Patents by Inventor Michihiro Takeda

Michihiro Takeda 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: 20220242114
    Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a head, a drive voltage generating circuit, a carriage, and a magnet array. The head includes a nozzle and an ejection element. The ejection element is configured to be driven, when applied with a drive voltage, to eject ink from the nozzle. The drive voltage generating circuit is configured to generate the drive voltage to be applied to the ejection element. The carriage is configured to move in a moving direction to move the head and the drive voltage generating circuit in the moving direction. The magnet array includes a plurality of magnets arrayed in the moving direction. The drive voltage generating circuit includes a coil configured to produce an electromotive force by interlining with magnetic flux of the magnet array in accordance with movement of the carriage. The drive voltage generating circuit generates the drive voltage using the electromotive force produced by the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Michihiro TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20120228547
    Abstract: Provide is a moisture control constructional material which has improved moisture control performance and strength and which is easily produced, and a method for producing the same. The moisture control construction material is produced by forming a raw material that contains aluminum hydroxide and talc, and firing the formed raw material at 700° C. to 1100° C. The raw material contains 20% to 95% by weight aluminum hydroxide and 5% to 80% by weight of the talc-like material. The raw material may further contain at least one of clay and bentonite and/or montmorillonite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Kawai, Michihiro Takeda, Yoshiaki Hirasawa
  • Publication number: 20120228548
    Abstract: Provide is a moisture control construction material which has improved moisture control performance and strength and which is easily produced, and a method for producing the same. The moisture control construction material is produced by forming a raw material that contains aluminum hydroxide and bentonite and/or montmorillonite, and firing the formed: raw material at 700° C. to 1100° C. The raw material contains 30% to 97% by weight aluminum hydroxide and 3% to 70% by weight bentonite and/or montmorillonite, or contains 30% to 90% by weight aluminum hydroxide, 1% to 30% by weight bentonite and/or montmorillonite, and 5% to 69% by weight clay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji KAWAI, Michihiro TAKEDA, Yoshiaki HIRASAWA
  • Patent number: 8242913
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag communication apparatus comprising: a housing including a bottom surface; an antenna provided at a distance h from the bottom surface; and a radio frequency circuit including a carrier wave transmitting device that generates a carrier wave of a frequency fc; wherein the correlation as fo<fc<fm is satisfied under the conditions of a resonance frequency fm of the antenna when the bottom surface is fixed in contact with a metal surface, a resonance frequency fo of the antenna when the bottom surface is fixed in contact with a non-metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Mitsuru Nakamura, Tomoyasu Fukui
  • Patent number: 8120490
    Abstract: An RFID tag information system comprises a transmission/reception antenna configured to carry out information transmission/reception via radio communication with a RFID circuit element. An access information processing device configured to carry out predetermined processing relating to information for access that accesses the RFID circuit element or access acquisition information. And a selection processing portion for select and process one transmission path among a plurality of transmission paths that transmit the information for access from the access information processing device or that transmit the access acquisition information to the access information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8033465
    Abstract: The apparatus has an antenna provided with a predetermined directivity for carrying out radio communication with a RFID tag provided at a search target, a transparent display device that can impart a field of view including a natural image of the search target to vision of an operator and is held by the face of the operator, and a control circuit configured to get communication region information corresponding to a communication region generated along the directivity from the antenna, to generate a display signal for visualization display of the communication region in the field of view of the display device on the basis of the gotten communication region information and to output the signal to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kunihiro Yasui, Michihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 8022829
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a RFID-tag structure body comprising an affixed portion to be affixed onto an affixed face; a self-supporting portion self-supported with respect to the affixed face; at least one RFID circuit element having an IC circuit part provided at the self-supporting portion and configured to store information, and a tag antenna connected to the IC circuit part; and a stereo-structure preparation portion configured to realize a three-dimensional structure when being affixed onto the affixed face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Katsumi Toda, Tomoyasu Fukui
  • Publication number: 20110211240
    Abstract: An image display device which can, even when a laser beam source which has a kink region in the input-output characteristic thereof is used, easily reproduce a low gradation level with high accuracy, and can reduce undesired radiation due to a high-frequency signal is provided. The image display device includes a signal generation part which generates the image signal at a period corresponding to the scanning speed of the scanning part in accordance with every pixel, and a signal adjustment part which superposes a high-frequency signal having a period equal to or more than a period at which the image signal is generated. The signal adjustment part superposes the high-frequency signal on the image signal by changing the period of the high-frequency signal corresponding to the period at which the image signal is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Michihiro TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20110074837
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a signal generation part which outputs an image signal corresponding to a gradation level of a pixel which constitutes an image; a laser beam source which radiates a laser beam having intensity corresponding to the image signal; and a signal adjustment part which superposes a high-frequency signal to the image signal inputted to the laser beam source. The signal adjustment part superposes a high-frequency signal which has amplitude not less than a width of a kink region where an input-output characteristic of the laser beam source changes most steeply on the image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Hiroshi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100202121
