Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ogawa
Kenichi Ogawa 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: 11535044Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a printing unit, and a heating unit provided on a downstream side with respect to the printing unit in the conveyance direction, and a control unit. The conveyance unit conveys a printing medium along a conveyance direction. The printing unit ejects ink onto the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance unit. The heating unit heats the printing medium on which ink has been ejected by the printing unit while being in contact therewith. The control unit controls the printing apparatus such that a first surface of the printing medium passes through the same heating unit a plurality of times, wherein the first surface includes ink having been ejected by the printing unit onto the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Hamada, Kenichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 11515034Abstract: A nurse call system that enables a call for a nurse from anywhere in a hospital ward while a patient carries a mobile phone is provided. The nurse call system includes a plurality of patient mobile phones 10 are carried by hospitalized patients and connected to a controller 8 via a base station 12 as with nurse mobile phones 9, and each patient mobile phone 10 has a hospital room ID and a nurse call slave device ID registered therein for recognizing a bed location of the patient carrying the patient mobile phone 10, thus enabling a nurse call operation for transmitting a call signal with the hospital room ID and the slave device ID added thereto, to the nurse call master device 7 and at least one of the nurse mobile phones 9, through a predetermined operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 11395404Abstract: A wiring board includes a first substrate having stretchability, wiring disposed adjacent to a first surface of the first substrate and extending in a first direction, and a stopper disposed adjacent to the first surface or second surface of the first substrate. While stretch length of the wiring board is being increased in the first direction, electrical resistance of the wiring exhibits a first turning point at a first stretch length and tension applied to the wiring board exhibits a second turning point at a second stretch length smaller than the first stretch length. The first turning point is a point at which an increase in electrical resistance per unit stretch length changes. The second turning point is a point at which an increase in tension per unit stretch length changes.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko Okimoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Mitsutaka Nagae, Makiko Sakata, Toru Miyoshi
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Patent number: 11393383Abstract: A display control device includes: a circle setting unit that sets a reference circle that serves as the reference for a scale mark layout; a scale mark position determining unit that determines the position of a scale mark on the reference circle; a rectangle setting unit that sets a number display rectangle of the size corresponding to the number of digits of the indication number indicating the value corresponding to the scale mark; a rectangle position determining unit that determines the layout position of the number display rectangle from the position of the scale mark, using a calculating formula that has been set on the basis of the size of the reference circle and the size of the number display rectangle; and a number display unit that displays a number in the number display rectangle, and the calculating formula is designed so that, in a case where a straight line extending through the center of the reference circle on a display screen is set as a symmetrical axis, number display rectangles for dispType: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirohiko Higuchi, Kenichi Ogawa, Keiko Imamura
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Publication number: 20220210912Abstract: This wiring board includes a substrate having a first elastic modulus and including a first surface and a second surface positioned on the opposite side of the first surface; wiring positioned on the first surface side of the substrate and connected to an electrode of an electronic component mounted on the wiring board; and a reinforcing member having a second elastic modulus greater than the first elastic modulus and at least including a first reinforcing part that is positioned on the first surface side of the substrate or on the second surface side of the substrate and that at least partially overlaps the electronic component mounted on the wiring board when viewed along the normal direction of the first surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kenichi OGAWA, Takao SOMEYA
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Publication number: 20220183150Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface located on an opposite side to the first surface, where the substrate has stretchability, an interconnection wire located adjacent to the first surface of the substrate, and a stress relaxation layer located between the first surface of the substrate and the interconnection wire, where the stress relaxation layer has a modulus of elasticity lower than that of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Kenichi OGAWA, Makiko SAKATA, Toru MIYOSHI
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Patent number: 11284507Abstract: A wiring board includes: a substrate first elastic modulus including a first surface and second surface positioned on the opposite side of the first surface; wiring positioned on the first surface side of the substrate and connected to an electrode of an electronic component mounted on the wiring board; and a reinforcing member second elastic modulus greater than the first elastic modulus and including a first reinforcing part positioned on the first surface side of the substrate or on the second surface side of the substrate and partially overlaps the electronic component mounted on the wiring board when viewed along the normal direction of the first surface of the substrate. The wiring includes a section that does not overlap the reinforcing member when viewed along the normal direction of the first surface including pluralities of peaks and valleys aligned along a planar direction of the first surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Takao Someya
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Publication number: 20220015228Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable and that at least has a wiring region; wiring at least positioned in the wiring region on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section that includes peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The stretching control mechanism at least includes stretching control parts that are positioned in the wiring region of the substrate and that are aligned along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Takao SOMEYA
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Publication number: 20220015227Abstract: A wiring board on which electronic components are mountable includes a stretchable portion having stretchability and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an interconnection wire electrically connected to the electronic components mounted on the wiring board. The stretchable portion includes first regions lined up in each of a first direction and a second direction, a second region including first portions and second portions, and a third region surrounded by the second region. The first regions overlap the electronic components. The first portion extends from one of two first regions neighboring each other in the first direction to the other thereof. The second portion extends from one of two first regions neighboring each other in the second direction to the other thereof. The second region has a lower modulus of elasticity than the first region. The interconnection wire overlaps the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi OGAWA, Naoko OKIMOTO, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Makiko SAKATA, Toru MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20210410280Abstract: A wiring board includes a first substrate having stretchability, wiring disposed adjacent to a first surface of the first substrate and extending in a first direction, and a stopper disposed adjacent to the first surface or second surface of the first substrate. While stretch length of the wiring board is being increased in the first direction, electrical resistance of the wiring exhibits a first turning point at a first stretch length and tension applied to the wiring board exhibits a second turning point at a second stretch length smaller than the first stretch length. The first turning point is a point at which an increase in electrical resistance per unit stretch length changes. The second turning point is a point at which an increase in tension per unit stretch length changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Makiko SAKATA, Toru MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20210385946Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate, wiring, and a reinforcing part. The substrate is stretchable, and includes a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface. The wiring is located at the first surface side of the substrate. The reinforcing part overlaps the wiring when viewed in a direction normal to the first surface of the substrate. The substrate has a control region and a non-control region. The control region overlaps the reinforcing part. The non-control region does not overlap the reinforcing part. The non-control region is positioned to sandwich the control region in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the wiring extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Makiko SAKATA, Toru MIYOSHI
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Patent number: 11172570Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stretchable circuit substrate comprising: a base material being stretchable; a wiring which is on a first surface side of the base material, and which includes a bellows-like member including a plurality of ridges and recesses arranged in a first direction which is one of in-plane directions in the first surface of the base material; and an adjustment layer which includes the bellows-like member and is on the first surface side of the base material so as to at least overlap, in a plan view, a wiring region in which the wiring is positioned; wherein the adjustment layer has a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the wiring.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko Okimoto, Kenichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 11109479Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable and that at least has a wiring region; wiring at least positioned in the wiring region on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section that includes peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The stretching control mechanism at least includes stretching control parts that are positioned in the wiring region of the substrate and that are aligned along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Naoko Okimoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Takao Someya
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Patent number: 11059142Abstract: In a controller, a machine learning device, and a system that are capable of addressing change in a clamping force without use of expensive equipment, the controller includes the machine learning device that observes machining condition data indicating machining conditions for cutting, spindle torque data indicating spindle torque during the cutting, and cutting force component direction data indicating cutting force component direction information on cutting resistance against a cutting force, as state variables representing a current state of an environment, and that carries out learning or decision making with use of a learning model modelling the machining conditions for the cutting on which the cutting force that allows holding by a clamping force from a machining jig is exerted on a workpiece based on the state variables.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Kenichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20210174227Abstract: A machine learning apparatus capable of reducing an error between a machined workpiece and a target shape when the workpiece is machined based on a workpiece model modeling the target shape of the workpiece. A machine learning apparatus includes a state observation section configured to observe machining state data of a machine tool configured to machine the workpiece, and measurement data of an error between a shape of the workpiece machined by the machine tool based on the workpiece model and the target shape, as a state variable representing a current state of environment in which the workpiece is machined, and a learning section configured to learn the correction amount in association with the error by using the state variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Kenichi OGAWA, Takashi NAGATOMI
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Publication number: 20210176858Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stretchable circuit substrate comprising: a base material being stretchable; a wiring which is on a first surface side of the base material, and which includes a bellows-like member including a plurality of ridges and recesses arranged in a first direction which is one of in-plane directions in the first surface of the base material; and an adjustment layer which includes the bellows-like member and is on the first surface side of the base material so as to at least overlap, in a plan view, a wiring region in which the wiring is positioned; wherein the adjustment layer has a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the wiring.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210155014Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveying part configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction. A discharge head is configured to discharge a droplet onto a medium carried by the conveying part. A heating part is arranged at the downstream of the discharge head and configured to heat a medium while contacting with the medium attached with a droplet discharged by the discharge head. The heating part is arranged at a position contacting with at least part of the droplet present on the surface of the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kenichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20210094327Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a printing unit, and a heating unit provided on a downstream side with respect to the printing unit in the conveyance direction, and a control unit. The conveyance unit conveys a printing medium along a conveyance direction. The printing unit ejects ink onto the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance unit. The heating unit heats the printing medium on which ink has been ejected by the printing unit while being in contact therewith. The control unit controls the printing apparatus such that a first surface of the printing medium passes through the same heating unit a plurality of times, wherein the first surface includes ink having been ejected by the printing unit onto the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Kenichi Ogawa
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Patent number: D925553Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Ryosuke Goto, Yoshihito Takigawa
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Patent number: D937846Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Ryosuke Goto, Yoshihito Takigawa