Patents by Inventor Kei Kawase
Kei Kawase 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).
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Patent number: 9193082Abstract: A cutting plotter includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to perform setting, counting, storing, and notifying when executed. The setting sets a plurality of partial areas by dividing a cuttable area of a holding member, the cuttable area is an area in which a cutting object is to be detachably adhered. The counting counts a number of cuts by a cutting blade within the cuttable area for each of the plurality of partial areas. The storing stores each of count values associated with each of the plurality of partial areas in a storage portion, each of the count values is counted by the counting for each of the plurality of partial areas. The notifying notifies, based on the count values stored in the storage portion, information relating to the number of cuts for each of the plurality of partial areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kei Kawase, Masahiko Nagai, Junnosuke Matsuda, Tomoyasu Niizeki, Noriharu Tashiro
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Patent number: 9099315Abstract: A mounting structure which reduces the mechanical stress added to a low-? material due to warping caused by the difference in thermal expansion coefficients between a chip and a chip support during mounting. This mounting structure includes: a low-? layer formed on top a semiconductor substrate; an electrode layer formed on the low-? layer; a protective layer formed the low-? layer and the electrode layer and having an opening reaching the electrode layer; a first solder layer filling the opening and formed on the electrode layer inside; a second solder layer formed on the first solder layer and having an elastic modulus smaller than the first solder layer; and a support layer connected to the second solder layer and supporting the semiconductor substrate. The protective layer has a greater elastic modulus and a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than an underfill layer formed between the protective layer and the support layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sayuri Hada, Kei Kawase, Keiji Matsumoto, Yasumitsu Orii, Kazushige Toriyama
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Publication number: 20150021777Abstract: A mounting structure which reduces the mechanical stress added to a low-? material due to warping caused by the difference in thermal expansion coefficients between a chip and a chip support during mounting. This mounting structure includes: a low-? layer formed on top a semiconductor substrate; an electrode layer formed on the low-? layer; a protective layer formed the low-? layer and the electrode layer and having an opening reaching the electrode layer; a first solder layer filling the opening and formed on the electrode layer inside; a second solder layer formed on the first solder layer and having an elastic modulus smaller than the first solder layer; and a support layer connected to the second solder layer and supporting the semiconductor substrate. The protective layer has a greater elastic modulus and a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than an underfill layer formed between the protective layer and the support layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Sayuri Hada, Kei Kawase, Keiji Matsumoto, Yasumitsu Orii, Kazushige Toriyama
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Patent number: 8810871Abstract: An image reading apparatus including a feed mechanism configured to feed a sheet member; a scanner including a reading portion and being configured to read an image on a surface of the sheet member in synchronism with the feeding of the sheet member by the feed mechanism; a cleaning sheet comprising a single sheet including a cleaning portion configured to clean the reading portion, and a reference portion configured to be used in evaluating contamination of the reading portion; an evaluator configured to evaluate the contamination of the reading portion based on read data pertaining to an image of the reference portion of the cleaning sheet read by the scanner; and a controller configured to control the feed mechanism to execute a cleaning operation in which the cleaning sheet is fed so that the cleaning portion cleans the reading portion based on the evaluation of the evaluator.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriharu Tashiro, Masahiko Nagai, Tomoyasu Niizeki, Kei Kawase, Junnosuke Matsuda
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Patent number: 8651036Abstract: A sewing machine operating device includes a base, a connection unit which is connectable to a sewing machine body, an output unit which is configured to generate and deliver an operation signal according to an action of a user's foot, a placement pedestal that is configured to receive the user's foot, a support unit which supports the placement pedestal so that the placement pedestal is movable in any direction on a plane that includes an upper surface of the base, and a detection unit which is configured to detect whether the placement pedestal or user's foot is located at any one of different predetermined positions when the placement pedestal is moved with the user's foot being placed on the placement pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoko Yamanashi, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kazuki Kojima, Kei Kawase
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Publication number: 20130255458Abstract: A cutting plotter includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to perform setting, counting, storing, and notifying when executed. The setting sets a plurality of partial areas by dividing a cuttable area of a holding member, the cuttable area is an area in which a cutting object is to be detachably adhered. The counting counts a number of cuts by a cutting blade within the cuttable area for each of the plurality of partial areas. The storing stores each of count values associated with each of the plurality of partial areas in a storage portion, each of the count values is counted by the counting for each of the plurality of partial areas. The notifying notifies, based on the count values stored in the storage portion, information relating to the number of cuts for each of the plurality of partial areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kei Kawase, Masahiko Nagai, Junnosuke Matsuda, Tomoyasu Niizeki, Noriharu Tashiro
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Publication number: 20130250374Abstract: An image reading apparatus including a feed mechanism configured to feed a sheet member; a scanner including a reading portion and being configured to read an image on a surface of the sheet member in synchronism with the feeding of the sheet member by the feed mechanism; a cleaning sheet comprising a single sheet including a cleaning portion configured to clean the reading portion, and a reference portion configured to be used in evaluating contamination of the reading portion; an evaluator configured to evaluate the contamination of the reading portion based on read data pertaining to an image of the reference portion of the cleaning sheet read by the scanner; and a controller configured to control the feed mechanism to execute a cleaning operation in which the cleaning sheet is fed so that the cleaning portion cleans the reading portion based on the evaluation of the evaluator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriharu Tashiro, Masahiko Nagai, Tomoyasu Niizeki, Kei Kawase, Junnosuke Matsuda
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Publication number: 20120218276Abstract: An image display system comprises: a transmission device (PC), for transmitting image data upon receiving a drawing command from an OS or an application; and a receiving monitor, for displaying, on a high-resolution panel, image data received via a monitor cable, wherein the transmission device includes a drawing command analysis device, for detecting an area on a screen wherein the content is changed by the drawing command, and for employing the detected area to calculate an area to be transmitted, and a graphics card, for transmitting a packet that includes the calculated area to be transmitted, and control data provided as header data for the area to be transmitted, and wherein the receiving monitor includes a packet reception device, for analyzing the header data in the received packet and for, based on the header data, rendering image data in an internally provided frame memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Takenori Kohda, Sanehiro Furuichi, Moriyoshi Ohara, Kei Kawase
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Patent number: 8199136Abstract: An image display system comprises: a transmission device (PC) 10, for transmitting image data upon receiving a drawing command from an OS or an application; and a receiving monitor 40, for displaying, on a high-resolution panel 41, image data received via a monitor cable 39, wherein the transmission device 10 includes a drawing command analysis device 20, for detecting an area on a screen wherein the content is changed by the drawing command, and for employing the detected area to calculate an area to be transmitted, and a graphics card 12, for transmitting a packet that includes the calculated area to be transmitted, and control data provided as header data for the area to be transmitted, and wherein the receiving monitor 40 includes a packet reception device 50, for analyzing the header data in the received packet and for, based on the header data, rendering image data in an internally provided frame memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Takenori Kohda, Sanehiro Furuichi, Moriyoshi Ohara, Kei Kawase
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Patent number: 8149427Abstract: A raster-imaging processing (RIP) time is predicted for each of a number of pages to be printed in printed-page number order. The pages are sorted based at least on when RIP should be finished for each page. The pages are dispatched to RIP components for RIP at least substantially in an order in which the pages have been sorted. Each page is dispatched to a next RIP component that is available. A RIP component is available for a given page to be dispatched thereto where a total size of the RIP component's output buffer minus space within this output buffer taken up by any pages ordered after the given page in the printed-page number order is greater than the needed space to store the given page. The pages as have been raster-image processed are retrieved from the output buffers in the printed-page number order and transmitted to a printing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: InfoPrint Solutions Company, LLCInventors: Tadanobu Inoue, Kei Kawase
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Publication number: 20120060734Abstract: A sewing machine operating device includes a connection unit which is connectable to a sewing machine body, an output unit which generates and delivers an operation signal according to an action of user's foot, a placement pedestal on which user's foot is placed, a support unit which supports the placement pedestal so that the placement pedestal is movable in any direction, and a detection unit which detects that the placement pedestal or user's foot occupies any one of different predetermined positions when the user has moved the placement pedestal with user's foot being placed on the placement pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoko YAMANASHI, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Kazuki KOJIMA, Kei KAWASE
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Publication number: 20090266282Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing device, an imaging device, a determination device, a sewing condition storage device, a reading device, and a control device. The sewing device includes a needle bar and a sewing machine motor. The imaging device captures an image of a work cloth on which a marker is disposed to identify information corresponding to actual sewing conditions. The determination device determines an appearance feature of the work cloth based on the image obtained by the imaging device. The sewing condition storage device stores the appearance feature and sewing condition information corresponding to the sewing conditions that are correlated with each other. The reading device reads the sewing condition information corresponding to the appearance feature from the sewing condition storage device. The control device identifies the actual sewing conditions based on the sewing condition information read out by the reading device, and controls the sewing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shoichi Taguchi, Masayuki Iwata, Kei Kawase, Yoshio Sugiura, Motoshi Kishi
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Publication number: 20090205548Abstract: A sewing machine provided with a needle bar having a sewing needle interchangeably attached to its lower end including an imaging element that captures images of the sewing needle; an extractor that extracts a shape of the sewing needle from the images of the sewing needle captured by the imaging element; an abnormality determiner that determines presence/absence of abnormalities in measurements of the sewing needle based on the shape of the sewing needle extracted by the extractor; and an abnormality alerter that alerts the presence of abnormalities determined by the determiner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Iwata, Motoshi Kishi, Shoichi Taguchi, Yoshio Sugiura, Kei Kawase, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Masayuki Hori
