Patents by Inventor Katsumi Yamada

Katsumi Yamada 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: 10708456
    Abstract: The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a cover portion which is openable and closable and in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface supports a document in an opened state, and a document support tray which is displaceable between a storage position where the document support tray is stored in a state along the second surface in a state where the cover portion is closed and a withdrawn position where the document support tray is withdrawn from the storage position to the upstream side in the feeding direction of the document in a state where the cover portion is opened, and which supports at least a portion of a document supported by the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10703116
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium storage cassette which includes a medium storage region and is capable of being inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body, in which the medium storage cassette includes a main cassette unit and a sub-cassette unit which is capable of switching between a first state and a second state which is displaced more in the removal direction than in the first state to expand the medium storage region, and in which the apparatus main body includes a cover which is provided to be capable of being displaced between a position corresponding to the first state of the sub-cassette unit and a position corresponding to the second state and which covers a top portion of the medium storage region on the removal direction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Otsuka, Satoshi Nakata, Katsumi Yamada, Manato Nishi, Kenichi Furuya
  • Patent number: 10686955
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document support portion, a cover portion which is capable of opening and closing, a first surface of which forms an apparatus top surface, and a second surface of which forms a support surface which supports the document, and a base frame which forms the apparatus top surface, in which the document support portion is provided to be capable of rotational movement and is capable of switching between a first posture and a second posture, in which the first surface of the cover portion forms the apparatus top surface which runs along a horizontal direction together with a top surface of the base frame in the closed state, and in which, in the first posture, a portion of the document support portion is at a height position running along the second surface of the cover portion in the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamada, Kohei Kozaki, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20200092433
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a lower unit having a recording section configured to perform recording on a medium, and an upper unit disposed on the lower unit, the upper unit including a reading section configured to read an image of the document, in which the lower unit includes a medium discharge section configured to discharge the medium toward the rear of the apparatus, and a medium receiving section disposed on the apparatus rear side with respect to the medium discharge section, the medium receiving section being configured to receive the medium discharged, and the upper unit is shorter than the lower unit in the apparatus front-rear direction and the upper unit is closer to the apparatus front with respect to the lower unit such that an end portion of the medium receiving section in the medium discharging direction is exposed at the rear of the upper unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190291445
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to eject a liquid onto a medium to record, a carriage including the recording unit and configured to move in an X direction corresponding to a medium width direction that intersects a Y direction corresponding to a medium transport direction, a liquid reservoir located in the carriage at a position above the recording unit, configured to contain a liquid, and having a fill port through which the liquid is supplied, a fill port unit located in the carriage at a position above the liquid reservoir and including a component for open/close operation of the fill port, and an operation unit through which the device is operated. The fill port unit and the operation unit partly overlap in a device front-rear direction that is parallel to the medium transport direction, when viewed in the X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Katsumi YAMADA, Kazunori TAKABAYASHI, Morio IWATA, Keisuke SASAKI, Satoshi NAKATA
  • Patent number: 10399801
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a base frame which includes an outer edge forming portion which configures an outer edge of a device top surface, a medium support tray which is capable of switching between a horizontal posture, and a sub-tray which is capable of being displaced between a storage position and a pulled-out position, and supports the medium at the pulled-out position, in which the sub-tray includes a convex portion which configures a portion of the flat device top surface together at the storage position, and in which the sub-tray is capable of being displaced along a direction that is parallel to the device top surface in a state in which the medium support tray takes the horizontal posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamada, Kohei Kozaki, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190230322
    Abstract: An observation system includes a first sensor configured to observe a first portion of an observation target, a second sensor configured to observe a second portion of the observation target, and a control device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to receive first observation data from the first sensor via a first relay device and second observation data from the second sensor via a second relay device, wherein the first observation data is not transmitted from the first sensor to the second relay device when the first observation data is transmitted from the first sensor to the control device via the first relay device, and the second observation data is not transmitted from the second sensor to first relay device when the second observation data is transmitted from the second sensor to the control device via the second relay device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Muramatsu, KOICHI TAKABA, Masato Fushimi, Katsumi Yamada, Masaru Endoh
