Patents by Inventor Junko Tajima

Junko Tajima 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: 20240033982
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including an actuator for conveying the mold, a first rotating body, and a second rotating body, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body are configured to support a bottom surface of the mold, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body assist in guiding conveyance of the mold by the actuator, wherein the first rotating body is positioned closer to a fixed platen of the injection molding machine in an axial direction of the first rotating body than the second rotating body, and wherein an improvement of the conveying apparatus is that a length in an axial direction of the second rotating body is longer than a length in the axial direction of the first rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20230241819
    Abstract: A conveyance system for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine includes a conveying machine that conveys the mold, and a supporting member that movably supports the conveying machine, wherein the improvement to the conveyance system includes a guide member that guides a movement of the conveying machine by the supporting member in a direction other than an X-axis direction between a first position where the mold can be conveyed from the conveying machine to the injection molding machine and a second position that is different from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220402182
    Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding machine including at least one opening on each of a first side surface and a second side surface for conveying at least one mold, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes at least one actuator for conveying at least three different molds through at least one of the at least one openings, and at least one guiding element for guiding at least one cable connected to a first mold located between at least two other molds to a location external to the injection molding machine via an opening of the injection molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
  • Patent number: 11436716
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select any one of a plurality of parameters generated in advance, and an analysis unit configured to receive light reflected from food to be analyzed and perform an analysis of spectral data by using the parameter selected by the selection unit, the spectral data indicating spectral intensities of a plurality of spectral components, wherein the selection unit is configured to select any one of the plurality of parameters based on at least any one of a type of the food to be analyzed, a demanded accuracy of the analysis, and processing to be performed after the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo Hieda, Masaki Ishii, Toshimasa Suzuki, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220212382
    Abstract: A method for an injection molding system including an injection molding machine that includes a supporting member for movably supporting the mold at a molding operation position and a conveyance apparatus that includes a supporting member for supporting the mold and that extends from the conveyance apparatus into the injection molding machine includes performing an injection molding process with a first mold at the molding operation position, unloading the first mold from the molding operation position, loading a second mold to the molding operation position, and opening the second mold at the molding operation position while at least a part of the first mold is on a section of the supporting member of the conveying apparatus extending into injection molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima, Yohei Minatoya
  • Publication number: 20220193962
    Abstract: A method for detachably attaching a linking unit, including an end with a hole and a slit, to a mold, the method comprising inserting a first attachment member connected to the mold through the hole; and inserting a second attachment member connected to the mold through the slit, wherein the linking unit is detached from the mold by moving the linking unit in a direction opposite to a direction in which the slit is formed in a state where the first attachment member is disconnected from the mold and the second attachment member remains connected to the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira, Hideo Matsumoto, Nobunari Shimoe, Hironori Katagiri, Tomoaki Ikeguchi, Junko Tajima, Kenta Inaba
  • Publication number: 20220176601
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus, an actuator that moves a mold between a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is different from the first position and injection processing is performed at the second position, a linking unit that links the actuator and the mold, wherein the improvement to the linking unit includes a rotation unit that rotates around a predetermined axis based on a change in a position of the mold along a first direction that is different from a second direction that is based on the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Hideo Matsumoto, Nobunari Shimoe, Hironori Katagiri, Tomoaki Ikeguchi, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220161472
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus configured to perform injection molding with a mold, a conveyor apparatus configured to move the mold along a supporting plane; and a cable carrier configured to cover a cable connected to the mold, wherein a shape of the cable carrier changes for guiding the cable based on a movement of the mold by the conveyor apparatus, and wherein at least one of a first end of the cable carrier or a second end of the cable carrier are located below the supporting plane in a direction perpendicular to the supporting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira, Yohei Minatoya, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220114207
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus is provided for obtaining an image captured by an image capturing apparatus; determining characteristic data of the captured image based on inputting the obtained image into an image analysis model trained with images including a predetermined type of characteristic data; and identifying, based on the determination performed by the image analysis model, metadata including a numeric value regarding the predetermined type of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunari KAWABATA, Nikita SPIRIN, Vladimir CHERNYKH, German NOVIKOV, Junko TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220032519
    Abstract: A runner for supplying resin to a cavity includes a sprue that is supplied resin from a nozzle of an injection molding machine, a first path formed in the runner, where the resin flows in the first path from the nozzle when the nozzle connects to the sprue, a first pin that moves to a first position to increase the size of the first path before the resin is supplied to the first path and moves to a second position to decrease the size of the first path before the nozzle separates from the sprue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20210354358
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding with a die and a conveyor apparatus on one side of the injection molding apparatus that inserts the die into the injection molding apparatus, where the conveyor apparatus includes an actuator connectable to the die. The injection molding system also includes a die detection unit that detects the conveyed die, an actuator detection unit that detects a state of the actuator, and a controller that controls the conveyor apparatus to prohibit a conveying operation of the die based on detection results by the die detection unit and the actuator detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20210291417
    Abstract: A moving system for structures includes a linking unit located between first and second structures that can move in a first direction. A drive unit is connected to the first structure, and the first and second structures are connected. The second structure moves along the first direction when the drive unit moves the first structure along the first direction. The linking unit has a first part located on the side of the first structure and a second part located on the side of the second structure. The first and second parts line up along the first direction. The first part can shift toward the second part in a second direction different from the first direction without moving along the first direction, and the second part can shift toward the first part in the second direction without moving along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20200334806
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select any one of a plurality of parameters generated in advance, and an analysis unit configured to receive light reflected from food to be analyzed and perform an analysis of spectral data by using the parameter selected by the selection unit, the spectral data indicating spectral intensities of a plurality of spectral components, wherein the selection unit is configured to select any one of the plurality of parameters based on at least any one of a type of the food to be analyzed, a demanded accuracy of the analysis, and processing to be performed after the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Teruo Hieda, Masaki Ishii, Toshimasa Suzuki, Junko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20200257396
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention can display a plurality of images in a display region, and can detect a change in the orientation of a display means. For each image displayed in the display region among the plurality of images, a displayed display range in the image is changed. When a first display target image and a second display target image are displayed in the display region, a display range of the first display target image is changed in accordance with the change in the orientation of the display means, and a display range of the second display target image is changed in accordance with the change in the orientation of the display means if a predetermined condition is met, but the display range of the second display target image is not changed if the predetermined condition is not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Junko Tajima, Nari Miyoshi