Patents by Inventor Masaki Baba

Masaki Baba 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: 20230406661
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a display processing portion, a setting processing portion, an acceptance processing portion, and a change processing portion. The display processing portion causes a setting screen including a detection result on a sheet size of a sheet stored in a sheet storing portion to be displayed. The setting processing portion sets a processing condition of the sheet based on information included in the setting screen. The acceptance processing portion causes some of sheet sizes used for setting the processing condition to be displayed according to a specific operation corresponding to the detection result on the sheet size of the sheet included in the setting screen, and accepts a designation operation for designating any of the displayed sheet sizes. The change processing portion changes, according to the designation operation, the sheet size included in the setting screen to a sheet size designated by the designation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 11704082
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus having a priority paper feed source setting function and a print server that executes predetermined image processing, transmits image data after the image processing to the image forming apparatus, and causes the image forming apparatus to print an image based on the image data after the image processing. The print server (a) acquires a setting value of a priority paper feed source setting from the image forming apparatus, (b) specifies a print sheet orientation of a paper feed source designated as a priority paper feed source based on the acquired setting value, and (c) generates the image data after the image processing by matching an orientation of the image based on the image data after the image processing with an orientation corresponding to the specified print sheet orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 11518643
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a conveyance processing portion, a setting processing portion, an insertion processing portion, and an operation control portion. The conveyance processing portion executes a conveyance process to convey a plurality of sheets placed on a sheet placing portion, sequentially to a sheet stack portion. When the insertion timing to insert the insertion sheet comes during an execution of the conveyance process, the insertion processing portion executes an insertion process to convey a sheet from the sheet supply source of the insertion sheet to the sheet stack portion. The operation control portion is configured to control operations of an image forming apparatus during execution of a sheet bundle output process based on the sheet type of the insertion sheet conveyed in the insertion process that is included in the sheet bundle output process, the sheet bundle output process including the conveyance process and the insertion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20220244428
    Abstract: An ophthalmic medical device including a photochromic polymer having higher transparency under an inactive state through use of a photochromic monomer. An ophthalmic medical device according to one embodiment that includes a photochromic polymer obtained by polymerizing monomer components including a photochromic monomer and a lactam ring-containing monomer, wherein a content ratio of the lactam ring-containing monomer in the monomer components is from 10 wt % to 50 wt %. The ophthalmic medical device is typically a contact lens or an intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: MENICON CO., LTD., TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi TOMIDA, Kazuhiko NAKADA, Masaki BABA, Satomu NIIDA, Junji MOMODA, Masayuki MIYAZAKI, Junji TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20220137907
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus having a priority paper feed source setting function and a print server that executes predetermined image processing, transmits image data after the image processing to the image forming apparatus, and causes the image forming apparatus to print an image based on the image data after the image processing. The print server (a) acquires a setting value of a priority paper feed source setting from the image forming apparatus, (b) specifies a print sheet orientation of a paper feed source designated as a priority paper feed source based on the acquired setting value, and (c) generates the image data after the image processing by matching an orientation of the image based on the image data after the image processing with an orientation corresponding to the specified print sheet orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Masaki BABA
  • Patent number: 11278489
    Abstract: A nail cosmetic composition contains a silicone macromonomer as a base material having at least two polymerizable functional groups and a polymerization initiator with respect to the silicone macromonomer. A method of using a nail cosmetic composition includes a painting step of painting a nail cosmetic composition described above on a nail and a curing step of exposing the nail cosmetic composition to light with an illuminance of 80 mW/cm2 or less at dominant wavelength at an exposure time within three minutes per one layer to cure the nail cosmetic composition. The nail cosmetic resin contains a silicone unit in which a silicone macromonomer has been polymerized as the base material having at least two polymerizable functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Iwai, Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 11240400
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a first generating section, a first assigning section, a second generating section, a second assigning section, and a relating section. The first generating section generates a plurality of first image data pieces representing respective first side images of a plurality of documents. The first assigning section assigns first symbols to the respective first image data pieces based on a reference position of the document table. The second generating section generates a plurality of second image data pieces representing respective second side images of the plurality of documents. The second assigning section assigns second symbols to the respective second image data pieces based on the reference position. The relating section relates the first image data pieces to the respective second image data pieces based on the first symbols and the second symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 11181753
    Abstract: A contact lens package includes a silicone hydrogel contact lens, a packaging container composed of a polypropylene, and a packaging solution containing a nonionic surfactant, the nonionic surfactant including a linear alkyl moiety having 12 or more carbon atoms and an oxyethylene moiety, the average addition mole number of oxyethylene being 30 or more per mole of the nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Azusa Obata, Susumu Ogawa, Masaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20210203806
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a first generating section, a first assigning section, a second generating section, a second assigning section, and a relating section. The first generating section generates a plurality of first image data pieces representing respective first side images of a plurality of documents. The first assigning section assigns first symbols to the respective first image data pieces based on a reference position of the document table. The second generating section generates a plurality of second image data pieces representing respective second side images of the plurality of documents. The second assigning section assigns second symbols to the respective second image data pieces based on the reference position. The relating section relates the first image data pieces to the respective second image data pieces based on the first symbols and the second symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki BABA
  • Publication number: 20210170751
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a head, a first controller, and a second controller. When calculating an amount of ink used, the first controller obtains an estimated number of discharges, which is the number of dots of the ink to be discharged, on a basis of print image data which is image data used for printing, without using information on an actual number of discharges of the ink at the head. The first controller obtains a print usage on a basis of a value obtained by multiplying the obtained estimated number of discharges by a discharged droplet amount per ink discharge. The print usage is the amount of the ink used, discharged onto a paper for printing each page of a print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Masaki BABA
