Patents by Inventor Soukichi Araki

Soukichi Araki 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).

  • Patent number: 5774232
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising a document size detection sensor 103 for recognizing a size of an image to be recorded, an image input section 101 for reading and storing therein the image to be recorded, a paper feeder (not shown herein) for storing therein and feeding recording paper having a specified size, an image forming section 108 for forming an image on recording paper fed from the paper feeder, an image processing section 106 for dividing a read image to two portions based on a result of detection by the document size detection sensor 103 when a size of the image to be recorded is larger than recording paper having a specified size and executing image processing for displacing a central position of each image so that an edge section of each image will be aligned to an edge of a binding space of each discrete sheet of recording paper, and an image output section 107 for outputting an image processed by the image processing section 108.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tabata, Koji Hikawa, Yoshimasa Honda, Soukichi Araki, Hiroshi Hosaka, Yuichi Deguchi, Naoko Kudo, Takakazu Nomura, Eiji Sawamura
  • Patent number: 5745664
    Abstract: The image recording apparatus optically reads image data on a document with an image area or a plurality of image areas specified therein and synthesizes image data of another document read subsequently into the specified image area or image areas changing the size thereof as needed accordingly an image on the other document can be allocated with a desired size at an arbitrary position on the first document and printed on a sheet of recording paper, thus improving the work efficiency and convenience of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takakazu Nomura, Eiji Sawamura, Hiroshi Hosaka, Soukichi Araki, Yoshimasa Honda, Shinji Imoto, Ryuzo Nitta
  • Patent number: 5717843
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus including a document size detection sensor for recognizing a size of an image to be recorded, an image input section for reading and storing therein the image to be recorded, a paper feeder for feeding recording paper having a specified size, an image forming section for forming an image on recording paper fed from the paper feeder, a control means for calculating a number of sheets of recording paper to be recorded from said total number of pages, an image processing section for executing image processing for displacing a central position of each image so that an edge section of each image will be aligned to an edge of a binding space of each discrete sheet of recording paper, and an image output section for outputting an image processed by the image processing section 108.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tabata, Koji Hikawa, Yoshimasa Honda, Soukichi Araki, Hiroshi Hosaka, Yuichi Deguchi, Naoko Kudo, Takakazu Nomura, Eiji Sawamura
  • Patent number: 5602651
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image recording apparatus including a document size detection sensor 103 for recognizing a size of an image to be recorded. An image input section 101 reads and stores therein the image to be recorded, and a paper feeder stores therein and feeding recording paper having a specified size. An image forming section 108 forms an image on recording paper fed from the paper feeder. An image processing section 106 divides a read image into two portions based on a result of detection by the document size detection sensor 103 when a size of the image to be recorded is larger than recording paper having a specified size and executes image processing for displacing a central position of each image so that an edge section of each image will be aligned to an edge of a binding space of each discrete sheet of recording paper. One of the image portions may further be inverted. An image output section 107 outputs an image processed by the image processing section 108.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tabata, Koji Hikawa, Yoshimasa Honda, Soukichi Araki, Hiroshi Hosaka, Yuichi Deguchi, Naoko Kudo, Takakazu Nomura, Eiji Sawamura