Patents by Inventor Makoto Miyazawa

Makoto Miyazawa 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: 20230264471
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head including a drive element driven by a drive signal and ejecting a liquid by driving the drive element, an ejection control circuit including a drive circuit that outputs the drive signal based on a base drive signal including a plurality of pieces of drive data, a main control circuit that outputs an ejection control signal including the base drive signal to the ejection control circuit, and a cable that communicably couples the ejection control circuit and the main control circuit and through which the ejection control signal propagates, wherein the ejection control signal includes the base drive signal and a determination signal corresponding to the base drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Makoto MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9126418
    Abstract: A printing apparatus 100 is capable of mounting a multi-color printing material container having a storage device that stores identification information of the printing material container and ink consumption information of each color. The printing apparatus includes a first nonvolatile memory 120 that stores the identification information of printing material containers and first usage information that is based on the ink consumption information of each color, and a printing apparatus controller 110 that performs control of print processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20150062209
    Abstract: A printing apparatus 100 is capable of mounting a multi-color printing material container having a storage device that stores identification information of the printing material container and ink consumption information of each color. The printing apparatus includes a first nonvolatile memory 120 that stores the identification information of printing material containers and first usage information that is based on the ink consumption information of each color, and a printing apparatus controller 110 that performs control of print processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8544980
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which is able to be mounted with a cartridge which is provided with a memory device which stores liquid usage information relating to a consumption amount or a remaining amount of liquid accommodated in the cartridge and a unique ID which uniquely distinguishes the cartridge. A control section executes a fault countermeasure process in relation to the memory device of the cartridge in a case where the relationship between a first liquid consumption amount obtained from the liquid usage information stored in the memory device of the cartridge mounted in the liquid ejecting apparatus and a second liquid consumption amount obtained from the liquid usage information stored in the non-volatile memory with regard to the cartridge is outside of a permitted range set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20110316905
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which is able to be mounted with a cartridge which is provided with a memory device which stores liquid usage information relating to a consumption amount or a remaining amount of liquid accommodated in the cartridge and a unique ID which uniquely distinguishes the cartridge. A control section executes a fault countermeasure process in relation to the memory device of the cartridge in a case where the relationship between a first liquid consumption amount obtained from the liquid usage information stored in the memory device of the cartridge mounted in the liquid ejecting apparatus and a second liquid consumption amount obtained from the liquid usage information stored in the non-volatile memory with regard to the cartridge is outside of a permitted range set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 7448942
    Abstract: A surface to be polished having a plurality of surfaces of significantly different curvatures can be polished evenly by the use of resilient abrasive members by using a polishing method including the steps of selecting at least two resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b from the resilient abrasive members having a plurality of dome-shaped portions of different curvatures determined by a plurality of curvatures on the surface to be polished of the polishing target, and mounting the selected resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b to specific abrasive member mounting jigs 20a, 20b and polishing the surface to be polished of the polishing target L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 7207863
    Abstract: An aspheric-surface processing method according to the present invention, uses a cuffing apparatus including at least one turning tool movable in the same direction as the rotating axis of the work and is also movable in a direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the work. This method includes moving the turning tool at a predetermined feed pitch in a fixed direction over at least a part of the work region extending from the center of the rotating axis of the work to a peripheral portion of the work and also moving the turning tool in another direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the work in order to process the work for forming an axis-asymmetric aspheric surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20070087670
    Abstract: A surface to be polished having a plurality of portions of significantly different curvatures can be polished evenly by the use of resilient abrasive members by selecting at least two resilient abrasive members from resilient abrasive members having a plurality of dome-shaped portions of different curvatures determined by the plurality of curvatures of the polishing target, and mounting the selected resilient abrasive members to specific abrasive member mounting jigs and polishing the surface of the polishing target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20070087669
    Abstract: A surface to be polished having a plurality of surfaces of significantly different curvatures can be polished evenly by the use of resilient abrasive members by using a polishing method including the steps of selecting at least two resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b from the resilient abrasive members having a plurality of dome-shaped portions of different curvatures determined by a plurality of curvatures on the surface to be polished of the polishing target, and mounting the selected resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b to specific abrasive member mounting jigs 20a, 20b and polishing the surface to be polished of the polishing target L2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 7077729
    Abstract: An aspherical surface processing method involves a workpiece to be processed by rotating around a rotation axis, and a rotational tool movable relative to the workpiece in the same direction as the rotation axis of the workpiece and in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the workpiece. The rotational tool is shifted in a fixed direction with a predetermined feed pitch in a partial or entire region from a center of the rotation axis of the workpiece to a periphery of the workpiece in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the workpiece to process the workpiece into a non-axisymmetrical and aspherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 7074119
    Abstract: A polishing jig for mounting a working object lens on a polishing apparatus that polishes the concave surface of the working object lens, a conveyor tray for exclusive use for conveying the polishing jig, and a conveying method and a conveying apparatus for conveying the polishing jig or the like with the working object lens held thereon to a working apparatus such as the polishing apparatus. The polishing jig (1) includes a mounting potion (2) to be mounted on a chuck of a polishing apparatus, a ring-shaped closely contacting portion (3) for closely contacting with a convex surface (11) of a working object lens (10), and a filling gap portion (4) having an opening at the closely contacting portion for being filled with adhesive substance (7) which adheres to the convex surface of the working object lens closely contacted by the closely contacting portion to hold the working object lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Miyazawa, Isao Karasawa, Yoshio Hori
  • Patent number: 7070474
    Abstract: An aspheric-surface processing method according to the present invention, uses a cutting apparatus including at least one turning tool movable in the same direction as the rotating axis of the work and is also movable in a direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the work. This method includes moving the turning tool at a predetermined feed pitch in a fixed direction over at least a part of the work region extending from the center of the rotating axis of the work to a peripheral portion of the work and also moving the turning tool in another direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the work in order to process the work for forming an axis-asymmetric aspheric surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20060003674
    Abstract: An aspheric-surface processing method according to the present invention, uses a cuffing apparatus including at least one turning tool movable in the same direction as the rotating axis of the work and is also movable in a direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the work. This method includes moving the turning tool at a predetermined feed pitch in a fixed direction over at least a part of the work region extending from the center of the rotating axis of the work to a peripheral portion of the work and also moving the turning tool in another direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the work in order to process the work for forming an axis-asymmetric aspheric surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6945849
    Abstract: A polishing method particularly suitable for mirror-polishing the concave surface of a lens and a polishing device, the method characterized by including the step of polishing work surfaces (50a, 50b) while allowing parts of the dome-shaped parts of elastic polishing objects (10a, 10b) matching the curved shapes of the concaved work surfaces of the works (50a, 50b) selected from among the plurality of the elastic polishing bodies having the dome-shaped parts (11a, 11b) different in curvature and larger in area than the concaved work surfaces of the works (50a, 50b) to come into contact with the generally entire surfaces of the work surfaces, wherein the curvature centers (40) of the dome-shaped parts are generally aligned with the swing centers (41) of the works, whereby the concaved work surfaces can be rapidly and uniformly polished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6929534
    Abstract: A polisher for polishing a curved surface such as a concave surface of a spectacle lens has a structure in which a polishing pad 3 comprising water passing grooves 5 having a width W of 0.1 to 5 mm is adhered to a dome-shaped elastic base member 2. The polishing pad 3 is composed of a plurality of pads 31, and the water passing grooves 5 are formed at the gaps between the pads 31, whereby the width W of the water passing grooves 5 are made small. It is effective to make the pads 31 polygonal in shape. The polishing pad 3 covers the moving region 6 of the work 8 to be polished. The polishing pad 3 is adhered through a high-tack adhesive layer 4. A polishing method is adopted in which such a polisher 1 is used and the work 8 is polished by pressing the polishing pad 3 against the work 8, whereby the polishing pad 3 adhered to the elastic base member 2 can be prevented from being stripped by an end edge of the work 8, and generation of defective polish can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20050118929
    Abstract: An aspherical surface processing method involves a workpiece to be processed by rotating around a rotation axis, and a rotational tool movable relative to the workpiece in the same direction as the rotation axis of the workpiece and in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the workpiece. The rotational tool is shifted in a fixed direction with a predetermined feed pitch in a partial or entire region from a center of the rotation axis of the workpiece to a periphery of the workpiece in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the workpiece to process the workpiece into a non-axisymmetrical and aspherical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20050107008
    Abstract: A surface to be polished having a plurality of surfaces of significantly different curvatures can be polished evenly by the use of resilient abrasive members by using a polishing method including the steps of selecting at least two resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b from the resilient abrasive members having a plurality of dome-shaped portions of different curvatures determined by a plurality of curvatures on the surface to be polished of the polishing target, and mounting the selected resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b to specific abrasive member mounting jigs 20a, 20b and polishing the surface to be polished of the polishing target L2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20050098798
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a terminal and a first capacitance adjusting section. The first capacitance adjusting section is connected to a wiring between the terminal and a protection resistor in front stage of an internal circuit. The first capacitance adjusting section adjusts terminal capacitance of the terminal, based on capacitance of the first capacitance adjusting section. The semiconductor integrated circuit device may further includes a protection circuit which is connected to the wiring between the terminal and the first capacitance adjusting section and protects the internal circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Makoto Miyazawa, Kenshi Izumi
  • Patent number: 6872120
    Abstract: A lens surface shape is created by a near-finish surface forming rough-cutting step of creating a near-finish surface shape analogous to a lens surface shape based on a prescription of a spectacle lens from a spectacle lens base material 11 by numerically controlled cutting, and a finish-cutting step of creating the lens surface shape based on the prescription of the spectacle lens from the near-finish surface shape by numerically controlled cutting. According to this method of producing a spectacle lens, all kinds of spectacle lenses including an inner surface progressive power lens can be produced with high productivity. A complex curved surface can be mirror-polished by a polishing tool, which includes an elastic sheet 41 having a curved surface, wherein a workpiece is polished by applying a pressure to the inner surface side of the elastic sheet 41, to stretch the elastic sheet 41 and bring the outer surface side of the elastic sheet 41 into contact with the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Miyazawa, Yoshinori Tabata, Takahiro Uchidani
  • Publication number: 20050003742
    Abstract: A polishing method particularly suitable for mirror-polishing the concave surface of a lens and a polishing device, the method characterized by including the step of polishing work surfaces (50a, 50b) while allowing parts of the dome-shaped parts of elastic polishing objects (10a, 10b) matching the curved shapes of the concaved work surfaces of the works (50a, 50b) selected from among the plurality of the elastic polishing bodies having the dome-shaped parts (11a, 11b) different in curvature and larger in area than the concaved work surfaces of the works (50a, 50b) to come into contact with the generally entire surfaces of the work surfaces, wherein the curvature centers (40) of the dome-shaped parts are generally aligned with the swing centers (41) of the works, whereby the concaved work surfaces can be rapidly and uniformly polished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventor: Makoto Miyazawa