Patents by Inventor Minoru Hoshino

Minoru Hoshino 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: 6885390
    Abstract: A thermally activating apparatus of a thermosensible adhering sheet at least having a thermally activating thermal head, a thermally activating platen roller and controlling means for controlling to process to drive these, having heating means (for example, thermally activating thermal head) for applying thermal energy to a remaining substance comprising a thermosensible adhesive or a denatured substance thereof or the like adhered to a thermally activating thermal head and a thermally activating platen roller, and carrying means (for example, thermally activating platen roller) capable of carrying a predetermined cleaning sheet by inserting the predetermined cleaning sheet into the thermally activating apparatus from a predetermined direction, in which the controlling means is constituted to be able to control to process to drive the heating means and the carrying means, the thermal energy is applied to the remaining substance by making the heating means generate heat in a state in which the thermosensible a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: SII P & S Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Norimitsu Sambongi, Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6877917
    Abstract: A printer apparatus has a printing device for printing on a printable layer of a thermosensitive adhesive sheet. A heat-application and transporting member heats a thermosensitive adhesive layer of the thermosensitive adhesive sheet and transports the thermosensitive adhesive sheet. A control device controls the heat-application and transporting member to heat a portion of the thermosensitive adhesive layer of the thermosensitive adhesive sheet while simultaneously controlling the printing device to print on a portion of the printable layer of the thermosensitive adhesive sheet disposed opposite to and generally confronting the portion of the thermosensitive adhesive layer of the thermosensitive adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: SII P & S Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida, Masanori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6879358
    Abstract: A liquid crystal light valve includes a semiconductor substrate having a region for a plurality of switching elements formed in a matrix form. A first metal layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate through an insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by first slits. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer through another insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by second slits. A third metal layer is formed on the second metal layer through still another insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by third slits. An opposite substrate has an opposite electrode on a surface thereof, disposed so as to be opposite to said third metal layer through an interval on the opposite electrode side. Liquid crystal fills the interval between said opposite electrode and the third metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Process Computer Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Sato, Minoru Hoshino, Yuji Mori, Shinichi Komura, Yoshiharu Nagae, Ichirou Katsuyama, Tetsuya Nagata, Akira Arimoto, Akio Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 6875955
    Abstract: A thermal activation device has a thermal head having heat generating elements for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet. The heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet has a sheet-like substrate having a printable surface on a first side thereof and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer on a second side thereof. An energy control device controls the thermal head by applying one or more voltage pulses to the heat generating elements for energizing the heat generating elements to thereby thermally activate an area of the heat-sensitive self-adhesive layer in one step. When a series of the voltage pulses are applied to the heat generating elements, the energy control device selectively switches between the heat generating elements to be energized by the voltage pulses each time one of the voltage pulses is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: SII P & S Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshida, Norimitsu Sambongi, Yoshinori Sato, Minoru Hoshino
  • Patent number: 6867792
    Abstract: Forwarding and cutting method of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet using a printing device for printing on a printable layer of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet formed by the printable layer on one surface of a sheet-shaped substrate and a heat sensitive adhesive layer on the other surface thereof and first forwarding device for forwarding the heat sensitive adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction, a cutter provided in a posterior stage to the printing device, a thermal activating device including heating means provided in the posterior stage to the cutter, for heating the heat sensitive adhesive layer and second forwarding device for forwarding the heat sensitive adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction, an operation of the first forwarding device is stopped so as to cut the sheet by the cutter after temporarily loosening the sheet between the cutter and the thermal activating device according to speed control of the first and second forwarding devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: SII P & S Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida, Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 6850216
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has a display part composed of plural pixels; a control part for controlling the display part; and a signal line arranged inside the display part for inputting a display signal into the pixel. The pixel has at least one or more switches and first capacitances for storing the display signal input through the signal line as a charge for a designated period of time or longer. The pixel also operates to rewrite the display signal stored in the first capacitance into the first capacitance without using the signal line in response to an instruction of the control part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Akimoto, Minoru Hoshino, Yoshiro Mikami, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 6850262
