Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Isobe
Kenichiro Isobe 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: 12231748Abstract: An information processing device (100) includes a scene extraction unit (1333) and a generation unit (134). The scene extraction unit (1333) extracts a plurality of highlight scenes from content information related to movie content based on each of a plurality of generation rules for generating a highlight movie. The generation unit (134) connects the plurality of highlight scenes to generate a highlight movie.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Ueki, Takuya Yamamoto, Haruna Isobe
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Patent number: 11231074Abstract: Provided is a clutch device configured so that close contactability between a cam surface of a center clutch and a cam surface of a pressure clutch can be improved and torque transmission can be stabilized accordingly. The clutch device (100) includes a center clutch (105) and a pressure clutch (112). The center clutch (105) includes center-side cam portions (107), a pressure clutch slide portion (106), and a lifter plate slide portion (110). The pressure clutch (112) includes pressure-side cam portions (114), a lifter plate (116), and a second center clutch slide portion (113). The lifter plate (116) includes first center clutch slide portions (120). A clearance (C2) between the second center clutch slide portion (113) and the pressure clutch slide portion (106) is set greater than a clearance (C1) between the first center clutch slide portion (120) and the lifter plate slide portion (110).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.Inventors: Kenichiro Isobe, Kenichiro Takahashi, Katsu Yoshimoto
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Publication number: 20210033154Abstract: Provided is a clutch device configured so that close contactability between a cam surface of a center clutch and a cam surface of a pressure clutch can be improved and torque transmission can be stabilized accordingly. The clutch device (100) includes a center clutch (105) and a pressure clutch (112). The center clutch (105) includes center-side cam portions (107), a pressure clutch slide portion (106), and a lifter plate slide portion (110). The pressure clutch (112) includes pressure-side cam portions (114), a lifter plate (116), and a second center clutch slide portion (113). The lifter plate (116) includes first center clutch slide portions (120). A clearance (C2) between the second center clutch slide portion (113) and the pressure clutch slide portion (106) is set greater than a clearance (C1) between the first center clutch slide portion (120) and the lifter plate slide portion (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Kenichiro ISOBE, Kenichiro TAKAHASHI, Katsu YOSHIMOTO
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Patent number: 10781865Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus inputs or cuts off rotational power of an input member (1) to an output member (3) by press-contacting a plurality of driving-side clutch discs (6) and a plurality of driven-side clutch discs (7) with each other or releases them. A clutch housing (2) includes the driving-side clutch discs (6). A clutch member is (4) connected to the output member (3). A pressure member (5) press-contacts the discs (6) and discs (7) with each other or releases the press-contacting force between them. Application of a resisting force, for resisting relative rotation between the clutch member (4) and the pressure member (5), can be attained. A magnitude of the resisting force is set larger than a sticking torque between the discs (6) and discs (7).Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.Inventors: Kenichiro Isobe, Junichi Nishikawa, Naoki Kishimoto, Yuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20190017554Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus inputs or cuts off rotational power of an input member (1) to an output member (3) by press-contacting a plurality of driving-side clutch discs (6) and a plurality of driven-side clutch discs (7) with each other or releases them. A clutch housing (2) includes the driving-side clutch discs (6). A clutch member is (4) connected to the output member (3). A pressure member (5) press-contacts the discs (6) and discs (7) with each other or releases the press-contacting force between them. Application of a resisting force, for resisting relative rotation between the clutch member (4) and the pressure member (5), can be attained. A magnitude of the resisting force is set larger than a sticking torque between the discs (6) and discs (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Kenichiro ISOBE, Junichi NISHIKAWA, Naoki KISHIMOTO, Yuki KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 7637502Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus which perform a process to sheets comprising a stacking tray on which stacks the sheets to be performed a process; a discharge roller pair; a first path in which conveys a sheet to the discharge roller pair, shorter than the length of the minimum sheet size being conveyed in the sheet conveying direction; a second path branched from the first path and meeting with the first path at the upstream side in the sheet conveying direction of the discharge roller pair; and a path switching member, wherein a first sheet conveyed while processing the sheets on the stacking tray is guided into the first path by the path switching member, and when the front end of the first sheet projects from the discharge roller pair, the discharge roller pair is apart from each other and the first sheet is held in the first path, and the path switching member is changed over, and a second conveyed sheet is guided into the second path, when the front end of the second sheet projects from the discharge rolleType: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hironobu Ata, Atsushi Ogata, Kenichiro Isobe, Hiroharu Tsuji
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Patent number: 7630681Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first intermediate stacking portion which stacks a conveyed sheet and which performs process to the sheet, a stapler which performs process to the sheet on the first intermediate stacking portion, a second intermediate stacking portion which is located on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the stapler and which is capable of temporarily storing the conveyed sheet, and an intermediate roller pair which conveys the sheet on the second intermediate stacking portion to the first intermediate stacking portion. The sheet stacked on the first intermediate stacking portion and the sheet temporarily stored in the second intermediate stacking portion overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Kenichiro Isobe, Hironobu Ata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 7607651Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus for passing sheets between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a binder that is fixed on a intermediate stacking portion and stapling the ends of the sheet, wherein binding processing is possible for a large number of sheets and the problems of paper jams due to inclining or poor alignment are solved and which has a small size, is low in cost and is highly reliable.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20080203653Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first intermediate stacking portion which stacks a conveyed sheet and which performs process to the sheet, a stapler which performs process to the sheet on the first intermediate stacking portion, a second intermediate stacking portion which is located on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the stapler and which is capable of temporarily storing the conveyed sheet, and an intermediate roller pair which conveys the sheet on the second intermediate stacking portion to the first intermediate stacking portion. The sheet stacked on the first intermediate stacking portion and the sheet temporarily stored in the second intermediate stacking portion overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Kenichiro Isobe, Hironobu Ata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20080175639Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus for passing sheets between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a binder that is fixed on a intermediate stacking portion and stapling the ends of the sheet, wherein binding processing is possible for a large number of sheets and the problems of paper jams due to inclining or poor alignment are solved and which has a small size, is low in cost and is highly reliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 7386271Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first intermediate stacking portion which stacks a conveyed sheet and which performs process to the sheet, a stapler which performs process to the sheet on the first intermediate stacking portion, a second intermediate stacking portion which is located on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the stapler and which is capable of temporarily storing the conveyed sheet, and an intermediate roller pair which conveys the sheet on the second intermediate stacking portion to the first intermediate stacking portion. The sheet stacked on the first intermediate stacking portion and the sheet temporarily stored in the second intermediate stacking portion overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Kenichiro Isobe, Hironobu Ata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 7341248Abstract: This invention provides a sheet processing apparatus for passing sheets between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a binder fixed on an intermediate stacking portion and for binding the ends of the sheets, wherein binding processing is possible for a large number of sheets and the problems of paper jams due to inclining or poor alignment are solved. The apparatus has a small size, is low in cost, and is highly reliable.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 7226050Abstract: A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a first position and a second position overlying the first position, and is designed such that the sheets are stacked on the discharged sheet stacking tray when in the first position, and therefore, when the sheet post-treating apparatus is incorporated into a printer and a cartridge in the printer is to be interchanged with a cartridge cover opened, a user can retract the discharged sheet stacking tray to the second position to thereby interchange the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Sekiyama, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Atsushi Ogata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hironobu Ata
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Patent number: 7077395Abstract: A sheet after-treatment device equipped with a stapler main body which staples sheets fed between upper and lower jaws in an opened state with a staple by closing the upper and lower jaws, and a holder for holding the stapler main body, in which a sheet transport guide surface of an upstream-side portion of the holder and the lower jaw of the stapler main body are arranged in the area where the sheets are transported, and the sheet transport guide surface of the upstream-side portion of the stapler main body is situated above the lower jaw.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hironobu Ata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu
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Publication number: 20060071423Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus which perform a process to sheets comprising a stacking tray on which stacks the sheets to be performed a process; a discharge roller pair; a first path in which conveys a sheet to the discharge roller pair, shorter than the length of the minimum sheet size being conveyed in the sheet conveying direction; a second path branched from the first path and meeting with the first path at the upstream side in the sheet conveying direction of the discharge roller pair; and a path switching member, wherein a first sheet conveyed while processing the sheets on the stacking tray is guided into the first path by the path switching member, and when the front end of the first sheet projects from the discharge roller pair, the discharge roller pair is apart from each other and the first sheet is held in the first path, and the path switching member is changed over, and a second conveyed sheet is guided into the second path, when the front end of the second sheet projects from the discharge rolleType: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironobu Ata, Atsushi Ogata, Kenichiro Isobe, Hiroharu Tsuji
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Patent number: 6973285Abstract: A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a first position and a second position overlying the first position, and is designed such that the sheets are stacked on the discharged sheet stacking tray when in the first position, and therefore, when the sheet post-treating apparatus is incorporated into a printer and a cartridge in the printer is to be interchanged with a cartridge cover opened, a user can retract the discharged sheet stacking tray to the second position to thereby interchange the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Sekiyama, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Atsushi Ogata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hironobu Ata
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Publication number: 20050248085Abstract: A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a first position and a second position overlying the first position, and is designed such that the sheets are stacked on the discharged sheet stacking tray when in the first position, and therefore, when the sheet post-treating apparatus is incorporated into a printer and a cartridge in the printer is to be interchanged with a cartridge cover opened, a user can retract the discharged sheet stacking tray to the second position to thereby interchange the cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Sekiyama, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Atsushi Ogata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hironobu Ata
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Publication number: 20050220521Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first intermediate stacking portion which stacks a conveyed sheet and which performs process to the sheet, a stapler which performs process to the sheet on the first intermediate stacking portion, a second intermediate stacking portion which is located on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the stapler and which is capable of temporarily storing the conveyed sheet, and an intermediate roller pair which conveys the sheet on the second intermediate stacking portion to the first intermediate stacking portion. The sheet stacked on the first intermediate stacking portion and the sheet temporarily stored in the second intermediate stacking portion overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Kenichiro Isobe, Hironobu Ata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 6942206Abstract: An aligning device movable to a first position constituting a first sheet stacking portion for supporting a delivered sheet and a second position in which the sheet is not supported is provided downstream of a pair of delivery rollers, and the pair of delivery rollers are designed to be capable of assuming a first state in which they are capable of delivering the sheet, and a second state in which rollers constituting the pair of delivery rollers are spaced apart from each other. When the pair of delivery rollers are in the first state and the aligning device is in the first position, a sheet aligning and stacking portion for making the alignment of the sheet by the aligning device possible is defined by the first stacking portion and the sheet transport path between a reference wall and the pair of delivery rollers.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Junichi Sekiyama
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Publication number: 20050189690Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus for passing sheets between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a binder that is fixed on a intermediate stacking portion and stapling the ends of the sheet, wherein binding processing is possible for a large number of sheets and the problems of paper jams due to inclining or poor alignment are solved and which has a small size, is low in cost and is highly reliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa