Patents by Inventor Kota Ninomiya
Kota Ninomiya 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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Publication number: 20230309803Abstract: A bending piece of a medical device includes: a ring-shaped piece main body having a peripheral wall part whose cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction is formed in a C-like shape and a slit-shaped opening part extending in the axial direction and provided between one end and the other end of the peripheral wall part in a peripheral direction; a first extension body extending from the peripheral wall part to one side in the axial direction; a second extension body extending from the peripheral wall part to the other side in the axial direction; a connecting shaft provided on the first extension body so as to extend outward in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction; and a connecting hole formed in a direction parallel to the connecting shaft, having a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the connecting shaft, and provided in the second extension body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kota NINOMIYA
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Publication number: 20220304552Abstract: There is provided an endoscope that allows treatment, which uses a treatment tool, to be performed accurately. An observation window is mainly disposed in a distal end surface region positioned above a horizontal axis, a first treatment tool outlet port is mainly disposed in a distal end surface region positioned below the horizontal axis, and a position of a center of a front water supply port in a direction of a vertical axis is disposed between a position of a center of the observation window and a position of a center of the first treatment tool outlet port in the direction of the vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuta KAWAMOTO, Keita TAKAHASHI, Kota NINOMIYA
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Publication number: 20220304553Abstract: There is provided an endoscope that allows treatment, which uses treatment tools, to be performed accurately. An observation window is mainly disposed in a nearby region, a first treatment tool outlet port is mainly disposed in a fourth quadrant, a second treatment tool outlet port is mainly disposed in a third quadrant, and an upper end position of the second treatment tool outlet port is disposed above an upper end position of the first treatment tool outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuta KAWAMOTO, Keita TAKAHASHI, Kota NINOMIYA
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Detection device having detachably attached plural units and image forming apparatus having the same
Patent number: 8921762Abstract: A detection device includes: an imaging unit that forms an image of an incident beam on an image detection unit; an emission unit that includes a guided portion that is guided to a guiding portion provided at the imaging unit and guiding an attachment-detachment operation of the guided portion, a positioned portion that is positioned in a positioning portion provided at the imaging unit, and an emission member that emits a beam toward a direction of a transportation path such that a beam reflected from the medium is incident to the imaging unit; and a setting unit that includes a positioned portion that is positioned in a positioning portion provided at the emission unit when a drawing unit is pressure-inserted into the image forming apparatus and a setting surface that sets a position on the medium at which the beam is reflected.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakaie, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Junichi Morooka, Shusaku Yokota, Kota Ninomiya -
Patent number: 8854708Abstract: A sensing device including: a sensing section having an illuminating section that illuminates light and a light-receiving section that receives reflected light of light illuminated from the illuminating section, the sensing section sensing an image on a recording medium; a housing that accommodates the illuminating section; a covering member covering the housing, that is freely installed at and removed from the housing, having a transmitting member through which the light from the illuminating section is transmitted; and a setting section disposed at an opposite side to a housing side with respect to the covering member, the setting section being freely installed at and removed from the housing, and having a setting surface that sets a position at which the recording medium reflects light, wherein, at a positioning portion of the setting section, the covering member is positioned at least in a direction perpendicular to the setting surface, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kota Ninomiya, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Katsuhiko Nakaie, Junichi Morooka, Shusaku Yokota
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Patent number: 8780367Abstract: A detecting device includes a detecting unit that detects an image on a medium transported in a transport path. The detecting unit includes a light emitter, a light receiver, and a light adjusting portion. The light emitter emits light toward the transport path in which the medium is transported. The light receiver receives reflected light of the light emitted from the light emitter. The light adjusting portion adjusts a quantity of light received by the light receiver according to a quantity of light emitted from the light emitter.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Yokota, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Katsuhiko Nakaie, Junichi Morooka, Kota Ninomiya
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Patent number: 8699891Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a transmission member that is provided facing a conveying path on which a medium is conveyed and that transmits light from the medium being conveyed on the conveying path; a detection section that detects the medium or an image on the medium according to the light which is transmitted by the transmission member, wherein the light is received by a light-receiving member of the detection section; and an opposing member provided on an opposite side of the conveying path from the transmission member and having at least one opposing surface that faces the transmission member. In a conveying direction of the medium, a length of the opposing surface is shorter than a length of a detection surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Furusawa, Masao Ito, Katsuhiko Nakaie, Junichi Morooka, Shusaku Yokota, Kota Ninomiya
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Patent number: 8587846Abstract: There is provided a detection device including: a detection section detecting an image on a medium conveyed along the conveyance path or the medium; a reference member that is disposed at an opposite side of the conveyance path from the side thereof at which the illumination unit is disposed and that is provided to be rotatable with a rotation axis direction being a width direction of the medium; a test face comprising one of reflection faces of the reference member; a position detection pattern provided at the test face; a focal point detection pattern provided at the test face, the focal point detection pattern enabling detection by the detection section of a focal point; and a depth detection portion provided at the test face, the depth detection portion enabling detection by the detection section of an illumination depth of the light illuminated from a illumination unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kota Ninomiya, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Katsuhiko Nakaie, Junichi Morooka, Shusaku Yokota
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Patent number: 8571425Abstract: A detection device includes: a detection member that includes an emission member emitting a beam toward a transportation direction of a transportation path and a beam receiving member receiving a reflected beam of the beam emitted from the emission member, and that detects an image on a medium; a transmissive member that allows the beam emitted from the emission member and the beam reflected from the medium to be transmitted therethrough; and a support member that has an open portion blocked by the transmissive member, and that supports an upstream end portion of the transmissive member in the transportation direction of the medium at an upstream portion of the open portion toward the medium, an edge portion of a downstream portion of the open portion in the transportation direction being located closer to the emission member than a bottom surface of the transmissive member.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakaie, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Junichi Morooka, Shusaku Yokota, Kota Ninomiya
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Publication number: 20120106987Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a transmission member that is provided facing a conveying path on which a medium is conveyed and that transmits light from the medium being conveyed on the conveying path; a detection section that detects the medium or an image on the medium according to the light which is transmitted by the transmission member, wherein the light is received by a light-receiving member of the detection section; and an opposing member provided on an opposite side of the conveying path from the transmission member and having at least one opposing surface that faces the transmission member. In a conveying direction of the medium, a length of the opposing surface is shorter than a length of a detection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio FURUSAWA, Masao ITO, Katsuhiko NAKAIE, Junichi MOROOKA, Shusaku YOKOTA, Kota NINOMIYA
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Publication number: 20120099884Abstract: A detection device includes: an imaging unit that forms an image of an incident beam on an image detection unit; an emission unit that includes a guided portion that is guided to a guiding portion provided at the imaging unit and guiding an attachment-detachment operation of the guided portion, a positioned portion that is positioned in a positioning portion provided at the imaging unit, and an emission member that emits a beam toward a direction of a transportation path such that a beam reflected from the medium is incident to the imaging unit; and a setting unit that includes a positioned portion that is positioned in a positioning portion provided at the emission unit when a drawing unit is pressure-inserted into the image forming apparatus and a setting surface that sets a position on the medium at which the beam is reflected.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiko NAKAIE, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Junichi Morooka, Shusaku Yokota, Kota Ninomiya
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Publication number: 20120099126Abstract: A detecting device includes a detecting unit that detects an image on a medium transported in a transport path. The detecting unit includes a light emitter, a light receiver, and a light adjusting portion. The light emitter emits light toward the transport path in which the medium is transported. The light receiver receives reflected light of the light emitted from the light emitter. The light adjusting portion adjusts a quantity of light received by the light receiver according to a quantity of light emitted from the light emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusaku Yokota, Masao Ito, Fumio Furusawa, Katsuhiko Nakaie, Junichi Morooka, Kota Ninomiya
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Publication number: 20120099168Abstract: There is provided a detection device including: a detection section detecting an image on a medium conveyed along the conveyance path or the medium; a reference member that is disposed at an opposite side of the conveyance path from the side thereof at which the illumination unit is disposed and that is provided to be rotatable with a rotation axis direction being a width direction of the medium; a test face comprising one of reflection faces of the reference member; a position detection pattern provided at the test face; a focal point detection pattern provided at the test face, the focal point detection pattern enabling detection by the detection section of a focal point; and a depth detection portion provided at the test face, the depth detection portion enabling detection by the detection section of an illumination depth of the light illuminated from a illumination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota NINOMIYA, Masao ITO, Fumio FURUSAWA, Katsuhiko NAKAIE, Junichi MOROOKA, Shusaku YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20120099873Abstract: A sensing device including: a sensing section having an illuminating section that illuminates light and a light-receiving section that receives reflected light of light illuminated from the illuminating section, the sensing section sensing an image on a recording medium; a housing that accommodates the illuminating section; a covering member covering the housing, that is freely installed at and removed from the housing, having a transmitting member through which the light from the illuminating section is transmitted; and a setting section disposed at an opposite side to a housing side with respect to the covering member, the setting section being freely installed at and removed from the housing, and having a setting surface that sets a position at which the recording medium reflects light, wherein, at a positioning portion of the setting section, the covering member is positioned at least in a direction perpendicular to the setting surface, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota NINOMIYA, Masao ITO, Fumio FURUSAWA, Katsuhiko NAKAIE, Junichi MOROOKA, Shusaku YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20120099874Abstract: A detection device includes: a detection member that includes an emission member emitting a beam toward a transportation direction of a transportation path and a beam receiving member receiving a reflected beam of the beam emitted from the emission member, and that detects an image on a medium; a transmissive member that allows the beam emitted from the emission member and the beam reflected from the medium to be transmitted therethrough; and a support member that has an open portion blocked by the transmissive member, and that supports an upstream end portion of the transmissive member in the transportation direction of the medium at an upstream portion of the open portion toward the medium, an edge portion of a downstream portion of the open portion in the transportation direction being located closer to the emission member than a bottom surface of the transmissive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiko NAKAIE, Masao ITO, Fumio FURUSAWA, Junichi MOROOKA, Shusaku YOKOTA, Kota NINOMIYA