Patents by Inventor Tomoki Baba

Tomoki Baba 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: 12126777
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transporter to transport a sheet in a transport path, an image forming assembly to form an image on the sheet transported by the transporter, and a sensor to detect the sheet in the transport path. In addition, a controller obtains user designation information indicating a type of a sheet onto which an image is to be formed before the sensor detects the sheet, and controls the image forming unit to skip forming the image on the sheet if a condition for permitting image formation is not satisfied, in a case where a detecting result from the sensor indicates a type different from the type indicated by the user designation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoki Baba
  • Publication number: 20230115344
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is configured to obtain user designation information indicating a type of a sheet onto which an image is to be formed, control an image forming unit to form the image on the sheet in a case where a condition for permitting image formation is satisfied, even when a detecting result from a sensor indicates a type different from the type indicated by the user designation information, and control the image forming unit to skip forming the image on the sheet in a case where the condition is not satisfied, in a case where the detecting result from the sensor indicates a type different from the type indicated by the user designation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Tomoki Baba
  • Patent number: 11526114
    Abstract: A movement member that causes a cleaning member to move so as to reciprocally move on a transparent member is provided. A cleaning process is performed in accordance with an instruction on a number of times of movement of the movement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoki Baba
  • Patent number: 11512458
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wet-area device includes a main part, a first layer, and a second layer. The first layer is provided on an outer surface of the main part. The second layer is provided on an outer surface of the first layer. A hardness of the second layer is greater than a hardness of the first layer. The first layer includes a first unevenness at a side of the outer surface of the first layer. The first unevenness includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The second layer includes a second unevenness at a side of an outer surface of the second layer. The second unevenness includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The second unevenness is arranged along the first unevenness. An average height of the first unevenness is less than an average length of the first unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Baba, Satoshi Shimizu, Takuma Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11141954
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wet-area device includes a main part and a first layer. The first layer is provided on an outer surface of the main part. The main part includes a main part unevenness at a side of the outer surface of the main part. The main part unevenness includes a plurality of main part recesses and a plurality of main part protrusions. The first layer includes a first unevenness at a side of an outer surface of the first layer. The first unevenness includes a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of first protrusions. The first unevenness is arranged along the main part unevenness. An average height of the main part unevenness is less than an average length of the main part unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Baba, Satoshi Shimizu, Takuma Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210162712
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wet-area device includes a main part and a first layer. The first layer is provided on an outer surface of the main part. The main part includes a main part unevenness at a side of the outer surface of the main part. The main part unevenness includes a plurality of main part recesses and a plurality of main part protrusions. The first layer includes a first unevenness at a side of an outer surface of the first layer. The first unevenness includes a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of first protrusions. The first unevenness is arranged along the main part unevenness. An average height of the main part unevenness is less than an average length of the main part unevenness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoki BABA, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Takuma KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210164206
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wet-area device includes a main part, a first layer, and a second layer. The first layer is provided on an outer surface of the main part. The second layer is provided on an outer surface of the first layer. A hardness of the second layer is greater than a hardness of the first layer. The first layer includes a first unevenness at a side of the outer surface of the first layer. The first unevenness includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The second layer includes a second unevenness at a side of an outer surface of the second layer. The second unevenness includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions. The second unevenness is arranged along the first unevenness. An average height of the first unevenness is less than an average length of the first unevenness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoki BABA, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Takuma KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200379398
    Abstract: A movement member that causes a cleaning member to move so as to reciprocally move on a transparent member is provided. A cleaning process is performed in accordance with an instruction on a number of times of movement of the movement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Tomoki Baba
  • Publication number: 20200257233
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a photosensitive member and an optical scanning device including a transparent member that allows laser light for scanning the photosensitive member to pass through, wherein the image forming apparatus transitions between a first state in which image formation processing is able to be performed by the image forming unit and a second state in which power consumption is smaller than in the first state, a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the transparent member, and a control unit capable of executing a cleaning sequence for causing the cleaning mechanism to operate and configured to execute the cleaning sequence based on the image forming apparatus transitioning from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Tomoki Baba