Patents by Inventor Akira Kida

Akira Kida 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: 20250044465
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus includes a plurality of unit structures each having a semiconductor layer that converts radiation into a charge, the unit structures being arranged to form an array, and a coupling member that couples two of the unit structures adjacent to each other in the array. The coupling member is formed from a material capable of being used as a vapor deposition material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO HOSHINA, YOSHITO SASAKI, TAKAAKI GONDA, YOSHITAKA OTSUBO, AKIRA KIDA
  • Publication number: 20240418875
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus including a sensor panel including a first surface provided with a pixel array and an electrical connector and a second surface, and a base configured to support the second surface through first and second members, is provided. In an orthogonal projection to the first surface, the electrical connector is provided between a region provided with the first member provided to overlap the pixel array and an outer edge of the panel and the second member is provided to overlap the electrical connector. The second member is fixed to at least one of the second surface, the base, and the first member, and a passage extending from the first member to the outer edge is provided between the second surface and the base not to overlap the second member in an orthogonal projection to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: KAITO MIYASHITA, TAKAAKI GONDA, TOMOHIRO HOSHINA, AKIRA KIDA
  • Patent number: 12109798
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a conveyance path, a double-sided conveyance path, and first and second charge eliminators. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium having first and second surfaces in a first direction through the conveyance path to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit on the first surface. The recording medium then passes through the double-sided conveyance path before recording is performed on the second surface. The first charge eliminator eliminates charges from the first surface and is disposed at a position downstream of a junction between the conveyance path and the double-sided conveyance path in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction. The second charge eliminator eliminate charges from the second surface and is disposed downstream of the junction in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Akira Kida, Masashi Hayashi, Atsushi Arai
  • Patent number: 12082966
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus, comprising: a radiation detection panel configured to detect incident radiation and convert the detected incident radiation into an electric signal; a housing including the radiation detection panel and having a front surface into which the radiation is incident, a back surface at a position opposed to the front surface, and a side surface positioned between the front surface and the back surface; and a light source included in the housing, configured to emit light indicating a state of the radiation imaging apparatus, wherein the light source is arranged inside the outer shape of the radiation detection panel, obtained by projecting the radiation detection panel onto the back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Kida
  • Patent number: 12059902
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that includes an ejection port surface provided with ejection ports through which liquid is ejected, a wiping unit, a depressurizing unit, and detection unit. The wiping unit has an opening and wipes the ejection port surface by moving in a predetermined direction while the opening abuts against the ejection port surface. The depressurizing unit applies negative pressure to the ejection port surface via the opening. The detection unit detects an ejection state of the ejection ports. After driving the depressurizing unit when the opening abuts against the ejection port surface, the suction operation sucks the liquid from the ejection ports while moving the wiping unit. The suction operation is performed from a first ejection port detected as an ejection-failed ejection port by the detection unit under a suction condition different from suction conditions of the ejection ports other than the first ejection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Shuichi Tokuda, Takahiro Kiuchi, Koki Kudo, Yuka Tani, Akira Kida
  • Patent number: 12047677
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a first module including a first detection unit configured to detect radiation that has passed through an object; a second module including a second detection unit configured to detect the radiation that has passed through the object and the first detection unit; and a control unit configured to control the first module and the second module in accordance with a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a first mode in which each of the first detection unit and the second detection unit captures a radiation image, and a second mode in which, of the first detection unit and the second detection unit, the first detection unit captures a radiation image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Kida, Motoki Tagawa
  • Patent number: 12036795
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a print head, a recovery unit, a type obtaining unit, a threshold obtaining unit, and a calculation unit. The print head forms an image by applying a recording material to a recording medium. The recovery unit performs a recovery operation for recovering an ejection state of the print head. The type obtaining unit obtains a type of the recording medium on which the image is to be recorded. The threshold obtaining unit obtains a threshold for performing the recovery operation corresponding to the obtained type of the recording medium. The calculation unit calculates a count-up value by adding, in response to recording on the recording medium, an addition value set for each of types of recording media. The recovery operation is performed in a case where the count-up value calculated by the calculation unit exceeds the threshold obtained by the threshold obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Hayashi, Atsushi Arai, Takaaki Ishida, Akira Kida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20240176033
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation detector, a control circuit board, a support base, a wiring circuit board, and a first shield member. The radiation detector detects radiation and the control circuit board controls the radiation detector. The support base has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and holds the radiation detector on the first surface and the control circuit board on the second surface. The wiring circuit board connects the radiation detector and the control circuit board to each other at a side surface of the support base. The wiring circuit board has a surface-mount component mounted on the wiring circuit board. The first shield member blocks the radiation and disposed between the surface-mount component and the support base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAAKI GONDA, TOMOHIRO HOSHINA, AKIRA KIDA, KAITO MIYASHITA
  • Patent number: 11987063
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: an apparatus body held by a user and provided with a printing unit configured to perform printing in a case of being moved in a first direction; a first guide unit configured to guide the movement in the first direction; a second guide unit rotatably held with respect to a structure fixed to the apparatus body and configured to guide movement in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a drive unit configured to be connected with the second guide unit and to rotate the second guide unit so that the structure moves to the second direction relative to the second guide unit by driving of the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakai, Tetsuyo Ohashi, Akira Kida, Sho Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240142642
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation detection sensor, a support base, a bonding member, and a wiring member. The radiation detection sensor is configured to detect radiation and is formed using a flexible substrate. The support base supports radiation detection sensor. The bonding member bonds a first region of the radiation detection sensor to the support base. The first region is located in a central portion of the radiation detection sensor. The wiring member is connected to a predetermined edge portion of the radiation detection sensor. A second region is a region of the radiation detection sensor that includes the predetermined edge portion, and the second region opposes the support base but is not adhered to the support base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: AKIRA KIDA, TAKAAKI GONDA, TOMOHIRO HOSHINA, KAITO MIYASHITA
