Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Hagiwara

Hiroshi Hagiwara 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: 20150264062
    Abstract: The invention aims to backtrack a virus infection route with more detail than in the conventional case. CPUs of client devices respectively monitor operations, and cause storage devices to store operation histories. The CPU determines, upon detecting a virus, the time and date at which the virus was first saved in the client device based on the operation history stored in the storage device, and determines a virus intrusion route based on the operation content that was executed at the determined time and date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takashi Yotsuyanagi
  • Patent number: 9110422
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takamitsu Soda, Akinobu Hirayama, Hiromitsu Kumada, Yoshiko Kubo, Takateru Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 9091989
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive section driven to rotate, a light emission unit configured to emit light to form electrostatic latent images on the photosensitive section, a process section configured to form images on the photosensitive section, a detection unit configured to detect an output generated via the process section when an electrostatic latent image for correction passes through a position facing the process section, and a control unit configured to execute a correction of a position of an electrostatic latent image in image formation based on a detection result from the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehiro Uchiyama, Takateru Ohkubo, Kenji Watanabe, Ken-ichi Iida, Toshiaki Sako, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Hiromitsu Kumada
  • Patent number: 9075370
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takamitsu Soda, Akinobu Hirayama, Hiromitsu Kumada, Yoshiko Kubo, Takateru Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20150117887
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takamitsu Soda, Akinobu Hirayama, Hiromitsu Kumada, Yoshiko Kubo, Takateru Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20150100577
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A memory stores therein plural items of image information. A selector selects a specific item of image information from among the plural items of image information as a selected item of image information. A specifying unit specifies, from among the plural items of image information, an item of image information indicating an image which has been captured on an identical date as a date on which an image indicated by the selected item of image information has been captured. A subject extracting unit extracts information concerning a subject of an item of image information. A destination setting unit sets a sending destination corresponding to information concerning a subject of an item of image information extracted by the subject extracting unit as a destination of the item of image information specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HAGIWARA, Shunichi KIMURA, Takahiro OKAYASU, Masamune OSHITANI
  • Publication number: 20150030341
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive section driven to rotate, a light emission unit configured to emit light to form electrostatic latent images on the photosensitive section, a process section configured to form images on the photosensitive section, a detection unit configured to detect an output generated via the process section when an electrostatic latent image for correction passes through a position facing the process section, and a control unit configured to execute a correction of a position of an electrostatic latent image in image formation based on a detection result from the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takehiro UCHIYAMA, Takateru Ohkubo, Kenji Watanabe, Ken-ichi Iida, Toshiaki Sako, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Hiromitsu Kumada
  • Patent number: 8938190
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takamitsu Soda, Akinobu Hirayama, Hiromitsu Kumada, Yoshiko Kubo, Takateru Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20150016832
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to form electrostatic latent images for correction on a photosensitive member a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to a process unit; a current detection unit configured to detect a current to the voltage application unit via the process unit when the voltage is applied to the process unit; and a conversion unit configured to convert an output value detected by the current detection unit such that a variation range of the output value detected by the current detection unit at a formation period of the electrostatic latent image for correction becomes larger than a variation range of the output value detected by the current detection unit at a one-rotation period of the photosensitive member on which the electrostatic latent image is not formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kumada, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takateru Ohkubo, Akinobu Hirayama, Yoshiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150002597
    Abstract: Included is an image bearing member; an exposure unit configured to form electrostatic latent images by scanning light on the image bearing member and to change the amount of light along the scanning direction of the light; a forming unit configured to form a toner patch on the basis of the electrostatic latent image formed by a plurality of different light amounts, to adjust the light amount of the exposure unit; a detection unit configured to detect the toner patch; and a control unit configured to adjust the light amount of the exposure unit along the scanning direction of the light depending on the detection result by the detection unit. The control unit changes the light amount of the exposure unit along the scanning direction of the light over a portion of regions rather than all regions in the scanning direction when forming the toner patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tomonori Shida, Hiroshi Kita, Masatoshi Itoh, Hiroshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8891984
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes process units that are closely arranged around respective photosensitive members and act on the photosensitive members, a light emission section that forms an electrostatic latent image for detection on the photosensitive member and a detection section that detects that the electrostatic latent image passes through a position facing the process unit, and a control section that performs misregistration correction control based on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehiro Uchiyama, Takateru Ohkubo, Kenji Watanabe, Kenichi Iida, Toshiaki Sako, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Hiromitsu Kumada
  • Patent number: 8879970
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to form electrostatic latent images for correction on a photosensitive member; a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to a process unit; a current detection unit configured to detect a current to the voltage application unit via the process unit when the voltage is applied to the process unit; and a conversion unit configured to convert an output value detected by the current detection unit such that a variation range of the output value detected by the current detection unit at a formation period of the electrostatic latent image for correction becomes larger than a variation range of the output value detected by the current detection unit at a one-rotation period of the photosensitive member on which the electrostatic latent image is not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kumada, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takateru Ohkubo, Akinobu Hirayama, Yoshiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20140321890
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member; a forming unit for each of a plurality of colors used in image formation, configured to form a developer image of the corresponding color on the rotating member or on a recording medium on the rotating member; a driving unit configured to rotate the rotating member; a period detection unit configured to detect a rotation period of the rotating member; and a control unit configured to, according to a detection result detected by the period detection unit, obtain a variation in the rotation period of the rotating member due to a change in the driving unit, and perform correction control for misregistration in the developer image formed on the rotating member or on the recording medium on the rotating member by the forming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20140314433
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member configured to be rotated; scanning means for scanning, by light corresponding to image data, the photosensitive member that is charged, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member; and a contacting member in contact with the photosensitive member to form a nip portion. In a correction mode in which a shift of an image is corrected based on a detection result obtained by detecting, at the nip portion, an electrostatic latent image for correction formed on the photosensitive member by the scanning means, a width of the electrostatic latent image for correction is equal to or more than a width of the nip portion in a rotation direction of the photosensitive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI kAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamashita, Yasuo Yoda, Akinobu Hirayama, Takateru Ohkubo, Kenji Watanabe, Hiromitsu Kumada, Yoshiko Kubo, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Shuhei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8845825
    Abstract: The present invention provides spring use heat treated steel which is cold coiled, can achieve both sufficient atmospheric strength and coilability, has a tensile strength of 2000 MPa or more, and can improve the performance as a spring by heat treatment after spring fabrication, that is, high strength spring-use heat treated steel characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.45 to 0.9%, Si: 1.7 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 2.0%, restricting N: to 0.007% or less, having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying, in terms of the analyzed value of the extracted residue after heat treatment, [amount of Fe in residue on 0.2 ?m filter/[steel electrolysis amount]×100?1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Tatsuro Ochi, Takayuki Kisu, Hiroshi Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20140016955
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes process units that are closely arranged around respective photosensitive members and act on the photosensitive members, a light emission section that forms an electrostatic latent image for detection on the photosensitive member and a detection section that detects that the electrostatic latent image passes through a position facing the process unit, and a control section that performs misregistration correction control based on the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Uchiyama, Takateru Ohkubo, Kenji Watanabe, Kenichi Iida, Toshiaki Sako, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Hiromitsu Kumada
  • Patent number: 8600274
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes process units that are closely arranged around respective photosensitive members and act on the photosensitive members, a light emission section that forms an electrostatic latent image for detection on the photosensitive member and a detection section that detects that the electrostatic latent image passes through a position facing the process unit, and a control section that performs misregistration correction control based on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehiro Uchiyama, Takateru Ohkubo, Kenji Watanabe, Ken-ichi Iida, Toshiaki Sako, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Hiromitsu Kumada
  • Publication number: 20130207999
    Abstract: To display an image list stored in a memory with good visibility and to display the image list at a high speed, an image display device reads an image file in an Exif format, extracts a thumbnail image included in the image file in the Exif format, and generates a displayed image having a predetermined size and a square shape, thus displaying it in the image list. It is possible to improve visibility in displaying the image file aligning square-shaped displayed image having the same size while precluding blanks. It is possible to perform high-speed processing in producing an image list using thumbnail images included in image files in the Exif format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20130004204
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hagiwara, Takamitsu Soda, Akinobu Hirayama, Hiromitsu Kumada, Yoshiko Kubo, Takateru Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 8137484
    Abstract: The present invention provides steel superior in machinability comprised of, by wt %, C: 0.005 to 0.2%, Si: 0.001 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 3.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.2%, S: 0.03 to 1.0%, T.N: 0.002 to 0.02%, T.O: 0.0005 to 0.035%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, said steel satisfying one or both of Mn/S in the steel being 1.2 to 2.8 or an area ratio of pearlite over a grain size of 1 ?m in a microstructure of the steel being not more than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Atsushi Mizuno, Kenichiro Naito, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Kohichi Isobe, Hiroshi Hirata