Patents Assigned to Oki Electric Industry, Co.
  • Patent number: 11256189
    Abstract: A toner container used in an image forming apparatus including an exposure unit with a light emitting diode light source. The toner container including a container body, and a cyan toner stored in the container body. The cyan toner includes a binder resin, at least one pigment, a charge control agent, and an external additive. The at least one pigment includes at least Pigment Blue. A lightness L*, a hue a*, and a hue b* of the cyan toner in a powder state satisfy: 30.04?L*?33.68, ?1.75?a*?0.71, and ?47.47?b*??45.08.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Kuwabara, Shin Yamada
  • Patent number: 11249430
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a discharging section, and a controller. The image forming section performs printing of an image on a medium on the basis of received print data. The discharging section executes discharging operation and holding operation. The discharging operation is operation of discharging the medium subjected to the printing by the image forming section from a discharging slot to an outside. The holding operation is operation of holding the medium while exposing a portion of the medium from the discharging slot to the outside. The controller selects one of the discharging operation and the holding operation on the basis of attribute information included in the print data, and causes the discharging section to execute the selected one of the discharging operation and the holding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Motoharu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11244192
    Abstract: An image judging system includes a server and a mobile terminal performing communication therewith. The server includes a position calculating unit that calculates positions of an image of interest and a first landmark image corresponding thereto of a judging target image in whole image data obtained on the basis of a judging target image. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit displaying the image data and the guide mark together; and an imaging unit capturing an image of the judging target image, thereby generating image data, and generating image data related to the judging target image. The server or the mobile terminal includes a guide information generating unit calculating a position of a guide mark on the basis of a position of the detected first landmark image in the image data and a positional relationship between the image of interest and the first landmark image in the whole image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220029077
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a pixel set unit that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a grid; first common wiring that connects together first terminals of pixels aligned in a first direction among the plurality of pixels; and second common wiring that connects together second terminals of two pixels aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction among the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAI, Takahito SUZUKI, Kenichi TANIGAWA, Hironori FURUTA, Shinya JUMONJI, Genichiro MATSUO, Takuma ISHIKAWA, Hiroto KAWADA
  • Publication number: 20220029078
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device that includes a substrate including electrodes; a film member; light emitting elements arranged on the film member; and conductive members that electrically connect the light emitting elements and the electrodes to each other, wherein the film member has through holes formed at positions corresponding to the electrodes, and each of the conductive members includes a first conductive part extending from the light emitting element to the through hole and a second conductive part connecting the first conductive part and the electrode to each other via the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori FURUTA, Takahito SUZUKI, Kenichi TANIGAWA, Yusuke NAKAI, Shinya JUMONJI, Genichiro MATSUO, Takuma ISHIKAWA, Hiroto KAWADA
  • Publication number: 20220026840
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: an image carrier; a transfer part facing the image carrier; a transfer belt that passes between the image carrier and the transfer part, includes a conveyance surface, and configured to convey a medium on the conveyance surface; plural rollers to which the transfer belt is stretched, the plural rollers including a downstream roller provided on a downstream side in the medium conveyance direction among the plural rollers; and a separating member facing the downstream roller and configured to separate the medium from the transfer belt. The separating member includes a guide surface to guide the medium, wherein the guide surface is arranged at an angle such that a distance from the guide surface to a conveyance reference plane becomes shorter as proceeding in the medium conveyance direction, the conveyance reference plane being a virtual plane extending the conveyance surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi KOBAYASHI, Toshiyuki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11231890
    Abstract: A preset information displaying method includes: performing a first registration process that is a process of registering, in a database, first preset information and first image information in a state of being associated with each other, the first preset information being used upon performing a first printing process, the first image information representing a result of the first printing process; and performing a display process that is a process of displaying, on a selection screen, the first preset information and the first image information in correspondence with each other, the first image information being associated with the first preset information in the database, the selection screen including a list of one or a plurality of pieces of preset information including the first preset information, the selection screen receiving selection operation, the selection operation being operation of selecting any of the one or the plurality of pieces of preset information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Miura
  • Patent number: 11231671
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a motor, an image formation-transfer section, a switching mechanism, a fixing section, and a controller. The motor generates driving force. The image formation-transfer section state-changes between a first contact state and a first separate state by the driving force. The switching mechanism transmits and cuts off the driving force to the image formation-transfer section. The fixing section includes first and second rotating members, and state-changes between a second contact state and a second separate state by the driving force. The controller controls the motor and the switching mechanism and thereby causes part or all of a first period, in which the fixing section state-changes from the second separate state to the second contact state, and part or all of a second period, in which the image formation-transfer section state-changes from the first separate state to the first contact state, to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20220012973
    Abstract: A transaction device executes transaction processing relating to a medium, and includes: a medium retention section capable of retaining the medium; plural first storage boxes capable of storing the medium; a second storage box capable of storing the medium and that is detachable with respect to the transaction device; a conveyance section capable of conveying the medium on a conveyance path connecting between the first storage boxes, the second storage box, and the medium retention section; and a classification section provided on the conveyance path and capable of classifying the medium as the medium passes through, wherein the conveyance section being configured to convey the medium from the first storage boxes to the second storage box or from the second storage box to the first storage boxes via the medium retention section and the classification section when performing retrieval, auditing, or replenishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru SHIMAKATA, Masakatsu IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11209765
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a rectification circuit that is supplied with AC power from an AC power supply, a power factor improvement circuit that boosts an output voltage of the rectification circuit, smooths a boosted voltage with a capacitor, and thereby generates a DC output voltage outputted to a load circuit, a DC-DC converter that steps down the DC output voltage to a prescribed first voltage, a DC output voltage detection circuit that detects whether or not the DC output voltage satisfies a prescribed condition, and a switch circuit that temporarily puts the power factor improvement circuit in an operating state by use of the first voltage each time the prescribed condition is satisfied in a period in which the power factor improvement circuit is in a stopped state due to an energy saving mode of the load circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kojima, Taku Oryoji
  • Patent number: 11212418
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a data processing part that processes image data: a storage part that stores billing information including a plurality of wireless communication identifiers and usage histories of the data processing part, each of the usage histories being associated with wireless communication identifiers, a communication part that establishes a wireless communication associated with one of the wireless communication identifiers such that the communication part wirelessly communicates with an external device, and a control part that, when receiving an image processing job from the external device through the communication part, determines one of the wireless communication identifiers that is used to establish the wireless communication wherein the one of the wireless communication identifiers is defined as a destination identifier, controls the data processing part based on the image processing job and updates one usage history that is associated with the destination identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Ushikubo
  • Publication number: 20210397115
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include a fixation device and a controller. The fixation device includes: a fixation member includes a first region and a second region located closer to a center in a longitudinal direction of the fixation member than the first region; a pressurizing member that forms a nip portion between the fixation member and the pressurizing member; first and second heat generating portions that heat the first and second regions, respectively; a first sensor that detects a first temperature of one of the pressurizing member and the fixation member at a position corresponding to the first region; and a second sensor that detects a second temperature of the one at a position corresponding to the second region. The controller controls a drive speed of the pressurizing member or the fixation member based on the first and second temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoji YABUKI
  • Patent number: 11204727
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a data processing part that performs image processing of image data, a setting part that sets multiple wireless communication identifiers and functions related to image processing that are respectively associated with the multiple wireless communication identifiers wherein these wireless communication identifies are stored in a storage part, a communication part that establishes a communication with at least one of the external devices using one of the wireless communication identifiers such that the established communication is related to the one of the wireless communication identifiers, wherein the one of the external devices is defined as a connected external device, and the one of the wireless communication identifiers is defined as a related ID, when an image processing job is acquired via the communication part, the control part controls the image processing at the data processing part based on the function associated with the related ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Ushikubo
  • Patent number: 11199650
    Abstract: The lens unit includes a first lens array including a plurality of first lens elements each of which has a first optical axis and which are arranged in an arrangement direction perpendicular to the first optical axis. A second lens array includes a plurality of second lens elements each of which has a second optical axis and which are arranged in the arrangement direction while facing the first lens elements. The second lens array is in a positional relationship relative to the first lens array such that the second lens array is rotated about a virtual line perpendicular to both the first optical axis and the arrangement direction as the rotational axis by 180 degrees. The optical axes of the lens elements located at the substantially centers of the lens arrays in the arrangement direction are arranged to substantially coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Nagamine, Ren Nakamichi, Akihiro Yamamura
  • Patent number: 11194262
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a brilliant image forming part that forms a brilliant toner image using a brilliant toner, a color image forming part that forms a color toner image using a color toner, and a controller that controls a brilliant deposition amount of the brilliant toner and a color deposition amount of the color toner on a medium, wherein when the brilliant toner image is to be superimposed over the color toner image on the medium, the controller adjusts the brilliant deposition amount for the brilliant toner image in correspondence with a color type and the color deposition amount of the color toner that has been used for the color toner image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hayato Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11194079
    Abstract: A lens unit includes a first lens array including first lenses arranged in at least two lines; a second lens array including second lenses arranged in an arrangement relationship corresponding to the first lens array, the second lenses respectively facing the first lenses, the second lens array being arranged to face the first lens array so that each pair of the first and second lenses has a common optical axis; and a first light blocking member arranged between the first lens array and the second lens array and having first openings each being arranged to face the pair of the first and second lenses in a direction of the optical axis. An interval PXL from an array center position between two adjacent lines to the optical axis and an interval PXS from the array center position to an opening center of the first opening satisfy PXL<PXS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamamura
  • Patent number: 11188006
    Abstract: A developer supply member according to an embodiment may be configured such that in a case where a developer supply member is rotated at a circumferential speed of 136.1 mm/sec while an abrasive film including a grain size of 30 ?m fixed on a stainless steel indenter including a surface in a shape of a 50 mm squire and a thickness of 10 mm is pressed into an elastic layer of the developer supply member by 0.73 mm, an amount of decrease in an outer diameter of the developer supply member, obtained by subtracting a value of the outer diameter of the developer supply member when the indenter is separated from the developer supply member 250 seconds after the pressed-into amount of the indenter reaches 0.73 mm from a value of the outer diameter of the developer supply member before the indenter is pressed into, is 0.03 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouhei Jougataki
  • Patent number: 11186459
    Abstract: A medium cutting device according to an embodiment may include: a fixed blade provided on one side with respect to a conveyance path in which a medium is conveyed in a thickness direction of the medium orthogonal to a surface of the medium and including a cutting edge thereof; a rotary blade provided on the other side with respect to the conveyance path in the thickness direction, and including a cutting edge thereof, wherein the rotary blade is configured to be rotated in a rotation direction so that the cutting edge of the rotary blade passes by the cutting edge of the fixed blade to cut at a cutting position the medium being conveyed; and a guide member provided upstream of the cutting position in a conveyance direction of the medium and configured to bias the medium toward the rotary blade side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamada, Naoki Kanzawa
  • Patent number: 11180334
    Abstract: A medium processing device includes a conveyance guide that forms a conveyance path, a reference surface guide that is provided at one side of the conveyance path, a trigger sensor that detects a rear end of the medium in the conveyance direction, a first alignment roller and a second alignment roller for aligning the medium with the reference surface guide. The first alignment roller is provided at the middle, in a width of the conveyance path. The second alignment roller is provided between the reference surface guide and the first alignment roller in the width direction. The second alignment roller is provided at a downstream side of the first alignment roller in the conveyance direction. A space from the first alignment roller to the second alignment roller in the conveyance direction is longer than a space from the trigger sensor to the first alignment roller in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210356627
    Abstract: An optical head comprises a substrate on which optical elements are arranged in a main scanning direction, a lens unit that transmits light emitted from the optical elements or light entering the optical elements, and a holder that holds the lens unit. The holder has a sidewall extending in the main scanning direction. The sidewall has a hole at a position facing the lens unit. A fixing member is provided in the hole. The fixing member fixes the lens unit to the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masamitsu NAGAMINE