Patents by Inventor Koji Minakuchi
Koji Minakuchi 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: 10594900Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading section and an image forming section. The reading section reads a plurality of images formed on a document. The image forming section forms the images on a plurality of sheets. The images include a first image having a first color, and one or more second images having a second color differing from the first color. The sheets include a first sheet and a second sheet differing from the first sheet. The image forming section forms the first image on the first sheet and the second images on the second sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takuya Fukata, Koji Minakuchi
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Patent number: 10116827Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading section and an image forming section. The reading section reads a plurality of images from a document. The image forming section forms the plurality of read images on a sheet. The plurality of images include a first image and a second image. The first image has a first color. The second image has a second color. The second color is different from the first color. The image forming section forms the first image on a first main side of the sheet and the second image on a second main side of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Ryo Egami, Koji Minakuchi
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Publication number: 20180249045Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading section and an image forming section. The reading section reads a plurality of images formed on a document. The image forming section forms the images on a plurality of sheets. The images include a first image having a first color, and one or more second images having a second color differing from the first color. The sheets include a first sheet and a second sheet differing from the first sheet. The image forming section forms the first image on the first sheet and the second images on the second sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takuya FUKATA, Koji MINAKUCHI
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Publication number: 20180063363Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading section and an image forming section. The reading section reads a plurality of images from a document. The image forming section forms the plurality of read images on a sheet. The plurality of images include a first image and a second image. The first image has a first color. The second image has a second color. The second color is different from the first color. The image forming section forms the first image on a first main side of the sheet and the second image on a second main side of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Ryo EGAMI, Koji MINAKUCHI
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Patent number: 9212016Abstract: An image forming apparatus can exchange a sound reduction mode and a normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes a sound reduction sheet feed cassette, a normal sheet feed cassette, a sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller, and a normal sheet feed cassette roller. The sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller and the normal sheet feed cassette roller can exchange rotation speed to a slower speed than a normal paper feeding speed, In the sound reduction mode, the image forming apparatus performs one of a noise reduction high performance mode and a noise reduction low performance mode. In the normal mode, the image forming apparatus performs a high performance mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Koji Minakuchi, Daiki Sone
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Patent number: 9204010Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a document reading section, a recording medium size selecting section, a large-size document identifying section, and an image forming area setting section. The recording medium size selecting section is configured to select a size of recording media for use in forming images from image data sets of original documents. The large-size document identifying section is configured to identify an image data set greater in document size than a predetermined document size. The image forming area setting section is configured to, for the image data set of greater document size, set an entire imagable area of a recording medium to an image forming area and, for the image data set of the predetermined document size, set one half of the imagable area of a recording medium to an image forming area in a layout for booklet printing.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Koji Minakuchi
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Patent number: 9137404Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a document size detecting section, a recording medium size selecting section, and a control section. When one of a pair of image data sets to be placed on both sides of a common recording medium by image formation of the image forming section is greater in length of the document size detected by the document size detecting section than the other, the recording medium size selecting section selects, as a size of the recording medium for the pair of image data sets, a size greater in length than the other image data set. When the other image data set is to be formed as an image on a page preceding the one image data set, the control section allows the image forming section to form the image on an area from a leading edge to a middle of the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Koji Minakuchi
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Publication number: 20150061217Abstract: An image forming apparatus can exchange a sound reduction mode and a normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes a sound reduction sheet feed cassette, a normal sheet feed cassette, a sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller, and a normal sheet feed cassette roller. The sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller and the normal sheet feed cassette roller can exchange rotation speed to a slower speed than a normal paper feeding speed, In the sound reduction mode, the image forming apparatus performs one of a noise reduction high performance mode and a noise reduction low performance mode. In the normal mode, the image forming apparatus performs a high performance mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Koji Minakuchi, Daiki Sone
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Publication number: 20140118753Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a document reading section, a recording medium size selecting section, a large-size document identifying section, and an image forming area setting section. The recording medium size selecting section is configured to select a size of recording media for use in forming images from image data sets of original documents. The large-size document identifying section is configured to identify an image data set greater in document size than a predetermined document size. The image forming area setting section is configured to, for the image data set of greater document size, set an entire imageable area of a recording medium to an image forming area and, for the image data set of the predetermined document size, set one half of the imageable area of a recording medium to an image forming area in a layout for booklet printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Koji Minakuchi
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Publication number: 20140118763Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a document size detecting section, a recording medium size selecting section, and a control section. When one of a pair of image data sets to be placed on both sides of a common recording medium by image formation of the image forming section is greater in length of the document size detected by the document size detecting section than the other, the recording medium size selecting section selects, as a size of the recording medium for the pair of image data sets, a size greater in length than the other image data set. When the other image data set is to be formed as an image on a page preceding the one image data set, the control section allows the image forming section to form the image on an area from a leading edge to a middle of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Koji Minakuchi
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Patent number: 7831193Abstract: Provided is an image forming device including: a sheet number control part for controlling a maximum processable sheet number set on a paper attribute basis for a finisher for finishing a printed sheet; an automatic tray switching part for switching an initially selected tray part to another tray part when paper runs out in the midst of print processing on sheets fed from the initially selected tray part to continue the print processing, the initially selected tray part being initially selected from a plurality of tray parts holding sheets of different paper attributes; and a tray switch determining part for, when a feeding tray part runs out of paper in the midst of print processing set to execute finishing, determining whether to actuate the automatic tray switching part on the basis of maximum processable sheet numbers and a paper attribute of paper of a selectable tray part candidate.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventor: Koji Minakuchi
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Publication number: 20080240782Abstract: Provided is an image forming device including: a sheet number control part for controlling a maximum processable sheet number set on a paper attribute basis for a finisher for finishing a printed sheet; an automatic tray switching part for switching an initially selected tray part to another tray part when paper runs out in the midst of print processing on sheets fed from the initially selected tray part to continue the print processing, the initially selected tray part being initially selected from a plurality of tray parts holding sheets of different paper attributes; and a tray switch determining part for, when a feeding tray part runs out of paper in the midst of print processing set to execute finishing, determining whether to actuate the automatic tray switching part on the basis of maximum processable sheet numbers and a paper attribute of paper of a selectable tray part candidate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Minakuchi
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Publication number: 20020149794Abstract: According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus capable of arranging plural images read from plural originals in a predetermined layout in the order of reading and collectively printing the arranged images, the apparatus includes re-layout means for inserting an image independent from the plural read images in an arbitrary place of the layout and re-arranging the images by sequentially pushing back an image, previously allotted to the place with the inserted image, and the succeeding images. Printed matters in various formats of collective printing can be produced because the apparatus is adapted to lay out the images read from the originals in the order of reading and to insert an image independent from the read images in an arbitrary place of the layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Yoshiki Yoshioka, Koji Minakuchi, Yasuhiko Kida