Patents by Inventor Hiroki Orihara

Hiroki Orihara 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 and computer readable medium
    Patent number: 8191888
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of paper supplying trays; an image forming unit; and a cover. The image forming apparatus further includes a cover opening/closing detecting unit that detects an operation for opening/closing the cover; a paper supplying tray opening/closing detecting unit that detects an operation for opening/closing the paper supplying tray; a paper jam detecting unit that detects a paper jam in at least one place in a paper transporting path; a paper jam release deciding unit that decides whether the paper jam in the detecting place is released or not after the confirmation of a detection; and a completion control unit that controls to complete a paper jam processing based on the decision that the paper jam in all of the places in the paper transporting path is released through the paper jam release deciding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Matsumoto, Takafumi Yamamoto, Mitsunori Shioi, Hiroki Orihara, Yohei Ito, Hiroshi Hayashi, Tatsuya Arakawa
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20110218669
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of paper supplying trays; an image forming unit; and a cover. The image forming apparatus further includes a cover opening/closing detecting unit that detects an operation for opening/closing the cover; a paper supplying tray opening/closing detecting unit that detects an operation for opening/closing the paper supplying tray; a paper jam detecting unit that detects a paper jam in at least one place in a paper transporting path; a paper jam release deciding unit that decides whether the paper jam in the detecting place is released or not after the confirmation of a detection; and a completion control unit that controls to complete a paper jam processing based on the decision that the paper jam in all of the places in the paper transporting path is released through the paper jam release deciding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki MATSUMOTO, Takafumi YAMAMOTO, Mitsunori SHIOI, Hiroki ORIHARA, Yohei ITO, Hiroshi HAYASHI, Tatsuya ARAKAWA