Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Ito

Tsuyoshi 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).

  • Publication number: 20170217220
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided. The ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a plurality of rollers that convey a sheet in a conveyance direction; a platen; a recording unit; a plurality of first ribs provided in the platen; and a plurality of second ribs provided between the first ribs and the rollers in the conveyance direction. The plurality of rollers, the plurality of first ribs, and the plurality of second ribs are each disposed in a position where at least parts of them overlap in the width direction, and a length in the width direction of each of the supporting surfaces of the plurality of second ribs is longer than that in the width direction of each of the supporting surfaces of the plurality of first ribs, and is shorter than that in the width direction of an abutting surface on the sheet in each of the plurality of rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Iwane Sano, Tsuyoshi Ito, Gakuro Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 9718287
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording section which is provided over a transport passage for transporting a sheet in a transport direction and which has nozzles for discharging an ink onto the sheet; a platen which is provided under the recording section with the transport passage intervening therebetween and which has a plurality of ribs provided to support the sheet while being separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the transport passage perpendicular to the transport direction, the respective ribs protruding upwardly and extending in the transport direction; and a plurality of holding members which are provided to be positioned between the plurality of ribs in the widthwise direction of the transport passage over the platen on an upstream side in the transport direction from the nozzles and which abut against an upper surface of the sheet and press the sheet toward the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20170203172
    Abstract: A display method includes displaying objects related to exercise equipment at respective positions of the exercise equipment at a plurality of timings during a swing so as to overlap a swing trajectory of the exercise equipment which is obtained on the basis of an output from an inertial sensor which measures the swing of the exercise equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20170203181
    Abstract: A display method includes acquiring first attitude information of the hands of a subject holding an exercise equipment during standing still on the basis of an output from an inertial sensor (sensor unit) which measures a swing action of the subject (user) performing a swing with the exercise equipment (golf club) and is attached to at least one of the exercise equipment and the subject, acquiring second attitude information of the hands of the subject holding the exercise equipment at impact on the basis of an output from the inertial sensor, and displaying at least one of the first attitude information and the second attitude information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kazuhiro SHIBUYA, Kenya KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20170203187
    Abstract: A presentation method includes performing analysis on a swing by using output data from an inertial sensor measuring the swing of an exercise appliance, finishing the analysis, and presenting analysis information based on at least one preset index regarding the swing, on the basis of finishing of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Masafumi SATO, Kenya HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170203151
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor that calculates identification data indicating a region in which a ball hitting portion of an exercise appliance is included at each of a plurality of timings during a swing of the exercise appliance, of a plurality of regions to which the identification data is allocated in advance, and displays the identification data to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20170203211
    Abstract: A motion analysis method includes calculating a level of a swing using an output from an inertial sensor measuring the swing of exercise equipment on the basis of a relationship between a first angle formed between a tangential direction of a swing trajectory of a ball hitting portion of the exercise equipment at impact and a target hitting direction, and a second angle formed between a direction orthogonal to a hitting surface of the ball hitting portion at the impact and the target hitting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KIRYU, Kenya KODAIRA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO, Yamada YOSHIKAZU
  • Patent number: 9707779
    Abstract: A printing device executes processes (a)-(c). In the process (a), first and second rollers convey a sheet a first amount, and a print head executes a printing operation while the sheet is in a state where the sheet is supported by the first and second rollers and a supporting unit disposed between the first and second rollers. In the process (b), the second roller conveys the sheet a second amount that is no larger than the first amount, and the print head executes a printing operation while the sheet is in a state where the sheet is supported by the supporting unit and the second roller. In the process (c), the second roller conveys the sheet a third amount that is larger than the first amount, and the print head executes a printing operation while the sheet is in a state where the sheet is supported by the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasunari Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 9705150
    Abstract: According to the method for manufacturing electrode sheets, in a first cutting step, an original sheet, including a belt-shaped metal foil and an electrode material coated thereon in a lengthwise direction to form a plurality of coated portions spaced at a predetermined gap, is cut at a location between the coated portions. In a pressing step, the original sheet strips having been cut in the first cutting step are pressed. In this case, the original sheet strips that are pressed by the rolling device are independent from each other. Therefore, the effect produced in rolling of the coated portions remains within each of the original sheet strips. In addition, distortions occurring in the original sheet strips can be prevented from affecting each other and the occurrence of wrinkles can be inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Akiji Hayashi, Hiroki Ishida, Ichiro Shibata, Keisuke Omori
  • Patent number: 9694606
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a roller; a first supporting member; a recording section; a second supporting member; and a first waved-shape imparting mechanism configured to impart, to the sheet, the waved shape so that both end portions of the sheet in the width direction are oriented downward. An upstream end portion, of the second supporting surface, in the conveyance direction is located below a downstream end portion of a first supporting surface of the first supporting member in the conveyance direction. The second supporting surface of the second supporting member is formed with projections arranged respectively at locations, of the second supporting surface, at which the both end portions of the sheet in the width direction are supported, the projections projecting upward above a location of the second supporting surface at which a central portion of the sheet in the width direction is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Iwane Sano, Gakuro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20170182824
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to control a first image former to form a first test pattern on a recording medium, the first test pattern including figures arranged in a first direction on a two-dimensional lattice defined with an X-axis direction intersecting a Y-axis direction parallel to a conveyance direction, the first direction being inclined relative to the X-axis direction, control a conveyor to convey the recording medium in the conveyance direction, and in response to the recording medium being conveyed to a position where a second test pattern intersects or is in proximity to the first test pattern, control a second image former to form the second test pattern on the recording medium, the second test pattern including figures arranged in a second direction on the two-dimensional lattice, the second direction being inclined relative to each of the X-axis direction and the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kohei TERADA
  • Publication number: 20170173947
    Abstract: A liquid discharging device, including a liquid discharging head, a carriage, a carriage movement mechanism, a sheet conveyer, and a controller, is provided. The controller conducts a printing process, in which a path-printing operation and a conveying operation are repeated alternately for a plurality of times. The controller calculates discharging timing for the liquid discharging head to discharge the liquid in a path-printing operation, for an upstream area located on an upstream side of a predetermined reference position with regard to a carriage-movable direction, by delaying the discharging timing from a predetermined reference timing; and for a downstream area located on a downstream side of the predetermined reference position, by advancing the discharging timing from the predetermined reference timing to be earlier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20170120630
    Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a body including a first conveyance route; a recording unit; a switchback conveyance part; a first flap moving between a first state in which the first flap guides, to the switchback conveyance part, a sheet conveyed to one side in a first direction and a second state in which the first flap guides, from the first conveyance route to a second conveyance route, the sheet conveyed to the other side in the first direction; and second flaps moving between a third state in which the second flaps guide, to the switchback conveyance part, the sheet conveyed to one side in the first direction and a fourth state in which the second flaps guide, from the first conveyance route to the second conveyance route, the sheet conveyed to the other side in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gakuro KANAZAWA, Iwane SANO, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20170087886
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a roller; a first supporting member; a recording section; a second supporting member; and a first waved-shape imparting mechanism configured to impart, to the sheet, the waved shape so that both end portions of the sheet in the width direction are oriented downward. An upstream end portion, of the second supporting surface, in the conveyance direction is located below a downstream end portion of a first supporting surface of the first supporting member in the conveyance direction. The second supporting surface of the second supporting member is formed with projections arranged respectively at locations, of the second supporting surface, at which the both end portions of the sheet in the width direction are supported, the projections projecting upward above a location of the second supporting surface at which a central portion of the sheet in the width direction is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Iwane Sano, Gakuro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20170087409
    Abstract: An imaging control method, an imaging control apparatus, an imaging control system, and a program, capable of automatically controlling imaging in conjunction with a user's swing action. An imaging control method includes an imaging control step of generating a control signal for causing an imaging apparatus to perform at least one of starting and stopping of imaging, and changing of an imaging condition in a case where a first state regarding a swing action of a user is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi SAYO, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20170072714
    Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a platen, a contact portion disposed between a pair of first ribs of the plurality of first ribs with respect to a scanning direction. A lower end of the contact portion is located lower than each upper end of the pair of first ribs. The platen includes a second rib disposed between one first rib of the pair of first ribs and the contact portion with respect to the scanning direction, and an upper end of the second rib is located lower than the upper end of the one first rib of the pair of first ribs and higher than the lower end of the contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Yuji Koga
  • Patent number: 9592681
    Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Noriyuki Kawamata, Takashi Omura
  • Patent number: 9573397
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance unit; a support part including ribs; a recording head; a carriage carrying the recording head; a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the sheet conveyed; and a controller. In a case that the sheet supported by the support part is in a position in which the sheet is nipped by the conveyance unit, the controller is configured to shift nozzles, from which ink droplets are jetted to a center area of an upper surface of the support part in the width direction, to an upstream or a downstream in the conveyance direction by a predetermined number relative to nozzles from which ink droplets are jetted to outer areas positioned outside the center area in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Iwane Sano, Gakuro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20170043595
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording section which is provided over a transport passage for transporting a sheet in a transport direction and which has nozzles for discharging an ink onto the sheet; a platen which is provided under the recording section with the transport passage intervening therebetween and which has a plurality of ribs provided to support the sheet while being separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the transport passage perpendicular to the transport direction, the respective ribs protruding upwardly and extending in the transport direction; and a plurality of holding members which are provided to be positioned between the plurality of ribs in the widthwise direction of the transport passage over the platen on an upstream side in the transport direction from the nozzles and which abut against an upper surface of the sheet and press the sheet toward the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20170036082
    Abstract: A diagnosis server includes a storing section configured to store exercise data of respective users and diagnosis criteria of respective customers and a processing section configured to perform diagnosis on the basis of exercise data of a user designated from a terminal of a customer among the exercise data of the respective users and diagnosis criteria of the customer among the diagnosis criteria of the respective customers and provide the terminal of the customer with a diagnosis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya KODAIRA, Ikuo HAYAISHI, Tsuyoshi ITO