Patents by Inventor Kenichi Honda

Kenichi Honda 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: 20240141267
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module includes: an LED that emits an ultraviolet ray; an information holding apparatus; and a module-side connector electrically connected to the LED and the information holding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi HORIUCHI, Kousuke HONDA, Nobuo HORIMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Taiki OSHIMOTO, Yuta SAKAI, Kaori YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240141217
    Abstract: Provided is a resin film that has a stress integral value of greater than 10 MPa and 1000 MPa or less when uniaxially stretched at a tensile speed of 300 mm/min at 25° C. until it breaks. The resin film showing these properties is supple and durable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Masahiro KUZE, Kenichi OKADA, Takayuki KUROKAWA, Jian Ping GONG
  • Publication number: 20240141276
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module includes: an LED that emits an ultraviolet ray; a metallic cylindrical body in which the LED is accommodated; and a metallic coupling for fixing the metallic cylindrical body to a culture apparatus by being engaged with an engaged portion fixed to the culture apparatus, in which the metallic cylindrical body and the metallic coupling dissipate heat generated by the LED to the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki HIRAI, Nobuo HORIMOTO, Kenichi HORIUCHI, Kousuke HONDA, Taiki OSHIMOTO, Yuta SAKAI, Kaori YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240141277
    Abstract: A culture apparatus includes a box and a light emitting diode (LED) module detachably attached to the box and configured to emit an ultraviolet ray inside the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki HIRAI, Nobuo HORIMOTO, Kenichi HORIUCHI, Kousuke HONDA, Taiki OSHIMOTO, Yuta SAKAI, Kaori YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11970644
    Abstract: Provided is a method for peeling a PSA sheet adhered on a polarizing plate. The PSA sheet has a PSA layer. The PSA layer includes a layer A forming at least one surface of the PSA layer. Of the polarizing plate, the surface to which the PSA sheet is adhered is corona-treated or plasma-treated. The peeling method includes a water-peel step in which the PSA sheet is peeled from the polarizing plate, in a state where an aqueous liquid exits at the interface between the polarizing plate and the PSA sheet at the front line of peeling the PSA sheet from the polarizing plate, with the aqueous liquid allowed to further enter the interface following the movement of the peel front line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Kosaka, Yosuke Shimizu, Satoshi Honda, Taiki Shimokuri, Shou Takarada, Masayuki Satake, Kenichi Okada, Atsushi Takashima, Ginji Mizuhara
  • Publication number: 20240134367
    Abstract: Provided is a machine state detecting device capable of easily detecting the state of a machine, regardless of whether an unknown operation that is not expected to cause damage is performed. A state detecting device 100 includes a collection device 1a that collects, at a plurality of times, state information if indicating the state of the machine that changes chronologically, and an arithmetic processing device 1b that processes a plurality of pieces of the state information if collected at the plurality of times to detect the state of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Munetoshi UNUMA, Hiroshi TSUKUI, Kenichi AJIMA, Kouichirou EJIRI, Mitsuhiko HONDA
  • Publication number: 20240122565
    Abstract: A user is presented with determination information obtained by determining a condition of a target site and feature information indicating a feature related to a condition of a body of a subject, which are generated from the same image representing the target site of the subject. A determination system includes an acquirer that acquires a target image representing a target site of a body of a subject, a first generator that generates first determination information indicating a condition of the target site from the target image used to generate the first determination information, a second generator that generates feature information indicating a feature related to a condition of the body of the subject from the target image, and a display controller that causes a display apparatus to display the first determination information and the feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Masayuki KYOMOTO, Masahiko HASHIDA, Shintaro HONDA, Naoya WADA
  • Publication number: 20240119587
    Abstract: A prediction image is generated and output that represents a condition of a target region of a subject. A prediction system includes a prediction information acquirer that acquires (a) a subject image representing a target region of a subject at a first time, and (b) first prediction information regarding the target region at a second time when a predetermined period has elapsed from the first time; and a prediction image generation unit that generates a prediction image indicating a condition of the target region at the second time from the subject image based on the first prediction information and output the prediction image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi WATANABE, Masayuki KYOMOTO, Masahiko HASHIDA, Shintaro HONDA, Naoya WADA
  • Patent number: 11338600
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle rows are arranged in a predetermined direction that include a first nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink having a predetermined color, and a second nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink having an identical color to the predetermined color, and a control unit configured to control ejection of ink by the nozzle, wherein the control unit, when a test pattern for an inspection of a missing dot due to an ejecting defect of the nozzle is recorded on a recording medium, records a dot pattern, that is an individual element that forms the test pattern, so that ink ejected from a nozzle of the first nozzle row, and ink ejected from a nozzle of the second nozzle row overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Honda
  • Patent number: 11214066
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzle rows of a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a same color ink, a detector configured to detect, from among the plurality of nozzles, a defective nozzle having an ejecting defect, and a control unit configured to determine whether the recording head is in an error state, based on a detection result from the detector. The control unit determines that the recording head is in the error state when, among the plurality of nozzles having a specific positional relationship in which the nozzles are configured to compensate for each other's ejection, at least a predetermined number the nozzles, which is greater than one, is the defective nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Honda
  • Patent number: 11049780
    Abstract: An electronic module includes a substrate having flexibility and an electrical insulation property, a circuit unit in which an electronic device is mounted on a wiring pattern formed on at least any one of surfaces of the substrate, and a resin body in which the circuit unit is sealed with an electrical insulating resin, wherein the substrate has flexibility to be deformable due to a pressure during sealing with the electrical insulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TATEYAMA KAGAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Watanuki, Kenichi Honda, Orie Shinohara, Akira Ishikawa, Tsutomu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200298571
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzle rows of a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a same color ink, a detector configured to detect, from among the plurality of nozzles, a defective nozzle having an ejecting defect, and a control unit configured to determine whether the recording head is in an error state, based on a detection result from the detector. The control unit determines that the recording head is in the error state when, among the plurality of nozzles having a specific positional relationship in which the nozzles are configured to compensate for each other's ejection, at least a predetermined number the nozzles, which is greater than one, is the defective nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Kenichi HONDA
  • Publication number: 20200247164
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle rows are arranged in a predetermined direction that include a first nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink having a predetermined color, and a second nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink having an identical color to the predetermined color, and a control unit configured to control ejection of ink by the nozzle, wherein the control unit, when a test pattern for an inspection of a missing dot due to an ejecting defect of the nozzle is recorded on a recording medium, records a dot pattern, that is an individual element that forms the test pattern, so that ink ejected from a nozzle of the first nozzle row, and ink ejected from a nozzle of the second nozzle row overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Kenichi HONDA
  • Publication number: 20200135598
    Abstract: An electronic module includes a substrate having flexibility and an electrical insulation property, a circuit unit in which an electronic device is mounted on a wiring pattern formed on at least any one of surfaces of the substrate, and a resin body in which the circuit unit is sealed with an electrical insulating resin, wherein the substrate has flexibility to be deformable due to a pressure during sealing with the electrical insulating resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TATEYAMA KAGAKU INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu WATANUKI, Kenichi HONDA, Orie SHINOHARA, Akira ISHIKAWA, Tsutomu ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10632759
    Abstract: A printing control apparatus configured to control a printing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire discharge characteristic information including a characteristic of discharging ink for each of nozzles, a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting an amount of the ink discharged onto a printing medium based on the discharge characteristic information for each of printing modes having mutually different relative movement amounts of the sub scanning movements, and a printing data generation unit configured to generate printing data for executing printing in accordance with the printing mode based on the correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Honda
  • Publication number: 20190184712
    Abstract: A printing control apparatus configured to control a printing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire discharge characteristic information including a characteristic of discharging ink for each of nozzles, a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting an amount of the ink discharged onto a printing medium based on the discharge characteristic information for each of printing modes having mutually different relative movement amounts of the sub scanning movements, and a printing data generation unit configured to generate printing data for executing printing in accordance with the printing mode based on the correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Honda
  • Publication number: 20170157514
    Abstract: A condition ascertainment unit accurately ascertains the condition of an opponent in a remote location while considering an opponent's privacy. The condition ascertainment unit for ascertaining the condition of the opponent in a remote location includes a staging device configured to perform a staging operation different from the operation of reproducing a video image and voice of the opponent, and a control device configured to control the staging device to perform the staging operation and to communicate with an opponent side terminal. The control device obtains data on at least one of opponent's position and state, atmosphere in the space where the opponent is present, voice emitted from the opponent, and vibration generated by action of the opponent; specifies, from the obtained data, contents on the above-described item; and causes the staging device to perform the staging operation in a staging mode corresponding to the specified contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nakano, Takashi Orime, Kenji Hirosawa, Hiroyuki Yajima, Kenichi Honda, Yasuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9205300
    Abstract: Training system including: a training machine including: a Magnet Rheological fluid (MR-fluid) load generating unit generating a load to be exerted on the trainee, by using an MR-fluid having a variable viscosity depending on a magnetic field strength; mechanical arrangements; a displacement detection sensor; a power-assisting motor; a storage unit configure to store MR-fluid load characteristic information on a relationship between a current through the MR-fluid load generating unit and the load generated by the MR-fluid load generating unit; and chain and sprocket arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., TAKEI SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD., YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Shizuo Takatou, Kenichi Honda, Hajime Watanabe, Kouichi Yamada, Yasuyuki Murayama, Toshihiko Shiraishi, Shin Morishita
  • Publication number: 20150197087
    Abstract: A print control apparatus configured to generate first printed image data indicative of positions of first dots formed by a first ink and second printed image data indicative of positions of second dots formed by a second ink, and configured to cause a print apparatus to discharge the first ink and the second ink to form the first dots and the second dots on a medium, wherein the first printed image data and the second printed image data are generated such that a preferential direction in which the first dots are generated in the first printed image data and a preferential direction in which the second dots are generated in the second printed image data are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Kenichi HONDA
  • Patent number: 9053402
    Abstract: A wireless IC tag which has an electrically insulative substrate, an antenna circuit provided on the surface of the substrate and an IC chip connected to the antenna circuit, wherein the antenna circuit is formed of solder and the IC chip is connected to the antenna circuit via the solder, and A wireless IC tag comprising an electrically insulative substrate, an antenna circuit provided on the surface of the substrate, an IC chip connected to the antenna circuit, and a jumper wire connected to the antenna circuit, wherein the antenna circuit is formed of a solder, the jumper wire is insulatively coated with a resin composition that evaporates, decomposes, or melts at a temperature not higher than a soldering temperature, and the jumper wire is located on the same side of the substrate where the antenna circuit is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: TATEYAMA KAGAKU INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Honda