Patents by Inventor Minoru Nochise

Minoru Nochise 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).

  • Apparatus and method for reusing printed media for printing information
    Patent number: 6891640
    Abstract: In order to reuse print sheets, a region on a printed sheet where old information is printed is detected and a region corresponding to the region where the old information is printed is identified as an erasing region. A pattern corresponding to the erasing region is printed on the erasing region with erasing ink or toner, which has a different color from a color of printing ink or toner, whereby the printed old information is erased. Then, new information is printed on the print sheet, from which the old information has been erased, by use of the printing ink or toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kohichi Kakikawa, Takuji Kudoh, Minoru Nochise, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Apparatus and method for reusing printed media for printing information
    Publication number: 20040080787
    Abstract: In order to reuse print sheets, a region on a printed sheet where old information is printed is detected and a region corresponding to the region where the old information is printed is identified as an erasing region. A pattern corresponding to the erasing region is printed on the erasing region with erasing ink or toner, which has a different color from a color of printing ink or toner, whereby the printed old information is erased. Then, new information is printed on the print sheet, from which the old information has been erased, by use of the printing ink or toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kohichi Kakikawa, Takuji Kudoh, Minoru Nochise, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Apparatus and method for detecting overlapped paper sheet feed
    Patent number: 5105078
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting overlapped paper sheet feed in a paper sheet feed path. The apparatus includes a photosensor and a load resistor located in the paper sheet feed path for detecting a voltage representing a light transmittivity of paper sheet(s) fed through the paper sheet feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Minoru Nochise, Kazushi Yamauchi