Patents Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 11868072
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a scanner configured to read an image formed on a sheet along a reading direction and generate image data thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to select a first region of the generated image data into which a first image indicating the reading direction is to be combined, set a pixel value of the first image in accordance with a pixel value of a pixel around the first region, and combine the first image having the determined pixel value into the first region of the image data and output the combined image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihito Hiroe
  • Photographing device and method
    Patent number: 11868146
    Abstract: A flying drone for shelf label checking includes a flying mechanism, a camera, and a camera interface configured to transmit and receive data to and from the camera. A flight control interface is configured to transmit and receive data to and from the flying mechanism. A processor is configured to acquire a first image of an object from a first distance with the camera, then extract an object region for the object from the first image. The processor then sets a flight path based on the object region and controls the flying mechanism to fly the camera along the flight path to a second distance that is closer to the object than the first distance. A second image of the object is then acquired from the second distance with the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Yasunaga, Keita Yamazaki
  • Image forming apparatus that forms image based on information from wireless tag
    Patent number: 11868196
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a wireless tag communication device to write data to, and read data from, a wireless tag attached to a sheet. An image forming device in the apparatus is configured to form an image on the sheet. A controller in the apparatus is configured to determine whether a writing of data to a wireless tag was successful based on a notification from the wireless tag communication device and generate investigation support information if the writing was not successful and control the image forming device to form an investigation support image corresponding to the investigation support information if the writing was not successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Tomiyama, Sadatoshi Oishi
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11870956
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display device, an input device, a storage, and a communication circuit. The display device is configured to display at least one image for display. The input device is configured to detect a user's selection of an image for display in the at least one image for display and to detect an input, to a drawing region of the display device, of a drawing by a user indicating an image quality abnormality with respect to a target image corresponding to the selected image for display. The storage is configured to store drawing information based on the input of the drawing via the input device and to store estimation abnormality information related to the drawing information. The communication circuit is configured to output the drawing information, which can be used for servicing the image forming apparatus, to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haru Hikita, Sou Miyazaki, Hiroyo Tanaka, Kazuhiro Ogura, Satoshi Oyama, Tatsuya Inagi, Masaki Narahashi
  • Image forming apparatus and heating method
    Patent number: 11868067
    Abstract: A fixing unit or device that can be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first heater element that is formed of a material that increases in electrical resistance with increases in temperature. A controller of the fixing unit is configured to vary a duty ratio of electric power applied to the first heater element during a start-up operation in which the temperature of the first heater element is raised to a target operating temperature. By varying the duty ratio during the start-up operation, changes in the resistance of the first heater element with the heating can be compensated. For example, the duty ratio can be increased during the course of the start-up to achieve the target operating temperature faster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Murakami, Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Sasuke Endo, Masaya Tanaka, Ryota Saeki, Kousei Miyashita, Ryosuke Kojima, Yohei Doi, Yuki Kawashima, Eiji Shinohara
  • Mobile body and terminal case to be attached to the same
    Patent number: 11866083
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a mobile body acquires product information given to a product to be purchased and transports the product to be purchased. The mobile body includes a cart body, an acquisition device, and a holder. The cart body is moved to transport the product. The acquisition device acquires the product information. The holder detachably holds the acquisition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yukiko Yokoyama
  • CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND SHEET BUNDLE PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20240004336
    Abstract: A conductive sheet that is configured to be stacked between a sheet tray of an image forming device and a sheet. The conductive sheet includes a base layer and a regulator. The base layer comprises a conductive material. The base layer is configured to be stacked between the sheet tray and the sheet so that the conductive material overlaps with a wireless tag of the sheet. The regulator is configured to regulate conveyance of the conductive sheet by the image forming device when the conductive sheet is stacked between the sheet tray and the sheet so that the conductive material overlaps with the wireless tag of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi TOMIYAMA, Sadatoshi OISHI
  • Image forming apparatus including printer and readers
    Patent number: 11863716
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printer, a first reader, a second reader, and a processor. The printer is configured to print an image having diagnostic information on a sheet of paper. The first reader is configured to read a first image from the sheet of paper. The second reader is configured to read a second image from the sheet of paper. The processor is configured to cause a display to display a diagnosis result of a defect based on the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Tanaka
  • Image forming apparatus and control method thereof including control of print job
    Patent number: 11861248
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to stop a print job under execution in response to an occurrence of an abnormality preventing the print job from continuing, set the stopped print job to a skip state, and restart the print job set to the skip state in response to a restart instruction by a user associated with the print job and not by a second user different from the user associated with the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Saito
  • Sale data processing device and sale data processing method
    Patent number: 11861650
    Abstract: A sale data processing device includes a member storage memory configured to store input member specification information, and a processor configured to determine whether or not an acquired sale target is a sale target to be sold only to only a member, on the basis of specification information for specifying the sale target. The processor is configured to execute a settlement process related to the sale target only when the sale target is a sale target to be sold to only a member and the member information is stored in the member storage memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoki Ueno
  • Power transmission device and power supply system including power transmission device
    Patent number: 11862992
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power transmission device performs power transmission without contact with a power reception device. A control circuit of the power transmission device obtains, as a reference value, a standby current in a standby state in which the power transmission to the power reception device is not performed. The control circuit sets, as a foreign matter detection threshold, a value obtained by adding a constant value to the reference value or a value obtained by adding a constant ratio to the reference value. Further, in the standby state, when the current value input to the power transmission circuit and detected by the current detection circuit is equal to or larger than the threshold, the control circuit determines that there is a foreign matter on the power transmission coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakazu Kato
  • Sheet cassette
    Patent number: 11858765
    Abstract: A sheet cassette includes a sheet mounting unit, a first side guide, a second side guide, and a biasing unit. The first side guide comes into contact with the sheet at one end in a sheet width direction. The sheet width direction is a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed out from the sheet mounting unit. The sheet width direction is parallel to the mounting surface. The second side guide comes into contact with the sheet at the other end in the sheet width direction. The biasing unit has a biasing member. The biasing member biases at least the first side guide in a direction approaching the second side guide. The first side guide can rotate around a rotation shaft intersecting the mounting surface in a direction in which the first side guide approaches and separates from the second side guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Oshida
  • Sheet post-processing device and sheet post-processing method
    Patent number: 11858771
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet post-processing device includes a first tray to receive sheets from an image forming unit, a second tray to receive sheets from the first tray, and a third tray to receive sheets from the second tray. The third tray is movable relative to the second tray. A bundle claw is configured to move sheets in a first direction from the second tray to the third tray. A controller is configured to move the third tray relative to the second tray according to the sheets on the second tray. Depending on various characteristics of the sheets on the second tray or the presence of sheets already on the third tray, the position of the third tray may be changed to reduce possible misalignments of sheets in the transfer from the second to third tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Iguchi
  • Office device, office device system, control method using office device, and wireless device tracking method
    Patent number: 11863637
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an office device includes a communication unit to wirelessly communicate with a wireless device using a short-range wireless communication standard. A processor of the office device is configured to periodically search for wireless devices within a communication range of the communication unit, acquire identification information from each wireless device detected in the search for wireless devices, output search data including the identification information to a server. In some examples, the office device may be used as a monitoring sensor or the like to provide information for control of another apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Koizumi
  • System and methods for determining whether an execution instruction is associated with a target user
    Patent number: 11861246
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores user information according to a specific device connected to an external network in advance. The control unit receives an execution instruction as an execution instruction of a job by a user indicated by the user information according to the specific device, if the execution instruction of the job is received from the specific device via the external network, and executes the job according to the execution instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takehisa Ishida
  • Information processing apparatus and control program therefor
    Patent number: 11861992
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to store first software and second software different from the first software. The controller is configured to enable execution of the first software and the second software when an elapsed time since an application of a program on security was last successfully performed is less than a predetermined time, and enable execution of the first software and disable execution of the second software when the elapsed time is greater than or equal to the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumihiko Ikegami
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING REUSABLE LEARNING AIDS TO USERS
    Publication number: 20230419854
    Abstract: A method and device for providing reusable learning aids to users is described. The method comprises printing, by a Multi-Function Printer, MFP, (103), the learning aids (209) on a plurality of papers using an erasable ink, wherein each of the plurality of papers comprise a unique identifier corresponding to the users (101) of the learning aids (209). Further, the method comprises scanning each of the plurality of papers comprising one or more user inputs (211) and storing scanned content (213) in a Document Management System, DMS, (105) associated with the MFP (103), wherein the one or more user inputs (211) are provided on the plurality of papers by the users (101), using an erasable ink material. Finally, the method comprises erasing the erasable ink on each of the plurality of papers upon storing the scanned content (213) in the DMS (105) for reusing the plurality of papers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kokrady VANISHREE
  • Temperature control device and image forming apparatus including the temperature control device
    Patent number: 11852997
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a temperature abnormality detection circuit provided in a temperature control device includes a target temperature determination circuit, a difference arithmetic circuit, a temperature abnormality determination circuit, and a storage circuit. The temperature abnormality detection circuit is configured to determine the presence or absence of temperature abnormality by a response situation of a detected temperature by a temperature sensor, calculate a current temperature difference from the detected temperature acquired by the temperature sensor if it is determined that there is a temperature abnormality and an estimated WAE temperature value, and determine whether the temperature sensor is abnormal or the control circuit side is abnormal based on the result of comparison between the temperature difference and a preset threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Kojima
  • Settlement device
    Patent number: 11853992
    Abstract: A settlement device includes a packing unit located near a reading unit to pack a commodity, a symbol of which is read by a reading unit, a measuring unit to measure the packed commodity, a light emitting unit, determining means for determining, using data of weight measured, whether the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, and light-emission controller for, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a first form and, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is not packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a second form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kawaguchi, Hidehiro Naito, Shinsuke Yajima, Daisuke Hattori, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou, Kota Suzuki
  • Toner, toner cartridge, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11853005
    Abstract: A toner includes toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive is adhered to surfaces of the toner base particles, which contain a crystalline polyester resin and an ester wax. The proportion of an ester compound with a carbon number of C1, the content of the ester compound with a carbon number of C1 being highest among the ester compounds constituting the ester wax, is 65 mass % or more with respect to 100 mass % of the ester wax. The carbon number distribution of the ester compounds constituting the ester wax has only one maximum peak in a region where the carbon number is 43 or more. The external additive contains silica particles having a volume average primary particle diameter D50 of 40 to 75 nm. The moisture content of the silica particles is less than 1.0 mass % with respect to 100 mass % of the silica particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Imamura