Patents by Inventor Jun Yamada
Jun Yamada 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).
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Patent number: 12753040Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes: a binder to bind multiple sheets at a binding position to form a sheet bundle; a sheet inserter having an opening into which the sheet bundle is insertable from an outside of the sheet inserter to a bindable region having the binding position; and a binding position verifier allowing the multiple sheets, inserted from the opening to the bindable region, to be verifiable from an outside of the sheet inserter.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2024Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: Richoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Suzuka Fujita, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Yusuke Hirono, Atsushi Shinoda, Shuuto Tohkaishi, Satoshi Hirata, Shingo Yoshizawa, Naofumi Yoshida, Ryota Takayama, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga, Yuji Suzuki, Wataru Nozaki, Kanako Fujisaki, Jun Yamada
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Patent number: 12756784Abstract: A medium processing device includes a conveyor to convey multiple sheets in a conveyance direction; a tray to stack the multiple sheets; a first binder to perform a first binding process; a second binder to perform a second binding process; a common guide extending in a main scanning direction; a first branch guide branched from one end of the common guide in the main scanning direction to a first standby position; and a second branch guide branched from the one end of the common guide in the main scanning direction to a second standby position. The first binder is movable between the first standby position and the manual binding position along the first branch guide and the common guide. The second binder is movable between the second standby position and the manual binding position along the second branch guide and the common guide.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2024Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Nozaki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Atsushi Shinoda, Yusuke Hirono, Shuuto Tohkaishi, Satoshi Hirata, Shingo Yoshizawa, Naofumi Yoshida, Suzuka Fujita, Ryota Takayama, Takahiro Watanabe, Jun Yamada, Takuya Morinaga, Yuji Suzuki, Kanako Fujisaki
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Patent number: 12741843Abstract: A media processing apparatus includes: an internal tray; an ejection tray; a first conveyor to convey a sheet medium in a first conveyance direction leading to the ejection tray via the internal tray; a second conveyor to convey the medium in a second conveyance direction; a binder including a pair of clampers to clamp sheet media stacked on the internal tray and being switchable among an out-of-contact state in which the clampers are out of contact, a clamping state in which the media are clamped by the clampers, and a binding state in which the media are pressed and bound by the clampers. The circuitry switches the binder into the clamping state when an (N+1)-th sheet medium is conveyed in the first direction while contacting an N-th sheet medium in a state in which N sheets of sheet media are stacked on the internal tray, N being a natural number.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2024Date of Patent: September 22, 2026Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Yusuke Hirono, Atsushi Shinoda, Shuuto Tohkaishi, Satoshi Hirata, Shingo Yoshizawa, Suzuka Fujita, Naofumi Yoshida, Ryota Takayama, Takahiro Watanabe, Jun Yamada, Takuya Morinaga, Wataru Nozaki, Kanako Fujisaki
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Publication number: 20260273974Abstract: A conveyance device 52 according to the present disclosure includes: a feeding unit 2 configured to feed a medium 7 from a roll body R1; a conveying unit 3 configured to intermittently convey the medium fed from the roll body in a conveying direction; a tension bar 20 configured to press the medium to apply a tension T1, the tension bar being movably disposed between the feeding unit 2 and the conveying unit 3 in a conveying path 18; a tension bar moving unit 21 configured to move the tension bar 20; and a control unit 15 configured to control each of operations performed by the feeding unit 2, the conveying unit 3, and the tension bar moving unit 21, in which the control unit 15 changes a magnitude of the tension T1 based on timing information 54 designating a timing at which a magnitude of the tension T1 is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2026Publication date: September 17, 2026Inventors: Jun YAMADA, Masaki KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20260268105Abstract: A delivery server includes a controller. In response to receiving a font list request transmitted from a first device, the controller transmits a first server font list to the first device. The first server font list is a list of server fonts. The server fonts are fonts available to the delivery server. In response to receiving a specific data request transmitted from the first device, the controller obtains specific data used for displaying a first character string image and transmits the obtained specific data to the first device. The specific data request specifies a character string inputted on the first device, and identification information identifying a server font selected from the first server font list on the first device. The first character string image is an image of the specified character string rendered in the server font identified by the identification information specified in the received specific data request.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2026Publication date: September 10, 2026Inventors: Jun YAMADA, Ryoji BAN, Fuyuko ITO
