Patents by Inventor Toru Mizuno

Toru Mizuno 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: 12143273
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present disclosure to reduce computational complexity for obtaining a network topology configuration capable of efficiently accommodating a plurality of traffic demands assumed between nodes present in a network. A device of the present disclosure includes: a computation traffic generation unit that creates a traffic demand matrix whose elements are values individually obtained by demands between nodes present in a target network area from a plurality of traffic demand matrices created based on predicted traffic demands between the nodes; and a network topology generation unit that generates a network topology based on the traffic demand matrix generated by the computation traffic generation unit and port information of the nodes in the network area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Anazawa, Toru Mano, Takeru Inoue, Atsushi Taniguchi, Kohei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12136506
    Abstract: An electrical wire arrangement structure includes: a base member; and an electrical wire group including four or more electrical wires, wherein the electrical wire group includes a parallel arrangement part fixed in a parallel state by the base member, and in the parallel arrangement part, an average value of sizes between the electrical wires in a central part region in a width direction is larger than an average value of sizes between the electrical wires in both side part regions in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Daichi Fukushima, Housei Mizuno, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Toru Tanji
  • Publication number: 20240359463
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid droplet ejecting head including: a channel member having a plurality of individual channels and a first common channel communicating with an inlet port of each of the plurality of individual channels; and a piezoelectric element arranged on the channel member. Each of the plurality of individual channels includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle and a first communicating channel having an end which is the inlet port and the other end which communicates with the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element is configured to apply a pressure to a liquid inside the pressure chamber to cause a liquid droplet of the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle. A channel resistance R1 [N s/m5] of the first communicating channel satisfies a first relational expression: 3.48×1013?R1?6.98×1013.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TAISUKE MIZUNO, TORU KAKIUCHI, TAKAAKI YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240359462
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid droplet ejecting head including: a channel member having a channel which includes a nozzle and a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; and a piezoelectric element arranged on the channel member and configured to apply a pressure to a liquid inside the pressure chamber to eject a liquid droplet of the liquid from the nozzle. A diameter D [?m] of the nozzle and a natural frequency Fr [kHz] of the channel satisfy Expressions 1 and 2 as follows: Expression 1: D??2.25×10?8×Fr4+2.11×10?5×Fr3?7.60×10?3×Fr2+1.32×Fr?62.9, Expression 2: D?0.050×Fr+8.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TAKAAKI YOSHINO, TORU KAKIUCHI, TAISUKE MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20240294010
    Abstract: A liquid droplet discharging head includes: a channel member having a channel including a nozzle and a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; and a piezoelectric element fixed to the channel member and configured to apply pressure to liquid inside the pressure chamber to discharge liquid droplets of the liquid from the nozzle. A natural frequency Fr of the channel is not less than 250 kHz; and a diameter D [?m] of the nozzle has a relationship of the following expression (1) with the natural frequency Fr [kHz]: 0.0446×Fr+7.5?0.0446×Fr+13.5 . . . (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TAKAAKI YOSHINO, TORU KAKIUCHI, TAISUKE MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20240246335
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting device includes a channel member and an actuator. The channel member has a channel. The channel includes a nozzle and a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle. The actuator is on the channel member and configured to apply a pressure to a liquid in the pressure chamber. A diameter of the nozzle and a natural frequency of the channel are parameters of the liquid droplet ejecting device to satisfy that (1) the actuator has a threshold drive frequency of 100 kHz or more, (2) the nozzle ejects a liquid droplet having a volume of 1.8 pl or more, and (3) the Ohnesorge number is 0.2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki YOSHINO, Toru KAKIUCHI, Taisuke MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10162137
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting an optical element on a wiring board having a reflecting mirror part of an optical waveguide on its back side comprises a mounting table that supports the wiring board by a holding area, a mounting nozzle that holds the optical element and mounts it on the wiring board, a light source that emits light for illuminating the reflecting mirror part by transmission through the holding area, an image pickup apparatus that captures a transmitted light image of the reflecting mirror part, and a control apparatus that determines a mounting position of the optical element based on the transmitted light image, thereby achieving high density mounting without providing a light introducing part for positioning in mounting the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Hiroshi Ikeda, Tatsunori Otomo, Toshinobu Miyagoshi, Shoji Takano, Fumihiko Matsuda, Garo Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9875071
    Abstract: An image processing device may perform an analysis by utilizing target data representing a target image of a print target, so as to select, from among a plurality of types of print orders for printing the target image, one type of print order in which a print of the target image is presumed to be completed in the shortest time period. In each of the plurality of types of print orders, an area in the target image to be printed by the initial main scanning of the print head may be mutually different. The image processing device may create print data by utilizing the target data for causing a print performing unit to perform the print of the target image according to the selected one type of print order, and supply the print data to the print performing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Kuno, Hirotoshi Maehira, Sadaaki Miyazaki, Toru Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9514772
    Abstract: A magnetic head device which has strong joint strength in an arm and a suspension and high accuracy of a size and a shape is provided. The magnetic head device comprises an arm, a suspension overlapping with a leading end part of the arm, a slider located at a leading end part of the suspension, and a first joint part that is placed between the leading end part of the arm and the suspension and that joins the arm and the suspension, the first joint part including Sn or a resin adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kawashima, Toru Mizuno, Katsuhiko Igarashi, Makoto Orikasa, Hidetoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160275975
    Abstract: A magnetic head device which has strong joint strength in an arm and a suspension and high accuracy of a size and a shape is provided. The magnetic head device comprises an arm, a suspension overlapping with a leading end part of the arm, a slider located at a leading end part of the suspension, and a first joint part that is placed between the leading end part of the arm and the suspension and that joins the arm and the suspension, the first joint part including Sn or a resin adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KAWASHIMA, Toru MIZUNO, Katsuhiko IGARASHI, Makoto ORIKASA, Hidetoshi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9374936
    Abstract: A workpiece mounting apparatus includes a transfer apparatus having a nozzle, a first imaging unit, and an image processor. The nozzle has opposed first and second ends, a suction hole at the first end, and a transparent end face member sealing the second end. The first imaging unit captures a first pattern for positioning a workpiece. The image processor identifies a reference position of the workpiece based on the first pattern captured. The workpiece mounting apparatus also includes a substrate support supporting a substrate with a second pattern for positioning, a second imaging unit for capturing the second pattern, and a positioning unit for controlling position of the nozzle. The image processor identifies a mounting target position on the substrate, based on the second pattern capture, and the positioning unit controls the nozzle to mount the workpiece on the substrate, when the reference position coincides with the mounting target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Osamu Shindo, Hitoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9333771
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus executes: rotating a motor to cause a supply roller to supply a sheet; a conveyance processing for rotating the motor to cause a conveying roller and/or an output roller to convey the sheet; a recording processing for controlling a recording head to perform image recording while the conveyance processing is not executed; controlling the recording head and the motor to perform an image recording operation by executing the conveyance processing and the recording processing alternately; and a pre-discharge supply processing in the image recording operation at a time after a timing when a trailing edge position of a first sheet passes through the conveying roller and before all the recording processings on the first sheet are completed. The supply roller supplies a second sheet in the pre-discharge supply processing to the conveyance path, following the first sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9283588
    Abstract: An application head includes a storage-side valve, a discharge-side valve and a plunger. The storage-side valve slides in a space in communication with an intermediate liquid passage between the storage-side valve and the discharge-side valve and changes the volume of liquid in the intermediate liquid passage. Each of the storage-side valve and the discharge-side valve has a column-shaped part, includes a through-hole penetrating between outer circumferential surfaces of the column-shaped part, and is rotatable at least within a predetermined angular range around a center axis of the column-shaped part. Each of the through-holes of the storage-side valve and the discharge-side valve communicates with liquid passages on both sides at a predetermined rotational position and does not communicate with the liquid passage on both sides at other rotational positions outside the angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Osamu Shindo, Masaya Wada
  • Publication number: 20160016419
