Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Arakawa
Hiroaki Arakawa 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).
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Publication number: 20060082605Abstract: An inkjet printer, including a recording head having a nozzle to jet ink droplets, a control section to control jetting of the ink droplets from the nozzle of the recording head at predetermined driving conditions for jetting the ink droplets, a velocity detecting section to detect ink droplets jetting velocity from the nozzle of the recording head, a temperature detecting section to detect temperature of the recording head or ambient temperature of the recording head, a first changing section to change the driving conditions to alter the ink droplets jetting velocity to a targeted velocity based on detected results of the velocity detecting section, and a second changing section to change the driving conditions at a time differing from a time of the first changing section to alter the ink droplets jetting velocity to the targeted velocity based on the detected results of the temperature detecting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Takayuki Kato, Shingo Tsubotani
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Publication number: 20050123338Abstract: A platen on which a recording medium advances, of an inkjet recording apparatus, having: a grooved section formed in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording medium on the platen, to receive oversprayed ink jetted onto the recording medium from a recording head; and a supporting member which moves up to a supporting position and supports the recording medium when the recording medium crosses over the grooved section, wherein the supporting member prevents the recording medium from falling into the grooved section and maintains a stable distance between the recording medium and the recording head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Hiroaki Arakawa
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Patent number: 6899421Abstract: A platen on which a recording medium advances, of an inkjet recording apparatus, having: a grooved section formed in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording medium on the platen, to receive oversprayed ink jetted onto the recording medium form a recording head; and a supporting member which moves up to a supporting position and supports the recording medium when the recording medium crosses over the grooved section, wherein the supporting member prevents the recording medium from falling into the grooved section and maintains a stable distance between the recording medium and the recording head.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Hiroaki Arakawa
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Publication number: 20050035989Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus including: a recording head; a recording medium moving section; a position information detecting section synchronized with a movement of the recording medium moving section; a mark recording section for recording a mark on the recording medium; a mark detecting section for detecting the mark recorded; an analog-to-digital conversion section for converting an output signal; and a control section for obtaining a reference mark position of the mark based on a signal outputted from the mark detecting section and the position information detected, and for determining the amount of recording medium movement on the basis of reference detection position of the mark; wherein analog-to-digital conversion is applied to the output signal from the mark detecting section to get a sampling data, in exact timing with an output of position information, and the control section calculates the reference detection position from the sampling data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Yoshikazu Maekawa
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Patent number: 6843548Abstract: There is described an ink-jet printer, which emits ink particles onto a recording medium to prints an image on the recording medium, and in which moving velocities of the ink particles are detected to perform stable emitting actions of the ink particles. The ink-jet printer includes: an ink-jetting head having a plurality of nozzles from which the ink particles are emitted; a velocity detecting section to detect moving velocities of the ink particles by measuring detection times at each of which each of the ink particles is detected; a calculating section to calculate an average value of the detection times measured by the velocity detecting section; and a head-drive controlling section that compares the average value calculated by the calculating section with a target value established in advance, to change a driving condition for the ink-jetting head so that the average value coincides with the target value.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Yasuhiro Matsui
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Publication number: 20040212648Abstract: An ink jet printer for printing a frameless image on a recording medium, having an image data input section, a recording section having a nozzle for ejecting an ink based on the image data, a carriage for reciprocating the recording section in a primary scanning direction, a recording medium moving section for moving the recording medium in a sub-scanning direction, a detection sensor provided on the carriage for detecting the recording medium, wherein a detection position is set on upstream side of the nozzle. The printer further has a first memory for storing the image data received, a masking section for applying masking processing to image data corresponding to outside of the recording medium in accordance with recording medium existence information, and a control section for controlling to print an image on the recording medium by using the image data applied the masking processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Tetsuo Uno
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Patent number: 6726318Abstract: A microscopic droplet detecting device for detecting a passage of droplets jetted from a nozzle of an ink jetting device, including a droplet detecting section including a paired light emitting and receiving elements, a jet control section to control the ink jetting device to jet droplets serially along the traveling course, and a jetting condition detecting section to detect a jetting condition of the nozzle based on the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Konica CorporationInventor: Hiroaki Arakawa
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Publication number: 20040075708Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus having therein:Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Hiroaki Arakawa
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Publication number: 20040046829Abstract: A platen on which a recording medium advances, of an inkjet recording apparatus, having:Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Hiroaki Arakawa
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Publication number: 20030132981Abstract: There is described an ink-jet printer, which emits ink particles onto a recording medium to prints an image on the recording medium, and in which moving velocities of the ink particles are detected to perform stable emitting actions of the ink particles. The ink-jet printer includes: an ink-jetting head having a plurality of nozzles from which the ink particles are emitted; a velocity detecting section to detect moving velocities of the ink particles by measuring detection times at each of which each of the ink particles is detected; a calculating section to calculate an average value of the detection times measured by the velocity detecting section; and a head-drive controlling section that compares the average value calculated by the calculating section with a target value established in advance, to change a driving condition for the ink-jetting head so that the average value coincides with the target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: KONICA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Yasuhiro Matsui
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Publication number: 20030103131Abstract: A microscopic droplet detecting device for detecting a passage of droplets jetted from a nozzle of an ink jetting device, comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: KONICA CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Arakawa
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Patent number: 6270180Abstract: In an ink jet printer provided with a printing head having an ink chamber, a piezoelectric element and a nozzle tip; the printer is further provided with a drive signal generating circuit for generating drive signals corresponding to image information, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the printing head; and a heating signal generating circuit for generating a heating signal on the basis of the temperature of the printing head measured by the temperature sensor. The piezoelectric element vibrates in response to the heating signal and generates heat so that the ink in the ink chamber is heated.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1998Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Yoshikazu Maekawa, Takashi Horiyama, Kazuo Asano
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Patent number: 5974231Abstract: A driving apparatus for a printer, includes: a first memory for successively storing pixel data by one pixel on the basis of data of a plurality of bits constituting one pixel which represents gradation, which are inputted in parallel, and after storing a predetermined number of pixel data, for outputting in parallel the stored pixel data; a position information signal outputting device provided in accordance with each of outputs from the first memory for outputting a position information signal within a pixel according to each pixel data of the first memory; and a recording device provided in accordance with each of outputs from the position information signal outputting device and driven according to the position information signal within the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1998Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Arakawa, Tatsuro Ooishi, Yoshikazu Maekawa, Osamu Murata, Yutaka Aoki
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Patent number: 5805196Abstract: An image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises: an image processing means for compensating the color and gradation of an inputted color image; a monochromatic CRT; a display means for successively inputting color images, having a plurality of colors, into the monochromatic CRT, and for displaying a plurality of images on the monochromatic CRT as monochromatic images; an optical system for forming the monochromatic image, displayed on the monochromatic CRT, onto a color photographic paper; a plurality of color filters, which are selectively inserted between the monochromatic CRT and the color photographic paper, and convert the monochromatic image into a plurality of monochromatic color images; an exposure luminance setting means for each separation color; and an emitting luminance control means.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1995Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Kenzo Nakanishi, Hiroaki Arakawa, Minoru Yasuda, Toyoaki Sugaya
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Patent number: 5705750Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor detects the time of rise of the first of transmitted waves and also detects peak points Po appearing in the waveform of received waves to detect a waveform reference point where the time-base coordinate of a phantom envelope connecting these peak points Po is a minimum. The time T2 of rise of the first of the received waves is calculated by adding a predetermined period of offset time To to the time t2 of the waveform reference point of the received waves to calculate the elapsed time .DELTA.T from the time of rise of the first transmitted wave to the time of rise of the first received wave. The distance L to an object of measurement is calculated based on the result of calculation. The distance L to the object can be calculated alternatively based on the elapsed time .DELTA.T' from a waveform reference point of the transmitted waves to the waveform reference point of the received waves.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Mizukami, Masashi Yasuda, Hiroaki Arakawa, Mikio Hojo, Toshihiko Matsuhashi, Yoshio Ozawa, Atsushi Ogawa
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Patent number: 5402051Abstract: A robot for cleaning a floor of a railroad vehicle has a robot body equipped with a cleaning mechanism and includes a travel mechanism controllable for locomotion in a desired direction. The robot also includes a distance detecting arrangement directed at least toward the front and opposite sides of the robot body for measuring the distance to an obstacle or a wall, and a map storing arrangement which has stored therein a cleaning region of the floor previously as a two-dimensional map. The robot also includes a path storing arrangement which has stored therein a predetermined path of travel for cleaning the floor as expressed in coordinates on the map. A first control arrangement is provided for recognizing the coordinates of the position of the robot body on the map based on outputs from the distance detecting arrangement when the robot body is placed at an end portion of the floor.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1993Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimori Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Hiratsuka, Yoshiya Yamaue, Hiroaki Arakawa, Daizo Takaoka, Ryuji Suzuki