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: 20220281040
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet is formed of a four-layer material formed of a brazing material, an intermediate material, a core material, and a. brazing material. The intermediate material comprises Mg of 0.40 to 6.00 mass %, and has a total of contents of Mn, Cr, and Zr being 0.10 mass % or more. The core material comprises Mg of 0.20 to 2.00 mass % and comprises one or two or more of Mn of 1.80 mass % or less, Si of 1.05 mass % or less, Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, Cu of 1.20 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less. Each of the core material and the intermediate material has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11437777
    Abstract: A method for tuning an emission wavelength of a laser device, including: acquiring a drive condition of a wavelength tunable laser diode to make the wavelength tunable laser diode oscillate at a wavelength from a memory; driving a first thermo-cooler and a first heater based on the drive condition of the wavelength tunable laser diode; determining whether respective control values of the first thermo-cooler and the first heater are reached within a first range of target values; and driving a gain region after the control values have been reached within the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Kento Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11431084
    Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises: a substrate; an antenna circuit installed on the substrate; a communication circuit installed on the substrate electrically connected to the antenna circuit; and an energy supply unit installed on the substrate that supplies energy to the communication circuit, wherein the energy supply unit are installed on the substrate outside of a region defined around the antenna circuit; and the substrate is provided with a hole portion within the region, the hole portion passing through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Miura, Shohei Iwata
  • Publication number: 20220250195
    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 in this order. The core material is formed of an aluminum alloy and has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m, and the aluminum alloy includes Mn of 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Mg of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %, Si of 1.50 mass % or less, and Fe of 1.00 mass % or less. The brazing material is formed of an aluminum alloy including Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass % and one or two or more of Mn of 2.00 mass or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20220253656
    Abstract: Formed is a dither pattern that makes it possible to output an image with excellent dot dispersibility and reduced graininess regardless of controls after quantization processing. To this end, an extended pattern in which multiple divided pixels correspond to each of multiple pixels included in quantization data and one or more of the multiple divided pixels are determined as dot-arrangeable-pixels in which dots can be printed is generated. Thereafter, the thresholds of the dither pattern are set based on the extended pattern in which the dots are arranged to obtain predetermined dispersibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi Nakagawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Patent number: 11385523
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical assembly driving apparatus, an imaging apparatus and a portable electronic device, including an actuator unit and a lifting unit configured to support an optical assembly. The actuator unit includes an electromagnetic motor serving as a driving source and a transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force to the lifting unit. The transmission mechanism includes a spindle and a connecting plate sleeved on the spindle and movable along an axial direction of the spindle. The connecting plate is connected with the lifting unit, and the driving force generated by the electromagnetic motor controls lifting of the lifting unit through the connecting plate. Compared with a bending optical system in the existing technology, the optical assembly driving apparatus of the present disclosure can save a three-dimensional space of the imaging apparatus and enable a lens group to have high-resolution optical system performance in the photographing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220203728
    Abstract: Bidirectional multi-pass printing with three or more passes prints a high-quality image with reduced time difference unevenness. To this end, an image in a unit region on a printing medium is printed by a print head performing 2N+1 bidirectional print scans (where N is a natural number). In this printing, a print permission rate for an even-numbered print scan of the 2N+1 times of the print scans is set lower than the print permission rate for an odd-numbered print scan of the 2N+1 times of the print scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220184750
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux includes a brazing material cladded onto at least one side surface of a core material. An oxide is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet by brazing heating, the oxide including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca and having a volume change ratio of 0.990 or less to a surface oxide film formed before brazing heating, and an atomic molar ratio of Mg, Li, and Ca to Al in the oxide formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet before brazing heating is 0.50 or less. The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet having excellent brazability in brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Taichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11334778
    Abstract: Formed is a dither pattern that makes it possible to output an image with excellent dot dispersibility and reduced graininess regardless of controls after quantization processing. To this end, an extended pattern in which multiple divided pixels correspond to each of multiple pixels included in quantization data and one or more of the multiple divided pixels are determined as dot-arrangeable-pixels in which dots can be printed is generated. Thereafter, the thresholds of the dither pattern are set based on the extended pattern in which the dots are arranged to obtain predetermined dispersibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Nakagawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Patent number: 11329366
    Abstract: A wireless communication device comprising: a case having a substantially cylindrical shape and including a first opening at a front surface and a second opening at a back surface, respectively; a first cover member that blocks at least a portion of the first opening; a second cover member that blocks at least a portion of the second opening; an insulating member that fills a gap between the first cover member and the case; a display; a substrate housed by the case; an antenna circuit installed on the substrate; and a communication circuit installed on the substrate and electrically connected to the antenna circuit, wherein the case includes a metal material; and the first cover member includes a light-transmitting material that allows light from the display to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Miura, Shohei Iwata
  • Publication number: 20220115219
    Abstract: A first trend chart and a second trend chart are displayed along with a chromatogram. The first trend chart is generated based on a plurality of first representative value arrays obtained from a plurality of mass spectra. The second trend chart is generated based on a plurality of second representative value arrays obtained from the plurality of mass spectra. A mass spectrum stable period is determined based on the first trend chart and the second trend chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220100051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical assembly driving apparatus, an imaging apparatus and a portable electronic device, including an actuator unit and a lifting unit configured to support an optical assembly. The actuator unit includes an electromagnetic motor serving as a driving source and a transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force to the lifting unit. The transmission mechanism includes a spindle and a connecting plate sleeved on the spindle and movable along an axial direction of the spindle. The connecting plate is connected with the lifting unit, and the driving force generated by the electromagnetic motor controls lifting of the lifting unit through the connecting plate. Compared with a bending optical system in the existing technology, the optical assembly driving apparatus of the present disclosure can save a three-dimensional space of the imaging apparatus and enable a lens group to have high-resolution optical system performance in the photographing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11266349
    Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a cuff and a main body. The main body is equipped with a substrate, a pump and a pressure sensor that are attached to one surface of the substrate, and a plate-shaped member opposed to an other surface of the substrate on an opposite side of the one surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole. The other surface of the substrate and an opposing surface of the plate-shaped member opposed to the other surface constitute the planar direction passage extending in a planar direction along the other surface of the substrate. The planar direction passage communicates with a fluid bag of the cuff. The sphygmomanometer further includes a pressurization controller and a blood pressure calculator. The pressurization controller controls pressing the measured site through the planar direction passage. The blood pressure calculator calculates a blood pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Mizuno, Tomoyuki Nishida, Hirokazu Tanaka, Noboru Kohara
  • Publication number: 20220040803
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux includes an intermediate material and a brazing material cladded onto at least one side surface of a core material in this order from the core material side. An oxide is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet by brazing heating, the oxide including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca and having a volume change ratio of 0.990 or less to a surface oxide film formed before brazing heating, and an atomic molar ratio of Mg, Li, and Ca to Al in the oxide formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet before brazing heating is 0.5 or less. The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet having excellent brazability in brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Taichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220032610
    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: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tsukasa Doi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Satoshi Seki, Junichi Nakagawa, Mayuko Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20220035577
    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: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi Nakagawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Publication number: 20220032646
    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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Tsukasa Doi, Junichi Nakagawa, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki
  • Patent number: 11210822
    Abstract: Among twelve lines indicating a 3D space (Ad) (X-axis direction lines (Xa)(Xb)(Xc)(Xd), Y-axis direction lines (Ya)(Yb)(Yc)(Yd), Z-axis direction lines (Za)(Zb)(Zc)(Zd)), display colors of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) are allocated to three lines (three-dimensional directions), i.e. an X-axis direction line (Xa), a Y-axis direction line (Ya) and a Z-axis direction line (Za), which have, as starting points, a 3D space minimum point (M) at which each of an X value, a Y value and a Z value becomes minimum, and red gradation display (Rgr), green gradation display (Ggr) and blue gradation display (Bgr) (first origin direction distinct display) are executed such that the colors become darker toward an origin (O) of the 3D space (Ad) and become lighter away from the origin (O).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210394312
    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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210394313
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet formed of a brazing material, an intermediate material, a core material, and a brazing material. The intermediate material contains Mg of 0.40 to 6.00 mass % and Zn exceeding 2.00 mass % and equal to or less than 8.00 mass %. The core material contains Mg of 0.40 to 2.00 mass % and one or two or more of Mn of 1.80 mass % or less, Si of 1.50 mass % or less, Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, Cu of 1.20 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less. Each of the core material and the intermediate material has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m, and each of the brazing materials comprises Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka