Patents by Inventor Ryutaro Takahashi

Ryutaro Takahashi 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: 20240370079
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of causing a virtual object associated with a user in a virtual space to perform a more natural behavior even in a case of non-operation by the user. The information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls a behavior of a virtual object associated with a user in a virtual space in accordance with an operation of the user, in which the control unit performs control to generate the behavior of the virtual object on the basis of sensing data in a real space of the user and reflect the behavior in the virtual object during a non-operation period of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryutaro MINE, Naomasa TAKAHASHI, Shihhao WEN, Masamoto HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240367972
    Abstract: An ozone-generating apparatus includes: at least one discharge tube each including: a first electrode having a tubular shape extending along a first axis; a second electrode extending along the first axis; and a dielectric extending along the first axis and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an inhibiting member disposed on an end side of the first electrode and inhibiting at least either the second electrode or the dielectric from moving toward the end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: METAWATER Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryutaro TAKAHASHI, Daisuke INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240371592
    Abstract: An ozone-generating apparatus includes: a plurality of discharge tubes each including: a first electrode having a tubular shape extending along a first axis; a second electrode extending along the first axis; and a dielectric extending along the first axis and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plurality of discharge tubes including a first discharge tube and a second discharge tube adjacent to the first discharge tube; and a connecting member electrically connecting the second electrode of the first discharge tube to the second electrode of the second discharge tube. The connecting member faces an end of the dielectric of the first discharge tube and an end of the dielectric of the second discharge tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: METAWATER Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryutaro TAKAHASHI, Daisuke INOUE
  • Patent number: 12104219
    Abstract: Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties and excellent in adhesion of a primary coating to the steel sheet is provided. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is provided with a base steel sheet having a chemical composition containing C: 0.005% or less, Si: 2.5 to 4.5%, Mn: 0.050 to 1.000%, a total of S and Se: 0.005% or less, sol. Al: 0.005% or less, and N: 0.005% or less and having a balance of Fe and impurities and a primary coating having Mg2 SiO4 as a main constituent formed on a surface of the base steel sheet. A peak position of Al emission intensity obtained when conducting elemental analysis by glow discharge spectrometry from a surface of the primary coating in a thickness direction is present in a range of 2.0 to 12.0 ?m from a surface of the primary coating to the thickness direction. A sum of perimeters of the Al oxides at the peak position of Al emission intensity is 0.20 to 1.00 ?m/?m2, and a number density of Al oxides is 0.02 to 0.20/?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Tanaka, Ryutaro Yamagata, Nobusato Morishige, Takashi Kataoka, Masaru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12077006
    Abstract: The carriage apparatus includes a carriage configured to reciprocally move in a first direction, a first motor arranged on a side of one end of a range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a second motor arranged on a side of the other end of the range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a carriage belt suspended between the first motor and the second motor, attached with the carriage, and configured to move the carriage in the first direction, and a support portion configured to mount the second motor so that the second motor is displaceable in the first direction with respect to the first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryutaro Takahashi, Daigo Kuronuma, Naoaki Wada, Tomohito Abe, Kenta Iimura, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12070952
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, and a flow passage. The carriage includes a liquid ejecting recording head and reciprocates in first and second directions. The flow passage supplies liquid from the tank to the recording head, and includes a fixed flow passage, a first flow passage, and a second flow passage. The fixed flow passage is connected to the tank and does not to follow a movement of the carriage. The first flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the first direction, and follows the carriage movement. The second flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the second direction, and follows the carriage movement. After the carriage moves in the first direction, stops, and moves in the second direction, liquid is sucked from the recording head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaya Sato, Ryohei Maruyama, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenta Iimura, Tomohito Abe, Naoaki Wada, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Ryutaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240280459
    Abstract: An evaluation apparatus according to an embodiment includes an evaluator including a column being capable of storing a liquid containing defects, the column being transparent, the defects containing a bubble, a first particle containing metal, and a second particle being different from the bubble and the first particle, an irradiator irradiating the liquid in the column with an irradiation light, an imager imaging a scattered light emitted from the defects by the irradiation light, an analyzer obtaining a diffusion coefficient of the defects from the imaged scattered light, a calculator calculating a particle size and a refractive index of the defects, a determiner determining whether the defects contain the bubble or the second particle, or the first particle; a filter filtering the liquid, the filter including an inlet and an outlet; a first pipe connecting the outlet of the filter and the evaluator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke OSHIMA, Toshiyuki MURANAKA, Kyo OTSUBO, Ryutaro OTAHARA, Motonari TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Kazuki BABA
  • Patent number: 11945235
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230098088
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11524512
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11498346
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprising a storage unit for storing a sheet, a printing unit for printing on the sheet conveyed by a first conveyance unit from the storage unit, a second conveyance unit, provided between the first conveyance unit and the storage unit, for conveying the sheet from the storage unit toward the first conveyance unit, a conveyance control unit for controlling driving of the first and the second convey units such that the sheet is bent between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit, and a detection unit, provided between the first and the second conveyance units, for detecting bending of the sheet, wherein the conveyance control unit stops conveyance of the sheet by the first conveyance unit based on a detection result of the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryutaro Takahashi, Masakazu Nagashima, Tomohiro Suzuki, Naoki Wakayama, Hideyuki Nozawa, Waichiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 11458746
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feeding unit, a conveyance unit, a cutting unit, and a control unit. The conveyance unit nips the print medium conveyed from the feeding unit by a first roller and a second roller, and conveys the nipped print medium. The cutting unit cuts the print medium. The control unit: (1) performs control to make a command speed of the first roller lower than a command speed of the second roller until a printhead printing reaches near a trailing edge of a printing length after printing has started, (2) performs control to make the command speed of the first roller higher than the command speed of the second roller when the printing has reached near the trailing edge of the printing length, and (3) subsequently controls the cutting unit configured to cut the print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suzuki, Naoki Wakayama, Ryutaro Takahashi, Masakazu Nagashima, Hideyuki Nozawa, Waichiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 11413890
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a printing unit, includes a first holding unit, a conveyance unit, a first cutting unit arranged between the printing unit and the first holding unit, a second cutting unit arranged between the printing unit and the first cutting unit, and a control unit. The first holding unit holds a sheet. The conveyance unit conveys the sheet to the printing unit. The first cutting unit cuts the sheet fed from the first holding unit. The second cutting unit cuts the sheet fed from the first holding unit. The control unit determines, in accordance with a length in a conveyance direction of a product to be printed on the sheet by the printing unit, whether to cut the sheet fed from the first holding unit by the first cutting unit or the second cutting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nozawa, Tomohiro Suzuki, Naoki Wakayama, Ryutaro Takahashi, Masakazu Nagashima, Waichiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 11376875
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including: a carriage having a print head and configured to be movable in an intersecting direction; a slitter unit configured to be movable in the intersecting direction and cut a roll sheet in a conveyance direction; a detection sensor mounted on the carriage and configured to detect a cut portion of the roll sheet that has been cut by the slitter unit; and a control unit configured to control the carriage to move after controlling the slitter unit to move and cut the roll sheet, so that the cut portion made by the slitter unit is detected by the detection sensor, and configured to control a moving distance of the carriage or the slitter, based on a first moving distance by which the slitter unit has moved and a second moving distance of the carriage at a timing where the detection sensor detects the cut portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Tomohito Abe, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220097427
    Abstract: A carriage apparatus characterized by comprising a carriage configured to reciprocally move in a predetermined direction, a first motor arranged on a side of one end of a range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a second motor arranged on a side of the other end of the range of movement of the carriage, configured to drive the carriage, and has the same kind of driving characteristics as driving characteristics of the first motor, detection means for detecting a position of the carriage related to the predetermined direction, and control means for controlling driving of the first motor and the second motor by feeding back a detection result detected by the detection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenta Iimura, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Takahiro Daikoku
  • Publication number: 20220097390
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, and a flow passage. The carriage includes a liquid ejecting recording head and reciprocates in first and second directions. The flow passage supplies liquid from the tank to the recording head, and includes a fixed flow passage, a first flow passage, and a second flow passage. The fixed flow passage is connected to the tank and does not to follow a movement of the carriage. The first flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the first direction, and follows the carriage movement. The second flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the second direction, and follows the carriage movement. After the carriage moves in the first direction, stops, and moves in the second direction, liquid is sucked from the recording head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Takaya Sato, Ryohei Maruyama, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenta Iimura, Tomohito Abe, Naoaki Wada, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Ryutaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220097429
    Abstract: The carriage apparatus includes a carriage configured to reciprocally move in a first direction, a first motor arranged on a side of one end of a range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a second motor arranged on a side of the other end of the range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a carriage belt suspended between the first motor and the second motor, attached with the carriage, and configured to move the carriage in the first direction, and a support portion configured to mount the second motor so that the second motor is displaceable in the first direction with respect to the first motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ryutaro Takahashi, Daigo Kuronuma, Naoaki Wada, Tomohito Abe, Kenta limura, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220097405
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, a flow passage, and a valve. The carriage includes a recording head that ejects liquid contained in the tank and supplied from the flow passage. The flow passage includes (i) a fixed flow passage connected to the tank without following a movement of the carriage, (ii) a first flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head, and (iii) a second flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head. The valve is provided in one of the first and second flow passages and limits a flow of liquid from the tank to the recording head and allows liquid to flow from the recording head to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Kenta Iimura, Daigo Kuronuma, Takaya Sato, Tomohito Abe, Naoaki Wada, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Ryutaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210394539
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Ryohei Maruyama, Masakazu Nagashima, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11198302
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can reduce the time for the initial installment. In the present invention, in the initial installation, once an ink tank is attached to a printing apparatus main body, a notification unit makes a notification prompting attaching of a printing head during an operation of supplying ink from the ink tank to a reservoir tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoaki Wada, Noriyuki Aoki, Tomohito Abe, Daigo Kuronuma, Ryutaro Takahashi, Masakazu Nagashima, Ryohei Maruyama, Toshiaki Yamaguchi