Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi NISHIDA

Kazutoshi NISHIDA 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: 11622054
    Abstract: An upper unit configured to open and close an upper portion of a lower unit includes: a first reading unit disposed in a medium transport path, the first reading unit being configured to read a surface of a transported medium; a substrate coupled to the first reading unit; a cable having one end and another end, the one end being coupled to a first coupling portion of the first reading unit, the other end being coupled to a second coupling portion of the substrate; and a facing portion facing the lower unit in a state in which the upper unit is closed, the facing portion being configured to be attached to and detached from the upper unit. The cable is disposed at a position exposed when the facing portion is detached from the upper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tsuyama, Kazutoshi Nishida
  • Publication number: 20220239792
    Abstract: An upper unit configured to open and close an upper portion of a lower unit includes: a first reading unit disposed in a medium transport path, the first reading unit being configured to read a surface of a transported medium; a substrate coupled to the first reading unit; a cable having one end and another end, the one end being coupled to a first coupling portion of the first reading unit, the other end being coupled to a second coupling portion of the substrate; and a facing portion facing the lower unit in a state in which the upper unit is closed, the facing portion being configured to be attached to and detached from the upper unit. The cable is disposed at a position exposed when the facing portion is detached from the upper unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiko TSUYAMA, Kazutoshi NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11292683
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a medium placing portion, a feeding roller that feeds paper, a medium movement detecting portion that is positioned on a placing region of the paper of the medium placing portion in a medium feeding direction and is capable of detecting movement of the paper being fed in a width direction intersecting the medium feeding direction, and a controller that stops feeding of the paper in a case in which a physical quantity relating to movement of paper in the width direction exceeds a predetermined threshold based on a detected result by the medium movement detecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Shiota, Kazutoshi Nishida, Kiyotaka Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220089393
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a medium placing portion, a feeding roller that feeds paper, a medium movement detecting portion that is positioned on a placing region of the paper of the medium placing portion in a medium feeding direction and is capable of detecting movement of the paper being fed in a width direction intersecting the medium feeding direction, and a controller that stops feeding of the paper in a case in which a physical quantity relating to movement of paper in the width direction exceeds a predetermined threshold based on a detected result by the medium movement detecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIOTA, Kazutoshi NISHIDA, Kiyotaka NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10462321
    Abstract: A scanner having: a first mirror having multiple concavities configured to reflect light from a document; a sensor configured to sense light reflected by a concavity of the first mirror; and a wall disposed to the first mirror and protruding from between the multiple concavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Nishida
  • Publication number: 20190166280
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scanner including a first reading unit that reads a first surface of paper and a second reading unit that reads a second surface, in which a control unit suppresses an amount of light emitted from a second downstream side light source below an amount of light emitted at the time of reading by the second reading unit until a leading end of the paper being transported is transported to a first position where the light emitted from the second downstream side light source of the second reading unit may be blocked from entering a first reading region, and when the leading end of the paper passes the first position, sets the amount of light emitted from the second downstream side light source to the amount of light emitted at the time of reading by the second reading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Kazutoshi NISHIDA, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE
  • Publication number: 20190100396
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a medium placing portion, a feeding roller that feeds paper, a medium movement detecting portion that is positioned on a placing region of the paper of the medium placing portion in a medium feeding direction and is capable of detecting movement of the paper being fed in a width direction intersecting the medium feeding direction, and a controller that stops feeding of the paper in a case in which a physical quantity relating to movement of paper in the width direction exceeds a predetermined threshold based on a detected result by the medium movement detecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIOTA, Kazutoshi NISHIDA, Kiyotaka NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180359384
    Abstract: A scanner having: a first mirror having multiple concavities configured to reflect light from a document; a sensor configured to sense light reflected by a concavity of the first mirror; and a wall disposed to the first mirror and protruding from between the multiple concavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Kazutoshi NISHIDA