Patents by Inventor Seiya Sato

Seiya 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).

  • Publication number: 20230150286
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a head that ejects a liquid; a supply unit that supplies a liquid to the head; a maintenance unit for maintaining the head; a selector unit that selects a unit to be opened to an atmosphere from the supply unit and the maintenance unit; and a housing that accommodates the supply unit, the maintenance unit, and the selector unit, in which the housing has an opening surface to which an exposure opening is open and a cover that closes the exposure opening, the exposure opening exposes the supply unit, the maintenance unit, and the selector unit, and when the exposure opening is viewed from a position facing the opening surface, the supply unit, the maintenance unit, and the selector unit are positioned not to overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Seiji TOJO, Eiji MIYASHITA, Seiya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230027157
    Abstract: A scanning device includes a casing holding a original document table. A facing area is provided to the casing, and a rectangular hole is formed on the facing area. The rectangular hole has edges extending along a main scanning direction and edges extending along a sub-scanning direction. The edges extending along the sub-scanning direction are located in a central area of a photoelectric conversion element row of a sensor assembly in the main scanning direction. The sensor assembly scans the rectangular hole and detects a edge extending along the main scanning direction and a edge extending along the sub-scanning direction, thereby determines a scanning start position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kentaro AOYAMA, Kunihiro AMANO, Seiya SATO, Kazushi SHUMIYA, Jie ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20220288936
    Abstract: A wiping module includes a wiping portion and a cleaning portion. The wiping portion includes a wiping member wiping a liquid discharge head that discharges a liquid from a nozzle provided on a nozzle surface, a storage support portion supporting the wiping member and configured to store the liquid by the wiping, and a movement support portion mounting the storage support portion and configured to reciprocate along a wiping direction, which is a direction in which the wiping is performed. The cleaning portion cleans the wiping member. The cleaning portion includes a cleaning member and a guide portion guiding the cleaning member. The cleaning member is configured to follow a movement of the wiping portion in the wiping direction and to scrape off the liquid adhering to the wiping member while being guided by the guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Seiya SATO, Eiji MIYASHITA, Masaki SHIMOMURA
  • Patent number: 11392084
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller, a main body frame, a cartridge and a display. The cartridge includes a memory, a cartridge data terminal and a cartridge detection terminal. The controller includes a main body data terminal and a main body detection terminal. The main body data terminal is electrically connected to the cartridge data terminal. The main body detection terminal is electrically connected to the cartridge detection terminal in the case where the cartridge is attached to the main body frame. The controller is configured to perform determining whether the main body detection terminal and the cartridge detection terminal are electrically connected with each other. The controller is configured to perform displaying a determination result of the determining whether the main body detection terminal and the cartridge detection terminal are electrically connected with each other on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinta Sugiura, Keita Inoue, Tatsuro Yokoi, Seiya Sato, Osamu Takahashi, Toshinori Araki, Masaaki Wakizaka, Koji Akagi
  • Publication number: 20220174894
    Abstract: To provide a vegetation sheet which requires no soil as a base of cultivation of Sunagoke grown seedlings and enables the cultivation of Sunagoke grown seedlings in a stable state even in a severe environment such as on a steep slope or in a strong wind. A vegetation sheet 1-1 comprises a surface layer 10 in which Sunagoke grown seedlings 30 are laid and a core layer 20 which allows rhizoids 30a of the Sunagoke grown seedlings 30 extending with growth to enter downward therein. The core layer 20 has a rough netlike structure which has spaces having an aperture size equal to or larger than the thickness of each rhizoid 30a so as to allow the rhizoids 30a to enter therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: GREEN'S GREEN Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiya Sato
  • Publication number: 20220172615
    Abstract: A communication system (1) includes multiple transmission apparatuses (200) that transmit beacon signals to a moving body (10), and a terminal apparatus (100) that is mounted in the moving body (10) and, upon receiving a beacon signal of a predetermined intensity or more from a transmission apparatus (200), presents information to a user based on the beacon signal of the predetermined intensity or more and a past reception record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi KASAHARA, Norihiro FUJIMOTO, Hitoshi MIZUNO, Seiya SATO
  • Publication number: 20220148431
    Abstract: A course of a mobile terminal device is estimated. An information processing system (S) includes: a plurality of transmission devices (1a, 1b) capable of transmitting predetermined radio waves; a terminal device (2) capable of receiving the predetermined radio waves; and a management device (3) communicably connected to the terminal device, wherein the terminal device (2) measures an intensity of the radio waves received from each of the plurality of transmission devices (1a, 1b) at intervals of a predetermined time period, and transmits measurement results to the management device (3), and the management device (3) estimates, from the measurement results, a distance from each of the plurality of transmission devices (1a, 1b) to the terminal device (2), and estimates a course of the terminal device (2) from the estimated distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi KASAHARA, Norihiro FUJIMOTO, Hitoshi MIZUNO, Seiya SATO
  • Publication number: 20220128947
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a drum cartridge removably attached to the main body, and a belt unit removably attached to the main body. The main body includes a drum power supply, a belt power supply, and a controller configured to start supplying power from the drum power supply to a drum memory of the drum cartridge, start supplying power from the belt power supply to a belt memory of the belt unit, stop supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory after starting supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory, and stop supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory after starting supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori ARAKI, Tatsuro Yokoi, Seiya Sato, Shinta Sugiura, Koji Akagi, Masaaki Wakizaka, Keita Inoue, Osamu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220097382
    Abstract: A printer includes a line head and a wiper unit. The line head is provided to be movable between a recording position and a retreat position and performs recording on a medium by ejecting ink from an ejection surface at the recording position. The wiper unit is provided to be movable, in the Y direction, between a maintenance position at which a maintenance operation is able to be performed and a non-maintenance position away from the maintenance position. A permitting section is formed in the wiper unit. The permitting section permits a portion of the line head to move in a direction intersecting the Y direction in a state in which the wiper unit is at the non-maintenance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Seiya SATO
  • Publication number: 20220097381
    Abstract: A wiping device includes a wiper unit, a carriage, and a fixing member. The wiper unit includes a wiper that wipes a liquid discharge surface of a liquid discharge head from which liquid is to be discharged. The carriage moves along the liquid discharge surface in a first direction and a second direction, both of which are opposite to each other. The fixing member fixes the wiper unit to the carriage. When the carriage is disposed on a side in the first direction with respect to a middle point in a moving range of the carriage, the fixing member is removable in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Seiya SATO, Toshihiro IMAE
  • Publication number: 20220097383
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a line head, a wiper unit, and a guide. The line head is configured to eject ink from an ejection surface extending in an A direction. The wiper unit includes a wiping portion configured to wipe the ink and a liquid container configured to hold the wiped ink. The wiper unit is configured to move in a Y direction and clean the ejection surface with the wiping portion. The guide extends in the Y direction and guides the wiper unit. The wiper unit includes a guided portion configured to be guided by the guide. The ink container and the guided portion form an overlap in the A direction when viewed in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Seiya SATO
  • Patent number: 11237518
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a drum cartridge removably attached to the main body, and a belt unit removably attached to the main body. The main body includes a drum power supply, a belt power supply, and a controller configured to start supplying power from the drum power supply to a drum memory of the drum cartridge, start supplying power from the belt power supply to a belt memory of the belt unit, stop supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory after starting supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory, and stop supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory after starting supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Araki, Tatsuro Yokoi, Seiya Sato, Shinta Sugiura, Koji Akagi, Masaaki Wakizaka, Keita Inoue, Osamu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220005330
    Abstract: An object is to estimate the course of a movable terminal device. An information processing system (S) includes a plurality of transmission devices (1a, 1b) capable of transmitting predetermined radio waves, a terminal device (2) capable of receiving the predetermined radio waves, and a management device (3) communicably connected to the terminal device. The terminal device (2) measures intensities of radio waves received from the transmission devices (1a, 1b) at predetermined times, and transmits measurement results to the management device (3). The management device (3) calculates distances between the terminal device (2) and each of the transmission devices (1a, 1b) at the predetermined times from the measurement results, and calculates positions of the terminal device (2) at the predetermined times from the calculated distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi KASAHARA, Norihiro FUJIMOTO, Hitoshi MIZUNO, Seiya SATO, Kazuhiko GOTO
  • Patent number: 11095791
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a document placement plate, a reader, a driving device, a cover, and a controller, is provided. The cover includes an alignment part and a protrusive part. The protrusive part includes an uneven surface and first and second edges forming outer edges of the uneven surface extending in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction, respectively. The controller is configured control the driving device to move the reader in the sub-scanning direction and the reader while being moved to read the protrusive part, and detect the first edge and the second edge in image data of the protrusive part read by the reader based on an image of the uneven surface and determine a reading range for the reader in the document placement plate based on positions of the first edge and the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazushi Shumiya, Kentaro Aoyama, Seiya Sato, Kunihiro Amano, Jie Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210137001
