region and a second image forming unit that forms a toning white image on the partial regions in which the sets of the density values and the color specification values are designated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Yoshihiko Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20110050792
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, an ink containing hollow resin particles, and a moisturizing liquid that contains a humectant and that does not contain a thickener, the viscosity of which is increased by drying, or a colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Yuji Hatanaka, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20110050791
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, a first ink containing hollow resin particles, and a second ink which does not contain a colorant and which contains a permeating liquid that permeates to the inside of the hollow resin particles and a fixing resin compound for fixing the permeating liquid, the fixing resin compound having an average particle diameter equal to or less than the average particle diameter of the hollow resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Yuji Hatanaka, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 7533956
    Abstract: A method of recording control includes ejecting first liquid to a recording medium and a recessed portion that is situated at the outside of at least one of sides of the recoding medium thereby a recording is performed without a margin at the at least one of the sides of the recording medium; and ejecting second liquid to the recessed portion to wash away the first liquid in the recessed portion in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroshi Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20090046120
    Abstract: There is provided a resistance generating device including a resistance generating unit disposed inside the rotation axis, the resistance generating unit having an inner ring and an outer ring, one of the inner ring and the outer ring being combined with the rotation axis and the other one of the inner ring and the outer ring being combined with the fixed part, the one being rotated with respect to the other while generating a rotational resistance, and a switch part disposed inside a surface of the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji HATANAKA, Yuki MORIYA, Namiki TAKESHI
  • Publication number: 20070297461
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 7283570
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20070154184
    Abstract: A digital signal recording device including: a digital broadcasting receiver which receives a digital broadcasting signal; an analog tuner which receives an analog broadcasting signal in which an analog video signal and an analog audio signal are multiplexed; a video A/D converter which converts to a digital video signal; a recording selection unit which selects the digital signal received by the digital broadcasting receiver or the signal multiplexed by the multiplexer; a recording unit which records the digital signal selected by the recording selection unit; and wherein the digital signal recording device is operable in a first mode in which the received digital signal is recorded and in a second mode in which the multiplexed digital signal is recorded, and the clock selecting unit selects the clock inputted from the first clock generator in the first mode and selects the internal clock in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7197229
    Abstract: A digital signal recording device or a digital signal recording and playback device which receives an inputted digital signal having a predetermined packet format and including a digital video signal and a digital audio signal. The device also receives an inputted analog video signal and an inputted analog audio signal, converts the analog video signal and the analog audio signal to a digital video signal and a digital audio signal, compresses the digital video signal and the digital audio signal and multiplexes the compressed digital video signal and the compressed digital audio signal to produce a multiplexed digital signal having the selected one of the inputted digital signal and the multiplexed digital signal as a digital recording signal, and records the digital recording signal to produce a recorded digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7123631
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20060197983
    Abstract: A method of recording control includes ejecting first liquid to a recording medium and a recessed portion that is situated at the outside of at least one of sides of the recoding medium thereby a recording is performed without a margin at the at least one of the sides of the recording medium; and ejecting second liquid to the recessed portion to wash away the first liquid in the recessed portion in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroshi Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20050185934
    Abstract: A digital signal recording device or a digital signal recording and playback device which receives an inputted digital signal having a predetermined packet format and including a digital video signal and a digital audio signal. The device also receives an inputted analog video signal and an inputted analog audio signal, converts the analog video signal and the analog audio signal to a digital video signal and a digital audio signal, compresses the digital video signal and the digital audio signal and multiplexes the compressed digital video signal and the compressed digital audio signal to produce a multiplexed digital signal having the selected one of the inputted digital signal and the multiplexed digital signal as a digital recording signal, and records the digital recording signal to produce a recorded digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6920279
    Abstract: A digital signal recording device or a digital signal recording and playback device which receives an inputted digital signal having a predetermined packet format and including a digital video signal and a digital audio signal. The device also receives an inputted analog video signal and an inputted analog audio signal, converts the analog video signal and the analog audio signal to a digital video signal and a digital audio signal, compresses the digital video signal and the digital audio signal, and multiplexes the compressed digital video signal and the compressed digital audio signal to produce a multiplexed digital signal having the predetermined packet format. The device outputs a selected one of the inputted digital signal and the multiplexed digital signal as a digital recording signal, and records the digital recording signal to produce a recorded digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroo Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20050152686
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 6826202
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 6813283
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20030193973
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/ reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20020159485
    Abstract: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, the supplied broadcasting signal is recorded, and the recorded program can be immediately reproduced without complicated manipulating operations during the signal reproducing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yuji Yamamoto, Kenji Katsumata, Takumi Okamura, Takuya Matsumoto, Shuko Sei, Yuji Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20020141736
    Abstract: A digital signal recording device or a digital signal recording and playback device which receives an inputted digital signal having a predetermined packet format and including a digital video signal and a digital audio signal. The device also receives an inputted analog video signal and an inputted analog audio signal, converts the analog video signal and the analog audio signal to a digital video signal and a digital audio signal, compresses the digital video signal and the digital audio signal, and multiplexes the compressed digital video signal and the compressed digital audio signal to produce a multiplexed digital signal having the predetermined packet format. The device outputs a selected one of the inputted digital signal and the multiplexed digital signal as a digital recording signal, and records the digital recording signal to produce a recorded digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6397000
    Abstract: In a recording device, a recording and playback device and a receiving, recording and playback device in a system for receiving, recording and playing back a digital signal, a digital signal recording and playing back device having the function of converting an analog television signal to a digital television signal, and recording and reproducing the digital signal includes A/D converters for an analog video signal and an analog audio signal, encoders for compressing the analog video and audio signals, encoders for compressing the video and audio signals, a multiplexer for multiplexing the compressed video and audio signals, and a selector for selecting one of a received digital signal and the compressed multiplexed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hatanaka, Hiroo Okamoto