    Abstract: A thermal activation device (thermal activation unit A1) for heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet at least includes: a thermally-activating thermal head for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet including a sheet-like substrate formed with a printable surface on one side thereof and with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the other side thereof; and a platen roller (41) for conveying the heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction, the device wherein the platen roller includes adhesive-mass removing means for removing an adhesive mass (G2) of the heat-sensitive adhesive adhered to a periphery of the platen roller, and wherein the adhesive-mass removing means includes: a transfer roller (42) slidably contacting the periphery of the platen roller as located near an exit of the heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet, thereby allowing the adhesive mass adhered to the periphery of the platen roller to be transferred thereto; and a cleaning shee
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: SII P & S Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshida, Yoshinori Sato, Minoru Hoshino, Masanori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20040258447
    Abstract: In order to provide a thermal activation apparatus capable of thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive agent layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet as needed, pull-in rollers 20 for pulling and transferring a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet A inserted from an insertion slot 1, a thermal activation unit 40 for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive agent layer of the sheet A that is transferred, and ejection rollers 50 for ejecting from an ejection slot 2 the sheet A in which the heat-sensitive adhesive agent layer has been thermally activated are provided inside a housing 3, and the heat-sensitive adhesive agent layer of a sheet A that has not yet been printed or that has already been printed can be thermally activated as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Tatsuya Obuchi, Minoru Hoshino, Yoshinori Sato, Norimitsu Sanbongi
  • Publication number: 20040257428
    Abstract: A printer apparatus has a thermal head for printing by making contact with a heat-sensitive coloring layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet comprised of the heat-sensitive coloring layer and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on opposite sides of a sheet-like base material. A thermal head heats the heat-sensitive adhesive layer to activate the same, and a conveying roller conveys the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction to an ejection hole which ejects the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet out of the apparatus. A sheet holding unit holds the printed sheet with part of the same exposed to the outside from the ejection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sato, Norimitsu Sanbongi, Minoru Hoshino, Tatsuya Obuchi
  • Patent number: 6819317
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display wherein display is performed based on the fact that an a.c. voltage is applied to a liquid crystal layer when a switching element establishes a connection between a display electrode and a common electrode, and the a.c. voltage is not applied to the liquid crystal layer when the switching element releases the connection between the display electrode and the common electrode. A state of the switching element changes from connection between the display electrode and the common electrode to release of the connection under a condition that respective voltages of an opposite electrode, the display electrode, and the common electrode are made substantially the same, the condition being produced by stopping an a.c. voltage applied to the opposite electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Komura, Yoshiro Mikami, Hideo Satou, Minoru Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20040218961
    Abstract: In order to provide a printer apparatus for a thermally sensitive adhering sheet capable of transporting a short label and capable of promoting reliability of delivery of sheet from a printing unit to a thermally activating unit, a printer apparatus for a thermally sensitive adhering sheet comprises at least a printing apparatus comprising printing means for printing a printable layer of a thermally sensitive adhering sheet constituted by respectively forming a printable layer on one face of a sheet-like base member and a thermally sensitive adhering agent layer on other face thereof and first transporting means for transporting the thermally sensitive adhering sheet in a predetermined direction, a cutter apparatus provided at a poststage of the printing apparatus for cutting the thermally sensitive adhering sheet by a predetermined length, and a thermally activating apparatus comprising heating means arranged at a predetermined interval from a poststage of the cutter apparatus for heating the thermally sensi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Yoshinori Sato
  • Publication number: 20040217099
    Abstract: A thermally activating apparatus comprises a main body frame (1), a thermal head (4) for heating a sheet, a first head holding member (5a) for holding the thermal head from a back portion thereof, a platen roller (2) arranged in parallel with the thermal head and paper feeding means (8a through 8c) for transporting the sheet after having been heated by the thermal head, and a second head holding member (5b) having a first support shaft (6a) in parallel with the thermal head and the holding the first head holding member pivotably by the first support shaft, wherein the second head holding member is pivotably supported by a second support shaft (6b) arranged in parallel with the thermal head and transversely hung rotatably between side walls of the main body frame and the thermal head is constituted to be able to be proximate to and remote from the platen roller by constituting centers of rotation by two shafts of the first support shaft and the second support shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Yoshinori Sato
  • Patent number: 6784910
    Abstract: Providing a thermal head capable of preventing the adherence of a thermally active component, a thermal activation device for thermally active sheet employing the thermal head, and a printer assembly employing the thermal activation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: SII P & S Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida, Minoru Hoshino, Norimitsu Sambongi
  • Publication number: 20040119809
    Abstract: A thermal activation device (thermal activation unit A1) for heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet at least includes: a thermally-activating thermal head for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet including a sheet-like substrate formed with a printable surface on one side thereof and with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the other side thereof; and a platen roller (41) for conveying the heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction, the device wherein the platen roller includes adhesive-mass removing means for removing an adhesive mass (G2) of the heat-sensitive adhesive adhered to a periphery of the platen roller, and wherein the adhesive-mass removing means includes: a transfer roller (42) slidably contacting the peripheryof the platen roller as located near an exit of the heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet, thereby allowing the adhesive mass adhered to the periphery of theplaten roller to be transferred thereto; and a cleaning sheet
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshida, Yoshinori Sato, Minoru Hoshino, Masanori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20040090565
    Abstract: A liquid crystal light valve includes a semiconductor substrate having a region for a plurality of switching elements formed in a matrix form. A first metal layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate through an insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by first slits. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer through another insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by second slits. A third metal layer is formed on the second metal layer through still another insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by third slits. An opposite substrate has an opposite electrode on a surface thereof, disposed so as to be opposite to said third metal layer through an interval on the opposite electrode side. Liquid crystal fills the interval between said opposite electrode and the third metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Sato, Minoru Hoshino, Yuji Mori, Shinichi Komura, Yoshiharu Nagae, Ichirou Katsuyama, Tetsuya Nagata, Akira Arimoto, Akio Hayasaka
  • Publication number: 20040081500
    Abstract: To provide a printer apparatus for a thermosensible adhering sheet capable of realizing small-sized formation/light-weighted formation and capable of shortening a time period required for printing processing/thermally activating processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida, Masanori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20040066448
    Abstract: A thermally activating apparatus of a thermosensible adhering sheet at least having a thermally activating thermal head, a thermally activating platen roller and controlling means for controlling to process to drive these, having heating means (for example, thermally activating thermal head) for applying thermal energy to a remaining substance comprising a thermosensible adhesive or a denatured substance thereof or the like adhered to a thermally activating thermal head and a thermally activating platen roller, and carrying means (for example, thermally activating platen roller) capable of carrying a predetermined cleaning sheet by inserting the predetermined cleaning sheet into the thermally activating apparatus from a predetermined direction, in which the controlling means is constituted to be able to control to process to drive the heating means and the carrying means, the thermal energy is applied to the remaining substance by making the heating means generate heat in a state in which the thermosensible a
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Hoshino, Norimitsu Sambongi, Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040046857
    Abstract: Providing a thermal head capable of preventing the adherence of a thermally active component, a thermal activation device for thermally active sheet employing the thermal head, and a printer assembly employing the thermal activation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sato, Shinichi Yoshida, Minoru Hoshino, Norimitsu Sambongi
  • Publication number: 20040045953
    Abstract: Providing a thermal activation device for heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet and a printer assembly employing the same, the device capable of thermally activating the heat-sensitive self-adhesive sheet in any of various patterns according the use thereof, and of developing at least a predetermined adhesive force on the overall surface of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshida, Norimitsu Sambongi, Yoshinori Sato, Minoru Hoshino
  • Patent number: 6693691
    Abstract: A liquid crystal light valve includes a semiconductor substrate having a region for a plurality of switching elements formed in a matrix form. A first metal layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate through an insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by first slits. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer through another insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by second slits. A third metal layer is formed on the second metal layer through still another insulating layer and divided into a plurality of parts by third slits. An opposite substrate has an opposite electrode on a surface thereof, disposed so as to be opposite to said third metal layer through an interval on the opposite electrode side. Liquid crystal fills the interval between said opposite electrode and the third metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Process Computer Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Sato, Minoru Hoshino, Yuji Mori, Shinichi Komura, Yoshiharu Nagae, Ichirou Katsuyama, Tetsuya Nagata, Akira Arimoto, Akio Hayasaka