Patents by Inventor Keisuke MIYAUCHI

Keisuke MIYAUCHI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11985284
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mokuo, Noriyuki Koyanagi, Keiichiro Fukumasu, Keisuke Miyauchi, Naoki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20240110335
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation section that accumulates a material containing fibers by an air flow to form a web; a transport section that performs transport; a humidification section that performs humidification; and a pressurization section that performs pressurization and compression into a sheet shape, with respect to the formed web, in which the humidification section includes an intake port that takes in air, a tank that stores water, a mist generation section that generates mist from the water, an exhaust port that exhausts the mist and the air toward the web, an air duct which is provided between the intake port and the tank and through which the air passes, and a duct which is provided between the tank and the exhaust port and through which the mist and the air pass, the duct includes a first duct provided above the tank, a second duct coupled to the first duct, and a third duct provided between the second duct and the exhaust port, and a first top surfa
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Akira HASHIMOTO, Naoto ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20240110334
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation section that accumulates a material containing fibers by an air flow to form a web; a transport section that transports the web in a first direction; a humidification section that humidifies the web; and a pressurization section that pressurizes the web humidified by the humidification section and compresses the web into a sheet shape, in which the humidification section includes an intake port that takes in air, a tank that stores water, a mist generation section that generates mist from the water, and an exhaust port that exhausts the mist and the air toward the web, and a position of the exhaust port is shifted in the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a position of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Akira HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230319211
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MOKUO, Noriyuki KOYANAGI, Keiichiro FUKUMASU, Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Naoki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230276003
    Abstract: A scanner includes the following features. A first driven roller sandwiches a document together with a first drive roller and is capable of rotating in a driven manner. A second driven roller sandwiches a document together with a second drive roller and is capable of rotating in a driven manner. A driving unit rotationally drives the first drive roller and the second drive roller. A transmission unit transmits a rotational force from one of the first driven roller and the second driven roller to another of the first driven roller and the second driven roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhito NODA, Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Kiyotaka NAKAMURA, Shuichi KADOTA, Hidenori HARADA
  • Patent number: 11716432
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mokuo, Noriyuki Koyanagi, Keiichiro Fukumasu, Keisuke Miyauchi, Naoki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11558528
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a main body, a touch panel, a document transport path, a feed tray, a feed roller, a separation unit, a reader, a discharge roller, a discharge tray, and a mounting table. The mounting table is provided on an upper side of the main body and includes an upper surface. The mounting table is located at an outer face of the main body, the upper surface serves as a mounting surface on which the source document to be fed or the source document that has been read is mounted. The mounting surface is located at a position higher than an upstream end of the feed tray when the source document is mounted on the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 11516360
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an output tray that receives a medium which is output thereon; an output roller pair that outputs the medium onto the output tray; an output-tray posture switching portion that switches a posture of the output tray with respect to the apparatus body; and an output-direction switching portion that switches an output direction of the medium by using the output roller pair. The output roller pair includes an output driving roller, and an output driven roller that nips the medium between the output driven roller and the output driving roller and that follows the rotation of the output driving roller. The output-direction switching portion switches the output direction of the medium by displacing a rotation center of the output driven roller around a rotation center of the output driving roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Miyauchi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Shinsuke Kogi
  • Patent number: 11477336
    Abstract: An image reader includes a curvature forming unit that contacts a medium upstream of a nip position between a feeding roller and a separating roller, and forms a curvature of the medium in a width direction that intersects a feeding direction. The curvature forming unit is capable of switching between a first state in which a curvature is formed in a medium and a second state positioned in a direction that is retracted from a feeding path of the medium compared to the first state. The curvature forming unit is associated with posture switching of the device body, and is brought to the second state when the device body takes a first device posture, and is brought to the first state when the device body takes the second device posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Miyauchi, Akifumi Sugano
  • Patent number: 11459198
    Abstract: A medium feeding apparatus includes a pickup roller that feeds a medium from a medium mount section. A support member supports a pickup roller and swings around a swing axis to switch between a feeding position and a non-feeding position. A separation roller separates the medium from other media. A feed roller feeds the medium toward the downstream end. The separation and feed rollers are disposed downstream of the pickup roller. A control section controls a position of the support member. After the pickup roller and the feed roller start rotating, when the control section determines that the separation roller stops rotating or returns the medium by rotating in a reverse direction, based on a detection signal from a rotation sensing section configured to detect rotation of the separation roller, the control section causes the support member to switch from the feeding position to the non-feeding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke. Miyauchi, Kazuhiko Arimori
  • Patent number: 11388306
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mokuo, Noriyuki Koyanagi, Keiichiro Fukumasu, Keisuke Miyauchi, Naoki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11363156
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a reader configured to read an image of a document to be transported; a cleaning section configured to clean a reading surface of the reader, a drive source for performing a cleaning operation of the reading surface by the cleaning section; and a control unit configured to control the drive source, wherein when the control unit detects dirt on the reading surface based on data received from the reader, the control unit controls the drive source to perform the cleaning operation by the cleaning section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taiki Hanagami, Shinsuke Kogi, Junichiro Higuma, Keisuke Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20220174173
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MOKUO, Noriyuki KOYANAGI, Keiichiro FUKUMASU, Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Naoki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220166898
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a main body, a touch panel, a document transport path, a feed tray, a feed roller, a separation unit, a reader, a discharge roller, a discharge tray, and a mounting table. The mounting table is provided on an upper side of the main body and includes an upper surface. The mounting table is located at an outer face of the main body, the upper surface serves as a mounting surface on which the source document to be fed or the source document that has been read is mounted. The mounting surface is located at a position higher than an upstream end of the feed tray when the source document is mounted on the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Keisuke MIYAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11283959
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first medium support section, a casing, a reading unit, and a posture switching section. The first medium support section supports a medium to be fed. The casing includes a reading unit that performs reading on the medium fed from the first medium support section. The reading unit performs reading on the medium fed from the medium support section. The posture switching section is configured to switch between a first posture in which the casing is inclined obliquely and a second posture in which the casing is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction more than in the first posture. An upper face of the casing is configured to be utilized as a second medium support section that is configured to mount the medium when the casing is in the second posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20220038591
    Abstract: An image reader includes a curvature forming unit that contacts a medium upstream of a nip position between a feeding roller and a separating roller, and forms a curvature of the medium in a width direction that intersects a feeding direction. The curvature forming unit is capable of switching between a first state in which a curvature is formed in a medium and a second state positioned in a direction that is retracted from a feeding path of the medium compared to the first state. The curvature forming unit is associated with posture switching of the device body, and is brought to the second state when the device body takes a first device posture, and is brought to the first state when the device body takes the second device posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Akifumi SUGANO
  • Publication number: 20210329141
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an output tray that receives a medium which is output thereon; an output roller pair that outputs the medium onto the output tray; an output-tray posture switching portion that switches a posture of the output tray with respect to the apparatus body; and an output-direction switching portion that switches an output direction of the medium by using the output roller pair. The output roller pair includes an output driving roller, and an output driven roller that nips the medium between the output driven roller and the output driving roller and that follows the rotation of the output driving roller. The output-direction switching portion switches the output direction of the medium by displacing a rotation center of the output driven roller around a rotation center of the output driving roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA, Shinsuke KOGI
  • Publication number: 20210306503
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a reader configured to read an image of a document to be transported; a cleaning section configured to clean a reading surface of the reader, a drive source for performing a cleaning operation of the reading surface by the cleaning section; and a control unit configured to control the drive source, wherein when the control unit detects dirt on the reading surface based on data received from the reader, the control unit controls the drive source to perform the cleaning operation by the cleaning section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Taiki HANAGAMI, Shinsuke KOGI, Junichiro HIGUMA, Keisuke MIYAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11095790
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an output tray that receives a medium which is output thereon; an output roller pair that outputs the medium onto the output tray; an output-tray posture switching portion that switches a posture of the output tray with respect to the apparatus body; and an output-direction switching portion that switches an output direction of the medium by using the output roller pair. The output roller pair includes an output driving roller, and an output driven roller that nips the medium between the output driven roller and the output driving roller and that follows the rotation of the output driving roller. The output-direction switching portion switches the output direction of the medium by displacing a rotation center of the output driven roller around a rotation center of the output driving roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Miyauchi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Shinsuke Kogi
  • Publication number: 20200358920
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first medium support section, a casing, a reading unit, and a posture switching section. The first medium support section supports a medium to be fed. The casing includes a reading unit that performs reading on the medium fed from the first medium support section. The reading unit performs reading on the medium fed from the medium support section. The posture switching section is configured to switch between a first posture in which the casing is inclined obliquely and a second posture in which the casing is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction more than in the first posture. An upper face of the casing is configured to be utilized as a second medium support section that is configured to mount the medium when the casing is in the second posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Keisuke MIYAUCHI