Patents by Inventor Shingo Saito

Shingo Saito 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: 11959709
    Abstract: A heat transport device comprises first flow passages through which a first fluid flows, and second flow passages through which a second fluid flows, wherein a cross-section A satisfying the following Requirement 1 to Requirement 3 can be achieved. Requirement 1 is that the cross-section A is a cross-section perpendicular to the second flow passages. Requirement 2 is that in the cross-section A, the holes of second flow passages are separated by meandering partition plates and are disposed in a layered manner. Two adjacent partition plates are a partition plate B and a partition plate C, and when comparing a point ?, which is the top point of a mountain in the partition plate B closest to the partition plate C, and a point ?, which is the bottom point of a valley in the partition plate C closest to the partition plate B, the point ? is closer to the partition plate C side than the point ?. Requirement 3 is that the first flow passages are present inside the partition plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: WELCON INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Suzuki, Takashi Saito, Shingo Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 11948860
    Abstract: A multilayer heat sink including a heat-receiving layer, a channel layer including cooling micropaths extending and directing a fluid in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction, an orifice layer including jet orifices configured to jet the fluid into the cooling micropaths, and drain orifices configured to drain the fluid from the cooling micropaths, a header layer including a peripheral wall and a baffle, and a bottom layer, wherein the baffle includes parallel plates disposed parallel to each other, and end plates configured to alternately close an opening at an end and an opening at an opposite end of the parallel plates, and the orifice layer, the bottom layer, the baffle, and the peripheral wall define a supply channel to guide the fluid from a fluid inlet to the jet orifices and a drain channel to guide the fluid from the drain orifices to a fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: WELCON Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Suzuki, Takashi Saito, Shingo Ikarashi
  • Publication number: 20240104850
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and a reproduction control unit. The acquisition unit acquires avoidance region information about an avoidance region where at least one of entrance of a target person who is a target to whom virtual content is reproduced or entrance of a virtual object for the target person that is displayed to the target person is a target to be avoided, the avoidance region information being generated on the basis of at least one of a position of another object different from the target person or a position of a virtual object for the other object displayed to the other object. The reproduction control unit controls reproduction of the virtual content to the target person on the basis of the acquired avoidance region information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Keijiroh NAGANO, Shingo UTSUKI, Mari SAITO
  • Patent number: 11935449
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls an output based on a result of recognition processing for a user input. Further, in a situation where a plurality of users is present, the output control unit dynamically controls, for each of the users, an output of an executability state of the recognition processing for the user input. Furthermore, provided is an information processing method including, by a processor, controlling an output based on a result of recognition processing for a user input. The controlling further including, in a situation where a plurality of users is present, dynamically controlling, for each of the users, an output of an executability state of the recognition processing for the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Ayumi Nakagawa, Shingo Utsuki
  • Patent number: 11900188
    Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a printing part having: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction; a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium; and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shingo Saito
  • Patent number: 11787204
    Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a printing part which is provided with: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium, and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shingo Saito
  • Patent number: 11780249
    Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a printing part which is provided with: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium, and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shingo Saito
  • Publication number: 20230173829
    Abstract: A printing device comprises a housing, a print head provided in the housing, a mount to which a roll body is detachably mounted, a conveyor configured to convey a printing medium unwounded from the roll body along a conveying path including an upstream path extending from the mount to the print head, and a cutter configured to cut the printing medium at a particular position in the upstream path. The roll body is a sheet type printing medium wounded into a rolled-up state. The conveyor comprises a holder arranged, in the upstream path, at a position between the cutter and the print head. The holder is configured to hold the printing medium in a state where the printing medium is deformed to be corrugated along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shingo Saito
  • Publication number: 20230166539
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a platen to support a printing medium unrolled from a roll, a conveyer to convey the printing medium on the platen in a first direction, a head to print an image on the printing medium supported by the platen at a position on one side of the platen in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a corrugating member to corrugate the printing medium, and a cutter to cut the printing medium, is provided. The corrugating member has a plurality of ribs and pressor portions. The plurality of ribs align spaced from one another in a third direction, which intersects with the first direction and the second direction. The plurality of ribs protrude from the platen in the second direction. The presser portions press the printing medium toward the platen at intervening positions between adjoining ones of the plurality of ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shingo Saito
  • Publication number: 20220379604
    Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a printing part having: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction; a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium; and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Shingo SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220348031
    Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a printing part which is provided with: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium, and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: SHINGO SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220348027
    Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a printing part which is provided with: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium, and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Shingo SAITO
  • Patent number: 11273244
    Abstract: This dialysis device is configured so that residual liquid in a powder container 42 and a bypass path 51 can be drained. Accordingly, the dialysis device is provided with: a first liquid draining path 71 connecting a clean water supply path 31 to a stock solution supply path 44 on the upstream side of a liquid feed pump 33; a second liquid draining path 72 connecting the clean water supply path to a dialysate discharge path 32 on the downstream side of the liquid feed pump; and an opening path 77 allowing a branch path 43 to communicate with the outer space by opening an on-off valve 78. By opening the on-off valve of the opening path and actuating the liquid feed pump, a liquid in the powder container 42 and a liquid in the bypass path 51 can be discharged through the first liquid draining path and the second liquid draining path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nozato, Shingo Saito
  • Patent number: 10810186
    Abstract: Updating a database is accelerated. A device management device manages a device having a database, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire database state information from the device; and an updating unit configured to send update data for updating the database to the device, and cause the device to update the database based on the update data. The updating unit selectively executes, based on the database state information, a first updating process of sequentially sending the updated portions of the update data to the device to change the updated portions of the database; or a second updating process of sending all of the update data to the device to refresh the complete database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Michiaki Kaneda, Takashi Sera, Yusuke Nakajima, Shingo Saito
  • Publication number: 20190231959
    Abstract: This dialysis device is configured so that residual liquid in a powder container 42 and a bypass path 51 can be drained. Accordingly, the dialysis device is provided with: a first liquid draining path 71 connecting a clean water supply path 31 to a stock solution supply path 44 on the upstream side of a liquid feed pump 33; a second liquid draining path 72 connecting the clean water supply path to a dialysate discharge path 32 on the downstream side of the liquid feed pump; and an opening path 77 allowing a branch path 43 to communicate with the outer space by opening an on-off valve 78. By opening the on-off valve of the opening path and actuating the liquid feed pump, a liquid in the powder container 42 and a liquid in the bypass path 51 can be discharged through the first liquid draining path and the second liquid draining path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NOZATO, Shingo SAITO
  • Patent number: 10080832
    Abstract: A filter CF1 for filtering dialysis fluid comprises the following: a housing 52 inside of which a filter material 51 is accommodated and which is vertically long; an introduction port 53 that is disposed in the lower part of the housing and that introduces dialysis fluid from an upstream-side flow path 23a; a filtered fluid lead-out port 54 through which filtered dialysis fluid, which has passed through the filter material, is lead out from the upper part of the housing to a downstream-side flow path 23b; and an unfiltered fluid lead-out port 55 through which unfiltered fluid is lead out from the upper part of the housing to a waste fluid flow path 57. When removing the filter from a dialysis fluid circuit 4, fluid is suctioned from the inside of the housing via the upstream-side flow path by using fluid suction means 64A, and a gas is caused to flow into the housing from at least either one of the waste fluid flow path and the downstream-side flow path by using gas inflow means 65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosho Matsuzaki, Shingo Saito, Yuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180075088
    Abstract: Updating a database is accelerated. A device management device manages a device having a database, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire database state information from the device; and an updating unit configured to send update data for updating the database to the device, and cause the device to update the database based on the update data. The updating unit selectively executes, based on the database state information, a first updating process of sequentially sending the updated portions of the update data to the device to change the updated portions of the database; or a second updating process of sending all of the update data to the device to refresh the complete database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Michiaki KANEDA, Takashi SERA, Yusuke NAKAJIMA, Shingo SAITO
  • Patent number: 9907541
    Abstract: A stool container is provided with a lid body (2) having a lid part (2a) for sealing a container and a stool collection rod (2b) for collecting stool, a cylindrical container body (3) that has a liquid reservoir (3b) formed at the distal end thereof via a filter holding part (3a) and has an open proximal end, and an inner plug 4 that is inserted from the proximal end of the container body (3) in to the container body (3). The distal end of the inner plug (4) has a bottom surface (4a) that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and, in the center of the bottom surface (4a), a scraping part (4b) through which the stool collection rod (2b) can be inserted. A stool collection rod guide part is formed that comprises a plurality of sloping ribs (4c) disposed radially around the scraping part (4b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: EIKEN KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Saito, Wataru Suzuki, Hiroaki Hayashi, You Yamamori, Yasuyuki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9867598
    Abstract: A feces sampling container includes: a lid (2) that includes a feces sampling rod (2b) and a cap (2a), a circular protrusion (2f); a container body (3); and an inside plug (4) that includes a removal part (4b), and a circular protrusion (4g), the inside plug (4) being fitted to the inside of the container body (3), a flange (3c), an overhang (4d) being formed on the outer circumferential surface of the inside plug (4) at a predetermined position along the circumferential direction so that the overhang (4d) is situated on the flange (3c), a removal mechanism (2e, 4f), and a cam mechanism (2h, 4h) that positions the removal mechanism being formed over the circular protrusion (2f) formed on the inner circumferential surface of the cap (2a) and the circular protrusion (4g) formed on the outer circumferential surface of the inside plug (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: EIKEN KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Saito, Yoshiharu Ichikawa, Hiroaki Hayashi, Kazuhiro Toyama, Masashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9789684
    Abstract: In a control device, a controller is configured to perform: determining whether to print a target unit image according to J number of index values respectively corresponding to J number of target partial images; in response to determining to print the target unit image, controlling a printer to execute ejection processing and movement processing for printing a band image constituted with H number of successive unit images arranged in a sub-scanning direction and including the target unit image, the ejection processing ejecting a droplet of coloring material onto a printing medium while moving a print head in a main scanning direction, the movement processing moving the printing medium in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the print head; and in response to determining not to print the target unit image, controlling the printer to execute the movement processing but not execute the ejection processing for printing the target unit image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Saito, Masaki Kondo