Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nakazawa

Atsushi Nakazawa 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: 20170232765
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport portion that transports a medium, a printing head that performs printing on the medium, a medium detection device that is arranged upstream of the printing head in a transport direction of the medium and detects a side edge of the medium in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction, and a control unit that controls the transport portion, the printing head, and the medium detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Ryuji MORIYAMA, Hiroyuki MAEDA, Atsushi NAKAZAWA, Noritsuna ROKUHARA
  • Patent number: 9726286
    Abstract: A combination oil ring includes a pair of upper and lower side rails and a spacer expander arranged therebetween, the spacer expander including a plurality of upper pieces and lower pieces alternately arranged in a circumferential direction with the pieces axially and circumferentially apart from each other, a coupling piece coupling pieces adjacent to each other, and flange portions formed standing at inner circumferential-side end portions of the upper pieces and the lower pieces so as to press the side rails, and a through hole being formed in the flange portions, wherein side rail support portions that project axially are formed at portions in the circumferential direction of outer circumferential-side end portions of the upper pieces and the lower pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: TPR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Noriaki Ayuzawa, Atsushi Nakazawa, Masahide Hama, Toshiyuki Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20170169578
    Abstract: An image registration device includes a mapping section for deciding a first mapping for transforming the first image to an environmental map and a second mapping for transforming the second image to an environmental map, a corresponding point pair extractor for extracting a pair of corresponding points by detecting one point in the first image and the corresponding one point in the second image, a rotational mapping deriver for deriving a rotational mapping for registering an image of the first image in the environmental map and an image of the second image in the environmental map with each other, based on positions and local feature amounts of the points in the first and second images, and a registration section for registering the data of the first image with the data of the second image based on the first mapping, the rotational mapping, and the second mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKAZAWA, Christian NITSCHKE
  • Publication number: 20170092912
    Abstract: A desired drying capability is achieved while damage to a film is prevented. A film production method is arranged such that: a production process including a drying step is operated by setting a drying condition, under which to carry out the drying step, for each of at least two periods, the two periods being a first period and a second period later than the first period; the drying condition is changed in at least a part of the first period so as to be enhanced with time; and the drying condition is maintained in the second period so as to be substantially fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiko SHIN, Yuji TAKAOKA, Atsushi NAKAZAWA, Hideyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170002926
    Abstract: A combination oil ring includes a pair of upper and lower side rails and a spacer expander arranged there between, the spacer expander including a plurality of upper pieces and lower pieces alternately arranged in a circumferential direction with the pieces axially and circumferentially apart from each other, a coupling piece coupling pieces adjacent to each other, and flange portions formed standing at inner circumferential-side end portions of the upper pieces and the lower pieces so as to press the side rails, and a through hole being formed in the flange portions, wherein side rail support portions that project axially are formed at portions in the circumferential direction of outer circumferential-side end portions of the upper pieces and the lower pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Noriaki AYUZAWA, Atsushi NAKAZAWA, Masahide HAMA, Toshiyuki SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20170002925
    Abstract: A combination oil ring includes a pair of upper and lower side rails and a spacer expander arranged there between, the spacer expander including a plurality of upper pieces and lower pieces alternately arranged in a circumferential direction with the pieces axially and circumferentially apart from each other, a coupling piece coupling pieces adjacent to each other, and flange portions formed standing at inner circumferential-side end portions of the upper pieces and the lower pieces so as to press the side rails, and a through hole being formed in the flange portions, wherein side rail support portions that project axially are formed at portions in the circumferential direction of outer circumferential-side end portions of the upper pieces and the lower pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Noriaki AYUZAWA, Atsushi NAKAZAWA, Masahide HAMA, Toshiyuki SHIBUYA
  • Patent number: 9527293
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head with liquid ejecting nozzles which eject a liquid onto a recording medium provided in a nozzle surface, a wiper which wipes the nozzle surface, and a cover which is positioned between the recording medium and a rim of the nozzle surface and covers the rim of the nozzle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yosaku Tamura, Atsushi Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20160279951
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head with liquid ejecting nozzles which eject a liquid onto a recording medium provided in a nozzle surface, a wiper which wipes the nozzle surface, and a cover which is positioned between the recording medium and a rim of the nozzle surface and covers the rim of the nozzle surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yosaku TAMURA, Atsushi NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9262680
    Abstract: A point-of-gaze detection device according to the present invention detects a point-of-gaze of a subject toward a surrounding environment. The device includes: an eyeball image obtaining means configured to obtain an eyeball image of the subject; a reflection point estimating means configured to estimate a first reflection point, at which incoming light in an optical axis direction of an eyeball of the subject is reflected, from the eyeball image; a corrected reflection point calculating means configured to calculate a corrected reflection point as a corrected first reflection point by correcting the first reflection point on the basis of a personal parameter indicative of a difference between a gaze direction of the subject and the optical axis direction of the eyeball; and a point-of-gaze detecting means configured to detect the point-of-gaze on the basis of light at the corrected reflection point and light in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Christian Nitschke
