Patents by Inventor Takaaki Ishida

Takaaki Ishida 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: 11840064
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveying unit, a supporting unit, and a static elimination unit. The conveying unit conveys a recording medium in a first direction to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit. The supporting unit supports the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit and includes an abutment surface that abuts the recording medium when the supporting unit supports the recording medium. The static elimination unit eliminates static from the recording medium in a static elimination portion. The static elimination portion is not provided at a position opposed to the abutment surface and is provided at a position not opposed to the abutment surface in the supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Akira Kida, Takaaki Ishida, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Atsushi Arai, Masashi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230382673
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, and first, second, and third conveyance paths. The printing unit performs printing at a printing position on a print medium conveyed in a conveyance direction. The first conveyance path causes the print medium to pass through the printing position of the printing unit. The second conveyance path reverses obverse and reverse surfaces of the print medium, and the third conveyance path reverses obverse and reverse surfaces of the print medium. The second conveyance path branches from the first conveyance path at a first branching point on a downstream side of the printing position in the conveyance direction and merges into the first conveyance path on an upstream side of the printing position. The third conveyance path branches from a second branching point on the second conveyance path and merges into the first conveyance path on the upstream side of the printing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: MOTOYUKI TAGUCHI, MASAAKI MATSUURA, NORIYUKI SUGIYAMA, JUNICHI KUBOKAWA, YASUNORI MATSUMOTO, YUMI MUKOYAMA, TAKAHIRO KIUCHI, KYOSUKE KAMISHIMA, HARUO UCHIDA, KEISEI HAKAMATA, TAKAAKI ISHIDA, SHOICHI KAN
  • Publication number: 20230364927
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supply unit, a supply path, first and second conveyance paths, a printing unit, and an inversion roller. The first conveyance path conveys, to a first direction, a print medium. The printing unit prints an image on the two surface of the print medium. The inversion roller inverts a conveyance direction of the print medium and conveys the print medium in a second direction. The second conveyance path conveys the print medium conveyed in the second direction to the first conveyance path while inverting the print medium. When performing printing on both sides of print media, the print media are convey such that a first print medium supplied from the second conveyance path and a second print medium supplied from the supply path overlap in the first conveyance path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: MASAAKI MATSUURA, HARUO UCHIDA, SHOICHI KAN, TAKAAKI ISHIDA, KEISEI HAKAMATA, NORIYUKI SUGIYAMA, MOTOYUKI TAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO KIUCHI, YASUNORI MATSUMOTO, YUMI MUKOYAMA, JUNICHI KUBOKAWA, KYOSUKE KAMISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230339244
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first conveyance path, a conveyance roller, a printing unit, a reverse roller provided at a position on a downstream side of the printing unit in a first direction, a second conveyance path configured to reverse the front and back of the print medium, and a control unit. In a case where a first print medium on which printing has been performed first is conveyed in a second direction via the second conveyance path, the control unit controls the conveyance roller and the reverse roller, such that a trailing edge of the first print medium in the second direction passes through the reverse roller before a second print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller subsequent to the first print medium reaches the reverse roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: JUNICHI KUBOKAWA, MASAAKI MATSUURA, HARUO UCHIDA, SHOICHI KAN, TAKAAKI ISHIDA, KEISEI HAKAMATA, NORIYUKI SUGIYAMA, MOTOYUKI TAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO KIUCHI, YASUNORI MATSUMOTO, YUMI MUKOYAMA, KYOSUKE KAMISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230302831
    Abstract: A recording apparatus to record an image on a sheet includes a roller pair and a switching unit. The roller pair sandwiches the sheet between the roller pair to convey the sheet. The switching unit switches between a first state in which the roller pair sandwiches the sheet and a second state in which rollers of the roller pair are separated from each other. The switching unit includes a first movable member that is moved in a first direction so that the first state is switched to the second state, and includes a second movable member that is moved in a second direction different from the first direction so that the first state is switched to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: YUMI MUKOYAMA, MASAAKI MATSUURA, Noriyuki Sugiyama, MOTOYUKI TAGUCHI, JUNICHI KUBOKAWA, YASUNORI MATSUMOTO, KYOSUKE KAMISHIMA, TAKAHIRO KIUCHI, KEISEI HAKAMATA, HARUO UCHIDA, SHOICHI KAN, TAKAAKI ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230294426
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supply unit configured to supply a print medium, an intermediate roller configured to transport the print medium, a transport roller configured to transport the print medium, a printing unit configured to print an image on the print medium, a reversing path configured to return, to the intermediate roller, the print medium which has been reversed front to back, and a control unit capable of first control for causing a second print medium supplied from the supply unit to overlap a first print medium being printed onto by the printing unit, and second control for causing a second print medium transported from the reversing path to overlap the first print medium being printed onto by the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Noriyuki Sugiyama, MOTOYUKI TAGUCHI, Junichi Kubokawa, YASUNORI MATSUMOTO, YUMI MUKOYAMA, MASAAKI MATSUURA, TAKAHIRO KIUCHI, KEISEI HAKAMATA, Haruo Uchida, Shoichi Kan, TAKAAKI ISHIDA, KYOSUKE KAMISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230100801
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a print head, a recovery unit, a type obtaining unit, a threshold obtaining unit, and a calculation unit. The print head forms an image by applying a recording material to a recording medium. The recovery unit performs a recovery operation for recovering an ejection state of the print head. The type obtaining unit obtains a type of the recording medium on which the image is to be recorded. The threshold obtaining unit obtains a threshold for performing the recovery operation corresponding to the obtained type of the recording medium. The calculation unit calculates a count-up value by adding, in response to recording on the recording medium, an addition value set for each of types of recording media. The recovery operation is performed in a case where the count-up value calculated by the calculation unit exceeds the threshold obtained by the threshold obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi Hayashi, Atsushi Arai, Takaaki Ishida, Akira Kida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20220410591
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a conveyance path, a double-sided conveyance path, and first and second charge eliminators. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium having first and second surfaces in a first direction through the conveyance path to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit on the first surface. The recording medium then passes through the double-sided conveyance path before recording is performed on the second surface. The first charge eliminator eliminates charges from the first surface and is disposed at a position downstream of a junction between the conveyance path and the double-sided conveyance path in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction. The second charge eliminator eliminate charges from the second surface and is disposed downstream of the junction in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Akira Kida, Masashi Hayashi, Atsushi Arai
  • Publication number: 20220388314
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveying unit, a supporting unit, and a static elimination unit. The conveying unit conveys a recording medium in a first direction to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit. The supporting unit supports the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit and includes an abutment surface that abuts the recording medium when the supporting unit supports the recording medium. The static elimination unit eliminates static from the recording medium in a static elimination portion. The static elimination portion is not provided at a position opposed to the abutment surface and is provided at a position not opposed to the abutment surface in the supporting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Akira Kida, Takaaki Ishida, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Atsushi Arai, Masashi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220041388
    Abstract: For a printing apparatus, a first conveyance speed for a first printing medium is determined according to first print data to be printed on the first printing medium and a second conveyance speed for a second printing medium is determined according to second print data to be printed on the second printing medium that follows the first printing medium along a conveying path. In a case where the second conveyance speed is equal to the first conveyance speed, a conveyance operation of the second printing medium is started before the first printing medium is discharged from the conveying path. In a case where the second conveyance speed is different from the first conveyance speed, the conveyance operation of the second printing medium is started after the first printing medium is discharged from the conveying path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Shuichi Tokuda, Kazuki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11207905
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus that allows the user to easily perceive that the cover is unlocked. In the printing apparatus that includes: a cover unit configured to expose the conveying path, along which the printing medium is conveyed, to the outside when the cover unit is opened and that shields the conveying path when the cover unit is closed; and a locking configured to lock the cover unit to keep it closed, and that performs printing on the printing medium being conveyed along the conveying path, the cover unit is urged by an urging unit in the opening direction. In addition, when the locking unit unlocks the cover unit the cover unit is opened by a predetermined degree by the urging force of the urging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Matsuo, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Shuichi Tokuda, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11198576
    Abstract: A technique that enables application of additional conveyance force to a print medium and conveyance of various sizes of print media without multi-feed is described. A conveyance device includes a feed unit, a first conveyance unit that conveys a print medium, and a second conveyance unit that conveys a print medium fed by the feed unit to the first conveyance unit, and is capable of correcting the skew of a print medium by causing the second conveyance unit to convey the print medium with its leading edge in abutment with the first conveyance unit. This conveyance device is configured to cause the feed unit to apply conveyance force to a print medium conveyed by the second conveyance unit, depending on the size of the print medium in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Matsuo, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Shuichi Tokuda, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11167945
    Abstract: For a printing apparatus, a first conveyance speed for a first printing medium is determined according to first print data to be printed on the first printing medium and a second conveyance speed for a second printing medium is determined according to second print data to be printed on the second printing medium that follows the first printing medium along a conveying path. In a case where the second conveyance speed is equal to the first conveyance speed, a conveyance operation of the second printing medium is started before the first printing medium is discharged from the conveying path. In a case where the second conveyance speed is different from the first conveyance speed, the conveyance operation of the second printing medium is started after the first printing medium is discharged from the conveying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Shuichi Tokuda, Kazuki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11084287
    Abstract: An object is to remove paper powder from a conveyance path while preventing the paper powder floating in the conveyance path from sticking to an ejection port. The present disclosure is printing apparatus having: a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium; a print head having an ejection unit configured to eject a liquid to the printing medium and performing a printing operation; a blower unit configured to blow air from a downstream toward the printing area in the conveyance path during the printing operation; and a cap member switchable between a cap-closed state and a cap-open state, and after the printing operation terminates, the blower unit stops to blow air and the blower unit resumes to blow air after the cap member switches from the cap-open state into the cap-closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Kida, Takaaki Ishida
  • Patent number: 11001083
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first feeding part configured to feed print media from a first support part supporting the print media, a second feeding part configured to feed print media from a second support part supporting the print media, and a print head configured to print on the print media fed by the first feeding part or the second feeding part. Further, the printing apparatus includes a first conveying path where the print media fed by the first feeding part are conveyed to the print head, and a second conveying path where the print media fed by the second feeding part are conveyed to the print head. At least a part of the second feeding part protrudes in a predetermined spatial area within the first conveying path during a feed operation of feeding print media from the second support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Shuichi Tokuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Kazuki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10901532
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, a touch detecting unit detecting a touch operation by a touch pen, a control unit executing a process allocated to the detected touch operation, and a communication unit receiving an ID transmitted from a touch pen when the touch pen is detected to be held by a user. In response to the communication unit receiving the ID, the display unit displays a partial image indicating a state of settings related to the process allocated to the touch operation by the touch pen, and in response to a touch to the partial image, the display unit displays a menu allowing a change of settings. Thus, the user can easily confirm the state of settings related to the touch operation, and can easily change the settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Akitomo, Noriyuki Koyama, Katsuyasu Furukawa, Kenji Kondoh, Takaaki Ishida
  • Patent number: 10889134
    Abstract: To shorten the time to be taken to start executing a process to handle conveyance trouble of a print medium after the occurrence of the conveyance trouble, a printing apparatus of the present invention, upon sensing of conveyance trouble by a sensing unit during a printing operation, stops the conveyance of the print medium in the conveyance trouble and any print medium located upstream of it, and moves a printing head from a first position at which the printing head performs printing on a print medium to a second position to which the printing head is retreated from the first position, in parallel with a discharge operation for conveying, to a discharge unit, any print medium located downstream of the print medium in the conveyance trouble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Ishida, Seiji Ogasawara, Masakazu Tsukuda, Shuichi Tokuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Kazuki Matsuo, Tomofumi Nishida, Yuna Hattori
  • Publication number: 20200398590
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first feeding part configured to feed print media from a first support part supporting the print media, a second feeding part configured to feed print media from a second support part supporting the print media, and a print head configured to print on the print media fed by the first feeding part or the second feeding part. Further, the printing apparatus includes a first conveying path where the print media fed by the first feeding part are conveyed to the print head, and a second conveying path where the print media fed by the second feeding part are conveyed to the print head. At least a part of the second feeding part protrudes in a predetermined spatial area within the first conveying path during a feed operation of feeding print media from the second support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Shuichi Tokuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Kazuki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10870550
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus, the ends of print media fed continuously can be prevented from colliding with each other. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform a print operation, a detecting unit configured to detect a conveyance abnormality, a conveying unit configured to convey a preceding print medium and a succeeding print medium, a conveying path having a first area including a curved portion at which a conveying direction of the print medium is curved and a second area upstream of the first area, and an opening unit capable of opening the first area of the conveying path. In a case in which a leading edge of the succeeding print medium is located in the second area at the time of the detecting unit detecting conveyance abnormality of the preceding print medium, the conveying unit conveys the succeeding print medium so that the leading edge of the succeeding print medium reaches the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Tokuda, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Kazuki Matsuo, Tomofumi Nishida, Yuna Hattori
  • Patent number: 10857819
    Abstract: A printing apparatus can be downsized while degradation in the print quality can be suppressed. To perform skew correction on a second print medium on which printing is to be performed subsequent to a first print medium, a first conveying unit disposed upstream of the printing position where the printing unit performs printing on the print medium is stopped. Then, driving and stopping of third conveying unit disposed downstream of a second conveying unit is controlled, depending on whether the first print medium after printing has already passed by the second conveying unit when the first conveying unit is stopped, the second conveying unit being driven by the same driving source as that for the first conveying unit and being disposed downstream of the printing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuna Hattori, Tomofumi Nishida, Takaaki Ishida, Masaaki Matsuura