  • Publication number: 20190199872
    Abstract: A recording apparatus including: a lower unit having a recording section; and an upper unit having a document tray and a reading means that reads an image in a document, the upper unit being disposed above the lower unit, wherein the upper unit is configured such that an apparatus depth direction is a main scan direction for reading an image in the document and an apparatus width direction is a sub-scan direction for reading an image in the document, the lower unit includes support sections that stand upward on both ends in the apparatus width direction to support both ends of the upper unit in a long side direction, and the document tray included in the upper unit is made of a rigid member and part of the document tray is located above the support sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shintaro Miyamoto, Hisayuki Akahane, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190030931
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium storage cassette which includes a medium storage region and is capable of being inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body, in which the medium storage cassette includes a main cassette unit and a sub-cassette unit which is capable of switching between a first state and a second state which is displaced more in the removal direction than in the first state to expand the medium storage region, and in which the apparatus main body includes a cover which is provided to be capable of being displaced between a position corresponding to the first state of the sub-cassette unit and a position corresponding to the second state and which covers a top portion of the medium storage region on the removal direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuo OTSUKA, Satoshi NAKATA, Katsumi YAMADA, Manato NISHI, Kenichi FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20190003006
    Abstract: High-strength galvannealed steel sheet including any of a) an oxide containing Fe and Mn, b) an oxide containing Fe and Mn and an Fe oxide, c) an oxide containing Fe and Mn and a Mn oxide, d) an oxide containing Fe and Mn, an Fe oxide, and a Mn oxide, and e) an Fe oxide and a Mn oxide is present in a zinc coated layer. The total amount of oxide is 0.01 to 0.100 g/m2; the ratio by mass % of Mn to Fe, e.g., Mn/Fe, contained in the oxide is 0.10 to 10.00; an oxide of at least one selected from Fe and Mn is present in an amount of 60% or more; and an oxide of at least one selected from Fe and Mn is present in a surface layer portion of a steel sheet in an amount of 0.040 g/m2 or less (not including zero).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Maeda, Yoichi Makimizu, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Katsumi Yamada, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20180367686
    Abstract: The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a cover portion which is openable and closable and in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface supports a document in an opened state, and a document support tray which is displaceable between a storage position where the document support tray is stored in a state along the second surface in a state where the cover portion is closed and a withdrawn position where the document support tray is withdrawn from the storage position to the upstream side in the feeding direction of the document in a state where the cover portion is opened, and which supports at least a portion of a document supported by the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Katsumi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10118400
    Abstract: A liquid ejection system of this invention includes a mechanism unit that can change the relative position of a medium relative to a liquid ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid, and a liquid storage container having a liquid storage portion capable of storing the liquid that is to be supplied to the liquid ejection head. A liquid injection portion that enables injection of the liquid into the liquid storage portion is provided in the liquid storage container. In an orientation in which the liquid injection portion faces a direction upward relative to the horizontal direction, in a plan view of the mechanism unit from vertically above, at least a portion of the liquid storage container excluding the liquid injection portion is overlapped with the region of the mechanism unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Igarashi, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Katsumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Taguchi, Eiko Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20180312351
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a base frame which includes an outer edge forming portion which configures an outer edge of a device top surface, a medium support tray which is capable of switching between a horizontal posture, and a sub-tray which is capable of being displaced between a storage position and a pulled-out position, and supports the medium at the pulled-out position, in which the sub-tray includes a convex portion which configures a portion of the flat device top surface together at the storage position, and in which the sub-tray is capable of being displaced along a direction that is parallel to the device top surface in a state in which the medium support tray takes the horizontal posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Katsumi YAMADA, Kohei KOZAKI, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10108163
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a production management apparatus includes a flow obtaining module configured to obtain a plurality of processing flows to process a wafer from a flow storage module. The apparatus further includes a route creating module configured to select a plurality of steps from the plurality of processing flows, and configured to create a processing route to execute the plurality of steps selected from the plurality of processing flows. The apparatus further includes a flow creating module configured to select a plurality of steps from the processing route, and configured to create a new processing flow including the plurality of steps selected from the processing route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Takahashi, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20180278772
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document support portion, a cover portion which is capable of opening and closing, a first surface of which forms an apparatus top surface, and a second surface of which forms a support surface which supports the document, and a base frame which forms the apparatus top surface, in which the document support portion is provided to be capable of rotational movement and is capable of switching between a first posture and a second posture, in which the first surface of the cover portion forms the apparatus top surface which runs along a horizontal direction together with a top surface of the base frame in the closed state, and in which, in the first posture, a portion of the document support portion is at a height position running along the second surface of the cover portion in the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Katsumi YAMADA, Kohei KOZAKI, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180099505
    Abstract: A liquid container and a liquid ejection apparatus for the liquid ejection apparatus is provided. A hook portion provided on a +Z direction side wall portion that is positioned on the +Z direction side or a +X direction side wall portion that is positioned on the +X direction side when the liquid container is mounted to a mount portion is configured to restrict movement of the liquid container from the mount portion in the +Z direction by engaging with one of the outer face on the +X direction side in a moving body, the outer face on the +X direction side of a rotation lever, a gap in the Z direction formed between the wall on the +X direction side of the moving body and the rotation lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Katsumi YAMADA, Satoshi NAKATA, Kazuhisa KAWAKAMI, Katsunari KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20170144446
    Abstract: A liquid ejection system of this invention includes a mechanism unit that can change the relative position of a medium relative to a liquid ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid, and a liquid storage container having a liquid storage portion capable of storing the liquid that is to be supplied to the liquid ejection head. A liquid injection portion that enables injection of the liquid into the liquid storage portion is provided in the liquid storage container. In an orientation in which the liquid injection portion faces a direction upward relative to the horizontal direction, in a plan view of the mechanism unit from vertically above, at least a portion of the liquid storage container excluding the liquid injection portion is overlapped with the region of the mechanism unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: HITOSHI IGARASHI, KAZUHISA KAWAKAMI, KATSUMI YAMADA, YASUHIRO TAGUCHI, EIKO YANAGIDA
  • Patent number: 9479676
    Abstract: A printer includes a liquid ejection section and a drive control section. The liquid ejection section is configured to eject a plurality of types of liquids and form dots having different sizes. The drive control section is configured to control a dot size of the liquids to be ejected by the liquid ejection section based on image data. When an image including a three-dimensional image in which a plurality of linear images are arrayed is printed on a medium, the liquid ejection section is configured to eject the liquids, at least in an end section area in an array direction of the linear images in a print area of the image, under a setting in which an ejection ratio of relatively small dots is set lower than in an inner area that is positioned more inward than the end section area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nakano, Hiroshi Shirotori, Yoshiyuki Ozawa, Kanako Ide, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160070250
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a production management apparatus includes a flow obtaining module configured to obtain a plurality of processing flows to process a wafer from a flow storage module. The apparatus further includes a route creating module configured to select a plurality of steps from the plurality of processing flows, and configured to create a processing route to execute the plurality of steps selected from the plurality of processing flows. The apparatus further includes a flow creating module configured to select a plurality of steps from the processing route, and configured to create a new processing flow including the plurality of steps selected from the processing route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kensuke TAKAHASHI, Katsumi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9278553
    Abstract: A printer includes a configuration, in which a paper is delivered between a recording head which is positioned upwards from a tray and a support member, and the recording is performed, and then the paper is discharged towards a discharged-paper receiving tray. The discharged-paper receiving tray is configured such that a relief section is formed to avoid an arrangement region of an oscillation member configuring a feeding unit upstream thereof, and the oscillation member is able to oscillate inside the relief section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakano, Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Tomoko Shirai, Katsumi Yamada