    Abstract: There are included a passage portion provided at an upper surface portion of a mower deck, front and back slope portions and provided at front and back portions of the passage portion, front and back supporting portions supporting the slope portions in such a manner that the slope portions are movable in the front-back direction and swingable in the up-down direction, and front and back linking portions that are supported in such a manner as to be swingable in the front-back direction about axes extending in the left-right direction and that are connected with the slope portions. Operating the front and back linking portions in the front-back direction causes the front and back slope portions to be operated to the storage and use positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Terumasa Kobayashi, Seiya Sato, Ryusuke Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20210096498
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller, a main body frame, a cartridge and a display. The cartridge includes a memory, a cartridge data terminal and a cartridge detection terminal. The controller includes a main body data terminal and a main body detection terminal. The main body data terminal is electrically connected to the cartridge data terminal. The main body detection terminal is electrically connected to the cartridge detection terminal in the case where the cartridge is attached to the main body frame. The controller is configured to perform determining whether the main body detection terminal and the cartridge detection terminal are electrically connected with each other. The controller is configured to perform displaying a determination result of the determining whether the main body detection terminal and the cartridge detection terminal are electrically connected with each other on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinta SUGIURA, Keita INOUE, Tatsuro YOKOI, Seiya SATO, Osamu TAKAHASHI, Toshinori ARAKI, Masaaki W AKIZAKA, Koji AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20210041831
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a drum cartridge removably attached to the main body, and a belt unit removably attached to the main body. The main body includes a drum power supply, a belt power supply, and a controller configured to start supplying power from the drum power supply to a drum memory of the drum cartridge, start supplying power from the belt power supply to a belt memory of the belt unit, stop supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory after starting supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory, and stop supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory after starting supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori ARAKI, Tatsuro YOKOI, Seiya SATO, Shinta SUGIURA, Koji AKAGI, Masaaki WAKIZAKA, Keita INOUE, Osamu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10866408
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes: a mirror that has an optical reflection surface; a mirror support unit configured to support the mirror; a pair of drive beams arranged on both sides of the mirror support unit and connected such that the mirror support unit is swingable; a drive source provided on the drive beams and configured to swing the mirror support unit, the drive source including a stack structure of a plurality of piezoelectric thin films; and a piezoelectric sensor formed on a connection beam connected to the drive source or the drive beams, a number of piezoelectric thin films included in the piezoelectric sensor being less than a number of the piezoelectric thin films included in the drive source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisamichi Sekine, Maiko Nagawatari, Seiya Sato
  • Patent number: 10827094
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a document supporting part, a reader, a driving mechanism, a reference density plate, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the reader to perform a first reading action to read the reference density plate at a first position and adjust an amount of light, controls the reader to perform a second reading action under the light in the adjusted amount and create correction data for shading correction, controls the driving mechanism to move the reader from the first position toward a standby position, controls the reader while being moved from a second position toward a third position to perform a third reading action including a plurality of reading actions under the light in the adjusted amount, and inspects validity of the correction data by comparing read data obtained from signals resulted from the plurality of reading actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jie Zheng, Kunihiro Amano, Kazushi Shumiya, Seiya Sato, Kentaro Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200314277
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a document placement plate, a reader, a driving device, a cover, and a controller, is provided. The cover includes an alignment part and a protrusive part. The protrusive part includes an uneven surface and first and second edges forming outer edges of the uneven surface extending in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction, respectively. The controller is configured control the driving device to move the reader in the sub-scanning direction and the reader while being moved to read the protrusive part, and detect the first edge and the second edge in image data of the protrusive part read by the reader based on an image of the uneven surface and determine a reading range for the reader in the document placement plate based on positions of the first edge and the second edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazushi SHUMIYA, Kentaro Aoyama, Seiya Sato, Kunihiro Amano, Jie Zheng