Patents Assigned to PFU Limited
  • Patent number: 12719997
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to receive, from a reading unit that reads a document having multiple pages, multiple page data individually corresponding to the multiple pages of the document; and transmit, to an external storage, the multiple page data to be stored in the external storage. The circuitry starts the transmitting, to an external storage, the multiple page data to be stored in the external storage before reading all pages of the document completes. The circuitry receives an edit instruction for editing page data transmitted to the external storage among the multiple page data; and transmits, to the external storage, edit data for reflecting the edit instruction in a content to be displayed based on the multiple page data read from the external storage, so as to cause the external storage to execute processing corresponding to the edit instruction for editing the page data having been transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Yuta Hashimoto, Mitsuhiro Yashiki
  • Patent number: 12709512
    Abstract: A media ejecting apparatus includes: an imaging device to image a medium to generate an input image, an ejection roller located downstream from the imaging device in a media ejection direction to eject the medium imaged by the imaging device, a sensor located between the imaging device and the ejection roller to detect a part of a trailing end of the medium, and circuitry. The circuitry detects an amount of inclination of the medium. The circuitry determines whether an entire trailing end of the medium has passed an imaging position of the imaging device based on the amount of inclination when a part of the trailing end of the medium passes the sensor and generate a determination result. The circuitry controls the ejection roller based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Syuichi Morikawa, Kiichiro Shimosaka
  • Patent number: 12709503
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a loading tray, a feed roller, a separation roller, a bottom surface guide located at a first position where contact between a bottom surface of the medium placed on the loading tray and the feed roller is restricted, before medium feeding, a first guide engaged with the bottom surface guide located at the first position to restrict contact between a front edge of the medium placed on the loading tray and the separation roller, before medium feeding, and a second guide located between an upstream edge of the separation roller in a medium conveying direction and a central part of the separation roller to regulate the front edge of the medium at a position apart upwardly by a predetermined distance from a nip part of the feed roller and the separation roller, at a time of medium feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiichiro Shimosaka, Syuichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 12712976
    Abstract: A media conveying apparatus includes circuitry configured to set setting information regarding an input image generation process, a conveyor to convey a plurality of media sequentially, and an imager to image each of the plurality of media sequentially conveyed by the conveyor according to the setting information to obtain an input image. The circuitry determines, based on the input image, whether the setting information is compatible with the medium imaged in the input image; and calculates a degree of the number of media for which the setting information is determined to be incompatible among the plurality of media. When the degree is greater than a threshold, the circuitry stops conveying subsequent media and outputs information on a result of determining whether the setting information is compatible with the medium imaged in the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Hattori
  • Patent number: 12709502
    Abstract: A media feeding apparatus includes: a feed roller, a separation roller, and a pressing portion to press one of the feed roller and the separation roller against the other to form a nip region. A surface of the feed roller has grooves extending in a width direction of the feed roller. The grooves are arranged with a pitch such that at least one groove is always present in the nip region during feeding of the medium. A width of each groove is 0.5 mm or greater and is set such that a contact area ratio is 0.5 or greater, the ratio being a value obtained by {(a surface area of the feed roller in the nip region?an area of the at least one groove of the feed roller in the nip region)}/(the surface area of the feed roller in the nip region). A surface of the separation roller has grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the separation roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Syuichi Morikawa, Kiichiro Shimosaka
  • Patent number: 12698172
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a feed roller to feed a medium, a conveyance roller pair located downstream from the feed roller in a medium conveying direction, a sensor located downstream from the conveyance roller pair in the medium conveying direction, and circuitry to start feeding a next medium when the medium is conveyed by a predetermined amount after a leading end of the medium passes the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki Umi
  • Patent number: 12691471
    Abstract: An object imaging apparatus includes a housing, a light source inside the housing, a first reflector inside the housing to diffusely reflect light from the light source, a second reflector inside the housing to guide at least a part of light from the light source to the first reflector, and an imager to image an object irradiated with the light from the first reflector. A diffuse reflectance of the first reflector is higher than a diffuse reflectance of the second reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukuda, Nozomi Ogi
  • Patent number: 12692107
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a mounting table having a mounting surface on which a medium is to be placed, a side guide disposed on the mounting surface and including a restricting surface to restrict the medium in a width direction of the medium, and a recessed portion disposed at an upstream or downstream end portion of the side guide in a medium conveyance direction of the medium. The recessed portion has an upper surface and a side surface. The side surface includes a first portion having a first angle with respect to the restricting surface and a second portion having a second angle with respect to the restricting surface. The second angle is different from the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiichiro Shimosaka, Syuichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 12689694
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus to improve usability when a user sets an imaging mode or an image processing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yurika Takayama, Toshihiko Nagae, Hirotaka Furuya
  • Patent number: 12679679
    Abstract: A media feeding apparatus includes a media table on which a medium is placed; a pick roller disposed above the table to feed the medium on the table; a pressing member to apply a downward pressing force to the roller; and circuitry that controls the table to be raised to press the medium toward the roller when a leading end of the medium does not reach a predetermined position within a predetermined time from start of feeding the medium or when a moving speed of the medium during feeding is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed. The roller is moved from a first position to a second position higher than the first position when the table is raised. The pressing member does not apply the force to the roller at the first position and applies the force to the roller at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takumi Ito
  • Patent number: 12666135
    Abstract: An image management system includes an image capturing device, the image capturing device including first circuitry. The first circuitry acquires a captured image of a local site where the image capturing device is provided, the captured image being an image of surroundings around the image capturing device. The first circuitry receives a setting of a particular display mode in which the captured image is to be displayed. The first circuitry generates preview screen data representing a preview screen of a processed image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the captured image, based on the particular display mode and an image processing setting file for performing the predetermined processing on the captured image. The first circuitry transmits the preview screen data for display at a first terminal at another site where the captured image of the local site is shared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventor: Kohki Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12654970
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a plurality of feed rollers, each feed roller rotating independently at a respective speed to feed a medium, a first sensor located on a downstream side of the plurality of feed rollers in a medium conveying direction and also in a central part in a direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, to detect the medium, a second sensor and a third sensor located on both sides of the first sensor in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, to respectively detect the medium, and a processor to change the speed of one of the plurality of feed rollers at least until the first sensor detects the medium when any of the second sensor or the third sensor detects the medium and the first sensor does not detect the medium within a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki Umi, Shigerharu Okano
  • Patent number: 12649640
    Abstract: Provided are a medium ejection apparatus, a control method, and a control program to enable precise determination of whether abnormal ejection of a medium has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiichiro Shimosaka, Syuichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 12623880
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes an apparatus body in which a conveying path is formed, a media tray supported by the apparatus body, an ejection tray supported by the apparatus body, a conveyor to convey a medium placed on the media tray along the conveying path and place the medium on the ejection tray, a first mechanism including a gear, and a second mechanism including a gear. The first mechanism swings the ejection tray from a deployed position where the ejection tray is deployed to a stored position where the ejection tray is stored in the apparatus body, and stops swinging of the ejection tray at a midway position between the deployed position and the stored position. The second mechanism retracts the ejection tray when the swinging of the ejection tray is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Norifumi Tonami, Sota Matsuura
  • Patent number: 12626537
    Abstract: In an authentication apparatus, a camera captures an image including a face image that is an image of a face of an imaging target person, a touch screen displays the face image, a display control unit causes the touch screen to display a guide frame for guiding the imaging target person to an imaging position of the face based on a display position of the face image in the touch screen, and a personal authentication unit performs personal authentication using the face image when the face image is located within the guide frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kengo Shioda, Satoshi Usho, Mitsuhiro Katsuizumi, Yuka Awazu
  • Patent number: 12612275
    Abstract: A medium conveyance apparatus includes a drive signal output circuit to output a drive signal at a predetermined timing, a first sound wave emitter to output a sound wave based on the drive signal outputted at the predetermined timing, a first sound wave receiver to output a first sound wave signal corresponding to the received sound wave, a second sound wave emitter to output a sound wave based on the drive signal outputted at the predetermined timing, a second sound wave receiver to output a second sound wave signal corresponding to the received sound wave, a processor to determine a state of the medium based on the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal, and an output circuit to output the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal to the processor at timings different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 12600587
    Abstract: A medium feed apparatus includes a stacking tray, a pick roller located at an upstream side from a feed roller and separation roller in the medium conveyance direction, a first sensor located at an upstream side from the pick roller in the medium conveyance direction, a second sensor located at a downstream side from the feed roller and the separation roller in the medium conveyance direction, and a processor to rotate the pick roller and the feed roller in a medium feed direction to feed a plurality of sheets of the medium stacked on the stacking. The processor stops the pick roller when the second sensor detects a front end of a preceding sheet of the medium and rotates the pick roller again to advance a succeeding sheet of the medium when the first sensor detects a back end of the preceding sheet of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Niwata, Shota Otsuka
  • Patent number: 12600592
    Abstract: A medium ejection apparatus includes a housing, an ejection roller, and an ejection tray attached to the housing to be able to rotate and having a first surface and a second surface, formed at a back side of the first surface, to stack the medium ejected by the ejection roller. The first surface and the second surface are formed by a single member. The first surface is formed with a first recessed part extending in a medium ejection direction and a first beam part extending in the medium ejection direction and sticking out from the first recessed part. The second surface is formed with a second recessed part extending in the medium ejection direction due to the first beam part and is formed with a second beam part extending in the medium ejection direction and sticking out from the second recessed part due to the first recessed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiraiwa, Yuki Takato
  • Patent number: 12595144
    Abstract: A media feeding apparatus includes a feed roller, a separation roller, a torque limiter, a unit, a pressing portion, and a reaction-force generator. The feed roller feeds a medium. The separation roller faces the feed roller and is located on a rotation shaft to which power is not transmitted. The torque limiter is located on the rotation shaft. The separation roller is driven by the feed roller when a torque greater than a predetermined torque is applied to the torque limiter. The unit supports the rotation shaft. The pressing portion applies a pressing force to the unit to swing the unit in a direction in which the separation roller is pressed against the feed roller. The reaction-force generator generates a reaction force to swing the unit in a direction in which the separation roller moves away from the feed roller as the separation roller rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhito Seki, Tomoyuki Niwata
  • Patent number: D1129439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Motoshi Shibuya, Satoshi Kuroda, Koichi Nakamura, Hirotoshi Kakuda, Hiroaki Watanabe, Takanori Kawasaki