Patents by Inventor Toru Igarashi
Toru Igarashi 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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Patent number: 10675754Abstract: A robot system includes a first robot and a second robot, and the second robot has a base, a shaft provided translationally along an axis direction of a first axis on the base, and an arm provided rotatably with respect to the shaft, and the first robot can perform work on a work object that can be carried by the second robot.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ichiro Aoyama, Yasuhiko Asano, Makoto Ishida, Shintaro Dobashi, Hiroyuki Miyano, Toru Igarashi
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Publication number: 20180222041Abstract: A robot system includes a first robot and a second robot, and the second robot has a base, a shaft provided translationally along an axis direction of a first axis on the base, and an arm provided rotatably with respect to the shaft, and the first robot can perform work on a work object that can be carried by the second robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Ichiro AOYAMA, Yasuhiko ASANO, Makoto ISHIDA, Shintaro DOBASHI, Hiroyuki MIYANO, Toru IGARASHI
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Patent number: 8523319Abstract: A method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads includes: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toru Igarashi, Yuichiro Iwai
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Patent number: 8249098Abstract: A first control data generation unit configured to generate first control data, a control data allocation processing unit configured to perform allocation processing for the first control data in order to reserve an area for the first control data in a frame memory, a data write control unit configured to write user data in an area in the frame memory except the area where the allocation processing is performed, and a transmission unit configured to transmit transmission data based on the data written in the frame memory are included, and the data write control unit writes the generated first control data in the area where the allocation processing is performed in the frame memory after generation of the first control data and after the allocation processing of the first control data and after writing the user data and before the transmission data is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventors: Kazuhiko Sakai, Toru Igarashi, Koichi Suzuki, Shinya Hachisu
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Patent number: 8123324Abstract: A method for setting up a condition for a drive signal in a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of linearly-arranged nozzles and driving elements provided for each of the nozzles, includes: calculating an ejection rate for each nozzle relating to a supply of the drive signal under a predetermined condition by using a moving average; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the ejection rate calculated by using the moving average of each nozzle; calculating a proper condition for the drive signal corresponding to each group based on a statistical value of the ejection rate relating to the group; and selecting one proper condition among proper conditions corresponding to the groups so as to set the selected proper condition for each nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Sadaharu Komori, Takeshi Ito, Kei Hiruma, Satoru Katagami, Takahiro Imai, Toru Igarashi
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Publication number: 20120033005Abstract: A method for setting up a condition for a drive signal in a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of linearly-arranged nozzles and driving elements provided for each of the nozzles, includes: calculating an average value or a median value of ejection rates for each nozzle relating to a supply of the drive signal under a plurality of conditions; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the average value or the median value of the ejection rates; calculating a proper condition for the drive signal corresponding to each group based on a statistical value of the ejection rate relating to the group; and selecting one proper condition among proper conditions corresponding to the groups so as to set the selected proper condition for each nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Sadaharu Komori, Takeshi Ito, Kei Hiruma, Satoru Katagami, Takahiro Imai, Toru Igarashi
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Patent number: 8066345Abstract: A method for setting up a condition for a drive signal in a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of linearly-arranged nozzles and driving elements provided for each of the nozzles, includes: calculating an average value or a median value of ejection rates for each nozzle relating to a supply of the drive signal under a plurality of conditions; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the average value or the median value of the ejection rates; calculating a proper condition for the drive signal corresponding to each group based on a statistical value of the ejection rate relating to the group; and selecting one proper condition among proper conditions corresponding to the groups so as to set the selected proper condition for each nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Sadaharu Komori, Takeshi Ito, Kei Hiruma, Satoru Katagami, Takahiro Imai, Toru Igarashi
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Publication number: 20100322093Abstract: A communication device, which receives data and checks a header in the data, includes: a first check circuit configured to detect whether or not a value in the header is within a first range; a second check circuit configured to detect whether or not a value of a data length field of the header is within a second range; and a third check circuit configured to detect whether or not a value of a connection identifier field of the header is within a third range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITEDInventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Toru Igarashi, Koichi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100259581Abstract: A method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads includes: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toru IGARASHI, Yuichiro IWAI
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Patent number: 7771011Abstract: Provided herein is a method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads comprising: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toru Igarashi, Yuichiro Iwai
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Publication number: 20090296739Abstract: A first control data generation unit configured to generate first control data, a control data allocation processing unit configured to perform allocation processing for the first control data in order to reserve an area for the first control data in a frame memory, a data write control unit configured to write user data in an area in the frame memory except the area where the allocation processing is performed, and a transmission unit configured to transmit transmission data based on the data written in the frame memory are included, and the data write control unit writes the generated first control data in the area where the allocation processing is performed in the frame memory after generation of the first control data and after the allocation processing of the first control data and after writing the user data and before the transmission data is transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITEDInventors: Kazuhiko Sakai, Toru Igarashi, Koichi Suzuki, Shinya Hachisu
