Patents by Inventor Takao MIKOSHIBA

Takao MIKOSHIBA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230313461
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing system includes a coarsely crushing apparatus that coarsely crushes a paper, a sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material, and a server that is connected to the coarsely crushing apparatus and the sheet manufacturing apparatus via a network, in which the coarsely crushing apparatus has an integration section that integrates the coarsely crushed pieces, an integration amount detector that detects an integration amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the integration section, and a transmission section that transmits information related to the integration amount, which is detected by the integration amount detector, to the server, and the sheet manufacturing apparatus has a reception section that acquires the information related to the integration amount from the server, a display information generation section that generates display information related to the integration amount based on the infor
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20230313460
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces obtained by coarsely crushing a sheet containing fibers as a raw material, includes a container loading section that is configured to load a container in which the coarsely crushed pieces are housed and which has an information carrying section for carrying information related to characteristics of the housed coarsely crushed pieces, a reading section that reads the information carried by the information carrying section, a determination section that determines whether or not the coarsely crushed pieces in the container are suitable as the raw material for sheet manufacturing by the sheet manufacturing apparatus based on the information read by the reading section, and a switching section that switches between a first state in which the container is configured to be loaded into the container loading section and a second state in which the container is prevented from being loaded into the container loa
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20230304223
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing system includes a coarsely crushing apparatus that coarsely crushes a paper; a sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material; and a server that is connected to the coarsely crushing apparatus and the sheet manufacturing apparatus via a network, in which the sheet manufacturing apparatus has a reserving section that reserves the coarsely crushed pieces, a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section, a calculation section that calculates an allowable filling amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section based on a detection result of the remaining amount detector, and an output section that transmits information related to the calculated allowable filling amount to the server, and the coarsely crushing apparatus has an integration section that integrates the coarsely crushed pieces, an input section that acquires th
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20230129241
    Abstract: A control method for a sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a stop signal input step of inputting, to the sheet manufacturing apparatus manufacturing a sheet, a stop signal stopping manufacturing of the sheet and a drying step of drying a predetermined area of the sheet manufacturing apparatus by controlling a blower of the sheet manufacturing apparatus after the stop signal input step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
  • Patent number: 11566373
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing system includes a processing section configured to process a raw material including a fiber, a detection section configured to detect a state of the raw material, a determination section configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection section and a preset criterion of a raw material state, whether the raw material is suitable for processing in the processing section, a supply section configured to supply, to the processing section, the raw material determined to be suitable for the processing by the determination section, a reception section configured to acquire operation information indicating an occurrence state of an operation hindrance in the processing section, and a setting section configured to set the criterion based on the operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Kenta Nomura, Yoshio Murata, Shinichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11511554
    Abstract: A control device using, as a learning target, a transporting apparatus, a rotation control section which controls at least one of a rotation speed of a first roller and a rotation speed of a second roller, and a position detection section which detects a position of the transport target matter, the control device including a state variable acquisition section which acquires a state variable and a detection result of the position detection section, the state variable being based on information of a state of the transport target matter and information of an environment to which the transport target matter is exposed, and a learning section which learns a control expression for calculating a control value of the rotation control section based on a dataset containing the state variable acquired by the state variable acquisition section and the detection result of the position detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Keita Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11313078
    Abstract: An accumulating unit that discharges fibers by rotating a drum unit in which a plurality of openings are formed, a second web forming unit that forms a second web by operating a mesh belt, a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet from the second web, and a control unit that performs a start control for operating the accumulating unit and the second web forming unit from the stop state are included. In a case where the start control is performed from a state where the fibers are present in the drum unit, the control unit adjusts a thickness of the second web by controlling at least one of a timing at which rotation of the drum unit is initiated, a rotational speed of the drum unit, a timing at which movement of the mesh belt is initiated, and a movement speed of the mesh belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Oguchi, Takao Mikoshiba
  • Patent number: 11193238
    Abstract: A defibrating unit that defibrates a raw material including fibers in an atmosphere, an accumulating unit that discharges defibrated matter by rotating a drum unit in which a plurality of openings are formed, a second web forming unit that forms a second web by operating a mesh belt on which the defibrated matter is accumulated, a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet from the second web, a cutting unit that cuts the sheet into a preset size, and a control unit that executes a stop control with a cut operation of the cutting unit as a trigger in a case where an instruction to stop an apparatus is provided are included. In the stop control, the control unit stops operation of the defibrating unit after stopping rotation of the drum unit and movement of the mesh belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Oguchi, Takao Mikoshiba
  • Publication number: 20210292970
    Abstract: A defibrating unit that defibrates a raw material including fibers in an atmosphere, an accumulating unit that discharges defibrated matter by rotating a drum unit in which a plurality of openings are formed, a second web forming unit that forms a second web by operating a mesh belt on which the defibrated matter is accumulated, a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet from the second web, a cutting unit that cuts the sheet into a preset size, and a control unit that executes a stop control with a cut operation of the cutting unit as a trigger in a case where an instruction to stop an apparatus is provided are included. In the stop control, the control unit stops operation of the defibrating unit after stopping rotation of the drum unit and movement of the mesh belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki OGUCHI, Takao MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20210277599
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus is supplied with a raw material including fibers and manufactures a sheet by processing the supplied raw material. The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a control unit that displays a user interface in which raw material information related to the supplied raw material, manufacturing information related to the manufactured sheet, and processing information related to processing of the sheet are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Masanori KOJIMA, Takeshi KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210277602
    Abstract: An accumulating unit that discharges fibers by rotating a drum unit in which a plurality of openings are formed, a second web forming unit that forms a second web by operating a mesh belt, a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet from the second web, and a control unit that performs a start control for operating the accumulating unit and the second web forming unit from the stop state are included. In a case where the start control is performed from a state where the fibers are present in the drum unit, the control unit adjusts a thickness of the second web by controlling at least one of a timing at which rotation of the drum unit is initiated, a rotational speed of the drum unit, a timing at which movement of the mesh belt is initiated, and a movement speed of the mesh belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki OGUCHI, Takao MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20210238801
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing system includes a processing section configured to process a raw material including a fiber, a detection section configured to detect a state of the raw material, a determination section configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection section and a preset criterion of a raw material state, whether the raw material is suitable for processing in the processing section, a supply section configured to supply, to the processing section, the raw material determined to be suitable for the processing by the determination section, a reception section configured to acquire operation information indicating an occurrence state of an operation hindrance in the processing section, and a setting section configured to set the criterion based on the operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Kenta NOMURA, Yoshio MURATA, Shinichi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11000968
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus that is capable of manufacturing a sheet having a predetermined color, the apparatus including: a plurality of resin cartridges that store a plurality of colored resins, respectively; a resin supply unit that supplies a resin from one or the plurality of resin cartridges to a predetermined raw material in a predetermined step of manufacturing a sheet; and a controller that selects a resin cartridge, which is a supply source of a resin, when the resin supply unit supplies the resin, and performs setting related to a supply amount of a resin for each of the selected resin cartridges, based on setting related to a color of a sheet to be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Yoshinobu Monbetsu, Yasumasa Nakajima, Seiichi Taniguchi, Takeshi Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20200165092
    Abstract: A control device using, as a learning target, a transporting apparatus, a rotation control section which controls at least one of a rotation speed of a first roller and a rotation speed of a second roller, and a position detection section which detects a position of the transport target matter, the control device including a state variable acquisition section which acquires a state variable and a detection result of the position detection section, the state variable being based on information of a state of the transport target matter and information of an environment to which the transport target matter is exposed, and a learning section which learns a control expression for calculating a control value of the rotation control section based on a dataset containing the state variable acquired by the state variable acquisition section and the detection result of the position detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Keita KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 10647022
    Abstract: The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes an accumulation unit that accumulates a material containing a fiber and a resin; a heating unit that includes a first rotating body and a second rotating body and heats a sediment accumulated by the accumulation unit; a displacement mechanism that displaces the heating unit to a first position where the first rotating body and second rotating body nip and heat the sediment and a second position where the first rotating body and the second rotating body are separated from each other; and a controller that displaces the first rotating body and the second rotating body to the first position after heating the first rotating body and the second rotating body in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagai, Takao Mikoshiba
  • Publication number: 20190193296
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus that is capable of manufacturing a sheet having a predetermined color, the apparatus including: a plurality of resin cartridges that store a plurality of colored resins, respectively; a resin supply unit that supplies a resin from one or the plurality of resin cartridges to a predetermined raw material in a predetermined step of manufacturing a sheet; and a controller that selects a resin cartridge, which is a supply source of a resin, when the resin supply unit supplies the resin, and performs setting related to a supply amount of a resin for each of the selected resin cartridges, based on setting related to a color of a sheet to be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Yasumasa NAKAJIMA, Seiichi TANIGUCHI, Takeshi KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180319038
    Abstract: The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes an accumulation unit that accumulates a material containing a fiber and a resin; a heating unit that includes a first rotating body and a second rotating body and heats a sediment accumulated by the accumulation unit; a displacement mechanism that displaces the heating unit to a first position where the first rotating body and second rotating body nip and heat the sediment and a second position where the first rotating body and the second rotating body are separated from each other; and a controller that displaces the first rotating body and the second rotating body to the first position after heating the first rotating body and the second rotating body in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Takao MIKOSHIBA