Patents by Inventor Seigo Umeda

Seigo Umeda 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).

  • Paper supply apparatus for image reading apparatus and image reading apparatus with paper supply apparatus as well as paper supply apparatus
    Patent number: 6089563
    Abstract: The invention provides a paper supply apparatus for an image reading apparatus, an image reading apparatus with a paper supply apparatus and a paper supply apparatus which can be used suitably with an image scanner wherein a large amount of paper sheets can be taken out one by one with certainty and read successively and rapidly. The paper supply apparatus successively supplies paper sheets accommodated therein to a paper transport mechanism along which an optical image reading mechanism is disposed, and comprises a paper supply hopper, a paper supply roller located above the paper supply hopper for forwarding the paper sheets accommodated in the paper supply hopper, a paper supply roller driving mechanism for rotating the paper supply roller, and a paper separation mechanism for preventing two or more paper sheets forwarded by the paper supply roller from being sent to the paper transport mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takashimizu, Toshiaki Anzai, Seigo Umeda, Hiroyuki Maruyama, Tadayoshi Nakata, Toshiaki Kumagai, Rika Nishiwaki
  • Image reading apparatus having a steeply inclined paper transport path
    Patent number: 5956161
    Abstract: An improved image reading apparatus suitable for use with an image scanner which can read a large number of paper sheets successively and rapidly and cope with various paper sizes from a small size to a large size. The image reading apparatus includes a paper supply mechanism, a paper transport mechanism, an optical image reading mechanism for optically reading information on a paper sheet being transported by the paper transport mechanism, and a paper stacking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takashimizu, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshiaki Anzai, Hirotoshi Kakegawa, Noriaki Yamazaki, Toshio Saito, Hiroyuki Maruyama, Fumiaki Harada, Seigo Umeda, Yoshio Tabata
  • Paper supply apparatus for image reading apparatus and image reading apparatus with paper supply apparatus as well as paper supply apparatus
    Patent number: 5715071
    Abstract: The invention provides a paper supply apparatus for an image reading apparatus, an image reading apparatus with a paper supply apparatus and a paper supply apparatus which can be used suitably with an image scanner wherein a large amount of paper sheets can be taken out one by one with certainty and read successively and rapidly. The paper supply apparatus successively supplies paper sheets accommodated therein to a paper transport mechanism along which an optical image reading mechanism is disposed, and comprises a paper supply hopper, a paper supply roller located above the paper supply hopper for forwarding the paper sheets accommodated in the paper supply hopper, a paper supply roller driving mechanism for rotating the paper supply roller, and a paper separation mechanism for preventing two or more paper sheets forwarded by the paper supply roller from being sent to the paper transport mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takashimizu, Toshiaki Anzai, Seigo Umeda, Hiroyuki Maruyama, Tadayoshi Nakata, Toshiaki Kumagai, Rika Nishiwaki