Patents by Inventor Azusa Hirano

Azusa Hirano 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: 20180229493
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt that includes a suction hole connected to a suction chamber, and conveys a tablet while sucking the tablet to the suction hole; an ink jet print head that has a nozzle surface where a nozzle is formed, and is located above the conveyor belt such that the nozzle surface faces the conveyor belt, and performs printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt; and a control plate that is located on the upstream side of the print head in the conveying direction of the tablet between the conveyor belt and the height position of the nozzle surface of the print head, and controls an airflow generated between the conveyor belt and the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azusa HIRANO, Yasutsugu Tsuruoka, Yuki Umemura, Junsuke Komito
  • Publication number: 20180194132
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a tablet printing apparatus and a tablet printing method that can perform printing with high quality by ejecting ink droplets to a tablet with a various posture from a plurality of nozzles. [Solution] A tablet printing apparatus includes: inclined posture detector (23, 100) that detects an inclined posture of a conveyed tablet with respect to a conveying surface; a printer including an inkjet head 21 equipped with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting an ink droplet, the printer performing printing on the conveyed tablet by ejecting ink to the conveyed tablet from the plurality of nozzles; and a controller 100 for adjusting preset printing data corresponding to an inclined posture of the tablet detected by the inclined posture detector such that predetermined printing is performed on the tablet, wherein the printer performs printing on the tablet based on printing data adjusted by the printing data adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azusa HIRANO, Yasutsugu TSURUOKA, Junsuke KOMITO
  • Publication number: 20180170068
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing device 1 includes: a conveyer 10 configured to convey a tablet T; a laser displacement meter 30 configured to emit laser beams to the tablet T conveyed by the conveyer 10 and receive the laser beams reflected by the tablet T; a determination unit 81 configured to determine whether there is a split line on the upper surface of the tablet T conveyed by the conveyer 10 based on an output value of the laser displacement meter 30; and a printing unit 50 configured to perform printing on the tablet T conveyed by the conveyer 10 based on a determination result obtained by the determination unit 81.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORAITON
    Inventors: Azusa HIRANO, Yasutsugu TSURUOKA
  • Publication number: 20180086059
    Abstract: To provide a tablet printing apparatus that can prevent drying of ink on the tip end of each nozzle of an inkjet printing mechanism, when a tablet does not arrive at a print position. A tablet printing apparatus includes: conveyor mechanism 17 that conveys sequentially fed tablets by moving a conveyor belt 171; an inkjet printing mechanism that performs printing on a tablet in a print position; a suction mechanism 174a that holds a tablet on the surface of the conveyor belt in a predetermined area including at least the print position by sucking in air; determination means (S15) that determines whether a tablet arrives at the print position; and head retreat means (32, S21) that retreats an inkjet head 31 such that a tip end part of each of the nozzles of the inkjet printing mechanism goes away from the surface of the conveyor belt, when it is determined that a tablet does not arrive at the print position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo IKUTA, Hitoshi AOYAGI, Azusa HIRANO, Hikaru HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20180015726
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; an inkjet head configured to eject ink from a nozzle to a tablet conveyed by the conveyor to perform printing; an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the inkjet head; a moving device configured to change the height of the ink tank; and a control unit configured to control the moving device. The control unit controls the moving device to change the height of the ink tank based on a use amount of the ink figured out in advance to maintain a head difference between the height of the liquid level of the ink in the ink tank and the height of a nozzle forming surface, where the nozzle is formed in the inkjet head, at a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi AOYAGI, Azusa HIRANO, Yasutsugu TSURUOKA
  • Patent number: 9242681
    Abstract: A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the drive's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Azusa Hirano, Eiichi Ishida, Kenichi Ishido
  • Publication number: 20140300140
    Abstract: A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the drive's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Azusa Hirano, Eiichi Ishida, Kenichi Ishido
  • Patent number: 8801086
    Abstract: A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the driver's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Azusa Hirano, Eiichi Ishida, Kenichi Ishido
  • Publication number: 20130270867
    Abstract: A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the driver's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Azusa Hirano, Eiichi Ishida, Kenichi Ishido
  • Patent number: 8485589
    Abstract: A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body is disclosed. The cabin system includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the drive's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Azusa Hirano, Eiichi Ishida, Kenichi Ishido
  • Publication number: 20110241379
    Abstract: A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body is disclosed. The cabin system includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the drive's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Azusa Hirano, Eiichi Ishida, Kenichi Ishido