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Publication number: 20090207201Abstract: A method for setting up a condition for a drive signal in a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of linearly-arranged nozzles and driving elements provided for each of the nozzles, includes: calculating an average value or a median value of ejection rates for each nozzle relating to a supply of the drive signal under a plurality of conditions; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the average value or the median value of the ejection rates; calculating a proper condition for the drive signal corresponding to each group based on a statistical value of the ejection rate relating to the group; and selecting one proper condition among proper conditions corresponding to the groups so as to set the selected proper condition for each nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Sadaharu KOMORI, Takeshi ITO, Kei HIRUMA, Satoru KATAGAMI, Takahiro IMAI, Toru IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20090201326Abstract: A method for setting up a condition for a drive signal in a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of linearly-arranged nozzles and driving elements provided for each of the nozzles, includes: calculating an ejection rate for each nozzle relating to a supply of the drive signal under a predetermined condition by using a moving average; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the ejection rate calculated by using the moving average of each nozzle; calculating a proper condition for the drive signal corresponding to each group based on a statistical value of the ejection rate relating to the group; and selecting one proper condition among proper conditions corresponding to the groups so as to set the selected proper condition for each nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Sadaharu KOMORI, Takeshi ITO, Kei HIRUMA, Satoru KATAGAMI, Takahiro IMAI, Toru IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20080297550Abstract: Provided herein is a method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads comprising: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toru IGARASHI, Yuichiro Iwai
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Patent number: 7006538Abstract: A an apparatus for locking a bending mechanism that bends a reflex type wavelength selection element for a bending mechanism that bends a reflex type wavelength selection element comprises a locking assembly. The locking assembly locks the bending mechanism. This allows maintaining the configuration of the reflex type wavelength selection element with the element being bent by the bending mechanism according to curvature of wavefront of an incident laser beam. Therefore, it is possible to stabilize the performance of wavelength selection in the reflex type wavelength selection element, even though the laser device receives vibration and shock.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2000Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Bushida, Tatsuya Ariga, Toru Igarashi
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Publication number: 20030072347Abstract: A an apparatus for locking a bending mechanism that bends a reflex type wavelength selection element for a bending mechanism that bends a reflex type wavelength selection element comprises a locking assembly. The locking assembly locks the bending mechanism. This allows maintaining the configuration of the reflex type wavelength selection element with the element being bent by the bending mechanism according to curvature of wavefront of an incident laser beam. Therefore, it is possible to stabilize the performance of wavelength selection in the reflex type wavelength selection element, even though the laser device receives vibration and shock.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2000Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Satoru Bushida, Tatsuya Ariga, Toru Igarashi
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Patent number: 6478923Abstract: A vacuum operation apparatus includes a chamber, exhaust device, exhaust pipe, pressure control orifice, residence time control variable orifice, and control section. The chamber is set to a predetermined vacuum pressure in order to operate a wafer. The exhaust device evacuates the chamber. The exhaust pipe connects the exhaust device and chamber. The pressure control orifice is disposed in the exhaust pipe to control the pressure in the chamber. The residence time control variable orifice is disposed in the exhaust pipe so as to open/close independently of the pressure control orifice, and controls the residence time of gas in the chamber. The control section has a memory storing in advance an operating condition corresponding to an operation executed in the chamber, and controls driving of the exhaust device and the opening degree of the pressure control orifice.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Toru Igarashi
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Patent number: 6418155Abstract: A laser device which repeats a cycle of burst mode operation in each of which continuous oscillating operations for continuously pulsatively oscillating laser light by a prescribed number of times and stopping operations for stopping the pulsative oscillation for a prescribed pausing time are alternately executed, controls the power supply voltage of the laser device so that each output energy of the pulsative oscillation can become coincide with a target value, finds the difference between the output voltage of each pulse and the target value at every pulse and, for a pulse for which the difference exceeds tolerance limits, corrects and updates the power supply voltage value stored in the voltage data table means corresponding to the pulse number of the pulse and the measured oscillation pausing time by using the control gain of a control gain setting means set in the block corresponding to the pulse number and the measured oscillation pausing time and the difference, so as to always make the pulse energy ofType: GrantFiled: June 17, 1999Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Wakabayashi, Tatsuya Ariga, Toru Igarashi, Shoichi Sakanishi, Tomokazu Takahashi
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Patent number: 6181724Abstract: A narrow-band oscillation excimer laser has optics which are excellent in durability and light quality, wherein an optical component is a fluoride component (7), and wherein a cleavage plane (20) of the fluoride component (7) is at least substantially parallel with at least one of (a) an incidence side plane (23), for a laser beam (3) entering the fluoride component(7), and (b) an exit side plane (23a), for the laser beam (3) exiting from the fluoride component (7). The fluoride component (7) is positioned in the excimer laser so that the cleavage plane (20) of the fluoride component (7) is at least substantially perpendicular to a light path of the laser beam (3) passing through the inside of the fluoride component (7). A visible mark (27) indicates a direction of the cleavage plane (20).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1998Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Tanaka, Toru Igarashi
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Patent number: D428604Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: SII Quartz Techno Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Shiraishi, Toru Igarashi, Akio Ogasawara, Hideoki Kanazawa