Patents by Inventor Toru Matsuyama

Toru Matsuyama 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: 20210096670
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with an electrostatic capacitive touch panel including a display panel having a first side that extends in a first direction and a second side that extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, an electrostatic capacitive touch panel having a third side that extends in the first direction and a fourth side that extends in the second direction, a circuit substrate having a fifth side that extends in the first direction and a sixth side that extends in the second direction, a first flexible substrate that is pulled out from the first side of the display panel, intersects the fifth side, and is coupled to the circuit substrate, and a second flexible substrate that is pulled out from the fourth side of the electrostatic capacitive touch panel, intersects the sixth side, and is coupled to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki YAMAGUCHI, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210094280
    Abstract: A print head assembled to a liquid ejecting apparatus ejecting a liquid with respect to a medium includes an ejecting portion ejecting the liquid in response to a drive signal and an electrically erasable non-volatile memory, and the non-volatile memory stores history information changing in accordance with an operation state of the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji TAKAGI, Masanori KOIZUMI, Shunya KOMATSU, Shuichi NAKANO, Masashi KAMIYANAGI, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210094306
    Abstract: A print head drive circuit outputs an output signal from a terminal electrically coupled to a low voltage logic signal input terminal to which a low voltage logic signal is input and has a first mode in which the print head drive circuit controls a print head to execute reading processing of reading information stored in a memory and not to execute ejection control processing of controlling whether or not to supply a high voltage signal to an ejecting portion group by switching a switch group in accordance with the output signal and a second mode in which the print head drive circuit controls the print head not to execute the reading processing and to execute the ejection control processing in accordance with the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji TAKAGI, Masanori KOIZUMI, Shunya KOMATSU, Shuichi NAKANO, Masashi KAMIYANAGI, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210094276
    Abstract: A print head includes ejecting portions ejecting liquid by being supplied with a high voltage signal, a switch group switching between whether or not to supply the high voltage signal to the first ejecting portion group in accordance with a low voltage logic signal, a memory, a high voltage signal input terminal, and a low voltage logic signal input terminal, the print head having a first mode in which the print head executes reading processing of reading information stored in the memory and does not execute ejection control processing of controlling whether or not to supply the high voltage signal to the first ejecting portion group by switching the switch group in accordance with an input signal input from the low voltage logic signal input terminal and a second mode in which the print head does not execute the reading processing and executes the ejection control processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji TAKAGI, Masanori KOIZUMI, Shunya KOMATSU, Shuichi NAKANO, Masashi KAMIYANAGI, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210094282
    Abstract: A print head drive circuit drives a print head including an ejecting portion ejecting a liquid in response to a drive signal propagating through a drive signal line and a storage portion storing ejecting portion-related information changing in accordance with use of the ejecting portion, in which processing of reading the ejecting portion-related information changing in accordance with the use from the storage portion is performed before the drive signal for ejecting the liquid from the ejecting portion is supplied to the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji TAKAGI, Masanori KOIZUMI, Shunya KOMATSU, Shuichi NAKANO, Masashi KAMIYANAGI, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210096671
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with an electrostatic capacitive touch panel including a display panel that displays an image, an electrostatic capacitive touch panel that detects a presence/absence of a contact, a circuit substrate that is provided with a control circuit controlling the display panel and the electrostatic capacitive touch panel, a metal frame that has a first opening portion and is provided between the display panel and the control substrate, a first flexible substrate that passes through the first opening portion and couples the display panel and the control substrate to each other, and a second flexible substrate that is provided with a semiconductor element receiving a signal output from the electrostatic capacitive touch panel and couples the electrostatic capacitive touch panel and the control substrate to each other without passing through the first opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki YAMAGUCHI, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10960662
    Abstract: A print head control circuit controls an operation of a print head that includes a nozzle plate and has a self-diagnosis function performed based on signals input from a first coupling point, a second coupling point, a third coupling point, and a fourth coupling point. The print head control circuit includes a first cable that includes a first power voltage signal propagation wiring for propagating a first power voltage signal, and a second cable that includes a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal input to the first coupling point. A shortest distance between the nozzle plate and the first cable is longer than a shortest distance between the nozzle plate and the second cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10899137
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes consumables configured to be restored by replacement or refill, a notification section configured to make a notification of alert information based on remaining amount information of the consumables, a remaining amount information obtaining section configured to obtain the remaining amount information of the consumables, a determination information obtaining section configured to obtain determination information for determining a state of replacement or refill of the consumables, and a learning section configured to perform machine learning of the notification of the alert information based on a learning model obtained by associating the remaining amount information with the determination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Yamada, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10894404
    Abstract: In a print head control circuit, a first diagnostic signal wiring group includes first diagnostic signal propagation wiring that propagates a first diagnostic signal, and second diagnostic signal propagation wiring that propagates a second diagnostic signal, the first drive signal wiring group and the second drive signal wiring group propagate a first drive signal and a second drive signal that cause liquid to be discharged, in a first cable, the first diagnostic signal wiring group is provided between the first drive signal wiring group and the second drive signal wiring group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Yamada, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10894401
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive signal generation circuit generating a drive waveform signal, a liquid ejecting head including a vibration plate, a drive element displacing the vibration plate by being supplied with the drive waveform signal, a cavity that is filled with a liquid and of which an internal pressure changes by the displacement of the vibration plate, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and that ejects the liquid by the change in internal pressure of the cavity, and an ejecting malfunction detection circuit that detects, specifies a cause of the ejecting malfunction based on the residual vibration signal. The ejecting malfunction detection circuit includes a detection unit detecting the residual vibration signal, an obtaining unit obtaining information indicating an ejecting state of the liquid ejected from the nozzle, and a learning unit machine learning a relationship between the residual vibration signal and the ejecting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kamiyanagi, Toru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20200374983
    Abstract: There is provide a printing apparatus including: a transport section that transports a medium in a first direction; a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport section; a signal generation section that outputs a first pulse signal; and a heating section that is provided downstream of the discharge section in the first direction, includes a first heater that generates heat in accordance with a first pulse included in the first pulse signal, and heats the medium, in which the signal generation section adjusts the first pulse in accordance with a heating amount for heating the medium by the heating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki FUJIMORI, Hironori ENDO, Toshiyuki SUZUKI, Toru MATSUYAMA, Ryo HIRABAYASHI, Nobuaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20200369044
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a transport section that transports a medium in a first direction; a printing section that makes a liquid adhere to the medium transported by the transport section; a heating section provided downstream of the printing section in the first direction, in which the heating section includes a first heater that extends to a first range in a second direction intersecting the first direction and a second range positioned on one side in the second direction from the first range and heats the medium, and a second heater that extends to the first range and a third range positioned on the other side in the second direction from the first range, and heats the medium, and heats the medium by the first heater and the second heater when the printing section made the liquid adhere to the first range on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki FUJIMORI, Hironori ENDO, Toshiyuki SUZUKI, Toru MATSUYAMA, Ryo HIRABAYASHI, Nobuaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20200369045
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a transport section that transports a medium in a first direction; a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport section; and a heater that is provided downstream of the discharge section in the first direction, and heats the medium, in which the heater includes a ceramic substrate, a heat generating resistor provided on the ceramic substrate, and a protection section that protects the heat generating resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki FUJIMORI, Hironori ENDO, Toshiyuki SUZUKI, Toru MATSUYAMA, Ryo HIRABAYASHI, Nobuaki ITO
  • Patent number: 10822769
    Abstract: An earthmoving machine includes a work implement, a distance calculation unit, and a hydraulic cylinder control unit. The work implement includes a boom, an arm, and a bucket. The distance calculation unit calculates a distance between a monitoring point in the bucket and design topography representing an aimed shape of a land grading target. The hydraulic cylinder control unit outputs a command signal for lowering the boom when the distance between the monitoring point and the design topography is equal to or smaller than a prescribed value and when the bucket is expected to move in such a direction that the monitoring point moves away from the design topography as a result of an operation of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Shimano, Toru Matsuyama, Takuya Sonoda
  • Patent number: 10814646
    Abstract: In a liquid discharge apparatus, a print head includes a supply port to which liquid is supplied; a nozzle plate that includes a nozzle for discharging the liquid; a substrate that includes first side, a second side, a first surface, and a second surface which is different from the first surface; a connector that is provided on the first surface; and an integrated circuit that is provided on the first surface, the substrate is provided between the nozzle plate and the supply port, the connector is provided along the first side, the integrated circuit is provided in a place which is not adjacent to the connector, and a shortest distance between the supply port and the first surface is longer than a shortest distance between the supply port and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10800172
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a first switching circuit is switched so that a first voltage waveform is supplied to a first piezoelectric element corresponding to a first nozzle which ejects the liquid, a second switching circuit is switched so that a second voltage waveform is supplied to a second piezoelectric element corresponding to a second nozzle which does not eject the liquid, and a third switching circuit is switched so that none of a plurality of voltage waveforms is supplied to a third piezoelectric element corresponding to the third nozzle which does not eject the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motonori Chikamoto, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10800163
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a support that extends in a second direction intersecting a first direction in which a printing medium is transported; a carriage that is connected to the support and is movable in the second direction; an ejector that is provided in the carriage and ejects a liquid to the printing medium; and a detector that is provided in the carriage and detects a change in posture of the carriage. In a case where the liquid is not ejected from the ejector, the carriage moves in the second direction, and the detector detects the change in posture of the carriage. The detector outputs posture-change amount information based on the change in posture of the carriage. Ejection of the liquid is corrected based on the posture-change amount information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Yamada, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10787788
    Abstract: A work machine according to an aspect includes: a dipper stick; a boom; a cylinder for driving the boom; an operation apparatus for operating the dipper stick; and a controller for performing intervention control by using the boom in accordance with an operation command issued from the operation apparatus to achieve land grading. The controller determines whether or not the operation command from the operation apparatus indicates an amount greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, and corrects a speed of the cylinder when the operation command from the operation apparatus indicates an amount greater than or equal to the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Yamada, Ayumi Ohkuma, Toru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20200269593
    Abstract: The ink server includes at least one ink storage unit that stores ink to be supplied to a printer, a switching unit that switches whether to supply the ink stored in the at least one ink storage unit to the printer, a detection unit that detects a state of the ink stored in the at least one ink storage unit, a controller that controls the switching unit and the detection unit, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply voltage to the switching unit, the detection unit, and the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NISHIYAMA, Shohei YAMADA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10673533
    Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus and an optical transmission method are provided. In particular, an optical transmission apparatus is disclosed as being configured to add strength to a signal. The signal corresponds to a value that an input signal has, and the strength added to the signal is strength according to the value. The optical transmission apparatus is further configured to give delays to a plurality of signals that includes the signal and to convert the sum of the plurality of signals into an optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryou Okabe, Toru Matsuyama