Patents by Inventor Satoshi Seki
Satoshi Seki 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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Patent number: 10542166Abstract: An image reading apparatus including a controller configured to perform an update processing for updating shading correction data stored in a memory by a generation processing of generating shading correction data based on an image signal of a reference member and perform a size determination processing for determining a size of a document based on an image signal of the document, wherein, when the document on the document platen is read, the controller performs the generation processing before the document is read, and an image processing portion performs the shading correction using the shading correction data generated before the document is read, and wherein, when the size determination processing is performed, the image processing portion performs the shading correction using the shading correction data stored in the memory, and the update processing is not performed.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Seki, Akiko Kanno
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Patent number: 10518995Abstract: An image scanning apparatus comprises a pair of regulating members that regulates a position of the document sheet stacked on a stacking unit, at least one of the regulating members being movable in a width direction; and units that detects a length in the width direction between the regulating members, and detects the width of the document sheet conveyed by a conveyance unit; wherein in a case where a difference between the detected length and the detected width of a document sheet is smaller than a threshold, a first sheet-to-sheet interval is set, and in a case where the difference between the detected length and the detected width of the document sheet is larger than the threshold, a second sheet-to-sheet interval which is larger than the first sheet-to-sheet interval is set.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Asahiro Nakayoshi, Satoshi Seki
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Publication number: 20190369630Abstract: A tracking vehicle control system includes a drive section, a drive control section, a recognition section, a first judgement section, and a second judgement section. After the drive control section controls the drive section to get a tracking vehicle to track a tracking object according to a result of recognition of the tracking object performed by the recognition section, the drive control section controls the drive section to stop the tracking vehicle from tracking the tracking object when the first judgement section judges that the tracking object has started access to the tracking vehicle. The drive control section controls the drive section to get the tracking vehicle to restart tracking the tracking object when the second judgement section judges that the tracking object has ended access to the tracking vehicle. The recognition section recognizes the tracking object even when tracking of the tracking object by the tracking vehicle is suspended.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Satoshi Seki, Taro Kassai
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Patent number: 10495031Abstract: A heater for a canister includes a heater case embedded within an adsorption material and sealed at a top, and a heater core having a heat generation element and installed in the heater case. The bottom of the heater case is fitted into a heater retaining hole of a cap member in a hermetically-sealed state, for enabling the heat generation element and terminals of the heater core to be completely separated from the gas atmosphere containing the adsorbed fuel components within an activated carbon region. A leaf spring having a heat conductivity is arranged between an outside surface of one of a pair of strip-shaped ceramic plates constructing part of the heater core and an inner wall surface of the heater case, for retaining the heater core in place within the heater case and for permitting heat transfer from the heat generation element to the adsorption material.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Junpei Omichi, Shuichi Eguchi, Satoshi Seki
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Publication number: 20190324833Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes sensors for detecting a plurality of types of errors. The information processing apparatus identifies a type of an error detected by one of the sensors, acquires a result of diagnostic processing corresponding to the identified type of the error, and outputs error information indicating the identified type of the error, and diagnostic information about a component corresponding to the result of the diagnostic processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Norihiko Kobayashi, Kimito Kasahara, Kaori Nishiyama, Naoto Watanabe, Keisuke Aizono, Satoshi Seki, Masahiro Mutsuno, Takuma Yasukawa, Yuki Suetani, Toshiyuki Miyake
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Publication number: 20190238703Abstract: An image reading apparatus capable of determining whether or not to perform an inclination correction for an original to be read is provided. The image reading apparatus comprises a pair of guide plates to sandwich an end of the original in a width direction, an original guide width detection sensor for measuring a width between the guide plates with the original sandwiched, various rollers for conveying the original, and a surface reading unit for reading an image of the original. The image reading apparatus further comprises an image processing part which detects the width of the original being conveyed as an original width to detect an amount of inclination of the original being conveyed. Further, the image processing part corrects the image of the original read in accordance with the amount of inclination detected. The image reading apparatus compares the guide width with the original width and controls whether or not to perform the inclination correction in accordance with a result of the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Satoshi Seki, Asahiro Nakayoshi
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Patent number: 10289358Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is capable of reading an original, temporarily storing image data in a storage unit, and then transferring the image data to an image forming unit to improve FCOT in forming an image. A memory stores image data output from image reading units. An image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium based on the image data stored in the memory. A first memory output frequency in a first mode in which one side of an original is read and an image is formed on one side of a recording medium is lower than a second memory output frequency in a second mode in which both sides of an original are read and an image is formed both sides of a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Furukawa, Satoshi Seki, Yohei Katto, Akiko Kanno, Hidenori Sunada, Asahiro Nakayoshi, Seiji Shibaki, Kaoru Hamada, Yumeng Zhang
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Publication number: 20190100398Abstract: An image scanning apparatus comprises a pair of regulating members that regulates a position of the document sheet stacked on a stacking unit, at least one of the regulating members being movable in a width direction; and units that detects a length in the width direction between the regulating members, and detects the width of the document sheet conveyed by a conveyance unit; wherein in a case where a difference between the detected length and the detected width of a document sheet is smaller than a threshold, a first sheet-to-sheet interval is set, and in a case where the difference between the detected length and the detected width of the document sheet is larger than the threshold, a second sheet-to-sheet interval which is larger than the first sheet-to-sheet interval is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Asahiro Nakayoshi, Satoshi Seki
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Patent number: 10225439Abstract: An image printing apparatus can print an image in which graininess is suppressed while using a color material of light blue. To achieve this, the color material of light blue satisfies the following condition. ?LB?(?LC??LB)>0 and ?LB?(?LM??LB)>0 Here, ?LC represents a difference in lightness between cyan ink and a blank area, ?LM represents a difference in lightness between magenta ink and the blank area, and ?LB represents a difference in lightness between light blue ink and the blank area. Further, the color material of light blue satisfies the following condition. hC+(h(C+M)?hC)/2?hB?hM?(hM?h(C+M))/2 Here, hC represents a hue of the cyan ink, hM represents a hue of the magenta ink, h(C+M) represents a hue of the image printed with the cyan ink and the magenta ink in the same amount, and hB represents a hue of the light blue ink.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiko Suzuki, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Gou Sasaki, Tsukasa Doi, Kiichiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 10154155Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first unit, a second unit that is pivotable against the first unit, and a controller. The first unit includes a platen, a member, and a movable first reader. The second unit includes an original tray, a conveyance unit that conveys an original from the original tray, a static second reader. The controller determines an opening/closing state of the second unit against the first unit based on read data obtained when the second reader reads the member. The first reader reads the first side of an original conveyed by the conveyance unit and the second reader reads the second side of the original when the original placed on the original tray is read. The first reader reads the first side while moving under the original when the original placed on the platen is read.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kaoru Hamada, Satoshi Seki, Yohei Katto, Akiko Kanno, Hidenori Sunada, Asahiro Nakayoshi, Seiji Shibaki, Masato Furukawa, Yumeng Zhang
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Publication number: 20180338426Abstract: An agricultural machine header which can be coupled to and uncoupled from a harvesting machine The header includes a frame having with a plurality of adjustable supports for coupling with at lest two row divider sets. The header further includes at least one pair of base cutting discs and at least one knock-down roller. The header supports the base cutting discs in an adjustable and flexible way that allows them to be adjusted according to conditions and characteristics of crop to be harvested.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: André Satoshi Seki, João Augusto Marcolin Lucca
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Publication number: 20180332183Abstract: An image reading apparatus including a controller configured to perform an update processing for updating shading correction data stored in a memory by a generation processing of generating shading correction data based on an image signal of a reference member and perform a size determination processing for determining a size of a document based on an image signal of the document, wherein, when the document on the document platen is read, the controller performs the generation processing before the document is read, and an image processing portion performs the shading correction using the shading correction data generated before the document is read, and wherein, when the size determination processing is performed, the image processing portion performs the shading correction using the shading correction data stored in the memory, and the update processing is not performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Satoshi Seki, Akiko Kanno
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Patent number: 9962950Abstract: Driving orders of driving blocks are controlled with regard to each of multiple types of ink so that landing positions of ink from the driving blocks differ in multiple scans, and in the mask patterns used, there is a relatively small number of superimposed pixels among pixels regarding which a large number of discharge permitted has been stipulated regarding a mask pattern corresponding to one type of ink and one scan and pixels regarding which a large number of discharge permitted has been stipulated regarding a mask pattern corresponding to another type of ink and the one scan.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Gou Sasaki, Tsukasa Doi, Fumiko Suzuki, Kiichiro Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180124278Abstract: An image printing apparatus can print an image in which graininess is suppressed while using a color material of light blue. To achieve this, the color material of light blue satisfies the following condition. ?LB?(?LC??LB)>0 and ?LB?(?LM??LB)>0 Here, ?LC represents a difference in lightness between cyan ink and a blank area, ?LM represents a difference in lightness between magenta ink and the blank area, and ?LB represents a difference in lightness between light blue ink and the blank area. Further, the color material of light blue satisfies the following condition. hC+(h(C+M)?hC)/2?hB?hM?(hM?h(C+M))/2 Here, hC represents a hue of the cyan ink, hM represents a hue of the magenta ink, h(C+M) represents a hue of the image printed with the cyan ink and the magenta ink in the same amount, and hB represents a hue of the light blue ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Fumiko Suzuki, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Gou Sasaki, Tsukasa Doi, Kiichiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9888149Abstract: An image printing apparatus can print an image in which graininess is suppressed while using a color material of light blue. To achieve this, the color material of light blue satisfies the following condition. ?LB?(?LC??LB)>0 and ?LB?(?LM??LB)>0 Here, ?LC represents a difference in lightness between cyan ink and a blank area, ?LM represents a difference in lightness between magenta ink and the blank area, and ?LB represents a difference in lightness between light blue ink and the blank area. Further, the color material of light blue satisfies the following condition. hC+(h(C+M)?hC)/2?hB?hM?(hM?h(C+M))/2 Here, hC represents a hue of the cyan ink, hM represents a hue of the magenta ink, h(C+M) represents a hue of the image printed with the cyan ink and the magenta ink in the same amount, and hB represents a hue of the light blue ink.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiko Suzuki, Mayuko Yamagata, Satoshi Seki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Gou Sasaki, Tsukasa Doi, Kiichiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9862214Abstract: Recording is performs that suppresses ink discharge position deviation between scans while suppressing graininess in a case of using multiple types of ink.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiko Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Gou Sasaki, Tsukasa Doi, Satoshi Seki, Mayuko Yamagata, Kiichiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9855774Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of recording elements arranged in a predetermined direction, and a determination unit configured to determine a first mode in which a specified image is recorded or a second mode in which a pattern is recorded in each of recording scannings in forward and backward directions to form an adjustment pattern for adjusting a recording position in the intersecting direction of the recording head, and the recording position of the recording head in accordance with the formed adjustment pattern is adjusted, in which a driving unit controls driving of the recording elements in a manner that a correspondence relationship between positions in the predetermined direction and the intersecting direction among a plurality of dots that form the same column is varied or is the same in the recording scannings in the forward and backward directions in accordance with the determined mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Seki, Kiichiro Takahashi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Fumiko Suzuki, Gou Sasaki, Mayuko Yamagata, Tsukasa Doi
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Patent number: 9844960Abstract: The driving order of driving blocks is controlled so that ink landing positions from driving blocks differ from each other in multiple scans. Recording data is generated so that, of pixels where ink is discharged in one scan, the number of pixels adjacent at both sides in the scanning direction to pixels where ink is discharged in another scan is greater than the number of pixels not adjacent at both sides in the scanning direction to pixels where ink is discharged the other scan.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Gou Sasaki, Tsukasa Doi, Satoshi Seki, Fumiko Suzuki, Mayuko Yamagata, Kiichiro Takahashi
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Publication number: 20170214816Abstract: A movement unit moves a reading unit in a first direction and a second direction. A control unit controls the movement unit so that the reading unit is positioned in a predetermined region in a case when a transition is made from an operation mode to a non-operation mode and controls the movement unit to cause the reading unit to move from the predetermined region to a position at which a white reference plate can be read in a case when a transition is made from the non-operation mode to the operation mode. The control unit causes movement of the reading unit by the movement unit to stop when a movement amount of the reading unit measured by a measurement unit becomes a movement amount corresponding to a distance from the boundary to a position at which a white reference plate can be read.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Fumika Yamakawa, Satoshi Seki, Yushi Oka
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Publication number: 20170167447Abstract: A heater for a canister includes a heater case embedded within an adsorption material and sealed at a top, and a heater core having a heat generation element and installed in the heater case. The bottom of the heater case is fitted into a heater retaining hole of a cap member in a hermetically-sealed state, for enabling the heat generation element and terminals of the heater core to be completely separated from the gas atmosphere containing the adsorbed fuel components within an activated carbon region. A leaf spring having a heat conductivity is arranged between an outside surface of one of a pair of strip-shaped ceramic plates constructing part of the heater core and an inner wall surface of the heater case, for retaining the heater core in place within the heater case and for permitting heat transfer from the heat generation element to the adsorption material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Junpei OMICHI, Shuichi EGUCHI, Satoshi SEKI