Patents by Inventor Masahiro Minowa

Masahiro Minowa 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: 9111661
    Abstract: A cable for high-voltage electronic devices including an inner semiconductive layer, a high-voltage insulator, an outer semiconductive layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath which are provided on an outer periphery of a cable core part in the order mentioned, wherein the high-voltage insulator is made of an insulating composition whose temperature dependence parameter DR found by the following expression is 1.0 or less: DR=log R23° C.?log R90° C. (where R23° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 23° C. and R90° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 90° C.). The cable for high-voltage electronic devices is small in diameter and has an excellent withstand voltage characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mariko Saito, Masahiro Minowa, Masamitsu Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Noguti
  • Publication number: 20150206330
    Abstract: A weather information display system is provided, which can grasp pinpoint weather information around the weather information display system in real time. The weather information display system includes a radar device, an image creator, a position acquirer, and a display unit. The radar device acquires weather observation data. The image creator creates a weather radar image based on the weather observation data acquired by the radar device. The position acquirer is provided to a terminal device and acquires a position of the terminal device. The display unit is provided to the terminal device and uses the position acquired by the position acquirer to display the reference position and the weather radar image around the reference position for a current time point by superimposing them on a map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takechi, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20140216027
    Abstract: Provided is a heat storage device which can stably store heat by storing heat within a fixed temperature range. A heat storage device (10) of the present invention is characterized in being provided with a heat resistant frame (11), which is filled with one kind of alloy or mixed salt having a predetermined eutectic temperature, alternatively, a heat resistant frame (11), which is filled with two or more kinds of alloys or mixed salts having different eutectic temperatures, by having the alloys or the mixed salts adjacent to each other in the order of eutectic temperature levels with a partitioning wall (11a) therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: Tokyo University of Science Educational Foundation Administration Organization, SWCC Showa Cable Systems Co., Ltd., Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd., Itoh Kikoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iida, Kuniaki Mizuno, Yukio Takizawa, Tatsuya Deguchi, Kazunori Sawada, Yohike Mito, Takashi Nemoto, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20140118184
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a radar device and a velocity calculation method with which velocity can be calculated more accurately. A radar device 1 comprises a transmitter 23, a first velocity calculator 31a, a second velocity calculator 31b, a first velocity corrector 33a, and a second velocity corrector 33b. The transmitter 23 transmits pulse signals at two or more different pulse repetition frequencies. The first velocity calculator 31a calculates a first Doppler velocity based on a first received signal. The second velocity calculator 31b calculates a second Doppler velocity based on a second received signal. The first velocity corrector 33a calculates a first corrected Doppler velocity by folding correction of the first Doppler velocity. The second velocity corrector 33b calculates a second corrected Doppler velocity by folding correction of the second Doppler velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: FURUNO Electric Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro MINOWA, Yasunobu ASADA
  • Patent number: 8559046
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host device image data and commands including a normal command, an image data command associated with a parameter indicative of a data length of the image data to be processed, and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. The imaging device comprises a receiver configured to receive the image data command and subsequently the parameter from the host device; and a processor configured to process the parameter without processing the real-time command, even if a data sequence identical to a byte stream of the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the image data command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20130092416
    Abstract: A cable for high-voltage electronic devices including an inner semiconductive layer, a high-voltage insulator, an outer semiconductive layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath which are provided on an outer periphery of a cable core part in the order mentioned, wherein the high-voltage insulator is made of an insulating composition whose temperature dependence parameter DR found by the following expression is 1.0 or less: DR=log R23° C.?log R90° C. (where R23° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 23° C. and R90° C. is volume resistivity (?·cm) at 90° C.). The cable for high-voltage electronic devices is small in diameter and has an excellent withstand voltage characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mariko Saito, Masahiro Minowa, Masamitsu Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Noguti
  • Patent number: 8390835
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command, and a processor processes the image data without processing the real-time command, even if a data sequence identical to the byte stream of the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the real-time processing disable command. In a method for so controlling an imaging device, a real-time processing disable command is received from the host, after which the real-time processing disable command is processed, after which the image data is processed without processing the real-time command, even if a data sequence identical to the byte stream of the real-time command is included in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 8345274
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command with a parameter indicating a number of bytes of the image data, and a processor processes the image data in terms of the number of bytes without processing the real-time command, after processing the real-time processing disable command. In a method for so controlling an imaging device, the host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands to an imaging device as noted above. The host comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command with the parameter described above, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 8274683
    Abstract: Provided herein is a printing apparatus having a frame image take-in means which takes in a plurality of frame images at a predetermined interval from a content file as recorded target including image information on an optical disk medium, a frame image discriminating means which discriminates whether each of the taken-in frame images is appropriate for printing on a label face by comparing each of the frame images taken in by the frame image take-in means with prior and following frame images thereof and using a discriminating result whether differences between the taken-in frame images and the prior and following frame images thereof are small, a label print data generating means which generates label print data to be printed on the label face of the optical disk medium based on frame images discriminated as appropriate for printing on the label face by the frame image discriminating means, and a label print means which prints the label print data generated on the label face of the optical disk medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20120215944
