Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi MABARA

Tsuyoshi MABARA 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: 20240019802
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image onto a recording medium; an image reading unit that is disposed above the image forming unit in an up-down direction, transports a document, and reads an image formed on the document; a first output section that is provided in a connection section connecting the image forming unit and the image reading unit to each other in the up-down direction and to which the document read by the image reading unit and transported in a width direction of the image forming unit is output; a second output section that is provided below the first output section in the connection section and to which the recording medium having the image formed thereon by the image forming unit is output; and a rotating member that serves as a front portion of the first output section in a depth direction of the image forming unit, is rotatable by a rotating shaft disposed at an upstream side in an output direction of the document, and switches between an output pos
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Nobuyoshi Hattori, Tsuyoshi Mabara, Isamu Adachi, Miho Morita, Tomomi Ishida, Yuji Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11800029
    Abstract: A transport device includes: a container portion that accommodates a transportable member; a receiving portion disposed above or below the container portion to at least partially overlap the container portion in a plan view, to receive the transportable member; a transport path along which the transportable member accommodated in the container portion is transported to the receiving portion; a first enlargement portion disposed at the container portion, the first enlargement portion moving in a direction opposite to a transport direction in which the transportable member is transported from the container portion to the transport path to enlarge a container area in the container portion for receiving the transportable member; and a second enlargement portion disposed at the receiving portion, the second enlargement portion moving in the opposite direction in conjunction with a movement of the first enlargement portion in the opposite direction to enlarge a container area in the receiving portion for receiving
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Miho Morita, Nobuyoshi Hattori, Tomonori Sato, Tsuyoshi Mabara, Isamu Adachi, Tomomi Ishida
  • Patent number: 11782380
    Abstract: A document reading device includes: a device body; a transport path that is provided in the device body and through which a document is transported; a reading unit that is provided in the device body, has a reading surface, and reads an image of a document transported through the transport path; a moving part that is provided in the device body and is capable of being moved to a covering position at which the moving part covers the reading surface and to an exposing position at which the moving part exposes the reading surface; a first opening and closing part that is provided on the device body so as to be opened and closed and opens the transport path, at a first opening position; and a second opening and closing part that is provided beside the device body so as to be opened and closed or so as to be removable and mountable and exposes the moving part, at a second opening position or a removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Hattori, Tomonori Sato, Miho Morita, Tsuyoshi Mabara, Isamu Adachi, Tomomi Ishida
  • Patent number: 11363155
    Abstract: Provided is an image reading device including: a document pressing portion that is attached to an apparatus body and configured to open or close to the apparatus body to press a document in between; and an opening force applying unit that applies a drive force of a drive source to the document pressing portion as an opening force to open the document pressing portion temporarily in a period of opening the document pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mabara, Ken Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210250460
    Abstract: Provided is an image reading device including: a document pressing portion that is attached to an apparatus body and configured to open or close to the apparatus body to press a document in between; and an opening force applying unit that applies a drive force of a drive source to the document pressing portion as an opening force to open the document pressing portion temporarily in a period of opening the document pressing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MABARA, Ken KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10931843
    Abstract: A multi feed detection device includes a position detector that detects a position of paper being transported, a multi feed detector that is disposed on a downstream side of the position detector in a paper transport direction and detects multi feed of the paper being transported, and a control section that performs control such that multi feed detection by the multi feed detector is stopped when a leading end of paper being transported next to paper, on which multi feed detection is executed by the multi feed detector, is detected by the position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mabara, Akira Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20200106906
    Abstract: A multi feed detection device includes a position detector that detects a position of paper being transported, a multi feed detector that is disposed on a downstream side of the position detector in a paper transport direction and detects multi feed of the paper being transported, and a control section that performs control such that multi feed detection by the multi feed detector is stopped when a leading end of paper being transported next to paper, on which multi feed detection is executed by the multi feed detector, is detected by the position detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MABARA, Akira YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9363399
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: a supplying tray on which a document is placed; a document conveyer that successively conveys the document placed on the supplying tray toward a reading position; a plurality of detection sensors that are disposed in a plurality of positions in a width direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the document, and detect a front edge of the document in the conveyance direction when the document is placed on the supplying tray; and a document reading portion that reads an image on the document passing the reading position, and generates an image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mabara, Keisuke Uchiyama, Akira Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Koda
  • Patent number: 9197775
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: a placement stage on which document sheets bearing respective images are placed; a pair of guide members that hold the document sheets placed on the placement stage between them and guide a document sheet when it is conveyed, at least one of the pair of guide members being movable in a width direction that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the document sheets placed on the placement stage; an interval-between-guide-members detecting unit that detects an interval between the pair of guide members; a document sheet conveying unit that conveys the document sheets placed on the placement stage sequentially one by one and thereby causes the document sheets to pass a reading position; a document reading unit as defined herein; a first inclination correction unit as defined herein; and a correction mode switching control unit as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Koda, Akira Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Mabara
  • Publication number: 20150249763
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: a supplying tray on which a document is placed; a document conveyer that successively conveys the document placed on the supplying tray toward a reading position; a plurality of detection sensors that are disposed in a plurality of positions in a width direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the document, and detect a front edge of the document in the conveyance direction when the document is placed on the supplying tray; and a document reading portion that reads an image on the document passing the reading position, and generates an image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MABARA, Keisuke UCHIYAMA, Akira YAMAZAKI, Kazuyuki KODA
  • Publication number: 20150207941
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: a placement stage on which document sheets bearing respective images are placed; a pair of guide members that hold the document sheets placed on the placement stage between them and guide a document sheet when it is conveyed, at least one of the pair of guide members being movable in a width direction that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the document sheets placed on the placement stage; an interval-between-guide-members detecting unit that detects an interval between the pair of guide members; a document sheet conveying unit that conveys the document sheets placed on the placement stage sequentially one by one and thereby causes the document sheets to pass a reading position; a document reading unit as defined herein; a first inclination correction unit as defined herein; and a correction mode switching control unit as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyuki KODA, Akira YAMAZAKI, Tsuyoshi MABARA