Patents by Inventor Hideharu Shiota

Hideharu Shiota 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).

  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 7822353
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an operations section that operates the image forming apparatus, the operations section being rotatably supported by an apparatus main body; an operations section holding unit that holds the operations section at a predetermined angle with respect to the apparatus main body; an external force detecting unit that detects an external force applied to the operations section in a rotational direction of the operations section; an operations section rotating unit that rotates the operations section in a direction of the external force; and a control unit to activate the operations section rotating unit in response to detection of the external force by the external force detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koike, Takashi Inoue, Hideharu Shiota
  • Image Forming Apparatus
    Publication number: 20070212101
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an operations section that operates the image forming apparatus, the operations section being rotatably supported by an apparatus main body; an operations section holding unit that holds the operations section at a predetermined angle with respect to the apparatus main body; an external force detecting unit that detects an external force applied to the operations section in a rotational direction of the operations section; an operations section rotating unit that rotates the operations section in a direction of the external force; and a control unit to activate the operations section rotating unit in response to detection of the external force by the external force detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuo Koike, Takashi Inoue, Hideharu Shiota
  • Print-order receiving apparatus
    Patent number: 6765646
    Abstract: A print-order receiving apparatus is capable of receiving a customer's order for photographic prints through a recording medium electronically recording image data therein. The apparatus includes a box-like apparatus body, a slot formed in the apparatus body for attaching the recording medium and a reading driver unit for reading the image date from the recording medium as attached in the slot. The slot defines an aperture plane with its peripheral edges, the aperture plane being upwardly inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Oka, Satofumi Matsuyama, Makoto Kikuta, Hideharu Shiota
  • Print-order receiving apparatus
    Publication number: 20030043353
    Abstract: A print-order receiving apparatus is capable of receiving a customer's order for photographic prints through a recording medium electronically recording image data therein. The apparatus includes a box-like apparatus body, a slot formed in the apparatus body for attaching the recording medium and a reading driver unit for reading the image date from the recording medium as attached in the slot. The slot defines an aperture plane with its peripheral edges, the aperture plane being upwardly inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Shinichi Oka, Satofumi Matsuyama, Makoto Kikuta, Hideharu Shiota