Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Imura
Yoshihiko Imura 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: 11633962Abstract: Provided is a printing device in which a height position of an object can be accurately adjusted with a simple configuration. The printing device includes: a base part having an opening on a side and multiple first slits and second slits disposed side by side in an up-down direction; a support member for supporting the object, slidably engaged with any first and second slit among the first and second slits in a lateral direction from the opening side and being slidable through the opening between a pull-out position pulled out from the base part and a storage position stored in the base part; and a head part disposed above the support member at the storage position and ejecting ink toward the object supported by the support member.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Sakai, Yoshihiko Imura
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Patent number: 11588950Abstract: Provided is a printing device that can accurately perform printing on a recording medium. The printing device includes: a frame member disposed to surround a nail tip; a printing unit configured to perform printing on the nail tip surrounded by the frame member; a communication part configured to acquire print information which is generated based on an image obtained by capturing the frame member and the nail tip and indicates a layout of printing to be applied to the nail tip in a printable region defined by the frame member; and a print control part configured to control the printing unit based on the acquired print information.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Sakai, Yoshihiko Imura
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Publication number: 20210331489Abstract: Provided is a printing device in which a height position of an object can be accurately adjusted with a simple configuration. The printing device includes: a base part having an opening on a side and multiple first slits and second slits disposed side by side in an up-down direction; a support member for supporting the object, slidably engaged with any first and second slit among the first and second slits in a lateral direction from the opening side and being slidable through the opening between a pull-out position pulled out from the base part and a storage position stored in the base part; and a head part disposed above the support member at the storage position and ejecting ink toward the object supported by the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki SAKAI, Yoshihiko IMURA
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Publication number: 20210160390Abstract: Provided is a printing device that can accurately perform printing on a recording medium. The printing device includes: a frame member disposed to surround a nail tip; a printing unit configured to perform printing on the nail tip surrounded by the frame member; a communication part configured to acquire print information which is generated based on an image obtained by capturing the frame member and the nail tip and indicates a layout of printing to be applied to the nail tip in a printable region defined by the frame member; and a print control part configured to control the printing unit based on the acquired print information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki SAKAI, Yoshihiko IMURA
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Publication number: 20170001444Abstract: A printer comprising a carriage including: a first lid that holds an ink cartridge; a first axis of rotation located at a first end portion of the first lid; and an opening portion located at a second end portion of the first lid opposite the first end portion, wherein the first lid is rotatable between a first positional state and a second positional state about the first axis of rotation, and a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the first positional state is higher than a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the second positional state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Atsushi YASUMOTO, Yoshihiko IMURA
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Patent number: 9469116Abstract: A printer comprising a carriage including: a first lid that holds an ink cartridge; a first axis of rotation located at a first end portion of the first lid; and an opening portion located at a second end portion of the first lid opposite the first end portion, wherein the first lid is rotatable between a first positional state and a second positional state about the first axis of rotation, and a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the first positional state is higher than a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the second positional state.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Yasumoto, Yoshihiko Imura
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Publication number: 20150298459Abstract: A printer comprising a carriage including: a first lid that holds an ink cartridge; a first axis of rotation located at a first end portion of the first lid; and an opening portion located at a second end portion of the first lid opposite the first end portion, wherein the first lid is rotatable between a first positional state and a second positional state about the first axis of rotation, and a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the first positional state is higher than a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the second positional state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Atsushi YASUMOTO, Yoshihiko IMURA
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Patent number: 7553099Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a paper feed tray that can be opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body and a cover tray that can double as a manual feed tray. The paper feed tray has first side walls and first protrusions formed on the inner surfaces of the first side walls. The cover tray has: connection portions that are configured to be detachably connected to pivot shafts provided at the apparatus body and that are connected to the pivot shafts so as to rotate about the pivot shafts; second side walls; and second protrusions formed on the outer surfaces of the second side walls. The cover tray serves as a cover for covering sheets of paper stacked on the paper feed tray when it is in a position where the second protrusions are located below the first protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayoshi Bandou, Yoshihiko Imura
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Patent number: 7306217Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a paper feed tray, which is attached to the apparatus body so as to be freely opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body, and a paper pressing plate disposed inside the apparatus body. The paper feed tray has a pair of protrusions on the inner surfaces of the side walls thereof. The paper pressing plate has a pair of notches formed by partially cutting the side portions of the plate so that, when the paper feed tray is in the closed position, the protrusions of the paper feed tray are received in the notches and the side faces of the paper pressing plate where the notches are formed face the protrusions in a manner that are almost in contact with the protrusions. When a force acts on the paper feed tray in the closed position to bend inward the side walls of the paper feed tray, the protrusions are pressed against the portions of the paper pressing plate where the notches are formed so as to stop the inward bending of the side walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayoshi Bandou, Yoshihiko Imura
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Publication number: 20060220295Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a paper feed tray, which is attached to the apparatus body so as to be freely opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body, and a paper pressing plate disposed inside the apparatus body. The paper feed tray has a pair of protrusions on the inner surfaces of the side walls thereof. The paper pressing plate has a pair of notches formed by partially cutting the side portions of the plate so that, when the paper feed tray is in the closed position, the protrusions of the paper feed tray are received in the notches and the side faces of the paper pressing plate where the notches are formed face the protrusions in a manner that are almost in contact with the protrusions. When a force acts on the paper feed tray in the closed position to bend inward the side walls of the paper feed tray, the protrusions are pressed against the portions of the paper pressing plate where the notches are formed so as to stop the inward bending of the side walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayoshi Bandou, Yoshihiko Imura
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Publication number: 20060222436Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a paper feed tray that can be opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body and a cover tray that can double as a manual feed tray. The paper feed tray has first side walls and first protrusions formed on the inner surfaces of the first side walls. The cover tray has: connection portions that are configured to be detachably connected to pivot shafts provided at the apparatus body and that are connected to the pivot shafts so as to rotate about the pivot shafts; second side walls; and second protrusions formed on the outer surfaces of the second side walls. The cover tray serves as a cover for covering sheets of paper stacked on the paper feed tray when it is in a position where the second protrusions are located below the first protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayoshi Bandou, Yoshihiko Imura
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Publication number: 20060017213Abstract: A paper feeding device includes a rotational axis with a groove shaped cross section and having a web extending in the longitudinal direction and a flange provided at opposite sides thereof, and a pickup roller having a concave groove to receive the rotational axis. One end of the pickup roller is provided with a pair of engaging pieces that engages with a flange end portion of the rotational axis respectively, and the other end of the pickup roller is provided with a hook that is inserted into an insertion hole provided on the web of the rotational axis. In the paper feeding device, detachment is easy when the pickup roller is to be replaced and there is no increase in the number of parts and manufacturing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Maeda, Yoshihiko Imura
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Patent number: 5369756Abstract: In a system which performs an inference based on fault tree knowledge, a guidance and a formula of definition can be displayed in a window on a CRT display screen by selecting the individual items from a fault tree on the display screen by using, for example, a soft key. For displaying an abnormal course in one display screen, only events relevant to the abnormal course is picked up, and the fault tree is then reedited, so that the reedited fault tree can be automatically displayed on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1991Date of Patent: November 29, 1994Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Imura, Akira Kaji, Takekazu Maruyama