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command, and a processor processes the image data without processing the real-time command, even if a data sequence identical to the byte stream of the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the real-time processing disable command. In a method for so controlling an imaging device, a real-time processing disable command is received from the host, after which the real-time processing disable command is processed, after which the image data is processed without processing the real-time command, even if a data sequence identical to the byte stream of the real-time command is included in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20120206767
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command with a parameter indicating a number of bytes of the image data, and a processor processes the image data in terms of the number of bytes without processing the real-time command, after processing the real-time processing disable command. In a method for so controlling an imaging device, the host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands to an imaging device as noted above. The host comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command with the parameter described above, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 8144357
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host device image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command from the host device, and a processor processes the image data without processing the real-time command, even if the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the real-time processing disable command. A method for so controlling an imaging device is also provided. The host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands as noted above to an imaging device. The host device comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20110249296
    Abstract: An imaging device receives from a host device image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command from the host device, and a processor processes the image data without processing the real-time command, even if the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the real-time processing disable command. A method for so controlling an imaging device is also provided. The host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands as noted above to an imaging device. The host device comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20110209895
    Abstract: A cable for a high-voltage electronic device having a small diameter and an excellent voltage resistance characteristic. The cable includes an inner semiconducting layer, a high-voltage insulator, an outer semiconducting layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath on an outer periphery of a cable core portion, wherein the high-voltage insulator is formed of an insulating composition containing 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of an inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of an olefin-based polymer, and the inorganic filler has an average dispersed-particle diameter of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mariko Saito, Masahiro Minowa, Junichi Nishioka, Nahoko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7995226
    Abstract: An imaging device that receives a data stream including bit-map data and commands from a host device is configured to first process a received real-time processing disable command and then to process the data stream including the bit-map data. In another aspect, an imaging device is controlled to receive a real-time processing disable command, and then to receive and process a data stream including bit-map data and commands. In another aspect, an imaging device is controlled to receive a real-time processing enable command, then to receive and process a different real-time command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 7973396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the following problem: when using an electronic price tag device attached to a POP panel, an advertising content of the POP panel may be inconsistent with a price displayed on the electronic price tag device, and such inconsistency is left as is until a person in charge of a store site notices that. An electronic price tag device 1 includes detecting elements SW1 to SW3. A POP panel 30 is provided with a projected and recessed part 33 at a position, with the electronic price tag device 1 attached thereto, facing a detecting unit 16. The projected and recessed part 33 is formed to have different shapes corresponding to the types of the POP panel. Type information of the POP panel based on a signal output from the detecting elements SW1 to SW3 engaged with the projected and recessed part 33 is output to a display 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20110013229
    Abstract: An imaging device that receives a data stream including bit-map data and commands from a host device is configured to first process a received real-time processing disable command and then to process the data stream including the bit-map data. In another aspect, an imaging device is controlled to receive a real-time processing disable command, and then to receive and process a data stream including bit-map data and commands. In another aspect, an imaging device is controlled to receive a real-time processing enable command, then to receive and process a different real-time command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 7826075
    Abstract: A host device to control transmission of bit-map data and/or one or more real-time commands to an imaging device controls processing of a data stream including the bit-map data. In one aspect, if a detector of the host determines that a data stream to be transmitted includes bit-map data, then a processor of the host sends a real-time processing disable command; and then sends the data stream including the bit-map data. In another aspect, if a detector of the host determines that real-time command receipt by the imaging device is disabled, then a processor of the host transmits a data stream including bit-map data, followed by the transmission of a real-time processing enable command, and then the transmission of a real-time command. An imaging device and controlling its receipt and processing of data are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Teradaira, Masahiro Minowa
  • Publication number: 20100201819
    Abstract: A drive recorder is provided that can reduce a risk of losing evidence data in the event of occurrence of an accident. The drive recorder includes an image capture unit that captures a front view of a vehicle in a traveling state, a movie image data generation unit that generates movie image data from a captured video signal, a storage section that stores movie image data, a recording unit that records movie image data into the storage section, an event occurrence detection unit that detects the occurrence of an accident, a still image data generation unit that generates still image data including a plurality of still images at predetermined intervals from the video signal, a first transmission unit that transmits still image data to an external device via a wireless network when the event occurrence detection unit detects the occurrence of an accident, and a second transmission unit that transmits the movie image data after the completion of the transmission by the first transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 7737990
    Abstract: To implement a colorization process which generates color data from monochrome data to print a receipt or other sales document, a user interface is provided. Such interface includes components for setting text color, background color and background style, respectively. The interface enables visual conformation of the settings to be used in the colorization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Minowa