  • Patent number: 9249429
    Abstract: Provided is a strain belonging to the genus Aurantiochytrium, the strain being characterized by there being at least 10 mass % of squalene in all the lipids produced by the strain, and by forming colonies exhibiting an orange-to-red color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: University of Tsukuba
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Kunimitsu Kaya, Makato Shiho, Atsushi Nakazawa, Isao Inoue, Daisuke Honda
  • Patent number: 9199489
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to effectively prevent a medium from swelling due to ejected liquid, and prevent a head and the medium from contacting each other. When “strong rubbing prevention” is selected in the “rubbing prevention settings”, the margin amount of the paper P is enlarged and printing is conducted. Therefore, by enlarging the margin amount, the paper can be prevented from swelling due to ejected ink, and the paper and the printing head can be more reliably prevented from contacting each other (paper rubbing).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Ikagawa, Atsushi Nakazawa, Yu Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20150154758
    Abstract: A point-of-gaze detection device according to the present invention detects a point-of-gaze of a subject toward a surrounding environment. The device includes: an eyeball image obtaining means configured to obtain an eyeball image of the subject; a reflection point estimating means configured to estimate a first reflection point, at which incoming light in an optical axis direction of an eyeball of the subject is reflected, from the eyeball image; a corrected reflection point calculating means configured to calculate a corrected reflection point as a corrected first reflection point by correcting the first reflection point on the basis of a personal parameter indicative of a difference between a gaze direction of the subject and the optical axis direction of the eyeball; and a point-of-gaze detecting means configured to detect the point-of-gaze on the basis of light at the corrected reflection point and light in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Christian Nitschke
  • Publication number: 20140292846
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to effectively prevent a medium from swelling due to ejected liquid, and prevent a head and the medium from contacting each other. When “strong rubbing prevention” is selected in the “rubbing prevention settings”, the margin amount of the paper P is enlarged and printing is conducted. Therefore, by enlarging the margin amount, the paper can be prevented from swelling due to ejected ink, and the paper and the printing head can be more reliably prevented from contacting each other (paper rubbing).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa IKAGAWA, Atsushi NAKAZAWA, Yu SHINAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140246834
    Abstract: The present invention prevents anchoring between a space expander and a side rail of a combination oil ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: TPR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Ayuzawa, Atsushi Nakazawa, Masahide Hama, Toshiyuki Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20130288327
    Abstract: Provided is a strain belonging to the genus Aurantiochytrium, the strain being characterized by there being at least 10 mass % of squalene in all the lipids produced by the strain, and by forming colonies exhibiting an orange-to-red color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: NEW BUSINESS INCUBATION NETWORK CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Kunimitsu Kaya, Makato Shiho, Atsushi Nakazawa, Isao Inoue, Daisuke Honda
  • Patent number: 8253534
    Abstract: In a vehicle door control system, a portable unit stores registration of an instruction of automatic door-opening to a vehicle unit, when predetermined registration processing is made on the portable unit. In response to a request signal from the vehicle unit, the portable unit transmits a response signal including an ID code and the instruction of the registered automatic door-opening operation. The vehicle unit unlocks a vehicle door without any manual door-unlocking operation by a user and automatically opens the vehicle door, when the response signal includes the instruction and the ID code matches a predetermined ID code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Kazuya Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20090224879
    Abstract: In a vehicle door control system, a portable unit stores registration of an instruction of automatic door-opening to a vehicle unit, when predetermined registration processing is made on the portable unit. In response to a request signal from the vehicle unit, the portable unit transmits a response signal including an ID code and the instruction of the registered automatic door-opening operation. The vehicle unit unlocks a vehicle door without any manual door-unlocking operation by a user and automatically opens the vehicle door, when the response signal includes the instruction and the ID code matches a predetermined ID code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Kazuya Takasaki
  • Patent number: 7467898
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an optical transceiver that installs a bi-directional optical sub-assembly. The bi-directional sub-assembly is installed within the transceiver and fixed by the holder with a pair of legs put the sub-assembly therebetween. By press-fitting these legs into respective pockets provided in the side of the transceiver, the sub-assembly is to be fixed with the housing. To press-fit the holder completes the fixing and the positioning of the sub-assembly at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070230878
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an optical transceiver that installs a bi-directional optical sub-assembly. The bi-directional sub-assembly is installed within the transceiver and fixed by the holder with a pair of legs put the sub-assembly therebetween. By press-fitting these legs into respective pockets provided in the side of the transceiver, the sub-assembly is to be fixed with the housing. To press-fit the holder completes the fixing and the positioning of the sub-assembly at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7123018
    Abstract: A sampling voltage is periodically applied between contacts of a switch of a device to determine a status of the switch. When a CPU is in a sleep state and the status of the switch is determined closed, the CPU is activated. The sampling voltage when the CPU is in the sleep state is adjusted lower than the one when the CPU is in the wakeup state. This reduces power consumption for the switch status determination. The sampling voltage adjusted at the lower level periodically adjusted to a higher level to reduce errors in the determination due to insulation films on the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakazawa, Nobutomo Takagi