Patents by Inventor Mizuho Ueshima

Mizuho Ueshima 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: 11416186
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operating part configured to form an image, a detection unit configured to detect a status of the operating part to generate sequential data which is updated sequentially, a determination unit configured to determine whether the sequential data satisfies a predetermined condition or not, a storage unit configured to store the number of times of determination of whether the sequential data satisfies the predetermined condition or not, a preprocessing unit, and an accumulation unit. The preprocessing unit is configured to generate data, having a data size smaller than that of the sequential data, to be used for predicting a state of the operating part. Further, the accumulation unit is configured to accumulate the data based on the sequential data which is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mizuho Ueshima
  • Publication number: 20210117137
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operating part configured to form an image, a detection unit configured to detect a status of the operating part to generate sequential data which is updated sequentially, a determination unit configured to determine whether the sequential data satisfies a predetermined condition or not, a storage unit configured to store the number of times of determination of whether the sequential data satisfies the predetermined condition or not, a preprocessing unit, and an accumulation unit. The preprocessing unit is configured to generate data, having a data size smaller than that of the sequential data, to be used for predicting a state of the operating part. Further, the accumulation unit is configured to accumulate the data based on the sequential data which is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Mizuho Ueshima
  • Patent number: 10962901
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image by using a toner based on image data; a detector configured to detect the toner in the image forming unit; a mount portion to which a container containing the toner is mounted; and a controller configured to perform a supply control for supplying the toner from the container mounted to the mount portion, based on a detection result of the detector; determine a usage condition of the container mounted to the mount portion; determine an amount of the toner supplied from the container in the supply control, based on a determination result of the usage condition and the image data; cumulate the amount of the toner supplied from the container in the supply control; and determine a remaining amount of the toner in the container mounted to the mount, based on a cumulated amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Makinodan, Mizuho Ueshima
  • Publication number: 20200150559
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit configured to form an image by using a toner based on image data; a detector configured to detect the toner in the image forming unit; a mount to which a container containing a supply toner is mounted; and a controller configured to: perform a supply control for supplying the supply toner from the container mounted to the mount, based on a detection result of the detector; determine a usage condition of the container mounted to the mount; determine an amount of the supply toner supplied from the container in the supply control, based on a determination result of the usage condition and the image data; cumulate the amount of the supply toner supplied from the container in the supply control; and determine a remaining amount of the supply toner in the container mounted to the mount, based on a cumulated amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jiro Makinodan, Mizuho Ueshima