  • Patent number: 11840064
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveying unit, a supporting unit, and a static elimination unit. The conveying unit conveys a recording medium in a first direction to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit. The supporting unit supports the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit and includes an abutment surface that abuts the recording medium when the supporting unit supports the recording medium. The static elimination unit eliminates static from the recording medium in a static elimination portion. The static elimination portion is not provided at a position opposed to the abutment surface and is provided at a position not opposed to the abutment surface in the supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Akira Kida, Takaaki Ishida, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Atsushi Arai, Masashi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230100801
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a print head, a recovery unit, a type obtaining unit, a threshold obtaining unit, and a calculation unit. The print head forms an image by applying a recording material to a recording medium. The recovery unit performs a recovery operation for recovering an ejection state of the print head. The type obtaining unit obtains a type of the recording medium on which the image is to be recorded. The threshold obtaining unit obtains a threshold for performing the recovery operation corresponding to the obtained type of the recording medium. The calculation unit calculates a count-up value by adding, in response to recording on the recording medium, an addition value set for each of types of recording media. The recovery operation is performed in a case where the count-up value calculated by the calculation unit exceeds the threshold obtained by the threshold obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi Hayashi, Atsushi Arai, Takaaki Ishida, Akira Kida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo
  • Patent number: 11613138
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a tank configured to contain ink; a print head configured to eject ink supplied from the tank; a supply flow path through which liquid is supplied from the tank to the print head; a collection flow path through which liquid is collected from the print head to the tank; a circulation unit configured to circulate ink inside a circulation flow path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path; and a cooling unit configured to cool the tank by blowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Kida, Hideaki Nagahara, Hiroyuki Saito, Takao Kawai, Nanae Uchinuno, Toshimitsu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11584134
    Abstract: A print head can suppress contamination due to ink at the time of being mounted on a printing apparatus and/or after being detached from the printing apparatus. For this purpose, a positioning pin longer than a needle is provided in a joint unit of the print head, and the joint unit includes a shutter which closes an opening on a supply side and an opening on a collection side when the print head is detached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Shimoyama, Soji Kondo, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
  • Publication number: 20230035842
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: an apparatus body held by a user and provided with a printing unit configured to perform printing in a case of being moved in a first direction; a first guide unit configured to guide the movement in the first direction; a second guide unit rotatably held with respect to a structure fixed to the apparatus body and configured to guide movement in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a drive unit configured to be connected with the second guide unit and to rotate the second guide unit so that the structure moves to the second direction relative to the second guide unit by driving of the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakai, Tetsuyo Ohashi, Akira Kida, Sho Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220410591
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a conveyance path, a double-sided conveyance path, and first and second charge eliminators. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium having first and second surfaces in a first direction through the conveyance path to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit on the first surface. The recording medium then passes through the double-sided conveyance path before recording is performed on the second surface. The first charge eliminator eliminates charges from the first surface and is disposed at a position downstream of a junction between the conveyance path and the double-sided conveyance path in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction. The second charge eliminator eliminate charges from the second surface and is disposed downstream of the junction in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Akira Kida, Masashi Hayashi, Atsushi Arai
  • Publication number: 20220388314
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveying unit, a supporting unit, and a static elimination unit. The conveying unit conveys a recording medium in a first direction to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit. The supporting unit supports the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit and includes an abutment surface that abuts the recording medium when the supporting unit supports the recording medium. The static elimination unit eliminates static from the recording medium in a static elimination portion. The static elimination portion is not provided at a position opposed to the abutment surface and is provided at a position not opposed to the abutment surface in the supporting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Akira Kida, Takaaki Ishida, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Atsushi Arai, Masashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11518174
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head ejecting ink, a tank reserving ink to be supplied to the print head and a joint unit being capable of connecting the print head and the tank to each other. The joint unit has a connecting portion for supplying ink to the print head and a shaft that is rotatable by a drive source so as to move in an axial direction. The connecting portion moves together with the shaft. The print head includes a head joint connectable to the connecting portion and an engaging portion engageable with one end of the shaft. The shaft is rotated to be engaged with the engaging portion so that the head joint and the connecting portion are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuji Kurata, Akira Kida, Atsushi Kohnotoh
  • Publication number: 20220313193
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus, comprising: a radiation detection panel configured to detect incident radiation and convert the detected incident radiation into an electric signal; a housing including the radiation detection panel and having a front surface into which the radiation is incident, a back surface at a position opposed to the front surface, and a side surface positioned between the front surface and the back surface; and a light source included in the housing, configured to emit light indicating a state of the radiation imaging apparatus, wherein the light source is arranged inside the outer shape of the radiation detection panel, obtained by projecting the radiation detection panel onto the back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Akira Kida
  • Publication number: 20220305793
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that includes an ejection port surface provided with ejection ports through which liquid is ejected, a wiping unit, a depressurizing unit, and detection unit. The wiping unit has an opening and wipes the ejection port surface by moving in a predetermined direction while the opening abuts against the ejection port surface. The depressurizing unit applies negative pressure to the ejection port surface via the opening. The detection unit detects an ejection state of the ejection ports. After driving the depressurizing unit when the opening abuts against the ejection port surface, the suction operation sucks the liquid from the ejection ports while moving the wiping unit. The suction operation is performed from a first ejection port detected as an ejection-failed ejection port by the detection unit under a suction condition different from suction conditions of the ejection ports other than the first ejection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Shuichi Tokuda, Takahiro Kiuchi, Koki Kudo, Yuka TANI, Akira Kida