Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tojo

Hiroyuki Tojo 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: 20240101375
    Abstract: A feeding support apparatus includes a processor configured to: present plural parameters related to blowing conditions of a plural blowing units that support feeding by blowing air to paper accommodated in a paper storing unit; blow air from the plural blowing units based on the plural parameters and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the plural presented parameters is given; present a correction parameter obtained by correcting at least one of the plural parameters in a case where an error has occurred during feeding from the paper storing unit; and blow air from the plural blowing units based on the correction parameter and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the presented correction parameter is given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tojo, Takayuki Saito
  • Patent number: 11656812
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recording medium accommodation portion that accommodates a recording medium, a storage portion that stores information about the recording medium that is accommodated in the recording medium accommodation portion and previously printed, a sensing portion that senses opening and closing of the recording medium accommodation portion, a comparison portion that compares currently set setting information about the recording medium with the information about the recording medium stored in the storage portion on a condition that the sensing portion senses that the recording medium accommodation portion is not open between previous printing and current printing, and an output portion that outputs a comparison result of the comparison portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tojo, Takayuki Saito, Makoto Ito
  • Patent number: 11637941
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive paper information on a type of paper on which an image is formed; acquire assist information about assistance to supply the paper by supplying gas to the paper and adjustment information about positioning of the paper after assistance to supply the paper is performed, the assist information and the adjustment information corresponding to the received paper information and relating to transport of the paper; and perform control for storing the paper information, the assist information, and the adjustment information in association with one another into a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takayuki Saito, Hiroyuki Tojo, Makoto Ito
  • Publication number: 20230078843
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive paper information on a type of paper on which an image is formed; acquire assist information about assistance to supply the paper by supplying gas to the paper and adjustment information about positioning of the paper after assistance to supply the paper is performed, the assist information and the adjustment information corresponding to the received paper information and relating to transport of the paper; and perform control for storing the paper information, the assist information, and the adjustment information in association with one another into a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takayuki SAITO, Hiroyuki TOJO, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20220413773
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recording medium accommodation portion that accommodates a recording medium, a storage portion that stores information about the recording medium that is accommodated in the recording medium accommodation portion and previously printed, a sensing portion that senses opening and closing of the recording medium accommodation portion, a comparison portion that compares currently set setting information about the recording medium with the information about the recording medium stored in the storage portion on a condition that the sensing portion senses that the recording medium accommodation portion is not open between previous printing and current printing, and an output portion that outputs a comparison result of the comparison portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOJO, Takayuki SAITO, Makoto ITO
  • Patent number: 11354072
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a specifier that specifies a version of firmware to be applied to any of multiple components included in an electronic device, an acquirer that acquires component information corresponding to a parts configuration included in a target component to which the firmware is to be applied, a determiner that determines whether or not the specified version of the firmware is usable with the parts configuration corresponding to the acquired component information, and an executer that executes a prohibition process of prohibiting application of the specified version of the firmware in a case in which the determiner determines that the specified version of the firmware is unusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tojo, Masatoshi Hara, Yoshitake Hamano, Akira Shinada, Tomoki Takemura, Hideyuki Tomokane
  • Publication number: 20190286379
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a specifier that specifies a version of firmware to be applied to any of multiple components included in an electronic device, an acquirer that acquires component information corresponding to a parts configuration included in a target component to which the firmware is to be applied, a determiner that determines whether or not the specified version of the firmware is usable with the parts configuration corresponding to the acquired component information, and an executer that executes a prohibition process of prohibiting application of the specified version of the firmware in a case in which the determiner determines that the specified version of the firmware is unusable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOJO, Masatoshi HARA, Yoshitake HAMANO, Akira SHINADA, Tomoki TAKEMURA, Hideyuki TOMOKANE
  • Patent number: 10070410
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets plural candidate points which are candidates of positions of a transmitter based on a position of one of plural receivers that receive radio waves from the transmitter; and a specifying unit that specifies a position of the transmitter from among the plural candidate points by using (i) strengths of the radio waves which one or more receivers including a receiver other than the one receiver receive from the transmitter and (ii) strengths of the radio waves which are inferred to be received by the one or more receivers from the transmitter when it is assumed that the transmitter exists at each of the plural candidate points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Mori, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Hiroyuki Tojo, Satoshi Isobe
  • Publication number: 20180139716
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets plural candidate points which are candidates of positions of a transmitter based on a position of one of plural receivers that receive radio waves from the transmitter; and a specifying unit that specifies a position of the transmitter from among the plural candidate points by using (i) strengths of the radio waves which one or more receivers including a receiver other than the one receiver receive from the transmitter and (ii) strengths of the radio waves which are inferred to be received by the one or more receivers from the transmitter when it is assumed that the transmitter exists at each of the plural candidate points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro MORI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Hiroyuki TOJO, Satoshi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20170134596
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a receiving unit that receives an operation for an operation target device, and an acquisition unit that acquires, through a near field radio communication, information on the operation target device, which is stored in the operation target device connected through the near field radio communication, during the operation, wherein the information on the operation target device is information that the operation target device acquires from an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru SATO, Masaya KOJIMA, Hideo SASAGAWA, Kazuya IIMURA, Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki TOJO
  • Patent number: 5006728
    Abstract: The power supply circuit supplies electric current to a plurality of circuits in turn. The power supply circuit has a power source (5); a resistor (4); one end of which is connected to the power source (5); a first current path (1), one end of which is connected to the other end of the resistor (4), and including a first driver circuit (12); a second current path (2), one end of which is connected to the other end of the resistor (4), and including a second driver circuit (22); and a controller (3) which drives the first and second driver circuits (12, 22) alternatively. The controller (3) controls the on-and-off timings of the first and second driver circuits (12, 22) so that the first current path (12) is maintained in the ON state for a time equal to or more than a predetermined necessary time, and the second current path (22) is broken for a time equal to or less than an allowed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Yonekura, Hiroyuki Tojo