Patents by Inventor Ryutaro TAIRA

Ryutaro TAIRA 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: 20230356536
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of set units to set rolled print media, a conveyance unit to convey the print media, a printing unit, a detection unit, and display units. The printing unit prints an image on the print media conveyed by the conveyance unit. The detection unit detects whether any one of the print media is fed to a predetermined printable position at which printing is performable by the printing unit. Each display unit is provided on a different one of the plurality of set units and configured to indicate whether a print medium set in a corresponding set unit is being fed. When the printing unit performs printing on the print medium, each display unit indicates whether the print medium set in the corresponding set unit is being fed in accordance with a result of detection performed by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kouhei Tokuda, Toshinobu Tokita, Hideyuki Nozawa, Yasuyuki Asai, Ryutaro Taira
  • Patent number: 11745521
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of set units to set rolled print media, a conveyance unit to convey the print media, a printing unit, a detection unit, and display units. The printing unit prints an image on the print media conveyed by the conveyance unit. The detection unit detects whether any one of the print media is fed to a predetermined printable position at which printing is performable by the printing unit. Each display unit is provided on a different one of the plurality of set units and configured to indicate whether a print medium set in a corresponding set unit is being fed. When the printing unit performs printing on the print medium, each display unit indicates whether the print medium set in the corresponding set unit is being fed in accordance with a result of detection performed by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouhei Tokuda, Toshinobu Tokita, Hideyuki Nozawa, Yasuyuki Asai, Ryutaro Taira
  • Publication number: 20220063306
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of set units to set rolled print media, a conveyance unit to convey the print media, a printing unit, a detection unit, and display units. The printing unit prints an image on the print media conveyed by the conveyance unit. The detection unit detects whether any one of the print media is fed to a predetermined printable position at which printing is performable by the printing unit. Each display unit is provided on a different one of the plurality of set units and configured to indicate whether a print medium set in a corresponding set unit is being fed. When the printing unit performs printing on the print medium, each display unit indicates whether the print medium set in the corresponding set unit is being fed in accordance with a result of detection performed by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kouhei Tokuda, Toshinobu Tokita, Hideyuki Nozawa, Yasuyuki Asai, Ryutaro Taira
  • Patent number: 10437539
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; a server unit having a server function; a casing having the image forming unit housed therein; and a cabinet arranged below the casing and having the server unit housed therein. The cabinet serves as a partition between the image forming unit and the server unit, and is provided as a housing separately from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Akashi, Ryutaro Taira, Hironao Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10148831
    Abstract: Information processing equipment includes an image formation apparatus and a server device mutually integrated together. The server device includes a housing, a server main body unit provided inside the housing, a fan which generates an air stream flowing from outside the housing toward inside the housing and supplies the air stream to the server main body unit to cool the server main body unit, and a filter disposed at a position upstream of the server main body unit in a direction in which the air stream flows. The image formation apparatus or the server device is provided with a control unit restricting an operation of at least one of the image formation apparatus and the fan when the server device undergoes maintenance and inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Ryutaro Taira
  • Publication number: 20180278761
    Abstract: Information processing equipment includes an image formation apparatus and a server device mutually integrated together. The server device includes a housing, a server main body unit provided inside the housing, a fan which generates an air stream flowing from outside the housing toward inside the housing and supplies the air stream to the server main body unit to cool the server main body unit, and a filter disposed at a position upstream of the server main body unit in a direction in which the air stream flows. The image formation apparatus or the server device is provided with a control unit restricting an operation of at least one of the image formation apparatus and the fan when the server device undergoes maintenance and inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Ryutaro TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20180189007
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; a server unit having a server function; a casing having the image forming unit housed therein; and a cabinet arranged below the casing and having the server unit housed therein. The cabinet serves as a partition between the image forming unit and the server unit, and is provided as a housing separately from the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori AKASHI, Ryutaro TAIRA, Hironao MIYAMOTO