Patents by Inventor Nobuyasu Yamada
Nobuyasu Yamada 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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Publication number: 20230080629Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes a condensation determiner that determines whether there is a possibility of condensation occurring inside the image-forming apparatus using condensation determination information including a measured apparatus temperature inside the apparatus, a preparation processor that performs a preparation process for executing a print function, and a preparation waiting time setter that sets a preparation waiting time indicating a period of time for performing the preparation process. When the image-forming apparatus is powered and it is determined that there is a possibility of condensation occurring inside the image-forming apparatus, a preparation waiting time is set using the condensation determination information and the preparation process is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: NOBUYASU YAMADA, Kaoru ISHIKURA, Atsushi OGO, Shinji KATOH, Naoki HASEGAWA, Yuichi KAKU
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Patent number: 10805485Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet tray; a sheet detection sensor that detects that a sheet is placed on the sheet tray; a display unit; and a control unit. In a case where the sheet detection sensor detects the sheet on the sheet tray, the control unit determines whether or not to cause the display unit to display a confirmation screen for sheet setting. In a case where a predetermined inappropriate confirmation condition is satisfied, the control unit causes the display unit not to display the confirmation screen. In a case where the inappropriate confirmation condition is not satisfied, the control unit causes the display unit to display the confirmation screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuyasu Yamada, Takashi Nakagawa, Nobuyuki Ueda, Yuki Watanabe, Masaya Asakawa, Takashi Sawano, Kumiko Ogino
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Publication number: 20190199871Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet tray; a sheet detection sensor that detects that a sheet is placed on the sheet tray; a display unit; and a control unit. In a case where the sheet detection sensor detects the sheet on the sheet tray, the control unit determines whether or not to cause the display unit to display a confirmation screen for sheet setting. In a case where a predetermined inappropriate confirmation condition is satisfied, the control unit causes the display unit not to display the confirmation screen. In a case where the inappropriate confirmation condition is not satisfied, the control unit causes the display unit to display the confirmation screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: NOBUYASU YAMADA, TAKASHI NAKAGAWA, NOBUYUKI UEDA, YUKI WATANABE, MASAYA ASAKAWA, TAKASHI SAWANO, KUMIKO OGINO
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Patent number: 8844740Abstract: To obtain a foldable storage box in which an open state can be easily held. When a bottom board (36) in a stored state is transitioned to an open state, a pressing part (62) formed on the bottom board (36) presses one projecting part of a V form of a rotating member (64). The rotating member (64) rotates when the rotating member (64) is pressed, and a rod-form lock member (70) connected with the rotating member (64) rotates so as to extend in a horizontal direction. A leading end part of the lock member (70) is thereby inserted into a recessed pocket part (80) formed on a second side wall board (20B). The lock member (70) is disposed so as to span between a first side wall board (20A) and the second side wall board (20B) when the leading end part of the lock member (70) is inserted into the pocket part 80. In other words, a lock device (60) is disposed in a locked state in which an open state of the side wall boards (20) is locked.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nifco Inc.Inventors: Takehiko Nemoto, Nobuyasu Yamada, Kazuaki Kurita, Masao Wakigami
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Patent number: 8564801Abstract: In one embodiment, a network system according to the present invention is a network system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses are communicably connected via a network, and an electronic device capable of independent operation is communicably connected to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The electronic device includes a data input/output unit that sends/receives control data of the electronic device to/from the image forming apparatus to which the electronic device is connected, and the image forming apparatus includes a data communications unit that sends/receives the control data to/from the electronic device connected to the image forming apparatus, and a network communications unit that sends/receives the control data to/from another image forming apparatus via the network.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyasu Yamada, Shuhji Fujii, Kouji Miyake
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Patent number: 8305351Abstract: To provide a display input device including: a display controller for displaying a control frame on a display portion; a touch input detector for detecting a touch input to the touch panel portion; and a setup item displaying portion for superimposing setup items on the control frame in accordance with the position of the touch input while the touch input is being detected by the touch input detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Ueda, Yuji Okamoto, Shuhji Fujii, Kaoru Ishikura, Atsushi Ogo, Kenji Takahashi, Nobuyasu Yamada
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Patent number: 8228517Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: an image processing section that processes an original image, and outputs the processed original image; an operating section that a user operates; a reading-and-displaying section disposed in the operating section, and has a function of reading control information as an image and has a function of displaying the read control information; an instruction input section disposed in the operating section, and receives an instruction regarding an original image; and a controller that controls operations of the image processing section, the reading-and-displaying section, and the instruction input section, wherein the controller instructs the reading-and-displaying section to read the control information, acquires the control information from a result read by the reading-and-displaying section, and instructs the image processing section to process the original image and to output the processed original image, based on the acquired control information and/or the instruction reType: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyasu Yamada, Yuji Okamoto, Shuhji Fujii, Kaoru Ishikura, Nobuyuki Ueda, Atsushi Ogo, Kenji Takahashi
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Patent number: 8203726Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, damage to the apparatus caused by power conduction at the time of installation is prevented. When initial adjustment at factory ends and service person moves the apparatus, a power switch is turned OFF. Using this OFF operation as a trigger, a control unit 100 reads specific information (information related to pre-processing before starting power supply to the apparatus), and displays the information on electronic paper 108.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kaoru Ishikura, Yuji Okamoto, Shuhji Fujii, Nobuyuki Ueda, Shinji Kato, Nobuyasu Yamada
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Publication number: 20120111861Abstract: To obtain a foldable storage box in which an open state can be easily held. When a bottom board (36) in a stored state is transitioned to an open state, a pressing part (62) formed on the bottom board (36) presses one projecting part of a V form of a rotating member (64). The rotating member (64) rotates when the rotating member (64) is pressed, and a rod-form lock member (70) connected with the rotating member (64) rotates so as to extend in a horizontal direction. A leading end part of the lock member (70) is thereby inserted into a recessed pocket part (80) formed on a second side wall board (20B). The lock member (70) is disposed so as to span between a first side wall board (20A) and the second side wall board (20B) when the leading end part of the lock member (70) is inserted into the pocket part 80. In other words, a lock device (60) is disposed in a locked state in which an open state of the side wall boards (20) is locked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Takehiko Nemoto, Nobuyasu Yamada, Kazuaki Kurita, Masao Wakigami
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Publication number: 20110134474Abstract: In one embodiment, a network system according to the present invention is a network system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses are communicably connected via a network, and an electronic device capable of independent operation is communicably connected to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The electronic device includes a data input/output unit that sends/receives control data of the electronic device to/from the image forming apparatus to which the electronic device is connected, and the image forming apparatus includes a data communications unit that sends/receives the control data to/from the electronic device connected to the image forming apparatus, and a network communications unit that sends/receives the control data to/from another image forming apparatus via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Nobuyasu YAMADA, Shuhji Fujii, Kouji Miyake
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Publication number: 20090237701Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, damage to the apparatus caused by power conduction at the time of installation is prevented. When initial adjustment at factory ends and service person moves the apparatus, a power switch is turned OFF. Using this OFF operation as a trigger, a control unit 100 reads specific information (information related to pre-processing before starting power supply to the apparatus), and displays the information on electronic paper 108.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kaoru Ishikura, Yuji Okamoto, Shuhji Fujii, Nobuyuki Ueda, Shinji Kato, Nobuyasu Yamada
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Publication number: 20090189870Abstract: To provide a display input device including: a display controller for displaying a control frame on a display portion; a touch input detector for detecting a touch input to the touch panel portion; and a setup item displaying portion for superimposing setup items on the control frame in accordance with the position of the touch input while the touch input is being detected by the touch input detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Nobuyuki UEDA, Yuji Okamoto, Shuhji Fujii, Kaoru Ishikura, Atsushi Ogo, Kenji Takahashi, Nobuyasu Yamada
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Publication number: 20090141300Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: an image processing section that processes an original image, and outputs the processed original image; an operating section that a user operates; a reading-and-displaying section disposed in the operating section, and has a function of reading control information as an image and has a function of displaying the read control information; an instruction input section disposed in the operating section, and receives an instruction regarding an original image; and a controller that controls operations of the image processing section, the reading-and-displaying section, and the instruction input section, wherein the controller instructs the reading-and-displaying section to read the control information, acquires the control information from a result read by the reading-and-displaying section, and instructs the image processing section to process the original image and to output the processed original image, based on the acquired control information and/or the instruction reType: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Nobuyasu Yamada, Yuji Okamoto, Shuhji Fujii, Kaoru Ishikura, Nobuyuki Ueda, Atsushi Ogo, Kenji Takahashi
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Patent number: 6908141Abstract: A structural member usable for a car capable of demonstrating excellent flexural strength and absorbed energy performance and, moreover, capable of realizing weight reduction and is a structural member for a car being formed with a high-tensile steel pipe having a material property of not less than 1,400 MPa in tensile strength and not less than 5% in elongation. The structural member has a closed section structure which is provided as the configuration of the cross section perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional configuration satisfies the following expression when a is defined as the maximum length of said cross-sectional configuration in the longitudinal direction, when b is defined as the maximum length thereof in the direction perpendicular to said direction, when L is defined as the circumferential length thereof, and when t is defined as the wall thickness of the steel pipe, 0.65?b/a?0.75, 0.014?t/L?0.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Doi, Takashi Motoyoshi, Tsutomu Takachi, Masanobu Kawase, Nobuyasu Yamada
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Publication number: 20040075296Abstract: The present invention provides a structural member for a car capable of demonstrating excellent flexural strength and absorbed energy performance and, moreover, capable of realizing weight reduction and is a structural member for a car being formed with a high-tensile steel pipe having a material property of not less than 1,400 MPa in tensile strength and not less than 5% in elongation, and also having a closed section structure as the configuration of the cross section perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis, the cross-sectional configuration satisfying the expression (1) below when defining a as the maximum length of said cross-sectional configuration in the longitudinal direction, when defining b as the maximum length thereof in the direction perpendicular to said direction, when defining L as the circumferential length thereof and when defining t as the wall thickness of the steel pipe,Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Hiroyuki Doi, Takashi Motoyoshi, Tsutomu Takachi, Masanobu Kawase, Nobuyasu Yamada
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Patent number: 6079732Abstract: A structure for arrangement of an occupant protective apparatus for a vehicle includes: an inflator disposed at a predetermined position of a vehicle body and adapted to eject a gas at a time of a side collision when a high load is applied to a side of the vehicle body; a bag stored in a folded state in such a manner as to extend between a front pillar and a roof side rail and adapted to be inflated in a shape of a curtain below the roof side rail in a vehicle compartment by a gas supplied from the inflator, the bag being disposed in a space formed between a body panel and an interior member disposed on an inner side of the vehicle compartment with a predetermined interval with the body panel; and an energy absorbing member provided in the space and disposed in close proximity to the bag so as to absorb an impact from the inner side of the vehicle compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Nakajima, Shuji Miura, Nobuyasu Yamada, Minoru Shibata, Yutaka Nagai, Hiroyuki Tajima, Fumitake Kobayashi