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Publication number: 20080270402Abstract: A raster-imaging processing (RIP) time is predicted for each of a number of pages to be printed in printed-page number order. The pages are sorted based at least on when RIP should be finished for each page. The pages are dispatched to RIP components for RIP at least substantially in an order in which the pages have been sorted. Each page is dispatched to a next RIP component that is available. A RIP component is available for a given page to be dispatched thereto where a total size of the RIP component's output buffer minus space within this output buffer taken up by any pages ordered after the given page in the printed-page number order is greater than the needed space to store the given page. The pages as have been raster-image processed are retrieved from the output buffers in the printed-page number order and transmitted to a printing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Tadanobu Inoue, Kei Kawase
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Patent number: 7386324Abstract: For communication between a display device and a processing apparatus (host), two connection modes are prepared, a wired connection mode, for communication along a wired connection path, and a wireless connection mode, for communication along a wireless connection path. Before entering the wireless connection mode, the processing apparatus (host) transmits, along the wired connection path to the display device, data required for the wireless connection of the display device 50 along the wireless connection path, and data required for authentication to permit information to be accessed using the wireless connection path.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takao Moriyama, Kei Kawase
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Publication number: 20070152992Abstract: An image display system comprises: a transmission device (PC) 10, for transmitting image data upon receiving a drawing command from an OS or an application; and a receiving monitor 40, for displaying, on a high-resolution panel 41, image data received via a monitor cable 39, wherein the transmission device 10 includes a drawing command analysis device 20, for detecting an area on a screen wherein the content is changed by the drawing command, and for employing the detected area to calculate an area to be transmitted, and a graphics card 12, for transmitting a packet that includes the calculated area to be transmitted, and control data provided as header data for the area to be transmitted, and wherein the receiving monitor 40 includes a packet reception device 50, for analyzing the header data in the received packet and for, based on the header data, rendering image data in an internally provided frame memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Takenori Kohda, Sanehiro Furuichi, Moriyoshi Ohara, Kei Kawase
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Patent number: 7187372Abstract: An image display system comprises: a transmission device (PC) 10, for transmitting image data upon receiving a drawing command from an OS or an application; and a receiving monitor 40, for displaying, on a high-resolution panel 41, image data received via a monitor cable 39, wherein the transmission device 10 includes a drawing command analysis device 20, for detecting an area on a screen wherein the content is changed by the drawing command, and for employing the detected area to calculate an area to be transmitted, and a graphics card 12, for transmitting a packet that includes the calculated area to be transmitted, and control data provided as header data for the area to be transmitted, and wherein the receiving monitor 40 includes a packet reception device 50, for analyzing the header data in the received packet and for, based on the header data, rendering image data in an internally provided frame memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Takenori Kohda, Sanehiro Furuichi, Moriyoshi Ohara, Kei Kawase
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Publication number: 20040198430Abstract: For communication between a display device and a processing apparatus (host), two connection modes are prepared, a wired connection mode, for communication along a wired connection path, and a wireless connection mode, for communication along a wireless connection path. Before entering the wireless connection mode, the processing apparatus (host) transmits, along the wired connection path to the display device, data required for the wireless connection of the display device 50 along the wireless connection path, and data required for authentication to permit information to be accessed using the wireless connection path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takao Moriyama, Kei Kawase
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Publication number: 20040125110Abstract: An image display system comprises: a transmission device (PC) 10, for transmitting image data upon receiving a drawing command from an OS or an application; and a receiving monitor 40, for displaying, on a high-resolution panel 41, image data received via a monitor cable 39, wherein the transmission device 10 includes a drawing command analysis device 20, for detecting an area on a screen wherein the content is changed by the drawing command, and for employing the detected area to calculate an area to be transmitted, and a graphics card 12, for transmitting a packet that includes the calculated area to be transmitted, and control data provided as header data for the area to be transmitted, and wherein the receiving monitor 40 includes a packet reception device 50, for analyzing the header data in the received packet and for, based on the header data, rendering image data in an internally provided frame memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Takenori Kohda, Sanehiro Furuichi, Moriyoshi Ohara, Kei Kawase
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Patent number: 6651082Abstract: A system and method which dynamically changes the load balance of assigned loads for each group in a sequence of processes from a first stage to an n-th stage in a computer having a plurality of processors, wherein the plurality of processors are grouped into at least two groups, comprises the steps of: detecting a change in a characteristic value in a queue for transferring a processing result between the groups; and changing the assignment of assigned processes for each group based on the change in the characteristic value. A characteristic value stored in a queue represents a value related to work load, and a queue seldom becomes full or empty if the load balance is changed referring to this characteristic value.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1999Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kei Kawase, Takao Moriyama, Fusashi Nakamura