Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Sato

Kazuhiko Sato 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: 20220233626
    Abstract: Provided is a grape pericarp extract that exhibits neuronal function modulating effects. The grape pericarp extract comprises 15 mg/g or more of malvidin-3,5-diglucoside in dry mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: University of Tsukuba, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroko ISODA, Kazunori SASAKI, Kazuhiko SATO, Masumi ASAKAWA, Kenichi TOMINAGA, Hiroshi FUJISAWA, Masami KOSHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11390096
    Abstract: An ejection apparatus includes a platen for supporting a recording medium, an absorber provided in the platen for absorbing liquid, an ejection unit for ejecting a plurality of types of ink including a first liquid containing a component to be deposited when the first liquid is ejected onto the absorber, and a second liquid different from the first liquid for suppressing deposition of the first liquid, a detection unit for detecting a state of a predetermined region of the absorber, and a control unit for controlling the detection unit to detect the state, and controlling the ejection unit to eject the second liquid to the predetermined region based on a result of the detection. When the first liquid is ejected to the predetermined region, the second liquid is ejected to the predetermined region after the ejection of the first liquid is finished, without using the result of the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamamuro, Kazuo Suzuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Masataka Kato, Kazuki Narumi, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11383536
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus that can reduce smears on a back surface of a print result medium by reducing accumulation of ink in a platen while reducing generation of mist. To achieve this, an ink receiving portion of a platen is provided away from a support surface by a predetermined distance, is formed in a mesh shape by laying multiple linear members, and is formed as a guide member that guides the ink received in the ink receiving portion to an ink guide holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Genta, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakajima, Masataka Kato, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Satoshi Azuma, Shingo Nishioka, Sae Mogi
  • Publication number: 20220134738
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head configured to print an image on a printing medium using a printing element configured to eject ink with thermal energy, a scanning unit configured to cause the print head to scan the printing medium, and a control unit configured to control scanning by the scanning unit and image printing by the print head based on an image printing instruction, wherein the control unit performs a control operation including executing a preliminary ejection to eject, from the print head, ink that does not contribute to image printing before an image is printed in one scanning operation, and determining an amount of ink to be ejected in the preliminary ejection based on a difference between a target temperature and a scanning start temperature, which is a temperature of the print head acquired in response to an instruction to start the one scanning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Taku Yokozawa, Kazuhiko Sato, Noboru Kunimine, Takeshi Murase, Hiroshi Taira, Hiroshi Kawafuji, Sae Mogi, Akiko Aichi
  • Publication number: 20220126584
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to optimize the time necessary for filling and the ink consumption. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus having: a storage unit; a print head having an ejection port from which ink supplied from the storage unit is ejected; an ink supply path that connects the storage unit and the print head; a suction unit configured to perform suction at the ejection port; and a supply control unit configured to supply ink stored in the storage unit to the ink supply path and the print head by performing suction at the ejection port by the suction unit, and the printing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to ink discharge from the ink supply path and the supply control unit determines the number of times of suction by the suction unit based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki Narumi, Masataka Kato, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220080747
    Abstract: An object is to provide a full-line inkjet printing apparatus and a printing method that can suppress occurrence of image degradation in the case where a conveyance roller conveys a print medium and multipass printing is performed. The maximum conveyance amount in a return route is set to be smaller than a distance between the conveyance roller and a print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masataka Kato, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakajima, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Shin Genta, Satoshi Azuma, Shingo Nishioka, Sae Mogi, Taku Yokozawa, Noboru Kunimine, Akiko Aichi, Hiroshi Taira, Hiroto Kango, Hiroshi Kawafuji
  • Publication number: 20220080754
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of appropriately suppressing deterioration in cutting accuracy of a slitter although the rigidity of a print medium changes, a printing apparatus is equipped with: a first conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium; a printing unit configured to print an image by applying ink to the print medium conveyed by the first conveyance unit; a cutting unit disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction in which the print medium is conveyed by the first conveyance unit and configured to cut the print medium, which is conveyed by the first conveyance unit, along the conveyance direction; and a second conveyance unit disposed on the cutting unit, and the printing apparatus includes a correction unit configured to correct a parameter related to conveyance of at least one of the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit, based on information about the print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawafuji, Hiroshi Taira, Kazuhiko Sato, Taku Yokozawa, Noboru Kunimine, Akiko Aichi, Satoshi Azuma, Sae Mogi, Kei Yoshizawa, Shingo Nishioka, Junichi Saito, Hajime Nagai, Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Serena Yoshikawa, Satoshi Wada
  • Publication number: 20220081305
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystal comprising a plurality of silanol compounds of at least one selected from the group consisting of a hexamer represented by following formula (1), an octamer represented by following formula (2), and a decamer represented by following formula (3) and having an interaction via a hydrogen bond by at least one hydroxy group between the silanol compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masayasu IGARASHI, Tomohiro MATSUMOTO, Takeshi NOZAWA, Fujio YAGIHASHI, Kazuhiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20220069354
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly practical electrolyte solution which has high oxidation resistance and enables dissolution-precipitation of magnesium to proceed repeatedly and stably. The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution for a magnesium battery comprising a mixture of a compound represented by the general formula [1], a Lewis acid or a compound represented by the general formula [4], and a solvent; an electrochemical device containing the electrolyte solution; and a compound represented by the general formula [1].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Goro MORI, Kazuhiko SATO, Satoru INOMATA, Hironori MIZUTA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220056056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a silanol compound capable of efficiently producing a silanol compound. The method for producing a silanol compound includes a proton exchange step of forming a silanol compound having a structure represented by following formula (c) by reacting a silicate having a structure represented by following formula (a) with an acidic compound having an acid dissociation constant pKa of ?1 to 20 in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). (In formula (a), Qi+ represents an i-valent cation and i represents an integer of 1 to 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Masayasu IGARASHI, Kazuhiko SATO, Fujio YAGIHASHI, Tomohiro MATSUMOTO, Takeshi NOZAWA, Shigeru SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20220057302
    Abstract: To sample cooling water from a discharge pipe under vacuum, with a simple structure and without using a large-scale device. Provided is a sampling system for sampling cooling water flowing through a discharge pipe extending from a condenser to a sea. The sampling system includes: a bypass pipe branched off from the discharge pipe and joining the discharge pipe; two shutoff valves provided in the bypass pipe; a sampling pipe branched off from the bypass pipe between the two shutoff valves; a vent pipe branched off from the bypass pipe between the two shutoff valves; a sampling valve provided in the sampling pipe; and a vent valve provided in the vent pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jun TSUNODA, Ryoichi OKURA, Kazuhiko SATO
  • Patent number: 11247471
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to optimize the time necessary for filling and the ink consumption. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus having: a storage unit; a print head having an ejection port from which ink supplied from the storage unit is ejected; an ink supply path that connects the storage unit and the print head; a suction unit configured to perform suction at the ejection port; and a supply control unit configured to supply ink stored in the storage unit to the ink supply path and the print head by performing suction at the ejection port by the suction unit, and the printing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to ink discharge from the ink supply path and the supply control unit determines the number of times of suction by the suction unit based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Narumi, Masataka Kato, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220032278
    Abstract: An organometallic complex catalyst that makes it possible to obtain a higher yield of a desired product than conventional catalysts in a cross-coupling reaction. The organometallic complex catalyst has a structure represented by formula (1) and is for use in a cross-coupling reaction. In formula (1), M is the coordination center and represents a metal atom such as Pd or an ion thereof. R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different and are a substituent such as a hydrogen atom. R4, R5, R6, and R7 may be the same or different and are a substituent such as a hydrogen atom. X represents a halogen atom. R8 represents a substituent that has a ? bond and 3-20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junchul Choi, Norihisa Fukaya, Shunya Onozawa, Kazuhiko Sato, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Tomoteru Mizusaki, Yukio Takagi
  • Publication number: 20220016917
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a scanning unit configured to perform relative scanning by moving the recording unit and a recording medium relative to each other at least once with respect to a unit region on the recording medium, a recovery unit configured to perform a recovery operation for maintaining or recovering a recording performance of the recording unit for application of a recording material, and a control unit configured to control the recovery unit, wherein the control unit acquires recording mode information about recording of an image to be performed on a recording medium for (n+1)-th page (n being a natural number) and determines, based on the acquired recording mode information, whether to perform an inter-page recovery operation at timing after recording of an image on a recording medium for n-th page ends and before recording of an image on a recording medium for (n+1)-th page starts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Danzuka, Masataka Kato, Hiroto Kango, Rie Takekoshi, Akihiro Tomida, Tomoki Yamamuro, Keita Ishimi, Kazuki Narumi, Taku Yokozawa, Kazuo Suzuki, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20220008905
    Abstract: An organometallic complex catalyst is disclosed for use in a cross-coupling reaction. In formula (1), M is the coordination center and represents a metal atom such as Pd or an ion thereof. R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different and are a substituent such as a hydrogen atom. R4, R5, R6, and R7 may be the same or different and are a substituent such as a hydrogen atom. X represents a halogen atom. R8 represents a substituent that has a n bond and 3-20 carbon atoms. With regard to the electron-donating properties of R1-R7 with respect to the coordination center M of the ligand containing R1-R7 that is indicated in formula (2), R1-R7 are arranged in combination such that the TEP value obtained from infrared spectroscopy shifts toward the high frequency side compared to the TEP value of the ligand of formula (2-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junchul Choi, Norihisa Fukaya, Shunya Onozawa, Kazuhiko Sato, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Tomoteru Mizusaki, Yukio Takagi
  • Publication number: 20210402813
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium, an acquiring unit configured to acquire temperature information of the printing unit, and a control unit configured to control the printing unit so as to start relative scanning in a case where a temperature that is indicated by the temperature information has reached a print permission temperature. The print permission temperature in a first print mode whose speed at a time of a constant speed in relative scanning is a first speed is a first temperature. The print permission temperature in a second print mode whose speed at the time of the constant speed is a second speed that is faster than the first speed is a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Murase, Kazuhiko Sato, Taku Yokozawa, Noburu Kunimine, Hiroshi Taira, Hiroshi Kawafuji, Sae Mogi, Akiko Aichi
  • Patent number: 11203605
    Abstract: An organosilicon compound can be efficiently produced by using metallic element-containing nanoparticles such as a platinum element-containing nanoparticle having a solvent on surface as a catalyst of the hydrosilylation reaction of alkenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasushi Obora, Xianjin Lin, Yumiko Nakajima, Shigeru Shimada, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11198309
    Abstract: A recording apparatus discharges an ink in a first color to a position at which an accumulated state on an ink absorber is to be detected. After that, a light is emitted onto the position from a light emitting unit, and reflected light is received by a light receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamamuro, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Masataka Kato, Kazuki Narumi, Shin Genta, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Hiroto Kango
  • Publication number: 20210380811
    Abstract: A modified pigment having excellent color tone selectivity is provided by laking dye by an environmentally friendly method without using metal. A modified pigment according to the present invention is obtained by laking a dye containing at least one of an acidic group and a basic group with at least one of an amino acid and protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: DIC Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Takahiko Ootsubo, Hitoshi Sekine, Kouji Nemoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Ken-ichi Tominaga, Masumi Asakawa, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11174946
    Abstract: A magnetic fluid seal includes an outer cylinder member that houses therein a rotating shaft extending from a housing of a fluid machine, magnetic pole members housed in the outer cylinder member, disposed around the rotating shaft and forming a magnetic circuit, and sealing films to be formed from magnetic fluids, in an axial direction, in magnetic connection with the magnetic circuit, and between the magnetic pole members and the rotating shaft. The magnetic fluid seal further includes a gas supply passage that allows a gas to flow from an outside toward the magnetic pole members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Sato