Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Takahashi

Hiroaki Takahashi 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: 11912019
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a plurality of conveyors configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; an image recording device configured to record an image on the recording medium; a divider disposed downstream of the conveyors and the image recording device in the conveyance direction, the divider being configured to perform a dividing process including dividing the recording medium into a plurality of pieces; and a controller configured to bring the divider into contact with the recording medium to perform the dividing process on the recording medium with holding an upstream side relative to a central position of the recording medium in the conveyance direction by at least two or more of the plurality of conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11897267
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge casing having a liquid storage chamber; a first wall; a second wall; and an air communication passage. The first wall is positioned upward relative to the liquid storage chamber. The second wall is positioned upward relative to the first wall. The air communication passage has a first communication hole in communication with the liquid storage chamber and a communication opening open to an atmosphere. The air communication passage includes: an air chamber defined by the first wall and the second wall and in communication with the liquid storage chamber through the first communication hole; a second communication hole formed in the second wall; and a labyrinth path. The labyrinth path is positioned upward relative to the air chamber, and has one end in communication with the second communication hole and another end in communication with the communication opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Fumio Nakazawa, Naoya Okazaki, Akihito Ono, Kosuke Nukui, Hiroshi Taira, Toyonori Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11897258
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; a first conveyance path through which a print medium is conveyed in a first conveyance direction; an image recording device; a cutter provided downstream of the image recording device and configured to cut the print medium into a first print medium having a first region and a second print medium having a second region; and a controller configured to cause the printing apparatus to: record an image in the first region; after the recording, cut the print medium into the first and second print medium; after the cutting, discharge the first print medium to an outside; after the discharging, convey the second print medium in a second conveyance direction; and after the conveying, record an image in the second region of the second print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240045227
    Abstract: A compact and portable air floating video display apparatus includes a housing that can be installed in a bottle holder in a vehicle. A video display apparatus, a beam splitter, a retroreflector, a retardation plate, and a plane mirror are provided in the housing. In the air floating video display apparatus, a video light of a specific polarized wave from the video display apparatus is reflected by the plane mirror, transmitted through the beam splitter, and subjected to polarization conversion by being reflected by the retroreflector and passing through the retardation plate. Then, the video light is reflected by the beam splitter and transmitted through the window, thereby displaying an air floating video outside the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Koji HIRATA, Koji FUJITA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11890875
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge-attachment section in an insertion direction includes a casing, and a lever supported by the casing. The lever is pivotable about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position. The lever includes a light-blocking portion configured to block or attenuate light traveling in a widthwise direction crossing the insertion direction and a gravitational direction, and a force-receiving portion positioned closer to a front wall of the casing than the light-blocking portion is to the front wall in the insertion direction. The light-blocking portion is positioned lower at the second position than at the first position. The pivot axis is positioned frontward of the light-blocking portion and rearward of the force-receiving portion in the insertion direction. The lever pivots from the second position to the first position upon application of an external force to the force-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Akihito Ono, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Fumio Nakazawa, Kosuke Nukui
  • Publication number: 20240036634
    Abstract: A technique suitable when an air floating video is used as a non-contact user interface is provided. An air floating video display apparatus includes: a sensor for detecting a state of operation including a position of a hand finger of a user with respect to an air region including a plane of the air floating video or an object displayed on the plane; and a fingertip tactile sense generator which generates texture of a sense of touch on the hand finger by forming, based on information detected by the sensor, sound pressure based on an ultrasonic wave in vicinity of a position of the hand finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Koji HIRATA, Koji FUJITA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240026180
    Abstract: An ink set is provided that includes a pretreatment liquid containing a resin (R1), a color ink containing a resin (R2), and a clear ink containing a resin (R3), in which the resin (R1), the resin (R2), and the resin (R3) have an identical type of bonding structure in a repeating unit of a molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Masuda, Hiroaki Takahashi, Masaki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20240001575
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet cutting apparatus including: a cutter including first and second blades and a shifter including an actuator; a signal outputter; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a first cutting processing of moving the first blade in a cutting direction by setting a power value of the actuator to be a first power value; a first determining processing of determining whether abnormality in a moving state of the first blade exists; a first stopping processing of stopping the first blade at a first stop position, in a case that the abnormality is determined to exist; a first returning processing of moving the first blade upstream in the cutting direction; and a second cutting processing of moving the first blade in the cutting direction by setting the power value of the actuator to be a second power value greater than the first power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke ARAI, Isao KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240005825
    Abstract: An aerial floating image display apparatus includes a display apparatus configured to generate an image, a retroreflector configured to reflect image light from the display apparatus, and an imager, and if a plurality of persons appear in a captured image generated by the imager, the aerial floating image display apparatus displays, as an aerial floating image, information for notifying a user of the aerial floating image display apparatus of being peeked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yusuke UCHIYAMA, Koji HIRATA, Koji FUJITA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11851745
    Abstract: A pre-drying processing liquid containing a sublimable substance that changes to gas without passing through to a liquid and a solvent in which the sublimable substance dissolves is supplied to a front surface of a substrate on which a pattern has been formed. Thereafter, the solvent is evaporated from the pre-drying processing liquid on the front surface of the substrate to thereby form a solidified body containing the sublimable substance on the front surface of the substrate. Thereafter, the solidified body is sublimated and thereby removed from the front surface of the substrate. A value acquired by multiplying a ratio of the thickness of the solidified body to the height of the pattern by 100 is greater than 76 and less than 219.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta Sasaki, Masayuki Otsuji, Naozumi Fujiwara, Masahiko Kato, Yu Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230405996
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the disclosure provides an image recording apparatus including a liquid supplying device. The liquid supplying device includes a tank, a cartridge, an atmospheric communication portion, and a recording portion. The tank has a second storage chamber configured to store liquid, a liquid passage in communication with the second storage chamber, and a gas passage in communication with the second storage chamber. The atmospheric communication portion includes a buffer tank defining a buffer chamber configured to store gas, a single communication flow passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with the second storage chamber, and an air communication passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with an atmosphere. When the cartridge is attached to the tank, the buffer chamber is positioned below the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber is positioned below the buffer chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYASHI, Yoshinori OSAKABE, Akinari ISHIBE, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11842592
    Abstract: A medium processing device includes a main body unit that counts a medium and that is configured to be connectable to at least one medium processing unit that accommodates the medium. The main body unit includes: a plurality of power supply lines including first and second power supply lines, the first and second power supply lines being independent of each other and supplying electric power toward the at least one medium processing unit, and an output part that outputs a control signal toward the at least one medium processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: LAUREL BANK MACHINES CO., LTD., LAUREL MACHINERY, LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Masashi Ohba
  • Patent number: 11838463
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; an image recording device configured to record an image on a printing medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by the conveyor; a divider provided downstream of the image recording device in the conveyance direction and configured to divide the printing medium; a detector provided upstream of the divider in the conveyance direction and configured to detect a trailing end portion of the printing medium; and a controller causing the printing apparatus to: calculate a dividing position of the printing medium based on a length of the printing medium that is grasped by detecting the trailing end portion by the detector; convey the printing medium in a reverse direction by the conveyor to move the dividing position to a position of the divider; and divide the printing medium at the dividing position by the divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishikawa, Takuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11818835
    Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board including one or more insulating layers 2 and at least one conductive layer 1 which are stacked alternately is disclosed. The one or more insulating layers 2 include at least one liquid crystal polymer resin layer 4 so that each of the one or more insulating layers 2 includes at least one layer selected from a group consisting of at least one polyolefin resin layer 3 and the at least one liquid crystal polymer resin layer 4. A percentage by volume of the at least one liquid crystal polymer resin layer 4 relative to the one or more insulating layers 2 is within a range of 5 to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiyotaka Komori, Masaya Koyama, Jun Tochihira, Ryu Harada
  • Patent number: 11806994
    Abstract: A printing device includes: a pair of conveyer rollers for nipping a printing medium at a nipping position and conveying the printing medium in a conveying direction; a cutter unit positioned downstream of the conveyer rollers; a discharge tray positioned downstream of and below the cutter unit; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: (a) cutting the printing medium by the cutter unit into first and second printing mediums; and (b) discharging the second conveying medium on top of the first printing medium on the discharge tray. The discharge tray is positioned to satisfy a formula of H1>4×10?7×D14, where H1 represents a distance in a gravitational direction between the nipping position and a mounting surface of the discharge tray; and D1 represents a distance in the conveying direction between the nipping position and a downstream end of the cutter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230340301
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which enables to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer without allowing the progression of rapid gelation at the time of heating and melting. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition provided by the present invention is a solvent-free hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a base polymer, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, and a tackifier T which is a reaction product of a compound X and a compound Y. A content of the tackifier T with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base polymer is 20 parts by weight or more and 40 parts by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NTTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobukazu NEGISHI, Itsuhiro HATANAKA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11787192
    Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Yoshinori Osakabe, Akinari Ishibe, Tatsuya Shindo, Masahiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230321410
    Abstract: An elongated medical device includes a first layer having a hollow cylindrical shape and containing a fluororesin having an adhesive functional group (adhesive resin) and a first colorant, and a second layer arranged in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the first layer and having a predetermined colored region formed of a second colorant having a color different from a color of the first colorant. The predetermined colored region is formed on a part of the outer peripheral surface of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki NOGUCHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Naoki KAKUMU
  • Patent number: 11780232
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the disclosure provides an image recording apparatus including a liquid supplying device. The liquid supplying device includes a tank, a cartridge, an atmospheric communication portion, and a recording portion. The tank has a second storage chamber configured to store liquid, a liquid passage in communication with the second storage chamber, and a gas passage in communication with the second storage chamber. The atmospheric communication portion includes a buffer tank defining a buffer chamber configured to store gas, a single communication flow passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with the second storage chamber, and an air communication passage allowing the buffer chamber to communicate with an atmosphere. When the cartridge is attached to the tank, the buffer chamber is positioned below the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber is positioned below the buffer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Yoshinori Osakabe, Akinari Ishibe, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230302809
    Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYASHI, Akinari ISHIBE, Yuma TANABE, Masatake SATO, Akihito KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI