Patents by Inventor Kenichi Hosoi

Kenichi Hosoi 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: 11128761
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system that can prevent unnecessary down time and spoiled paper from being caused, thereby improving productivity. The image forming system includes an image forming portion, a detecting portion, and a controlling portion. When an abnormality has been detected by the detecting portion, when a reading portion for reading an image formed on a recording medium by the printing operation of the image forming portion is provided, the controlling portion causes the reading portion to function to continue the printing operation, and at the detection of the abnormality on the basis of the read image, stops the printing operation to cause a notifying portion to perform notification related to the abnormality, and when the reading portion is not provided, the controlling portion stops the printing operation to cause the notifying portion to perform the notification related to the detected abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20200322487
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system that can prevent unnecessary down time and spoiled paper from being caused, thereby improving productivity. The image forming system includes an image forming portion, a detecting portion, and a controlling portion. When an abnormality has been detected by the detecting portion, when a reading portion for reading an image formed on a recording medium by the printing operation of the image forming portion is provided, the controlling portion causes the reading portion to function to continue the printing operation, and at the detection of the abnormality on the basis of the read image, stops the printing operation to cause a notifying portion to perform notification related to the abnormality, and when the reading portion is not provided, the controlling portion stops the printing operation to cause the notifying portion to perform the notification related to the detected abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Kenichi HOSOI
  • Patent number: 8320787
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: plural sheet supplying sections which accommodate a recording sheet and feed out the recording sheet; an image forming section which forms an image on the recording sheet, fed out from the sheet supplying section, based on a printing job; a memory section which stores information of the printing job, including information of the recording sheet; and a control section which determines a sheet supplying section, based on the information of the recording sheet, included in the printing job stored in the memory section, and displays an event using a time axis provided on a vertical axis or a horizontal axis on a display section, the event is generated by a schedule for using the sheet supplying section determined above, and is generated when the sheet supplying section is switched to another sheet-supplying section, or the event is generated at a predetermined time cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 7913990
    Abstract: There is described an image forming system, which comprises an image forming apparatus to produce a printing material as one group of recording mediums or plural printing materials as plural groups of recording mediums from a single document set, and a finisher to apply a finish processing to said recording mediums, wherein the image forming system includes a controlling section to control so that, if a mixture mode is set, a non-finished recording medium and a finished recording medium within the single group are stacked at a same recording-medium stacking position on a stacking tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Nakamura, Kenichi Hosoi, Takaaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 7909320
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller through a torque limiter, a forced reverse transmission mechanism for directly transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller, a temperature detector and a controller, wherein the controller controls the separation roller to receive rotational force through the forced reverse transmission mechanism after the limited force reverse transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force to the separation roller, then allows the limited force reverse transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separation roller, or to rotate the feeding via the transmission mechanism and the limited force transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueda, Akira Kosugi, Shigeru Okazaki, Takanori Kanda, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20110013924
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: plural sheet supplying sections which accommodate a recording sheet and feed out the recording sheet; an image forming section which forms an image on the recording sheet, fed out from the sheet supplying section, based on a printing job; a memory section which stores information of the printing job, including information of the recording sheet; and a control section which determines a sheet supplying section, based on the information of the recording sheet, included in the printing job stored in the memory section, and displays an event using a time axis provided on a vertical axis or a horizontal axis on a display section, the event is generated by a schedule for using the sheet supplying section determined above, and is generated when the sheet supplying section is switched to another sheet-supplying section, or the event is generated at a predetermined time cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Kenichi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 7770878
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a plurality of paper feed trays in which paper sheets are to be stacked; paper feed units each provided to each of the plurality of paper feed trays, the paper feed units sucking or discharging air in accordance with setting values corresponding to types of paper sheet to carry the paper sheets stacked in the respective paper feed trays toward a paper path; a storage unit to store the setting values for the paper feed units according to the types of paper sheet; an input unit to input a change instruction value for changing at least one of the setting values; and a control unit to change the at least one of the setting values stored in the storage unit into the change instruction value and to store the changed at least one of the setting values into the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 7621523
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller through a torque limiter, a forced reverse transmission mechanism for directly transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller, a temperature detector and a controller, wherein the controller controls the separation roller to receive rotational force through the forced reverse transmission mechanism after the limited force reverse transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force to the separation roller, then allows the limited force reverse transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separation roller, or to rotate the feeding via the transmission mechanism and the limited force transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueda, Akira Kosugi, Shigeru Okazaki, Takanori Kanda, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20090146363
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a plurality of paper feed trays in which paper sheets are to be stacked; paper feed units each provided to each of the plurality of paper feed trays, the paper feed units sucking or discharging air in accordance with setting values corresponding to types of paper sheet to carry the paper sheets stacked in the respective paper feed trays toward a paper path; a storage unit to store the setting values for the paper feed units according to the types of paper sheet; an input unit to input a change instruction value for changing at least one of the setting values; and a control unit to change the at least one of the setting values stored in the storage unit into the change instruction value and to store the changed at least one of the setting values into the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20080315511
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller through a torque limiter, a forced reverse transmission mechanism for directly transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller, a temperature detector and a controller, wherein the controller controls the separation roller to receive rotational force through the forced reverse transmission mechanism after the limited force reverse transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force to the separation roller, then allows the limited force reverse transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separation roller, or to rotate the feeding via the transmission mechanism and the limited force transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separ
