Patents by Inventor Satoshi Saito

Satoshi Saito 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).

  • Sheet processing device and image forming system
    Patent number: 9044915
    Abstract: A saddle stitching binding device includes an additional folding roller unit that presses a fold line portion of a folded sheet bundle and performs additional folding, and a unit movement mechanism that causes the additional folding roller unit to reciprocate in the width direction of the sheet bundle. The saddle stitching binding device further includes a sheet supporting device that is located on a movement path of the additional folding roller unit and supports the lower surface side of the sheet bundle when the sheet bundle after pressed is conveyed to the downstream side. In the saddle stitching binding device, a supporting position at which the sheet supporting device supports the sheet bundle and a retreat position at which the sheet supporting device permits the additional folding roller unit to move are set to the sheet supporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomomichi Hoshino, Kiyoshi Hata, Keisuke Sugiyama, Atsushi Kikuchi, Makoto Hidaka, Satoshi Saito, Shohichi Satoh, Takao Watanabe, Takuya Sano
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150149586
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is connected to at least one terminal apparatus via a network, includes an acquisition part acquiring a set of data corresponding to a request from the terminal apparatus and an output control part connecting, when the acquisition part acquires plural sets of data, the plural sets of data to each other by inserting separating information between two sets of the data, and transmitting the connected plural sets of data to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi SAITO
  • Booklet stacker, ring-binding device, ring-binding system, and booklet stacking method
    Patent number: 9028189
    Abstract: A booklet stacker to stack multiple booklets each bound with a ring member includes a stack tray on which multiple booklets are stacked, a shifter disposed upstream from the stack tray in a booklet conveyance direction in which a booklet is conveyed, the shifter to adjust a position of the booklet in a width direction perpendicular to the booklet conveyance direction by shifting the booklet a distance shorter than a ring pitch of the ring member in the width direction, and a booklet conveyer disposed upstream from the stack tray in the booklet conveyance direction, to convey the booklet positioned by the shifter to the stack tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasaki, Junichi Iida, Shingo Matsushita, Satoshi Saito, Ikuhisa Okamoto
  • SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150115516
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises a pressing member configured to press a fold line portion of a folded sheet bundle; and moving unit configured to move a position of pressing by the pressing member in a direction of a fold line of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the moving unit is configured to stand by at a pressing start position in which the pressing member is in a non-pressing state, before the folded sheet bundle is conveyed to the pressing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohichi Satoh, Makoto Hidaka, Satoshi Saito, Mamoru Kambayashi, Tomomichi Hoshino, Atsushi Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Hata, Keisuke Sugiyama
  • Yellow toner
    Patent number: 9012115
    Abstract: To provide a yellow toner having a colorant in a good dispersed state, obtained through excellent granulation performance and having stable developing performance, the yellow toner contains a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, and is characterized by containing as the colorant a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound represented by the following general formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Ujifusa, Taichi Shintou, Yutaka Tani, Masao Nakano, Kaoru Takahashi, Satoshi Saito, Takeshi Miyazaki, Masashi Hirose
  • Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and sheet binding method
    Patent number: 8991808
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a pair of squeezing members having a projection and a recess to engage each other, to squeeze a sheet bundle inserted therebetween in a direction of thickness of the sheet bundle, and a pressure applying unit to apply pressing force to the squeezing members to squeeze and bind the sheet bundle. The pressing force generated between the squeezing members by the pressure applying unit increases in strength as a relative distance between the squeezing members decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Shingo Matsushita, Takuya Morinaga, Makoto Hidaka, Takashi Saito, Satoshi Saito, Akihiro Musha, Shohichi Satoh, Ikuhisa Okamoto, Katsuhiro Kosuge
  • X-ray computed tomography apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, X-ray computed tomography method, and medical image processing method
    Patent number: 8964933
    Abstract: An X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes, an X-ray source which irradiates an object with X-rays spreading in a slice direction, an X-ray detector including a plurality of X-ray detection elements which are juxtaposed in the slice direction and detect X-rays transmitted through the object, a reconstruction unit which includes a back-projection unit which obtains back-projection data relating to each of a plurality of pixels defined in an imaging area by performing back projection of data acquired by the X-ray detector and an interpolation unit which interpolates the data, and performs reconstruction processing for an image, and a setting unit which sets central positions of a plurality of pixels in the imaging area in the reconstruction processing to positions offset from positions corresponding to centers of the X-ray detection elements in the slice direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nakanishi, Satoshi Saito
  • ACID GAS ABSORBENT, ACID GAS REMOVAL METHOD, AND ACID GAS REMOVAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150044114
    Abstract: An acid gas absorbent according to an embodiment includes at least one kind of amino acid salt represented by the following general formula (1). In the above-described formula (1), R1 indicates a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 indicates a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, a chain alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a hydrogen atom, R3 indicates a methylene group, an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkylidene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, or a polymethylene group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and M indicates alkali metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinji MURAI, Yasuhiro KATO, Yukishige MAEZAWA, Takehiko MURAMATSU, Daigo MURAOKA, Satoshi SAITO
  • Water-insoluble coloring matter compound, ink using the water-insoluble coloring matter compound, thermal transfer recording sheet and resist composition for color filter
    Patent number: 8951340
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water-insoluble coloring matter compound having high solubility for a solvent and high lightness and chroma and providing a chromaticity closer to the magenta chromaticity represented by the Adobe RGB color space. A water-insoluble coloring matter compound represented by the formula (1) is provided: wherein R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group, and R3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group. And the alkyl group, the aryl group and the alkoxy group regarding to R1 to R3 are capable of having a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Shintou, Takayuki Ujifusa, Masao Nakano, Yutaka Tani, Satoshi Saito, Takeshi Miyazaki
  • Insertion system and insertion method
    Patent number: 8947681
    Abstract: An insertion system includes an enclosure supply device, an envelope supply device, an insertion device to insert an enclosure supplied from the enclosure supply device into the envelope supplied from the envelope supply device, a first input unit to input identification data of the enclosure inserted into the envelope in each of multiple insertion setting records, a second input unit to input identification data of the enclosure set in the enclosure container of the enclosure supply device, and a controller to determine whether the identification data of the enclosure to be inserted, input by the first input unit, matches the identification data of the enclosure set in the enclosure container, input by the second input unit, and to control supply of the envelope by the envelope supply device as well as supply of the enclosure by the enclosure supply device based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsushita, Takeshi Sasaki, Satoshi Saito, Ikuhisa Okamoto, Junichi Tokita, Akira Kunieda, Takahiro Watanabe, Jun Yamada
  • Sheet conveying device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8925913
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device such as a feed mechanism includes a pick-up roller and a cover member. The pick-up roller feeds, into an apparatus, a sheet such as a document on a placing table such as a document placing table on which the sheet is placed. The cover member such as a pick-up cover covers the pick-up roller. The cover member is supported at both ends thereof on a shaft of the pick-up roller or on shaft bearings that receive the shaft of the pick-up roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kubo, Shinya Kitaoka, Takehisa Shimazu, Takeshi Akai, Takuma Ariga, Fumiyuki Heishi, Michitaka Suzuki, Yoshito Suzuki, Norio Kimura, Hiroaki Utagawa, Kenji Hayasaka, Jun Yamada, Kenichiro Morita, Ikuhisa Okamoto, Satoshi Saito
  • Pigment dispersion, and resist composition for color filter and ink composition each using the pigment dispersion
    Patent number: 8926740
    Abstract: To provide a pigment dispersion excellent in dispersibility and spectral characteristics. The pigment dispersion at least includes: a dispersion medium; a compound represented by a general formula (1), the compound being dispersed in the dispersion medium; and a pigment having a quinacridone skeleton, the pigment being dispersed in the dispersion medium: in the general formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Shintou, Takayuki Ujifusa, Masao Nakano, Yutaka Tani, Kaoru Takahashi, Satoshi Saito, Takayuki Toyoda, Takeshi Miyazaki, Masashi Hirose
  • Colored resin powder and toner using the colored resin powder
    Patent number: 8906587
    Abstract: Provided is a colored resin powder which can reproduce even high lightness and saturation and has spectral reflectance characteristic having a wide gamut. The colored resin powder includes a water-insoluble coloring matter compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a binder resin: in which in the general formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group, and R3 represents one of an alkyl group, an aryl group, and an alkoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Nakano, Yutaka Tani, Taichi Shintou, Takayuki Ujifusa, Satoshi Saito, Takeshi Miyazaki
  • Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and sheet processing method
    Patent number: 8905395
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus performs predetermined processing on a sheet or a sheet bundle. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys a sheet along a conveying path; an aligning unit that, each time a sheet is conveyed by the conveying unit, aligns the sheet; a stacking unit that reverses a conveying direction of a sheet to convey the sheet backward to a branch path branched from the conveying path, and stacks the sheet in the branch path; and a binding unit that binds a sheet bundle aligned by the aligning unit, in the conveying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Shingo Matsushita, Takashi Saito, Satoshi Saito, Makoto Hidaka, Katsuhiro Kosuge, Akihiro Musha, Shohichi Satoh, Ikuhisa Okamoto
  • Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system
    Patent number: 8899568
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking channel to stack multiple sheets into a sheet bundle, and a binding device to bind together the sheet bundle, the binding device including multiple clamping portions to clamp the sheet bundle to create multiple clamping marks on the sheet bundle. When the binding device binds a corner area of the sheet bundle, a longitudinal direction of each of the multiple clamping marks forms an angle within a range from 30 degrees to 60 degrees with a side of the corner area of the sheet bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsushita, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Takashi Saito, Satoshi Saito, Katsuhiro Kosuge, Makoto Hidaka, Akihiro Musha, Shohichi Satoh, Ikuhisa Okamoto, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Takuya Morinaga
  • Document conveying device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8896891
    Abstract: A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Heishi, Hiroshi Kubo, Takashi Fujii, Shinya Kitaoka, Takeshi Akai, Takehisa Shimazu, Takuma Ariga, Michitaka Suzuki, Yoshito Suzuki, Jun Yamada, Satoshi Saito, Kenichiro Morita, Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kenji Hayasaka, Hiroaki Utagawa
  • CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140335003
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery system includes an absorption tower in which carbon dioxide is absorbed into an absorbing solution then the absorbing solution is output to a regeneration tower in which carbon dioxide is released from the absorbing solution. The regeneration tower outputs the absorbing solution from which carbon dioxide has been released and an exhaust gas included released carbon dioxide and water vapor. In a condensing section the exhaust gas is separated into dioxide gas stream and a condensed water stream. In a mixing section the condensed water is mixed with an amine to a replenishment amine aqueous solution in which the amine is dissolved in the condensed water. In a replenishment section the absorbing solution is mixed with the replenishment amine aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Shinji MURAI, Takehiko MURAMATSU, Satoshi SAITO
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER
    Publication number: 20140313115
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel having gate lines and source lines, a GIP circuit which drives the gate lines and a source driver IC3 which drives the source lines. The source driver IC3 includes a gate control signal generator which generates gate control signals SOUT1-SOUTn which control the GIP circuit. The gate control signal generator is configured so that it is possible to control the waveforms of the gate control signals SOUT1-SOUTn in software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas SP Drivers Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Kota Kitamura, Hajime Tanabe
  • Wire body take-up device and wire body take-up method
    Patent number: 8857752
    Abstract: A line body take-up device takes up the line body around an outer circumferential surface of a winding body of the bobbin at a predetermined take-up pitch with aligned winding while moving the bobbin to traverse. A winding position of the line body is sequentially changed in the axial direction, to form a wound line body layer; inverting the direction of traverse when the line body is wound up to an inner edge of the flange of the bobbin; and winding the line body around an outer circumferential surface of the previous wound line body layer, formed by winding the line body so far, in an aligned manner at the take-up pitch to form a subsequent wound line body layer, by use of a line body turn part by which the previous wound line body layer is transferred to the subsequent wound line body layer; the line body take-up device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Toshinobu Harada, Makoto Kageyama, Masahiro Ishimi, Teruhiko Fukuda
  • CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY APPARATUS AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD
    Publication number: 20140301928
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes a heat exchanger which heats a first rich liquid, a flow divider which divides the first rich liquid heated by the heat exchanger into a second rich liquid and a third rich liquid, a first release device which heats the second rich liquid and discharges a first semi-lean liquid, a second release device which heats the third rich liquid and discharges a second semi-lean liquid, and a regeneration tower which heats the first and second semi-lean liquids to generate a lean liquid. The first release device heats the second rich liquid, using the lean liquid. The second release device heats the third rich liquid, using a carbon dioxide-containing steam discharged at the regeneration tower. The heat exchanger heats the first rich liquid, using the lean liquid which has passed through the first release device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo KITAMURA, Satoshi SAITO, Mitsuru UDATSU