Patents by Inventor Masamitsu WATAHIKI

Masamitsu WATAHIKI 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: 11079832
    Abstract: The power supply is capable of operating in a first state and a second state having a consumption power lower than a consumption power of the first state. The power supply controls a first power supply in the first state such that a first DC voltage is a first voltage and controls the first power supply in the second state such that the first DC voltage is a second voltage lower than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Hirano, Junya Kobayashi, Masamitsu Watahiki
  • Publication number: 20200183484
    Abstract: The power supply is capable of operating in a first state and a second state having a consumption power lower than a consumption power of the first state. The power supply controls a first power supply in the first state such that a first DC voltage is a first voltage and controls the first power supply in the second state such that the first DC voltage is a second voltage lower than the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yuya Hirano, Junya Kobayashi, Masamitsu Watahiki
  • Patent number: 10303095
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a heater, an energization control unit configured to control energization to a first heat generation member of the heater depending on a temperature detected by a temperature detection element of the fixing unit, a resistance detecting unit configured to detect a resistance of a second heat generation member of the heater, and a temperature acquiring unit configured to acquire a temperature of the heater in the region in which the second heat generation member is formed based on the resistance detected by the resistance detecting unit. An image, formed on a recording material, is fixed to the recording material with heat form the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Takagi, Masamitsu Watahiki
  • Publication number: 20190041779
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus including a fixing unit fixing an image on a recording material to the recording material, the fixing unit including a heater including first and second heat generation members controllable independently of the first heat generation member and formed in a region different from a region in which the first heat generation member is formed in a direction orthogonal to a recording material conveyance direction, and a temperature detection element configured to detect a temperature of the region in which the first heat generation member is formed of the heater; and an energization control unit configured to control energization to the first heat generation member depending on the temperature detected by the temperature detection element, in which the image formed on the recording material is fixed to the recording material with heat from the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAGI, Masamitsu WATAHIKI