Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ogushi
Hiroshi Ogushi 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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Publication number: 20170163833Abstract: An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document set on a reading surface, a pressing plate capable of opening and closing relative to the reading surface, and an operation device provided on an upper surface of the pressing plate and including a plurality of capacitance touch switches each having a backlight. A control unit of the apparatus changes states of the backlights according to operation modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasushi Ishida, Noboru Shimoyama, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Yoshinori Inukai, Junichiro Shimamura, Nobuhiro Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9203404Abstract: An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Hiroshi Ogushi, Noboru Shimoyama, Yasushi Ishida
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Patent number: 8792143Abstract: A touch panel includes a ring-like shaped light-transmissive portion. A ring-shaped diffusion surface is formed on the bottom surface of a light guide element. The ring-like shape includes a second region provided at a location corresponding to two light sources adjacent to a first region corresponding to one light source. A distance from a location of the ring-shaped light-transmissive portion to a periphery of the ring close to the light source is greater in the second region than in the first region. Light emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element is diffusion-reflected on the diffusion surface and a part of the diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Ishida, Hiroshi Ogushi, Noboru Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20140092624Abstract: An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Hiroshi Ogushi, Noboru Shimoyama, Yasushi Ishida
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Patent number: 8634111Abstract: A plurality of touch switches includes a first switch and a second switch provided adjacent to each other. A distance between an electrode and a surface of a cover at the location of the first switch is smaller than a distance between an electrode and the surface of the cover at the location of the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Ishida, Noboru Shimoyama, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto
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Patent number: 8625169Abstract: An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Hiroshi Ogushi, Noboru Shimoyama, Yasushi Ishida
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Patent number: 8564848Abstract: On a bottom surface of a light guide element of an operation device including a panel with a light-transmissive portion, a reflection portion is formed in a first region thereof, which is close to a light source, and a first diffusion surface is formed in a second region of the bottom surface of the light guide element, which is a region distant from the light source. A light-incident side of the light guide element is a non-diffusion surface. Sides other than the light-incident side are second diffusion surfaces. Light that has been emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element via the light-incident side is totally reflected and is then guided to the first and the second diffusion surfaces and a part of diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noboru Shimoyama, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasushi Ishida
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Patent number: 8564847Abstract: A graphic that indicates a switch is formed on a panel at a location corresponding to a first light guide element. A character to be displayed via the panel is formed on a second light guide element. The first light guide element is supported on a substrate, in close contact with an electrode, via a sheet-like shaped attaching member, and the second light guide element is supported by a base material without being supported on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noboru Shimoyama, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasushi Ishida, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto
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Patent number: 8523305Abstract: An apparatus includes a printing unit which is disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet, an lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism, and a camera which is attached to the lid and configured to read an image on a document while the lid is open, wherein the sheet having the image formed by the printing unit is discharged on the lid, and when the lid is opened, the camera can read the document which is placed at a reading position below the camera.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Saito, Masaaki Ishibashi, Daijirou Nagasaki, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Shigeyuki Sugiyama, Haruyuki Yanagi, Takeji Niikura
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Patent number: 8456714Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiko Ikeda, Haruyuki Yanagi, Masaaki Ishibashi, Kenichi Nishimura, Sakiko Takizawa, Naofumi Sekine, Hiroshi Ogushi, Takeji Niikura, Tetsuya Saito, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Shigeyuki Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8282206Abstract: A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Haruyuki Yanagi, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Ogushi, Tetsuya Saito, Takeji Niikura, Masaaki Ishibashi, Kenichi Nishimura, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Shigeyuki Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8081352Abstract: An image reading/recording apparatus which can prevent a reading unit from closing abruptly and reduce the force required to open the reading unit is to be provided. The apparatus is equipped with a damper unit which links the apparatus body and the scanner unit and the working direction of whose force is reversed on the way of the turning of the scanner unit, and a metal-made supporting member which is arranged in the apparatus body and supports the damper unit in a state in which the scanner unit is closed relative to the apparatus body.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Ogushi, Nozomu Nishiberi, Masaaki Ishihara, Tetsuya Saito, Nobuhiro Toki, Masahiro Kawanishi, Tomoko Ueno
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Publication number: 20110299129Abstract: A touch panel includes a ring-like shaped light-transmissive portion. A ring-shaped diffusion surface is formed on the bottom surface of a light guide element. The ring-like shape includes a second region provided at a location corresponding to two light sources adjacent to a first region corresponding to one light source. A distance from a location of the ring-shaped light-transmissive portion to a periphery of the ring close to the light source is greater in the second region than in the first region. Light emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element is diffusion-reflected on the diffusion surface and a part of the diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasushi Ishida, Hiroshi Ogushi, Noboru Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20110299134Abstract: On a bottom surface of a light guide element, a reflection portion is formed in a first region thereof, which is close to a light source, and a first diffusion surface is formed in a second region of the bottom surface of the light guide element, which is a region distant from the light source. A light-incident side of the light guide element is a non-diffusion surface. Sides other than the light-incident side are second diffusion surfaces. Light that has been emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element via the light-incident side is totally reflected and is then guided to the first and the second diffusion surfaces and a part of diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion of the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noboru Shimoyama, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasushi Ishida
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Publication number: 20110299142Abstract: A graphic that indicates a switch is formed on a panel at a location corresponding to a first light guide element. A character to be displayed via the panel is formed on a second light guide element. The first light guide element is supported on a substrate, in close contact with an electrode, via a sheet-like shaped attaching member, and the second light guide element is supported by a base material without being supported on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noboru Shimoyama, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasushi Ishida, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto
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Publication number: 20110242612Abstract: An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Hiroshi Ogushi, Noboru Shimoyama, Yasushi Ishida
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Publication number: 20110242613Abstract: A plurality of touch switches includes a first switch and a second switch provided adjacent to each other. A distance between an electrode and a surface of a cover at the location of the first switch is smaller than a distance between an electrode and the surface of the cover at the location of the second switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasushi Ishida, Noboru Shimoyama, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto
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Publication number: 20110242571Abstract: An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document set on a reading surface, a pressing plate capable of opening and closing relative to the reading surface, and an operation device provided on an upper surface of the pressing plate and including a plurality of capacitance touch switches each having a backlight. A control unit of the apparatus changes states of the backlights according to operation modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasushi Ishida, Noboru Shimoyama, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Yoshinori Inukai, Junichiro Shimamura, Nobuhiro Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20100097667Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiko Ikeda, Haruyuki Yanagi, Masaaki Ishibashi, Kenichi Nishimura, Sakiko Takizawa, Naofumi Sekine, Hiroshi Ogushi, Takeji Niikura, Tetsuya Saito, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Shigeyuki Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20100066796Abstract: A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruyuki Yanagi, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Ogushi, Tetsuya Saito, Takeji Niikura, Masaaki Ishibashi, Kenichi Nishimura, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Shigeyuki Sugiyama