Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Shimizu

Katsuhisa Shimizu 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: 8964205
    Abstract: Compressed data transmitted to a print control apparatus includes break data having information on a compressed size and a decompressed size for each page. When the compressed data is transferred to a decompressing unit, the break data is converted to NOP data. Information on the decompressed size included in each break data is provided to a checking unit. During a period in which a decompression process is performed, a decompression flag is turned on. The checking unit obtains the actual decompressed size by counting a period in which the decompression flag is turned on, to check whether the decompression process has been normally performed. During a period in which the decompressing unit and the checking unit perform processes for a certain page, a reading unit reads compressed data for the next page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20130250341
    Abstract: Compressed data transmitted to a print control apparatus includes break data having information on a compressed size and a decompressed size for each page. When the compressed data is transferred to a decompressing unit, the break data is converted to NOP data. Information on the decompressed size included in each break data is provided to a checking unit. During a period in which a decompression process is performed, a decompression flag is turned on. The checking unit obtains the actual decompressed size by counting a period in which the decompression flag is turned on, to check whether the decompression process has been normally performed. During a period in which the decompressing unit and the checking unit perform processes for a certain page, a reading unit reads compressed data for the next page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuhisa SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8074776
    Abstract: An all-terrain straddle type vehicle includes, inside a wheel, a disc rotor that rotates as the wheel rotates, a caliper for clamping the disc rotor to brake the rotation of the wheel, and a scraper for scraping out dirt, mud, sand, snow and other debris deposited on a rim of the wheel. An edge of a scraping surface of the scraper extends obliquely from upstream toward downstream of a rotation direction of the wheel with respect to a rotation plane of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Shimizu, Takeshi Kinugasa
  • Patent number: 7770907
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle includes left and right vehicle body frame portions and left and right suspension arms, respectively suspending left and right rear wheels, and capable of moving up and down together with the left and right rear wheels. The left and right vehicle body frame portions have a portion bent toward the center in a vehicle width direction, and a suspension arm support portion connected to the bent portion toward the rear of the vehicle and inclined to the center in the width direction of the vehicle. The left and right suspension arms are connected to the pair of left and right suspension arm support portions. The all terrain vehicle is provided with a more compact frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Shimizu, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7586630
    Abstract: The print preview screen has a button enabling the operator to select the direction in which previewed pages are offset. The print preview screen also has a display screen enabling the operator to specify which sheet is displayed in the foreground in front of all other sheets, which sheet is displayed in the background behind all other sheets, and the offset distance between the stacked sheets. The following process is then repeated for each sheet based on these operator specifications. Data for one sheet is written to a 1-sheet display buffer (30). Data for areas not displayed is then erased from the 1-sheet display buffer (30). The data in the 1-sheet display buffer (30) is then transferred to the display data memory (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7461851
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a wheel suspension device on a right side and a wheel suspension device on a left side, with the right and left side wheel suspension devices being connected to each other through a rear frame mounted on a body frame. The right and left side wheel suspension devices include a lower arm supported at an inner end of the rear frame so as to extend outward and so as to be pivotally movable in a vertical direction. The right and left side wheel suspension devices also include an upper arm connected to the outer end of the lower arm through a wheel-supporting knuckle and so as to extend outward from the knuckle. The wheel suspension devices are provided with a rear cushion unit connected at one end to the swinging side end of one of the lower and upper arm members. At least one of the inner end of the upper arm and the other end of the rear cushion unit is supported on the rear frame so as to be pivotally movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamura, Katsuhisa Shimizu, Minoru Seto, Tomoaki Ooishi, Craig Smith
  • Patent number: 7380622
    Abstract: A small-sized vehicle is capable of cooling an electric motor of a power steering apparatus that supplies a steering shaft with an assisting steering force. The electric motor is arranged so as to receive cooling air from a cooling fan disposed on the rear side of a radiator that cools the engine cooling water with outside air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsukoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20070284856
    Abstract: An all-terrain straddle type vehicle includes, inside a wheel, a disc rotor that rotates as the wheel rotates, a caliper for clamping the disc rotor to brake the rotation of the wheel, and a scraper for scraping out dirt, mud, sand, snow and other debris deposited on a rim of the wheel. An edge of a scraping surface of the scraper extends obliquely from upstream toward downstream of a rotation direction of the wheel with respect to a rotation plane of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa SHIMIZU, Takeshi KINUGASA
  • Publication number: 20070170683
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle includes left and right vehicle body frame portions and left and right suspension arms, respectively suspending left and right rear wheels, and capable of moving up and down together with the left and right rear wheels. The left and right vehicle body frame portions have a portion bent toward the center in a vehicle width direction, and a suspension arm support portion connected to the bent portion toward the rear of the vehicle and inclined to the center in the width direction of the vehicle. The left and right suspension arms are connected to the pair of left and right suspension arm support portions. The all terrain vehicle is provided with a more compact frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Shimizu, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7216733
    Abstract: A small-sized vehicle is capable of inhibiting the temperature of a battery that supplies an electric motor of a power steering apparatus with a power source from increasing. A battery which supplies the electric motor of the power steering apparatus with the power source is arranged so as not to directly receive cooling air that passes through a radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Iwami, Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6983052
    Abstract: A voltage supply for a vehicle power amplifier having an audio property compensation function. The voltage supply includes means for setting the voltage supply to a first mode when its power is turned on, means for setting the voltage supply to a second mode when its power is tuned on after setting on/off operation of compensation functions and associated adjustment values in the first mode and turning the power off, and a memory for storing information that determines either the first mode or the second mode when the device power is turned on. The first mode is to supply voltage only to a unit for setting the compensation functions and values, and the second mode is to supply power to the entire vehicle power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc
    Inventors: Jason Kemmerer, Michinao Asano, Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20050257972
    Abstract: A small-sized vehicle is capable of inhibiting the temperature of a battery that supplies an electric motor of a power steering apparatus with a power source from increasing. A battery which supplies the electric motor of the power steering apparatus with the power source is arranged so as not to directly receive cooling air that passes through a radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuaki Iwami, Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20050257990
    Abstract: A small-sized vehicle is capable of cooling an electric motor of a power steering apparatus that supplies a steering shaft with an assisting steering force. The electric motor is arranged so as to receive cooling air from a cooling fan disposed on the rear side of a radiator that cools the engine cooling water with outside air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20050253353
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a wheel suspension device on a right side and a wheel suspension device on a left side, with the right and left side wheel suspension devices being connected to each other through a rear frame mounted on a body frame. The right and left side wheel suspension devices include a lower arm supported at an inner end of the rear frame so as to extend outward and so as to be pivotally movable in a vertical direction. The right and left side wheel suspension devices also include an upper arm connected to the outer end of the lower arm through a wheel-supporting knuckle and so as to extend outward from the knuckle. The wheel suspension devices are provided with a rear cushion unit connected at one end to the swinging side end of one of the lower and upper arm members. At least one of the inner end of the upper arm and the other end of the rear cushion unit is supported on the rear frame so as to be pivotally movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamura, Katsuhisa Shimizu, Minoru Seto, Tomoaki Ooishi, Craig Smith
  • Patent number: 6929595
    Abstract: A controller of a printing system creates imposed printing data in which a plurality of printing data for representing a printing image on one side of a sheet printed) are imposed (i.e., data to represent printing images covering a single page of a printed matter). The controller also determines a sequence of output of imposed printing data with respect to a printing apparatus, on the basis of information about pickup of sheets in a bookbinding apparatus, and the controller then outputs the imposed printing data to the printing apparatus in a sequence of output so determined. The printing apparatus prints on the sheets printing images represented by the imposed printing data, in accordance with the sequence inputted from the controller. The sheets printed by the printing apparatus are then picked up and bound. This eliminates that any operator is required to impose a plurality of printing data in consideration of the pickup of sheets in the bookbinding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6823956
    Abstract: A small vehicle has a frame assembly that is supported by rear wheels. An engine unit is supported by the frame assembly. The engine unit comprises a belt drive assembly. A cooling system delivers and removes cooling air to the belt drive assembly. A storage compartment is positioned below a seat. An exhaust chamber is formed to the rear of the storage compartment. Heated air from the cooling system is exhausted into the chamber prior to being exhausted to the atmosphere. The storage compartment provides a buffer air pocket to reduce the amount of heat transmitted to the seat from the exhaust chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6823960
    Abstract: A small vehicle has an engine mounted to a frame assembly. The engine is mounted by a plurality of engine mounts. The engine mounts are seven times stiffer in compression and tension than in shear. The engine mounts have a block of resilient material that separates a pair of plates. The block can be any shape but a rectangular parallelepiped is preferred. The engine mounts are mounted on cylinders defined with a center axis that extends through a center of gravity of the engine in a direction parallel to an axis about which the crankshaft rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki, Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Shimizu, Kazuhiko Izumi
  • Publication number: 20040205641
    Abstract: The print preview screen has a button enabling the operator to select the direction in which previewed pages are offset. The print preview screen also has a display screen enabling the operator to specify which sheet is displayed in the foreground in front of all other sheets, which sheet is displayed in the background behind all other sheets, and the offset distance between the stacked sheets. The following process is then repeated for each sheet based on these operator specifications. Data for one sheet is written to a 1-sheet display buffer (30). Data for areas not displayed is then erased from the 1-sheet display buffer (30). The data in the 1-sheet display buffer (30) is then transferred to the display data memory (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20040190065
    Abstract: A controller of a printing system creates imposed printing data in which a plurality of printing data for representing a printing image on one side of a sheet printed) are imposed (i.e., data to represent printing images covering a single page of a printed matter). The controller also determines a sequence of output of imposed printing data with respect to a printing apparatus, on the basis of information about pickup of sheets in a bookbinding apparatus, and the controller then outputs the imposed printing data to the printing apparatus in a sequence of output so determined. The printing apparatus prints on the sheets printing images represented by the imposed printing data, in accordance with the sequence inputted from the controller. The sheets printed by the printing apparatus are then picked up and bound. This eliminates that any operator is required to impose a plurality of printing data in consideration of the pickup of sheets in the bookbinding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20030123678
    Abstract: A voltage supply for a vehicle power amplifier having an audio property compensation function. The voltage supply includes means for setting the voltage supply to a first mode when its power is turned on, and means for setting the voltage supply to a second mode when its power is tuned on after setting on/off operation of compensation functions and associated adjustment values in the first mode and turning the power off, wherein the first mode is to supply voltage only to a unit for setting the compensation functions and values, and the second mode is to supply power to the entire vehicle power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Jason Kemmerer, Michinao Asano, Katsuhisa Shimizu