Patents by Inventor Takashi Sugawara

Takashi Sugawara 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: 20240061594
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a power circuit, a first controller, and a solid-state memory. The solid-state memory includes a second controller and a storage medium. The power circuit supplies operating power to a constituent member, selects a first power supply mode for converting supplied power into operating power when power is supplied from an external power source, and selects a second power supply mode for converting power from a secondary battery into the operating power when AC power is not supplied from an external power source. The second controller executes garbage collection for the storage medium regardless of an operation mode notified from the first controller when the first power supply mode is selected and determines whether garbage collection for the storage medium is necessary when the second power supply mode is selected and a change to a power saving mode is instructed as the operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Sugawara, Tingting Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230066696
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first processor that executes a hardware startup process, a second processor separate from the first processor, and a memory interface which includes a temperature sensor, the memory interface being configured to interface with a memory, wherein the memory interface is configured to, when a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a predetermined temperature threshold value, throttle performance of the memory, the first processor executing the hardware startup process includes transmitting a plurality of temperature threshold values to the memory interface via a first interface, and the second processor, in response to an event, transmits selection information to the memory interface via a second interface different from the first interface, the selection information indicating selection of one of the plurality of temperature threshold values to be set as the predetermined temperature threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Taira, Takashi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220374216
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an information processing apparatus includes storing, in a first storage area of a solid-state drive (SSD) of the information processing apparatus, an installation program which when executed causes the information processing apparatus to install preload data, executing the installation program to install the preload data at least partially in a second storage area of the SSD, and after executing the installation program, moving portions of the preload data stored in the second storage area to the first storage area of the SSD. The first storage area is configured to store single bit cells in which one bit of data is stored in one memory cell, and the second storage is configured to store multi-bit cells in which multiple bits of data are stored in one memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (United States) Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Sugawara, Alan Frederick Arnold, Yusuke Taira
  • Publication number: 20220372315
    Abstract: An ink contains a coloring material, a water-soluble organic solvent. a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2, a surfactant containing a first silicone-based compound having an HLB value of from 7.0 to 9.0 and a second silicone-based compound having an HLB value of from 14.0 to 18.0, and water, where, m represents an integer of from 1 to 4, where R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 or 8 carbon atoms, or an ally group, 1 represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 7, and n represents an integer of from 20 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji KATSURAGI, Takashi Sugawara, Haruki Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11400725
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus that prevents a user's hand from becoming dirty when attaching and detaching a liquid holding container, the liquid ejection apparatus includes a space portion that is open on a side surface of a housing, a liquid holding container that is detachably mounted to the space portion and includes an introduction port for introducing liquid to an inside thereof, on an upper surface, and a discharge portion that is provided at a position facing the introduction port inside the space portion in a state in which the liquid holding container mounted and includes a discharge port for discharging the liquid to the inside of the liquid holding container, in which the discharge portion is configured such that at least the discharge port is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Watanabe, Kenji Tamamori, Takashi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11146203
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus drives an inverter which supplies and receives electric power with respect to a motor by pulse width modulation. The motor control apparatus sets a frequency of a carrier such that a frequency of a sideband wave component of the carrier which is used for the pulse width modulation and a frequency of a predetermined rotation order of the motor become different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ohta, Shinichi Yataka, Daisuke Hoshino, Yusaku Suzuki, Yoshihiro Ito, Takashi Sugawara, Hirohito Ide
  • Patent number: 11075559
    Abstract: A stator of a rotating electric machine includes a stator core provided with a plurality of slots along a circumferential direction, coils of a plurality of phases distributedly wound around the stator core via the plurality of slots, and an insulating paper disposed between the slot and the coil. The insulating paper has an adhesive portion which fixes the coil to the stator core and a part of the coil of each phase is fixed to the stator core by the adhesive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamaguchi, Ryutaro Kato, Tomohiro Kota, Yusuke Kawano, Takashi Sugawara, Kazuyuki Ohta, Tadamichi Sasaki, Taisuke Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20210213743
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus capable of suppressing user's hands, and the like from being contaminated with the waste liquid attached to the waste liquid holding portion when the waste liquid container is detached. A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid; a waste liquid holding portion that is provided around the discharge portion that discharges a waste liquid; and a mounting portion on which the waste liquid container that is capable of containing the waste liquid is mounted, in which the waste liquid container is detachable from the mounting portion, the waste liquid container has a wiping portion that moves while being in contact with the waste liquid holding portion, and at least a part of the wiping portion is located on a rear side of the discharge portion in a direction in which the waste liquid container is detached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Sugawara, Kenji Tamamori, Keiji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210213744
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus that prevents a user's hand from becoming dirty when attaching and detaching a liquid holding container, the liquid ejection apparatus includes a space portion that is open on a side surface of a housing, a liquid holding container that is detachably mounted to the space portion and includes an introduction port for introducing liquid to an inside thereof, on an upper surface, and a discharge portion that is provided at a position facing the introduction port inside the space portion in a state in which the liquid holding container mounted and includes a discharge port for discharging the liquid to the inside of the liquid holding container, in which the discharge portion is configured such that at least the discharge port is movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Keiji Watanabe, Kenji Tamamori, Takashi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20210213742
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection apparatus and a waste liquid container. The liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head includes an attachment portion to which a waste liquid container for storing a waste liquid collected from the liquid ejection head is fitted and attached in a detachable manner. The attachment portion is formed as an opening formed in the casing and a recess continuous from the opening, and an attaching direction of the waste liquid container when being attached is defined as a first direction. A discharging portion for outputting the collected waste liquid to the waste liquid container is formed at a position on the inward side of the casing along the first direction with respect to a position bisecting a length along the first direction of a region occupied by the attached waste liquid container. The discharging portion faces a direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Keiji Watanabe, Kenji Tamamori, Takashi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20210213765
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid and a mounting section for receiving a waste liquid container to be attached thereto. The waste liquid container is capable of receiving and containing the waste liquid discharged from a discharge port arranged in the mounting section. The liquid ejection apparatus has a blocking member for shielding the discharge port in accordance with an operation of removing the waste liquid container from the mounting section. The liquid ejection apparatus minimizes the risk of staining one or both of the user's hands handling the waste liquid container and the user's clothes with the waste liquid remaining on the discharge port of the liquid ejection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Tamamori, Tetsushi Ishikawa, Takashi Sugawara, Keiji Watanabe, Masafumi Morisue, Seiichiro Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 11001071
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a pair of electrodes disposed on a first surface of a substrate forming part of a flow path for a liquid. The electrodes of the pair of electrodes are adjacent to each other in a transverse direction of the electrodes, and the liquid moves in the transverse direction upon application of a voltage across the electrodes. The electrodes each include a ridge portion disposed on the first surface and an electrode wiring line connected to a power source for applying the voltage. The electrode wiring line covers an upper surface of the ridge portion and side surfaces of the ridge portion and extends from parts covering the side surfaces of the ridge portion to a downstream side and an upstream side with respect to a direction in which the liquid moves, so as to cover the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sugawara, Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo
  • Patent number: 10921814
    Abstract: When a transmission condition regarding a state detected by a state detection unit (vehicle sensor, operation detection sensor, external environment sensor, or internal environment sensor) is satisfied while a travel controller performs a travel control, a vehicle control system transmits attentional state information representing a travel state, an operation state, or an environment state to a travel assist server through a communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawabe, Kunimichi Hatano, Naoki Hayashibe, Mitsunori Kawashima, Takashi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10906310
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head including: a substrate; an energy generating element, which is provided on the substrate and is utilized to eject liquid; a first film provided on the energy generating element; a flow path forming member, which has an ejection orifice from which the liquid is ejected and forms a flow path of the liquid between the substrate and the flow path forming member; and an electrode, which generates a flow of the liquid, wherein the electrode includes the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Kudo, Ryo Kasai, Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Takuro Yamazaki, Takashi Sugawara, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 10836168
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is manufactured by forming on a substrate an energy generating element for ejecting a liquid, an integrated circuit for driving the energy generating element, a supply port for the liquid so as to penetrate through the substrate, an electrode for generating a liquid flow, and a flow path forming member having an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid such that a flow path for the liquid is formed between the substrate and the flow path forming member. The electrode is formed over high and low of a stepped shape formed on the substrate in at least one step selected from the steps of forming the energy generating element, forming the integrated circuit and forming the supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Kasai, Takashi Sugawara, Masafumi Morisue, Takuro Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Tomoko Kudo
  • Patent number: 10828893
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an element substrate including a common liquid chamber connected to a liquid supply source, a pressure chamber connected to the common liquid chamber and including inside an element to generate energy used for ejecting liquid, a bubble generating chamber connected to the common liquid chamber and including inside a pump to cause a flow of the liquid, and a connection flow path connecting the pressure chamber and the bubble generating chamber. The liquid ejecting head includes a first anti-cavitation film over the element to generate the energy and a second anti-cavitation film over the pump, and the first anti-cavitation film and the second anti-cavitation film have different film thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo, Takashi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10703100
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head including: a substrate; an energy-generating element, which is arranged on the substrate, and is used for ejecting a liquid; a flow path forming member, which has an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid, and is configured to form a flow path of the liquid between the flow path forming member and the substrate; an electrode configured to generate a flow of the liquid; and a wiring, which is arranged so as to be brought into contact with the flow path forming member, and is configured to supply electric power to the electrode, in which the flow path forming member contains an organic material, and in which the electrode and the wiring are each formed of a conductive adhesive layer containing at least one of conductive diamond-like carbon or tin-doped indium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo, Takashi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200139703
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a pair of electrodes disposed on a first surface of a substrate forming part of a flow path for a liquid. The pair of electrodes are adjacent to each other in a transverse direction of the electrodes, and the liquid moves in the transverse direction upon application of a voltage across the electrodes. The electrodes each include a ridge portion disposed on the first surface and an electrode wiring line connected to a power source for applying the voltage. The electrode wiring line covers an upper surface of the ridge portion and side surfaces of the ridge portion and extends from parts covering the side surfaces of the ridge portion to a downstream side and an upstream side in a direction in which the liquid moves, so as to cover the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Sugawara, Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo
  • Patent number: 10639888
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head including a substrate, an energy generating element which is provided on the substrate and is used for ejecting a liquid, a flow passage forming member which includes an ejection orifice, which ejects the liquid, and which forms a flow passage of the liquid between the flow passage forming member and the substrate, and an electrode which is provided on a surface of the flow passage forming member which adjoins the flow passage and which generates a flow of the liquid, in which at least a portion of the electrode is covered within the flow passage forming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo, Takashi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200009864
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting head including an element substrate including: a common liquid chamber connected to a liquid supply source; a pressure chamber connected to the common liquid chamber and including inside an element to generate energy used for ejecting liquid; a bubble generating chamber connected to the common liquid chamber and including inside a pump to cause a flow of the liquid; and a connection flow path connecting the pressure chamber and the bubble generating chamber, in which the liquid ejecting head includes a first anti-cavitation film over the element to generate the energy and a second anti-cavitation film over the pump, and the first anti-cavitation film and the second anti-cavitation film have different film thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo, Takashi Sugawara