SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION patent applications published on September 28th, 2023

DETECTING DEVICE AND MEASURING APPARATUS (18182363)

Abstract

A detecting device includes a substrate and a plurality of detecting elements arranged in a matrix at the substrate. Each of the plurality of detecting elements includes a light emitting portion that emits light toward a living body, a light receiving portion that can receive light incident from the living body based on the light emitted from the light emitting portion, and a contact detecting portion that detects contact with the living body. The light emitting portion in each of the plurality of detecting elements emits light when the contact detecting portion in the same detecting element has detected contact with the living body.

Inventor

Takefumi FUKAGAWA

Magnetic Stand And Magnetic Separation Method (18187918)

Abstract

A magnetic stand includes: a base having an insertion hole into which a container is to be inserted, the insertion hole extending along a first axis; and a magnet provided on the base and having a magnetization that applies a magnetic field to the insertion hole. The magnet is disposed such that magnetic poles thereof face directions different from that of the container. When a plane including the first axis and determined such that a normal line of the plane is orthogonal to the first axis and passes through a center of the magnet is taken as a reference plane, and the magnetization is projected onto the reference plane, an angle formed by the first axis and the magnetization projected onto the reference plane is more than 0° and 90° or less.

Inventor

Fumio TAKAGI

Additive Manufacturing Powder And Additively Manufactured Body (18188189)

Abstract

An additive manufacturing powder includes: a metal powder; and a film provided on a particle surface of the metal powder and containing a compound derived from a coupling agent having a hydrophobic functional group. An average particle diameter is 3.0 μm or more and 30.0 μm or less, and a contact angle of water measured at 25° C. by a θ/2 method, in a state where the additive manufacturing powder is subjected to a heating treatment at 200° C. for 24 hours in an air atmosphere and then laid in layers, is 80° or more and 150° or less.

Inventor

Momoko WAKABAYASHI

ROBOTIC SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND ROBOTIC SYSTEM (18125747)

Abstract

A control method for a robotic system includes the robotic system having a transportation device that transports an object and a robot that performs work while following the object being transported by the transportation device, the method makes the robot follow the object by a control signal calculated based on a transport speed of the object detected from an output signal of an encoder located on the transportation device, and changes a calculation method of the control signal when the transport speed exceeds a threshold.

Inventor

Koji YOSHII

INJECTION MOLDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (18187731)

Abstract

An injection molding management system includes: an identification information acquisition unit acquiring molded product identification information for identifying a molded product; a defect category acquisition unit acquiring, when the molded product is equivalent to a defective product, first defect category information representing a category of a defect of the molded product and second defect category information representing a category of a defect that is different from the first defect category information of the molded product; and a storage unit storing the first defect category information and the second defect category information in association with the molded product identification information of the molded product.

Inventor

Hiroki MINOWA

Liquid Discharge Apparatus And Capacitive Load Drive Circuit (18187699)

Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus includes a correction circuit that outputs a correction base drive signal obtained, a level shift circuit that outputs a level shift amplified modulation signal, and a demodulation circuit that outputs the drive signal by demodulating the level shift amplified modulation signal, the correction circuit outputs the correction base drive signal corrected by a first correction value, in a first mode in which the level shift circuit outputs the level shift amplified modulation signal having the reference potential of the amplified modulation signal as a first potential, and outputs the correction base drive signal corrected by a second correction value different from the first correction value, in a second mode in which the level shift circuit outputs the level shift amplified modulation signal obtained by level-shifting the reference potential of the amplified modulation signal to a second potential different from the first potential.

Inventor

Noritaka IDE

Liquid Discharge Apparatus And Capacitive Load Drive Circuit (18187899)

Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head that includes a plurality of capacitive loads driven by being supplied with a drive signal and discharges a liquid by driving the plurality of capacitive loads, and a capacitive load drive circuit, in which the capacitive load drive circuit includes a correction circuit, a modulation circuit, an amplification circuit, a demodulation circuit, and a feedback circuit, and the correction circuit outputs the correction base drive signal corrected according to the number of drive capacitive loads driven by the drive signal among the plurality of capacitive loads.

Inventor

Noritaka IDE

LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE (18191054)

Abstract

A liquid discharge device includes a discharge section that discharges a liquid, a storage section, a transmission electrode provided at a first surface, a reception electrode provided at a second surface, a drive circuit that drives the transmission electrode, and a detection circuit that receives a reception signal from the reception electrode. The storage section is configured to store the liquid between the first surface and the second surface. The detection circuit includes a peak detection circuit that detects a peak value of the reception signal, a discharge switch provided at an output of the peak detection circuit, and a detection signal output circuit. The detection signal output circuit outputs a detection signal for detecting a residual quantity of the liquid stored in the storage section based on the output of the peak detection circuit. The discharge switch is switched from on to off before a detection operation of the detection circuit.

Inventor

Kota Muto

Liquid Discharge Apparatus And Capacitive Load Drive Circuit (18187953)

Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus in which a level shift circuit executes, one or a plurality of times according to a voltage value of a capacitor included in a bootstrap circuit detected by a voltage detection circuit, a second control of outputting a third gate signal for controlling a third transistor to be non-conductive and a fourth gate signal for controlling a fourth transistor to be conductive, and then, outputting the third gate signal for controlling the third transistor to be conductive and the fourth gate signal for controlling the fourth transistor to be non-conductive.

Inventor

Noritaka IDE

LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND HEAD UNIT (18188509)

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a supply section configured to selectively supply a first driving signal that drives a piezoelectric element to form an image or a second driving signal that drives the piezoelectric element to determine whether a foreign matter adheres to an inner wall of a nozzle opening, and a determination section that determines whether a foreign matter adheres to the inner wall. The second driving signal includes a first partial signal having its potential changed from a first potential to a second potential, and a second partial signal having its potential changed from the second potential to the first potential. The determination section determines, after the first partial signal is supplied to the piezoelectric element, based on vibration generated in the piezoelectric element due to supply of the second partial signal, whether a foreign matter adheres to the inner wall.

Inventor

Osamu SHINKAWA

Droplet Discharge Head And Droplet Discharge Apparatus (18124621)

Abstract

A droplet discharge head includes: a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid as droplets; a pressure chamber defining substrate defining a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer containing a perovskite-type composite oxide containing potassium (K), sodium (Na), and niobium (Nb) as a main component; and a vibration plate forming a part of a wall surface of the pressure chamber and configured to vibrate by driving of the piezoelectric element. A driving frequency f [Hz] of the piezoelectric element, a piezoelectric constant d[m/v] of the piezoelectric element, a ratio x of a Na molar fraction to a total value of a K molar fraction and the Na molar fraction in the piezoelectric layer, and a viscosity μ [Pa·s] of the liquid at 25° C. satisfy a relationship represented by a formula (1).

Inventor

Kazuya KITADA

LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE (18189477)

Abstract

A control method for a liquid ejection device including a liquid ejection head having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzle arrays for ejecting liquid is formed and a wiping section which has an absorbent member, wherein the liquid ejection head and the wiping section are relatively movable in a scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction; the nozzle arrays extend in the sub-scanning direction and are formed at predetermined intervals in the scanning direction; and the wiping section is set with, at different positions from each other, a wiping region in which the absorbent member wipes the nozzle surface and a receiving region in which the absorbent member receives liquid discharged from the liquid ejection head, the control method including performing flushing which includes ejecting liquid from each of the plurality of nozzle arrays at intervals in the scanning direction that are smaller than the predetermined intervals.

Inventor

Sawako TSUJIMURA

LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM (18125831)

Abstract

A liquid supply device includes a first liquid supply path that supplies ink to a first liquid supply port corresponding to a cartridge, a second liquid supply path that supplies ink in a second liquid container to a second liquid supply port corresponding to a cartridge, a selector that selects either the first liquid supply path or the second liquid supply path, an on-off valve and a pump that, when the first liquid supply path is selected by the selector, supplies ink via the first liquid supply path to the cartridge, and an on-off valve and the pump that, when the second liquid supply path is selected by the selector, supplies ink via the second liquid supply path to the cartridge.

Inventor

Kiyoteru KATSUKI

DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD AND DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS (18186983)

Abstract

A droplet discharging head executes multi-path recording in which dot recording in one main scanning line is completed by n main scans when n is an integer of 2 or more. The droplet discharging head includes: a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid as droplets; a pressure chamber defining substrate defining a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzles; a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer containing a perovskite-type composite oxide containing K, Na, and Nb as a main component; and a vibration plate forming a part of a wall surface of the pressure chamber and configured to vibrate by driving of the piezoelectric element. The number of paths n in the multi-path recording, a piezoelectric constant d[m/v] of the piezoelectric element, and a ratio x of a Na molar fraction to a total value of a K molar fraction and the Na molar fraction in the piezoelectric layer satisfy a relationship represented by a formula (1).

Inventor

Kazuya KITADA

RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD (18188505)

Abstract

A recording device includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid onto a medium, and a control unit configured to control the discharge of the liquid by the recording head based on recording data. The control unit is configured to execute a plurality of combined halftone processes, the combined halftone process being a combination of a plurality of halftone processes and the plurality of combined halftone processes being different from each other in mode of the combination of the plurality of halftone processes. When performing recording on the medium by executing a recording mode designated from among a plurality of the recording modes having different degrees of error in landing position of dots of the liquid on the medium, the control unit selects the combined halftone process and executes the selected combined halftone process to generate the recording data.

Inventor

Hiroki SATO

PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRINTING (18188787)

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that intermittently transports a medium, a support portion that supports the medium, a head that performs printing by discharging a liquid onto the medium supported by the support portion during a period in which the transport of the medium by the transport unit is stopped, a carriage at which the head is mounted and that moves relative to the medium, and a control unit. The control unit starts the movement of the carriage before the transport of the medium by the transport unit is completed, and starts the discharge of the liquid by the head after the transport of the medium by the transport unit is completed.

Inventor

Atsushi IMAMURA

PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRINTING (18189470)

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that intermittently transports a medium, a support portion that supports the medium, a head that performs printing by discharging a liquid onto the medium supported by the support portion during a period in which the transport of the medium by the transport unit is stopped, a carriage at which the head is mounted and that moves relative to the medium, and a control unit. The control unit causes the head to discharge the liquid onto a printing region while moving the carriage, the printing region being a region, of the medium, supported by the support portion, and starts the transport of the medium by the transport unit after the discharge of the liquid by the head is completed and before the carriage stops.

Inventor

Atsushi IMAMURA

LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE (18190584)

Abstract

A liquid ejecting device includes a transporting belt that has a support surface capable of supporting a medium and that can transport the medium in a first direction, an ejecting unit that can eject a liquid onto a first surface of the medium transported by the transporting belt, a regulating unit that comes into contact with the first surface of the medium ejected with the liquid by the ejecting unit and that regulates upward movement of the medium, and a cleaning unit that cleans the regulating unit.

Inventor

Kenji KOJIMA

LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS (18186982)

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head and a camera unit for acquiring a state of the ejecting head, in which the camera unit includes a camera for imaging an object, a housing in which the camera is housed and which includes an opening on an imaging path that couples the camera and the object, and an opening/closing member, the opening/closing member includes a reference chart serving as a reference for adjustment of the camera and a chart cover, in a first mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into a closed state, and the chart cover covers the reference chart, in a second mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into an open state, and the chart cover covers the reference chart, and in a third mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into the closed state, and the chart cover does not cover the reference chart.

Inventor

Kazunori HIRAMATSU

TAPE CARTRIDGE, TAPE ROLL, AND TAPE CARTRIDGE SET (18180506)

Abstract

There is provided a tape cartridge, in which the cartridge case is provided with an outer protrusion portion received by an outer recess portion, the outer protrusion portion blocks insertion of a third core projection into a core hole of a tape core B around which a tape B, which is different in type from the tape A, is wound and which has a shape different from that of the tape core A, by contact with the tape core B when the tape roll A is mistakenly replaced with a tape roll B included in a tape cartridge B, which is configured to be mounted on a tape printing apparatus, and including the tape B and the tape core B.

Inventor

Keisuke TARUYA

FEEDING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FEEDING DEVICE (18188248)

Abstract

A feeding device includes a housing, a sheet feeder tray that mounts a sheet, a feeding unit which transports the sheet from the sheet feeder tray, and is detachable from a rotating shaft, and a control unit that controls rotation of the feeding unit. The feeding unit is provided in such a way as to be turnable to a feeding position to transport the sheet mounted on the sheet feeder tray and to a replacement position to enable detachment from the rotating shaft. When replacing the feeding unit, the control unit switches the position of the feeding unit to the replacement position.

Inventor

Ahmad Adam Zari Ardi Ramadhan

Coloring Composition, Coloring Method, And Pigment Dispersion (18189466)

Abstract

An aqueous coloring composition contains a metal pigment, water, and organic solvents. The metal pigment is metal particles having a surface treated with at least one compound represented by formula (1) or (2), and the organic solvents include an organic solvent (A), having a water solubility of 1000 g/L or more at 20° C., and an organic solvent (B), having a water solubility of 100 g/L or less at 20° C.

Inventor

Mitsunobu NAKATANI

Coloring Composition, Coloring Method, And Pigment Dispersion (18189480)

Abstract

An aqueous coloring composition contains a metal pigment and a solvent component. The metal pigment is metal particles having a surface treated with at least one surface treatment agent, and the solvent component includes water and at least one organic solvent. The coordinate-to-coordinate distance between the HSP coordinates of the surface treatment agent and those of the solvent component is 4.5 or less.

Inventor

Kenta TSUKADA

Ink Jet Ink Composition, Ink Set, And Recording Method (18126516)

Abstract

An ink jet ink composition which is a water-based ink, includes a self-dispersible pigment, inorganic oxide particles, and a poly(ethylene glycol) represented by the following general formula (I), and the ink composition contains at least one type of metal ion selected from the group consisting of a potassium ion, a sodium ion, and a lithium ion.

Inventor

Kunihiro FUJITA

Ink Set (18188572)

Abstract

An ink set of the present disclosure includes a colored ink jet ink and a decoloring ink. The colored ink jet ink includes a leuco dye, a developer, and a dispersant, and the decoloring ink includes a solvent and water. The solvent includes a specific solvent component that has a Hansen solubility parameter that differs from the Hansen solubility parameter of the developer by an absolute value of less than or equal to 5.3. Preferably, the specific solvent component is a glycol ether or a glycol. Preferably, the leuco dye is a fluoran. Preferably, the developer is a compound containing a phenolic hydroxy group in the molecule.

Inventor

Shigeki KAWADA

Biological Material Extraction Carrier And Biological Material Extraction Method (18189506)

Abstract

A biological material extraction carrier includes a magnetic bead including a magnetic metal powder and a first coating layer that coats a particle surface of the magnetic metal powder and that is made of a first oxide material, and an oxide powder, in which a particle surface is made of a second oxide material, and an average particle diameter is smaller than that of the magnetic bead. Further, the average particle diameter of the magnetic bead is preferably 0.5 μm or more and 50 μm or less.

Inventor

Michio NAKAMORI

CELLULOSE SACCHARIFICATION METHOD (18188507)

Abstract

A cellulose saccharification method including an introduction step of introducing water, a raw material containing cellulose, and a surfactant into a saccharification vessel so as to obtain a liquid mixture, an agitation step of agitating the liquid mixture due to rotation of an impeller portion, and a detection step of detecting a torque sensed by the impeller portion, wherein regarding the agitation step, after agitation is performed until an amount of the torque changed in a unit time period becomes less than or equal to a predetermined value, when the torque is more than or equal to a threshold value, the surfactant is additionally introduced into the liquid mixture, or when the torque is less than the threshold value, a pH adjuster and an enzyme are introduced into the liquid mixture.

Inventor

Yoshiki NAKASHIMA

SHEET MANUFACTURING SYSTEM (18188506)

Abstract

A sheet manufacturing system includes a coarsely crushing apparatus that coarsely crushes a paper; a sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material; and a server that is connected to the coarsely crushing apparatus and the sheet manufacturing apparatus via a network, in which the sheet manufacturing apparatus has a reserving section that reserves the coarsely crushed pieces, a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section, a calculation section that calculates an allowable filling amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section based on a detection result of the remaining amount detector, and an output section that transmits information related to the calculated allowable filling amount to the server, and the coarsely crushing apparatus has an integration section that integrates the coarsely crushed pieces, an input section that acquires the information related to the allowable filling amount from the server, a display information generation section that generates display information related to the allowable filling amount based on the information acquired by the input section, and a display section that displays the display information.

Inventor

Takao MIKOSHIBA

Diagnosis Method, Diagnosis Apparatus, And Diagnosis System (18189523)

Abstract

A diagnosis method includes: a physical quantity detection step of detecting a physical quantity generated in a diagnosis target by using a physical quantity sensor; a Lissajous figure generation step of generating a three-dimensional Lissajous figure by plotting the physical quantity detected in the physical quantity detection step in a three-dimensional coordinate system including a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis; a vibration plane information acquisition step of acquiring information on a vibration plane of the vibration from the three-dimensional Lissajous figure generated in the Lissajous figure generation step; and a diagnosis step of diagnosing a state of the diagnosis target based on the information on the vibration plane acquired in the vibration plane information acquisition step.

Inventor

Kenta SATO

Physical Quantity Detection Circuit And Physical Quantity Detection Device (18187982)

Abstract

A physical quantity detection circuit includes: a drive circuit configured to apply a drive signal, which includes a first frequency component and a second frequency component having a frequency different from a frequency of the first frequency component, to a drive electrode of a physical quantity detection element; a physical quantity detection signal output circuit configured to output a physical quantity detection signal, based on a first physical quantity component output from a first detection electrode of the physical quantity detection element and a second physical quantity component output from a second detection electrode of the physical quantity detection element; and a first failure diagnosis signal output circuit configured to output a first failure diagnosis signal generated based on a first electrostatic leakage component resulting from the second frequency component propagating to the first detection electrode and a second electrostatic leakage component resulting from the second frequency component propagating to the second detection electrode.

Inventor

Takashi AOYAMA

Gyro Sensor, Electronic Device, And Vehicle (18321191)

Abstract

A gyro sensor includes a substrate, a fixed section fixed to the substrate, a driving section configured to perform driving along an X axis parallel to a principal plane of the substrate, a mass section coupled to the driving section and displaced along the X axis, a detecting section coupled to the mass section, capable of turning around a Z axis crossing the X axis, and capable of being displaced along the Z axis by a Coriolis force acting on a turning motion horizontal to the substrate, and an elastic section coupling the detecting section and the fixed section. The fixed section is disposed between the center of gravity of the detecting section and the mass section in a plan view.

Inventor

Teruo TAKIZAWA

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM (18190594)

Abstract

An electronic device for wirelessly communicating with a terminal device by a wireless communicator includes a direction information acquisition unit and a processor. The direction information acquisition unit acquires, based on a beacon signal received by the wireless communicator from the terminal device, direction information related to a direction of the terminal device with respect to a reference position of the electronic device. The processor performs image formation based on an image forming job corresponding to terminal identification information in the beacon signal when the processor determines that, based on the direction information, the terminal device is positioned in a first range which is a direction range of a predetermined angle.

Inventor

Kota NISHIDA

VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER (18189301)

Abstract

A variable wavelength interference filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate via a predetermined gap, a first reflection film installed at the first substrate, a second reflection film installed at the second substrate, and facing the first reflection film via a first gap, a coupling portion disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a driving unit configured to change the first gap. The coupling portion has a part of a first facing surface coupled to the first substrate. The first facing surface faces the first substrate. A portion of the first facing surface of the coupling portion not coupled to the first substrate constitutes a displacement portion facing the first substrate via a second gap. A part of a second facing surface of the displacement portion is coupled to the second substrate. The second facing surface faces the second substrate. The driving unit changes the second gap by bending the displacement portion, thereby changing the first gap.

Inventor

Akira SANO

ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS (18190982)

Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a scanning line provided between a first TFT and a second TFT, common wiring, a pixel electrode, a third relay electrode including a projecting portion overlapping the scanning line in plan view and protruding from the scanning line and electrically coupling the first TFT and the pixel electrode, a capacitance element provided between the substrate and the scanning line and overlapping the second TFT in plan view, and a second relay electrode including a projecting portion overlapping the scanning line in plan view and protruding from the scanning line and electrically coupling the capacitance element and the common wiring. A contact hole electrically coupling the pixel electrode and the third relay electrode overlaps a contact hole electrically coupling the capacitance element and the second relay electrode in plan view.

Inventor

Tetsuaki MUROHASHI

ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS (18190992)

Abstract

A liquid crystal apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel electrode, common wiring, a TFT provided between the substrate and the common wiring, a scanning line provided between the substrate and the TFT along a first direction, a capacitance element provided between the substrate and the scanning line and overlapping the scanning line in plan view, and a second relay electrode electrically coupled to the common wiring and overlapping the scanning line in plan view. The second relay electrode and a first capacitance electrode serving as one electrode of the capacitance element are electrically coupled to each other through a contact hole overlapping the scanning line and the first capacitance electrode in plan view. The scanning line has a cutout portion provided between the second relay electrode and the first capacitance electrode and surrounding at least three directions of the circumference of the contact hole.

Inventor

Tetsuaki MUROHASHI

LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR (18188508)

Abstract

A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light emitter, a light guide member, a support member having a groove, and a position restriction member. The light guide member has a first surface and a second surface located at sides opposite from each other in a first direction, a third surface and a fourth surface located at sides opposite from each other in a second direction, and a fifth surface and a sixth surface located at sides opposite from each other in a third direction. The groove has a support surface facing the fourth surface, a first wall surface facing the fifth surface and separate from the fifth surface, and a second wall surface facing the sixth surface and separate from the sixth surface. The position restriction member includes a first placement section and a second placement section.

Inventor

Yuichiro IWAMA

WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR (18189254)

Abstract

A wavelength converter includes a substrate having a support surface, a first optical member including a first optical layer that transmits first light, a first wavelength conversion layer that is disposed at the support surface and converts the first light into second light, a second wavelength conversion layer that is disposed at a first wavelength conversion layer side with respect to the first optical layer and converts the first light into third light, a light emitting part that is formed by at least the substrate and the first optical member and emits light, and a second optical member that includes a second optical layer that reflects the first light and transmits the second and third lights and is disposed in the light emitting part. The first optical layer reflects the second and third lights. The second wavelength conversion layer converts part of the first light into the third light.

Inventor

Koichi AKIYAMA

LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR (18189257)

Abstract

A light source device includes a substrate having a supporting surface, a first light source disposed at the substrate and emitting a first light, a first optical member having a first optical layer facing the supporting surface and reflecting the first light, a first wavelength conversion layer having a light incident surface and converting the first light into second light, a light emitting portion formed by at least the substrate and the first optical member, and a second optical member disposed at the light emitting portion and having a second optical layer which reflects the first light and transmits the second light. The first optical layer is inclined with respect to the light incident surface and reflects the second light. The first wavelength conversion layer is disposed on one of a surface of the first optical layer and the supporting surface. The light emitting portion emits the second light.

Inventor

Koichi AKIYAMA

LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR (18189274)

Abstract

A light source device includes a substrate having a supporting surface, a light source emitting first light, a first optical member having a first optical layer facing the supporting surface and reflecting the first light, a first wavelength conversion layer disposed on the supporting surface, a second wavelength conversion layer disposed at a first wavelength conversion layer side, and a light emitting portion formed by at least the substrate and the first optical member. The first optical layer is inclined with respect to the supporting surface and further reflects the second and third lights. The second wavelength conversion layer converts a part of the first light emitted from the light source into third light. The first wavelength conversion layer converts a part of the first light emitted from the second wavelength conversion layer into second light. The light emitting portion emits the first, second, and third lights.

Inventor

Koichi AKIYAMA

LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR (18191051)

Abstract

A light source apparatus includes a first laser light emitter that emits first light, a wavelength converter that converts the first light into second light, a base including a first support part that supports the first laser light emitter, and a second support part that supports the wavelength converter, a light transmissive member that has first and second surfaces, the first light being incident on the first surface, a first reflector that is disposed at the second surface and reflects the first light toward the wavelength converter, and a light collection optical element that collects light emitted from the wavelength converter. A first distance along an optical axis of the light collection optical element between the wavelength converter and the light collection optical element is shorter than a second distance along the optical axis between the first laser light emitter and the light collection optical element.

Inventor

Shoichi UCHIYAMA

LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR (18191058)

Abstract

A light source apparatus includes a first laser light emitter that emits first light, a wavelength converter that converts the first light into second light, a base including a first support part that supports the first laser light emitter and a second support part that supports the wavelength converter, and a first optical element that guides the first light to the wavelength converter. The first optical element has a first light incident surface which faces the first laser light emitter, a first reflection surface that reflects the first light emitted from the first light incident surface and deflects the optical path of the first light, and a first light exiting surface which faces the wavelength converter and via which the first light reflected off the first reflection surface exits. The first light incident surface, the first reflection surface, and the first light exiting surface intersect with each other.

Inventor

Tomoko AKAGAWA

PROJECTOR (18191068)

Abstract

A projector according to the present disclosure is a projector configured to project an image on a projection target in a focus-free state, including a first light source device, and a light modulation element configured to modulate light emitted from the first light source device. The first light source device includes a light emitting element configured to emit first light having a first wavelength band, a wavelength conversion member which includes a phosphor, and which is configured to convert the first light emitted from the light emitting element into second light having a second wavelength band, and an exit part which is disposed along a central axis of the wavelength conversion member, and which is configured to emit the second light generated by the wavelength conversion member.

Inventor

Hidefumi SAKATA

LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR (18191072)

Abstract

A light source device includes a first laser emitter configured to emit first light, a light transmissive member having a first surface and a second surface, the first light emitted from the first laser emitter being incident on the second surface, a base having a first support part configured to support the first laser emitter and a second support part configured to support the light transmissive member, and a wavelength converter arranged on the first surface and configured to convert the first light into second light. The wavelength converter has an incident surface including an incident area where the first light enters and an emission surface disposed at an opposite side to the incident surface and configured to emit the second light. The second support part supports the second surface of the light transmissive member in an area corresponding to the incident area.

Inventor

Chigusa TAKAGI

PRINTING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT CALCULATES AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMITTED BY PRINTING APPARATUS IN ITS LIFETIME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION AMOUNT REPORT (18186981)

Abstract

Provided is a printing apparatus management system that calculates an amount of carbon dioxide emitted by a printing apparatus in a lifetime of the printing apparatus.

Inventor

Tomoyuki AMINO

Balance, Timepiece, And Method For Manufacturing Balance (18124614)

Abstract

A balance includes a balance staff rotatably supported by a main plate, a collet fixed to the balance staff, and a hairspring fixed to the collet, the hairspring including a Grossmann curve disposed at a side of the collet and an Archimedes curve coupled to the Grossmann curve, and an impact-resistant member configured to suppress displacement of a shape of the Grossmann curve at least at the side of the collet.

Inventor

Akihiro SAWADA

Timepiece Component, Timepiece Movement, And Timepiece (18124607)

Abstract

A timepiece component includes a base material including silicon as a main component, and a light reflecting layer formed on the base material and including a first silicon oxide layer, a silicon layer, and a second silicon oxide layer stacked in this order, when the light reflecting layer is viewed in plan view, the light reflecting layer includes a first region and a second region, and at least one of the thicknesses of the first silicon oxide layer in the first region and the second region and the thicknesses of the second silicon oxide layer in the first region and the second region is set such that the thicknesses are different from each other.

Inventor

Takeo FUNAKAWA

Real-Time Clock Module (18188582)

Abstract

A real-time clock module includes: an oscillation circuit configured to generate a first clock signal by oscillating a resonator; an interface circuit configured to receive alarm setting data; a memory in which the alarm setting data and a program are to be stored; and a processor configured to execute the program to perform a comparison process of comparing clocking data generated based on the first clock signal with the alarm setting data, and output an alarm signal according to a result of the comparison process.

Inventor

Masayuki KAMIYAMA

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18190432)

Abstract

An information processing system includes a server and an electronic device. The electronic device communicates with another electronic device, determines whether to operate as a representative device, based on information from the another electronic device, and when the electronic device determines to operate as the representative device, transmits, to the server, detection information detected by the another electronic device.

Inventor

Ryota HIRAKAWA

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, JIG USED FOR OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18180247)

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit that executes image formation processing to form an image, a control unit, and an interface unit including a display unit and a touch panel. The touch panel includes first detection points and second detection points. The control unit can control the image formation unit in accordance with a first mode of accepting a first instruction from the touch panel, and a second mode of accepting the second instruction from the touch panel. The control unit permits switching from the first mode to the second mode when contact with the eleven or more first detection points is detected and when contact with the one or more second detection points is not detected.

Inventor

Yoshiyuki YAMAGUCHI

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD (18188502)

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel that displays an operation screen, a region identification unit that identifies a contact region that is a region where a finger of a user operating the touch panel touches the touch panel, a determination unit that determines whether the user operates the touch panel with a left hand or a right hand according to a shape of the contact region identified by the region identification unit, a display controller that displays the operation screen on the touch panel so that an arrangement of a display element displayed on the operation screen is changed according to a result of determination by the determination unit, and a print controller that causes a printing unit to perform printing based on an operation on the operation screen.

Inventor

Hiroki HIRATA

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTER (18188006)

Abstract

An information processing device includes a processing unit configured to divide original image data for a larger number of channels Nb than the number of channels Na into a plurality of groups so that a number of channels of each of the groups becomes no larger than the number of channels Na, generate compressed image data for the Na channels according to the processing unit from the original image data included in each of the groups, and generate the print command including the compressed image data for the Na channels corresponding to each of the groups, and a communication unit configured to transmit the print command to the printer.

Inventor

Shuichi YAMANAKA

PRINTING METHOD, SERVER, AND PRINTING SYSTEM (18190373)

Abstract

A printing method includes a first printing setting information receiving step for receiving first printing setting information for simulating printing by a second printing unit, a first printing instructing step for instructing a first printing unit to print first printing data based on the first printing setting information, a transmitting step for transmitting, to a second information supplying unit, second printing data based on the first printing data and second printing setting information based on a colorimetric result, a receiving step for receiving the second printing data and the second printing setting information, a second printing setting information receiving step for receiving the second printing data and the second printing setting information from the second information supplying unit, a second printing instructing step for instructing the second printing unit to print the second printing data based on the second printing setting information.

Inventor

Shusuke KIBUNE

PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM (18188809)

Abstract

A print control apparatus includes a modification control section configured to change, in accordance with a given number relating to a print request issued by a terminal device, the number or a specification of one or more virtual data conversion servers that convert data of a print job based on the print request into data suitable for the printing apparatus, and an allocation control section configured to allocate the print job to any one of the changed one or more data conversion servers.

Inventor

Takumi YOSHIDA

CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM (18190337)

Abstract

A control method for an information processing apparatus includes receiving an input of first authentication information, performing authentication based on the first authentication information according to a program for controlling a first display apparatus, when the authentication based on the first authentication information is successful, transmitting a connection request including the first authentication information to the first display apparatus via a communication network, and, when the authentication by the first display apparatus is successful, connecting to the first display apparatus according to the program.

Inventor

Toshiki FUJIMORI

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM (18187659)

Abstract

An information processing apparatus generates road surface type information based on data detected by an electronic device provided to move together with a foot of a user, the road surface type information indicating a type of road surface on which the user has moved, and outputs evaluation information based on the generated road surface type information, the evaluation information indicating an evaluation of the user.

Inventor

Naoya SATO

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD (18191002)

Abstract

An information processing system includes a terminal device and an information processing device. The terminal device includes a print instructor that transmits a print instruction to print a print job, and an information transmitter that transmits predetermined information regarding the printing of the print job to the information processing device. The predetermined information includes expense-related information that is information regarding an expense for the printing of the print job, and connection-related information that is either one or both of information of a VPN connection and information of a login destination or is information based on at least one of the information of the VPN connection and the information of the login destination.

Inventor

Yasuhiro FURUTA

ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS (18126638)

Abstract

An electro-optical device includes: a data signal output circuit including a D/A converter circuit; a plurality of terminals; a control circuit supplied with a power supply potential VL from at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals via a first power supply wiring line; and a power supply circuit configured to generate a power supply potential VPL in accordance with potentials AVDD and AVSS supplied via two or more terminals of the plurality of terminals and supply the power supply potential VPL to a second power supply wiring line. The D/A converter circuit includes a plurality of capacitance elements. The first power supply wiring line or the second power supply wiring line is selectively coupled to one portion of the plurality of capacitance elements.

Inventor

Hitoshi OTA

DRIVER, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS (18190994)

Abstract

A driver includes a data voltage output terminal, a capacitor drive circuit that outputs each of first to n-th capacitor drive voltages corresponding to gradation data to a respective one of first to n-th capacitor driving nodes, a capacitor circuit including first to n-th capacitors each provided between an output node and a respective one of the first to n-th capacitor driving nodes, a processing circuit that generates a correction signal for correcting a voltage difference between an output voltage and a target voltage corresponding to the gradation data, and a correction circuit that corrects the voltage difference with a correction voltage corresponding to the voltage difference by injecting a charge corresponding to the correction signal into the output node or discharging the charge from the output node by using the correction capacitor circuit.

Inventor

Ryota BANSHO

QUANTUM INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE (18188684)

Abstract

A quantum information storage device includes: a first gas cell and a second gas cell; a light splitter configured to cause first light in a first state to travel along a first optical path intersecting the first gas cell and cause the first light in a second state to travel along a second optical path intersecting the second gas cell, the first light in the first state and the first light in the second state being among the first light emitted from a first light source; a second light source configured to emit, to the first gas cell and the second gas cell, second light that is capable of bringing an atom into a two-photon resonance state together with the first light; and a light synthesizer disposed at a subsequent section of the first gas cell and the second gas cell and configured to synthesize third light generated when a photon included in the second light acts on the atom in the two-photon resonance state in the first gas cell and the second gas cell. An inner wall of each of the first gas cell and the second gas cell is coated with a relaxation prevention film that prevents relaxation of quantum superposition in the two-photon resonance state.

Inventor

Kotaro SHIJO

Magnetic Bead (18188593)

Abstract

A magnetic bead includes: a magnetic metal powder; and a coating layer that covers a particle surface of the magnetic metal powder, has an average thickness of 20 nm or more, and is made of an oxide material. A coercive force is 1.0 Oe, which is equal to 80 A/m, or less. The magnetic metal powder may contain an amorphous structure or a nanocrystalline structure. The magnetic metal powder may be made of an alloy containing Fe as a main component.

Inventor

Michio NAKAMORI

LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, DISPLAY, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY (18124243)

Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first semiconductor portion having a first conductivity type; a first columnar portion and a second columnar portion each including a second semiconductor portion having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a third semiconductor portion having the first conductivity type, and a quantum well layer; a first electrode; a second electrode; and a conductive member electrically coupling the second electrode and the first semiconductor portion. Each of the first columnar portion and the second columnar portion protrudes from the first semiconductor portion toward a side of the substrate. The first electrode is electrically coupled to the second semiconductor portion of the first columnar portion. The second electrode is electrically coupled to, via the conductive member and the first semiconductor portion, the third semiconductor portion of the first columnar portion.

Inventor

Shinji TERAO

PROCESSING HEAD AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS (18186959)

Abstract

A processing head including a first laser array element in which a plurality of first photonic crystal lasers are arranged in a first direction, and a second laser array element in which a plurality of second photonic crystal lasers are arranged in the first direction, the first laser array element and the second laser array element emit laser light in a third direction intersecting the first direction and a second direction to a processing target object while being relatively moved with respect to the processing target object in the second direction intersecting the first direction, and when viewed from the second direction, the second end photonic crystal laser and the second intermediate photonic crystal laser overlap each other.

Inventor

Yoshitomo KUMAI

FUNCTION EXTENSION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FUNCTION EXTENSION APPARATUS (18187400)

Abstract

A function extension server includes a communication control unit configured to acquire a first content file and additional information added to the first content file, a first generator configured to encode the additional information to generate a pattern image, and a second generator configured to add the pattern image to the first content file to generate a second content file. The communication control unit executes transmitting the second content file to a printing server that causes a multifunction peripheral to execute printing.

Inventor

Masahiko MIZUTA

FUNCTION EXTENSION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FUNCTION EXTENSION APPARATUS (18187313)

Abstract

A function extension server receives first scan data including a pattern image obtained by encoding additional information, and destination information indicating a destination of the first scan data, decodes the pattern image to acquire the additional information, and transmits the first scan data and the additional information to the destination indicated by the destination information.

Inventor

Masahiko MIZUTA

DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM (18124682)

Abstract

A display method including obtaining information representing position on display surface of camera which is arranged on display surface to image first user, displaying first image related to an utterance by first user, and a second image which represents second user, the second image being arranged at position closer to position of the camera than a position of the first image is to the position of the camera, on the display surface during a period in which the second user makes an utterance, transmitting an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, to a terminal device used by the second user, and displaying, on the display surface during a period in which the first user makes an utterance, the first image larger than the first image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance and the second image.

Inventor

Takahiro ANO

ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS (18190984)

Abstract

An electro-optical device including a capacitance element, a first insulating film serving as an insulating film, and a scanning line serving as a light shielding film, is provided. The first insulating film covers the capacitance element and includes a concave portion serving as a recessed portion that reflects a shape of the capacitance element. The scanning line is provided along the concave portion. The concave portion includes a bottom surface having a curved surface shape. An electronic apparatus including the electro-optical device and a control unit configured to control an operation of the electro-optical device is also provided.

Inventor

Tomoki YOKOTA

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM (18190325)

Abstract

An electronic device wirelessly communicates with a terminal device by a wireless communicator, and includes a direction information acquisition unit and a processor. The direction information acquisition unit acquires, based on a beacon signal received by the wireless communicator from the terminal device, direction information related to a direction of the terminal device with respect to a reference position of the electronic device. The processor performs wireless connection of wirelessly connecting to the terminal device when the processor determines that, based on the direction information, the terminal device is positioned in a predetermined direction range.

Inventor

Kota NISHIDA

ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS (18125383)

Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a substrate having a rectangular shape in plan view, a display unit provided with an OLED at the substrate, inspection terminals provided between the display unit and an upper side on an opposite side from a lower side in plan view at the substrate, and a light shielding member provided so as to cover the inspection terminals in plan view.

Inventor

Takumi KODAMA