Patents by Inventor Tadashi Sugiyama
Tadashi Sugiyama 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: 20230408952Abstract: A toner cartridge for storing toner to be supplied to an image forming apparatus includes a container in which the toner is stored, extending in a longitudinal direction, and including two walls at ends thereof in the longitudinal direction, one of the walls having a first outlet, a paddle configured to rotate between the walls of the container to stir the toner and removable from the container through the first outlet, and a first lid covering the first outlet and having a first bearing hole through which an end of the paddle is rotatably held.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Takaho WATANABE, Tadashi SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 11493858Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, and a controller. The controller acquires a replenishment amount for each toner cartridge, when the image forming component is replenished with the toner from the plurality of toner cartridges, sets a coefficient for each replenishment amount of the toner cartridges, at least one of each set coefficient is different from the others, each of the replenishment amount is corrected by each coefficient, and drives the paddle motor according to a cumulative amount of each corrected replenishment amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ken Iguchi, Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Tadashi Sugiyama, Tokihiko Ise
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Publication number: 20210364945Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, and a controller. The controller acquires a replenishment amount for each toner cartridge, when the image forming component is replenished with the toner from the plurality of toner cartridges, sets a coefficient for each replenishment amount of the toner cartridges, at least one of each set coefficient is different from the others, each of the replenishment amount is corrected by each coefficient, and drives the paddle motor according to a cumulative amount of each corrected replenishment amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Ken Iguchi, Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Tadashi Sugiyama, Tokihiko Ise
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Publication number: 20210302871Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, a memory unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms a toner image on a sheet using a toner replenished from a toner cartridge containing the toner. The waste toner collection container contains a waste toner generated in the image forming unit. The paddle motor rotates a stirring paddle provided in the waste toner collection container. The memory unit stores a coefficient for each type of toner. The control unit acquires a count value, which is a value related to a replenishment amount, corrects the count value with the coefficient corresponding to the type of toner, updates a cumulative count value with the corrected count value, and drives the paddle motor according to the updated cumulative count value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Ken Iguchi, Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Tadashi Sugiyama, Tokihiko Ise
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Patent number: 11115853Abstract: A wireless network system includes a user device, a client and an access point. In the wireless network system, a wireless network mode of the client is started in an AdHoc mode in response to specific operation, a wireless network mode of the user device is switched to an AdHoc mode when it is detected that the wireless network mode of the client is started in the AdHoc mode. Then, infrastructure network information including a network name and an encryption key for setting the wireless network communication in the infrastructure mode is transmitted from the user device to the client, and the wireless network mode of the client is switched to the infrastructure mode on the basis of the infrastructure network information.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akihiko Suyama, Tadashi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11112723Abstract: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, a memory unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms a toner image on a sheet using a toner replenished from a toner cartridge containing the toner. The waste toner collection container contains a waste toner generated in the image forming unit. The paddle motor rotates a stirring paddle provided in the waste toner collection container. The memory unit stores a coefficient for each type of toner. The control unit acquires a count value, which is a value related to a replenishment amount, corrects the count value with the coefficient corresponding to the type of toner, updates a cumulative count value with the corrected count value, and drives the paddle motor according to the updated cumulative count value.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ken Iguchi, Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Tadashi Sugiyama, Tokihiko Ise
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Publication number: 20200233367Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a waste toner box, a stirring member, a rotation speed detector, and a rotation time corrector. The waste toner box collects unused part of toner supplied for printing, an adjustment operation, or the like. The stirring member is configured to be rotated to stir the toner in the waste toner box. The rotation speed detector detects a rotation speed of the stirring member. The rotation time corrector corrects a set rotation time based on the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed detector and a set rotation speed of the stirring member which is set in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadashi SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 9671333Abstract: A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Hirata, Yasuhiko Mitsumoto, Masaya Ooyama, Nobuhiko Kanbara, Naoyuki Fujimura, Minoru Maeda, Tadashi Sugiyama, Alan Cowie, Jie Zhu
