Patents Assigned to KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS
  • Power control for a controlled device and communication relay unit of an image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 11537192
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a first power supply unit, a second power supply unit, and a control device. The connection unit is connected to an electronic apparatus including a controlled device and a communication relay unit. The first power supply unit can supply power to the controlled device. The second power supply unit can supply power to the communication relay unit. The control device is capable of switching a power supply state by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit between at least a first stop state in which power supply by the first power supply unit is continued and power supply by the second power supply unit is stopped and a second stop state in which power supply by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitao, Atsushi Suzuki, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuo Tomimatsu, Masayuki Shigetomi, Hitoshi Matsumoto
  • Electronic equipment provided with an AI processor
    Patent number: 11537407
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus as electronic equipment includes an AI processor provided with a memory, a storage unit capable of storing a binary, which is a program for the AI processor, and an AI processor operation unit that operates the AI processor. The AI processor operation unit deploys, in the memory, the binary stored in the storage unit. The AI processor executes a function of the binary by loading the binary deployed in the memory. The binary is not included in firmware of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kazuki Dozen
  • Image processing apparatus and image processing system
    Patent number: 11531503
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has an operation panel, a reading portion, and a controller. The operation panel accepts, from a registered user, registration of an authorized user. The controller sets as a candidate a registered user who has registered a job-requesting user as an authorized user, makes the operation panel accept designation of a registered user set as a candidate, recognizes a designated registered user as a target user, and generates output data of a filled sheet filled with the target user's personal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Rinel Gumapac, Kris-Antonette Torreon
  • Image forming apparatus, replacement developing component, and method for controlling image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11531289
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an accommodating portion, a motor, and a development sensor. In the accommodating portion, a replacement developing component is fitted. The replacement developing component is fitted with a rotary member including an operating member, and stores toner. The motor rotates the rotary member on the replacement developing component fitted in the accommodating portion. When a new replacement developing component is fitted, the development sensor is not in contact with the operating member before the motor rotates the rotary member and is in contact with the operating member on the rotary member that has moved as the motor rotates. The development sensor outputs a first level when in contact with the operating member and outputs a second level when not in contact with the operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Yuya Kobayashi
  • Policy-based printing system using split-printing MElHODS
    Patent number: 11526314
    Abstract: A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. The public server may associate a public personal identification number (PIN) with a corporate PIN for the printing operations. In the event of split printing, the public server generates another public PIN for use with another printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ong Martin, Jin Liang, Tai Yu Chen
  • Transfer unit capable of switching a transfer roller to one of a size appropriate to a recording medium
    Patent number: 11520255
    Abstract: A transfer unit includes first and second rollers of which the second roller has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than the first roller, a roller holder, and a switching cam. One of the first and second rollers is, by rotating the roller holder, arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, arranged selectively either at a reference position to form a transfer nip or at a released position to lie away from the image carrying member. Let a length of the elastic layer of the first roller in the axial direction, a width of an effective image area on the image carrying member to which a toner image can be transferred, and a width of a recording medium of a maximum size allowing transfer using the first roller be L1, L3, and L4 respectively, L4<L1?L3?5 mm is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Takehiro Sato, Masayuki Yamada, Masaru Takagi, Yuya Shimohora
  • Image processing device for a read image of an original
    Patent number: 11521403
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a document image extraction unit, a business card array image detection unit, and a business card image separation unit. The document image extraction unit extracts one document image in a read image obtained by scanning one or a plurality of documents placed on a platen glass of an image reading device. When the document is a plurality of business cards arranged without gaps, the business card array image detection unit detects the document image as a business card array image in which a plurality of business card images are arranged without gaps, based on at least one of the distribution of character string objects and the distribution of character sizes in the document image. The business card image separation unit separates the detected business card array image into the plurality of business card images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Naoki Matsui
  • Transfer unit capable of switching between a plurality of transfer rollers
    Patent number: 11520256
    Abstract: A transfer unit includes a first roller, a second roller, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a first switching cam, a second switching cam, and a driving mechanism. The first and second switching cams have first and second guide holes with which first and second engaging portions formed on the first and second bearing members engage respectively. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the first and second switching cams to change engaging positions of the first and second engaging portions respectively, the first or second roller is arranged either at a reference position at which it is kept in pressed contact with the image carrying member or at a released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Yamada
  • Cleaning device capable of preventing solidification of toner and image forming apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 11520274
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing, a cleaning blade, a toner conveyance path, a conveyance screw, and a first flicker. The conveyance screw includes a rotary shaft and a helical vane. The first flicker includes a first base portion and a plurality of first contact pieces and uses the first contact pieces to press the conveyance screw in a first direction away from a bottom part of the toner conveyance path. The first base portion includes a secured portion and a blade opposed portion. The first contact pieces are connected to an upper end part of the blade opposed portion. An elastic member is disposed between the cleaning blade and the blade opposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Ai Takagami, Yosuke Saito, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Masaki Kadota
  • Transfer unit capable of switching between two transfer rollers and maintaining a positional relationship with pre-transfer guide
    Patent number: 11520254
    Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, first and second rollers of which the second has an elastic layer larger in an axial direction than the first, first and second bearing members, a roller holder, first and second urging members, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, and a first pre-transfer guide. By rotating the roller holder, the first or second roller is arranged opposite an image carrier and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrier is arranged selectively either at a reference position where the first or second roller is in pressed contact with the image carrier or at a released position where the first or second roller lies away from the image carrier. With the first or second roller arranged at the reference position, the first pre-transfer guide is arranged at a first guide position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Takagi, Masayuki Yamada, Yuya Shimohora, Takehiro Sato
  • Remote operation system, management client, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing management client program
    Patent number: 11513843
    Abstract: A remote operation system includes a management server and a management client that manage an image forming device, wherein the management server manages a task that is an operation for the image forming device by the management client, the task includes a designated start time and date that is a designated time and date to start the task, and the management client regularly acquires the task from the management server and schedules the task in accordance with the designated start time and date included in the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Atsushi Matsumoto
  • Policy-based printing system and methods using a mobile device
    Patent number: 11513749
    Abstract: A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. A mobile device is used to coordinate the retrieval and printing of the document using an application. A kiosk may be used to send the document to the printing device from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Liang, Tai Yu Chen, Michael Ong Martin
  • Private server implementation of policy for printing system
    Patent number: 11507682
    Abstract: A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. The private server processes the requests using the policy and a ledger to determine whether to allow the print job to the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tai Yu Chen, Jin Liang, Michael Ong Martin
  • Gripping mechanism and assembly apparatus
    Patent number: 11504861
    Abstract: A gripping mechanism includes a pair of inclined surfaces and rolling elements. The pair of inclined surfaces face each other, are inclined in opposite directions with respect to a vertical direction, and approach each other on a lower side. Each of the rolling elements is rollable on the respective inclined surfaces in an obliquely upward and downward direction. An opening space is formed between lower ends of the inclined surfaces, the opening space having a direction Y (horizontal) width smaller than a direction Y width of the respective rolling elements arranged in the direction Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ando
  • Openable door mechanism
    Patent number: 11505975
    Abstract: An openable door includes a first engaging member, a second engaging member, and at least one intermediate engaging member. when the openable door pivots from an open position to a closed position, an engaging portion of the first engaging member engages a first engaged portion, and an engaging portion of an engaging portion of the second engaging member engages a second engaged portion before an engaging portion of the intermediate engaging member engages an intermediate shaft body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Geki Son
  • Inkjet recording device
    Patent number: 11504989
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device has a head base, a head unit, and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has a guide screw, a moving member, the operation member for rotating the moving member, and an adjusting member. The moving member has a shaft hole screwed into the guide screw, and moves in an axial direction of the guide screw by rotating with respect to the guide screw. The adjusting member has a first contact portion in contact with the moving member and a second contact portion in contact with the head unit. The second contact portion moves in a direction toward the head unit and a direction away from the head unit, by moving the moving member in contact with the first contact portion in the axial direction of the guide screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke Eto
  • Electronic apparatus allowing running of extended app and computer readable non-transitory recording medium storing program
    Patent number: 11509790
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus provided with a storage and a random access memory (RAM) includes an extended app manager that performs management of an extended app as an application for implementing a function other than the standard functions of the image forming apparatus in itself, and an extended app platform as a platform of the extended app. The extended app manager stores a source for extended app application program interface (API) that is a program for an extended app API as an API usable to the extended app, in a region for dynamic addition that is a region provided on the storage for purposes of dynamic addition of the source for extended app API, and the extended app platform uses the source for extended app API in the region for dynamic addition to load the extended app API on the RAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Hanayama
  • Image processing apparatus, method, and computer program product excludes specific anomalies among detected anomalies
    Patent number: 11503167
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes: an abnormality detection unit configured to detect one or more abnormalities included in a target image and an abnormality exclusion processing unit configured to exclude a specific abnormality from the detected one or more abnormalities. In a case in which a detection area of a certain abnormality among the detected one or more abnormalities and a detection area of another abnormality overlap with each other and a type of the certain abnormality and a type of the another abnormality are different from each other, when brightness information of one of the certain abnormality and the another abnormality satisfies a specific condition, the abnormality exclusion processing unit excludes the one of the certain abnormality and the another abnormality from the detected one or more abnormalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Rui Hamabe, Kazunori Tanaka, Kanako Morimoto, Takuya Miyamoto, Koji Sato
  • Print job transmitting device for transmitting a print job and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a print job transmitting program for the same
    Patent number: 11500594
    Abstract: A print job transmitting device acquires the job execution order from the image forming apparatus every time a specific time period is lapse until the job execution order acquired from the image forming apparatus is not different from a new job execution order after requesting the image forming apparatus to change the job execution order into the new job execution order, and notifies the job execution order acquired from the image forming apparatus when the job execution order acquired from the image forming apparatus is not different from the new job execution order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Dozen, Takanori Miyamoto
  • Image forming apparatus for printing using toner
    Patent number: 11493874
    Abstract: A control circuit of an image forming apparatus outputs a pulse signal. A clock signal generation circuit generates a clock signal, based on the pulse signal. A pulse signal conversion circuit generates a pulse conversion control signal of a voltage value associated with a duty ratio of the pulse signal. An AC voltage generation circuit generates an AC voltage of a frequency based on the clock signal. Either the AC voltage generation circuit or a DC voltage generation circuit generates a voltage whose amplitude or voltage value increases as a voltage value of the received pulse conversion control signal increases, and whose amplitude or voltage value decreases as a voltage value of the pulse conversion control signal decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Aikawa