Patents by Inventor Akira Morita

Akira Morita 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: 10589516
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a transfer body, an application unit configured to apply, onto the transfer body, an ink containing a color material, and a transparent transferability improving liquid for improving transferability of the ink onto a recording medium, a transfer unit configured to transfer an ink image formed on the transfer body onto the recording medium by bringing the transfer body into contact with the recording medium, a detection unit configured to detect a region in which the ink remains on the transfer body after the transfer unit transfers the ink image, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection unit, an amount of the transferability improving liquid to be applied to the transfer body by the application unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Morita, Toshimori Miyakoshi, Takao Ogata
  • Patent number: 10573219
    Abstract: A display driver includes a first digital-to-analog (D/A) converter circuit configured to convert upper-bit data of display data into a gradation voltage corresponding to the upper-bit data, a second digital-to-analog (D/A) converter circuit configured to output a reference voltage that is varied in accordance with lower-bit data of the display data, and an inverting amplifier circuit configured to amplify the gradation voltage with reference to the reference voltage and to drive a data line of an electro-optical panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Publication number: 20200035190
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a driving circuit and an output capacitor. The output capacitor includes a first MIM capacitor element including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a first insulating layer, and a second MIM capacitor element including a third metal layer, a fourth metal layer, and a second insulating layer. The first metal layer and the fourth metal layer are electrically coupled to the capacitor drive node, and the second metal layer and the third metal layer are electrically coupled to the voltage output node. The second metal layer is positioned at the third metal layer side with respect to the first metal layer, and the third metal layer is positioned at the second metal layer side with respect to the fourth metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Publication number: 20200027384
    Abstract: A display driver includes a first D/A converter circuit configured to output a gradation voltage corresponding to upper-bit data of display data, a second D/A converter circuit configured to output a reference voltage corresponding to lower-bit data of the display data, and an inverting amplifier circuit configured to amplify the gradation voltage with reference to the reference voltage, and to drive a data line of an electro-optical panel. The second D/A converter circuit includes a first resistor provided between a node of a high potential-side power source and an output node of the reference voltage, a second resistor provided between the output node and a first node, a reference voltage ladder resistance circuit provided between the first node and a node of a low potential-side power source, and a switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Patent number: 10500841
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming unit which forms an ink image by discharging and applying ink containing at least a resin and a liquid component as an ink droplet onto a transfer body, a liquid removing unit which removes the liquid component in the ink image, a transfer unit which transfers removes the image, from which the liquid component is removed, onto a recording medium, a fixing unit which performs heating and pressing fixing on the image formed on the recording medium by pressing a fixing substrate, a liquid adhesion determination unit which determines whether a liquid adheres to a surface of the fixing substrate, and a liquid removing condition changing unit which changes a liquid removing condition of the liquid removing unit based on the determination result of the liquid adhesion determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eisuke Nishitani, Keiichirou Takeuchi, Akira Morita, Kanako Soma, Takumi Otani, Fumihiro Goto, Koichiro Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 10490115
    Abstract: A display driver includes a digital-to-analog (D/A) converting circuit, an inverting amplifier circuit, and current compensating circuits. The D/A converting circuit converts display data into a gradation voltage. The inverting amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier, a resistor provided between an input node to which the gradation voltage is input and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and a resistor provided between an output terminal of the operational amplifier and the inverting input terminal. The current compensating circuit causes a compensation current to flow from a first node of a first supply voltage to an input node. The current compensating circuit causes a compensation current to flow from the input node to a second node of a second supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Publication number: 20190266937
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a reception circuit including a non-inverted input terminal and an inverted input terminal, a first signal line electrically coupling a non-inverted input terminal of the reception circuit and the first input terminal and having a first coupling node and a second coupling node, a second signal line electrically coupling an inverted input terminal of the reception circuit and the second input terminal and having a third coupling node and fourth coupling node, a first variable capacitance circuit having an end coupled to the first coupling node and another end coupled to the second coupling node, and a second variable capacitance circuit having an end coupled to the third coupling node and another end coupled to the fourth coupling node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun ISHIDA, Akira MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190235561
    Abstract: A display driver includes a driving circuit including an amplifier circuit and configured to cause the amplifier circuit to output a data voltage corresponding to display data, a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate a reference voltage supplied to a reference current source of the amplifier circuit and output the reference voltage to an output node, and a setting circuit configured to set a voltage of the output node of the reference voltage generation circuit. The setting circuit includes a capacitor having one end connected with the output node, and a control circuit configured to control a voltage of another end of the capacitor based on an enable signal to change a voltage of the output node from a first voltage at which a reference current flowing in the reference current source is off, toward the reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Patent number: 10360870
    Abstract: A display driver includes a plurality of output terminals that output a plurality of data signals to an electro-optical panel, and a drive circuit including a plurality of drive units that output the plurality of data signals. Each drive unit includes an amplification circuit and a drive assistance circuit assisting drive performed by the amplification circuit. Drive assistance capability of the drive assistance circuit of an ith drive unit changes on the basis of gradation change information of a drive unit other than the ith drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Patent number: 10339890
    Abstract: A display device having a driver that drives load lines in an electro-optical panel through capacitor charge redistribution is provided with a first driving capacitance circuit that drives the load lines, and a second driving capacitance circuit that drives output of a D/A conversion circuit for outputting a voltage corresponding to a driving voltage. Settling time of the output of the D/A conversion circuit is shortened by controlling the second driving capacitance circuit to set the output of the D/A conversion circuit to a desired output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Patent number: 10339868
    Abstract: A display driver includes a driving circuit and a control circuit. An electro-optical panel includes plural sampling sections respectively provided for a predetermined number of plural source lines. The control circuit causes a relative time relationship between an ith graded output period of the driving circuit and an ith active period of an enable signal when a sampling operation is enabled for the ith sampling section to differ from a relative time relationship between a jth graded output period of the driving circuit and a jth active period of the enable signal when the sampling operation is enabled for the jth sampling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Patent number: 10308043
    Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of image defects. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a liquid absorbing device including a porous body configured to absorb/remove an aqueous liquid component from an image containing the aqueous liquid component and a coloring material, a heat drying device configured to perform a heat drying treatment of the image after being subjected to the liquid absorption treatment, a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the image after being subjected to the heat drying treatment with the heat drying device, and a determination unit configured to determine the state of the liquid absorbing device from the measured temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eisuke Nishitani, Takao Ogata, Akira Morita, Takumi Otani, Toshimori Miyakoshi
  • Patent number: 10297222
    Abstract: A driver and an electronic device include a capacitor driving circuit and a capacitor circuit having a plurality of capacitors provided between a plurality of capacitor driving nodes and a data voltage output terminal. The capacitor driving circuit has a plurality of driving units that output capacitor driving voltages, and in the case where a capacitance of one of the plurality of capacitors is the highest, after a driving unit that drives that capacitor has outputted a capacitor driving voltage, the next driving unit outputs the next capacitor driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Publication number: 20190147789
    Abstract: A display driver includes a first digital-to-analog (D/A) converter circuit configured to convert upper-bit data of display data into a gradation voltage corresponding to the upper-bit data, a second digital-to-analog (D/A) converter circuit configured to output a reference voltage that is varied in accordance with lower-bit data of the display data, and an inverting amplifier circuit configured to amplify the gradation voltage with reference to the reference voltage and to drive a data line of an electro-optical panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Patent number: 10290249
    Abstract: A driver and an electronic device include a driving circuit having a plurality of data line driving circuits that drive a plurality of data lines in an electro-optical panel, a measurement circuit that measures a voltage in the data lines, and a computation circuit that computes a correction coefficient for correcting display data. Based on a measurement result, the computation circuit computes the correction coefficient that changes in accordance with a coupling capacitance between one data line and a data line adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Patent number: 10262824
    Abstract: Operation coil drive device of electromagnetic contactor includes current detector and drive controller. The detector, when switching control is performed on operation coils of the contactor, detects coil current flowing through the coils. The controller controls an on/off time ratio of a semiconductor switching element wherein the on/off time ratio during close circuit control becomes larger than the on/off time ratio during holding control. Power supply voltage is switchingly applied to the coils at the on/off time ratio. The controller includes a determination locus setter and a close circuit state determiner. The setter sets a determination locus that continuously increases along a change locus of detected coil current during close circuit control. The determiner determines a contact point close circuit state by contact of a movable contact to a fixed contact based on deviation between the determination locus by the setter and the detected coil current detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Matsuo, Akira Morita, Takahiro Taguchi, Kosuke Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20190088229
    Abstract: A display driver includes a D/A converter circuit configured to convert display data into a gradation voltage, an amplifier circuit including an input node to which the gradation voltage is input and configured to output data voltage, and a supply circuit configured to supply an auxiliary current or an auxiliary electrical charge to the input node of the amplifier circuit. In an auxiliary period, an output of the D/A converter circuit is in a high impedance state, and the supply circuit supplies the auxiliary current or the auxiliary electrical charge to the input node of the amplifier circuit. In a non-auxiliary period after the auxiliary period, the D/A converter circuit outputs the gradation voltage to the input node of the amplifier circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190072813
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a heat dissipation substrate, a first integrated circuit device disposed on the heat dissipation substrate, that drives the electro-optical panel, a second integrated circuit device, disposed on the heat dissipation substrate, that carries out interface processing between the electro-optical panel and an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190073940
    Abstract: A display driver includes a digital-to-analog (D/A) converting circuit, an inverting amplifier circuit, and current compensating circuits. The D/A converting circuit converts display data into a gradation voltage. The inverting amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier, a resistor provided between an input node to which the gradation voltage is input and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and a resistor provided between an output terminal of the operational amplifier and the inverting input terminal. The current compensating circuit causes a compensation current to flow from a first node of a first supply voltage to an input node. The current compensating circuit causes a compensation current to flow from the input node to a second node of a second supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190009518
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming unit which forms an ink image by discharging and applying ink containing at least a resin and a liquid component as an ink droplet onto a transfer body, a liquid removing unit which removes the liquid component in the ink image, a transfer unit which transfers removes the image, from which the liquid component is removed, onto a recording medium, a fixing unit which performs heating and pressing fixing on the image formed on the recording medium by pressing a fixing substrate, a liquid adhesion determination unit which determines whether a liquid adheres to a surface of the fixing substrate, and a liquid removing condition changing unit which changes a liquid removing condition of the liquid removing unit based on the determination result of the liquid adhesion determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Eisuke Nishitani, Keiichirou Takeuchi, Akira Morita, Kanako Soma, Takumi Otani, Fumihiro Goto, Koichiro Nakazawa