Patents by Inventor Masahiko Mizoguchi
Masahiko Mizoguchi 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: 11930143Abstract: There is provided an image reading apparatus in which a low output mode is a mode that can be controlled in a coupling state where a low power-feeding USB device is coupled, a high output mode is a mode that can be controlled in a coupling state where a high power-feeding USB device capable of feeding power higher than the low power-feeding USB device is coupled, and a control section does not perform image reading at a second reading speed faster than a first reading speed and performs image reading at the first reading speed in the low output mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasunori Fukumitsu, Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 11831831Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading module provided with reading elements arranged in a direction of arrangement intersecting a direction of transportation of an original copy, and configured to read an image on the transported original copy. The apparatus also includes a background plate provided with a white background portion for shading correction, and a black background portion for cutting out the original copy and having lower brightness than brightness of the white background portion. An area of the black background portion is larger than an area of the white background portion, and the white background portion and the black background portion are arranged in the direction of arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomokazu Miyagawa, Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20230276008Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading module provided with reading elements arranged in a direction of arrangement intersecting a direction of transportation of an original copy, and configured to read an image on the transported original copy. The apparatus also includes a background plate provided with a white background portion for shading correction, and a black background portion for cutting out the original copy and having lower brightness than brightness of the white background portion. An area of the black background portion is larger than an area of the white background portion, and the white background portion and the black background portion are arranged in the direction of arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Tomokazu MIYAGAWA, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230276006Abstract: There is provided an image reading apparatus in which a low output mode is a mode that can be controlled in a coupling state where a low power-feeding USB device is coupled, a high output mode is a mode that can be controlled in a coupling state where a high power-feeding USB device capable of feeding power higher than the low power-feeding USB device is coupled, and a control section does not perform image reading at a second reading speed faster than a first reading speed and performs image reading at the first reading speed in the low output mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Yasunori FUKUMITSU, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
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Patent number: 11716431Abstract: When a device main body acquires detection information corresponding to a second original document from a rigidity detecting unit in a state where the device main body is in a first posture, a control unit of an image reading device performs a first step of stopping transporting an original document and a second step of controlling a driving source to switch the posture of the device main body from a first posture to a second posture in which a sloped angle of the device main body is smaller than that in the first posture.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Koya Matsuyama, Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20230112819Abstract: When a device main body acquires detection information corresponding to a second original document from a rigidity detecting unit in a state where the device main body is in a first posture, a control unit of an image reading device performs a first step of stopping transporting an original document and a second step of controlling a driving source to switch the posture of the device main body from a first posture to a second posture in which a sloped angle of the device main body is smaller than that in the first posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Koya MATSUYAMA, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230043411Abstract: A light emitting device includes pixel circuits arranged to form rows and columns and each including a light emitting element, signal lines each extending in a column direction and configured to supply a pixel signal to the pixel circuits, row selection lines each extending in a row direction and configured to supply a row selection signal to the pixel circuits, and column selection lines each extending in the column direction and configured to supply a column selection signal to the pixel circuits. At least one of the pixel circuits includes a light emission control circuit configured to allow the light emitting element of a pixel circuit indicated by the row selection signal and the column selection signal to emit light in a brightness according to the pixel signal that is being supplied to the pixel circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Hiromasa Tsuboi, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Tetsuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11509785Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
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Publication number: 20220012308Abstract: A data conversion method by a high-order function is implemented with a small-scale circuit. One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine, based on input data, a first reference address indicating a plurality of interpolation ranges for calculating quadratic function coefficients and an interpolation distance including the plurality of interpolation ranges; a coefficient computation unit configured to calculate the quadratic function coefficients based on the first reference address; an adjustment unit configured to perform cut-out processing for the interpolation distance represented by bits and output cut-out data as an adjustment interpolation distance; and a computation unit configured to calculate output data by performing a quadratic interpolation computation based on the quadratic function coefficients and the adjustment interpolation distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventor: Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 11218611Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a transport unit that transport a document, a feeding unit that transports the document to the transport unit, a controller that stops the feeding operation of the feeding unit after the leading end of the preceding document transported from the feeding unit reaches the transport unit and restarts the feeding operation after the rear end of the preceding document passes a predetermined position. The controller, restarts the feeding operation a first time after the rear end of the succeeding document following the preceding document passes the predetermined position when a size of the preceding document indicates a first size, and restarts the feeding operation a second time after the rear end of the succeeding document passes the predetermined position where the second time is longer than the first time when the size indicates a second size larger than the first size.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Arimori, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Tomokazu Shimizu, Wataru Beppu