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Publication number: 20260267273Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a stacker, a binder, and a driver. The first conveyor nips a medium and rotates to convey the medium in a first conveyance direction. The second conveyor rotates while contacting an upper face of the medium that has passed through the first conveyor, and convey the medium in a second conveyance direction different from the first conveyance direction. The stacker stacks media including the medium conveyed by the second conveyor. The binder binds the media stacked on the stacker. The driver drives the first conveyor and the second conveyor, and moves the second conveyor between a conveyance position where the second conveyor contacts the medium on the stacker to convey the medium and a retraction position where the second conveyor is retracted from the medium on the stacker.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2026Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: ETRIA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kotomi KAMEYAMA, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Atsushi SHINODA, Shota YOSHIDA, Sho ASANO, Shuuto TOHKAISHI, Hirotaka YASUKAWA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKAYAMA, Akira KUNIEDA, Jun YAMADA, Yuji SUZUKI, Wataru NOZAKI, Satoshi HIRATA, Takuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260267274Abstract: A sheet stacker including a bottom, a first-end side portion, and a second-end side portion. The bottom face is a face on which a sheet, subjected to a folding operation and ejected from an ejection portion in a sheet ejection direction, is stacked. The first-end side portion has a sliding face that is raised upward from the bottom face at a first end of the bottom face in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet ejection direction. The second-end side portion is raised upward from the bottom face at a second end opposite to the first end in the width direction. The sliding face of the first-end side portion is inclined or curved with respect to a vertical plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2026Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: ETRIA CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi SHINODA, Sho ASANO, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Shota YOSHIDA, Kotomi KAMEYAMA, Shuuto TOHKAISHI, Hirotaka YASUKAWA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKAYAMA, Akira KUNIEDA, Jun YAMADA, Yuji SUZUKI, Wataru NOZAKI, Satoshi HIRATA, Takuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260252019Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a temporary stacker on which a plurality of sheets are stacked on a temporary basis, a sheet processing device to perform given processing on a sheet bundle including the plurality of sheets stacked on the temporary stacker, an ejection device including a pair of rotors to eject the sheet bundle, and a guide to move between a first position above a top face of lower one of the pair of rotors and a second position below the top face of the lower one of the pair of rotors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2026Publication date: August 27, 2026Applicant: ETRIA CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuuto TOHKAISHI, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Sho ASANO, Atsushi SHINODA, Shota YOSHIDA, Kotomi KAMEYAMA, Hirotaka YASUKAWA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKAYAMA, Akira KUNIEDA, Jun YAMADA, Yuji SUZUKI, Wataru NOZAKI, Satoshi HIRATA, Takuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260249449Abstract: A trained-model generation device acquires training data including behavior data of a human for training. The trained-model generation device causes a generative adversarial network model including a generator and a discriminator to perform machine learning, based on the training data, to generate a trained generator that outputs behavior data of a control-target robot in response to input of behavior data representing behavior of the human as a target.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: August 27, 2026Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Masato KOBAYASHI, Jun YAMADA, Masashi HAMAYA, Kazutoshi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20260233958Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a housing having an opening through which a medium bundle including media is inserted in an insertion direction, a crimp binding device to crimp the medium bundle inserted through the opening on one side in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the insertion direction, an input device to receive an input on a medium size of the media and a binding position of the medium bundle to be crimp-bound by the crimp binding device, processing circuitry to determine an insertion orientation of the medium bundle to be inserted into the opening, an image orientation of an image on at least one of the media, and a front-rear orientation of the medium bundle, based on the medium size and the binding position received by the input device, and a notifying device to provide notification of the insertion orientation, the image orientation, and the front-rear orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2026Publication date: August 13, 2026Applicant: ETRIA CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Atsushi SHINODA, Sho ASANO, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Shota YOSHIDA, Kotomi KAMEYAMA, Shuuto TOHKAISHI, Hirotaka YASUKAWA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKAYAMA, Akira KUNIEDA, Jun YAMADA, Yuji SUZUKI, Wataru NOZAKI, Satoshi HIRATA, Takuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260238727Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes a tray, a conveyor, a reader, and circuitry. The tray stacks a document. The conveyor conveys the document from the tray. The reader reads an image on the document conveyed by the conveyor. The circuitry is to acquire processing information including a conveyance setting to set a conveyance condition of the document by the conveyor or a reading setting to set a reading condition of the document by the reader, estimate, based on the processing information acquired, magnitude of a sound generated by a conveyance of the document by the conveyor or a reading of the document by the reader and a reading number of sheets of the document processable per a given period of time, and change the conveyance setting based on the magnitude of the sound and the reading number.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2025Publication date: August 13, 2026Applicant: ETRIA Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun YAMADA
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Patent number: 12697805Abstract: A propulsion strengthening member attached to a surface of an object existing in outer space, the propulsion strengthening member includes: a transparent member that transmits an emitted laser; and an opaque member that is provided between the transparent member and the object and absorbs the laser such that at least a part thereof is evaporated by energy of the laser.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2024Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignees: SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, RikenInventors: Tadanori Fukushima, Jun Yamada, Daisuke Hirata, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Satoshi Wada
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Publication number: 20260220408Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions for an information processing apparatus including a controller and a memory. The set of program instructions, when executed by the controller, causes the information processing apparatus to perform editing label data, the label data being printable by a label printer, storing the edited label data in the memory, controlling the label printer to perform printing based on the edited label data or the stored label data, in response to storing the label data or performing printing based on the label data, suggesting posting of the stored label data or the printed label data, and posting the label data, the posting the label data including uploading the label data to a server. The server is configured to store the uploaded label data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2026Publication date: July 30, 2026Inventors: Fuyuko ITO, Jun YAMADA, Aiko YASUI, Ryoji BAN, Katsumi KIYOSE, Tetsuya NOSE
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Publication number: 20260222502Abstract: A processing system including a post-processing apparatus, a document reader, and circuitry. The post-processing apparatus includes a housing, a processing device, and an ejector. The housing has an opening. The processing device performs a post-processing on a medium on which an image is formed. The ejector ejects the medium subjected to the post-processing by the processing device, from the opening. The document reader reads an image on a document of multiple documents. The circuitry is to detect a binding mark on the document from the image read by the document reader, and move the processing device to a binding position facing the binding mark on the document, when the multiple documents is manually fed through the opening of the post-processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2025Publication date: July 30, 2026Applicant: ETRIA CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira KUNIEDA, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Atsushi SHINODA, Shota YOSHIDA, Kotomi KAMEYAMA, Sho ASANO, Shuuto TOHKAISHI, Hirotaka YASUKAWA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKAYAMA, Jun YAMADA, Yuji SUZUKI, Wataru NOZAKI, Satoshi HIRATA, Takuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260214174Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes a tray on which a document is to be placed; a conveyer to convey the document from the tray; a sensor to read an image of the document while the document is conveyed by the conveyer; and circuitry to acquire processing information including at least one of a setting for conveying the document by the conveyer and a setting for reading the document by the sensor and estimate, based on the processing information, sound pleasantness which a person feels for sound produced in conveyance or reading of the document in a case where the document is conveyed or read.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2025Publication date: July 23, 2026Applicant: ETRIA CO., LTD.Inventor: Jun YAMADA
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Patent number: 12679686Abstract: A media conveying apparatus includes: a pair of first defining members defining an upstream part of a conveyance path in a conveyance direction; a pair of second defining members defining a downstream part of the conveyance path in the conveyance direction; a first conveyor to convey a medium in the upstream part in the conveyance direction; a second conveyor to convey the medium in the downstream part in the conveyance direction; and a tray disposed downstream from the pair of second defining members in the conveyance direction. The tray stacks the medium ejected from the conveyance path. The pair of first defining members and the pair of second defining members are movable relative to each other in the conveyance direction to lengthen and shorten the conveyance path including the upstream part and the downstream part.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2024Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Yoshizawa, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Yusuke Hirono, Atsushi Shinoda, Shuuto Tohkaishi, Satoshi Hirata, Suzuka Fujita, Naofumi Yoshida, Ryota Takayama, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga, Yuji Suzuki, Wataru Nozaki, Kanako Fujisaki, Jun Yamada
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Patent number: 12675516Abstract: A set of computer-readable instructions, when executing by a computer of a server, causes the server to perform: when a font suggestion request is received from an information processing device and a user has been identified: a determination process; and a suggestion process. The determination process includes: extracting one or more related sets of label data related to the user from among a plurality of sets of label data recorded in a label database; and determining one or more languages based on one or more text objects contained in the one or more related sets of label data. The suggestion process includes: extracting one or more recommended sets of font data supporting the one or more languages from among a plurality of sets of font data recorded in a font database; and suggesting the one or more recommended sets of font data to the information processing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2025Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Jun Yamada
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Publication number: 20260187398Abstract: A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller, causes a server to perform: in response to receiving, from a first information processing apparatus, a download request specifying one of a plurality of label data stored in a label database, transmitting specified label data and a label ID to the first information processing apparatus; acquiring print logs including a print log output from the first information processing apparatus when a label printer performs printing based on the label data received from the server, the print log including time information and the label ID; counting, based on the acquired print logs, a number of prints within a particular period for each label data; and in response to receiving a suggestion request from a second information processing apparatus, suggesting label data having a high print frequency based on the counted number of prints for each label data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2026Publication date: July 2, 2026Inventor: Jun YAMADA
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Publication number: 20260177967Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a stacker, a first direction aligner, a second direction aligner, a binder, a drive source, and a switch. The stacker stacks media conveyed in a conveyance direction. The first direction aligner aligns a position of the media in the conveyance direction. The second direction aligner aligns a position of the media in a main scanning direction. The binder binds a media bundle of the media on the stacker. The drive source moves the second direction aligner in a first-side direction and a second-side direction. The switch switches the first direction aligner between a first state where the first direction aligner is allowed to move in the first-side direction by the second direction aligner and is restricted to move in the second-side direction and a second state where the first direction aligner is allowed to move in the second-side direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2025Publication date: June 25, 2026Applicant: ETRIA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sho ASANO, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Wataru Takahashi, Tomomichi HOSHINO, Atsushi SHINODA, Shota YOSHIDA, Kotomi KAMEYAMA, Shuuto TOHKAISHI, Hirotaka YASUKAWA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKAYAMA, Akira KUNIEDA, Jun YAMADA, Yuji SUZUKI, Wataru NOZAKI, Satoshi HIRATA, Takuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20260167449Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a hole puncher and circuitry. The hole puncher includes a punching member, a motor to drive the punching member to perform a punching process as a post-processing on a sheet, and a sensor to measure a number of rotations of the motor to measure an actual punching time of the punching process on the sheet. The circuitry is to acquire the actual punching time, and sheet processing information and sheet information of the sheet; generate a trained model through machine learning using the sheet processing information and the actual punching time as training data; input the sheet processing information to the trained model to estimate an estimated punching time; calculate a time difference between the actual punching time and the estimated punching time; and compare the time difference and a threshold value to determine deterioration of a part member of the hole puncher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2025Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: ETRIA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shota Yoshida, Tomomichi Hoshino, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Wataru Takahashi, Sho Asano, Atsushi Shinoda, Kotomi Kameyama, Shuuto Tohkaishi, Hirotaka Yasukawa, Shingo Yoshizawa, Naofumi Yoshida, Ryota Takayama, Akira Kunieda, Jun Yamada, Yuji Suzuki, Wataru Nozaki, Satoshi Hirata, Takuya Okamoto