Patents by Inventor Kyosuke TERADA

Kyosuke TERADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230394573
    Abstract: The used vehicle trading support system of the present disclosure supports trading of a vehicle owner's owned vehicle as a used vehicle by utilizing vehicle information acquired from a plurality of vehicles, discloses vehicle information of the owned vehicle as used vehicle information, and determines whether or not trading is established between the vehicle owner and a purchase applicant who desires to purchase the owned vehicle by browsing the disclosed vehicle information, determines maintenance details to be applied to the owned vehicle, and when it is determined that trading of the owned vehicle is established, notifies the maintenance-related business operator related to maintenance of the owned vehicle of the determined maintenance details.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke Terada
  • Publication number: 20230334542
    Abstract: The used vehicle trading support system includes: a first confirmation unit configured to confirm whether or not a vehicle owner has an intention to disclose his/her own vehicle as a used vehicle that is likely to be sold; an information disclosure unit configured to disclose the vehicle information of the owned vehicle when the first confirmation unit confirms that the vehicle owner has an intention to disclose the vehicle information of the owned vehicle as a used vehicle; a notification unit configured to notify the vehicle owner of a purchase price desired by the purchase applicant when there is a purchase applicant who wishes to purchase the owned vehicle by browsing the disclosed vehicle information; and a second confirmation unit configured to confirm whether or not the vehicle owner is allowed to sell the owned vehicle from the vehicle owner who has received the notification of the desired purchase price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke TERADA
  • Patent number: 10742827
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a printer configured to print an image based on an image read by the scanner, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the printer to print an adjustment test pattern on a first sheet, and the scanner to scan the adjustment test pattern on the first sheet, determine a setting value for adjusting positioning of an image to be printed by the printer on a sheet of the first sheet size, such that an image center matches a sheet center in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, and store the determined setting value in the memory. The processor is configured to modify the setting value stored in the memory based on sheet information related to a second sheet to be used for printing, the second sheet having a second sheet size different from the first sheet size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumasa Yasui, Tomokazu Sakabe, Eizo Kurita, Kyosuke Terada
  • Publication number: 20200021705
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a printer configured to print an image based on an image read by the scanner, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the printer to print an adjustment test pattern on a first sheet, and the scanner to scan the adjustment test pattern on the first sheet, determine a setting value for adjusting positioning of an image to be printed by the printer on a sheet of the first sheet size, such that an image center matches a sheet center in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, and store the determined setting value in the memory. The processor is configured to modify the setting value stored in the memory based on sheet information related to a second sheet to be used for printing, the second sheet having a second sheet size different from the first sheet size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazumasa YASUI, Tomokazu SAKABE, Eizo KURITA, Kyosuke TERADA
  • Publication number: 20200019103
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a printer configured to print an image based on an image read by the scanner, a memory, and a processor. The memory stores a setting value for adjusting positioning of an image to be printed by the printer on a first sheet of a first sheet size, and sheet size information specifying the first sheet size corresponding to the setting value. The processor is configured to modify the setting value stored in the memory based on sheet information related to a second sheet to be used for printing, the second sheet having a second sheet size different from the first sheet size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazumasa YASUI, Tomokazu SAKABE, Eizo KURITA, Kyosuke TERADA
  • Patent number: 10254682
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit attachment part to which developing units are to be attached, each of the developing units being associated with a first criteria for performing developer refreshing and a second criteria for performing developer refreshing, wherein the second criteria is defined so as to be met prior to the first criteria, and a controller configured to control a timing of developer refreshing executed for each of the developing units according to the first and second criteria values thereof, and a first developer tank that is located at a position higher than the developing unit and configured to contain the developer. When the first criteria for performing developer refreshing is met for at least one of the developing units, the controller causes developer refreshing to be performed for all developing units whose first or second criteria is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyosuke Terada
  • Publication number: 20180181028
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit attachment part to which developing units are to be attached, each of the developing units being associated with a first criteria for performing developer refreshing and a second criteria for performing developer refreshing, wherein the second criteria is defined so as to be met prior to the first criteria, and a controller configured to control a timing of developer refreshing executed for each of the developing units according to the first and second criteria values thereof, and a first developer tank that is located at a position higher than the developing unit and configured to contain the developer. When the first criteria for performing developer refreshing is met for at least one of the developing units, the controller causes developer refreshing to be performed for all developing units whose first or second criteria is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Kyosuke TERADA
  • Publication number: 20180081301
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit attachment part to which developing units are to be attached, each of the developing units being associated with a first criteria for performing developer refreshing and a second criteria for performing developer refreshing, wherein the second criteria is defined so as to be met prior to the first criteria, and a controller configured to control a timing of developer refreshing executed for each of the developing units according to the first and second criteria values thereof. When the first criteria for performing developer refreshing is met for at least one of the developing units, the controller causes developer refreshing to be performed for all developing units whose first or second criteria is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Kyosuke TERADA
  • Patent number: 9921523
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit attachment part to which developing units are to be attached, each of the developing units being associated with a first criteria for performing developer refreshing and a second criteria for performing developer refreshing, wherein the second criteria is defined so as to be met prior to the first criteria, and a controller configured to control a timing of developer refreshing executed for each of the developing units according to the first and second criteria values thereof. When the first criteria for performing developer refreshing is met for at least one of the developing units, the controller causes developer refreshing to be performed for all developing units whose first or second criteria is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyosuke Terada
  • Patent number: 9128450
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit to perform erasing processing to a sheet on which a specific pattern is formed with decoloring toner, a reading unit to read an image on the sheet to which the erasing processing is performed by the erasing unit, a detecting unit to detect erasing residue on the sheet, based on the image read by the reading unit, and a specific pattern forming unit to form a specific pattern again on the sheet, when the erasing residue is detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyosuke Terada
  • Publication number: 20140199103
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit to perform erasing processing to a sheet on which a specific pattern is formed with decoloring toner, a reading unit to read an image on the sheet to which the erasing processing is performed by the erasing unit, a detecting unit to detect erasing residue on the sheet, based on the image read by the reading unit, and a specific pattern forming unit to form a specific pattern again on the sheet, when the erasing residue is detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kyosuke Terada
  • Patent number: 8737856
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form an image with one of a color unerasable developer and a color erasable developer, and a control part to automatically select the color erasable developer when test printing is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyosuke Terada
  • Publication number: 20120082471
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form an image with one of a color unerasable developer and a color erasable developer, and a control part to automatically select the color erasable developer when test printing is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kyosuke TERADA