Patents by Inventor Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato 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).
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Publication number: 20110222303Abstract: A vehicle headlamp is provided with a light emitting module. The light emitting module is provided with a light emitting portion and a frame member. The frame member surrounds the light emitting portion to define a light emitting surface. The frame member includes a first surface and a second surface in which a part of an internal diffusing/reflection light reflected on the first surface is to be projected upwardly of a cutoff line of a low-beam light distribution pattern, and a part of the internal diffusing/reflection light reflected on the second surface is to be projected downwardly of the cutoff line. A reflectance of the first surface is lower than a reflectance of the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsukasa TOKIDA, Noriko SATO
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Publication number: 20110089431Abstract: A method for producing a compound single crystal includes a process (I) of growing the compound single crystal while causing an anti-phase boundary and a stacking fault to equivalently occur in a <110> direction parallel to the surface, the stacking fault being attributable to the elements A and B; a process (II) of merging and annihilating the stacking fault, attributable to the element A, and the anti-phase boundary, which occurs in the process (I); a process (III) of vanishing the stacking fault attributable to the element B, which occurs in the process (I); and a process (IV) of completely merging and annihilating the anti-phase boundary. The process (IV) is carried out simultaneously with the processes (II) and (III) or after the processes (II) and (III).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki YAGI, Takahisa SUZUKI, Yasutaka YANAGISAWA, Masao HIROSE, Noriko SATO, Junya KOIZUMI, Hiroyuki NAGASAWA
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Publication number: 20110012510Abstract: An automotive headlamp apparatus comprises: a lamp unit configured to be capable of forming an additional light distribution pattern that includes an upper area above the cut-off line of a light distribution pattern for low beam and that is divided into a plurality of individual patterns; and a controller configured to control formation of each of the individual patterns in accordance with presence of a forward vehicle. The controller reduces the illuminance of an individual pattern overlapping an area where a forward vehicle is present and increases the illuminance of at least one of other individual patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro TANI, Noriko SATO, Motohiro KOMATSU, Hidetada TANAKA, Hiroyuki ISHIDA, Naoki UCHIDA, Takuya KOTAJIMA
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Publication number: 20090316415Abstract: A lamp unit includes a linear light source that extends at an angle with respect to an optical axis; and a reflector that reflects light radiated from the linear light source. The reflector has a predetermined section that reflects light radiated from the linear light source such that images of the linear light source projected on a predetermined virtual panel extend in a predetermined direction. The reflector is configured so as to forms a high-intensity region that linearly extends in the predetermined direction and whose intensity of which is higher than a surrounding area. The high-intensity region is formed by superimposing light reflected by the predetermined section and a surrounding section thereof on the virtual plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Noriko Sato
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Patent number: 7618123Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a card edge contact having a plurality of electrical contacts for transmission of a driving signal; a recording element substrate having a recording element for generating energy contributable to eject liquid onto a recording material in response to the driving signal; and an electrical flexible cable for electrical connection between the card edge contact and the recording element substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Ohashi, Yasuo Kotaki, Hiroaki Mihara, Noriko Sato, Kenji Kitabatake
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Patent number: 7575352Abstract: A vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light and a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle. The light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element. Alternatively, the vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light, and a mirror mounted on a rotating element and arranged to reflect the visible light from the at least one light source to forward of a vehicle. The vehicular headlamp also includes a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating element so as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriko Sato, Motohiro Komatsu, Naoki Uchida, Takuo Sugiyama, Mitsuyuki Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20090046474Abstract: A vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light and a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle. The light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element. Alternatively, the vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light, and a mirror mounted on a rotating element and arranged to reflect the visible light from the at least one light source to forward of a vehicle. The vehicular headlamp also includes a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating element so as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriko Sato, Motohiro Komatsu, Naoki Uchida, Takuo Sugiyama, Mitsuyuki Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20090015388Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes: an infrared sensor which detects an object around a vehicle using infrared light; a visible light source which illuminates visible light to the object when the infrared sensor detects the object; a reflection mirror which reflects the infrared light and the visible light to an area around the vehicle; and a light path adjusting mechanism which adjusts light paths of the infrared light and the visible light in a synchronizing manner by rotating the reflection mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Yagi, Noriko Sato
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Patent number: 7314265Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage for carrying a recording head and being scanningly movable in the apparatus; a guide shaft for guiding the carriage in a predetermined scanning direction; a drive transmitting portion for transmitting a driving force for scanning movement of the carriage; an elongated member in which information relating to a position of the carriage in the predetermined direction is recorded, the elongated member being elongate in the predetermined direction, and the elongated member being disposed across the carriage from the guide shaft; and a detecting member, provided in the carriage, for detecting information relating to the position in the predetermined direction recorded in the elongated member.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriko Sato
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Patent number: 7118194Abstract: An ink container detachably mountable to an ink jet recording apparatus which includes a cartridge provided with a recording head and capable of detachably carrying the ink container, and includes a mechanical switch for detecting mounting of the cartridge by its displacement, the container including a bottom side which is provided with an ink supply port for supplying the ink from an inside of the container to the recording head and which takes a bottom position in use; a substantially vertical side having an engaging portion for mounting the ink container to the cartridge; a stepped portion, in the bottom side, forming a recess having an end which is open at the vertical side; and a projected abutment portion, provided adjacent the vertical side in the recess, for displacing the mechanical switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keisuke Matsuo, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Noriko Sato, Hiroki Hayashi
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Patent number: 7036910Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a card edge contact having a plurality of electrical contacts for transmission of a driving signal; a recording element substrate having a recording element for generating energy contributable to eject liquid onto a recording material in response to the driving signal; and an electrical flexible cable for electrical connection between the card edge contact and the recording element substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Ohashi, Yasuo Kotaki, Hiroaki Mihara, Noriko Sato, Kenji Kitabatake
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Publication number: 20060061623Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a card edge contact having a plurality of electrical contacts for transmission of a driving signal; a recording element substrate having a recording element for generating energy contributable to eject liquid onto a recording material in response to the driving signal; and an electrical flexible cable for electrical connection between the card edge contact and the recording element substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Ohashi, Yasuo Kotaki, Hiroaki Mihara, Noriko Sato, Kenji Kitabatake
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Patent number: 6974203Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, and a carriage that enables a recording head for recording on the recording sheet by discharging ink droplets to the recording sheet to reciprocate in the direction intersecting the conveying direction of the recording medium along a guide shaft having a substantially circular lateral section. The bearing portion of the carriage is structured to be in contact with the guide shaft at two points A and B on the upstream side and downstream side in the aforesaid conveying direction with respect to the vertical line running through the center of the guide shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2001Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiko Ikeda, Akira Kida, Noriko Sato
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Patent number: 6966631Abstract: An ink container detachably mountable to an ink jet recording apparatus which includes a cartridge provided with a recording head and capable of detachably carrying the ink container, and includes a mechanical switch for detecting mounting of the cartridge by its displacement, the container including a bottom side which is provided with an ink supply port for supplying the ink from an inside of the container to the recording head and which takes a bottom position in use; a substantially vertical side having an engaging portion for mounting the ink container to the cartridge; a stepped portion, in the bottom side, forming a recess having an end which is open at the vertical side; and a projected abutment portion, provided adjacent the vertical side in the recess, for displacing the mechanical switch.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keisuke Matsuo, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Noriko Sato, Hiroki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20050248639Abstract: An ink container detachably mountable to an ink jet recording apparatus which includes a cartridge provided with a recording head and capable of detachably carrying the ink container, and includes a mechanical switch for detecting mounting of the cartridge by its displacement, the container including a bottom side which is provided with an ink supply port for supplying the ink from an inside of the container to the recording head and which takes a bottom position in use; a substantially vertical side having an engaging portion for mounting the ink container to the cartridge; a stepped portion, in the bottom side, forming a recess having an end which is open at the vertical side; and a projected abutment portion, provided adjacent the vertical side in the recess, for displacing the mechanical switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Matsuo, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Noriko Sato, Hiroki Hayashi
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Patent number: 6948803Abstract: For eliminating waste of ink and achieving high charging efficiency with a reduced charging time where a printing head is equipped with a second tank for reserving a predetermined amount of ink and a supply system is configured to supply ink from a first tank to the second tank intermittently, the second tank is provided with a variable internal volume. The internal volume is varied to cause the second tank itself to function as an actuator for charging ink and performing a venting process. Specifically, the internal volume is forcibly reduced to cause a reverse flow of a gas residing in the second tank along with ink into the first tank, which makes it possible to generate of waste ink that is released to the outside. A normal charging operation can be completed simply by causing a change in the opposite direction (the direction of increasing the internal volume). Relatedly, the second tank may be provided with a member for holding ink and generating a negative pressure originating from an elastic force.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahito Yoshida, Naoji Otsuka, Hiroyuki Inoue, Takashi Nojima, Hitoshi Sugimoto, Shusuke Inamura, Yasufumi Tanaami, Takeshi Iwasaki, Noriko Sato, Yasuyuki Hirai, Takeshi Yazawa
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Patent number: 6932457Abstract: An apparatus provided with a carriage is guided and supported by at least two guide members, a guide shaft and a guide rail, arranged to be parallel to each other to enable the carriage to reciprocate. The guide members are arranged apart from each other substantially in the vertical direction, and the horizontal distance L1 between each guide member and the gravitational center of the carriage is arranged to be larger than the vertical interval L2 between the contact portions of the carriage and each guide member. With the structure thus arranged, it is possible to maximize the reduction of the swinging or vibration of a carriage so that the apparatus provided with the carriage can effect reciprocal scanning exactly and stably, thus realizing a small and high-performance apparatus that records images in high precision or reads highly precise images.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriko Sato
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Patent number: 6891445Abstract: In response to changes in an input binary digital signal, a 3rd order cosine pulse waveform, which, when it is changed in the increasing direction, has “0” level in a first period of T/12 (T corresponding to one-half cycle of the binary digital signal), is changed as a waveform of (h/2)(1+cos(3?t/T)+?/4) in the next period of 4T/12 (?5T/12?t??T/12) and has an h (constant) level in the remaining period of T/12, and when it is changed in the reducing direction, has the h level in the first period of T/12, is changed as a waveform of (h/2)(1+cos(3?t/T)??/4) in the next period of 4T/12 (T/12?t?5T/12) and also has “0” level in the remaining period of T/12. By using this pulse wave, a flat part is generated in a time width of T/12 with respect to a judgment point. It is thus possible to improve the immunity to the effects of digital signal jitter, obtain change judgment with a sole single pulse and reduce the circuit scale and the power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: NEC Engineering Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Kusama, Katsuya Kitada, Masahiro Akiyama, Takashi Nakagawa, Noriko Sato
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Patent number: 6837921Abstract: An ink tank is formed having a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape, and air/fluid separating members having air pores are provided around at least the corner portions of the generally rectangular parallelepiped. The inner faces of wall members forming the outer faces of the generally rectangular parallelepiped are formed with an inclination of a predetermined angle as to the outer face of the wall member which it faces.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Masahito Yoshida, Takashi Nojima, Shusuke Inamura, Yasufumi Tanaami, Takeshi Iwasaki, Noriko Sato, Yasuyuki Hirai
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Publication number: 20040252159Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage for carrying a recording head and scanningly movable in the apparatus; a guide shaft for guiding the carriage in a predetermined scanning direction; a drive transmitting portion for transmitting a driving force for scanning movement of the carriage; an elongated member in which information relating to a position of the carriage in the predetermined direction is recorded, the elongatged member being elongate in the predetermined direction, and the elongated member is disposed across the carriage from the guide shaft; and detecting member, provided in the carriage, for detecting information relating to the position in the predetermined direction recorded in the elongated member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriko Sato