Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Kataoka

Mitsuhiro Kataoka 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: 12182252
    Abstract: An objective is to notify a user that a password is not set yet and to provide the user with necessary information for setting a password, when connected to a network. An information processing device includes a communication interface, a printer, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to (i) acquire setting information and address information from a server on the network via the communication interface when the communication interface is connected to the network where (a) the setting information includes a password setting state and (b) the address information includes information for accessing a password setting screen for setting the password, (ii) check the password setting state of the password based on the setting information; and (iii) control the printer to print a guide including the address information to direct the user to the password setting screen in response to the password not being set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11794487
    Abstract: A thermal printer according to one embodiment includes a thermal head, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The thermal head includes a plurality of heating elements. The temperature sensor is provided in the thermal head and is configured to measure a temperature of the thermal head. The control unit is configured to control an amount of heat generated from the heating elements by determining a pulse supply time for which a pulse signal is supplied to the thermal head based on the temperature of the thermal head and a cumulative heat generation time of the thermal head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11466491
    Abstract: Trunk lid stopper mechanism and method for controlling rotational speed of a trunk lid to slow down and halt its movement, and to hold the trunk lid at the halted position. The stopper mechanism comprises hinge arms for supporting the lid, torsion bars for applying biasing force to the lid, and link arms for transmitting biasing force from torsion bars to the hinge arms. Either each hinge arm or link arm is equipped with a stopper member that brakes the rotation movement of the trunk lid and halts the trunk lid fully-open. The stopper member has tapered surfaces for reducing relative rotational speed between the hinge and link arms by being forced therebetween during their relative rotational movement, and a stopper surface(s) for abutting against the other arm and halting the arms' relative rotational movement at the fully open position of the trunk lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Niitech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masakazu Doi, Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20220253233
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided area memory control device and a program capable of preventing deterioration of a flash memory used for storing data that is repeatedly rewritten and used, and extending an operating life of the flash memory. The memory control device performs writing and erasing on a flash memory, and the memory control device includes: a write processing unit, when there is a blank region in which data is not written in a predetermined storage region included in the flash memory, and a capacity of the blank region is sufficient for a capacity of data to be written, configured to write the data to be written in the blank region; and an erase processing unit, when there is no blank region, or the capacity of the blank region is insufficient for the capacity of the data to be written, configured to erase the entire storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20220043903
    Abstract: An objective is to notify a user that a password is not set yet and to provide the user with necessary information for setting a password, when connected to a network. An information processing device includes a communication interface, a printer, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to (i) acquire setting information and address information from a server on the network via the communication interface when the communication interface is connected to the network where (a) the setting information includes a password setting state and (b) the address information includes information for accessing a password setting screen for setting the password, (ii) check the password setting state of the password based on the setting information; and (iii) control the printer to print a guide including the address information to direct the user to the password setting screen in response to the password not being set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 11194590
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a connection unit configured to be capable of being connected to a host device, a storage unit configured to store device classes of a plurality of types, a processing unit configured to execute processing for establishing communication with the host device connected to the connection unit by selectively using one device class from among the device classes stored in the storage unit, and a processing control unit configured to change the device class to be used for the processing by the processing unit if a message appropriate for the selected device class is not transmitted from the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20210279071
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a connection unit configured to be capable of being connected to a host device, a storage unit configured to store device classes of a plurality of types, a processing unit configured to execute processing for establishing communication with the host device connected to the connection unit by selectively using one device class from among the device classes stored in the storage unit, and a processing control unit configured to change the device class to be used for the processing by the processing unit if a message appropriate for the selected device class is not transmitted from the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20210221147
    Abstract: A thermal printer according to one embodiment includes a thermal head, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The thermal head includes a plurality of heating elements. The temperature sensor is provided in the thermal head and is configured to measure a temperature of the thermal head. The control unit is configured to control an amount of heat generated from the heating elements by determining a pulse supply time for which a pulse signal is supplied to the thermal head based on the temperature of the thermal head and a cumulative heat generation time of the thermal head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20200223491
    Abstract: Trunk lid stopper mechanism and method for controlling rotational speed of a trunk lid to slow down and halt its movement, and to hold the trunk lid at the halted position. The stopper mechanism comprises hinge arms for supporting the lid, torsion bars for applying biasing force to the lid, and link arms for transmitting biasing force from torsion bars to the hinge arms. Either each hinge arm or link arm is equipped with a stopper member that brakes the rotation movement of the trunk lid and halts the trunk lid fully-open. The stopper member has tapered surfaces for reducing relative rotational speed between the hinge and link arms by being forced therebetween during their relative rotational movement, and a stopper surface(s) for abutting against the other arm and halting the arms' relative rotational movement at the fully open position of the trunk lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Niitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Doi, Mitsuhiro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9951671
    Abstract: A heat transfer device that includes a thermionic power generator, a wiring, a load circuit, and a switch circuit. The thermionic power generator includes an emitter electrode and a collector electrode facing each other with an inter-electrode gap distance, and converts heat energy into electric energy by capturing, with the collector electrode, a thermoelectron that is emitted from the emitter electrode. The wiring electrically connects the emitter electrode and the collector electrode. The load circuit is connected to an electric current path of by wiring between the emitter electrode and the collector electrode. The switch circuit switches between an ON state and an OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Susumu Sobue
  • Patent number: 9895908
    Abstract: A printer comprises a first conveyance section which conveys a sheet; a cutter which cuts the sheet through either full cutting for cutting the whole sheet in a width direction or partial cutting for cutting a part of the sheet in the width direction with remaining part uncut; a second conveyance section which further conveys the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance section towards a discharging port; a housing section which houses a slack part of the sheet generated between the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section due to a conveyance speed difference between the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section; and a controller which changes at least one of the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section in a case in which the cutter cuts the sheet through the full cutting or the partial cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Dulce Luna, Noriyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170182803
    Abstract: A printer comprises a first conveyance section which conveys a sheet; a cutter which cuts the sheet through either full cutting for cutting the whole sheet in a width direction or partial cutting for cutting a part of the sheet in the width direction with remaining part uncut; a second conveyance section which further conveys the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance section towards a discharging port; a housing section which houses a slack part of the sheet generated between the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section due to a conveyance speed difference between the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section; and a controller which changes at least one of the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section in a case in which the cutter cuts the sheet through the full cutting or the partial cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Dulce Luna, Noriyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9530630
    Abstract: A thermionic power generator includes an emitter generating thermions and a collector collecting the thermions. The emitter includes an emitter substrate having an electric conductivity, a low resistance layer stacked to the emitter substrate and made of an n-type diamond semiconductor that includes phosphorus as a donor, and an electron emission layer stacked to the low resistance layer and made of an n-type diamond semiconductor that includes nitrogen as a donor. The collector includes a collector substrate having an electric conductivity and is disposed opposite to the emitter via a clearance. The electron emission layer has a thickness equal to or less than 40 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Yuji Kimura, Susumu Sobue, Daisuke Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Kato, Satoshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 9508533
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrode of a thermionic converter, a carbide layer is formed on a base material by a vapor synthesis, an N-type diamond layer doped with a donor impurity is formed on the carbide layer by a vapor synthesis, and a surface of the N-type diamond layer is terminated with hydrogen. The base material is made of a metal, and the carbide layer is made of a metal carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Yuji Kimura, Susumu Sobue
  • Publication number: 20160017786
    Abstract: A heat transfer device that includes a thermionic power generator, a wiring, a load circuit, and a switch circuit. The thermionic power generator includes an emitter electrode and a collector electrode facing each other with an inter-electrode gap distance, and converts heat energy into electric energy by capturing, with the collector electrode, a thermoelectron that is emitted from the emitter electrode. The wiring electrically connects the emitter electrode and the collector electrode. The load circuit is connected to an electric current path of by wiring between the emitter electrode and the collector electrode. The switch circuit switches between an ON state and an OFF state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yuji KIMURA, Mitsuhiro KATAOKA, Susumu SOBUE
  • Patent number: 9000652
    Abstract: A thermionic generator for converting thermal energy to electric energy includes: an emitter electrode for emitting thermal electrons from a thermal electron emitting surface when heat is applied to the emitter electrode; a collector electrode facing the emitter electrode spaced apart from the emitter electrode by a predetermined distance, and receiving the thermal electrons from the emitter electrode via a facing surface of the collector electrode; and a substrate having one surface. The emitter electrode and the collector electrode are disposed on the one surface of the substrate, and are electrically insulated from each other. The thermal electron emitting surface and the facing surface are perpendicular to the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Susumu Sobue
  • Publication number: 20150075579
    Abstract: A thermionic power generator includes an emitter generating thermions and a collector collecting the thermions. The emitter includes an emitter substrate having an electric conductivity, a low resistance layer stacked to the emitter substrate and made of an n-type diamond semiconductor that includes phosphorus as a donor, and an electron emission layer stacked to the low resistance layer and made of an n-type diamond semiconductor that includes nitrogen as a donor. The collector includes a collector substrate having an electric conductivity and is disposed opposite to the emitter via a clearance. The electron emission layer has a thickness equal to or less than 40 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro KATAOKA, Yuji Kimura, Susumu Sobue, Daisuke Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Kato, Satoshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8970088
    Abstract: A thermionic converter for converting thermal energy to electrical energy includes an emitter and a collector. The emitter emits thermionic electrons upon receipt of heat from a heat source. The emitter is made of a first semiconductor material to which a first semiconductor impurity is doped with a first concentration. The collector is spaced and opposite to the emitter to receive the thermionic electrons emitted from the emitter so that the thermal energy is converted to electrical energy. The collector is made of a second semiconductor material to which a second semiconductor impurity is doped with a second concentration less than the first concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Susumu Sobue, Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Eiichi Okuno, Shoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20140158179
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrode of a thermionic converter, a carbide layer is formed on a base material by a vapor synthesis, an N-type diamond layer doped with a donor impurity is formed on the carbide layer by a vapor synthesis, and a surface of the N-type diamond layer is terminated with hydrogen. The base material is made of a metal, and the carbide layer is made of a metal carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro KATAOKA, Yuji KIMURA, Susumu SOBUE
  • Patent number: RE43840
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) substrate is provided with an off-oriented {0001} surface whose off-axis direction is <11-20>. A trench is formed on the SiC to have a stripe structure extending toward a <11-20> direction. An SiC epitaxial layer is formed on an inside surface of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kataoka, Yuuichi Takeuchi, Masami Naito, Rajesh Kumar, Hiroyuki Matsunami, Tsunenobu Kimoto