Patents by Inventor Lifan YU

Lifan YU 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).

  • Patent number: 11375076
    Abstract: In a reading device, a controller performs: detecting occurrence of a double-feed; executing a double-feed process; detecting a state of double-fed sheets; executing a first process when a command is inputted; and executing a second process when the command is not inputted. The double feed process includes: halting conveyance of an original document; and making notification of the occurrence of the double-feed. The first process performs, in accordance with the command, one of: resuming the conveyance of the original document; and quitting the conveyance of the original document. The second process performs, in accordance with a determination result, one of: resuming the conveyance of the original document; and continuing the halting and the making. The resuming is performed when the determination result indicates that the conveyance of the original document is possible. The continuing is performed when the determination result indicates that the conveyance of the original document is impossible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Lifan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210306499
    Abstract: In a reading device, a controller performs: detecting occurrence of a double-feed; executing a double-feed process; detecting a state of double-fed sheets; executing a first process when a command is inputted; and executing a second process when the command is not inputted. The double feed process includes: halting conveyance of an original document; and making notification of the occurrence of the double-feed. The first process performs, in accordance with the command, one of: resuming the conveyance of the original document; and quitting the conveyance of the original document. The second process performs, in accordance with a determination result, one of: resuming the conveyance of the original document; and continuing the halting and the making. The resuming is performed when the determination result indicates that the conveyance of the original document is possible. The continuing is performed when the determination result indicates that the conveyance of the original document is impossible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Lifan YU
  • Patent number: 10812671
    Abstract: An image reader wherein a controller executes: a start process of starting a reading operation; a head edge detection process of detecting a document width; a first side edge detection process of detecting a side edge until an occurrence of a first change from a side edge detecting state to a side edge non-detecting state; a calculation process of calculating a continuation distance based on the document width; a second side edge detection process of detecting the side edge until an occurrence of a second change from the non-detecting state to the detecting state; a third side edge detection process of detecting the side edge until an occurrence of the first change; and an end process of ending the reading operation when the second change does not occur in a continuation range in the second detection process or when the first change occurs in the third detection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Lifan Yu
  • Publication number: 20190132465
    Abstract: An image reader wherein a controller executes: a start process of starting a reading operation; a head edge detection process of detecting a document width; a first side edge detection process of detecting a side edge until an occurrence of a first change from a side edge detecting state to a side edge non-detecting state; a calculation process of calculating a continuation distance based on the document width; a second side edge detection process of detecting the side edge until an occurrence of a second change from the non-detecting state to the detecting state; a third side edge detection process of detecting the side edge until an occurrence of the first change; and an end process of ending the reading operation when the second change does not occur in a continuation range in the second detection process or when the first change occurs in the third detection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Lifan YU
  • Patent number: 9531897
    Abstract: A scanner is configured to scan an original sheet to generate image data, an image on the original sheet being subject to scanning, obtaining a first side of the original sheet area within one of a leading end side part and a trailing end side part of the image, the first end side part being a part where two edges having a common end do not exist, an outer side edge in the first end side part being obtained as the first side, obtaining a second side of the original sheet area within a second side part, the second end side part being a part where a pair of edges having a common end exists, one of the pair of edges closer to the first end side part being obtained as the second side, and determining the original sheet area based on the first and the second sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Lifan Yu
  • Publication number: 20160191734
    Abstract: A scanner is configured to scan an original sheet to generate image data, an image on the original sheet being subject to scanning, obtaining a first side of the original sheet area within one of a leading end side part and a trailing end side part of the image, the first end side part being a part where two edges having a common end do not exist, an outer side edge in the first end side part being obtained as the first side, obtaining a second side of the original sheet area within a second side part, the second end side part being a part where a pair of edges having a common end exists, one of the pair of edges closer to the first end side part being obtained as the second side, and determining the original sheet area based on the first and the second sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Lifan YU