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).

  • Patent number: 11930143
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Fukumitsu, Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11831831
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Miyagawa, Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20230276008
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Tomokazu MIYAGAWA, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230276006
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yasunori FUKUMITSU, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11716431
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Matsuyama, Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20230112819
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Koya MATSUYAMA, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230043411
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Hiromasa Tsuboi, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Tetsuro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11509785
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
  • Publication number: 20220012308
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11218611
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Arimori, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Tomokazu Shimizu, Wataru Beppu
  • Patent number: 11158285
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20210250457
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
  • Patent number: 11019231
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyanagi, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Tokujiro Okuno, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masahiro Igarashi, Akifumi Sugano, Wataru Beppu
  • Patent number: 10897549
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Shiota, Ryoichi Hirayama, Kazuhiko Arimori, Seiji Eguchi, Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 10880441
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizoguchi, Daisuke Honda
  • Publication number: 20200382669
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko ARIMORI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI, Tomokazu SHIMIZU, Wataru BEPPU
  • Patent number: 10848626
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Honda, Kohei Arai, Masahiko Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20200177751
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIOTA, Ryoichi HIRAYAMA, Kazuhiko ARIMORI, Seiji EGUCHI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200112643
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiko MIZOGUCHI, Daisuke HONDA
  • Publication number: 20200106892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke HONDA, Kohei ARAI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI