Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Tanaka

Hirokazu Tanaka 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: 20230244422
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a high quality image without conspicuous graininess and density unevenness. An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for printing a plurality of dot patterns on a printing medium, the dot patterns being formed by substantially same color and substantially same dot diameter, the apparatus including: a first creation unit configured to create, based on a first tone value, a first dot pattern and a second dot pattern printed and superimposed on the first dot pattern; and a second creation unit configured to create, based on a second tone value larger than the first tone value, a third dot pattern having an equal or larger number of dots compared to the first dot pattern and a fourth dot pattern printed and superimposed on the third dot pattern and having an equal or larger number of dots compared to the second dot pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: HIROKAZU TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230214618
    Abstract: An object is to print a high quality image with resistance to print misalignment. To this end, the image processing apparatus generates quantized data for printing a first dot pattern and a second dot pattern in an overlapping manner. The first dot pattern and the second dot pattern are lattice patterns varying in a combination of two basis vectors. In a combined dot pattern obtained by combining the first and second dot patterns, there is a neighboring dot in which a dot in the first dot pattern and a dot in the second dot pattern are arranged at an interval smaller than a lattice spacing. The neighboring dot includes multiple neighboring dots varying in an approach direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa Doi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Satoshi Seki, Junichi Nakagawa, Mayuko Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20230207600
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup element comprises a pixel substrate having a pixel array; a logic substrate having a logic circuit that relates to the pixel array, and stacked on the pixel substrate; and a joint portion joined in such a manner that uppermost-layer wires of the respective pixel substrate and logic substrate face each other, wherein the logic circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal that are nodes identical to each other, the node of the first terminal and the node of the second terminal are nodes that are used for a circuit operation on only the logic substrate, the joint portion includes a first wire connecting the first terminal to the pixel substrate, and a second wire connecting the second terminal to the pixel substrate, and the pixel substrate includes a first connection wire connecting the first wire and e second wire together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230203980
    Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cooling device includes a first passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating a coolant, a second passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating the coolant, a heat exchanger provided on the first passage and configured such that heat exchange is performed with respect to the coolant, a first pump provided on the first passage, a second pump provided on the second passage and an electronic control unit controlling the first pump and the second pump. The electronic control unit, when a temperature of the coolant is no lower than a predetermined temperature, drives the first pump such that a flow rate of the coolant in the first passage increases as compared to when the temperature of the coolant is lower than the predetermined temperature, and performs first control of stopping the second pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAGI, Shoichi AKIYAMA, Hirokazu TANAKA, Masazumi YOSHIDA, Ryusuke SASAKI, Masahiro KUROKI, Koki FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 11680165
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide resin composition including 50% to 99% by mass of a polyamide (P) and 1% to 50% by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (Q) satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3). (1) A melt flow rate (MFR) as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg is 50 to 200 (g/10 min). (2) An acid modification amount is 0.1% to 2.0% by mass. (3) The acid-modified polyolefin (Q) includes a modified product (q1) of an elastomer including 10% to 95% by mole of an ethylene-derived skeleton unit, 0% to 80% by mole of a propylene-derived skeleton unit, and 3% to 40% by mole of a skeleton unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 8 carbon atoms (with a total amount of the ethylene-derived skeleton unit, the propylene-derived skeleton unit, and the skeleton unit derived from an ?-olefin being 100% by mole), the elastomer being modified by maleic acid or an anhydride thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidetake Nakano, Tetsuya Nakamura, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11680510
    Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cooling device includes a first passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating a coolant, a second passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating the coolant, a heat exchanger provided on the first passage and configured such that heat exchange is performed with respect to the coolant, a first pump provided on the first passage, a second pump provided on the second passage and an electronic control unit controlling the first pump and the second pump. The electronic control unit, when a temperature of the coolant is no lower than a predetermined temperature, drives the first pump such that a flow rate of the coolant in the first passage increases as compared to when the temperature of the coolant is lower than the predetermined temperature, and performs first control of stopping the second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Shoichi Akiyama, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masazumi Yoshida, Ryusuke Sasaki, Masahiro Kuroki, Koki Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20230185445
    Abstract: A matrix operation method performed by a computer includes the following, displaying on a display a matrix in which a plurality of components are arrayed; and changing an arrangement of at least one of the plurality of components in the matrix displayed on the display based on a gesture operation to the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230166364
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy bare material for a member to be brazed by flux-free brazing to a brazing sheet including a brazing material formed of an aluminum alloy that includes 3.00 to 13.00 mass % of Si and less than 0.10 mass % (including 0 mass %) of Mg with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, in which the aluminum alloy bare material for the member to be brazed is formed of an aluminum alloy including 0.004 to 6.00 mass % of Zn and 0.004 to 3.00 mass % of Mg with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. According to the present invention, aluminum alloy materials can be provided for members to be well brazed to the brazing sheet when an aluminum material is brazed by flux-free brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Shinichi Nakamura, Taichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Taro Fukuda, Yosuke Uchida
  • Publication number: 20230150048
    Abstract: Provided is a brazed aluminum member brazed with a member formed of a brazing sheet, in which two or more grooves are provided on a surface of the brazed aluminum member in a fillet forming area, a groove depth (D1) of the grooves is 0.005 mm to 0.50 mm, a groove width (W1) of the grooves is 0.005 mm to 0.50 mm, a ratio (W1/D1) of the groove width (W1) to the groove depth (D1) is 10.00 or less, and a space (P1) between adjacent grooves is 0.00 mm to 0.30 mm. The present invention provides an aluminum alloy material and a method for manufacturing a brazed body that can secure good brazing properties even when the clearance between the jointed members is large in the case where the aluminum material is brazed without using a flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Tomoki Yamayoshi, Taichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230150069
    Abstract: Provided is a brazed aluminum member brazed with a member formed of a brazing sheet, in which two or more grooves are provided on a surface of the brazed aluminum member in a fillet forming area, a groove depth (D1) of the grooves is 0.005 mm to 0.50 mm, a groove width (W1) of the grooves is 0.005 mm to 0.50 mm, a ratio (W1/D1) of the groove width (W1) to the groove depth (D1) is 10.00 or less, and a space (P1) between adjacent grooves is 0.00 mm to 0.30 mm. The present invention can provide an aluminum material and a method for producing a brazed product that can secure good brazing properties even when the clearance between the jointed members is large in the case where the aluminum material is brazed without using a flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Tomoki Yamayoshi, Taichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230155268
    Abstract: An impedance matching film 10a has a plurality of openings 11. The plurality of openings 11 are formed at equal intervals in a specific direction along main surfaces 10f of the impedance matching film 10a. The impedance matching film 10a has a sheet resistance of 300 to 700?/?. A size G of each opening 11 in the specific direction is 50 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less. In the impedance matching film 10a, a cross-sectional resistance value Rs is 1M?/m or more. The cross-sectional resistance value Rs is determined by dividing a specific resistance of a material forming the impedance matching film 10a by a product of a thickness of the impedance matching film 10a and a distance between the nearest openings 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Yosuke Nakanishi, Sho Shibahara, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20230144014
    Abstract: A first dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on a multi-valued grayscale value by using a first threshold matrix and a second dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on multi-valued grayscale value by using a second threshold matrix are printed on a print medium in an overlapping manner. In order to generate the threshold matrices, a first initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value are generated for pixel regions of the first and second threshold matrices. Then, thresholds of the first and second threshold matrices are set such that dot patterns having continuity with the first and second initial patterns are obtained at grayscale values between the first and second grayscale values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi Nakagawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Publication number: 20230144249
    Abstract: A radio wave absorber includes a resistive layer, an electroconductive layer, and a dielectric layer. The resistive layer has a first main surface with a plurality of first openings formed at equal intervals. The electroconductive layer has a second main surface with a plurality of second openings formed at equal intervals. The dielectric layer is disposed between the resistive layer and the electroconductive layer. In the radio wave absorber, a value obtained by dividing a larger value out of a first ratio and a second ratio by a smaller value out of the first ratio and the second ratio is 1.3 or more. The first ratio is a ratio (GR/WR) of a size GR of the first opening to a distance WR between the first openings. The second ratio is a ratio (GC/WC) of a size GC of the second opening to a distance WC between the second openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Yosuke Nakanishi, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20230139063
    Abstract: An impedance matching film 10 includes a plurality of domains 11. Each of the domains 11 has a plurality of openings 12 having different shapes. The pluralities of openings 12 are periodically arranged in a specific direction along main surfaces 10f of the impedance matching film 10. Each of sizes of the domains 11 in the specific direction is 50 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakanishi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20230134532
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy bare material for a member to be brazed by flux-free brazing to a brazing sheet including a brazing material formed of an aluminum alloy that includes 3.00 to 13.00 mass % of Si and 0.10 to 2.00 mass % of Mg with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, in which the aluminum alloy bare material for the member to be brazed is formed of an aluminum alloy including 0.004 to 6.00 mass % of Zn and 0.004 to 3.00 mass % of Mg with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. According to the present invention, aluminum alloy materials can be provided for members to be well brazed to the brazing sheet with the brazing material including Mg when an aluminum material is brazed by flux-free brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Shinichi Nakamura, Taichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Shogo Yamada, Taro Fukuda, Yosuke Uchida, Nobuhiro Honma
  • Patent number: 11638531
    Abstract: The blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body configured to form a flow path of a fluid and supply the fluid, and a cuff to be wound around a living body, the cuff provided with a bag-shaped connection portion with an opening and a connection plate with a hole communicating with the opening; the connection portion formed of a sheet member; the connection plate having a bending elastic modulus higher than that of the connection portion, bonded to the connection portion and adhered to the device main body; and the cuff configured to be inflated when the fluid is supplied to an internal space of the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nishida, Hirokazu Tanaka, Noboru Kohara, Shinji Mizuno, Kotaro Kitajo
  • Patent number: 11625563
    Abstract: An object is to print a high quality image with resistance to print misalignment. To this end, the image processing apparatus generates quantized data for printing a first dot pattern and a second dot pattern in an overlapping manner. The first dot pattern and the second dot pattern are lattice patterns varying in a combination of two basis vectors. In a combined dot pattern obtained by combining the first and second dot patterns, there is a neighboring dot in which a dot in the first dot pattern and a dot in the second dot pattern are arranged at an interval smaller than a lattice spacing. The neighboring dot includes multiple neighboring dots varying in an approach direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsukasa Doi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Satoshi Seki, Junichi Nakagawa, Mayuko Yamagata
  • Patent number: 11573750
    Abstract: A first dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on a multi-valued grayscale value by using a first threshold matrix and a second dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on multi-valued grayscale value by using a second threshold matrix are printed on a print medium in an overlapping manner. In order to generate the threshold matrices, a first initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value are generated for pixel regions of the first and second threshold matrices. Then, thresholds of the first and second threshold matrices are set such that dot patterns having continuity with the first and second initial patterns are obtained at grayscale values between the first and second grayscale values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Nakagawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Patent number: 11565527
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus configured to print an image by bidirectional multipass printing while using multiple print element rows that apply color material of the same color, a high-quality image suppressed in hue unevenness and density unevenness is printed. To this end, the printing apparatus forms first and second dot patterns on a print medium in an overlapping manner. In the first dot pattern, dot arrays in which first dot groups are arranged at an interval B1 are arranged in a nozzle arrangement direction while being shifted from each other by C1 in a scanning direction of a print head. In the second dot pattern, dot arrays in which the first dot groups are arranged at the interval B1 are arranged in a nozzle arrangement direction while being shifted from each other by C2 in the scanning direction of the print head. Here, values of C1 and C2 are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Junichi Nakagawa, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Patent number: 11491587
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing of an aluminum material in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum is formed of a two-layer material in which a brazing material and a core material are stacked. The core material is formed of an aluminum alloy and has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m, and the aluminum alloy contains Mn of 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Mg of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %. Si of 1.50 mass % or less, Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, and Ti of 0.10 to 0.30 mass %, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities. The brazing material is formed of an aluminum alloy containing Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass % with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities. In a drop-type fluidity test, a ratio ? (?=Ka/Kb) of a fluid coefficient Ka is 0.50 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada