Patents by Inventor Makoto Katase

Makoto Katase 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: 20230130982
    Abstract: A circuit device includes: a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block being provided with at least one temperature sensor; and a control circuit controlling the plurality of circuit blocks. Each circuit block performs first feedback control for temperature abnormality detection, based on a temperature detection value of the temperature sensor provided in each circuit block. The control circuit performs second feedback control for temperature abnormality detection to each circuit block of the plurality of circuit blocks, based on the temperature detection value of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Makoto Katase
  • Patent number: 11606051
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit includes a stepping motor driving circuit that controls driving of a stepping motor, a DC motor driving circuit that controls driving of a DC motor, and a control circuit that controls the stepping motor driving circuit and the DC motor driving circuit. The control circuit, upon accepting a driving instruction for driving the stepping motor in the middle of the DC motor driving circuit performing driving of the DC motor, stops driving of the DC motor by the DC motor driving circuit, and starts driving of the stepping motor by the stepping motor driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoaki Nishimura, Haruo Hayashi, Makoto Katase, Yusuke Sano
  • Patent number: 11476756
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a pulse signal output circuit and a driving circuit. The pulse signal output circuit, when a detection voltage has decreased below a reference voltage, changes a pulse signal to an active level at which a switching element is turned on. The pulse signal output circuit, after the detection voltage has decreased below the reference voltage, performs monitoring as to whether or not the detection voltage has exceeded the reference voltage, and upon detecting that the detection voltage has exceeded the reference voltage, changes the pulse signal to an inactive level at which the switching element is turned off. The driving circuit outputs a driving signal based on the pulse signal to the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Katase, Haruo Hayashi, Motoaki Nishimura, Yusuke Sano, Yoshifumi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11404979
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit includes a first motor driving circuit that controls driving of a first motor is disposed, a second motor driving circuit that controls driving of a second motor is disposed, and a constant current generation circuit that generates a constant current is disposed, and the constant current generation circuit is disposed at a position deviating from between the first motor driving circuit and the second motor driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruo Hayashi, Motoaki Nishimura, Makoto Katase, Yusuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20210135607
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit includes a first motor driving circuit that controls driving of a first motor is disposed, a second motor driving circuit that controls driving of a second motor is disposed, and a constant current generation circuit that generates a constant current is disposed, and the constant current generation circuit is disposed at a position deviating from between the first motor driving circuit and the second motor driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Haruo Hayashi, Motoaki Nishimura, Makoto Katase, Yusuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20210135610
    Abstract: A motor driving circuit includes a stepping motor driving circuit that controls driving of a stepping motor, a DC motor driving circuit that controls driving of a DC motor, and a control circuit that controls the stepping motor driving circuit and the DC motor driving circuit. The control circuit, upon accepting a driving instruction for driving the stepping motor in the middle of the DC motor driving circuit performing driving of the DC motor, stops driving of the DC motor by the DC motor driving circuit, and starts driving of the stepping motor by the stepping motor driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Motoaki Nishimura, Haruo Hayashi, Makoto Katase, Yusuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20210126530
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a pulse signal output circuit and a driving circuit. The pulse signal output circuit, when a detection voltage has decreased below a reference voltage, changes a pulse signal to an active level at which a switching element is turned on. The pulse signal output circuit, after the detection voltage has decreased below the reference voltage, performs monitoring as to whether or not the detection voltage has exceeded the reference voltage, and upon detecting that the detection voltage has exceeded the reference voltage, changes the pulse signal to an inactive level at which the switching element is turned off. The driving circuit outputs a driving signal based on the pulse signal to the switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto Katase, Haruo Hayashi, Motoaki Nishimura, Yusuke Sano, Yoshifumi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10627405
    Abstract: A detection device includes a light source which emits light, a lens, a light transmissive protecting plate, a length between the light source and the light transmissive protecting plate being larger than a length between the lens and the light transmissive protecting plate, and a light receiving element which receives the light. An angle formed by an optical axis of the lens and the light transmissive protecting plate is smaller than an angle formed by an optical axis of the light source and the transmissive protecting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Momose, Hidekazu Kobayashi, Koya Shiratori, Takashi Toya, Makoto Katase
  • Publication number: 20190011453
    Abstract: A detection device includes a light source which emits light, a lens, a light transmissive protecting plate, a length between the light source and the light transmissive protecting plate being larger than a length between the lens and the light transmissive protecting plate, and a light receiving element; which receives the light. An angle formed by an optical axis of the lens and the light transmissive protecting plate is smaller than an angle formed by an optical axis of the light source and the transmissive protecting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko MOMOSE, Hidekazu KOBAYASHI, Koya SHIRATORI, Takashi TOYA, Makoto KATASE
  • Publication number: 20170176373
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a detecting unit including a conductive layer (a current measuring unit) configured to measure a value of an electric current that fluctuates according to the concentration of a measurement target substance, a temperature sensor (a temperature measuring unit) configured to measure an environmental temperature of an environment in which the conductive layer is placed, a storing unit configured to store, as a plurality of combinations, analytical curves of current fluctuation width due to a shift (?t) of the environmental temperature from a set temperature and the concentration of the measurement target substance, and a computing unit configured to derive the concentration of the measurement target substance from the shift (?t) of the environmental temperature from the set temperature, the current value, and the analytical curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Makoto KATASE
  • Publication number: 20170074817
    Abstract: An analysis device includes an electrode which induces a surface current, a circuit which is electrically connected to the electrode, and guard wirings, each of which guards part of the circuit. A guard voltage to be input to the guard wirings is based on the non-inverting input voltage of differential amplifiers included in the circuit. The electrode preferably includes a working electrode provided with an enzyme layer which senses glucose and a counter electrode which receives an electric current generated in the working electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Makoto KATASE
  • Publication number: 20170020423
    Abstract: An information measuring device includes a detection film placed on the surface of a first needle section, an electrically conductive second needle section, and an electric current detection circuit which detects an electric current between the detection film and the second needle section. The major axis of the first needle section is 0.1 mm or more and 0.3 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUJITA, Kuniaki TANAKA, Makoto KATASE, Yoshihiko MOMOSE
  • Patent number: 9440050
    Abstract: A fluid infuser includes an introduction needle having a projection on a peripheral surface, and an infusion tube configured to cover the introduction needle. The projection of the introduction needle is installed at a position where the introduction needle comes into contact with the infusion tube, and includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is arranged at a picking end side of the introduction needle with respect to the second surface, and an angle of inclination of the first surface is larger than an angle of inclination of the second surface. The fluid infuser is configured to guide an infusion tube to an object of insertion adequately, and allow the introduction needle to be pulled out easily from the infusion tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Katase, Yukihiro Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 9347901
    Abstract: A liquid transport apparatus includes a tube for transporting a liquid, plural fingers that push and block the tube, a cam that pushes the fingers in sequence so as to squeeze the tube to transport the liquid, a first electrode and a second electrode that are provided at the tube located further toward the downstream side than a region pushed by the plural fingers, and a determination unit that determines the presence/absence of a bubble on the basis of the impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Katase
  • Publication number: 20150322939
    Abstract: A liquid transport device includes an elastic tube, fingers that line up along a transport direction, a drive mechanism that drives the fingers, a temperature sensor that measures the ambient temperature of the tube, and a control unit. The control unit controls the drive mechanism such that the finger on the most upstream side of the transport direction starts a closing operation of squeezing the tube after the finger on the most downstream side of the transport direction completes the closing operation of squeezing the tube, and the finger second from the downstream side completes an opening operation of being pressed back by the tube. The control unit controls the rate of driving of the drive mechanism in a corrective manner based on a result of measurement by the temperature sensor. The liquid transport device can transport a liquid with high accuracy regardless of the ambient temperature of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Makoto KATASE
  • Publication number: 20150125316
    Abstract: A fluid conveying device includes: a tube; a cam having protrusions; fingers arranged along the tube between the tube and the cam; a driving rotor which rotates the cam to sequentially push the fingers by the protrusions in a flowing direction of a fluid, repeatedly pressuring and opening of the tube, driving the cam; a detection unit which detects a rotating position of the cam; a control unit which calculates a cam rotation angle along a cumulative ejection volume, using a first approximation formula for an ejection area H where the cumulative ejection volume increases substantially in proportion to the rotation angle of the cam and a second approximation formula for a constant area J where the cumulative ejection volume little increases or decreases even if the cam rotates, driving the driving rotor until a rotating position of the cam corresponding to a designated cumulative ejection volume is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Makoto KATASE
  • Publication number: 20150112268
    Abstract: A fluid infuser includes an introduction needle having a projection on a peripheral surface, and an infusion tube configured to cover the introduction needle. The projection of the introduction needle is installed at a position where the introduction needle comes into contact with the infusion tube, and includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is arranged at a picking end side of the introduction needle with respect to the second surface, and an angle of inclination of the first surface is larger than an angle of inclination of the second surface. The fluid infuser is configured to guide an infusion tube to an object of insertion adequately, and allow the introduction needle to be pulled out easily from the infusion tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Makoto KATASE, Yukihiro UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150112305
    Abstract: A fluid transport apparatus includes: a first electrode provided on the insulating transporting tube which constitutes part of a flow channel in which conductive fluid is transported, and configured not to come into contact with the fluid in the flow channel a second electrode configured to come into contact with fluid in the flow channel; and a determining unit connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, and configured to determine a trouble of the transporting tube. Accordingly, the trouble of the transporting tube is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Makoto KATASE
  • Patent number: 8961156
    Abstract: A fluid conveying device includes: a tube; a cam having protrusions; fingers arranged along the tube between the tube and the cam; a driving rotor which rotates the cam to sequentially push the fingers by the protrusions in a flowing direction of a fluid, repeatedly pressuring and opening of the tube, driving the cam; a detection unit which detects a rotating position of the cam; a control unit which calculates a cam rotation angle along a cumulative ejection volume, using a first approximation formula for an ejection area H where the cumulative ejection volume increases substantially in proportion to the rotation angle of the cam and a second approximation formula for a constant area J where the cumulative ejection volume little increases or decreases even if the cam rotates, driving the driving rotor until a rotating position of the cam corresponding to a designated cumulative ejection volume is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Katase
  • Publication number: 20140276380
    Abstract: A liquid transporting apparatus includes: a driving section that transports a liquid through a transporting tube for transporting the liquid; a catheter that injects the liquid that is transported into a living body; a determination section that determines whether the catheter detaches from the living body; and an operation section that is operated when the determination is started, in which if it is determined that the catheter detaches from the living body when the operation section is pressed, the transporting tube is filled with the liquid, and in which if it is determined that the catheter does not detaches from the living body when the operation section is operated, the liquid is transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Makoto KATASE