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Patent number: 11158285Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce computation for color conversion processing on input RGB color signals with maintaining the hue of a picture expressed by the input RGB color signals. A color conversion processor of the present invention includes: a conversion unit that converts color data including multiple color components, which can be displayed in a first color gamut, to corresponding color data in a second color gamut, which is narrower than the first color gamut; a first color correction unit that corrects the converted color data by using a first color correction value; a first derivation unit that derives a first luminance correction value by multiplication using the first color correction value; and a first luminance correction unit that corrects the color data, corrected by the first color correction unit, by using the first luminance correction value.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20210250457Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
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Patent number: 11019231Abstract: In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
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Patent number: 10897549Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes: a feed unit feeds a medium to a transport direction; a first detection unit disposed upstream of the feed unit, and detects movement of the fed medium; a second detection unit disposed downstream of the first detection unit and detects an inclination of the medium; and a control unit detects the inclination of the medium based on a signal of the second detection unit and stop transfer of the medium when the inclination exceeds a threshold value, and the plurality of the threshold values have a relationship such that when a medium length in the transport direction is a second length being shorter than a first length, a relatively higher value is produced than in a case in which the medium length is the first length, and the control unit selects a threshold value based on a detection value of the first detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takayuki Shiota, Ryoichi Hirayama, Kazuhiko Arimori, Seiji Eguchi, Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 10880441Abstract: The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a reading region in which a first region in which a member that suppresses entry of external light is disposed and a second region other than the first region are arranged in a main scanning direction of the reading unit, and a controller, wherein the controller calculates intensity of external light in the second region based on a reading value in the reading region, wherein the reading value is obtained by the reading unit, determines whether the intensity of the external light exceeds a threshold value, performs a first shading correction on a reading value of a document transported to the reading region when the intensity of the external light exceeds the threshold value, and performs a second shading correction on the reading value of the document when the intensity of the external light does not exceed the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahiko Mizoguchi, Daisuke Honda
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Publication number: 20200382669Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a transport unit that transport a document, a feeding unit that transports the document to the transport unit, a controller that stops the feeding operation of the feeding unit after the leading end of the preceding document transported from the feeding unit reaches the transport unit and restarts the feeding operation after the rear end of the preceding document passes a predetermined position. The controller, restarts the feeding operation a first time after the rear end of the succeeding document following the preceding document passes the predetermined position when a size of the preceding document indicates a first size, and restarts the feeding operation a second time after the rear end of the succeeding document passes the predetermined position where the second time is longer than the first time when the size indicates a second size larger than the first size.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiko ARIMORI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI, Tomokazu SHIMIZU, Wataru BEPPU
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Patent number: 10848626Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading section that receives light input via a transparent member to perform reading, a background section configured to switch a background facing the transparent member either to a first background that is a background of a first color or to a second background that is a background of a second color brighter than the first color, and a control section. The control section compares, with a threshold set in advance, first read data generated by causing the reading section to perform reading of the first background, compares, with the threshold, second read data generated by causing the reading section to perform reading of the second background, and, when the first read data is above the threshold or when the second read data is below the threshold, determines that dirt is present on the transparent member.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Daisuke Honda, Kohei Arai, Masahiko Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20200177751Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes: a feed unit feeds a medium to a transport direction; a first detection unit disposed upstream of the feed unit, and detects movement of the fed medium; a second detection unit disposed downstream of the first detection unit and detects an inclination of the medium; and a control unit detects the inclination of the medium based on a signal of the second detection unit and stop transfer of the medium when the inclination exceeds a threshold value, and the plurality of the threshold values have a relationship such that when a medium length in the transport direction is a second length being shorter than a first length, a relatively higher value is produced than in a case in which the medium length is the first length, and the control unit selects a threshold value based on a detection value of the first detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Takayuki SHIOTA, Ryoichi HIRAYAMA, Kazuhiko ARIMORI, Seiji EGUCHI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200112643Abstract: The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a reading region in which a first region in which a member that suppresses entry of external light is disposed and a second region other than the first region are arranged in a main scanning direction of the reading unit, and a controller, wherein the controller calculates intensity of external light in the second region based on a reading value in the reading region, wherein the reading value is obtained by the reading unit, determines whether the intensity of the external light exceeds a threshold value, performs a first shading correction on a reading value of a document transported to the reading region when the intensity of the external light exceeds the threshold value, and performs a second shading correction on the reading value of the document when the intensity of the external light does not exceed the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Masahiko MIZOGUCHI, Daisuke HONDA
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Publication number: 20200106892Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading section that receives light input via a transparent member to perform reading, a background section configured to switch a background facing the transparent member either to a first background that is a background of a first color or to a second background that is a background of a second color brighter than the first color, and a control section. The control section compares, with a threshold set in advance, first read data generated by causing the reading section to perform reading of the first background, compares, with the threshold, second read data generated by causing the reading section to perform reading of the second background, and, when the first read data is above the threshold or when the second read data is below the threshold, determines that dirt is present on the transparent member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Daisuke HONDA, Kohei ARAI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI