Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Ito

Tatsuya Ito 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).

  • Patent number: 11204521
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source, a substrate and a reflective sheet. The light source is mounted on the substrate. The substrate includes a substrate side opening in a vicinity of the light source. The reflective sheet is provided to cover a surface of the substrate. The reflective sheet includes a reflective sheet side opening at a location corresponding to the light source. The substrate side opening is arranged such that an inner edge portion of the reflective sheet side opening is inserted thereto or the light source is fixed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Ogawa, Tatsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 11204522
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a substrate, a light source and a reflective sheet. The light source is fixed relative to a surface of the substrate with a gap therebetween. The reflective sheet includes first and second portions that are separated with respect to each other and are arranged with respect to each other in a first direction. The reflective sheet is configured such that both the first and second portions are inserted into the gap between the light source and the surface of the substrate as viewed from a perpendicular direction, or such that one of the first and second portions extends through the gap between the light source and the surface of the substrate to a vicinity of the other one of the first and second portions that is provided outside of the light source as viewed from the perpendicular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Ogawa, Tatsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20210387462
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a control unit that acquires information regarding shapes and sizes of a recording material and a transport material to which the recording material is to be bonded. The control unit is configured to operate in a first recording mode in which a positioning pattern is recorded on the transport material, the positioning pattern being used to position the recording material on the transport material, and also configured to operate in a second recording mode in which the data is recorded on the recording material positioned on the transport material during transport of the transport material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya ITO, Kensuke TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20210382353
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting substrate with a plurality of light emitting elements, and a luminance equalizer sheet provided opposite the light emitting substrate, having a plurality of through holes for transmitting light irradiated from the light emitting elements and having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting substrate, the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet being positioned relative to each other at a predetermined position, at least one with a larger linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet having a curved shape, and a degree of curvature of the one with the larger linear expansion coefficient being larger than a degree of curvature of one with a smaller linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshimasa IMAHORI, Tatsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11194406
    Abstract: An input device includes an optical sensor which senses an object on a plane where the emitted light travels, an optical member which changes a path of the light emitted from the optical sensor, and a processing unit which performs input processing based on sensing results of the optical sensor; the optical sensor and the optical member form a first sensing surface consisting of a planar region in which the light emitted from the optical sensor travels and a second sensing surface that is farther from the optical sensor than the first sensing surface, and the processing unit performs the input processing based on a first sensing result of the optical sensor on the first sensing surface and a second sensing result of the optical sensor on the second sensing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Murayama, Tatsuya Ito, Fuminori Tanaka, Kazuya Sudo
  • Publication number: 20210377129
    Abstract: A network building apparatus (2) includes a collection unit (11) configured to scan each node connected to a network and collect environmental data of the network, a design unit (21) configured to design a virtual network obtained by virtualizing the network based on the environmental data collected by the collection unit (11), and an output unit (31) configured to output design data of the virtual network designed by the design unit (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210349352
    Abstract: A surface light source device comprises: a plurality of light sources, an optical sheet, and a diffusion plate. The optical sheet includes a transmission part having a plurality of through holes that are configured to transmit light emitted from the light sources, and a reflection part configured to reflect the light emitted from the light sources. The optical sheet is configured such that the through holes include a plurality of first through holes each having a hole diameter set according to a distance from a respective one of the light sources, and at least one second through hole each having a hole diameter set to a different size from the hole diameter set according to the distance from the respective one of the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Tatsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210331502
    Abstract: A printer includes a feeding roller, a cleaning member, a holder, a main stacker, and a motor unit. The cleaning member cleans the feeding roller. The holder supports the feeding roller and is provided so as to be movable between a cleaning position and a retreat position. The main stacker moves the holder from the retreat position to the cleaning position. The motor unit is provided so as to be able to perform switching between driving of the feeding roller and driving of the main stacker. The motor unit rotates the feeding roller when the holder is positioned at the cleaning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya ITO, Haruki MIYASAKA
  • Patent number: 11150268
    Abstract: An electric connection device, includes: a circuit trace-included member (30); a probe (10) including a base that connects to a circuit trace formed in the circuit trace-included member (30) and a tip that comes into contact with an inspection subject (2); a probe head (20) which is provided next to the circuit trace-included member (30) and holds the probe (10); and a fixing component (100) which is located in the probe head (20) with an end protruding from the probe head (20) toward the circuit trace-included member (30), the end being fixed to a fixing surface (301) of the circuit trace-included member (30) that faces the probe head (20) to connect the probe head (20) and the circuit trace-included member (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20210316562
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a gap adjuster that adjusts a gap in a vertical direction between a recording head and a supporting surface for supporting a medium. The gap adjuster adjusts the gap by engagement of a carriage, a slide member, and a cam member that is provided therebetween and has a stepped portion with an alternate-arrangement structure in a width direction. The gap adjuster includes a coil spring that urges the carriage with respect to the slide member in the direction that is the opposite of the transportation direction. A slide contact member is provided on an end of the coil spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Keita HANAWA, Kensuke TAMAI, Katsumi YAMADA, Tatsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210320542
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnets positioned radially outside the rotor core, a rotor cover having a tubular portion surrounding the rotor core and the magnet, and a resin portion coupling the rotor core and the magnet with each other. The resin portion has a first lid portion positioned on one axial side of the rotor core and the magnet. The rotor cover has a flange portion projecting radially inward from the tubular portion on one axial side of the first lid portion. The first lid portion has a recess portion depressed from a surface on one axial side of the first lid portion. The recess portion is positioned at a position overlapping between the circumferentially adjacent magnets. The flange portion has a first swage portion swaged to the other axial side and positioned inside the recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Masato AONO, Hideaki UCHISE, Tatsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11126715
    Abstract: Provided is a signature generation device, etc., generating signature information with high accuracy. The signature generation device calculates hash values for at least a partial area in individual files; calculates a similarity degree between the calculated hash values and classifies the plurality of files into groups based on the calculated degree; specifies common strings among, at least, some of the files in strings included in files of a group, the strings being symbol strings or bit strings; and generates signature information being a criterion for determining whether or not at least a part of the common string in the specified common strings is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20210237241
    Abstract: A driving tool is capable of suppressing an increase in electric power consumed by an operation of a preventive mechanism. The driving tool includes a striking part, a housing, a pressure accumulator chamber, a pressure chamber, a route, an operating member, a contacting member, and a drive unit. The drive unit becomes an operating state when operating force is applied to an operating member and the contacting member contacts with a workpiece. The driving tool includes a solenoid and a control unit, the solenoid being started when electric power is supplied and preventing the drive unit becoming the operating state when a predetermined time with the contacting member not contacting with the workpiece lapses while the operating force is applied to the operating member, the control unit generating an output signal indicating that the predetermined time lapses. The control unit includes a timer circuit that requires no program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta HARADA, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Tatsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210237252
    Abstract: This electric work machine is provided with a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with another electric work machine and can be switched by a switching switch between a linked operation mode in which the electric work machine works together with another electric work machine, and an independent operation mode in which the electric work machine works alone. When the switch is switched from the independent operation to the linked operation mode, a control unit for the electric work machine automatically searches for another electric work machine with which the electric work machine can communicate, and transitions the work machines to a linked state when the other electric work machine is detected and pairing registration is possible. When another linkable electric work machine is not detected, the search is continued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya ITO, Yoshimasa HAYAMA, Kenta HARADA
  • Patent number: 11075815
    Abstract: A network building apparatus (2) includes a collection unit (11) configured to scan each node connected to a network and collect environmental data of the network, a design unit (21) configured to design a virtual network obtained by virtualizing the network based on the environmental data collected by the collection unit (11), and an output unit (31) configured to output design data of the virtual network designed by the design unit (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20210210793
    Abstract: The present invention maintains compatibility with a power tool having no wireless connection function, and prevents malfunctions due to linked operation. A battery pack that supplies a driving power source to a power tool, said battery pack comprising: a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with an external device; and a control unit that performs a first determination process to determine the state of a wireless communication connection with the external device, wherein when the control unit has determined in the first determination process that wireless communication has been established, the control unit transmits a linking command to the external device, and during a state in which the wireless communication has been established, the control unit can perform a communication connection cancellation process to cancel the wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki HANAWA, Tatsuya ITO, Kenta HARADA, Hiromi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210143702
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, an insulator attached to the stator core, and coil wires. The insulator includes base portions respectively surrounding outer peripheral surfaces of teeth and an outer wall portion located immediately above the core back and extending in a circumferential direction. Each of the coil wires includes coils into which each of the coil wires is wound around more than one of the teeth by concentrated winding, a connecting wire connecting the coils, and a pair of lead wires located at two ends of each of the coil wires and extending from the coils. The connecting wire of each of the coil wires includes at least one outside-passing portion extending along an outer surface of the outer wall portion on a radially outer side of the outer wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hideaki UCHISE, Takayuki MIGITA, Hiroshi KITAGAKI, Tatsuya ITO, Akihiro OKITA
  • Patent number: 10994393
    Abstract: To provide a rotary impact tool capable of: suppressing a rise in temperature in a motor or switching elements and a current flowing in the motor or switching elements while suppressing a degradation in tightening performance; and improving operability. The rotary impact tool includes: a motor; an end-bit holding part driven by the motor; an impact mechanism provided on a drive transmission path from the motor to the end-bit holding part and configured to intermittently produce rotary impacts, the rotary impacts transmitting a drive force of the motor to the end-bit holding part; a switching element configured to change a voltage supplied to the motor; and a control unit controlling the switching element. The control unit is configured such that the voltage supplied to the motor begins to gradually rise within a period of time from a timing when a first rotary impact ends to a timing when a second rotary impact subsequent to the first rotary impact starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Harada, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Tatsuya Ito, Takahiro Hirai, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 10991228
    Abstract: A technique capable of immediately reporting to an operator an occurrence of abnormality in an electric tool is provided. A communication terminal includes a communication-terminal-side control unit that determines whether abnormality has occurred in any of electric tools based on information acquired from the electric tools via wireless communication. When the communication-terminal-side control unit determines the occurrence of abnormality in any one of the electric tools, the occurrence of abnormality in the electric tool is reported by at least one of a report unit included in the electric tools other than the electric tool in which the occurrence of abnormality is determined and a report unit included in the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Takuya Konnai, Tatsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 10969626
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with high visibility and a backlight device for implementing the liquid crystal display device are provided. A backlight device (100) for irradiating light to a back surface of a liquid crystal panel (19) in a liquid crystal display device 101 includes: light sources (45); a substrate (51); and a plate-like optical member (29) through which a part of light emitted by the light sources (45) is transmitted. The optical member (29) includes: first region (A11) and two or more second regions (A21), wherein in the first region (A11), the light transmittance increases as separating from a mounting position of one light source (45), and in the second regions (A21), the light transmittance increases as approaching an outer peripheral portion from a central portion of the optical member (29) in a predetermined direction in places in contact with another adjacent second region (A21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ito