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueda, Akira Kosugi, Shigeru Okazaki, Takanori Kanda, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20080315502
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller through a torque limiter, a forced reverse transmission mechanism for directly transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller, a temperature detector and a controller, wherein the controller controls the separation roller to receive rotational force through the forced reverse transmission mechanism after the limited force reverse transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force to the separation roller, then allows the limited force reverse transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separation roller, or to rotate the feeding via the transmission mechanism and the limited force transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separ
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueda, Akira Kosugi, Shigeru Okazaki, Takanori Kanda, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 7429040
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller through a torque limiter, a forced reverse transmission mechanism for directly transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller, a temperature detector and a controller, wherein the controller controls the separation roller to receive rotational force through the forced reverse transmission mechanism after the limited force reverse transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force to the separation roller, then allows the limited force reverse transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separation roller, or to rotate the feeding via the transmission mechanism and the limited force transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueda, Akira Kosugi, Shigeru Okazaki, Takanori Kanda, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 7201368
    Abstract: A sheet finisher includes: a sheet stacker for stacking sheets outputted from an image forming apparatus to form a sheet bundle; a binder for binding the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker; an ejection device for ejecting out of the sheet finisher at least one of the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker and the sheet bundle which has been bound; an ejection tray for stacking the ejected sheet bundle or the bound sheet bundle sequentially; and a controller for controlling the ejection device to make the bound sheet bundle to wait on the sheet stacker, to make a sheet outputted from the apparatus which have not been bound to stack sequentially on the bound sheet bundle, and to make the bound sheet bundle and the sheet stacked on the bound sheet bundle as a unit to eject to the ejection tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Tanigami, Masaru Ushio, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20060180990
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller through a torque limiter, a forced reverse transmission mechanism for directly transmitting the rotational force to the separation roller, a temperature detector and a controller, wherein the controller controls the separation roller to receive rotational force through the forced reverse transmission mechanism after the limited force reverse transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force to the separation roller, then allows the limited force reverse transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separation roller, or to rotate the feeding via the transmission mechanism and the limited force transmission mechanism to transmit the rotational force to the separ
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueda, Akira Kosugi, Shigeru Okazaki, Takanori Kanda, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20060120782
    Abstract: There is described an image forming system, which comprises an image forming apparatus to produce a printing material as one group of recording mediums or plural printing materials as plural groups of recording mediums from a single document set, and a finisher to apply a finish processing to said recording mediums, wherein the image forming system includes a controlling section to control so that, if a mixture mode is set, a non-finished recording medium and a finished recording medium within the single group are stacked at a same recording-medium stacking position on a stacking tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Nakamura, Kenichi Hosoi, Takaaki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20060022395
    Abstract: A sheet finisher includes: a sheet stacker for stacking sheets outputted from an image forming apparatus to form a sheet bundle; a binder for binding the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker; an ejection device for ejecting out of the sheet finisher at least one of the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker and the sheet bundle which has been bound; an ejection tray for stacking the ejected sheet bundle or the bound sheet bundle sequentially; and a controller for controlling the ejection device to make the bound sheet bundle to wait on the sheet stacker, to make a sheet outputted from the apparatus which have not been bound to stack sequentially on the bound sheet bundle, and to make the bound sheet bundle and the sheet stacked on the bound sheet bundle as a unit to eject to the ejection tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Tanigami, Masaru Ushio, Kenichi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 6636707
    Abstract: A control method is provided for sheet-feeding in an image forming apparatus in which a sheet is fed to an image forming section of the image forming apparatus having a finisher which receives the sheet on which the image is formed and finishes the sheet. The control method includes the steps of: conducting a continuous image forming process that makes plural sets of sheets each on which the image has been formed; and controlling a starting of a sheet-feeder which feeds a first sheet of a set of sheets to the image forming section, according to a logical product of a condition on the continuous image forming process in the image forming apparatus and a condition of an operating process in the finisher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Asakawa, Kenichi Hosoi, Takaaki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20020061213
    Abstract: In a control method of sheet-feeding in an image forming apparatus in which a sheet is fed to an image forming section of the image forming apparatus having a finisher which receives the sheet on which the image is formed and finishes the sheet, the control method comprises the steps of: conducting a continuous image forming process that makes plural sets of sheets each on the image which the image has been formed; and controlling a starting of a sheet-feeder which feeds a first sheet of a set of sheets to the image forming section, according to a logical product of a condition on the continuous image forming process in the image forming apparatus and a condition of an operating process in the finisher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Asakawa, Kenichi Hosoi, Takaaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 5642200
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a memory for storing an image information of each page; an image forming device for recording an image onto a recording sheet for each page on the basis of the image information in the memory; a recording sheet conveyor for conveying a recording sheet to the image forming device to record an image on one side thereof, and after that, conveying again the recording sheet to the image forming device to record an image on another side thereof, with no recording sheet being stacked during conveyance, and the recording sheet being conveyed along a specified conveyance path, and a predetermined maximum number of recording sheets can exist within the specified conveyance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Kurihara, Utami Soma, Izumi Hamanaka, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Hosoi, Takanobu Fuse
  • Patent number: 3955215
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing a head drum for a video tape recorder and playback in which the head drum about which the tape passes is formed with a guide ledge so as to direct the tape past rotating magnetic heads and wherein the ledge is formed by cutting the surface of the head drums with a cutting tool and then providing a groove which undercuts the surface of the drum so as to form the ledge with a surface which is at right angles to the tangent of the tape engaging surface of the drum. By undercutting the surface of the drum to form the ledge assures that a radius will not be formed between the drum surface and the ledge, thus assuring accurate indexing of the lower edge of the video tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Hosoi