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus executes: rotating a motor to cause a supply roller to supply a sheet; a conveyance processing for rotating the motor to cause a conveying roller and/or an output roller to convey the sheet; a recording processing for controlling a recording head to perform image recording while the conveyance processing is not executed; controlling the recording head and the motor to perform an image recording operation by executing the conveyance processing and the recording processing alternately; and a pre-discharge supply processing in the image recording operation at a time after a timing when a trailing edge position of a first sheet passes through the conveying roller and before all the recording processings on the first sheet are completed. The supply roller supplies a second sheet in the pre-discharge supply processing to the conveyance path, following the first sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20150153523
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting an optical element on a wiring board having a reflecting mirror part of an optical waveguide on its back side comprises a mounting table that supports the wiring board by a holding area, a mounting nozzle that holds the optical element and mounts it on the wiring board, a light source that emits light for illuminating the reflecting mirror part by transmission through the holding area, an image pickup apparatus that captures a transmitted light image of the reflecting mirror part, and a control apparatus that determines a mounting position of the optical element based on the transmitted light image, thereby achieving high density mounting without providing a light introducing part for positioning in mounting the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Hiroshi Ikeda, Tatsunori Otomo, Toshinobu Miyagoshi, Shoji Takano, Fumihiko Matsuda, Garo Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20140290047
    Abstract: A workpiece transfer apparatus comprises a nozzle unit and an imaging unit wherein the nozzle unit includes a cylindrical body, a suction hole opening at one end of the tuber body and an end face member of a transparent body sealing the other end of the tuber body. The suction hole can make the imaging unit capable of taking images of first patterns for positioning on an upper surface (suctioned surface) of a workpiece, and the size and shape of the suction hole fits within an outline of the upper surface of the workpiece. The end face member of the transparent body both enable to maintain negative pressure of inside of the cylindrical body and to permit optical penetration for the imaging unit. The imaging unit takes the image of the first pattern for positioning of the workpiece while the imaging unit views a suctioned surface of the workpiece through the transparent body and the suction hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Osamu Shindo, Hitoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8789906
    Abstract: In a case where N1 lines (N1 being less than N which is a number of nozzles included in one nozzle line) of target line image data represent N1 lines of target line images to be printed by only one specific color of ink, and (N?N1) lines of remaining line image data include line image data which represents a line image to be printed by two or more colors of ink, the controlling device may select only the N1 lines of target line image data, so as to determine the opposite direction of the direction of the main scanning of a previous time as the direction of the main scanning of a present time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Maehira, Masashi Kuno, Sadaaki Miyazaki, Toru Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8782879
    Abstract: A workpiece transfer apparatus includes a nozzle unit and an imaging unit. The nozzle unit includes a tubular body, a suction hole opening at one end of the tubular body and an end face member of a transparent body sealing the other end of the tubular body. The imaging unit captures images of first patterns for positioning that are located on an upper surface of a workpiece. The size and shape of the suction hole fits within an outline of the upper surface of the workpiece. The end face member of the transparent body maintains a negative pressure inside the cylindrical body and permits optical penetration for the imaging unit. The imaging unit captures the image of the first pattern for positioning of the workpiece while the imaging unit views a suctioned surface of the workpiece through the transparent body and the suction hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Osamu Shindo, Hitoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8499924
    Abstract: A method and a system for stabilizing the sight line of a chip component being carried on two discs, for stabilizing delivery of the chip component between the two discs, and improving and stabilizing the inspection accuracy in the visual check of the chip component. This is achieved by employing a mechanism for carrying the chip component while supporting it on the horizontal plane of the first rotary disc and then carrying the chip component while suction-holding it on the vertical plane of the second rotary disc. When the chip component is carried on the first rotary disc, the upper surface and one side face of the chip component are imaged by first and second cameras. When the chip component is carried on the second rotary disc, the lower surface and the other side face of the chip component are imaged by third and fourth cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toru Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20130083101
    Abstract: In a case where N1 lines (N1 being less than N which is a number of nozzles included in one nozzle line) of target line image data represent N1 lines of target line images to be printed by only one specific color of ink, and (N?N1) lines of remaining line image data include line image data which represents a line image to be printed by two or more colors of ink, the controlling device may select only the N1 lines of target line image data, so as to determine the opposite direction of the direction of the main scanning of a previous time as the direction of the main scanning of a present time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotoshi MAEHIRA, Masashi KUNO, Sadaaki MIYAZAKI, Toru MIZUNO