Patents by Inventor Keitaro HASHIZUME

Keitaro HASHIZUME 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: 20240017480
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping method of shaping a three-dimensional shaped article using a first material including first resin and a second material including second resin having a heat shrinkage rate different from a heat shrinkage rate which the first resin has, the method including stacking, when preparing a first slice layer formed of one of the first material and the second material, and stacking a second slice layer formed of another of the first material and the second material on the first slice layer, a first boundary layer formed of the one of the first material and the second material on the first slice layer, staking a second boundary layer formed of the another of the first material and the second material on the first boundary layer, and stacking the second slice layer on the second boundary layer, wherein the first boundary layer is a layer provided with a plurality of voids formed inside a contour of the first boundary layer when viewing the first boundary layer from a stacking direction of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20230376009
    Abstract: A controller includes a processor controlling a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a stage, an injection unit injecting a modeling material, and a movement unit relatively moving the stage and the injection unit, and a memory unit in which modeling path information and correspondence information are stored, wherein the modeling path information is information representing respective modeling paths of N modeling layers, the correspondence information is information in which overlap extent information representing an extent of overlap of the modeling paths and velocity information representing a relative movement velocity of the injection unit to the stage are correlated, the processor performs modeling control to model a three-dimensional modeled object by stacking the N modeling layers, and the modeling control includes movement velocity control to determine the movement velocity when the respective N modeling layers are formed by the injection unit based on the modeling path information and the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20230364864
    Abstract: A movement mechanism relatively moving at least one of a first modeling head and a second modeling head and a stage, and a control unit controlling the first modeling head, the second modeling head, and the movement mechanism are provided. The control unit controls the first modeling head to execute modeling of a first calibration member on the stage and the second modeling head to execute modeling of a second calibration member on the stage, the first calibration member has a plurality of modeling lines placed at first intervals in a first direction on the stage, and the second calibration member has a plurality of modeling lines placed at second intervals larger than the first intervals in the first direction on the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20230341834
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store object data indicating an object including at least a shaped body of the shaped body and a support body, the shaped body having a shape of a three-dimensional shaped object, the support body supporting the shaped body; and a generation unit configured to slice the object into a plurality of slice layers, generate a shaping path of the individual slice layers of the plurality of slice layers obtained by the slicing, and generate three-dimensional shaping data including shaping path information indicating the generated shaping path of the individual slice layers of the plurality of slice layers. When generating a shaping path of a second slice layer, the generation unit generates the shaping path of the second slice layer based on a type of a first slice layer and a type of the second slice layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Patent number: 11759948
    Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm including a proximal-end-side arm and a first distal-end-side arm that is turnable with respect to the proximal-end-side arm and coupled further on a distal end side than the proximal-end-side arm. The proximal-end-side arm includes a first motor configured to drive the first distal-end-side arm, a first speed reducer configured to reduce rotating speed of the first motor and output a rotational force, a first pulley configured to transmit, to the first distal-end-side arm, the rotational force output from the first speed reducer, and a first belt configured to transmit, from the first speed reducer to the first pulley, the rotational force output from the first speed reducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keitaro Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20230226770
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a dispensing unit including a nozzle; a stage having a shaping surface on which a shaping material is to be laminated; a position changing unit configured to change a relative position between the nozzle and the stage; a control unit configured to control the position changing unit; and a measurement module used to measure a difference of the nozzle from a reference position in the shaping surface based on a first position of the nozzle in the shaping surface and a second position of the nozzle in the shaping surface. The first position is a position in which the nozzle is assumed to be positioned by the control unit controlling the position changing unit. The second position is a position changed by the control unit controlling the position changing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi SAMESHIMA, Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20230202118
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a stage; a heater covering a shaping region of the stage and facing the stage; a head configured to dispense a shaping material toward the stage to form a shaping layer; a sensor configured to measure a temperature of a measurement region of the shaping layer; a movement mechanism configured to move the stage and the sensor relative to each other and move the stage and the head relative to each other; and a control unit configured to control the head and the movement mechanism. The control unit is configured to execute processing of setting the measurement region based on information on a shape of the shaping layer, causing the sensor to measure a temperature of the measurement region; and controlling the head and the movement mechanism to dispense the shaping material from the head toward the shaping layer when the measured temperature of the measurement region is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20230202117
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a stage, a heater, a head, a movement mechanism, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to perform first shaping layer forming processing of forming a first shaping layer by controlling the head and the movement mechanism to dispense the shaping material from the head, dispensing stop processing of stopping dispensing of the shaping material from the head by controlling the head, determination processing of determining whether a predetermined time is elapsed since the dispensing stop processing is performed, and second shaping layer forming processing of forming a second shaping layer on the first shaping layer by controlling the head and the movement mechanism to dispense the shaping material from the head when it is determined in the determination processing that the predetermined time is elapsed. The control unit is configured to set the predetermined time based on information related to a shaping time of the first shaping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20230166456
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a stage having a shaping surface on which a shaping material is to be stacked; a dispensing unit configured to dispense the shaping material toward a shaping region on the shaping surface; a position changing unit configured to change a relative position between the dispensing unit and the stage; a first heating unit configured such that a relative position between the first heating unit and the stage changes together with the dispensing unit, configured to cover the shaping region at a position facing the shaping surface when viewed along a stacking direction of the shaping material, and configured to heat the shaping material stacked in the shaping region; and a control unit configured to control the dispensing unit, the first heating unit, and the position changing unit to stack layers of the shaping material in the shaping region and to shape a three-dimensional shaped object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Patent number: 11518049
    Abstract: A rotary module includes a first outer tube, a first member in which a function of the channel is maintained when a first outer tube rotates relative to a first inner tube, the channel coupling an outside of the first outer tube and an inside of the first inner tube, and a second member in which electrical coupling between the first terminal provided on an inner circumference surface of a second outer tube and the second terminal provided on an outer circumference surface of a second inner tube is maintained when the second outer tube rotates relative to the second inner tube, wherein the first outer tube and the second outer tube are fixed, the first inner tube and the second inner tube are fixed, and the first member and the second member are arranged along the same axis as each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keitaro Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20210299865
    Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm including a proximal-end-side arm and a first distal-end-side arm that is turnable with respect to the proximal-end-side arm and coupled further on a distal end side than the proximal-end-side arm. The proximal-end-side arm includes a first motor configured to drive the first distal-end-side arm, a first speed reducer configured to reduce rotating speed of the first motor and output a rotational force, a first pulley configured to transmit, to the first distal-end-side arm, the rotational force output from the first speed reducer, and a first belt configured to transmit, from the first speed reducer to the first pulley, the rotational force output from the first speed reducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20210053237
    Abstract: A rotary module includes a first outer tube, a first member in which a function of the channel is maintained when a first outer tube rotates relative to a first inner tube, the channel coupling an outside of the first outer tube and an inside of the first inner tube, and a second member in which electrical coupling between the first terminal provided on an inner circumference surface of a second outer tube and the second terminal provided on an outer circumference surface of a second inner tube is maintained when the second outer tube rotates relative to the second inner tube, wherein the first outer tube and the second outer tube are fixed, the first inner tube and the second inner tube are fixed, and the first member and the second member are arranged along the same axis as each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Patent number: 10635051
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (wrist device) includes: a case (top case and bottom case); a display unit accommodated in the case; a cover plate closing an opening of the case; and a moisture absorbing member disposed along an outer edge of the display unit between the cover plate and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuto Yanagisawa, Junya Shibuya, Keitaro Hashizume
  • Patent number: 10485126
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus (wrist apparatus) includes a case (top case and bottom case), a display section accommodated in the case, a windshield that closes an opening section of the case in such a way that the windshield overlaps with the display section in a plan view, a ring member (parting plate) that is disposed between the windshield and the display section and along the outer edge of the display section, a hygroscopic member that is disposed inside the case and in a first region (internal space) opposite the windshield with respect to the display section, and an air-flow channel (recessed section) that allows the first region to communicate with a second region (space) surrounded by the display section, the windshield, and the ring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuto Yanagisawa, Keitaro Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20180070468
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus (wrist apparatus) includes a case (top case and bottom case), a display section accommodated in the case, a windshield that closes an opening section of the case in such a way that the windshield overlaps with the display section in a plan view, a ring member (parting plate) that is disposed between the windshield and the display section and along the outer edge of the display section, a hygroscopic member that is disposed inside the case and in a first region (internal space) opposite the windshield with respect to the display section, and an air-flow channel (recessed section) that allows the first region to communicate with a second region (space) surrounded by the display section, the windshield, and the ring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuto YANAGISAWA, Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20180032032
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (wrist device) includes: a case (top case and bottom case); a display unit accommodated in the case; a cover plate closing an opening of the case; and a moisture absorbing member disposed along an outer edge of the display unit between the cover plate and the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuto YANAGISAWA, Junya SHIBUYA, Keitaro HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20170340275
    Abstract: A biological information measuring device includes: a case unit; a first band that is a member connected to a first end portion of the case unit; and a second band that is a member connected to a second end portion of the case unit at the side opposite to the first end portion. When a direction from the first band toward the second band is Y axis, a direction orthogonal to the Y axis in a plan view seen from a thickness direction of the case unit is X axis, and when a width of the first end portion in the X axis direction is a and a width of the second end portion in the X axis direction is b, the case unit satisfies a relation a<b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keitaro HASHIZUME