    Abstract: In an electronic apparatus, a display panel and a control board which controls driving of the display panel are connected to each other via a flexible cable. The flexible cable is constituted of a first folding portion which is pulled out from the display panel and is folded; a first extending portion which extends from the first folding portion between and along the display panel and a metal-made support plate which embraces the display panel from below; a second folding portion which extends from the first extending portion and is further folded through an opening formed in the support plate; and a second extending portion which extends from the second folding portion and along a back surface of the support plate, and has a distal end portion thereof connected to the control board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Michihiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20100060927
    Abstract: There are provided a reader antenna configured to carry out radio communication with a RFID circuit element provided at a RFID label and provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna capable of transmission/reception of information and a display portion configured to specify a tag ID of at least one RFID circuit element, to get information from the specified RFID circuit element via the reader antenna, and to display at least a part of print image data of the RFID label corresponding to the RFID circuit element, which is a target of the information acquisition before completion of the information acquisition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Michihiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20100007471
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an apparatus for reading with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising: a plurality of information creation devices, capable of generating a plurality of types of command signals for making an access to an RFID tag circuit element having an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information; a plurality of apparatus antennas connected to the plurality of information creation devices, respectively, and configured to transmit the plurality of types of command signals to the RFID tag circuit element via radio communication substantially at the same timing; and a single information processing device configured to obtain reading information by means of receiving processing of a response signal transmitted from the RFID tag circuit element according to the command signal transmitted from the apparatus antenna and received by the apparatus antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Kazunari Taki
  • Publication number: 20090295547
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag communication apparatus comprising: a housing including a bottom surface; an antenna provided at a distance h from the bottom surface; and a radio frequency circuit including a carrier wave transmitting device that generates a carrier wave of a frequency fc; wherein the correlation as fo<fc<fm is satisfied under the conditions of a resonance frequency fm of the antenna when the bottom surface is fixed in contact with a metal surface, a resonance frequency fo of the antenna when the bottom surface is fixed in contact with a non-metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Mitsuru Nakamura, Tomoyasu Fukui
  • Publication number: 20090278663
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a RFID tag information system comprising a transmission/reception antenna configured to carry out information transmission/reception via radio communication with a RFID circuit element; an access information processing device configured to carry out predetermined processing relating to information for access that accesses the RFID circuit element or access acquisition information; and a selection processing portion for select and process one transmission path among a plurality of transmission paths that transmit the information for access from the access information processing device or that transmit the access acquisition information to the access information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20090224045
    Abstract: The apparatus has an antenna provided with a predetermined directivity for carrying out radio communication with a RFID tag provided at a search target, a transparent display device that can impart a field of view including a natural image of the search target to vision of an operator and is held by the face of the operator, and a control circuit configured to get communication region information corresponding to a communication region generated along the directivity from the antenna, to generate a display signal for visualization display of the communication region in the field of view of the display device on the basis of the gotten communication region information and to output the signal to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kunihiro Yasui, Michihiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20090130981
    Abstract: There is provided a radio-frequency communication device that can sufficiently eliminate a leakage signal from a transmission side included in a received signal. The communication device includes a cancel amplitude controlling unit 62 selectively suppressing supply of a cancel signal to a cancel signal synthesizing unit 52, a received-signal terminating unit 50 selectively terminating a received-signal input terminal 64i, a signal strength detecting unit 78 detecting a signal strength, a memory unit 82 storing a signal strength detected by the signal strength detecting unit 78, a signal strength comparing unit 80 comparing a plurality kinds of signal strengths read out from the memory unit 82, and a cancel signal controlling unit 72 controlling an amplitude and/or a phase of the cancel signal based on a result of the comparison by the signal strength comparing unit 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Takuya Nagai, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Hironori Hirata, Michihiro Takeda, Kazunari Taki
  • Publication number: 20090045964
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a RFID-tag structure body comprising an affixed portion to be affixed onto an affixed face; a self-supporting portion self-supported with respect to the affixed face; at least one RFID circuit element having an IC circuit part provided at the self-supporting portion and configured to store information, and a tag antenna connected to the IC circuit part; and a stereo-structure preparation portion configured to realize a three-dimensional structure when being affixed onto the affixed face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKEDA, Katsumi TODA, Tomoyasu FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20080107854
    Abstract: A label producing apparatus is provided that produces a label using a label tape, and the label tape includes a magnetic film layer having a magnetic film in a substantially sheet-state intermittent in a tape longitudinal direction and having a width-direction dimension smaller than the width-direction dimension of the label tape, an affixing adhesive layer provided on one side of the magnetic film layer in the tape thickness direction to affix the magnetic film layer to an affixing target, and a separation sheet covering one side of the adhesive layer in the tape thickness direction and to be separated at affixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Akira Ito, Tomoyasu Fukui, Michihiro Takeda