Patents by Inventor Norifumi Miyake
Norifumi Miyake 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: 20030222396Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing input errors and eliminating the necessity of complicated input operations in making settings for a sheet mixing operation in which color image output sheets and black-and-white image output sheets are mixed into one group. A stacker tray stores sheets with color images formed thereon by a color MFP and is equipped with a storage device, into and from which information relating to the sheets can be written and read. A black-and-white MFP operates in response to attachment of the stacker tray to an inserter attached to the black-and-white MFP, to execute an image formation job by providing control such that the sheets with color images formed thereon stored in the stacker tray and sheets with black-and-white images formed thereon by the black-and-white MFP are mixed according to the information stored in the storage device of the stacker tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Masahiro Kurahashi, Katsuaki Hirai, Norifumi Miyake, Keizo Isemura, Yuji Yamanaka, Naoto Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Hideki Kushida
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Publication number: 20030202829Abstract: When sheets with images formed thereon from an image forming apparatus and a special sheet or sheets such as cover sheet(s) are arranged in alignment into a bundle of sheets, conveyance of the special sheet(s) from the stacking unit is started prior to conveyance of the sheets from the image forming apparatus, and the special sheet(s) is (are) temporarily halted on a conveyance path at a location intermediate between the stacking unit and a receiving unit, whereby no complicated operation by an operator is required and the productivity can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Mitsushige Murata, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Manabu Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Patent number: 6636323Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming images on sheets in the copy mode, the facsimile mode, and the printer mode a plurality of storage units for storing the sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit, a setting unit for setting storage units which are to store sheets on which images are formed in the respective modes, a detection unit for detecting empty states of the storage units, and a control unit for storing sheets on which images are formed in the facsimile or printer mode in the storage units that are set by the setting unit, and storing sheets on which images are formed in the copy mode in storage units whose empty states are detected by the detection unit independently of the setting state of the setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1996Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Suzuki, Akiyoshi Kimura, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Tadashi Suzuki, Shinichi Nakamura, Minoru Nada, Satoru Kutsuwada, Kenji Kobayashi, Satoshi Kaneko, Shokyo Koh, Norifumi Miyake, Hirohiko Tashiro
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Patent number: 6636720Abstract: It is intended to obtain outputs of insert sheets suitable for an inserter without delay. Thus, it is controlled to sort sheets on which pages of an image, being the print object in a mode to output the sheets to be set to an inserter provided in another apparatus having such the inserter, of first type in a series of images having plural pages were formed respectively, on the basis of information based on the inserter provided in the another apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Fujii, Shinichi Nakamura, Naoyuki Ohki, Mitsuo Nimura, Norifumi Miyake, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Publication number: 20030190178Abstract: The present invention provides an image formation apparatus to which a postprocess unit requiring a discharge condition that a transfer member of which image formation face is being turned downward is discharged and a binding position at a time of binding the member at its trailing edge is being at the left of the image formation face can be installed. On a platen glass, an original is carried in such a state as its read face is opposite to an upper face of the glass, and an image on the read face of the original is read by a scanner supported at a running read position when the original passes the running read position. Then, through a mirror image process, it is formed on an image formation face (upper face) of a sheet the read image of whcih direction is the same as that of the set original. When the image-formed sheet is discharged externally by the reverse sheet discharge control, the sheet is discharged in such a state as its face is being turned downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Masatoshi Yaginuma
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Patent number: 6603951Abstract: In an image formation system which includes a finisher with an inserter having a tray for stacking the specific sheet on which an image such as a cover image was formed, and an image formation apparatus, a series of originals composed of plural pages is read from its head page in due order, the image based on the read original is formed on the sheet, the sheet stacked on the inserter is fed, the sheet from the inserter is reversed to set its image-formed face facedown, the sheet from a printer unit is reversed to set its image-formed face facedown. The sheet, the image-formed face of which was reversed facedown, is discharged from the printer unit to the finisher and, on the finisher, the sheet from the inserter is stacked as keeping its image-formed face facedown and the sheet from the printer unit is stacked as keeping its image-formed face facedown. The top and bottom of the image formed by the image forming apparatus corresponds to the top and bottom of the insert sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Mitsushige Murata, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Manabu Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Patent number: 6574011Abstract: A image formation apparatus to which a postprocess unit requiring a discharge condition that a transfer member of which image formation face is being turned downward is discharged and a binding position at a time of binding the member at its trailing edge is being at the left of the image formation face can be installed. On a platen glass, an original is carried in such a state as its read face is opposite to an upper face of the glass, and an image on the read face of the original is read by a scanner supported at a running read position when the original passes the running read position. Then, through a mirror image process, it is formed on an image formation face (upper face) of a sheet the read image of which direction is the same as that of the set original. When the image-formed sheet is discharged externally by the reverse sheet discharge control, the sheet is discharged in such a state as its face is being turned downward.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1998Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Masatoshi Yaginuma
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Patent number: 6546226Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a sheet processing unit for feeding a cover sheet and a folder for folding the cover sheet with a bundle of recording sheets. The sheet processing unit has a cover sheet feeder for feeding a cover sheet facing upward in a first direction, a reversing unit for reversing the cover sheet so that the cover sheet faces downward, a conveyer for conveying the cover sheet in a second direction opposite the first direction and then conveying the cover sheet to the folder in the first direction. The folder has a thrusting member for thrusting the bundle of sheets toward the second direction and a folding roller pair for folding the bundle thrust by the thrusting member and discharging the folded bundle in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Mitsushige Murata, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Manabu Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Publication number: 20030044186Abstract: A provided sheet processing apparatus in which sheets output as a simple book-bound matter can be taken out from a stacker and a user can promptly takes out the sheets at any desired time is provided. In the apparatus, in a case where the sheet exists in a sheet discharge unit when the user opens a stack cover, driving of a discharge roller, a holder plate and a pusher plate is stopped if they are driven, so that the user can easily takes up the sheets. On the other hand, in a case where the sheet does not exist in the sheet discharge unit, the sheets are temporarily stopped at the position of a stopper, and the sheet discharge is restarted after the stack cover is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi Kato, Yuji Morishige, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Yuzo Matsumoto, Yusuke Obuchi
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Publication number: 20030035669Abstract: It is intended to obtain outputs of insert sheets suitable for an inserter without delay. Thus, it is controlled to sort sheets on which pages of an image, being the print object in a mode to output the sheets to be set to an inserter provided in another apparatus having such the inserter, of first type in a series of images having plural pages were formed respectively, on the basis of information based on the inserter provided in the another apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Fujii, Shinichi Nakamura, Naoyuki Ohki, Mitsuo Nimura, Norifumi Miyake, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Patent number: 6517065Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet process device capable of performing a sheaf discharge operation to discharge sheaves of sheets stacked on a process tray to a stack tray, without discharging a next sheet to the process tray during the sheaf discharge operation and stopping an operation on a body side of an image formation apparatus. In the sheet process device, for example, in a case where an original consisting of six sheets of paper is carried, the first to third sheets are stacked on the process tray as they are without any designation, and the following fourth sheet is designated as a sheaf discharge sheet since it is the sheet two before the final sheet of the sheaf, whereby the sheaf discharge of the first to fourth sheets is performed. The fifth sheet after the sheaf discharge is designated as a wind sheet since a value of a wind counter has been set to be “2”.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1998Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norifumi Miyake, Chikara Sato, Yasuo Fukazu, Masatoshi Yaginuma
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Publication number: 20030006548Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is provided, which is capable of achieving high quality processing and maintaining high productivity without giving rise to problems such as sheet jam or damage of sheets even when various sheets having different attributes are conveyed. A buffer roller 505 is inhibited from carrying out a sheet staying operation in accordance with the type of sheets conveyed from an upstream side of the apparatus, to be conveyed to a downstream side of the apparatus via the buffer roller 505.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsushige Murata, Norifumi Miyake, Kiyoshi Okamoto
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Patent number: 6505017Abstract: It is intended to obtain outputs of insert sheets suitable for an inserter without delay. Thus, it is controlled to sort sheets on which pages of an image, being the print object in a mode to output the sheets to be set to an inserter provided in another apparatus having such the inserter, of first type in a series of images having plural pages were formed respectively, on the basis of information based on the inserter provided in the another apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Fujii, Shinichi Nakamura, Naoyuki Ohki, Mitsuo Nimura, Norifumi Miyake, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Publication number: 20020190456Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet process device capable of performing a sheaf discharge operation to discharge sheaves of sheets stacked on a process tray to a stack tray, without discharging a next sheet to the process tray during the sheaf discharge operation and stopping an operation on a body side of an image formation apparatus. In the sheet process device, for example, in a case where an original consisting of six sheets of paper is carried, the first to third sheets are stacked on the process tray as they are without any designation, and the following fourth sheet is designated as a sheaf discharge sheet since it is the sheet two before the final sheet of the sheaf, whereby the sheaf discharge of the first to fourth sheets is performed. The fifth sheet after the sheaf discharge is designated as a wind sheet since a value of a wind counter has been set to be “2”.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norifumi Miyake, Chikara Sato, Yasuo Fukazu, Masatoshi Yaginuma
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Patent number: 6430382Abstract: Image forming apparatus connected to a sheet processing apparatus which applies sheet processing such as stapling to a sheet formed image by the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an input terminal for inputting image forming job, an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet in accordance with the image forming job inputted by the input terminal, a discriminator for discriminating if a first image forming job does not include sheet processing whereas a second and subsequent image forming job includes sheet processing, and a controller for instructing the sheet processing apparatus to perform a preparatory operation for he second image forming job during the first image forming job in accordance with a discrimination result, such as by moving a staple unit to designated position for the second image forming job.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Okamoto, Norifumi Miyake, Mitsushige Murata
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Publication number: 20020057445Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming images on sheets in the copy mode, the facsimile mode, and the printer mode a plurality of storage units for storing the sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit, a setting unit for setting storage units which are to store sheets on which images are formed in the respective modes, a detection unit for detecting empty states of the storage units, and a control unit for storing sheets on which images are formed in the facsimile or printer mode in the storage units that are set by the setting unit, and storing sheets on which images are formed in the copy mode in storage units whose empty states are detected by the detection unit independently of the setting state of the setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 1996Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: YOSHIHIKO SUKUKI, AKIYOSHI KIMURA, YOSHIYUKI SUZUKI, TADASHI SUZUKI, SHINICHI NAKAMURA, MINORU NADA, SATORU KUTSUWADA, KENJI KOBAYASHI, SATOSHI KANEKO, SHOKYO KOH, NORIFUMI MIYAKE, HIROHIKO TASHIRO
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Patent number: 6386080Abstract: A sheet processor has a sheet transportation path, a punching unit for performing a punching operation on the sheets, the punching unit including a punch slide having a punch mechanism thereon, a moving device for moving the punch slide between a sheet punching operation position and a punch slide home position, the movement occurring in a direction transverse to the sheet transportation direction, and a detector for detecting completion of the punching operation by the punching unit. When the detector detects the completion of the punching operation, the moving device moves the punching unit to the punch slide home position.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1999Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Okamoto, Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Mitsushige Murata, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Patent number: 6371472Abstract: Sheet processing apparatus including a process tray for stacking sheets received from an image forming apparatus, a jogger for jogging the sheet stacked on the process tray at one of two jogging positions, a discharge unit for discharging the sheet stacked on the process tray, and a discharge tray for stacking the sheets discharged by the discharge unit. The sheet processing apparatus includes a stapler for stapling the sheets stacked on the process tray, and a controller for controlling the stapler to staple the sheets at a stapling position corresponding to the jogging position by the jogger.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norifumi Miyake, Chikara Sato, Yasuo Fukazu, Mitsushige Murata, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Patent number: 6371471Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus for processing sheets from an image forming apparatus includes a first processing unit for processing a sheet, the first processing unit including a processing station for processing a sheet, a first path for transporting a sheet therethrough, and a second path for transporting a sheet to the processing station, a second processing unit for processing the sheet transported from the first processing unit, a power supply for supplying power independently to the first processing unit and the second processing unit. The first processing unit selects the first path when the first processing unit is not supplied with power by the power supply.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Fukazu, Toshiya Kanazawa, Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Hiromichi Tsujino, Nobuaki Miyahara
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Publication number: 20020041780Abstract: When sheets with images formed thereon from an image forming apparatus and a special sheet or sheets such as cover sheet(s) are arranged in alignment into a bundle of sheets, conveyance of the special sheet(s) from the stacking unit is started prior to conveyance of the sheets from the image forming apparatus, and the special sheet(s) is(are) temporarily halted on a conveyance path at a location intermediate between the stacking unit and a receiving unit, whereby no complicated operation by an operator is required and the productivity can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chikara Sato, Norifumi Miyake, Yasuo Fukazu, Mitsushige Murata, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Manabu Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Moriyama