Patents by Inventor Kazuya Yoshikaie
Kazuya Yoshikaie 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: 11814255Abstract: A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-mounting section on which a medium is mounted; a feeding unit that includes a feeding roller and that is configured to be displaced between a contact posture and a separation posture; a first restricting member that is provided downstream of the feeding roller in the transport direction and that is configured to switch between a restriction posture in which the first restricting member restricts movement of the medium and a retreat posture in which the first restricting member permits the movement of the medium; a first motor configured to generate power for rotating the feeding roller; and a second motor configured to generate power for switching a posture of the first restricting member, in which an operation of rotating the feeding roller and an operation of switching the first restricting member from the restriction posture to the retreat posture are performed in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Koji Migita, Kazuya Yoshikaie, Hiromichi Kitsuki
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Patent number: 11590766Abstract: A battery mount portion includes a recessed portion into which a portion of a battery enters, a coupling terminal provided inside the recessed portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the battery, and a covering portion that covers the coupling terminal and that constitutes a portion of the housing. In a state in which the battery is unmounted, a cover that covers an area in the battery mount portion other than the covering portion is detachably attachable, and a portion where the cover and the housing overlap each other in a depth direction of the recessed portion is located outside a path of a liquid heading towards the coupling terminal after entering the recessed portion through a portion where the cover and the covering portion oppose each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taiki Hanagami, Makoto Wada, Kazuya Yoshikaie, Hiroyuki Tajima
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Patent number: 11356574Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuya Yoshikaie, Kazuhiko Arimori
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Publication number: 20220144568Abstract: A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-mounting section on which a medium is mounted; a feeding unit that includes a feeding roller and that is configured to be displaced between a contact posture and a separation posture; a first restricting member that is provided downstream of the feeding roller in the transport direction and that is configured to switch between a restriction posture in which the first restricting member restricts movement of the medium and a retreat posture in which the first restricting member permits the movement of the medium; a first motor configured to generate power for rotating the feeding roller; and a second motor configured to generate power for switching a posture of the first restricting member, in which an operation of rotating the feeding roller and an operation of switching the first restricting member from the restriction posture to the retreat posture are performed in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Koji MIGITA, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Hiromichi KITSUKI
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Publication number: 20210258440Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Kazuhiko Arimori
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Patent number: 11032440Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuya Yoshikaie, Kazuhiko Arimori
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Patent number: 10961067Abstract: A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller, a separation roller which nips a medium between the separation roller and the feeding roller to separate the medium and to which a driving torque is applied by a driving source in a second rotation direction that is opposite to a first rotation direction in which the medium is fed to a downstream side, and a torque limiter that causes the separation roller to idle in the first rotation direction when a rotational torque applied to the separation roller in the first rotation direction exceeds a limit torque that is a predetermined upper torque limit, in which separation setting including a pressing load of the separation roller, a rotational speed of the separation roller, and the limit torque is changeable according to condition of feeding.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Shuto, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Kazuya Yoshikaie, Shinsuke Kogi
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Patent number: 10911630Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a discharging unit that discharges an original document read by a reading unit to a stacker, in which a controller of the image reading apparatus discharges a first original document at a first transporting speed caused when the original document specified from an original document length measured by the measuring unit is the first original document and discharges a second original document at a second transporting speed slower than the first transporting speed caused when the original document is the second original document longer than the first original document.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuya Yoshikaie, Kazuhiko Arimori
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Publication number: 20200269620Abstract: A battery mount portion includes a recessed portion into which a portion of a battery enters, a coupling terminal provided inside the recessed portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the battery, and a covering portion that covers the coupling terminal and that constitutes a portion of the housing. In a state in which the battery is unmounted, a cover that covers an area in the battery mount portion other than the covering portion is detachably attachable, and a portion where the cover and the housing overlap each other in a depth direction of the recessed portion is located outside a path of a liquid heading towards the coupling terminal after entering the recessed portion through a portion where the cover and the covering portion oppose each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Taiki HANAGAMI, Makoto WADA, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Hiroyuki TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200145548Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Kazuhiko Arimori
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Patent number: 10630852Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a roller that transports a document; a reading unit that reads an image of the document which is transported; a DC motor that drives the roller; and a control unit that controls the DC motor. The control unit is configured to stop driving of the DC motor in a case where a driving load value obtained when the DC motor is driven exceeds a threshold. A first threshold which is applied in a case of a first document and a second threshold which is applied in a case of a second document of which a basis weight is larger than a first basis weight are set, and the first threshold is less than the second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Arimori, Kazuya Yoshikaie, Kosuke Nomoto
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Patent number: 10574851Abstract: When consecutively feeding a plurality of media, an image scanning apparatus, according to the length of a preceding medium in a feed direction, changes the feed control for feeding the succeeding medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuya Yoshikaie, Masatomo Kanamitsu, Wataru Beppu, Keisuke Miyauchi, Hiromichi Kitsuki
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Patent number: 10567606Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuya Yoshikaie, Kazuhiko Arimori
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Publication number: 20190193967Abstract: A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller, a separation roller which nips a medium between the separation roller and the feeding roller to separate the medium and to which a driving torque is applied by a driving source in a second rotation direction that is opposite to a first rotation direction in which the medium is fed to a downstream side, and a torque limiter that causes the separation roller to idle in the first rotation direction when a rotational torque applied to the separation roller in the first rotation direction exceeds a limit torque that is a predetermined upper torque limit, in which separation setting including a pressing load of the separation roller, a rotational speed of the separation roller, and the limit torque is changeable according to condition of feeding.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Ryoichi SHUTO, Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Shinsuke KOGI
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Publication number: 20190166280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Kazutoshi NISHIDA, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE
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Publication number: 20190116284Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a discharging unit that discharges an original document read by a reading unit to a stacker, in which a controller of the image reading apparatus discharges a first original document at a first transporting speed caused when the original document specified from an original document length measured by the measuring unit is the first original document and discharges a second original document at a second transporting speed slower than the first transporting speed caused when the original document is the second original document longer than the first original document.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Kazuhiko ARIMORI
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Publication number: 20190104228Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a roller that transports a document; a reading unit that reads an image of the document which is transported; a DC motor that drives the roller; and a control unit that controls the DC motor. The control unit is configured to stop driving of the DC motor in a case where a driving load value obtained when the DC motor is driven exceeds a threshold. A first threshold which is applied in a case of a first document and a second threshold which is applied in a case of a second document of which a basis weight is larger than a first basis weight are set, and the first threshold is less than the second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Kazuhiko ARIMORI, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Kosuke NOMOTO
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Publication number: 20180220022Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Kazuhiko ARIMORI
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Patent number: 10033892Abstract: An image reading apparatus is provided with an identification information reading unit (reading unit, NFC reader, and identification information acquisition unit) which acquires identification information by reading the identification information from a section to be read at which identifiable identification information is recorded for each individual carrier sheet and which is provided at a joining section of the carrier sheet in which two transparent sheets for pinching an original document are joined at a portion of a peripheral edge portion; and a processor which performs a process which is associated with the identification information read by the identification information reading unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kosuke Nomoto, Shinsuke Kogi, Kazuya Yoshikaie
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Publication number: 20180198943Abstract: When consecutively feeding a plurality of media, an image scanning apparatus, according to the length of a preceding medium in a feed direction, changes the feed control for feeding the succeeding medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Masatomo KANAMITSU, Wataru BEPPU, Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Hiromichi KITSUKI