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Publication number: 20160262039Abstract: A wireless network system includes a user device, a client and an access point. In the wireless network system, a wireless network mode of the client is started in an AdHoc mode in response to specific operation, a wireless network mode of the user device is switched to an AdHoc mode when it is detected that the wireless network mode of the client is started in the AdHoc mode. Then, infrastructure network information including a network name and an encryption key for setting the wireless network communication in the infrastructure mode is transmitted from the user device to the client, and the wireless network mode of the client is switched to the infrastructure mode on the basis of the infrastructure network information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akihiko SUYAMA, Tadashi SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 9369945Abstract: A wireless network system includes a user device, a client and an access point. In the wireless network system, a wireless network mode of the client is started in an AdHoc mode in response to specific operation, a wireless network mode of the user device is switched to an AdHoc mode when it is detected that the wireless network mode of the client is started in the AdHoc mode. Then, infrastructure network information including a network name and an encryption key for setting the wireless network communication in the infrastructure mode is transmitted from the user device to the client, and the wireless network mode of the client is switched to the infrastructure mode on the basis of the infrastructure network information.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akihiko Suyama, Tadashi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9347877Abstract: A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Hirata, Yasuhiko Mitsumoto, Masaya Ooyama, Nobuhiko Kanbara, Naoyuki Fujimura, Minoru Maeda, Tadashi Sugiyama, Alan Cowie, Jie Zhu
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Patent number: 9289680Abstract: A game controller includes at least four load sensors for detecting a load applied on a support board on which player's legs are ridden, and the game controller transmits a load value detected as manipulation data by the four load sensors to a game machine. The game machine determines a necessary quantity of load values, and the game machine computes the necessary quantity of load values based on the detected load value from the game controller. Then, game processing is performed based on the necessary quantity of computed load values.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Yamazaki, Takao Sawano, Tadashi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9268283Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toner supply device includes a motor and an estimating unit. The motor rotates a toner container that supplies a toner to an image forming apparatus. The estimating unit estimates a toner residual amount in the toner container at a second point in time on the basis of a total rotation time representing time in which the motor rotates in a period of use from a first point in time when the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus to the second point in time.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadashi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20150260646Abstract: A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Hirata, Yasuhiko Mitsumoto, Masaya Ooyama, Nobuhiko Kanbara, Naoyuki Fujimura, Minoru Maeda, Tadashi Sugiyama, Alan Cowie, Jie Zhu
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Publication number: 20150185144Abstract: A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Hirata, Yasuhiko Mitsumoto, Masaya Ooyama, Nobuhiko Kanbara, Naoyuki Fujimura, Minoru Maeda, Tadashi Sugiyama, Alan Cowie, Jie Zhu
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Publication number: 20140243711Abstract: An exemplary information-processing system includes: a first measuring unit that measures body activity amount of a user; a second measuring unit that measures body activity amount of the user, the second measuring unit being different from the first measuring unit; a calculation unit that executes a predetermined calculation based on at least the body activity amount measured by the first measuring unit and the body activity amount measured by the second measuring unit; and an output unit that outputs information based on a result of the calculation executed by the calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi MATSUNAGA, Yugo HAYASHI
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Patent number: 8740705Abstract: A game controller includes at least four load sensors for detecting a load applied on a support board on which player's legs are ridden, and the game controller transmits a load value detected as manipulation data by the four load sensors to a game machine. The game machine determines a necessary quantity of load values, and the game machine computes the necessary quantity of load values based on the detected load value from the game controller. Then, game processing is performed based on the necessary quantity of computed load values.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Yamazaki, Takao Sawano, Tadashi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20140031124Abstract: A game controller includes at least four load sensors for detecting a load applied on a support board on which player's legs are ridden, and the game controller transmits a load value detected as manipulation data by the four load sensors to a game machine. The game machine determines a necessary quantity of load values, and the game machine computes the necessary quantity of load values based on the detected load value from the game controller. Then, game processing is performed based on the necessary quantity of computed load values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi YAMAZAKI, Takao Sawano, Tadashi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8574080Abstract: A game controller includes at least four load sensors for detecting a load applied on a support board on which player's legs are ridden, and the game controller transmits a load value detected as manipulation data by the four load sensors to a game machine. The game machine determines a necessary quantity of load values, and the game machine computes the necessary quantity of load values based on the detected load value from the game controller. Then, game processing is performed based on the necessary quantity of computed load values.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Yamazaki, Takao Sawano, Tadashi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20130252735Abstract: A game controller includes at least four load sensors for detecting a load applied on a support board on which player's legs are ridden, and the game controller transmits a load value detected as manipulation data by the four load sensors to a game machine. The game machine determines a necessary quantity of load values, and the game machine computes the necessary quantity of load values based on the detected load value from the game controller. Then, game processing is performed based on the necessary quantity of computed load values.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Yamazaki, Takao Sawano, Tadashi Sugiyama, Yugo Hayashi, Nobuhiro Sumiyoshi