Patents by Inventor Kohei Ueno
Kohei Ueno 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: 11897159Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a transport path having a first path member and a second path member, a punching member disposed on the transport path to perform punching on the medium. The transport path includes a first transport path disposed downstream of the punching member in a transport direction and a second transport path continuously extending downstream of the first transport path in the transport path, the second transport path having a curved shape to hold the medium in a curved state, the first path member in the second transport path forms an outer side of the curved shape and is disposed at a position further separated from the first surface than the first path member in the first transport path, and an upstream end in the transport direction of the medium in the curved state is moved from the first transport path to the second transport path.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kohei Ueno, Chiaki Shimada, Kazuhisa Kawakami
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Patent number: 11897255Abstract: A recording unit which is provided in a recording system includes a heat roller pair which contacts paper and performs drying of the paper after recording by a line head using heating and a control unit which controls operation of the heat roller pair, in which a heating region of the heat roller pair is divided into a plurality of subdivisions in a width direction which intersects the medium transport direction and the heat roller pair is configured to be capable of modifying a heating state for each subdivision region, and in which the control unit controls the heating state of each of the subdivision regions in the heat roller pair according to conditions when performing drying of the paper using the heat roller pair.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Mizushima, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Akinori Muromachi, Kohei Ueno
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Patent number: 11888033Abstract: A nitride compound semiconductor having a low resistivity that is conventionally difficult to be manufactured is provided. Since the nitride compound semiconductor exhibits a high electron mobility, a high-performance semiconductor device may be configured. The present invention may provide, at a high productivity, a group 13 nitride semiconductor of an n-type conductivity that may be formed as a film on a substrate having a large area size and has a mobility of 70 to 140 cm2/(V·s) by a pulsed sputtering method performed in a process atmosphere at room temperature to 700° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hiroshi Fujioka, Kohei Ueno
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Publication number: 20230331014Abstract: An apparatus includes a component constituting an exterior of the apparatus itself and including an outer surface constituting the exterior, an information medium provided at an information medium surface of the component and configured to provide access to disassembly-related information related to disassembly of the apparatus itself, and a display portion provided covering the information medium and configured to display apparatus information different from the disassembly-related information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Kohei UENO
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Patent number: 11780698Abstract: Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20230278349Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11738965Abstract: A stacker includes a medium stacking portion for receiving and stacking a medium processed and discharged by a processing unit, a medium butting portion for aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium, and a paddle that includes a feeding portion and is for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion in a direction toward the medium butting portion by rotating. Furthermore, the stacker has a first mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion and a second mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Shiobara, Akinobu Nakahata, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Kohei Ueno
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Patent number: 11691440Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11661300Abstract: A medium transporting apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to mount a medium, and a pressing portion configured to switch between a first state for pressing the medium against the mounting portion and a second state for releasing the medium. The pressing portion takes the first state in waiting for the medium to the mounting portion, switches to the second state in response to the sent medium and returns to the first state after the medium is sent to the mounting portion. When the last medium is mounted on the mounting portion, a timing at which the pressing portion returns to the first state from the second state is delayed with respect to the timing of the return therebefore.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Mizushima, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Akinori Muromachi, Kohei Ueno
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Patent number: 11633964Abstract: An intermediate unit includes a transportation path provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The transportation path includes an inlet path, an outlet path, a first branch path, a second branch path, a first junction path, a second junction path, a switch-back type inversion path with a first inversion path and a second inversion path. The first branch path and the second branch path which branch off at a branch point from the inlet path. The first junction path and the second junction path and the outlet path join each other at a junction point. The first branch path and the first junction path and the first inversion path join each other at a first connection point. The second branch path and the second junction path and the second inversion path join each other at a second connection point.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Akinori Muromachi, Hidetoshi Kodama, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Hirohisa Adachi
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Publication number: 20230017851Abstract: A processing system includes a stacker on which at least one medium recorded with an image is stacked, a holding unit configured to hold the medium, a processing path extending from the stacker to the holding unit, a pick roller configured to transport the medium from the stacker to the processing path, a reading unit configured to read the medium transported through the processing path, and a control unit configured to store indication data indicating an index of whether to transport a medium to the holding unit, wherein, when receiving a processing instruction from a user, the control unit is configured to cause the pick roller to transport a medium from the stacker to the processing path, and determine whether to transport the medium to the holding unit, based on read data and the indication data, the read data being acquired by reading the medium by the reading unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Hirohisa KODAIRA, Chiaki SHIMADA, Kohei UENO
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Patent number: 11549172Abstract: A compound semiconductor has a high electron concentration of 5×1019 cm?3 or higher, exhibits an electron mobility of 46 cm2/V·s or higher, and exhibits a low electric resistance, and thus is usable to produce a high performance semiconductor device. The present invention provides a group 13 nitride semiconductor of n-type conductivity that may be formed as a film on a substrate having a large area size at a temperature of room temperature to 700° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hiroshi Fujioka, Kohei Ueno
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Publication number: 20220398551Abstract: In a worker selection system that selects a worker who performs restoration work on a device that failed, the system includes a failure information reception unit that receives failure information including information about a content of the failure and information about an identification of the device, a worker information storage unit that stores worker information including information about a failure handling ability of the worker and information about a location of the worker, an area information storage unit that stores area information about a setting area including a location of the device and changing depending on a setting, and a worker selection unit that selects, based on the worker information and the area information, the worker who has an ability to handle the failure and is present in the setting area as a candidate to be dispatched.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Chiaki SHIMADA, Kohei UENO
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Patent number: 11485155Abstract: A recording system includes a recording portion that performs recording on a medium, a stacking portion that stacks the medium recorded by the recording portion, and a processing portion that processes a bundle of media stacked on the stacking portion, in which a controller that controls feeding of the medium to the stacking portion determines a maximum number of sheets of media to be stacked on the stacking portion, based on information on swelling of the medium recorded by the recording portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shunpei Yamaguchi, Kohei Ueno
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Publication number: 20220332535Abstract: A stacker includes a medium stacking portion for receiving and stacking a medium processed and discharged by a processing unit, a medium butting portion for aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium, and a paddle that includes a feeding portion and is for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion in a direction toward the medium butting portion by rotating. Furthermore, the stacker has a first mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion and a second mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi SHIOBARA, Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Kohei UENO
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Patent number: 11427429Abstract: A stacker includes a medium stacking portion for receiving and stacking a medium processed and discharged by a processing unit, a medium butting portion for aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium, and a paddle that includes a feeding portion and is for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion in a direction toward the medium butting portion by rotating. Furthermore, the stacker has a first mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion and a second mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Shiobara, Akinobu Nakahata, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Kohei Ueno
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Publication number: 20220272221Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a punch unit that punches a paper on which recording is performed by a recording unit that discharges ink, and a controller that controls a punching operation of the punch unit. The controller sets at least one of the number of punching and a punching speed per paper in the punch unit based on setting information of at least one of recording information and environmental information in the recording unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Namiki Hashiguchi, Kohei Ueno, Hirohisa Kodaira, Toshikazu Kotaka
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Publication number: 20220258373Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a transport path having a first path member and a second path member, a punching member disposed on the transport path to perform punching on the medium. The transport path includes a first transport path disposed downstream of the punching member in a transport direction and a second transport path continuously extending downstream of the first transport path in the transport path, the second transport path having a curved shape to hold the medium in a curved state, the first path member in the second transport path forms an outer side of the curved shape and is disposed at a position further separated from the first surface than the first path member in the first transport path, and an upstream end in the transport direction of the medium in the curved state is moved from the first transport path to the second transport path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Kohei UENO, Chiaki SHIMADA, Kazuhisa KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220234858Abstract: Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Yutaro HARADA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11396438Abstract: A medium transport device includes a feeding unit that transports a medium, a stack portion that receives the medium transported by the feeding unit between a support surface for supporting the medium in an inclined posture in which a downstream side in a transport direction is directed downward and an opposing surface opposing the support surface and stacks the medium, an alignment portion that aligns a downstream end of the medium stacked in the stack portion, a paddle that is provided between the feeding unit and the alignment portion in the transport direction and moves the medium toward the alignment portion by rotating while being in contact with the medium, and a control unit that controls an operation of the paddle, in which the control unit controls the operation of the paddle according to a condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi