Patents by Inventor Ken Tanaka

Ken Tanaka 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: 12269701
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveyance passage, a sheet circulation passage, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a third conveyor, and circuitry. In the sheet circulation passage, a sheet is circulated to be overlaid with a following sheet in the sheet conveyance passage. The circuitry circulates the sheet in the sheet circulation passage to overlay the sheet with the following sheet conveyed after the sheet in the first sheet conveyance passage, at an upstream position of the first sheet conveyance passage, and adjusts a sheet conveyance speed of the third conveyor to circulate the sheet, based on a reduction amount that is obtained when a preceding amount of a leading end of the following sheet with respect to a leading end of the sheet is reduced while the following sheet is temporarily stopped due to a temporary stop of the first conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Fukuhara, Ken Sawada, Ryoh Suzuki, Kentaroh Fukami, Atsushi Kuriyama, Yusuke Tanaka, Yuuki Nakagawa, Yasuo Ohba, Akikazu Iwata
  • Publication number: 20250096858
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and method, and a wireless communication terminal capable of reducing a processing time. The wireless communication device causes a wireless transmission unit to transmit a reference signal in a known pattern addressed to a wireless communication terminal in coordination with one or more other wireless communication devices, generates a request signal for requesting a second measurement result simpler than a first measurement result of the reference signal from the wireless communication terminal, and causes the wireless transmission unit to transmit the request signal. The present technology can be applied to a communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke AIO, Ken TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12255722
    Abstract: Provided is a communication device including a plurality of antenna elements and that performs wireless communication in a high frequency band while suppressing the circuit scale. The communication device includes: a communication unit that transmits and receives a wireless signal using a plurality of antenna elements; and a control unit that controls compensation for degradation in communication quality in the communication unit on the basis of control information received from outside. The communication unit includes a plurality of wireless interfaces and a delay compensation unit that compensates for delay of the wireless interfaces. The control unit determines whether or not to perform the compensation on the basis of capability information exchanged with a communication partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Tanaka, Yusuke Tanaka, Kosuke Aio
  • Publication number: 20250065637
    Abstract: An object is to provide a cartridge that can further improve the printing speed. A cartridge that ejects a liquid while moving in a scanning direction includes: a storage unit that can store the liquid; an element substrate including an ejection port to eject the liquid stored in the storage unit and an element that generates energy used to eject the liquid; and an electric wiring member electrically connected with the element substrate. The center of the element substrate in the scanning direction is offset from the center of the electric wiring member in the scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: HIROSHI KOSHIKAWA, KEISUKE IINUMA, TATSUO NANJO, KEN TAKENAGA, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI, KOUSUKE TANAKA, DAIJU TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20250065636
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus with improved operability for cartridge attachment and detachment. To this end, the printing apparatus includes a housing portion for detachably housing a cartridge having an element substrate that ejects liquid and a restriction portion that restricts movement of the cartridge in a horizontal direction intersecting with an insertion direction in which the cartridge is inserted to the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: YUKIMICHI KIMURA, MASAAKI ISHIHARA, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI, KEN TAKENAGA, KOUSUKE TANAKA, DAIJU TAKEDA, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, SHOGO NISHIE
  • Publication number: 20250062861
    Abstract: In joint transmission using an access point, unnecessary data transmission and occurrence of a waiting time are avoided. A wireless communication devices includes a communication control unit and a signal generation unit. The communication control unit generates control information for requesting communication result information regarding whether reception is successful in a transmission destination device when first joint communication is performed jointly with another wireless communication device. The signal generation unit generates a signal including the control information generated by the communication control unit as a signal for urging second joint communication jointly with the other wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Aio, Ken Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20250049819
    Abstract: Methods of treating or preventing a C. difficile infection and the associated pathological conditions related to C. difficile infection, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: S. Ken Tanaka, Michael P. Draper
  • Publication number: 20250056590
    Abstract: A first communication device that is configured to communicate with a second communication device comprises circuitry configured to receive a low latency, LL, indication from the second and/or third communication device, which indicates to the first communication device that transmission of a second LL information by the first communication device is allowed; and transmit second LL information to the second communication device during and within the bandwidth of an ongoing transmission of a data unit from the third communication device to the second communication device, wherein the second LL information indicates to the second communication device that the first communication device has LL data to transmit to the second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel VERENZUELA, Thomas HANDTE, Dana CIOCHINA-KAR, Ken TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250055629
    Abstract: A communication device that performs processing for estimating out-of-band leakage power is provided. The communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives wireless signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a control unit that controls a communication operation in the communication unit, transmits a reference signal in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and receives a communication result from a transmission destination of the reference signal. The control unit determines the transmission destination of the reference signal on the basis of results of exchange of capability information with the first terminal and the second terminal, and performs control such that a notification signal for notifying of transmission of the reference signal in advance is transmitted in the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: KEN TANAKA, YUSUKE TANAKA, KOSUKE AIO, SHIGERU SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20250056316
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and a method, in which packets can be efficiently relayed with low latency. The wireless communication device performs direct relay transmission in which a pseudo data frame, in which a packet of a data signal transmitted from a first another wireless communication device is set as another information, is generated, information based on each received packet for which error detection is performed is overwritten on each pseudo data frame to generate a data frame, and the data frame is sequentially output, and performs control to transmit the sequentially output data frames to a second another wireless communication device. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke AIO, Ken TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250033391
    Abstract: A recording apparatus including a carriage configured to carry a recording head that discharges a liquid, the carriage including a main body which is provided with an opening for internally housing the recording head and which includes a locking portion and a cover which is rotatable between a closed state, in which the opening is blocked, and an open state, which exposes the opening, and which includes a locked portion that engages with the locking portion in the closed state. The cover includes an operating portion including a protruded portion which protrudes, from a surface constituting an outer wall surface of the carriage, in a rotating direction of the cover from the closed state to the open state, the operating portion having an attitude which changes so that an engagement between the locked portion and the locking portion is released due to the protruded portion being pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, KEN TAKENAGA, TAKASHI ABE, DAIJU TAKEDA, KOUSUKE TANAKA, YUSUKE NARATANI
  • Publication number: 20250033394
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a carriage on which a discharge head configured to discharge a liquid is mounted, the carriage being configured to move in a predetermined direction; and an operation unit configured to be placed near a movement region of the carriage and configured to be operated by a user. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the carriage moves to a retreat position on the movement region and then moves to a predetermined position on the movement region. The retreat position is a position on an opposite side of the predetermined position to the operation unit in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI, KEN TAKENAGA, DAIJU TAKEDA, KOUSUKE TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12206470
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and method, and a wireless communication terminal capable of reducing a processing time. The wireless communication device causes a wireless transmission unit to transmit a reference signal in a known pattern addressed to a wireless communication terminal in coordination with one or more other wireless communication devices, generates a request signal for requesting a second measurement result simpler than a first measurement result of the reference signal from the wireless communication terminal, and causes the wireless transmission unit to transmit the request signal. The present technology can be applied to a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Aio, Ken Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20250023994
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit; a cover openable and closable with respect to a housing; an opening/closing mechanism that controls opening and closing of the cover; a carriage that includes a support portion, mounts the recording unit thereon, and moves, in a movement direction intersecting a transport direction of a sheet, between a first position and a second position on the opening/closing mechanism side with respect to the first position; and a guide portion that guides the carriage. The support portion protrudes in the movement direction toward the opening/closing mechanism side with respect to the recording unit. The recording unit overlaps the opening/closing mechanism as seen from the movement direction. The support portion on the opening/closing mechanism side overlaps the opening/closing mechanism as seen from the transport direction when the carriage is at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: TOSHIYA MATSUMOTO, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, DAIJU TAKEDA, KEN TAKENAGA, KOUSUKE TANAKA, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250018723
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique that enables avoiding of erroneous attachment of multiple cartridges. A cartridge is attachable to a first attachment portion included in a printing apparatus. The cartridge includes a storage portion capable of storing a liquid. The cartridge includes a protruding portion configured to come into contact with another cartridge attempted to be inserted into the first attachment portion in a state where the cartridge is inserted in a second attachment portion adjacent to the first attachment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: KYOHEI SATO, HIROSHI KOSHIKAWA, TATSUO NANJO, KEISUKE IINUMA, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH, KEN TAKENAGA, DAIJU TAKEDA, KOUSUKE TANAKA, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12161655
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating mycobacterial infections or mycobacterial diseases by administering a tetracycline compound, e.g., omadacycline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Michael Henry Cynamon, Michael P. Draper, Judith N. Steenbergen, S. Ken Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12166713
    Abstract: A communication device that performs processing for estimating out-of-band leakage power is provided. The communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives wireless signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a control unit that controls a communication operation in the communication unit, transmits a reference signal in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and receives a communication result from a transmission destination of the reference signal. The control unit determines the transmission destination of the reference signal on the basis of results of exchange of capability information with the first terminal and the second terminal, and performs control such that a notification signal for notifying of transmission of the reference signal in advance is transmitted in the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Tanaka, Yusuke Tanaka, Kosuke Aio, Shigeru Sugaya
  • Patent number: 12143218
    Abstract: In joint transmission using an access point, unnecessary data transmission and occurrence of a waiting time are avoided. A wireless communication devices includes a communication control unit and a signal generation unit. The communication control unit generates control information for requesting communication result information regarding whether reception is successful in a transmission destination device when first joint communication is performed jointly with another wireless communication device. The signal generation unit generates a signal including the control information generated by the communication control unit as a signal for urging second joint communication jointly with the other wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Aio, Ken Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240345169
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes a monitoring unit that monitors a battery and a higher device that is provided with monitoring data obtained by monitoring of the battery by the monitoring unit and saves, by using a blockchain, at least part of specific information included in the monitoring data. The higher device includes a block generation unit that generates a new block including a hash value based on the at least part of the specific information and a last block linked at an end of the blockchain, and an external communication device configured to save, in a distributed manner in a plurality of external devices, the new block generated by the block generation unit. At least one of the monitoring unit or the higher device is provided with a data protection unit configured to ensure reliability of the monitoring data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Satoru SHIMIZU, Kazuaki MAWATARI, Kazuyuki ONO, Kumiko KAWABATA, Hiroshige MATSUI, Keisuke UCHIDA, Satoshi TAKADA, Ken TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240340203
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication terminal, a wireless communication device, and a wireless communication method enabling transmission of data traffic requiring immediate sending with low delay. In a wireless communication terminal, a data unit is generated including, in a preamble, position information indicating a position of a midamble and parameter information of a non-orthogonal multiple access scheme that is used by the wireless communication terminal in a multi-domain of the non-orthogonal multiple access scheme to be applied to sending to a wireless communication device, and the generated data unit is sent to the wireless communication device. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: KEN TANAKA, HIROKI MATSUDA