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).
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Publication number: 20230313461Abstract: 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 inforType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20230313460Abstract: 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 loaType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20230304223Abstract: 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 thType: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20230129241Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Patent number: 11566373Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Kenta Nomura, Yoshio Murata, Shinichi Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11511554Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Keita Komatsu
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Patent number: 11313078Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Oguchi, Takao Mikoshiba
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Patent number: 11193238Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Oguchi, Takao Mikoshiba
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Publication number: 20210292970Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Yuki OGUCHI, Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20210277599Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Masanori KOJIMA, Takeshi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20210277602Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Yuki OGUCHI, Takao MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20210238801Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Kenta NOMURA, Yoshio MURATA, Shinichi MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 11000968Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Yoshinobu Monbetsu, Yasumasa Nakajima, Seiichi Taniguchi, Takeshi Kimoto
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Publication number: 20200165092Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Keita KOMATSU
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Patent number: 10647022Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Nagai, Takao Mikoshiba
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Publication number: 20190193296Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Yasumasa NAKAJIMA, Seiichi TANIGUCHI, Takeshi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20180319038Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Takao MIKOSHIBA