Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Oyama

Hitoshi Oyama 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: 9030704
    Abstract: Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Patent number: 9030706
    Abstract: Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama, Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20140362413
    Abstract: Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20140362412
    Abstract: Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama, Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto
  • Patent number: 8886266
    Abstract: A superconducting coil and a rotating device, the performances of which are improved, and a superconducting coil manufacturing method are provided. A superconducting coil 10 is a saddle-shaped superconducting coil formed by winding a superconducting wire so as to form a race-track-like shape. The superconducting coil includes a curved portion 10b and a straight portion 10a connected to the curved portion 10b. In the curved portion 10b, an upper edge 10c is positioned closer to an inner peripheral side than a lower edge 10d is, and in the straight portion 10a, the upper edge 10c is positioned closer to an outer peripheral side than the lower edge 10d is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shinzato, Hitoshi Oyama, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Baba, Takeshi Ariyoshi
  • Patent number: 8861009
    Abstract: Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8861016
    Abstract: Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama, Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20140285844
    Abstract: A print control method executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the OS kernel layer, the method including: the computer acquiring the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port; determining on the application layer if each command of the acquired print data is a print instruction command for an object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and adding and outputting to the communication port a command that changes the print speed before the print instruction command when the command is determined to be a print instruction command for printing an object at a different speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyama, Akio Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20140213458
    Abstract: A superconducting coil body and a superconducting device are provided so as to achieve reduction of loss. A superconducting coil body includes: an inner circumferential coil body serving as a coil main body portion in which a superconducting wire is wound; and a first magnetic body serving as a magnetic circuit member. The magnetic circuit member is formed of a magnetic body, and is disposed to face the upper surface of the inner circumferential coil body, the upper surface being positioned at an end surface side thereof crossing a main surface of the superconducting wire in the inner circumferential coil body. The first magnetic body is used to form a magnetic circuit for permitting magnetic flux, which is generated by a current flowing in the coil main body portion, to travel around the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Nakamura, Satoshi Arakawa, Tsuyoshi Shinzato, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8787998
    Abstract: A superconducting coil apparatus and a superconducting apparatus including the superconducting coil apparatus are provided. The superconducting coil apparatus includes a superconducting coil 10, an inner container 50 that holds the superconducting coil 10 therein, and an outer container 60. The inner container 50 and the outer container 60 are made of FRP. At a corner portion 71 of the inner container 50 and the outer container 60, a sealing reinforcement portion 2 made of a resin is formed so as to extend along the corner portion 71. Opening portions 53 and 63 are formed in side surfaces of the inner container 50 and the outer container 60. The sealing reinforcement portion 2 is disposed at the corner portion 71 of the opening portions 53 and 63, whereby the sealing performance of the container can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shinzato, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8693036
    Abstract: Data output from an existing application to specific devices can be easily distributed to plural devices. A method of distributing device-specific data output from an application on a computer that executes a specific process according to an application and has two or more communication ports causes the computer to execute a step of acquiring device-specific data output by an executed program to one specific communication port at the operating system kernel layer before the device-specific data is received at the communication port; and a step of analyzing the device-specific data acquired at the application layer, determines the device to which the device-specific data, and outputs the device-specific data to the communication port to which the device is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyama, Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama
  • Publication number: 20130314727
    Abstract: Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8526045
    Abstract: Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20130090244
    Abstract: A superconducting coil and a rotating device, the performances of which are improved, and a superconducting coil manufacturing method are provided. A superconducting coil 10 is a saddle-shaped superconducting coil formed by winding a superconducting wire so as to form a race-track-like shape. The superconducting coil includes a curved portion 10b and a straight portion 10a connected to the curved portion 10b. In the curved portion 10b, an upper edge 10c is positioned closer to an inner peripheral side than a lower edge 10d is, and in the straight portion 10a, the upper edge 10c is positioned closer to an outer peripheral side than the lower edge 10d is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shinzato, Hitoshi Oyama, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Baba, Takeshi Ariyoshi
  • Patent number: 8374664
    Abstract: The invention offers a container for a superconducting apparatus and a superconducting apparatus. The container mounts in it a superconducting coil as a member including a superconductor. The container is provided with a vacuum insulated container 20 as a housing case made of resin and provided with an opening, a lead electrode 50 as a metal member positioned such that it passes through the opening, and a combination of connecting members 63 and 65 that covers the opening, that connects the lead electrode 50 to the vacuum insulated container 20, and that is provided with a curved portion as a thermal-stress-alleviating portion. Having the foregoing structure, the container can suppress the development of separation and cracks at the portion where the metal member passes though and is fixed to the wall of the container that mounts in it a superconductor such as a superconducting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyama, Tsuyoshi Shinzato
  • Patent number: 8167737
    Abstract: A hollow wood-type golf club head with stable flight direction and flight distance performances, the club head having a moment of inertia Ix 4,000 to 5,900 g·cm2 about a vertical axis passing through the club head's center of gravity, and comprising a face with face bulge and face roll such that the radius of curvature Rx of the face bulge is from 12 to 25 inches, and the Ry/Rx ratio of the radius of curvature Ry of the face roll to the radius of curvature Rx of the face bulge is 0.50 to 0.90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: SRI Sports Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20120069404
    Abstract: Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama, Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20120057184
    Abstract: Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama, Hitoshi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20120057202
    Abstract: Data output from an existing application to specific devices can be easily distributed to plural devices. A method of distributing device-specific data output from an application on a computer that executes a specific process according to an application and has two or more communication ports causes the computer to execute a step of acquiring device-specific data output by an executed program to one specific communication port at the operating system kernel layer before the device-specific data is received at the communication port; and a step of analyzing the device-specific data acquired at the application layer, determines the device to which the device-specific data, and outputs the device-specific data to the communication port to which the device is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyama, Tadashi Furuhata, Akio Takamoto, Tomohiro Kodama
  • Publication number: 20120053060
    Abstract: A superconducting coil apparatus and a superconducting apparatus including the superconducting coil apparatus are provided. The superconducting coil apparatus includes a superconducting coil 10, an inner container 50 that holds the superconducting coil 10 therein, and an outer container 60. The inner container 50 and the outer container 60 are made of FRP. At a corner portion 71 of the inner container 50 and the outer container 60, a sealing reinforcement portion 2 made of a resin is formed so as to extend along the corner portion 71. Opening portions 53 and 63 are formed in side surfaces of the inner container 50 and the outer container 60. The sealing reinforcement portion 2 is disposed at the corner portion 71 of the opening portions 53 and 63, whereby the sealing performance of the container can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shinzato, Hitoshi Oyama