Patents by Inventor Takaaki Yamaguchi

Takaaki Yamaguchi 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: 20240115950
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a main body apparatus that executes a main story of a virtual game, and a game screen is displayed on a display device. If a player operates a ZL button when a predetermined flower object is arranged near a player character, a magic circle appears in front of the player character, and a rhythm game is started. In the rhythm game, a first marker is moved around the player character along an orbiting trajectory, and the player tilts an analog stick at a timing that the first marker arrives at a position that a second marker is arranged so as to designate the position that the second marker is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Daiki HISHIDA, Abebe TINARI, Takaaki YAMAGUCHI, Misaki SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20230049764
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head substrate and a method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head capable of reducing degradation of the quality of a printed image. To this end, in formation of a liquid ejection head substrate, a part required to have more precise relative positional relation or not required to have high fabrication precision is set as a first part, and for the first part, a single-shot exposure method is employed. Also, a part required to have higher fabrication precision is set as a second part, and for the second part, a split exposure method is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Seiko Minami, Hidenori Yamato, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Hirayama, Kyohei Kubota, Yu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10632741
    Abstract: A print element substrate comprises: a plurality of heaters configured to cause discharge of droplets; a pad array in which a plurality of pads configured to do electrical connection from an outside are arranged; and a plurality of resistance monitor elements configured to measure resistance values of the plurality of heaters, wherein the plurality of resistance monitor elements are arranged along a direction of the pad array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Yohei Osuki
  • Patent number: 10603912
    Abstract: There are provided an element board, a liquid ejection head, and a printing apparatus capable of suppressing decrease of the durability of the heating resistor elements. For that purpose, a group of driving electrode pads is shifted from the center of a column of electrode pads toward the side where a heating resistor element located farthest from the group of driving electrode pads exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Miura, Kengo Umeda, Takaaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10500851
    Abstract: A print element substrate, comprises: a heater layer; a wiring layer that is connected to the heater layer and is for causing the heater layer to generate heat; an insulating layer arranged on the wiring layer; an anti-cavitation layer arranged on the insulating layer that is for protecting the insulating layer; and a switch that has a control terminal that is pulled-down to a ground, and causes the anti-cavitation layer and the ground to have an electrical connection when the control terminal is in a high-level state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Osuki, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Ryoji Oohashi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Suguru Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10322578
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate including an electrically insulating film, an energy generating element provided on the substrate and configured to generate energy used to eject a liquid, a flow path formed through the substrate and communicating with an ejection port configured to eject a liquid, and a wiring layer formed in the electrically insulating film of the substrate, used to drive the energy generating element, provided apart from a wall defining the flow path, and provided to surround the flow path in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoko Kudo, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Keiji Tomizawa, Masaki Oikawa, Yoshihiro Hamada, Masataka Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20190001663
    Abstract: A print element substrate comprises: a plurality of heaters configured to cause discharge of droplets; a pad array in which a plurality of pads configured to do electrical connection from an outside are arranged; and a plurality of resistance monitor elements configured to measure resistance values of the plurality of heaters, wherein the plurality of resistance monitor elements are arranged along a direction of the pad array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Yohei Osuki
  • Publication number: 20190001680
    Abstract: There are provided an element board, a liquid ejection head, and a printing apparatus capable of suppressing decrease of the durability of the heating resistor elements. For that purpose, a group of driving electrode pads is shifted from the center of a column of electrode pads toward the side where a heating resistor element located farthest from the group of driving electrode pads exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yosuke Miura, Kengo Umeda, Takaaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180361734
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate including an electrically insulating film, an energy generating element provided on the substrate and configured to generate energy used to eject a liquid, a flow path formed through the substrate and communicating with an ejection port configured to eject a liquid, and a wiring layer formed in the electrically insulating film of the substrate, used to drive the energy generating element, provided apart from a wall defining the flow path, and provided to surround the flow path in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoko Kudo, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Keiji Tomizawa, Masaki Oikawa, Yoshihiro Hamada, Masataka Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10150295
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an energy generating element configured to generate energy used for ejection of a liquid, a print element board including an electroconductive anti-cavitation film provided to cover the energy generating element, and a connection board electrically connected to the anti-cavitation film and including a connection pad electrically connectable from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokuji Kudo, Chiaki Muraoka, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Akama, Yuji Tamaru, Yosuke Takagi, Takaaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9950525
    Abstract: An element substrate for a liquid ejecting head includes a substrate, an element forming layer on the substrate, and a discharge port forming member formed of an insulating member on the element forming layer. The element forming layer includes an energy generating element configured to provide energy to a liquid for ejection. The discharge port forming member includes a discharge port forming surface having discharge ports through which the liquid is ejected and an exterior side surface positioned between the discharge port forming surface and the element forming layer. The exterior side surface has a first edge facing the element forming layer. The element substrate further includes a conductive layer disposed between the first edge and the element forming layer and grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Oohashi, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Suguru Taniguchi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Yohei Osuki
  • Publication number: 20180104954
    Abstract: A print element substrate, comprises: a heater layer; a wiring layer that is connected to the heater layer and is for causing the heater layer to generate heat; an insulating layer arranged on the wiring layer; an anti-cavitation layer arranged on the insulating layer that is for protecting the insulating layer; and a switch that has a control terminal that is pulled-down to a ground, and causes the anti-cavitation layer and the ground to have an electrical connection when the control terminal is in a high-level state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yohei Osuki, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Ryoji Oohashi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Suguru Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9919518
    Abstract: A printing element substrate includes a plurality of printing elements, a first transistor forming an electrical pathway common to the plurality of printing elements, and a plurality of second transistors for driving the plurality of printing elements independently of each other. An electrical pathway is formed between a first power node and a second power node in the order of the first transistor, one of the plurality of printing elements, and one of the plurality of second transistors. The electrical pathway connecting each of the plurality of printing elements and the first transistor includes a plurality of electrical paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamaguchi, Yosuke Miura, Chiaki Muraoka, Yasushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 9833992
    Abstract: A recording-element substrate includes a substrate including a base member, a pair of electrodes, a heating element formed of a thermal resistor layer between the electrodes, a surface on which an electroconductive film coating the heating element has been formed, and an insulating film between the heating element and the electroconductive film and a flow-path-forming member including walls forming a liquid flow path toward the heating element while being disposed on the substrate's surface side. The substrate includes an electric connecting portion in contact with the electroconductive film to connect the electroconductive film with the base member. The shortest distance between the electric connecting portion and a portion where an angle formed by the walls is 120 degrees or smaller when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the surface is smaller than that between a boundary between the electrodes and the heating element and the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Taniguchi, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Ryoji Oohashi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Yohei Osuki
  • Publication number: 20170190176
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an energy generating element configured to generate energy used for ejection of a liquid, a print element board including an electroconductive anti-cavitation film provided to cover the energy generating element, and a connection board electrically connected to the anti-cavitation film and including a connection pad electrically connectable from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Tokuji Kudo, Chiaki Muraoka, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Akama, Yuji Tamaru, Yosuke Takagi, Takaaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170190173
    Abstract: A printing element substrate includes a plurality of printing elements, a first transistor forming an electrical pathway common to the plurality of printing elements, and a plurality of second transistors for driving the plurality of printing elements independently of each other. An electrical pathway is formed between a first power node and a second power node in the order of the first transistor, one of the plurality of printing elements, and one of the plurality of second transistors. The electrical pathway connecting each of the plurality of printing elements and the first transistor includes a plurality of electrical paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamaguchi, Yosuke Miura, Chiaki Muraoka, Yasushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 9694575
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for a liquid discharge head is provided. The device includes first transistors configured to receive a first voltage at a first terminal and second transistors configured to receive a second voltage at a first terminal. The device further includes discharge elements configured to discharge a liquid. Each discharge element is connected between a second terminal of a first transistor and a second terminal of a second transistor. A first control circuit is configured to supply a first control signal for controlling a conductive state of the first transistors via a common signal. A stabilization circuit is configured to stabilize a voltage of at least one of the second terminal of the first transistor or the control terminal of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Fujii, Tetsunobu Kochi, Wataru Endo, Takaaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170173953
    Abstract: A recording-element substrate includes a substrate including a base member, a pair of electrodes, a heating element formed of a thermal resistor layer between the electrodes, a surface on which an electroconductive film coating the heating element has been formed, and an insulating film between the heating element and the electroconductive film and a flow-path-forming member including walls forming a liquid flow path toward the heating element while being disposed on the substrate's surface side. The substrate includes an electric connecting portion in contact with the electroconductive film to connect the electroconductive film with the base member. The shortest distance between the electric connecting portion and a portion where an angle formed by the walls is 120 degrees or smaller when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the surface is smaller than that between a boundary between the electrodes and the heating element and the portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Suguru Taniguchi, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Ryoji Oohashi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Yohei Osuki
  • Publication number: 20170100930
    Abstract: An element substrate for a liquid ejecting head includes a substrate, an element forming layer on the substrate, and a discharge port forming member formed of an insulating member on the element forming layer. The element forming layer includes an energy generating element configured to provide energy to a liquid for ejection. The discharge port forming member includes a discharge port forming surface having discharge ports through which the liquid is ejected and an exterior side surface positioned between the discharge port forming surface and the element forming layer. The exterior side surface has a first edge facing the element forming layer. The element substrate further includes a conductive layer disposed between the first edge and the element forming layer and grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ryoji Oohashi, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Suguru Taniguchi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Yohei Osuki
  • Patent number: 9555629
    Abstract: A liquid discharge substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of heating elements, a plurality of driving elements, a signal supplying unit which supplies a control signal used to control the plurality of driving elements, and a plurality of delay circuits which delay the control signal. A delay amount of a first delay circuit is different from a delay amount of a second delay circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Shibata, Kazunari Fujii, Takaaki Yamaguchi