Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Maeda

Hiroyuki Maeda 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: 20250229525
    Abstract: A control unit of a liquid ejecting device can perform, as control for ejecting liquid from a liquid ejecting unit, a first ejection control for performing recording on a medium, a second ejection control being a different control from the first ejection control for performing maintenance of the liquid ejecting unit, and a third ejection control being a different control from the first ejection control and the second ejection control for turning the liquid into mist between the liquid ejecting unit and a support portion, and the control unit further performs, when performing the third ejection control, the third ejection control before feeding the medium between the support portion and the liquid ejecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIOBARA, Koki MURAKAMI, Masato OGAWA, Yuki HARA, Masaki SHIMOMURA, Hiroyuki MAEDA, Shintaro KOMURO, Koji HARA
  • Patent number: 12350927
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a cassette or a feeding tray that is configured to mount a medium thereon, a transport unit that transports the medium mounted on the cassette or the feeding tray, and a recording head that performs recording on the medium. Furthermore, the recording apparatus includes a medium detection device and a deviation amount acquisition section. The medium detection device detects at least one of both side edges in a width direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium that is transported from the cassette or the feeding tray (step S12). The deviation amount acquisition section acquires a deviation amount of the recording head in the width direction of the medium based on at least one side edge detection position detected by the medium detection device (step S13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noritsuna Rokuhara, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 12253816
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing roller that fixes an unfixed image to a medium; a drive motor of the fixing roller, and a hardware processor that acquires information regarding a state of the image forming apparatus or information regarding a state of the medium, and controls a number of rotations of the drive motor between a preset upper limit value and a preset lower limit value, wherein the hardware processor changes the upper limit value and the lower limit value while maintaining a difference between the upper limit value and the lower limit value on a basis of the acquired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kanou, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20250038135
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embedment includes a substrate having a first region provided with a semiconductor element and a second region provided from the first region to an end. A material film is provided above the first and second regions. A first metal film is provided on the material film in the second region or on the material film between the first region and the second region. A trench, which caves in toward the substrate from a surface of the material film in the first region and from a surface of the material film under the first metal film, is provided in the material film between the first metal film and the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke AKADA, Rina KADOWAKI, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Patent number: 12132013
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embedment includes a substrate having a first region provided with a semiconductor element and a second region provided from the first region to an end. A material film is provided above the first and second regions. A first metal film is provided on the material film in the second region or on the material film between the first region and the second region. A trench, which caves in toward the substrate from a surface of the material film in the first region and from a surface of the material film under the first metal film, is provided in the material film between the first metal film and the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Akada, Rina Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20240255877
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing roller that fixes an unfixed image to a medium; a drive motor of the fixing roller, and a hardware processor that acquires information regarding a state of the image forming apparatus or information regarding a state of the medium, and controls a number of rotations of the drive motor between a preset upper limit value and a preset lower limit value, wherein the hardware processor changes the upper limit value and the lower limit value while maintaining a difference between the upper limit value and the lower limit value on a basis of the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: HIROTAKA KANOU, HIROYUKI MAEDA
  • Patent number: 12005699
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording to a medium, a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and configured to convey the medium, a first blade and a second blade configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape out a residual of the conveyance belt, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the first blade and the second blade. When the first blade is moved to a first position where the first blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the second blade to a second position where the second blade is separated from the conveyance belt, and when the second blade is moved to the first position where the second blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the first blade to the second position where the first blade is separated from the conveyance belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokawa, Shintaro Komuro, Shota Sakagami, Hiroyuki Maeda, Takamasa Ikagawa, Koji Hara
  • Patent number: 11858279
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a droplet to a medium a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and convey the medium, and a cleaning unit including a scrape unit configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape off a residual at the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit includes a pressing part configured to push the scrape unit against the conveyance belt, and the scrape unit includes a sponge member configured to be pressed against the conveyance belt to scrape off the residual and a contact part of the sponge member that is brought into contact with the conveyance belt is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Ikagawa, Koji Hara, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 11796987
    Abstract: Production past record information showing the execution time point of each step is accumulated for each product loaded in a production system. A supporting system calculates, for each step, a retention increase rate at each time point on the basis of the production past record information. The “retention increase rate” is an amount of increase in retention number per unit time. The supporting system displays a holistic chart for a production situation, which has a time axis and a step axis (axis perpendicular to the time axis and corresponding to steps). A display mode of each position in the holistic chart depends on whether a retention increase rate for the time point and step corresponding to the position is a negative value, zero, or a positive value, and a difference between the retention increase rate and a rate reference value (a reference value for the retention increase rate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Uehara, Kenichirou Kawakami, Yusuke Yajima, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 11785153
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: an original-document table at which an original document is mounted; a reading unit configured to read the original document mounted at the original-document table; an opening/closing section configured to be able to open and close the original-document table; a power source configured to apply power for opening and closing to the opening/closing section; a proximity sensor configured to output a detection signal in accordance with approach of a detection target; and a control unit configured to control the power source on a basis of the detection signal from the proximity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230226830
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a cassette or a feeding tray that is configured to mount a medium thereon, a transport unit that transports the medium mounted on the cassette or the feeding tray, and a recording head that performs recording on the medium. Furthermore, the recording apparatus includes a medium detection device and a deviation amount acquisition section. The medium detection device detects at least one of both side edges in a width direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium that is transported from the cassette or the feeding tray (step S12). The deviation amount acquisition section acquires a deviation amount of the recording head in the width direction of the medium based on at least one side edge detection position detected by the medium detection device (step S13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Noritsuna ROKUHARA, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230197641
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embedment includes a substrate having a first region provided with a semiconductor element and a second region provided from the first region to an end. A material film is provided above the first and second regions. A first metal film is provided on the material film in the second region or on the material film between the first region and the second region. A trench, which caves in toward the substrate from a surface of the material film in the first region and from a surface of the material film under the first metal film, is provided in the material film between the first metal film and the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke AKADA, Rina KADOWAKI, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11610852
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embedment includes a substrate having a first region provided with a semiconductor element and a second region provided from the first region to an end. A material film is provided above the first and second regions. A first metal film is provided on the material film in the second region or on the material film between the first region and the second region. A trench, which caves in toward the substrate from a surface of the material film in the first region and from a surface of the material film under the first metal film, is provided in the material film between the first metal film and the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Akada, Rina Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220377191
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: an original-document table at which an original document is mounted; a reading unit configured to read the original document mounted at the original-document table; an opening/closing section configured to be able to open and close the original-document table; a power source configured to apply power for opening and closing to the opening/closing section; a proximity sensor configured to output a detection signal in accordance with approach of a detection target; and a control unit configured to control the power source on a basis of the detection signal from the proximity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220184974
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording to a medium, a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and configured to convey the medium, a first blade and a second blade configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape out a residual of the conveyance belt, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the first blade and the second blade. When the first blade is moved to a first position where the first blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the second blade to a second position where the second blade is separated from the conveyance belt, and when the second blade is moved to the first position where the second blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the first blade to the second position where the first blade is separated from the conveyance belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya HOSOKAWA, Shintaro KOMURO, Shota SAKAGAMI, Hiroyuki MAEDA, Takamasa IKAGAWA, Koji HARA
  • Publication number: 20220184983
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a droplet to a medium a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and convey the medium, and a cleaning unit including a scrape unit configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape off a residual at the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit includes a pressing part configured to push the scrape unit against the conveyance belt, and the scrape unit includes a sponge member configured to be pressed against the conveyance belt to scrape off the residual and a contact part of the sponge member that is brought into contact with the conveyance belt is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takamasa IKAGAWA, Koji HARA, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220051995
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embedment includes a substrate having a first region provided with a semiconductor element and a second region provided from the first region to an end. A material film is provided above the first and second regions. A first metal film is provided on the material film in the second region or on the material film between the first region and the second region. A trench, which caves in toward the substrate from a surface of the material film in the first region and from a surface of the material film under the first metal film, is provided in the material film between the first metal film and the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke AKADA, Rina KADOWAKI, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11183469
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embedment includes a substrate having a first region provided with a semiconductor element and a second region provided from the first region to an end. A material film is provided above the first and second regions. A first metal film is provided on the material film in the second region or on the material film between the first region and the second region. A trench, which caves in toward the substrate from a surface of the material film in the first region and from a surface of the material film under the first metal film, is provided in the material film between the first metal film and the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Akada, Rina Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20210294308
    Abstract: Production past record information showing the execution time point of each step is accumulated for each product loaded in a production system. A supporting system calculates, for each step, a retention increase rate at each time point on the basis of the production past record information. The “retention increase rate” is an amount of increase in retention number per unit time. The supporting system displays a holistic chart for a production situation, which has a time axis and a step axis (axis perpendicular to the time axis and corresponding to steps). A display mode of each position in the holistic chart depends on whether a retention increase rate for the time point and step corresponding to the position is a negative value, zero, or a positive value, and a difference between the retention increase rate and a rate reference value (a reference value for the retention increase rate).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi UEHARA, Kenichirou KAWAKAMI, Yusuke YAJIMA, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10703593
    Abstract: A sheet housing device includes: a housing; and a sheet cassette. The sheet cassette has: a detection mechanism; and a pair of cursors. The detection mechanism includes: a detection switch; a first actuator; and a second actuator. A first cursor pushes down a pressed part of the first actuator and a connection part pushes up a connected part of the second actuator, and the second actuator swings in a first rotation direction from a first posture and the second actuator is set to a second posture in which a switch pressing part is capable of pressing a switch pressed part. The switch pressing part has: a first pressing part that is connected to a front end of a pressing arm; and a second pressing part that is disposed to protrude further toward an upstream side in the first rotation direction than the pressing arm does.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeda, Yoshiaki Tashiro