Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Matsushita

Kazumasa Matsushita 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: 11975543
    Abstract: A liquid replenishing system includes a liquid tank and a liquid storage bottle for storing liquid to be replenished to the liquid tank. The liquid tank includes a tank body, a cylindrical adapter, and a needle penetrating into the tank body inside the cylindrical adapter. One end of the needle is located outside the tank body and another end of the needle is located inside the tank body. The liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body, a nozzle having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid stored in the bottle body, and includes a slit valve provided at the ejection port. In a case where the nozzle of the liquid storage bottle and the cylindrical adapter of the liquid tank are fitted to each other, one end of the needle is inserted into the slit valve so that the liquid storage bottle is secured to the liquid tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Yashiro, Chiaki Muraoka, Tatsuo Nanjo, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Yuji Tamaru
  • Patent number: 11780233
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head that discharges ink, and a housing that contains the discharge head, wherein the housing contains a first ink storage member and a second ink storage member that each store ink, and the ink is supplied from each of the first ink storage member and the second ink storage member to the discharge head, wherein the first ink storage member is an ink cartridge not having an ink refilling port for enabling ink refilling by opening a stopper member, and detachable from the inkjet printing apparatus, and wherein the second ink storage member has the ink refilling port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chiaki Muraoka, Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11743396
    Abstract: An electronic album generating apparatus includes an accepting unit configured to accept order information of an electronic album from a user, a specifying unit configured to specify a theme of the electronic album; a selecting unit configured to select, from a plurality of learned models generated by machine learning based on a past order of the user from whom the order information was accepted, a learned model to be used to generate the electronic album a generating unit configured to generate an electronic album based on the order information and the learned model selected by the selecting unit. In a case in which the learned model generated by machine learning based on the past order of the user has not learned the theme specified by the specifying unit, the selecting unit selects another learned model which has learned the theme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Misato Furuya, Kazumasa Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11623453
    Abstract: To provide a liquid storage container equipped with a plug member that can prevent leakage of a liquid from the liquid storage container and can be opened without causing scatter of the liquid, and a liquid ejection apparatus equipped with the liquid storage container. For the purpose, at least one of a connection part of the convex part with the cover part and an apical part of the convex part most apart from the connection part is provided offset from the centroid of the cover part, seen from a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of a supply port in a state that the plug member is mounted on a supply port of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Shimamura, Akira Shiba, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Takeho Miyashita, Tomoki Yamamuro, Atsushi Arai, Masatoshi Ohira, Tatsuaki Orihara, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya
  • Publication number: 20220274412
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid container for containing liquid which has a refilling port for refilling the liquid container with liquid, a contained liquid information memory unit for storing information on the liquid contained in the liquid container, a refilling liquid information memory unit for storing information on the liquid to be supplied for refilling the liquid container, a liquid ejection head for ejecting the liquid supplied from the liquid container and a control unit for controlling operation of the liquid ejection apparatus according to the information stored in the contained liquid information memory unit and the information stored in the refilling liquid information memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita, Chiaki Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20220219459
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head that discharges ink, and a housing that contains the discharge head, wherein the housing contains a first ink storage member and a second ink storage member that each store ink, and the ink is supplied from each of the first ink storage member and the second ink storage member to the discharge head, wherein the first ink storage member is an ink cartridge not having an ink refilling port for enabling ink refilling by opening a stopper member, and detachable from the inkjet printing apparatus, and wherein the second ink storage member has the ink refilling port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Chiaki Muraoka, Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20220184961
    Abstract: A liquid replenishing system includes a liquid tank and a liquid storage bottle for storing liquid to be replenished to the liquid tank. The liquid tank includes a tank body, a cylindrical adapter, and a needle penetrating into the tank body inside the cylindrical adapter. One end of the needle is located outside the tank body and another end of the needle is located inside the tank body. The liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body, a nozzle having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid stored in the bottle body, and includes a slit valve provided at the ejection port. In a case where the nozzle of the liquid storage bottle and the cylindrical adapter of the liquid tank are fitted to each other, one end of the needle is inserted into the slit valve so that the liquid storage bottle is secured to the liquid tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori Yashiro, Chiaki Muraoka, Tatsuo Nanjo, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Yuji Tamaru
  • Patent number: 11358393
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid container for containing liquid which has a refilling port for refilling the liquid container with liquid, a contained liquid information memory unit for storing information on the liquid contained in the liquid container, a refilling liquid information memory unit for storing information on the liquid to be supplied for refilling the liquid container, a liquid ejection head for ejecting the liquid supplied from the liquid container and a control unit for controlling operation of the liquid ejection apparatus according to the information stored in the contained liquid information memory unit and the information stored in the refilling liquid information memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita, Chiaki Muraoka
  • Patent number: 11312144
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head that discharges ink, and a housing that contains the discharge head, wherein the housing contains a first ink storage member and a second ink storage member that each store ink, and the ink is supplied from each of the first ink storage member and the second ink storage member to the discharge head, wherein the first ink storage member is an ink cartridge not having an ink refilling port for enabling ink refilling by opening a stopper member, and detachable from the inkjet printing apparatus, and wherein the second ink storage member has the ink refilling port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chiaki Muraoka, Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11298945
    Abstract: A liquid replenishing system includes a liquid tank and a liquid storage bottle for storing liquid to be replenished to the liquid tank. The liquid tank includes a tank body, a cylindrical adapter, and a needle penetrating into the tank body inside the cylindrical adapter. One end of the needle is located outside the tank body and another end of the needle is located inside the tank body. The liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body, a nozzle having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid stored in the bottle body, and includes a slit valve provided at the ejection port. In a case where the nozzle of the liquid storage bottle and the cylindrical adapter of the liquid tank are fitted to each other, one end of the needle is inserted into the slit valve so that the liquid storage bottle is secured to the liquid tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Yashiro, Chiaki Muraoka, Tatsuo Nanjo, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Yuji Tamaru
  • Publication number: 20220048295
    Abstract: To provide a liquid storage container equipped with a plug member that can prevent leakage of a liquid from the liquid storage container and can be opened without causing scatter of the liquid, and a liquid ejection apparatus equipped with the liquid storage container. For the purpose, at least one of a connection part of the convex part with the cover part and an apical part of the convex part most apart from the connection part is provided offset from the centroid of the cover part, seen from a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of a supply port in a state that the plug member is mounted on a supply port of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo Shimamura, Akira Shiba, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Takeho Miyashita, Tomoki Yamamuro, Atsushi Arai, Masatoshi Ohira, Tatsuaki Orihara, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya
  • Patent number: 11237774
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a system is provided which comprises an obtainment unit that obtains print setting information including setting values of a plurality of setting items, an estimation unit that estimates a recommended value of a first setting item included in the print setting information by using a learned model which uses, as input data, at least some pieces of the print setting information obtained by the obtainment unit and outputs, as output data, the recommended value of the first setting item, and a notification unit performs notification in accordance with a difference between the setting value of the first setting item which is indicated in the print setting information obtained by the obtainment unit and the recommended value of the first setting item which is estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazumasa Matsushita, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11192383
    Abstract: To provide a liquid storage container equipped with a plug member that can prevent leakage of a liquid from the liquid storage container and can be opened without causing scatter of the liquid, and a liquid ejection apparatus equipped with the liquid storage container. For the purpose, at least one of a connection part of the convex part with the cover part and an apical part of the convex part most apart from the connection part is provided offset from the centroid of the cover part, seen from a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of a supply port in a state that the plug member is mounted on a supply port of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Shimamura, Akira Shiba, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Takeho Miyashita, Tomoki Yamamuro, Atsushi Arai, Masatoshi Ohira, Tatsuaki Orihara, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya
  • Patent number: 11117380
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection unit; a liquid storage container including a replenishment port through which to replenish the liquid storage container with a liquid and an opening-closing member which closes and opens the replenishment port; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of information to be recognized by the user; and a control unit configured to control the notification unit. In a case where the time elapsed since the previous liquid ejection by the liquid ejection unit is a predetermined time or longer, the control unit causes the notification unit to notify the user of information on replenishment of the liquid storage container with a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita, Hirofumi Okuhara, Chiaki Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20210185182
    Abstract: An electronic album generating apparatus includes an accepting unit configured to accept order information of an electronic album from a user, a specifying unit configured to specify a theme of the electronic album; a selecting unit configured to select, from a plurality of learned models generated by machine learning based on a past order of the user from whom the order information was accepted, a learned model to be used to generate the electronic album a generating unit configured to generate an electronic album based on the order information and the learned model selected by the selecting unit. In a case in which the learned model generated by machine learning based on the past order of the user has not learned the theme specified by the specifying unit, the selecting unit selects another learned model which has learned the theme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Misato Furuya, Kazumasa Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20210173596
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a system is provided which comprises an obtainment unit that obtains print setting information including setting values of a plurality of setting items, an estimation unit that estimates a recommended value of a first setting item included in the print setting information by using a learned model which uses, as input data, at least some pieces of the print setting information obtained by the obtainment unit and outputs, as output data, the recommended value of the first setting item, and a notification unit performs notification in accordance with a difference between the setting value of the first setting item which is indicated in the print setting information obtained by the obtainment unit and the recommended value of the first setting item which is estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Kazumasa Matsushita, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210060958
    Abstract: A liquid replenishing system includes a liquid tank and a liquid storage bottle for storing liquid to be replenished to the liquid tank. The liquid tank includes a tank body, a cylindrical adapter, and a needle penetrating into the tank body inside the cylindrical adapter. One end of the needle is located outside the tank body and another end of the needle is located inside the tank body. The liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body, a nozzle having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid stored in the bottle body, and includes a slit valve provided at the ejection port. In a case where the nozzle of the liquid storage bottle and the cylindrical adapter of the liquid tank are fitted to each other, one end of the needle is inserted into the slit valve so that the liquid storage bottle is secured to the liquid tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori Yashiro, Chiaki Muraoka, Tatsuo Nanjo, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Yuji Tamaru
  • Publication number: 20210046761
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid container for containing liquid which has a refilling port for refilling the liquid container with liquid, a contained liquid information memory unit for storing information on the liquid contained in the liquid container, a refilling liquid information memory unit for storing information on the liquid to be supplied for refilling the liquid container, a liquid ejection head for ejecting the liquid supplied from the liquid container and a control unit for controlling operation of the liquid ejection apparatus according to the information stored in the contained liquid information memory unit and the information stored in the refilling liquid information memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita, Chiaki Muraoka
  • Patent number: 10843474
    Abstract: A liquid container unit includes: a liquid container including: a plurality of liquid storage portions; and a plurality of injection ports which are provided to the respective plurality of liquid storage portions, and are configured to enable injection of liquid into the plurality of liquid storage portions; and an injection port cover which is provided to the liquid container so as to be rotatable and is configured to cover the plurality of injection ports so as to be openable and closable, the injection port cover including a plurality of stopper members configured to close the plurality of injection ports when the injection port cover is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Arai, Tomoki Yamamuro, Tatsuaki Orihara, Takeho Miyashita, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Akira Shiba, Ryo Shimamura, Masatoshi Ohira, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya
  • Publication number: 20200316952
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head that discharges ink, and a housing that contains the discharge head, wherein the housing contains a first ink storage member and a second ink storage member that each store ink, and the ink is supplied from each of the first ink storage member and the second ink storage member to the discharge head, wherein the first ink storage member is an ink cartridge not having an ink refilling port for enabling ink refilling by opening a stopper member, and detachable from the inkjet printing apparatus, and wherein the second ink storage member has the ink refilling port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Chiaki Muraoka, Yuji Tamaru, Kazumasa Matsushita