Patents by Inventor Takashi Kawano

Takashi Kawano 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: 20240117517
    Abstract: Disclosed is an Fe-based electroplated steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 5.0 g/m2 or more, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, a peak of emission intensity at wavelengths indicating Si is detected within a range from a surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer to more than 0.2 ?m in a thickness direction and not more than a thickness of the Fe-based electroplating layer, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240109306
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, a count processing portion, and a detection processing portion. The nozzle ejects a liquid. The pressure chamber communicates with the nozzle and contains the liquid. The piezoelectric element changes a pressure in the pressure chamber in response to an input of a drive signal. The count processing portion counts a number of times that an electric signal output from the piezoelectric element and corresponding to vibration generated in the pressure chamber in response to the input of the drive signal to the piezoelectric element exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The detection processing portion detects a viscosity of the liquid contained in the pressure chamber, based on a count result of the count processing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daichi Kawano, Takashi Inoue, Keisuke Maeyama, Tatsuya Nakagawa, Satoshi Morimoto, Minori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240109308
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, an output processing portion, and a determination processing portion. The nozzle ejects a liquid. The pressure chamber communicates with the nozzle and contains the liquid. The piezoelectric element changes a pressure in the pressure chamber in response to an input of a drive signal. The output processing portion causes the piezoelectric element to output a first electric signal corresponding to vibration generated in the pressure chamber in response to the input of the drive signal to the piezoelectric element. The determination processing portion determines whether or not the pressure chamber is in a filled state in which the pressure chamber is filled with the liquid, based on a frequency of the first electric signal output by the output processing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daichi Kawano, Takashi Inoue, Keisuke Maeyama, Tatsuya Nakagawa, Satoshi Morimoto, Minori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240109288
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, an acquisition processing portion, and a restriction processing portion. The nozzle ejects a liquid. The pressure chamber communicates with the nozzle and contains the liquid. The piezoelectric element changes a pressure in the pressure chamber in response to an input of a drive signal. When image formation processing for ejecting the liquid from the nozzle is executed based on image data, the acquisition processing portion acquires a length of a non-ejection period in which the liquid is not ejected from the nozzle, the non-ejection period being included in an execution period of the image formation processing. When the length of the non-ejection period acquired by the acquisition processing portion is less than a predetermined first threshold value, the restriction processing portion restricts abnormality detection processing for detecting an abnormality of the nozzle using the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daichi Kawano, Takashi Inoue, Keisuke Maeyama, Tatsuya Nakagawa, Satoshi Morimoto, Minori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240109307
    Abstract: A signal generation device includes a first signal generation portion and a second signal generation portion. The first signal generation portion, based on a reference signal that includes a plurality of rectangular single-wave signals, generates an original common signal in which the rise times of the two or more of the single-wave signals are extended so that they are different from each other, and the fall timing of one or more of the single-wave signals is shifted. The second signal generating portion generates a drive signal to be input to a piezoelectric element by extracting a rising edge of any one of the single-wave signals, the rise time of which is extended, from the original common signal amplified by the amplifying portion, maintaining a signal level changed by extracting the rising edge of the single-wave signal, and extracting a falling edge of a single-wave signal after the single-wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daichi Kawano, Takashi Inoue, Keisuke Maeyama, Tatsuya Nakagawa, Satoshi Morimoto, Minori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240105056
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an acquisition part that acquires a first speed limit indicated by a sign included in a captured image generated by a camera included in a vehicle and a position of the vehicle, an identification part that identifies a second speed limit corresponding to the vehicle according to the first speed limit and a country or region identified from the position of the vehicle, and a display control part that causes a display part to display the second speed limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20240101143
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a storage that stores map information, an acquisition part that acquires a speed limit indicated by a sign included in a captured image generated by a camera included in a vehicle and a position of the vehicle, and a display control part that causes a display part to display the speed limit indicated by the sign included in the captured image, wherein the display control part does not cause the display part to display a speed limit which is acquired by the acquisition part while a distance between the vehicle and a branch point is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20240101142
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first acquisition part that acquires a first set speed set on the basis of a speed limit which is (i) recognized on the basis of an image of a sign of a road on which a vehicle is located, captured by an imaging part or (ii) identified from map information of the road; a second acquisition part that acquires a second set speed set by a user of the vehicle; and a notification control part that causes a notification part to provide a first notification when a vehicle speed exceeds the first set speed, and causes the notification part to provide a second notification which is distinguishable from the first notification when the vehicle speed exceeds the second set speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi KAWANO, Ai TAKEDA, Masahiro SEKI
  • Publication number: 20240092361
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a storage that stores the gross weight of the vehicle V, an identification part that identifies a plurality of speed limits on a road on which the vehicle V is traveling, and an output part that outputs a first speed limit among the plurality of speed limits as an applied speed limit when the gross weight stored in the storage is equal to or greater than a threshold, and output a second speed limit which is higher than the first speed limit among the plurality of speed limits as the applied speed limit when the gross weight is not equal to or greater than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi KAWANO, Ai TAKEDA, Masahiro SEKI
  • Publication number: 20240092381
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a recognition part that recognizes a plurality of signs indicating content of the regulations relating to traveling of a vehicle on the basis of a captured image obtained by capturing a region ahead of the vehicle; a first identification part that identifies, as a corresponding sign, a sign corresponding to a lane in which the vehicle travels among the plurality of signs recognized by the recognition part; and an output part that outputs information corresponding to content of the regulations indicated by the corresponding sign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi KAWANO, Ai TAKEDA, Masahiro SEKI
  • Publication number: 20240068107
    Abstract: It is provided a surface-treated steel sheet that can be produced without using hexavalent chromium and has excellent sulfide staining resistance and coating secondary adhesion. It is a surface-treated steel sheet having: a Sn plating layer; a metallic Cr layer disposed on the Sn plating layer; and a Cr oxide layer disposed on the metallic Cr layer, on at least one surface of a steel sheet, and the surface-treated steel sheet has a water contact angle of 50° or less and a total atomic ratio of K, Na, Mg, and Ca adsorbed on the surface to Cr of 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi UENO, Yoichiro YAMANAKA, Yoshitsugu SUZUKI, Masanari TOMOZAWA, Haruo NAKAMICHI, Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20240068796
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit including a first sensor portion that detects deformation of a measuring target object and a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the measuring target object, in which in a state in which the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are attached to the measuring target object, the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are fixed to the measuring target object such that the measuring target object is disposed between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion in a first direction, and a physical property value of the first sensor portion and a physical property value of the second sensor portion are changed according to first deformation of the measuring target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takashi WATANABE, Jun MAKINO, Kenta AGO
  • Patent number: 11891279
    Abstract: This expansion device is an expansion device that expands and contracts an boom, the expansion device including: a first hydraulic source that discharges a first working fluid; an expandable cylinder that has a fixed part and a movable part and is operated by the first working fluid; a second hydraulic source that is provided to the movable part, discharges the second working fluid, and is a separate hydraulic source from the first hydraulic source; a first connecting mechanism that is operated by the second working fluid and switches between a connected state and a disconnected state of the first boom element and the movable part; and a second connecting mechanism that is operated by the second working fluid and switches between a connected state and a disconnected state of the first boom element and the second boom element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawabuchi, Hiroshi Kitayama, Naotaka Masuda, Hisanori Wada, Takashi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20240035182
    Abstract: It is provided a surface-treated steel sheet that can be produced without using hexavalent chromium and has excellent film wet adhesion and coating secondary adhesion as well as high film corrosion resistance and coating corrosion resistance. It is a surface-treated steel sheet having: a steel sheet; a metallic Cr layer disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet; and a Cr oxide layer disposed on the metallic Cr layer, and the surface-treated steel sheet has a water contact angle of 50° or less and a total atomic ratio of K, Na, Mg, and Ca adsorbed on the surface to Cr of 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi UENO, Yoichiro YAMANAKA, Yoshitsugu SUZUKI, Masanari TOMOZAWA, Haruo NAKAMICHI, Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20240009962
    Abstract: To provide an Fe-based electroplated steel sheet that not only has excellent chemical convertibility or excellent coating appearance when subjected to hot-dip galvanizing, but also has excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding. Disclosed is an Fe-based plated steel sheet including: a cold-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on one or both surfaces of the cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 1.0 g/m2 or more, in which a thickness of an internal oxidation layer is 2.00 ?m or less, and an average value of C concentration in a range of 10 ?m to 20 ?m in a thickness direction from the surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Yusuke OKUMURA, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Mai AOYAMA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Yoichi MAKIMIZU, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230407484
    Abstract: Disclosed is a galvannealed steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet; and a galvannealed layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, ISi,Fe/ISi,bulk is 0.30 or more, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m in the thickness direction from the interface between the galvannealed layer and the Fe-based electroplating layer towards the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230374639
    Abstract: To provide a steel sheet with excellent resistance to cracking in resistance welding at a welded portion. Disclosed is a galvanized steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 5.0 g/m2 or more; and a galvanized layer formed on the Fe-based electroplating layer, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, ISi,Fe/ISi,bulk is 0.50 or more, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m from an interface between the galvanized layer and the Fe-based electroplating layer towards the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Yusuke OKUMURA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Katsuya HOSHINO, Takashi KAWANO, Takako YAMASHITA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yoichi MAKIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11768645
    Abstract: A print recording system, including: at least one print recording device; and a computer system that includes a database storing a plurality of print setting information items and is capable of sending and receiving data with respect to the print recording device. The computer system searches the print setting information corresponding to a search condition that is input from the database in accordance with the search condition, repeats the search in accordance with a new search condition when the print setting information does not match the search condition, and sends the print setting information obtained by the search or the repeated search to the print recording device to set the print recording device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huilin Chen, Takahiro Takahashi, Takashi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20220227608
    Abstract: This expansion device is an expansion device that expands and contracts an boom, the expansion device including: a first hydraulic source that discharges a first working fluid; an expandable cylinder that has a fixed part and a movable part and is operated by the first working fluid; a second hydraulic source that is provided to the movable part, discharges the second working fluid, and is a separate hydraulic source from the first hydraulic source; a first connecting mechanism that is operated by the second working fluid and switches between a connected state and a disconnected state of the first boom element and the movable part; and a second connecting mechanism that is operated by the second working fluid and switches between a connected state and a disconnected state of the first boom element and the second boom element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Hiroshi KITAYAMA, Naotaka MASUDA, Hisanori WADA, Takashi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11376848
    Abstract: To realize high-quality printing with less printing distortion by reducing an influence of a Coulomb force that acts between ink particles which are ejected in an inkjet recording device. The inkjet recording device is configured to charge ink particles ejected from a nozzle, deflect the charged ink particles, and print a character in a shape of an object to be printed. In the inkjet recording device, dots of each column of the character to be printed are divided into a plurality of blocks in a column direction. In addition, charging voltage data in which the order of the ink particles corresponding to the dots is switched in the divided block unit is stored, and a predetermined charging voltage is applied to the charging electrode on the basis of the charging voltage data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An Kyu, Takashi Kawano, Tsuneaki Takagishi, Manabu Kato