Patents by Inventor Naohiro Iwata
Naohiro Iwata 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: 10565557Abstract: In the system, the image forming apparatus includes a unit that sends the status information of the image forming apparatus to the management server, and a unit that requests the web service provided by the service server to register device information, and the service server includes a unit that register and manage user information of a user of the web service provided by the service server, a unit that, in response to a request from the image forming apparatus, registers the device information of the image forming apparatus and user information managed in association with each other, and a unit that issues, to the user of the image forming apparatus that is registered with the web service, a notification related to the image forming apparatus, using the status information provided by the management server.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuusuke Suzuki, Nozomu Ogawa, Yousuke Sugai, Naohiro Iwata, Taiki Mouri, Takahiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20170178225Abstract: In the system, the image forming apparatus includes a unit that sends the status information of the image forming apparatus to the management server, and a unit that requests the web service provided by the service server to register device information, and the service server includes a unit that register and manage user information of a user of the web service provided by the service server, a unit that, in response to a request from the image forming apparatus, registers the device information of the image forming apparatus and user information managed in association with each other, and a unit that issues, to the user of the image forming apparatus that is registered with the web service, a notification related to the image forming apparatus, using the status information provided by the management server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Yuusuke Suzuki, Nozomu Ogawa, Yousuke Sugai, Naohiro Iwata, Taiki Mouri, Takahiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8740327Abstract: A method for cleaning a carriage of an inkjet recording apparatus including a recording head configured to discharge ink to execute recording on a sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet, a carriage configured to mount the recording head thereon and to move in a main-scanning direction crossing to a sheet conveyance direction, and a height change mechanism configured to move the carriage in a height direction includes moving the carriage in the main-scanning direction to the outside of a sheet conveyance area of the conveyance unit, conveying a cleaning sheet, to which a fold is previously given, to a recording position, moving the carriage to a first height position via the height change mechanism, moving the carriage to the inside of the sheet conveyance area, moving the carriage to a second height position via the height change mechanism, and conveying the cleaning sheet via the conveyance unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Seiji Ogasawara, Hideaki Nagahara
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Patent number: 8366253Abstract: A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda, Ryosuke Sato, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8342515Abstract: To achieve high conveying accuracy by reducing back tension on a recording medium being conveyed. A feeding device includes a pressure plate on which recording media are loaded; feeding means for feeding the recording media; a regulating member configured to regulate a position of a side edge of the recording media; supporting means for supporting the regulating member, the supporting means having a bottom portion on which the recording media are partially loaded; and moving means for separating the regulating member from the side edge of the recording media. The feeding means starts to feed the recording medium while the position of the side edge of the recording media is being regulated by the regulating member, and the moving means separates the regulating member from the side edge of the recording media after a conveying means starts to convey the recording medium fed by the feeding means.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Naohiro Iwata
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Publication number: 20120169816Abstract: A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda, Ryosuke Sato, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8162461Abstract: A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda, Ryosuke Sato, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8079589Abstract: A first conveying mechanism includes an intermediate conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, an intermediate conveying roller shaft for supporting the intermediate conveying roller, an intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism for rotationally driving the intermediate conveying roller shaft, and a roller control mechanism for controlling movements of the intermediate conveying roller relative to the intermediate conveying roller shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideyuki Terashima, Naohiro Iwata, Kosuke Yamamoto, Akihiro Tomoda, Ryosuke Sato, Akio Okubo
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Patent number: 8072653Abstract: An image reading and recording apparatus has: a carriage for mounting a recording head; a reading unit which reads an original document; a conveying roller arranged on a conveying path which is used in common for recording paper and the original; and a platen arranged so as to face the recording head. The reading unit is movable between a reading position on an upper side of the conveying path and a retracting position on a lower side of the conveying path. The platen can relatively and independently move for the reading unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hideyuki Terashima, Hideaki Nagahara, Kazuyuki Morinaga, Akihiro Tomoda, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 8023163Abstract: An image reading and recording apparatus includes a trigger arm configured to start transmission of a drive to a paper feed unit in accordance with the position of a carriage. The trigger arm includes a first lever portion for feeding a recording sheet in a state in which a cap is separated from a recording head and a second lever portion for feeding a document in a state in which the cap is in contact with the recording head.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyuki Morinaga, Hideaki Nagahara, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Naohiro Iwata, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda
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Patent number: 8014037Abstract: A facsimile apparatus in which a large display apparatus can be mounted while realizing miniaturization of an apparatus main body, an operation panel having excellent operability is realized, excellent inserting performance of documents and recording paper can be assured, compatibility between simple operability and multifunctional operability can be realized, is provided. The apparatus has: an operation panel 71 arranged in an upper front portion of the apparatus main body; a display unit 14 which is closably arranged to the operation panel 71, located in an upper rear position of the operation panel upon opening, and overlaid onto the operation panel upon closing; and a document inserting port 44 and a recording paper inserting port 29 arranged behind the operation panel in the upper portion of the apparatus main body and behind the display unit 14 upon opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hideaki Nagahara, Akihiro Tomoda, Kazuyuki Morinaga
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Publication number: 20110169213Abstract: To achieve high conveying accuracy by reducing back tension on a recording medium being conveyed. A feeding device includes a pressure plate on which recording media are loaded; feeding means for feeding the recording media; a regulating member configured to regulate a position of a side edge of the recording media; supporting means for supporting the regulating member, the supporting means having a bottom portion on which the recording media are partially loaded; and moving means for separating the regulating member from the side edge of the recording media. The feeding means starts to feed the recording medium while the position of the side edge of the recording media is being regulated by the regulating member, and the moving means separates the regulating member from the side edge of the recording media after a conveying means starts to convey the recording medium fed by the feeding means.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naohiro Iwata
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Publication number: 20090295079Abstract: A first conveying mechanism includes an intermediate conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, an intermediate conveying roller shaft for supporting the intermediate conveying roller, an intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism for rotationally driving the intermediate conveying roller shaft, and a roller control mechanism for controlling movements of the intermediate conveying roller relative to the intermediate conveying roller shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideyuki Terashima, Naohiro Iwata, Kosuke Yamamoto, Akihiro Tomoda, Ryosuke Sato, Akio Okubo
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Publication number: 20090278902Abstract: A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda, Ryosuke Sato, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7448609Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a guiding member having an upper guiding surface for guiding the upper surface of a document and a lower guiding surface for guiding the lower surface of the document to guide the document to a support portion. The guiding member is movable to a set position for guiding the document to the support portion without causing the document to come into contact with a feeding roller, a recording-sheet separation position withdrawn for separating one sheet from the other recording sheets and feeding the separated sheet, a document separation position for guiding the document to the feeding roller, and a sheet return position for returning the recording sheet or the document to a corresponding support portion using a return lever. The guiding member is held via a spring such that the guiding member can be returned by itself from the sheet return position to the set position.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyuki Terashima, Kazuyuki Morinaga, Akihiro Tomoda, Hideaki Nagahara, Naohiro Iwata, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080158622Abstract: An image reading and recording apparatus includes a trigger arm configured to start transmission of a drive to a paper feed unit in accordance with the position of a carriage. The trigger arm includes a first lever portion for feeding a recording sheet in a state in which a cap is separated from a recording head and a second lever portion for feeding a document in a state in which the cap is in contact with the recording head.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Morinaga, Hideaki Nagahara, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Naohiro Iwata, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda
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Publication number: 20080157459Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a guiding member having an upper guiding surface for guiding the upper surface of a document and a lower guiding surface for guiding the lower surface of the document to guide the document to a support portion. The guiding member is movable to a set position for guiding the document to the support portion without causing the document to come into contact with a feeding roller, a recording-sheet separation position withdrawn for separating one sheet from the other recording sheets and feeding the separated sheet, a document separation position for guiding the document to the feeding roller, and a sheet return position for returning the recording sheet or the document to a corresponding support portion using a return lever. The guiding member is held via a spring such that the guiding member can be returned by itself from the sheet return position to the set position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki Terashima, Kazuyuki Morinaga, Akihiro Tomoda, Hideaki Nagahara, Naohiro Iwata, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080158288Abstract: A recording apparatus records information on a recording sheet by discharging ink from a recording head mounted on a carriage. The recording apparatus includes a trigger arm functioning as a trigger for starting transmission of a drive to a paper feeding unit and a pump drive transmission cam configured to interrupt transmission of the drive to a tube pump. The trigger arm and pump drive transmission cam are actuated in a state in which the recording head is in close contact with a cap in accordance with the position of the carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideaki Nagahara, Naohiro Iwata, Kazuyuki Morinaga, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hideyuki Terashima, Akihiro Tomoda
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Publication number: 20080158620Abstract: An image reading and recording apparatus has: a carriage for mounting a recording head; a reading unit which reads an original document; a conveying roller arranged on a conveying path which is used in common for recording paper and the original; and a platen arranged so as to face the recording head. The reading unit is movable between a reading position on an upper side of the conveying path and a retracting position on a lower side of the conveying path. The platen can relatively and independently move for the reading unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hideyuki Terashima, Hideaki Nagahara, Kazuyuki Morinaga, Akihiro Tomoda, Yoshiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070127079Abstract: A facsimile apparatus in which a large display apparatus can be mounted while realizing miniaturization of an apparatus main body, an operation panel having excellent operability is realized, excellent inserting performance of documents and recording paper can be assured, compatibility between simple operability and multifunctional operability can be realized, is provided. The apparatus has: an operation panel 71 arranged in an upper front portion of the apparatus main body; a display unit 14 which is closably arranged to the operation panel 71, located in an upper rear position of the operation panel upon opening, and overlaid onto the operation panel upon closing; and a document inserting port 44 and a recording paper inserting port 29 arranged behind the operation panel in the upper portion of the apparatus main body and behind the display unit 14 upon opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro Iwata, Hideaki Nagahara, Akihiro Tomoda, Kazuyuki Morinaga