Patents by Inventor Yugo ISHIKAWA

Yugo ISHIKAWA 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: 11144747
    Abstract: Provided is a 3D data generating device and the like capable of generating 3D data having a small data size. When generating three-dimensional (3D) data in which a predetermined space is expressed by a plurality of cuboids obtained by partitioning the predetermined space, a position in the height direction for partitioning the predetermined space is decided on the basis of heights corresponding to predetermined objects, and the predetermined space is partitioned at the decided position in the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Matsumaru, Yugo Ishikawa, Hiroshi Nagata, Itaru Takemura
  • Publication number: 20210048514
    Abstract: An accuracy of detection of a road surface or the like is improved even in a state where a peak power of reflected light is low. A sensor control device is configured to be mounted in a vehicle capable of acquiring a current location and configured to control a LiDAR-having a light source which emits light to a predetermined region and a light receiving element which receives reflected light of the emitted light, and the sensor control device includes an adjustment unit which acquires map information and adjusts a light receiving level of a light receiving signal of the light receiving element. The adjustment unit determines, based on the map information, a region for which the light receiving level with respect to the light receiving signal is to be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru TAKEMURA, Makoto MATSUMARU, Hiroshi NAGATA, Yugo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200250399
    Abstract: Provided is a 3D data generating device and the like capable of generating 3D data having a small data size. When generating three-dimensional (3D) data in which a predetermined space is expressed by a plurality of cuboids obtained by partitioning the predetermined space, a position in the height direction for partitioning the predetermined space is decided on the basis of heights corresponding to predetermined objects, and the predetermined space is partitioned at the decided position in the height direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto MATSUMARU, Yugo ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi NAGATA, Itaru TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 10377129
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects ink droplets onto a surface of a printing medium (paper roll), a carriage on which the ejecting head is mounted, a platen that faces the ejecting head and supports the printing medium, a detector plate provided in the carriage and is displaced in accordance with an external force applied in response to contact with the printing medium, and an encoder that measures a displacement amount of the detector plate and outputs an output value corresponding to the displacement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yugo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10155404
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a discharging unit configured to discharge ink on a medium; a drive circuit configured to drive the discharging unit; a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction X while supporting the discharging unit and the drive circuit; and a blowing unit capable of blowing air toward the drive circuit supported on the carriage. The carriage includes a shielding member that partitions a discharging unit housing room from a drive circuit housing room. The discharging unit is disposed in the discharging unit housing room, and the drive circuit is disposed in the drive circuit housing room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yugo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10081176
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus enhances a detection accuracy of a contact state when a recording medium and a liquid discharging unit come into contact, and suppresses contact between the recording medium and the liquid discharging unit, which may cause damage. The liquid discharging apparatus includes a transport unit, a liquid discharging unit, a skirt provided to the liquid discharging unit in a position that faces the recording medium transported to the recording region, a piezoelectric film sensor adhered to an adhering surface of the skirt and configured to generate an output in accordance with a degree of deformation of the adhering surface, and a control unit configured to control the liquid discharging unit and/or the transport unit on the basis of the output of the piezoelectric film sensor. The adhering surface of the skirt includes a slit formed around the periphery thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Kato, Yugo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10061995
    Abstract: An imaging system (CM, 100) is provided with: an imaging device (CM) configured to selectively image a first imaging area and a second imaging area, which is larger than the first imaging area, the first imaging area being used to detect eyes of a user (1), the second imaging area being used to detect a body of the user; a detecting device (110, 120, 160) configured to detect trigger operation of the user; and a selecting device (13) configured to select the first imaging area or the second imaging area on the basis of a detection result of the trigger operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Kurahashi, Yugo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180215142
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects ink droplets onto a surface of a printing medium (paper roll), a carriage on which the ejecting head is mounted, a platen that faces the ejecting head and supports the printing medium, a detector plate provided in the carriage and is displaced in accordance with an external force applied in response to contact with the printing medium, and an encoder that measures a displacement amount of the detector plate and outputs an output value corresponding to the displacement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Yugo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170355207
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a discharging unit configured to discharge ink on a medium; a drive circuit configured to drive the discharging unit; a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction X while supporting the discharging unit and the drive circuit; and a blowing unit capable of blowing air toward the drive circuit supported on the carriage. The carriage includes a shielding member that partitions a discharging unit housing room from a drive circuit housing room. The discharging unit is disposed in the discharging unit housing room, and the drive circuit is disposed in the drive circuit housing room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Yugo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170341373
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus enhances a detection accuracy of a contact state when a recording medium and a liquid discharging unit come into contact, and suppresses contact between the recording medium and the liquid discharging unit, which may cause damage. The liquid discharging apparatus includes a transport unit, a liquid discharging unit, a skirt provided to the liquid discharging unit in a position that faces the recording medium transported to the recording region, a piezoelectric film sensor adhered to an adhering surface of the skirt and configured to generate an output in accordance with a degree of deformation of the adhering surface, and a control unit configured to control the liquid discharging unit and/or the transport unit on the basis of the output of the piezoelectric film sensor. The adhering surface of the skirt includes a slit formed around the periphery thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Junya KATO, Yugo ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9744786
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus is provided with a liquid discharging section that discharges a liquid onto a medium, and a transport section that transports the medium, and a piezoelectric film sensor is provided in the liquid discharging section. Due to a liquid discharging apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a circumstance in which at least one of the medium and the liquid discharging section become damaged due to contact between the medium and the liquid discharging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Kato, Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Yugo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170028754
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus is provided with a liquid discharging section that discharges a liquid onto a medium, and a transport section that transports the medium, and a piezoelectric film sensor is provided in the liquid discharging section. Due to a liquid discharging apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a circumstance in which at least one of the medium and the liquid discharging section become damaged due to contact between the medium and the liquid discharging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Junya Kato, Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Yugo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160171320
    Abstract: An imaging system (CM, 100) is provided with: an imaging device (CM) configured to selectively image a first imaging area and a second imaging area, which is larger than the first imaging area, the first imaging area being used to detect eyes of a user (1), the second imaging area being used to detect a body of the user; a detecting device (110, 120, 160) configured to detect trigger operation of the user; and a selecting device (13) configured to select the first imaging area or the second imaging area on the basis of a detection result of the trigger operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Makoto KURAHASHI, Yugo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160089980
    Abstract: A display control apparatus configured to control a display state of display objects on a display screen, is provided with: a detecting device configured to detect a trigger operation of a user and a gaze area of the user on the display screen, on the basis of an imaging result of an imaging device that images the user; a determining device configured to determine specified display objects corresponding to the detected trigger operation or the detected gaze area from among a plurality of display objects displayed on the display screen in a first display state; and a controlling device configured to control the display state to be a second display state in which the display state of the determined specified display objects is different from that in the first display state if the trigger operation is detected in the first display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto KURAHASHI, Akira GOTODA, Yugo ISHIKAWA