Patents by Inventor Shinya Yamazaki
Shinya Yamazaki 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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Publication number: 20250004905Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more processors configured to: obtain action histories of multiple users on a website; receive setting of a conversion which is a specific action performed by the users on the website; extract a second action from first actions on the basis of the first actions and information about, for each action history, whether the received conversion is included in the action history, the first actions being included in the obtained action histories; simulate the relationship between a change of a numeric value related to the extracted second action and a change of a numeric value related to the conversion; and output the simulation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tadafumi KAWAGUCHI, Masato ANDO, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Maiko YOSHIDA, Takuma NAKAHARA
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Patent number: 12175238Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of acquiring information about a communication apparatus capable of communicating with the information processing apparatus performs a first execution step of, based on the information processing apparatus being capable of executing a timing notification function, causing the information processing apparatus to execute the timing notification function, and a second execution step of, based on the information processing apparatus being incapable of executing the timing notification function, causing the information processing apparatus to execute an immediate notification function, wherein the timing notification function is a function of, based on it being determined that the information about the communication apparatus satisfies an output condition, causing a notification that is based on the notification information to be output, and wherein the immediate notification function is a function of, without based on the information about the communication apparatus, cType: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 12168343Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head for performing recording on a recording medium, a transporter for transporting the recording medium, a platen for supporting the recording medium, a heater for heating the recording medium supported by the platen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit causes the heater to heat the recording medium at a predetermined and constant heating temperature, causes the recording head and the transporter to record a first test pattern of a predetermined recording density, and a second test pattern of a recording density different from the predetermined recording density on the recording medium, and the recording density of the first test pattern and the recording density of the second test pattern can be set in the heater, and are associated with heating temperature different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 12128672Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the medium, an ultrasonic wave sensor including a transmission unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the medium and a reception unit configured to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted by the transmission unit, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the recording unit, based on an imaging result from the imaging unit and a detection result from the ultrasonic wave sensor. The transmission unit and the reception unit are positioned sandwiching the medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuya Yumoto, Junpei Yamashita, Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki, Nobuaki Kamiyama, Shigenori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20240323831Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a processing for transmitting an information on an external access point to a communication apparatus based on activation of a predetermined application program and without accepting the predetermined user operation in a case that the predetermined application program is activated in a state in which the information representing any one communication apparatus is registered as information held by the predetermined application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: SHINYA YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 12098054Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section capable of recording on a medium, a transport belt that is provided with adhesive capable of adhering with the medium and that is capable of transporting the medium, an ultrasonic sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves to the surface of the adhesive and that receives ultrasonic waves reflected from the surface, and a controller capable of determining the state of the surface based on the detection result of the ultrasonic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuya Yumoto, Junpei Yamashita, Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki, Nobuaki Kamiyama, Shigenori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20240262111Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a medium, a printing unit that ejects ink onto the medium, and a drying unit dries the ink ejected from the printing unit to the medium. The drying unit includes a support portion that supports the medium, an airflow generating unit that generates an airflow, a blowout port for airflows that is disposed at a position facing the image forming surface of the medium conveyed by the conveying unit and blows out the airflow, and an airflow direction determining portion that determines an air blowing direction that is a direction toward which the airflow blown out from the blowout port is directed. The air blowing direction is inclined with respect to an opposing direction in which the blowout port faces the image forming surface as viewed from the conveying direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventor: Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 12022037Abstract: A method for an information processing apparatus, the method including firstly acquiring information regarding a communication apparatus configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus, secondly acquiring notification information created by a management server configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus, executing a first determination process for determining whether the acquired information regarding the communication apparatus satisfies an output condition corresponding to information included in the acquired notification information, and in response to determining in the first determination process that the information regarding the communication apparatus satisfies the output condition, outputting a notification based on the notification information.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11999164Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium to perform recording, a carriage mounted with the recording head, and configured to perform scanning, a liquid receiving portion disposed so as to face the recording head, so that the recording head discards the ink into the liquid receiving portion, a distance sensor configured to measure a position of a top portion in a vertical direction of a deposit formed by the ink deposited in the liquid receiving portion, and a control unit configured to determine, based on a result of the measurement by the distance sensor, whether the deposit in the liquid receiving portion needs to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11958300Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and in which a first measuring area and a second measuring area are provided, a platen disposed to face the recording head, a reference portion disposed on the platen at a position faceable by the recording head; a distance sensor provided on either of the carriage or the reference portion and configured to measure a distance between a measuring area and the reference portion, and a controller that determines an inclination of the carriage with respect to the platen based on a measurement result of the distance sensor, and controls execution of a predetermined process.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11919296Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge liquid to a medium, an abnormal nozzle detection unit configured to detect an abnormal nozzle having a discharging defect among the plurality of nozzles, a contact detection unit configured to detect contact between the head and the medium, a suction unit configured to perform an ejection operation of ejecting the liquid from the plurality of nozzles, and a control unit. The control unit executes a suction operation when the abnormal nozzle is detected and the contact between the head and the medium is detected, and the control unit executes a printing of complementing the abnormal nozzle when the abnormal nozzle is detected and the contact between the head and the medium is not detected.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinya Yamazaki, Tomohiro Yoda
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Patent number: 11802017Abstract: An ultrasonic apparatus includes a first ultrasonic sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to an object and receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the object, a second ultrasonic sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to the object and receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the object, an determination circuit that outputs an error signal when the difference between a first distance between the first ultrasonic sensor and the object calculated based on ultrasonic wave transmission and reception processing using the first ultrasonic sensor and a second distance between the second ultrasonic sensor and the object calculated based on ultrasonic wave transmission and reception processing using the second ultrasonic sensor is equal to or greater than a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Yamada, Hikaru Iwai, Shinya Yamazaki, Osamu Murayama
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Patent number: 11789386Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, the transporting belt including a surface on which the medium is able to be supported, a washing unit configured to wash the surface using a liquid, an ultrasonic sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave onto the surface and receive the ultrasonic wave reflected from the surface, and a control unit configured to determine a remaining state of the liquid on the surface based on a result of detection by the ultrasonic sensor, in which the ultrasonic sensor transmits the ultrasonic wave onto at least part of the transporting belt, from downstream of the washing unit to upstream of the recording unit, in a rotation direction of the transporting belt.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuya Yumoto, Junpei Yamashita, Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki, Nobuaki Kamiyama, Shigenori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230234382Abstract: A recording device includes a holding part that holds a roll body of a recording medium, a rotation mechanism that rotates the roll body, a pair of transport rollers that transport the recording medium by nipping and rotating the recording medium, a recording part that performs recording on the transported recording medium, a first detection part that detects a leading end of the recording medium, and a notification part that notifies information, wherein whether or not the leading end is detected by the first detection part is monitored in a first monitoring operation in a state in which nipping by the pair of transport rollers is released, and when the leading end has been detected by the first detection part, a first notification operation of causing the notification part to notify that the leading end has been detected by the first detection part is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Tomohiro YODA, Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230158796Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium to perform recording, a carriage mounted with the recording head, and configured to perform scanning, a liquid receiving portion disposed so as to face the recording head, so that the recording head discards the ink into the liquid receiving portion, a distance sensor configured to measure a position of a top portion in a vertical direction of a deposit formed by the ink deposited in the liquid receiving portion, and a control unit configured to determine, based on a result of the measurement by the distance sensor, whether the deposit in the liquid receiving portion needs to be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventor: Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230146770Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of acquiring information about a communication apparatus capable of communicating with the information processing apparatus performs a first execution step of, based on the information processing apparatus being capable of executing a timing notification function, causing the information processing apparatus to execute the timing notification function, and a second execution step of, based on the information processing apparatus being incapable of executing the timing notification function, causing the information processing apparatus to execute an immediate notification function, wherein the timing notification function is a function of, based on it being determined that the information about the communication apparatus satisfies an output condition, causing a notification that is based on the notification information to be output, and wherein the immediate notification function is a function of, without based on the information about the communication apparatus, cType: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventor: Shinya Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20230079017Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the medium, an ultrasonic wave sensor including a transmission unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the medium and a reception unit configured to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted by the transmission unit, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the recording unit, based on an imaging result from the imaging unit and a detection result from the ultrasonic wave sensor. The transmission unit and the reception unit are positioned sandwiching the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Yuya YUMOTO, Junpei YAMASHITA, Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230068296Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head for performing recording on a recording medium, a transporter for transporting the recording medium, a platen for supporting the recording medium, a heater for heating the recording medium supported by the platen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit causes the heater to heat the recording medium at a predetermined and constant heating temperature, causes the recording head and the transporter to record a first test pattern of a predetermined recording density, and a second test pattern of a recording density different from the predetermined recording density on the recording medium, and the recording density of the first test pattern and the recording density of the second test pattern can be set in the heater, and are associated with heating temperature different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: Shinya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230057854Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section capable of recording on a medium, a transport belt that is provided with adhesive capable of adhering with the medium and that is capable of transporting the medium, an ultrasonic sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves to the surface of the adhesive and that receives ultrasonic waves reflected from the surface, and a controller capable of determining the state of the surface based on the detection result of the ultrasonic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Yuya YUMOTO, Junpei YAMASHITA, Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230053888Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, the transporting belt including a surface on which the medium is able to be supported, a washing unit configured to wash the surface using a liquid, an ultrasonic sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave onto the surface and receive the ultrasonic wave reflected from the surface, and a control unit configured to determine a remaining state of the liquid on the surface based on a result of detection by the ultrasonic sensor, in which the ultrasonic sensor transmits the ultrasonic wave onto at least part of the transporting belt, from downstream of the washing unit to upstream of the recording unit, in a rotation direction of the transporting belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Yuya YUMOTO, Junpei YAMASHITA, Osamu MURAYAMA, Shinya YAMAZAKI, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Shigenori NAKAGAWA