Patents Assigned to Fuji Xerox
  • Patent number: 10922037
    Abstract: A management apparatus includes a storage unit that, if plural individual processing targets are grouped in accordance with predetermined conditions, stores the predetermined conditions and processing target groups generated by grouping the plural individual processing targets in accordance with the predetermined conditions while associating the predetermined conditions and the processing target groups with each other and a display control unit that, if one of the processing target groups stored in the storage unit is selected, displays another processing target group that shares at least one of the predetermined conditions with the selected processing target group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10921733
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a housing having a first transport path through which developer is supplied, a second transport path adjoining the first transport path with a first partition wall therebetween, and a first communication path communicating with the second transport path on a downstream side in a developer transport direction in the first transport path; a first transport member disposed in the first transport path and having an axially rotatable first rotary shaft and a first spiral blade projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the first rotary shaft; a second transport member disposed in the second transport path and having an axially rotatable second rotary shaft and a second spiral blade projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the second rotary shaft; and a first blade member projecting from the outer circumferential surface of the first rotary shaft, at a position facing the first communication path, the blade member discharging the developer onto the second transport
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Tamazawa, Yoshifumi Ozaki, Shinichi Kuramoto, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Tomoyuki Yoshii
  • Patent number: 10918325
    Abstract: A brain wave measuring device includes a first brain wave measuring unit that contacts an ear of a user, a second brain wave measuring unit, joined to the first brain wave measuring unit, that contacts the ear, and a transmitter that transmits a brain wave measurement result obtained by the first brain wave measuring unit and the second brain wave measuring unit to a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Takagi, Shinji Onishi, Kengo Tokuchi, Tsutomu Shiihara
  • Publication number: 20210039910
    Abstract: A switching device for switching transport directions of a recording medium includes a switching member and at least one rotation stopper. The switching member is configured to switch transport paths of the recording medium. The at least one rotation stopper is configured to hit the switching member to stop rotation of the switching member. The at least one rotation stopper is disposed asymmetrically in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction in which the switching member transports the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210042024
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor programmed to: receive an instruction from a user; and select, based on the received instruction, between: a first mode that receives a selection of a workflow to process target data before the target data is received; and a second mode that receives a selection of a workflow to process target data after the target data is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya TSUMEMITSU
  • Publication number: 20210039406
    Abstract: A detection sensor includes: a single light-emitting element that radiates light onto a conveyed material; and multiple light-receiving elements that receive interference light including the light that is scattered at a surface of the conveyed material and the light that is scattered inside the conveyed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MIHARA, Kazuhiro SAKAI, Masaya KUMEI
  • Publication number: 20210042669
    Abstract: An information processing system comprising one or more processors programmed to: acquire information on a first reservation of a first place for a first time window, determine whether duration of actual use of the first place by a user is shorter than the first time window of the first reservation, and in response to determining that the duration is shorter than the first time window, make a second reservation to reserve the first place or a second, different place for a second time window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210042934
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detector, a receiver, and an image processor. The detector is configured to detect a punch hole candidate partial image having a punch hole accuracy indicating whether the punch hole candidate partial image is a punch hole image is less than a first threshold value and equal to or greater than a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, from plural partial images constituting a read image of a document. The receiver is configured to display the punch hole candidate partial image, and receive an instruction from a user as to whether to perform image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image. The image processor is configured to perform the image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image when the receiver receives an instruction to perform the image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi UNE, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Ryosuke TSUJI, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210039898
    Abstract: A sheet feed device includes: a tray provided in a device body in a manner capable of being pulled out and having a loading part that is moved up and down; an extension part attached to the device body to support a portion of a sheet to be fed through the tray; a lifting mechanism that has a lifting/lowering part for moving the loading part up and down and a driving part for lifting and holding the loading part via the lifting/lowering part; and a disconnecting part that disconnects the lifting/lowering part and the driving part when an uncoupling operation is accepted in a state in which the tray is accommodated in the device body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIKURA, Masashi IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20210041260
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to associate danger information with a location where biological information indicative of the danger information has been measured from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10917538
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a dividing unit configured to divide a read image into plural divided images, an acquiring unit configured to acquire additional information including a content common to the plural divided images, and an addition processing unit configured to perform addition processing for adding the acquired additional information to plural data files respectively including the divided images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daigo Horie
  • Patent number: 10917482
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information about a position of a second user, and a reporting unit that, in a case of a first user making contact with the second user, when reporting contact information that is information uniquely specifying the second user, alters the contact information according to the position information and reports the altered contact information to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chie Ohara
  • Patent number: 10915043
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport belt, a first intermediate transfer belt, and a second intermediate transfer belt. The transport belt is disposed along a transport path extending in a vertical direction. The transport belt is configured to transport a recording medium while coming into contact with one surface of the recording medium. The first intermediate transfer belt is configured to sandwich the recording medium together with the transport belt. An image is transferred from the first intermediate transfer belt to the recording medium. The second intermediate transfer belt is disposed above the first intermediate transfer belt. The second intermediate transfer belt is configured to sandwich, together with the transport belt, the recording medium which is in a state where the recording medium is sandwiched between the first intermediate transfer belt and the transport belt. An image being transferred from the second intermediate transfer belt to the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Ichiki, Akira Shimodaira, Keita Hashimoto, Toshihiro Goda, Masaki Suto
  • Patent number: 10917534
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transport unit, a reader, a detector, and a controller. The transport unit transports a document. The reader reads the transported document. The detector detects whether or not a document bundle prior to being transported is present. While a document in a first document bundle corresponding to a first job is being transported, if the detector detects that a document in a second document bundle corresponding to a second job as a subsequent job is loaded, the controller actuates the transport unit until all documents in the first document bundle are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Sato, Hosana Kimura, Hiromichi Sawamura, Kaoru Furusawa, Atsuhiro Itoh, Akari Fukuda, Minoru Aizumi, Yuichi Tanaka, Taketo Kondo
  • Patent number: 10917772
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication unit that performs first wireless communication, which is long-distance wireless communication with a terminal, a second communication unit that performs second wireless communication, which is short-distance wireless communication with the terminal, and a control unit that, if notified from the terminal that an amount of information accumulated in the terminal is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, switches from the first communication unit to the second communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Kimura
  • Patent number: 10917533
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a screen and a display control unit that, if an operator selects one of a predetermined number of setting items displayed in a first display part of the screen, displays the predetermined number of setting items other than the setting item selected by the operator in the first display part and setting information corresponding to the setting item selected by the operator in a second display part of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sekine
  • Patent number: 10915041
    Abstract: A powder-container attachment device includes a powder container that accommodates powder, and a device body. The device body includes an attachment portion to and from which the powder container is attached and removed with a pushing operation and a pull-out operation, a receiving port, a lid that is moved in interconnection with the pushing operation and the pull-out operation to open and close the receiving port, and an engaging portion with which the lid is engaged in the state of closing the receiving port. The powder container includes a protrusion and a disengagement portion. The lid includes a holding portion that removably holds the protrusion, and an engaged portion that is engaged with the engaging portion during the pull-out operation. The powder container is movable in a direction in which the protrusion moves away from the disengagement portion during the pull-out operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seigo Shinozaki, Hirohisa Hoshino, Arichika Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10917537
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a glass having a document reading surface along which a document moves; an image reading unit movable in a sub-scanning direction and including a light emitting portion that emits light to illuminate the document with the light and a light receiving portion that receives the light reflected by the document, the image reading unit reading the document that moves along the document reading surface at a predetermined document reading position; and a light emission control unit that causes the light emitting portion to emit the light so that the light enters the glass through a side surface that crosses the document reading surface in an operation different from an operation in which the image reading unit reads the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Takahashi, Yoshiaki Haginoya
  • Patent number: 10917408
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and a management apparatus, in which the first apparatus includes a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a first state of the first apparatus regarding information security requirements, the second apparatus includes a unit that notifies the management apparatus of a second state of the second apparatus regarding the information security requirements, and the management apparatus includes an issue unit that issues transmission permission for transmission of an encrypted document from the first apparatus to the second apparatus related to a request for transmission permission in a case where both of a first state sent from the first apparatus which is the transmission source and a second state sent from the second apparatus which is the transmission destination satisfy the information security requirements in response to the request for transmission permission from the first apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kamiya, Tetsuo Iyoda
  • Publication number: 20210037159
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a registration unit and a controller. The registration unit registers prohibited information associated with at least one of pieces of attribute information on a per piece-of-attribute information basis. The controller refers to the pieces of attribute information and the prohibited information. The controller performs error handling if received image information includes the prohibited information associated with a piece of attribute information assigned to the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyuki SHIMOKAWA