Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Harada

Hiroyuki Harada 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: 8570600
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit, a frequency distribution acquisition unit, and a color setting unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data representing a color image. The frequency distribution acquisition unit allocates a color of each pixel of the data as a class and acquires a frequency distribution representing an occurrence rate of the color based on the data acquired by the image data acquisition unit. The color setting unit sets a first color with the highest frequency distribution occurrence rate as a background color in the color image, sets a second color with an occurrence rate next in magnitude to the first color as a character color in the color image, and sets a color with an occurrence rate lower than that of the second color as a pattern color that is a color of a specific pattern in the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20130267926
    Abstract: To provide an absorbent article that can further reduce leakage of body fluid from an end portion in a longitudinal direction. An elongated shaped absorbent article includes: a top sheet that has a skin contacting surface; a back sheet; and an absorbent core that is disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, in which a compressed groove is formed on the skin contacting surface; the skin contacting surface has an excretory contact region, a front region, and a rear region; the compressed groove has a pair of first central grooves and a first circular groove that is provided in at least any one of the front region and the rear region; and the first circular groove is arranged at a position overlapping a vertical center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Uematsu, Quing Cao, Yukihiro Ito, Hiroyuki Harada, Kazuya Nishitani
  • CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES, EXTERIOR SHEETS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS PACKING PRODUCT OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20130248398
    Abstract: A continuous packing product of an absorbent article has a plurality of packing bodies are continuous with the absorbent article being packed by means of an exterior sheet and the exterior sheet has: a first resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer which is formed of a thermoplastic resin with a melting point higher than that of the thermoplastic resin forming the first resin layer. A bonded region configured to partition the packing unit by means of thermal bonding is formed on the exterior sheet. The second resin layer is laminated on the first resin layer in at least the bonded region and the thermoplastic resin configuring the second resin layer is soluble in a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Ryuji Okano, Yusuke Kosako, Kazuya Nishitani
  • Sheet feeder with pickup roller and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8517373
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a pickup roller for feeding a sheet on a tray toward a predetermined processing position, an arm member rotatably supporting the pickup roller, a rotary shaft supported on the housing to be rotatable about an axis thereof, a coupling member for coupling the arm member and the rotary shaft, a pivoting mechanism for pivoting the arm member via the rotary shaft so that the pickup roller shifts its position between a feeding position and a retracted position, and a controller for controlling the operation of the pivoting mechanism. The controller controls the arm member to pivot in such a direction that the pickup roller moves toward the retracted position when a sheet is placed on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8520964
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus sequentially performing image processing on multiple pieces of band data composing image data. The image processing apparatus includes a RAM and a JPEG encoding circuit. The RAM has a buffer area of a fixed length. The JPEG encoding circuit sequentially performs variable-length encoding on multiple pieces of band data, sequentially writes the band data subjected to the encoding from the beginning of the buffer area, and writes subsequent band data subjected to the encoding from the beginning of the buffer area if the end of the band data subjected to the encoding is positioned in a boundary area having a certain length including an ending part of the buffer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Saddle type vehicle
    Patent number: 8474565
    Abstract: A saddle type vehicle includes: a seating seat on which a passenger is allowed to be seated; a seat rail to which the seating seat is allowed to be attachably and detachably attached; a frame cover covering outer sides of the seat rail; a helmet holder provided on the seat rail; and a restriction part provided in the vicinity of the helmet holder on the seat rail and projecting toward an inner peripheral surface of the frame cover, in which the helmet holder includes: a hooking portion on which a hook ring of a helmet is allowed to be hooked; and a guide portion extending from the hooking portion, and the restriction part is provided in the middle, of the guide portion, in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • PACKAGE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20130165888
    Abstract: A package structure that includes wings that extend from both sides in the width direction provided on an absorbent article. On first regions on the clothing side of the wings and second regions on the clothing side of the backing sheet, adhesive for affixing the absorbent article to underwear is applied. With the wings folded toward the skin-contacting side of the surface sheet, a water-degradable release sheet is provided so as to cover the first regions. Wrapping sheet is non-water-degradable, is peelable from the underwear-affixing adhesive and is provided so as to cover the second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Harada, Jun Kudo, Mari Mimami
  • Image processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8427693
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus configured as follows. A mode specification table in a storage device contains mode specification information obtained by associating a job designated by a user. The mode specification information indicates which of a page mode and a band mode is to be selected when the job is performed. An operation panel detects a first user operation for inputting the job and a second user operation for starting the job. A main controller, using the mode specification information, specifies the mode corresponding to the job designated by the first user operation. A main controller causes a data acquisition circuit to acquire image data upon detection of the second user operation and causes an image processing circuit to perform a data processing according to the specified mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Katsuji Furushige
  • CATHETER FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
    Publication number: 20130079614
    Abstract: A highly safe catheter that measures electric potential can be inserted into a cardiac chamber together with a balloon-tip ablation catheter and is able to prevent abnormal heat generation at electric potential-measuring electrodes even when high-frequency current is distributed. The catheter includes a shaft having electric potential-measuring electrodes, a metal portion with a length of 2 mm or more, and a lumen passing therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end in the longitudinal direction; and a metal wire inserted through the lumen and connected to the metal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Motoki Takaoka
  • Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus using same
    Patent number: 8405873
    Abstract: When an image forming apparatus sequentially reads the document images of a plurality of pages, forms images on sheets and outputs the sheets (aggregation mode and similar), the image forming apparatus compares, for partial data of the data for a plurality of pages generated by a reading device, coded partial data after first image processing with coded partial data after second image processing. If the coded partial data after first image processing is smaller, the coded data for the plurality of pages after first image processing is caused to be stored in a compressed data storage portion. Then, a first coding/decoding portion is caused to read the stored data, a second image processing portion and similar are caused to perform processing of the data, and a printer is caused to form images on sheets and output the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Image reading device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8305655
    Abstract: An image reading device includes: a foreign-matter image position detection unit that detects a predetermined foreign-matter image from the image read by a document reading unit when the document conveyed by a document conveying unit comes off from a document reading position and detects a main scanning direction position of the foreign-matter image in the main scanning direction; and a lighting control unit that lights up the light-emitting element group arranged in the main scanning direction and lights up the light-emitting elements within a predetermined range from the main scanning direction position of the foreign-matter image in a light emission mode that is different from a light emission mode of other light-emitting elements when the foreign-matter image is detected by the foreign-matter image position detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Image processing device and image reading device capable of performing encoding processing for compressing multilevel image data and encoding processing for compressing binary image data
    Patent number: 8290283
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an input portion for selecting encoding processing for an image to be filed as a monochrome image from first encoding processing according to a first compression method for compressing multilevel image data and second encoding processing according to a second compression method for compressing binary image data. An encoding processing portion performs encoding processing on the image to be filed as the monochrome image. The input portion includes a display and first and second input portions. The display displays a list of images to be filed as the monochrome image. The first input portion is used to specify an image shown on the display and to select encoding processing to be performed on the specified image. The second input portion is used to select the first or second encoding processing to be performed on the specified image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120248733
    Abstract: A saddle type vehicle includes: a seating seat on which a passenger is allowed to be seated; a seat rail to which the seating seat is allowed to be attachably and detachably attached; a frame cover covering outer sides of the seat rail; a helmet holder provided on the seat rail; and a restriction part provided in the vicinity of the helmet holder on the seat rail and projecting toward an inner peripheral surface of the frame cover, in which the helmet holder includes: a hooking portion on which a hook ring of a helmet is allowed to be hooked; and a guide portion extending from the hooking portion, and the restriction part is provided in the middle, of the guide portion, in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8274673
    Abstract: A multi-functional peripheral allows a user to select a productivity priority mode or an image quality priority mode. In the productivity priority mode, a scanner performs a reading operation without moving first and second carriages in a sub-scanning direction, a foreign object image removing processing is executed in accordance with image data obtained by the reading operation, and image forming is performed in accordance with the image data applied with image processing. In the image quality priority mode, the first and second carriages are moved from a reading position P to a reading position P? at which the foreign object does not adhere to a reading slot, the scanner performs the reading operation, and an image forming is performed in accordance with image data applied with image processing not including the foreign object image removing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Okumura, Hiroyuki Harada
  • Document pressing apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus with document pressing apparatus
    Patent number: 8265540
    Abstract: A document pressing apparatus is provided with a document pressing cover including a first lateral part and a second lateral part facing the first lateral part and openable and closable with respect to a housing fitted with a contact glass, a supporting member for supporting the document pressing cover rotatably with respect to the housing at the side of the first lateral part, a plate member connected with the document pressing cover for pressing a document against the contact glass, a first resilient member arranged at the side of the first lateral part between the plate member and the document pressing cover for exerting a pressing force to the document, and a second resilient member provided at the side of the second lateral part between the plate member and the document pressing cover for exerting a pressing force smaller than that of the first resilient member to the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Document feeding device, image reading device and image forming device equipped with same
    Patent number: 8264754
    Abstract: A document feeding device includes: a document tray on which a document is loaded; a discharge tray to which the original document is discharged; a conveyance path which conveys a document on the original document tray to the discharge tray via a document reading position; a detection unit which is disposed in the conveyance path and detects a jam of the original document in the conveyance path; and an illumination device which illuminates the conveyance path in a state visible from the exterior when the detection unit has detected a jam of the original document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120220971
    Abstract: A compression region 50 includes a low compression region 53, in a plan view from a side of a skin contact portion. A density of the low compression region 53 is higher than that of a non-compression region 30a of absorbent article 1. The low compression region 53 is provided with a high compression region 54. The high compression region 54 has a further increased density of the absorber 30. A contact portion 54a of the high compression region 54 contacts with a contact portion 53a of the low compression region 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Takashi Maruyama, Jyunichi Noguchi
  • SHEET FEEDER WITH PICKUP ROLLER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120193863
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a pickup roller for feeding a sheet on a tray toward a predetermined processing position, an arm member rotatably supporting the pickup roller, a rotary shaft supported on the housing to be rotatable about an axis thereof, a coupling member for coupling the arm member and the rotary shaft, a pivoting mechanism for pivoting the arm member via the rotary shaft so that the pickup roller shifts its position between a feeding position and a retracted position, and a controller for controlling the operation of the pivoting mechanism. The controller controls the arm member to pivot in such a direction that the pickup roller moves toward the retracted position when a sheet is placed on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120105880
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit, a frequency distribution acquisition unit, and a color setting unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data representing a color image. The frequency distribution acquisition unit allocates a color of each pixel of the data as a class and acquires a frequency distribution representing an occurrence rate of the color based on the data acquired by the image data acquisition unit. The color setting unit sets a first color with the highest frequency distribution occurrence rate as a background color in the color image, sets a second color with an occurrence rate next in magnitude to the first color as a character color in the color image, and sets a color with an occurrence rate lower than that of the second color as a pattern color that is a color of a specific pattern in the color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Image processing device for creating data file from monochrome image after the monochrome image has been compressed by different compression methods
    Patent number: 8085446
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first encoding processing portion to perform first encoding processing according to a first compression method for compressing multilevel image data and a second encoding processing portion to perform second encoding processing according to a second compression method for compressing binary image data. A determination portion determines whether an image made up of acquired image data is a monochrome image. A data volume estimating portion makes an estimation between a first data volume when image data forming the monochrome image is compressed by the first encoding processing and a second data volume when the image data is compressed by the second encoding processing as to which data volume becomes smaller. A file creating portion creates a data file from image data that has the smaller volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada