Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kataoka
Hiroshi Kataoka 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: 11902475Abstract: A diagnostic system may comprise an image forming apparatus that forms a diagnostic image on a sheet and an image capturing apparatus that captures an image of the sheet on which the diagnostic image is formed and which has been discharged from the image forming apparatus, and outputs the image captured as a sheet image. The image capturing apparatus may make a diagnosis for a component of the image forming apparatus based on a position of an image deficiency in the sheet image, and output a diagnosis result for the component of the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahide Hirai, Kuniaki Kasuga, Shun-ichi Ebihara, Mahito Yoshioka, Hiroshi Kataoka
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Publication number: 20230354868Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dried grain-like granular product suppressing caloric intake, and having texture close to that of cooked rice. Another object of the present invention is to provide a dried grain-like granular product that can not only be used as a replacement of a part of cooked rice but can also be singly used. A dried grain-like granular product that can be eaten by cooking with heat, containing a resistant starch in a content of 20 to 80% by weight with respect to the entire amount, and a dried grain-like granular product further containing a non-resistant starch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi KATAOKA, Kunihiko YOSHIDA, Yoshimi IWASAKI, Masashi KOMATSU
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Patent number: 11809104Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes an image heating portion including a heater, a tubular film having an inner surface in contact with the heater, and a pressure member that is in contact with the outer surface of the film and forms a nip portion for conveying a recording material between the outer surface and the pressure member. The image heating portion heats an unfixed toner image on the recording material by the heater. A temperature detection portion detects the temperature of the heater. A control portion controls electric power to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion is maintained at a predetermined control target temperature. An obtainment portion obtains image information for forming the unfixed toner image. The control target temperature is set, based on the image information, for each of a plurality of regions defined by dividing the recording material in the conveying direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Kataoka
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Publication number: 20220206417Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes an image heating portion including a heater, a tubular film having an inner surface in contact with the heater, and a pressure member that is in contact with the outer surface of the film and forms a nip portion for conveying a recording material between the outer surface and the pressure member. The image heating portion heats an unfixed toner image on the recording material by the heater. A temperature detection portion detects the temperature of the heater. A control portion controls electric power to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion is maintained at a predetermined control target temperature. An obtainment portion obtains image information for forming the unfixed toner image. The control target temperature is set, based on the image information, for each of a plurality of regions defined by dividing the recording material in the conveying direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventor: Hiroshi Kataoka
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Patent number: 11320768Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes an image heating portion including a heater, a tubular film having an inner surface in contact with the heater, and a pressure member that is in contact with the outer surface of the film and forms a nip portion for conveying a recording material between the outer surface and the pressure member. The image heating portion heats an unfixed toner image on the recording material by the heater. A temperature detection portion detects the temperature of the heater. A control portion controls electric power to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion is maintained at a predetermined control target temperature. An obtainment portion obtains image information for forming the unfixed toner image. The control target temperature is set, based on the image information, for each of a plurality of regions defined by dividing the recording material in the conveying direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Kataoka
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Patent number: 11029627Abstract: In a fixing apparatus 200 having a heater 300 capable of selectively causing a plurality of heat generating blocks divided in a longitudinal direction of a substrate 305 to generate heat, an energization control portion 400 acquires, when performing a fixing operation, a cumulative amount of heat generation in each of a plurality of heating areas, a cumulative rotation time of a pressure roller 208, and information on a recording material that passes through a fixing nip portion, and controls energization of heat generating elements 302a and 302b on the basis of the acquired information.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Atsushi Iwasaki, Hirokazu Okugawa, Munehito Kurata
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Publication number: 20210132529Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes an image heating portion including a heater, a tubular film having an inner surface in contact with the heater, and a pressure member that is in contact with the outer surface of the film and forms a nip portion for conveying a recording material between the outer surface and the pressure member. The image heating portion heats an unfixed toner image on the recording material by the heater. A temperature detection portion detects the temperature of the heater. A control portion controls electric power to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion is maintained at a predetermined control target temperature. An obtainment portion obtains image information for forming the unfixed toner image. The control target temperature is set, based on the image information, for each of a plurality of regions defined by dividing the recording material in the conveying direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Hiroshi Kataoka
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Publication number: 20200174409Abstract: In a fixing apparatus 200 having a heater 300 capable of selectively causing a plurality of heat generating blocks divided in a longitudinal direction of a substrate 305 to generate heat, an energization control portion 400 acquires, when performing a fixing operation, a cumulative amount of heat generation in each of a plurality of heating areas, a cumulative rotation time of a pressure roller 208, and information on a recording material that passes through a fixing nip portion, and controls energization of heat generating elements 302a and 302b on the basis of the acquired information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Atsushi Iwasaki, Hirokazu Okugawa, Munehito Kurata
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Patent number: 10179500Abstract: An ejector-type refrigeration cycle includes an ejector module integrated with a gas-liquid separation device. A length of an inlet pipe that connects a liquid-phase refrigerant outflow port of an ejector module to a refrigerant inflow port of an evaporator is shorter than a length of a suction pipe that connects a gas-phase refrigerant outflow port of the ejector module to a suction port of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Shun Kurata, Isamu Takasugi, Haruyuki Nishijima, Youhei Nagano, Yoshiyuki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10162303Abstract: A fixing apparatus fixes a toner image on a recording material by conveying and heating the recording material at a nip portion, and includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member configured to form the nip portion with the first rotating member, the first and second rotating members being arranged such that rotation of the second rotating member causes rotation of the first rotating member, a frame configured to support the second rotating member, so as to be rotatable and an opening and closing part arranged to open and close relative to the frame on the downstream side of the nip portion in the conveyance direction of the recoding material, the opening and closing part having a duct through which air flows.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Eiji Uekawa, Keisuke Mochizuki, Naoto Tsuchihashi, Takayuki Mizuta
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Publication number: 20180181037Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a tubular film, a heater including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being to contact an inner surface of the film, a supporting member including a supporting surface for supporting the heater from a side of the second surface, and a heat conductive member arranged between the second surface of the heater and the supporting surface of the supporting member, wherein a toner image is fixed on a recording material with heat of the heater via the film, and wherein the heat conductive member is attached to at least one of the second surface of the heater and the supporting surface of the supporting member via an adhesive member including silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive or silicone-based adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Teruhiko Namiki, Yusuke Nakashima
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Patent number: 9851669Abstract: A fixing device includes first and second members, a frame supporting the second member, and two pressure mechanisms provided on either end of the first member. The mechanism includes a lever having one end supported by the frame in a rotatable manner in a pressure direction, and a helical compression spring disposed between a first spring support provided on the other end of the lever and a second spring support on the frame. At least one of the first and second spring supports includes a first area and a second area closer to the spring in the axial direction than the first area, the first area is in contact with an area of the spring close to a winding end of the spring, and the second area is in contact with an area of the spring farther away from the winding end in a winding direction than the first area.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Moriya, Hideki Ohta, Takayuki Mizuta, Naoto Tsuchihashi, Eiji Uekawa, Hiroshi Kataoka, Keisuke Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20170232822Abstract: An ejector-type refrigeration cycle includes an ejector module integrated with a gas-liquid separation device. The ejector module is disposed outside an area that overlaps with an engine when viewed from a vehicular upper side. Further, the ejector module may be disposed outside an area overlapping with the engine when viewed from the vehicular front side, and the ejector module may be disposed outside of side members in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Isamu TAKASUGI, Hiroshi KATAOKA, Haruyuki NISHIJIMA, Yoshiyuki YOKOYAMA, Youhei NAGANO
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Publication number: 20170232821Abstract: An ejector-type refrigeration cycle includes an ejector module integrated with a gas-liquid separation device. A length of an inlet pipe that connects a liquid-phase refrigerant outflow port of an ejector module to a refrigerant inflow port of an evaporator is shorter than a length of a suction pipe that connects a gas-phase refrigerant outflow port of the ejector module to a suction port of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi KATAOKA, Shun KURATA, Isamu TAKASUGI, Haruyuki NISHIJIMA, Youhei NAGANO, Yoshiyuki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20170225543Abstract: An ejector-type refrigeration cycle includes an ejector module integrated with a gas-liquid separation device. A length of a suction pipe that connects a gas-phase refrigerant outflow port of the ejector module to a suction port of a compressor is set to be shorter than a length of an outlet pipe that connects a refrigerant outflow port of an evaporator to a refrigerant suction port of the ejector module. A pressure loss that occurs when a refrigerant flows in the suction pipe may be set to be lower than a pressure loss that occurs when the refrigerant flows in an outlet pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Shun KURATA, Yoshiyuki YOKOYAMA, Youhei NAGANO, Haruyuki NISHIJIMA, Isamu TAKASUGI, Hiroshi KATAOKA
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Patent number: 9501007Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material has an image forming unit configured to form the toner image on the recording material; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording material while heating and conveying the recording material bearing the toner image at a nip portion, the fixing unit including a heating rotation member and a roller forming the nip portion with the heating rotation member; and a voltage applying unit configured to apply a potential difference between a surface of the heating rotation member and a surface of the roller, wherein a plurality of print modes different in conveyance speed of the recording material at the nip portion are carried out, and wherein the voltage applying unit applies the potential difference smaller in a first print mode than the potential difference in a second print mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eiji Uekawa, Hiroshi Kataoka, Keisuke Mochizuki, Naoto Tsuchihashi
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Patent number: 9477191Abstract: A fixing device includes: a cylindrical film; a nip forming member; and a back-up member for forming a nip. The nip forming member includes a projected portion. The projection amount of the projected portion is smaller in an end portion region positioned at an end portion of the projected portion with respect to a generatrix direction of the film than in a central region positioned at a central portion of the projected portion with respect to the generatrix direction, at least a part of the end portion region being inside a feeding region of a maximum-sized recording material usable in the fixing device. With respect to the recording material feeding direction, the width of the part of the projected portion inside the nip is broader in the end portion region than in the central region.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriaki Sato, Yasutaka Yagi, Hiroshi Kataoka, Eiji Uekawa, Keisuke Mochizuki, Shuji Saito, Naoto Tsuchihashi
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Publication number: 20160223959Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material has an image forming unit configured to form the toner image on the recording material; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording material while heating and conveying the recording material bearing the toner image at a nip portion, the fixing unit including a heating rotation member and a roller forming the nip portion with the heating rotation member; and a voltage applying unit configured to apply a potential difference between a surface of the heating rotation member and a surface of the roller, wherein a plurality of print modes different in conveyance speed of the recording material at the nip portion are carried out, and wherein the voltage applying unit applies the potential difference smaller in a first print mode than the potential difference in a second print mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Eiji Uekawa, Hiroshi Kataoka, Keisuke Mochizuki, Naoto Tsuchihashi
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Publication number: 20160223962Abstract: A fixing apparatus fixes a toner image on a recording material by conveying and heating the recording material at a nip portion, and includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member configured to form the nip portion with the first rotating member, the first and second rotating members being arranged such that rotation of the second rotating member causes rotation of the first rotating member, a frame configured to support the second rotating member, so as to be rotatable and an opening and closing part arranged to open and close relative to the frame on the downstream side of the nip portion in the conveyance direction of the recoding material, the opening and closing part having a duct through which air flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Eiji Uekawa, Keisuke Mochizuki, Naoto Tsuchihashi, Takayuki Mizuta
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Publication number: 20160223971Abstract: A fixing device includes first and second members, a frame supporting the second member, and two pressure mechanisms provided on either end of the first member. The mechanism includes a lever having one end supported by the frame in a rotatable manner in a pressure direction, and a helical compression spring disposed between a first spring support provided on the other end of the lever and a second spring support on the frame. At least one of the first and second spring supports includes a first area and a second area closer to the spring in the axial direction than the first area, the first area is in contact with an area of the spring close to a winding end of the spring, and the second area is in contact with an area of the spring farther away from the winding end in a winding direction than the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Jiro Moriya, Hideki Ohta, Takayuki Mizuta, Naoto Tsuchihashi, Eiji Uekawa, Hiroshi Kataoka, Keisuke Mochizuki