Patents by Inventor Koichi Kudo
Koichi Kudo 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: 20200171846Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path for the conveyed object; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member for the corresponding liquid ejection head unit and is configured to output a detection result indicating a position of the conveyed object with respect to a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; and a moving unit configured to move each liquid ejection head unit based on the detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki HAYASHI, Tsuyoshi NAGASU, Masayuki SUNAOSHI, Koichi KUDO, Masahiro MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20200171854Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that are configured to eject liquid onto a conveyed object that is being conveyed; a detection unit that is provided with respect to each liquid ejection head unit of the plurality of liquid ejection head units and is configured to output a detection result indicating at least one of a position, a moving speed, and an amount of movement of the conveyed object with respect to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; and a control unit configured to control each liquid ejection head unit of the plurality of liquid ejection head units to eject the liquid based on the detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki SUNAOSHI, Tsuyoshi NAGASU, Tomoaki HAYASHI, Koichi KUDO, Masahiro MIZUNO
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Patent number: 10603097Abstract: A treatment energy application structure includes a flexible substrate having an electric resistance pattern and a lead wire connection portion. A heat transfer plate faces the flexible substrate and transfers heat to the body tissue. An insulating adhesive sheet is interposed between the flexible substrate and the heat transfer plate. The insulating adhesive sheet comprises a first area to cover an entire surface of the electric resistance pattern and the heat transfer plate and a second area protruding from the heat transfer plate to cover a part of the lead wire connection portion. The heat transfer plate has a chamfered corner facing the insulating adhesive sheet. An adhesive may adhere the second area to at least one of the heat transfer plate and the substrate. The insulating adhesive sheet may adhere the substrate to both the heat transfer plate and the bridge portion of a cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Koichi Kudo
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Publication number: 20200034592Abstract: An information processing system including a circuitry configured to detect first identification information used to identify a job, generate second identification information associated with the first identification information, and create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime KAWASAKI, Makoto AOKI, Takeshi OGAWA, Koichi KUDO
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Publication number: 20190315586Abstract: A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first detector to detect an angle deviation of a recording medium to a sheet conveying direction, a second detector to detect a lateral shift of the recording medium to a width direction, a third detector to detect at least one of the angle deviation and the lateral shift after correction of the angle deviation detected by the first detector and the lateral shift detected by the second detector, and a rotary body to perform a primary movement by (1) rotating in the sheet conveying direction and returning to a reference position and by (2) moving in the width direction and returning to the reference position, and a secondary movement by performing at least one of (1) and (2) after the primary movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jun YAMANE, Hiromichi MATSUDA, Katsuaki MIYAWAKI, Koichi KUDO, Tetsuo WATANABE, Toshihiro OKAMOTO, Hideyuki TAKAYAMA, Atsuyuki OYAMADA
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Patent number: 10358311Abstract: A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first detector to detect an angle deviation of a recording medium to a sheet conveying direction, a second detector to detect a lateral shift of the recording medium to a width direction, a third detector to detect at least one of the angle deviation and the lateral shift after correction of the angle deviation detected by the first detector and the lateral shift detected by the second detector, and a rotary body to perform a primary movement by (1) rotating in the sheet conveying direction and returning to a reference position and by (2) moving in the width direction and returning to the reference position, and a secondary movement by performing at least one of (1) and (2) after the primary movement.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jun Yamane, Hiromichi Matsuda, Katsuaki Miyawaki, Koichi Kudo, Tetsuo Watanabe, Toshihiro Okamoto, Hideyuki Takayama, Atsuyuki Oyamada
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Publication number: 20190210805Abstract: A method includes acquiring starting position information of moving bodies; acquiring destination position information of movement destinations; acquiring path information indicating paths on which the moving bodies can move; calculating, for each moving body, a minimum movement amount required for the moving body to move on a path from the starting position to each movement destination, based on the starting position information, the destination position information, and the path information; allocating a movement destination not allocated to any moving body to a moving body that has a minimum movement amount being the smallest of the minimum movement amounts and that has no allocation of any movement destination; further allocating, when there is a movement destination not allocated to the moving body on a movement route, the not-allocated movement destination to the allocated moving body; and determining movement routes of the moving bodies based on the allocation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshihiro OKAMOTO, Koichi KUDO, Ichiro MAEDA, Takayoshi YOKOTA, Tsubasa TAMURA
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Patent number: 10336063Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head to discharge liquid onto a conveyed object, at least one light source to irradiate the conveyed object with light having a high relative intensity in a range of wavelength in which a relative reflectance of the liquid is high, and a detector including at least one optical sensor to perform imaging of the conveyed object being irradiated by the at least one light source, to generate data. The detector is configured to generate a detection result based on the data. The detection result including at least one of a conveyance amount of the conveyed object and a conveyance speed of the conveyed object.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hanako Bando, Koichi Kudo, Tsuyoshi Nagasu
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Publication number: 20190143675Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a first detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member and is configured to detect a position of the conveyed object in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; a second detection unit that is installed upstream of the first detection unit; and a movement control unit that moves each liquid ejection head unit based on a plurality of detection results output by the first detection unit and/or the second detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi NAGASU, Tomoaki HAYASHI, Masayuki SUNAOSHI, Koichi KUDO, Masahiro MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190110831Abstract: A treatment tool includes: a pair of openable/closable jaws; a substrate provided on at least one of the jaws; a wiring pattern provided on one surface of the substrate in a state of being electrically insulated from the substrate, the wiring pattern including an electric resistance pattern configured to generate heat when a current is carried to the electric resistance pattern, and a connecting section configured to be electrically continuous to the electric resistance pattern; and a heat transfer plate disposed facing the one surface and configured to transfer, to a living tissue, the heat in contact with the living tissue; and a lead wire configured to be a current-carrying path to the wiring pattern, the lead wire being positioned on a side separated from the heat transfer plate with respect to the wiring pattern and being electrically connected to the connecting section from the separated side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi KUDO
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Patent number: 10207494Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a first detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member and is configured to detect a position of the conveyed object in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; a second detection unit that is installed upstream of the first detection unit; and a movement control unit that moves each liquid ejection head unit based on a plurality of detection results output by the first detection unit and/or the second detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Tomoaki Hayashi, Masayuki Sunaoshi, Koichi Kudo, Masahiro Mizuno
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Patent number: 10121040Abstract: A recognition apparatus includes one or more processors, a memory to store a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to extract an optically-readable symbol from an optically captured image including an image of the optically-readable symbol, the optically-readable symbol including a first cell line having a plurality of first cells, and one or more second cell lines each having one or more second cells, each of the one or more second cell lines connected to respective ones of the plurality of first cells of the first cell line, recognize first information expressed by the first cell line included in the extracted optically-readable symbol, recognize second information expressed by the one or more second cell lines included in the extracted optically-readable symbol, and acquire identification information included in the optically-readable symbol based at least in part on the first information and the second information.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Koichi Kudo, Toshihiro Okamoto, Tamon Sadasue, Ken Oikawa, Hanako Bando, Daisuke Maeda
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Publication number: 20180272694Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object, a head unit to perform an operation on the conveyed object being conveyed at a first conveyance speed, a sensor to acquire data of the conveyed object, a gauge to output a measured travel amount of the conveyed object, and a processor. The processor includes a calculator to calculate a detection result including at least one of a position, a speed of travel, and a calculated travel amount of the conveyed object based on the data acquired by the sensor; and an adjusting unit to adjust a timing of acquisition of the data acquired while the conveyed object is conveyed at the first conveyance speed, based on the detection result and the measured travel amount of the conveyed object being conveyed at a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunobu Gohda, Tomoaki Hayashi, Masahiro Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Koichi Kudo, Masayuki Sunaoshi
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Patent number: 10040278Abstract: A conveyed object detection apparatus includes an optical sensor configured to receive light reflected by a conveyed object; a detection unit configured to use the optical sensor to acquire a detection result indicating a position, a moving speed, or a moved amount of the conveyed object in at least one of a conveyance direction in which the conveyed object is conveyed and a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, or a combination of the position, the moving speed, and the moved amount; and a setting unit configured to set an aperture value and an exposure time concerning the optical sensor based on the detection result.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Koichi Kudo
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Patent number: 9983531Abstract: A moving-member detecting device includes an image acquiring unit and a speed calculating unit. The image acquiring unit includes a light source configured to emit a light beam to a detecting position of a moving member; an area sensor configured to acquire image data of a one- or two-dimensional image; and an area-sensor control unit configured to acquire the image data. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire pieces of image data of the moving member at first and second positions, respectively, in a moving direction of the moving member so as to acquire the piece of position image data for the second position when the moving member is at the second position after acquiring the piece of image data for the first position. The speed calculating unit is configured to calculate a moving speed of the moving member from the pieces of image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Koichi Kudo, Koji Masuda, Hiroyoshi Funato, Takeshi Ueda, Yasuhiro Nihei, Atsushi Takaura
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Publication number: 20180022088Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head to discharge liquid onto a conveyed object, at least one light source to irradiate the conveyed object with light having a high relative intensity in a range of wavelength in which a relative reflectance of the liquid is high, and a detector including at least one optical sensor to perform imaging of the conveyed object being irradiated by the at least one light source, to generate data. The detector is configured to generate a detection result based on the data. The detection result including at least one of a conveyance amount of the conveyed object and a conveyance speed of the conveyed object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hanako BANDO, Koichi KUDO, Tsuyoshi NAGASU
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Publication number: 20170367750Abstract: A treatment energy application structure includes a flexible substrate having an electric resistance pattern and a lead wire connection portion. A heat transfer plate faces the flexible substrate and transfers heat to the body tissue. An insulating adhesive sheet is interposed between the flexible substrate and the heat transfer plate. The insulating adhesive sheet comprises a first area to cover an entire surface of the electric resistance pattern and the heat transfer plate and a second area protruding from the heat transfer plate to cover a part of the lead wire connection portion. The heat transfer plate has a chamfered corner facing the insulating adhesive sheet. An adhesive may adhere the second area to at least one of the heat transfer plate and the substrate. The insulating adhesive sheet may adhere the substrate to both the heat transfer plate and the bridge portion of a cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventor: Koichi Kudo
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Publication number: 20170355205Abstract: A conveyed object detector includes first and second image obtaining units disposed at first and second positions different in a conveyance direction, to image a conveyed object to obtain first and second image data; respectively; a recognition unit to recognize an object adhering to the first and second image obtaining units based on imaging at the first and second positions to generate first and second stain data, respectively; a removal unit to remove the first and second stain data from the first and second image data, respectively; and a calculator to generate at least one of a position, a movement amount, and a moving speed of the conveyed object based on first and second corrected image data. Each of the first and second image obtaining units include a light source, an area sensor, and an optical element disposed between the area sensor and the conveyed object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Tobita, Koichi Kudo
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Publication number: 20170341892Abstract: A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first detector to detect an angle deviation of a recording medium to a sheet conveying direction, a second detector to detect a lateral shift of the recording medium to a width direction, a third detector to detect at least one of the angle deviation and the lateral shift after correction of the angle deviation detected by the first detector and the lateral shift detected by the second detector, and a rotary body to perform a primary movement by (1) rotating in the sheet conveying direction and returning to a reference position and by (2) moving in the width direction and returning to the reference position, and a secondary movement by performing at least one of (1) and (2) after the primary movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jun Yamane, Hiromichi Matsuda, Katsuaki Miyawaki, Koichi Kudo, Tetsuo Watanabe, Toshihiro Okamoto, Hideyuki Takayama, Atsuyuki Oyamada
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Publication number: 20170316241Abstract: A recognition apparatus includes one or more processors, a memory to store a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to extract an optically-readable symbol from an optically captured image including an image of the optically-readable symbol, the optically-readable symbol including a first cell line having a plurality of first cells, and one or more second cell lines each having one or more second cells, each of the one or more second cell lines connected to respective ones of the plurality of first cells of the first cell line, recognize first information expressed by the first cell line included in the extracted optically-readable symbol, recognize second information expressed by the one or more second cell lines included in the extracted optically-readable symbol, and acquire identification information included in the optically-readable symbol based at least in part on the first information and the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Koichi Kudo, Toshihiro Okamoto, Tamon Sadasue, Ken Oikawa, Hanako Bando, Daisuke Maeda