Patents by Inventor Shigeki Suzuki

Shigeki Suzuki 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: 10384448
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes an ejecting surface in which nozzles for ejecting a liquid are formed, and a first and a second circuit substrates for ejecting the liquid from the nozzles, in which a planar shape of the ejecting surface includes a first, a second and a third portions. A center line parallel to a long side of a rectangle of a minimum area surrounding the ejecting surface passes the first portion but not the second and third portions. The second and third portions are arranged adjacently to the first portion interposed therebetween. The first circuit substrate is positioned in the first and second portions. The second circuit substrate is positioned in at least one of the first and third portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Okubo, Shigeki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Takahiro Kanegae
  • Patent number: 10348587
    Abstract: An equipment manager manages connected equipment. A Web server is able to provide Web contents that include a monitoring program for monitoring the states of equipment managed by plural equipment management devices. A Web-contents-display controller acquires the Web contents that are transmitted from the Web server, executes the monitoring program, acquires an equipment-management-device-address list, uses the acquired equipment-management-device-address list to connect to each of the plural equipment management devices, acquires equipment data that is managed by each of the equipment management devices, and displays that equipment data on one screen of the Web browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taichi Ishizaka, Shigeki Suzuki, Takahiro Ito, Noriyuki Komiya, Takeru Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20190061364
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid path comprising a filter and a liquid storing chamber for supplying liquid to a liquid ejecting head. The liquid storing chamber has an inlet, a bubble retention space disposed above the inlet, a bottom disposed below the bubble retention space, and a first outlet and a second outlet. (i) The first outlet is located on one side of an imaginary center line passing through the center of a projected area, and the second outlet is located on the other side of the imaginary center line. Alternatively, (ii) the first outlet and the second outlet are located outside a projected area defined by projecting the bubble retention space onto the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori NAKAJIMA, Takahiro KANEGAE, Hiroshige OWAKI, Shigeki SUZUKI, Hironori MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 10142433
    Abstract: A compression necessity determiner is configured to determine a necessity of compression of to-be-uploaded data to a server. A data compressor is configured to compress, when the compression necessity determiner determines that the compression of the to-be-uploaded data is necessary, the to-be-uploaded data in a predetermined scheme. When the compression necessity determiner determines that the compression of the to-be-uploaded data is unnecessary, a data sender sends data, in which a header is added to the to-be-uploaded data to the communication interface, and when the compression necessity determiner determines that the compression of the to-be-uploaded data is necessary, the data sender sends to the communication interface data in which a header, containing information indicating that the to-be-uploaded data is compressed data, is added to the to-be-uploaded data compressed by the data compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10093100
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion which has a nozzle that ejects liquid, and a flushing receptive body which receives the liquid that is ejected in a flushing operation in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle, the flushing receptive body including a receiving member that is able to receive the liquid, a receiving member holding portion which holds the receiving member, and a fixing member with conductivity that fixes the receiving member to the receiving member holding portion by contacting the receiving member and has a mesh form portion that forms an adhesion surface to which the ejected liquid is adhered with the receiving member in the flushing operation, in which the fixing member is electrically grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Harada, Shigeki Suzuki, Kinya Ozawa, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10005284
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Koji Harada, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kazuhiko Hara, Yasunori Koike, Ryo Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20180099503
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion which has a nozzle that ejects liquid, and a flushing receptive body which receives the liquid that is ejected in a flushing operation in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle, the flushing receptive body including a receiving member that is able to receive the liquid, a receiving member holding portion which holds the receiving member, and a fixing member with conductivity that fixes the receiving member to the receiving member holding portion by contacting the receiving member and has a mesh form portion that forms an adhesion surface to which the ejected liquid is adhered with the receiving member in the flushing operation, in which the fixing member is electrically grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Koji HARADA, Shigeki SUZUKI, Kinya OZAWA, Hitotoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180037030
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeki SUZUKI, Koji HARADA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHI, Kazuhiko HARA, Yasunori KOIKE, Ryo OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9878543
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion which has a nozzle that ejects liquid, and a flushing receptive body which receives the liquid that is ejected in a flushing operation in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle, the flushing receptive body including a receiving member that is able to receive the liquid, a receiving member holding portion which holds the receiving member, and a fixing member with conductivity that fixes the receiving member to the receiving member holding portion by contacting the receiving member and has a mesh form portion that forms an adhesion surface to which the ejected liquid is adhered with the receiving member in the flushing operation, in which the fixing member is electrically grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Harada, Shigeki Suzuki, Kinya Ozawa, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9879872
    Abstract: A standard schedule creator creates a standard schedule that makes it possible to achieve a target presented by target data. A seasonal schedule updater, monthly schedule updater, weekly schedule updater, and current day schedule updater update the created standard schedule using the corresponding weather forecast data to create an operation schedule of an air conditioner in which the weather forecast is properly reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ito, Shigeki Suzuki, Noriyuki Komiya, Taichi Ishizaka, Takeru Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20170373920
    Abstract: A communication monitoring system includes a gateway device for relaying data communicated between the Internet and an in-home network, and a communication monitoring device. The gateway device includes a first communicator and a second communicator that respectively communicate with the Internet and the in-home network, and a first outputter and a second outputter provided so as to correspond to the respective communicators, and respectively convert communicated data by the first communicator and the second communicator into optical signals having different wavelengths. The communication monitoring device includes a first receiver and a second receiver that receive the optical signals output by the first outputter and the second outputter, and a display that displays information relating to the data obtained from the optical signal received by the first receiver and the optical signal received by the second receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Shigeki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9817410
    Abstract: A test device simulator simulates the behavior of a test device to be tested on the basis of content indicating an input operation by a user, data transmitted from an air-conditioning system simulator, and device object data stored in a data storage. In the case in which the simulation generates data to transmit to the air-conditioning system simulator, the test device simulator transmits that data to the air-conditioning system simulator. The air-conditioning system simulator includes multiple simulation process sections. Each simulation process section, on the basis of content indicated by the input operation performed by the user on the device simulated by the simulation process section itself, data addressed to that device transmitted from the test device simulator, and the device object data stored in the data storage and corresponding to that device, simulates the behavior of that device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Noriyuki Kushiro, Shinji Nakamura, Yoshiaki Ito
  • Patent number: 9809029
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Koji Harada, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kazuhiko Hara, Yasunori Koike, Ryo Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20170291417
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes an ejecting surface in which nozzles for ejecting a liquid are formed, and a first and a second circuit substrates for ejecting the liquid from the nozzles, in which a planar shape of the ejecting surface includes a first, a second and a third portions. A center line parallel to a long side of a rectangle of a minimum area surrounding the ejecting surface passes the first portion but not the second and third portions. The second and third portions are arranged adjacently to the first portion interposed therebetween. The first circuit substrate is positioned in the first and second portions. The second circuit substrate is positioned in at least one of the first and third portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhiro OKUBO, Shigeki SUZUKI, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Patent number: 9727039
    Abstract: A facility management device manages communication data that is transmitted and received between remote controllers and an outdoor unit and/or indoor units. A temporary-memory controller stores communication data that was received by a communicator, and transmission-waveform data that was acquired by a transmission-waveform data acquirer for a specified amount of time in a temporary memory. An abnormality determiner determines whether or not there is abnormality in the communication data that is stored in the temporary memory. When it is determined that there is abnormality in the communication data stored in the temporary memory, a data copier stores all of the data that is stored in the temporary memory in an abnormal-data memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeru Kuroiwa, Taichi Ishizaka, Shigeki Suzuki, Takahiro Ito, Noriyuki Komiya
  • Publication number: 20170217197
    Abstract: A flow-path structure configures an internal flow path for supply a liquid to a nozzle which ejects the liquid, and the flow-path structure includes a filter disposed across the internal flow path; a defoaming space that communicates with a defoaming route through which gases are discharged; and a first gas permeable membrane that is interposed between the defoaming space and a storage space positioned on a downstream side from the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro KANEGAE, Masahiko SATO, Kenichi KITAMURA, Shigeki SUZUKI, Ken YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20170113463
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion which has a nozzle that ejects liquid, and a flushing receptive body which receives the liquid that is ejected in a flushing operation in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle, the flushing receptive body including a receiving member that is able to receive the liquid, a receiving member holding portion which holds the receiving member, and a fixing member with conductivity that fixes the receiving member to the receiving member holding portion by contacting the receiving member and has a mesh form portion that forms an adhesion surface to which the ejected liquid is adhered with the receiving member in the flushing operation, in which the fixing member is electrically grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Koji HARADA, Shigeki SUZUKI, Kinya OZAWA, Hitotoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170080714
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shigeki SUZUKI, Koji HARADA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHI, Kazuhiko HARA, Yasunori KOIKE, Ryo OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9573399
    Abstract: Provided is an air jet emission method used in a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus performs predetermined printing by ejecting ink droplets from a recording head provided in an apparatus body onto a medium. The medium is fed into the apparatus body while being guided by a guide and is transported from an upstream side, which is one side with respect to the apparatus body, toward a downstream side, which is an opposite side with respect to the apparatus body. The air jet emission method comprises: emitting a jet of air onto a surface of the transported medium at a predetermined area over a heating device at the upstream side, thereby blowing dust off the surface of the transported medium. The heating device is provided in the guide so as to apply heat to the transported medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Toshinobu Yamazaki, Masahiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20170013079
    Abstract: A compression necessity determiner is configured to determine a necessity of compression of to-be-uploaded data to a server. A data compressor is configured to compress, when the compression necessity determiner determines that the compression of the to-be-uploaded data is necessary, the to-be-uploaded data in a predetermined scheme. When the compression necessity determiner determines that the compression of the to-be-uploaded data is unnecessary, a data sender sends data, in which a header is added to the to-be-uploaded data to the communication interface, and when the compression necessity determiner determines that the compression of the to-be-uploaded data is necessary, the data sender sends to the communication interface data in which a header, containing information indicating that the to-be-uploaded data is compressed data, is added to the to-be-uploaded data compressed by the data compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki SUZUKI