Patents by Inventor Naoya Tanabe

Naoya Tanabe 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: 11982952
    Abstract: A toner cartridge includes a casing, a feeding member, and a pump. The casing includes a toner accommodation chamber accommodating toner, a toner discharging chamber having a discharge opening for discharging the toner, and a communication passage for fluid communication between the toner accommodation chamber and the toner discharging chamber such that the toner can move from the toner accommodation chamber to the toner discharging chamber. A part of the feeding member is positioned inside the communication passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoya Asanuma, Takatoshi Hamada, Masato Tanabe, Tomofumi Kawamura, Yusuke Atsu
  • Publication number: 20240100846
    Abstract: A cartridge configured to be inserted in a first direction into a case having a plurality of engagement portions is provided. The cartridge has a body and a key member. The body has a chamber for storing a printing agent. The key member is located on the body at a position associated with a type of the printing agent stored in the chamber and is configured to engage with a corresponding one of the plurality of engagement portions of the case. The key member has a surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The surface is configured to contact the corresponding one of the plurality of engagement portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYASHI, Naoya OKAZAKI, Yuma TANABE, Satoru OKI, Yuji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20240100847
    Abstract: A printing-agent container, having a container body, an outflow port, and an identifying portion, is provided. The container body has a chamber for containing a printing agent. Through the outflow port, the printing agent flows out of the chamber. The identifying portion is provided to the container body correspondingly to a type of the printing agent contained in the chamber of the container body. The identifying portion has an inner surface defining the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYASHI, Naoya OKAZAKI, Yuma TANABE, Satoru OKI, Yuji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20240082740
    Abstract: Exemplary communication system 1 includes game devices 10, communication terminals 20, and game support server 30. Game devices 10 enable users to perform a multi-play activity. Each of communication terminals 20 runs an application associated with corresponding game device 10. Game support server 30 divides communication terminals 20 into separate communication groups in accordance with a situation of the multi-play activity performed by game devices 10 so that communication terminals 20 belonging to a same communication group can communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAMURA, Masashi SEIKI, Yosuke FUJINO, Miki MURAKAMI, Hideaki TANABE, Sho ONUMA, Naoya HIROTA, Kojiro TAGUCHI, Daisuke TSUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 7545374
    Abstract: An image display control program for displaying a plurality of objects on a display unit from a plurality of angles is disclosed, the image display control program causing a video game device to perform as an operation reception unit which receives operations from an operator via an operation unit, a camera viewpoint movement unit that causes a camera viewpoint to move, in accordance with the operations received by the operation reception unit, with respect to a reference point that is a point on a straight line linking a first object and a second object among the plurality of objects, and a camera image display control unit that causes at least one of the images of the first and second objects to be displayed on a display unit from the camera viewpoint that was moved by means of the camera viewpoint movement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Akada, Naoya Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20060250398
    Abstract: An image display control program for displaying a plurality of objects on a display unit from a plurality of angles is disclosed, the image display control program causing a video game device to perform as an operation reception unit means which receives operations from an operator via an operation unit, a camera viewpoint movement unit that causes a camera viewpoint to move, in accordance with the operations received by the operation reception unit, with respect to a reference point that is a point on a straight line linking a first object and a second object among the plurality of objects, and a camera image display control unit that causes at least one of the images of the first and second objects to be displayed on a display unit from the camera viewpoint that was moved by means of the camera viewpoint movement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Akada, Naoya Tanabe