Patents by Inventor Jun Takamura

Jun Takamura 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: 12649110
    Abstract: A game program according to an exemplary embodiment causes a computer to, based on an operation input provided by the player, move a cursor object indicating a position on a terrain object having a difference in height in a three-dimensional virtual space, and when the cursor object moves, output different cursor sounds in accordance with a height of the terrain object indicated by the cursor object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ono, Jun Takamura
  • Patent number: 12600126
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a driving device for liquid ejection heads includes a control unit configured to apply a multi-droplet waveform to a liquid ejecting element. The multi-droplet waveform is one of a plurality of preset patterns in which each droplet waveform in the multi-droplet waveform is one of a reference ejection waveform or a minute adjustment waveform. The reference ejection waveform causes a droplet of a nominal reference volume to be ejected by the liquid ejecting element. The minute adjustment waveform causes a droplet of less than the nominal reference volume to be ejected by the liquid ejecting element in variable volume increments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: RISO Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Takamura
  • Patent number: 12521984
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate including a nozzle that ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, an actuator changing a volume of the chamber according to a signal, and a drive circuit issuing the signal that includes: one or more first ejection waveforms each including a first expansion pulse and a first contraction pulse at a first time after the first pulse, and a second ejection waveform including a second expansion pulse and a second contraction pulse at a second time after the second pulse, the second time being longer than the first time, and one or more of first to (n?1)-th drops are ejected by the first waveforms, and an n-th drop is ejected by the second waveform where n is a number of drops ejected for one pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: RISO Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Takamura, Takanori Gomi
  • Publication number: 20250353297
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber that is capable of storing liquid and communicates with the nozzle, a volume of the chamber being variable to eject the liquid from the nozzle, an actuator configured to vary the volume in response to a drive signal, and a drive circuit configured to generate the signal. The chamber has one of states including a steady state in which the volume is unchanged, an expanded state in which the volume is expanded, a first contracted state in which the volume is contracted, and a second contracted state in which the volume is further contracted. The drive signal comprises a first waveform for transitioning from the steady state to the first contracted state, a second waveform for transitioning from the first to second contracted states, and a third waveform for transitioning from the second contracted state to the steady state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventor: Jun TAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12344002
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid supply device includes a tank with an lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is partitioned into a first chamber side and a second chamber side. The upper portion permits flow of liquid between the first and second chamber sides. The first chamber side is connected by a first flow path portion to a primary side of a filter. The second chamber side is connected by a second flow path portion to the primary side of the filter. A secondary side of the filter is connected by a third flow path portion to a liquid ejection head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: RISO Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Takamura
  • Publication number: 20240326417
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a driving device for liquid ejection heads includes a control unit configured to apply a multi-droplet waveform to a liquid ejecting element. The multi-droplet waveform is one of a plurality of preset patterns in which each droplet waveform in the multi-droplet waveform is one of a reference ejection waveform or a minute adjustment waveform. The reference ejection waveform causes a droplet of a nominal reference volume to be ejected by the liquid ejecting element. The minute adjustment waveform causes a droplet of less than the nominal reference volume to be ejected by the liquid ejecting element in variable volume increments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Jun TAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240262102
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate including a nozzle that ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, an actuator changing a volume of the chamber according to a signal, and a drive circuit issuing the signal that includes: one or more first ejection waveforms each including a first expansion pulse and a first contraction pulse at a first time after the first pulse, and a second ejection waveform including a second expansion pulse and a second contraction pulse at a second time after the second pulse, the second time being longer than the first time, and one or more of first to (n?1)-th drops are ejected by the first waveforms, and an n-th drop is ejected by the second waveform where n is a number of drops ejected for one pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jun TAKAMURA, Takanori GOMI
  • Patent number: 11987051
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber and a nozzle. The pressure chamber extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end and forms a flow path for a fluid to be ejected from the nozzle. The nozzle is for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The nozzle is at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Takamura
  • Publication number: 20230226823
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid supply device includes a tank with an lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is partitioned into a first chamber side and a second chamber side. The upper portion permits flow of liquid between the first and second chamber sides. The first chamber side is connected by a first flow path portion to a primary side of a filter. The second chamber side is connected by a second flow path portion to the primary side of the filter. A secondary side of the filter is connected by a third flow path portion to a liquid ejection head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Jun TAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230086484
    Abstract: A game program according to an exemplary embodiment causes a computer to, based on an operation input provided by the player, move a cursor object indicating a position on a terrain object having a difference in height in a three-dimensional virtual space, and when the cursor object moves, output different cursor sounds in accordance with a height of the terrain object indicated by the cursor object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto ONO, Jun TAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230032990
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber and a nozzle. The pressure chamber extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end and forms a flow path for a fluid to be ejected from the nozzle. The nozzle is for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The nozzle is at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Jun TAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11219829
    Abstract: An example image processing apparatus disposes a virtual camera and a terrain object in a virtual space, and generates grass objects at a predetermined region located with reference to a land horizon that is a boundary between the terrain object and a background as viewed from the virtual camera. A player character is displayed at a position closer to the virtual camera, and the grass objects are generated in the predetermined region located with reference to the land horizon. Therefore, the terrain can be represented to look real, and the player character can be more easily seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yonezu, Koji Takahashi, Jun Takamura
  • Patent number: 11185779
    Abstract: An example image processing apparatus disposes a virtual camera and a terrain object in a virtual space, and generates grass objects at a predetermined region located with reference to a land horizon that is a boundary between the terrain object and a background as viewed from the virtual camera. A player character is displayed at a position closer to the virtual camera, and the grass objects are generated in the predetermined region located with reference to the land horizon. Therefore, the terrain can be represented to look real, and the player character can be more easily seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yonezu, Koji Takahashi, Jun Takamura
  • Publication number: 20200298117
    Abstract: An example image processing apparatus disposes a virtual camera and a terrain object in a virtual space, and generates grass objects at a predetermined region located with reference to a land horizon that is a boundary between the terrain object and a background as viewed from the virtual camera. A player character is displayed at a position closer to the virtual camera, and the grass objects are generated in the predetermined region located with reference to the land horizon. Therefore, the terrain can be represented to look real, and the player character can be more easily seen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto YONEZU, Koji TAKAHASHI, Jun TAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10710364
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid discharge head comprises an actuator and a controller. The actuator drives a pressure chamber, which is filled with liquid and communicates with a nozzle in which a meniscus of the liquid is formed. The controller applies an acceleration pulse for accelerating vibration of the meniscus to the actuator after applying a discharge pulse for discharging the liquid in the pressure chamber from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Takamura
  • Patent number: 10549529
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a driving device includes a head driver configured to generate and apply a driving signal to an actuator for ejecting a liquid from a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, the driving signal including a contraction pulse, the contraction pulse causing the actuator to contract a volume of the pressure chamber, and end application of the contraction pulse when a flow rate of the liquid from the nozzle has a negative value in a liquid ejection direction from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Takamura, Yasuhito Komai, Takanori Gomi
  • Patent number: 10500844
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a waveform generating device includes a head driver configured to apply a driving signal to an actuator to discharge ink from a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, the driving signal including a first portion for reducing an ink pressure in the pressure chamber and a second portion for increasing the ink pressure in the pressure chamber. The second portion is increased in potential by a first potential increase when ink pressure in the pressure chamber is at a maxima and the second portion is further increased in potential by a second potential increase when the ink pressure of the pressure chamber is at a negative value after the first potential increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Jun Takamura, Noboru Nitta
  • Publication number: 20190322102
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fluid discharge head includes a pressure chamber, an actuator, and an application unit. The pressure chamber accommodates a fluid. The application unit applies the driving signal for discharging a fluid from a nozzle communicating with the pressure chamber to the actuator. The driving signal includes a first pulse for driving the actuator to decrease the pressure of the fluid in the pressure chamber and a second pulse for driving the actuator to increase the pressure of the fluid in the pressure chamber. When a half period of a natural oscillation period of the fluid in the pressure chamber is AL, an application time T of the first pulse satisfies a condition of T<AL. A ratio between a voltage of the first pulse and a voltage of the second pulse is ?0.95 to ?1.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Takamura, Takanori Gomi
  • Publication number: 20190210365
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid discharge head comprises an actuator and a controller. The actuator drives a pressure chamber, which is filled with liquid and communicates with a nozzle in which a meniscus of the liquid is formed. The controller applies an acceleration pulse for accelerating vibration of the meniscus to the actuator after applying a discharge pulse for discharging the liquid in the pressure chamber from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Jun Takamura
  • Publication number: 20190091999
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a waveform generating device includes a head driver configured to apply a driving signal to an actuator to discharge ink from a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, the driving signal including a first portion for reducing an ink pressure in the pressure chamber and a second portion for increasing the ink pressure in the pressure chamber. The second portion is increased in potential by a first potential increase when ink pressure in the pressure chamber is at a maxima and the second portion is further increased in potential by a second potential increase when the ink pressure of the pressure chamber is at a negative value after the first potential increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki WATANABE, Jun TAKAMURA, Noboru NITTA