  • Publication number: 20200377328
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a conveyance processing portion, a setting processing portion, an insertion processing portion, and an operation control portion. The conveyance processing portion executes a conveyance process to convey a plurality of sheets placed on a sheet placing portion, sequentially to a sheet stack portion. When the insertion timing to insert the insertion sheet comes during an execution of the conveyance process, the insertion processing portion executes an insertion process to convey a sheet from the sheet supply source of the insertion sheet to the sheet stack portion. The operation control portion is configured to control operations of an image forming apparatus during execution of a sheet bundle output process based on the sheet type of the insertion sheet conveyed in the insertion process that is included in the sheet bundle output process, the sheet bundle output process including the conveyance process and the insertion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 10659639
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document sheet table, an image reading portion, a detection processing portion, and a determination processing portion. A document sheet is placed on the document sheet table. The image reading portion reads linear image data representing an image of a linear area that extends along a main scanning direction of the document sheet that is placed on the document sheet table. The detection processing portion detects, based on the linear image data, a size of the document sheet in the main scanning direction. The determination processing portion determines, when the size of the document sheet in the main scanning direction detected by the detection processing portion meets a specific condition, that the document sheet is a predetermined card-shaped document sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 10638009
    Abstract: In an image reading device, a region securing portion secures six page regions in a storage region of a volatile memory. A first conveyance control portion permits a document sheet conveyance device to convey first three document sheets among a plurality of document sheets in response to securing of the six page regions. A data recording portion stores line image data with specified resolution in the six page regions for each page of the plurality of document sheets. An image processing portion moves the plural pieces of the line image data in sequence from the page regions to a work region, and transfers post-processing data to another device. A second conveyance control portion permits the document sheet conveyance device to convey a fourth document sheet and onward among the plurality of document sheets one at a time in sequence following conveyance of the first three document sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20190327375
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document sheet table, an image reading portion, a detection processing portion, and a determination processing portion. A document sheet is placed on the document sheet table. The image reading portion reads linear image data representing an image of a linear area that extends along a main scanning direction of the document sheet that is placed on the document sheet table. The detection processing portion detects, based on the linear image data, a size of the document sheet in the main scanning direction. The determination processing portion determines, when the size of the document sheet in the main scanning direction detected by the detection processing portion meets a specific condition, that the document sheet is a predetermined card-shaped document sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20190274947
    Abstract: A nail cosmetic composition contains a silicone macromonomer as a base material having at least two polymerizable functional groups and a polymerization initiator with respect to the silicone macromonomer. A method of using a nail cosmetic composition includes a painting step of painting a nail cosmetic composition described above on a nail and a curing step of exposing the nail cosmetic composition to light with an illuminance of 80 mW/cm2 or less at dominant wavelength at an exposure time within three minutes per one layer to cure the nail cosmetic composition. The nail cosmetic resin contains a silicone unit in which a silicone macromonomer has been polymerized as the base material having at least two polymerizable functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kaoru IWAI, Masaki BABA
  • Publication number: 20190075214
    Abstract: In an image reading device, a region securing portion secures six page regions in a storage region of a volatile memory. A first conveyance control portion permits a document sheet conveyance device to convey first three document sheets among a plurality of document sheets in response to securing of the six page regions. A data recording portion stores line image data with specified resolution in the six page regions for each page of the plurality of document sheets. An image processing portion moves the plural pieces of the line image data in sequence from the page regions to a work region, and transfers post-processing data to another device. A second conveyance control portion permits the document sheet conveyance device to convey a fourth document sheet and onward among the plurality of document sheets one at a time in sequence following conveyance of the first three document sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20190049751
    Abstract: A contact lens package includes a silicone hydrogel contact lens, a packaging container composed of a polypropylene, and a packaging solution containing a nonionic surfactant, the nonionic surfactant including a linear alkyl moiety having 12 or more carbon atoms and an oxyethylene moiety, the average addition mole number of oxyethylene being 30 or more per mole of the nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Azusa OBATA, Susumu OGAWA, Masaki BABA
  • Patent number: 9756204
    Abstract: A document feed portion of an image reading device is capable of feeding a document placed on a first document placement portion, to a predetermined reading position. A size detection portion detects a size of the document placed on the first document placement portion. A storage processing portion stores size information indicating the size of the document detected by the size detection portion, into a predetermined storage medium. An image reading portion performs a reading process of scanning a read surface of the document placed on a second document placement portion, to read an image. A setting portion sets the size information stored into the storage medium by the storage processing portion, as size information to be used for the reading process by the image reading portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Publication number: 20160295048
    Abstract: A document feed portion of an image reading device is capable of feeding a document placed on a first document placement portion, to a predetermined reading position. A size detection portion detects a size of the document placed on the first document placement portion. A storage processing portion stores size information indicating the size of the document detected by the size detection portion, into a predetermined storage medium. An image reading portion performs a reading process of scanning a read surface of the document placed on a second document placement portion, to read an image. A setting portion sets the size information stored into the storage medium by the storage processing portion, as size information to be used for the reading process by the image reading portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 9367923
    Abstract: An edge image generating unit detects edges in an original image and generates an edge image from the edges. A connection pixel extracting unit extracts connection pixel sets in the edge image. A binary image generating unit classifies colors of the connection pixel sets into a predetermined number of achromatic target colors and a predetermined number of chromatic target colors if a color mode is set as color, and classifies the colors of the connection pixel sets into a predetermined number of achromatic target colors if the color mode is set as monochrome, where the number of the achromatic target colors set in the color mode of monochrome is larger than the number of the achromatic target colors in the color mode of color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sota Nanbu, Masaki Baba