Patents by Inventor Junichi Hirate

Junichi Hirate 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).

  • Patent number: 9375955
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a first and second conveying units conveying a printing medium, a driving unit driving the conveying units and a control unit controlling the driving unit. A load mutually acting on the conveying units through the medium in a conveyance state by the conveying units is recursively calculated for each predetermined conveyance unit while setting the initial value to 0. The driving unit is controlled based on the calculation result at the time of the transition to suppress a fluctuation in a conveyance amount at the time of the transition of the conveyance state of the medium from the conveyance state by the conveying units to a conveyance state only by the second conveying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Yuki Emoto, Shuichi Tokuda, Toshirou Yoshiike, Tatsunori Shimonishi, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 9327527
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, first and second conveying units conveying a printing medium, a driving unit driving the first and second conveying units, and a control unit controlling the driving unit. The conveyance state of the printing medium makes transition from a first conveyance state in which the printing medium is conveyed only by the first conveying unit to a second conveyance state in which the printing medium is conveyed by both the first and second conveying units. The control unit controls the driving unit based on a fluctuation in a load that mutually acts between the first and second conveying units through the printing medium to suppress a fluctuation in a conveyance amount at the time of the transition of the conveyance state from the first conveyance state to the second conveyance state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Emoto, Takaaki Ishida, Shuichi Tokuda, Toshirou Yoshiike, Tatsunori Shimonishi, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 8979235
    Abstract: The conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction, and a second conveyance unit disposed on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in the conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet in the conveyance direction. The conveyance apparatus corrects a rotational amount of each conveyance unit using a correction value dedicated to each rotational phase of each conveyance unit for each conveyance state, in a first conveyance state in which the first conveyance unit is operative to convey the sheet, a second conveyance state in which the first and second conveyance units are cooperative to convey the sheet, and a third conveyance state in which the second conveyance unit is operative to convey the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Yuki Emoto, Shuichi Tokuda, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 8926054
    Abstract: Based on a conveyance amount in a second conveyance state where a sheet is conveyed by both a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit being a conveyance amount obtained by subjecting a conveyance amount in a first conveyance state where the sheet is conveyed only by the first conveyance unit and a conveyance amount in a third conveyance state where the sheet is conveyed only by the second conveyance unit to weighted average with difficulty of slipping of the first or second conveyance unit to the sheet as a weighting coefficient, a remaining conveyance amount is calculated from any two conveyance amounts from among conveyance amounts of the first, the second and the third conveyance states, and a correction value for conveyance is set from the calculated conveyance amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Emoto, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140078210
    Abstract: The conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction, and a second conveyance unit disposed on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in the conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet in the conveyance direction. The conveyance apparatus corrects a rotational amount of each conveyance unit using a correction value dedicated to each rotational phase of each conveyance unit for each conveyance state, in a first conveyance state in which the first conveyance unit is operative to convey the sheet, a second conveyance state in which the first and second conveyance units are cooperative to convey the sheet, and a third conveyance state in which the second conveyance unit is operative to convey the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Yuki Emoto, Shuichi Tokuda, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140078206
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, first and second conveying units conveying a printing medium, a driving unit driving the first and second conveying units, and a control unit controlling the driving unit. The conveyance state of the printing medium makes transition from a first conveyance state in which the printing medium is conveyed only by the first conveying unit to a second conveyance state in which the printing medium is conveyed by both the first and second conveying units. The control unit controls the driving unit based on a fluctuation in a load that mutually acts between the first and second conveying units through the printing medium to suppress a fluctuation in a conveyance amount at the time of the transition of the conveyance state from the first conveyance state to the second conveyance state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Emoto, Takaaki Ishida, Shuichi Tokuda, Toshirou Yoshiike, Tatsunori Shimonishi, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140078207
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a first and second conveying units conveying a printing medium, a driving unit driving the conveying units and a control unit controlling the driving unit. A load mutually acting on the conveying units through the medium in a conveyance state by the conveying units is recursively calculated for each predetermined conveyance unit while setting the initial value to 0. The driving unit is controlled based on the calculation result at the time of the transition to suppress a fluctuation in a conveyance amount at the time of the transition of the conveyance state of the medium from the conveyance state by the conveying units to a conveyance state only by the second conveying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Yuki Emoto, Shuichi Tokuda, Toshirou Yoshiike, Tatsunori Shimonishi, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20140078211
    Abstract: Based on a conveyance amount in a second conveyance state where a sheet is conveyed by both a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit being a conveyance amount obtained by subjecting a conveyance amount in a first conveyance state where the sheet is conveyed only by the first conveyance unit and a conveyance amount in a third conveyance state where the sheet is conveyed only by the second conveyance unit to weighted average with difficulty of slipping of the first or second conveyance unit to the sheet as a weighting coefficient, a remaining conveyance amount is calculated from any two conveyance amounts from among conveyance amounts of the first, the second and the third conveyance states, and a correction value for conveyance is set from the calculated conveyance amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Emoto, Junichi Hirate, Kiyoshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Saito