Patents by Inventor Shota MAKITA
Shota MAKITA 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: 20220375230Abstract: An apparatus for estimating distance inputs an outside image representing the situation around a vehicle and obtained from a camera mounted on the vehicle into a classifier to detect a vehicle region representing a target vehicle and to classify the target vehicle represented in the detected vehicle region as one of preregistered types of vehicles. The apparatus then identifies the position of a virtual object corresponding to the target vehicle represented in the vehicle region, and estimates the distance from the vehicle to the virtual object as the distance from the vehicle to the target vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shota MAKITA, Satoshi TAKEYASU
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Patent number: 11119424Abstract: Provided is an image forming unit contained in a flexible bag and held to allow a cushion member to absorb shock. The image forming unit includes: an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developing device including a developing unit that is configured to develop the electrostatic latent image by turning around a turning center and coming into contact with the image carrier; and a developer accommodating portion that accommodates a developer for use in the developing device. The image forming unit also includes a restricting portion that is provided on an outermost portion of the developing device to come into contact with the cushion material so that rotation of the developing device is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Shota Makita, Takashi Akaike, Yosuke Kuwata
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Patent number: 11016432Abstract: A sensor holder includes a holder body that accommodates a sensor, a first snap fit that presses the sensor from a rear surface of the sensor, and two second snap fits that fix the holder body to the housing at at least two points.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Makita, Takashi Akaike, Yosuke Kuwata
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Patent number: 10866536Abstract: A developing device includes a developer storing unit that stores a developer before use of the developing device, a developer containing unit that contains, when the developing device is used, the developer stored in the developer storing unit such that the developer is capable of being stirred by the developer containing unit, a developer holding unit that is provided in a portion of the developer containing unit and that holds the developer contained in the developer containing unit and moves the developer in a rotation direction, a sealing unit including a sealing tape portion that seals a slit-shaped opening formed in the developer storing unit along a longitudinal direction of the developer storing unit while the sealing tape portion is capable of being pulled out and that seals the slit-shaped opening of the developer storing unit by being removably fixed onto an edge of the opening and an extended tape portion that is folded at an end of the sealing tape portion in a longitudinal direction of the sealType: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Kuwata, Takashi Akaike, Shota Makita
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Patent number: 10775716Abstract: An image forming unit includes an image carrier, a developer carrier, a development housing, and a guide member. The image carrier forms an electrostatic latent image. The developer carrier is in contact with the image carrier while rotating about a rotation axis and facing the image carrier to develop the electrostatic latent image. The development housing accommodates a developer and rotatably supports the developer carrier at one end with an opening portion that is open to the image carrier. The development housing includes an agitation path in which the developer is agitated and a feed path through which the developer is fed to the developer carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Akaike, Shota Makita, Yosuke Kuwata, Takafumi Wakai
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Patent number: 10761455Abstract: A replenishment system includes a rotator, a path, and an accumulator. The rotator is disposed above a transport path along which a developer is transported and below a replenishment path for toner. The rotator rotates about an axis extending in a transport direction of the transport path while holding the developer. The path is provided downstream of the replenishment path in a rotation direction of the rotator, along a part of an outer circumference of the rotator. The path allows the toner from the replenishment path to move therealong in the rotation direction to the transport path. The accumulator is provided in an area including the path and extending from the path outward in a radial direction of the rotator. The accumulator accumulates the developer shifted upward from the transport path.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakae Yoshioka, Shota Makita
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Publication number: 20200257221Abstract: An image forming unit includes an image carrier, a developer carrier, a development housing, and a guide member. The image carrier forms an electrostatic latent image. The developer carrier is in contact with the image carrier while rotating about a rotation axis and facing the image carrier to develop the electrostatic latent image. The development housing accommodates a developer and rotatably supports the developer carrier at one end with an opening portion that is open to the image carrier. The development housing includes an agitation path in which the developer is agitated and a feed path through which the developer is fed to the developer carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO, LTD.Inventors: Takashi AKAIKE, Shota MAKITA, Yosuke KUWATA, Takafumi WAKAI
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Publication number: 20200257219Abstract: Provided is an image forming unit contained in a flexible bag and held to allow a cushion member to absorb shock. The image forming unit includes: an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developing device including a developing unit that is configured to develop the electrostatic latent image by turning around a turning center and coming into contact with the image carrier; and a developer accommodating portion that accommodates a developer for use in the developing device. The image forming unit also includes a restricting portion that is provided on an outermost portion of the developing device to come into contact with the cushion material so that rotation of the developing device is restricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota MAKITA, Takashi AKAIKE, Yosuke KUWATA
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Publication number: 20200096904Abstract: A developing device includes a developer storing unit that stores a developer before use of the developing device, a developer containing unit that contains, when the developing device is used, the developer stored in the developer storing unit such that the developer is capable of being stirred by the developer containing unit, a developer holding unit that is provided in a portion of the developer containing unit and that holds the developer contained in the developer containing unit and moves the developer in a rotation direction, a sealing unit including a sealing tape portion that seals a slit-shaped opening formed in the developer storing unit along a longitudinal direction of the developer storing unit while the sealing tape portion is capable of being pulled out and that seals the slit-shaped opening of the developer storing unit by being removably fixed onto an edge of the opening and an extended tape portion that is folded at an end of the sealing tape portion in a longitudinal direction of the sealType: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke KUWATA, Takashi AKAIKE, Shota MAKITA
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Publication number: 20200096934Abstract: A sensor holder includes a holder body that accommodates a sensor, a first snap fit that presses the sensor from a rear surface of the sensor, and two second snap fits that fix the holder body to the housing at at least two points.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota MAKITA, Takashi AKAIKE, Yosuke KUWATA
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Publication number: 20200096903Abstract: A replenishment system includes a rotator, a path, and an accumulator. The rotator is disposed above a transport path along which a developer is transported and below a replenishment path for toner. The rotator rotates about an axis extending in a transport direction of the transport path while holding the developer. The path is provided downstream of the replenishment path in a rotation direction of the rotator, along a part of an outer circumference of the rotator. The path allows the toner from the replenishment path to move therealong in the rotation direction to the transport path. The accumulator is provided in an area including the path and extending from the path outward in a radial direction of the rotator. The accumulator accumulates the developer shifted upward from the transport path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakae YOSHIOKA, Shota MAKITA
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Patent number: 10359734Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing roller, a biasing member, and a fluctuation preventing member. A latent image is formed on the image carrier. The developing roller is provided to face the image carrier and develops the latent image on the image carrier. The biasing member is provided on an outside of an end portion of the developing roller and biases the image carrier and the developing roller in a direction where the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other. The fluctuation preventing member is interposed between the image carrier and the developing roller and prevents, along with the biasing member, a fluctuation in a distance between a surface of the developing roller and a surface of the image carrier in a region where the image carrier and the developing roller face each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nao Kato, Mutsumi Kikuchi, Kenji Hayamizu, Shota Makita, Shinichi Oba, Iori Togu
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Patent number: 10209669Abstract: A developer carrier includes a transmitting member that is rotatable and transmits a driving force; and a developer carrying member that carries developer and is provided coaxially with the transmitting member, the developer carrying member being rotatable when receiving the driving force from the transmitting member, the developer carrying member being displaceable with respect to the transmitting member in an intersecting direction that intersects an axial direction of the transmitting member.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Makita, Shinichi Ohba, Iori Togu
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Patent number: 10203629Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a latent image is developed, a developing roller that is provided to face the image carrier to perform development for the latent image of the image carrier, an urging unit that urges the image carrier and the developing roller so that the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other, and a distance regulating unit that includes a viscoelastic body that is deformed according to a change of a distance between the image carrier and the developing roller, and regulates at least one of a maximum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller and a minimum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller so that the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Makita, Shinichi Oba, Mutsumi Kikuchi, Nao Kato, Iori Togu
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Publication number: 20180259901Abstract: A developer carrier includes a transmitting member that is rotatable and transmits a driving force; and a developer carrying member that carries developer and is provided coaxially with the transmitting member, the developer carrying member being rotatable when receiving the driving force from the transmitting member, the developer carrying member being displaceable with respect to the transmitting member in an intersecting direction that intersects an axial direction of the transmitting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota MAKITA, Shinichi OHBA, Iori TOGU
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Patent number: 9983504Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a latent image is developed, a developing roller that is provided to face the image carrier to perform development for the latent image on the image carrier, an urging unit that urges the image carrier and the developing roller so that the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other, and a distance regulating unit that includes a viscoelastic body that is deformed according to a change of a distance between the image carrier and the developing roller, and regulates at least one of a maximum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller and a minimum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller so that the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Makita, Shinichi Oba, Mutsumi Kikuchi, Nao Kato, Iori Togu
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Publication number: 20180088487Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a latent image is developed, a developing roller that is provided to face the image carrier to perform development for the latent image on the image carrier, an urging unit that urges the image carrier and the developing roller so that the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other, and a distance regulating unit that includes a viscoelastic body that is deformed according to a change of a distance between the image carrier and the developing roller, and regulates at least one of a maximum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller and a minimum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller so that the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller falls within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota MAKITA, Shinichi OBA, Mutsumi KIKUCHI, Nao KATO, Iori TOGU
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Publication number: 20180088488Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a latent image is developed, a developing roller that is provided to face the image carrier to perform development for the latent image of the image carrier, an urging unit that urges the image carrier and the developing roller so that the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other, and a distance regulating unit that includes a viscoelastic body that is deformed according to a change of a distance between the image carrier and the developing roller, and regulates at least one of a maximum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller and a minimum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller so that the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller falls within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota MAKITA, Shinichi OBA, Mutsumi KIKUCHI, Nao KATO, Iori TOGU
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Patent number: 9880491Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a latent image is developed, a developing roller that is provided to face the image carrier to perform development for the latent image of the image carrier, an urging unit that urges the image carrier and the developing roller so that the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other, and a distance regulating unit that includes a viscoelastic body that is deformed according to a change of a distance between the image carrier and the developing roller, and regulates at least one of a maximum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller and a minimum value of the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller so that the distance between the image carrier and the developing roller falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Makita, Shinichi Oba, Mutsumi Kikuchi, Nao Kato, Iori Togu
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Publication number: 20170307998Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing roller, a biasing member, and a fluctuation preventing member. A latent image is formed on the image carrier. The developing roller is provided to face the image carrier and develops the latent image on the image carrier. The biasing member is provided on an outside of an end portion of the developing roller and biases the image carrier and the developing roller in a direction where the image carrier and the developing roller approach each other. The fluctuation preventing member is interposed between the image carrier and the developing roller and prevents, along with the biasing member, a fluctuation in a distance between a surface of the developing roller and a surface of the image carrier in a region where the image carrier and the developing roller face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nao KATO, Mutsumi KIKUCHI, Kenji HAYAMIZU, Shota MAKITA, Shinichi OBA, Iori TOGU