Patents by Inventor Akifumi Sugano

Akifumi Sugano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230208991
    Abstract: A carrier sheet detecting unit is located upstream a reading unit in a transport direction in which transport is performed, and can detect a carrier sheet transported. Then, a control unit can determine that the carrier sheet is transported based on a detection result of the carrier sheet detecting unit. Additionally, the reading unit can read an original document sandwiched by the carrier sheet transported, the control unit can determine that the carrier sheet is transported based on a reading result of the reading unit. Then, the control unit switches between adopting the detection result of the carrier sheet detecting unit and adopting the reading result of the reading unit, and determines that the carrier sheet is transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi MURAHASHI, Akifumi SUGANO, Yuko HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11509785
    Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
  • Patent number: 11477336
    Abstract: An image reader includes a curvature forming unit that contacts a medium upstream of a nip position between a feeding roller and a separating roller, and forms a curvature of the medium in a width direction that intersects a feeding direction. The curvature forming unit is capable of switching between a first state in which a curvature is formed in a medium and a second state positioned in a direction that is retracted from a feeding path of the medium compared to the first state. The curvature forming unit is associated with posture switching of the device body, and is brought to the second state when the device body takes a first device posture, and is brought to the first state when the device body takes the second device posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Miyauchi, Akifumi Sugano
  • Publication number: 20220038591
    Abstract: An image reader includes a curvature forming unit that contacts a medium upstream of a nip position between a feeding roller and a separating roller, and forms a curvature of the medium in a width direction that intersects a feeding direction. The curvature forming unit is capable of switching between a first state in which a curvature is formed in a medium and a second state positioned in a direction that is retracted from a feeding path of the medium compared to the first state. The curvature forming unit is associated with posture switching of the device body, and is brought to the second state when the device body takes a first device posture, and is brought to the first state when the device body takes the second device posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Akifumi SUGANO
  • Publication number: 20210250457
    Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
  • Patent number: 11019231
    Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
  • Publication number: 20200076974
    Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu