Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kuroda
Toshiyuki Kuroda 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: 20230294440Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus, a method of controlling the printing apparatus, and a program, which are capable of suppressing ink leakage during packing work and transportation in a case where a user transports the printing apparatus, and leakage of user setting information in the printing apparatus. To this end, a transportation preparatory operation, which is a preparatory operation to be carried out before the transportation, is executed based on cancellation of the contract by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventor: TOSHIYUKI KURODA
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Patent number: 11562187Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing head to move in a first direction, a conveying roller to convey the printing medium in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a housing to house the printing head and the conveying roller and be expandable and contractible in the first direction. The printing apparatus performs predetermined notification based on information related to a length of the housing in the first direction, wherein the conveying roller is incapable of conveying the printing medium having a predetermined size when the length of the housing in the first direction is a first length and conveys the printing medium having the predetermined size in a case where the length is a second length larger than the first length. The predetermined notification is performed based on the information related to the length of the housing indicating information corresponding to the first length.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Kazuhisa Fujino, Naoki Aoyama, Syunichi Kunihiro, Hiroshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230005319Abstract: A money handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus) includes a destination selector configured to select a storage unit where at least one of a counterfeit money and suspect money among the money transported by the transporting unit is to be transported, from the plurality of storage units (for example, each banknote storage unit, each storage/feeding unit, collecting unit, banknote ejecting unit, and the like) and a controller configured to control the transporting unit to transport at least one of the counterfeit money and suspect money to the storage unit selected by the destination selector among the plurality of storage units.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki KURODA, Tomohiro KIMURA, Hisashi ISHITOBI
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Patent number: 11482065Abstract: A money handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus) includes a destination selector configured to select a storage unit where at least one of a counterfeit money and suspect money among the money transported by the transporting unit is to be transported, from the plurality of storage units (for example, each banknote storage unit, each storage/feeding unit, collecting unit, banknote ejecting unit, and the like) and a controller configured to control the transporting unit to transport at least one of the counterfeit money and suspect money to the storage unit selected by the destination selector among the plurality of storage units.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Tomohiro Kimura, Hisashi Ishitobi
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Publication number: 20200380321Abstract: The invention provides a printing apparatus, a printing control method, and a processing apparatus, which suppress the occurrence of rework after a start of a printing operation and suppress an output of a printing result not intended by a user due to a mismatch between a state of expansion or contraction and print settings. To this end, printing is performed in print processing by determining whether or not an operable state is established which is a state of expanding a housing to a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Kazuhisa Fujino, Naoki Aoyama, Syunichi Kunihiro, Hiroshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200273281Abstract: A money handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus 1) includes a destination selector 52 configured to select a storage unit where at least one of a counterfeit money and suspect money among the money transported by the transporting unit 12 is to be transported, from the plurality of storage units (for example, each banknote storage unit 18, 19, each storage/feeding unit 20, collecting unit 30, banknote ejecting unit 16, and the like) and a controller 50 configured to control the transporting unit 12 to transport at least one of the counterfeit money and suspect money to the storage unit selected by the destination selector 52 among the plurality of storage units.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki KURODA, Tomohiro KIMURA, Hisashi ISHITOBI
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Patent number: 10482701Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus (e.g., banknote insertion/discharge mechanism 20) includes a transport unit (e.g., first transport unit 30) configured to transport a sheet (e.g., banknote) in a first transport path 30a; and driving units 36m and 38m configured to move, along the width direction of the first transport path 30a, at least portions of guiding members 36 and 38 forming edges of the first transport path 30a.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Hidetomo Yanagiuchi, Hisashi Ishitobi, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Masaaki Fukazawa
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Patent number: 10484558Abstract: When a reading target object that includes a light emitting region is set as a reading target, the light emitting region is detected by a reading mechanism of a reading unit. The reading unit is caused to read the detected light emitting region, and in the reading, a read operation by the reading unit is controlled based on change of an amount of light received from the light emitting region.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeki Hachiro, Kaede Furuichi, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Syunichi Kunihiro, Tomofumi Nishida
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Patent number: 10469689Abstract: A reading control apparatus is directed to improving convenience for a user when a reading device is caused to read a display surface of a terminal apparatus having the function of changing the size of an image to be displayed on a display device, and includes a reading unit configured to cause the reading device to read, as a reading target, the display surface, which is a surface including the display device of the terminal apparatus operating in either of a first state where an image in a first size is displayed on the display device, and a second state where the image in a second size smaller than the first size is displayed on the display device, thereby acquiring image data, and a notification unit configured to, in a case where the terminal apparatus placed on a document platen is not in the first state, execute a notification process.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Syunichi Kunihiro, Shigeki Hachiro, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Kaede Furuichi, Tomofumi Nishida
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Patent number: 10377140Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a maintenance unit that performs a maintenance operation for a printhead that includes a plurality of operation patterns; a storage unit that stores information indicating which of the operation patterns was performed when the maintenance operation was performed; a timer that measures an elapsed time from a previous printing operation; a determination unit that determines whether or not to execute the maintenance operation; and a control unit that controls the operation patterns of the maintenance operation to be performed in accordance with the elapsed time and the information, wherein in a case where a scanning instruction is received and the determination unit determines to execute the maintenance operation, the control unit performs control for executing the maintenance operation not in accordance with the elapsed time but in accordance with the information before the operation of scanning.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akiyoshi Sahara, Toshiyuki Kuroda
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Patent number: 10339745Abstract: A banknote storing device (for example, a storing and feeding unit (20)), includes a plurality of banknote storing mechanism (24, 26) arranged inside a casing (20a) side by side along a depth direction of the casing (20a). When viewed in a predetermined direction that is a direction orthogonal to the depth direction of the casing (20a) and also orthogonal to an axis direction of rotating members (for example, drums (24a, 26a)), at least one of the rotating members is arranged at a position at which the rotating member does not overlap with any of winding member accommodating units (for example, reels (25a, 25b, 27a, 27b)).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Eiki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10189659Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus (10)) includes a first transporting unit (30) configured to transport a plurality of paper sheets in a stacked state in a horizontal state, a feeding unit (40) configured to feed the paper sheets one by one, and a second transporting unit (50) configured to transport to the feeding unit (40) the stacked paper sheets transported by the first transporting unit (30). The second transporting unit (50) causes the stacked paper sheets being in the horizontal state to be inclined at angle to a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuroda, Shuji Onishi
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Publication number: 20180261033Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus (e.g., banknote insertion/discharge mechanism 20) includes a transport unit (e.g., first transport unit 30) configured to transport a sheet (e.g., banknote) in a first transport path 30a; and driving units 36m and 38m configured to move, along the width direction of the first transport path 30a, at least portions of guiding members 36 and 38 forming edges of the first transport path 30a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Hidetomo YANAGIUCHI, Hisashi ISHITOBI, Toshiyuki KURODA, Masaaki FUKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20180137713Abstract: A banknote storing device (for example, a storing and feeding unit (20)), includes a plurality of banknote storing mechanism (24, 26) arranged inside a casing (20a) side by side along a depth direction of the casing (20a). When viewed in a predetermined direction that is a direction orthogonal to the depth direction of the casing (20a) and also orthogonal to an axis direction of rotating members (for example, drums (24a, 26a)), at least one of the rotating members is arranged at a position at which the rotating member does not overlap with any of winding member accommodating units (for example, reels (25a, 25b, 27a, 27b)).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Toshiyuki KURODA, Eiki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180115671Abstract: A reading control apparatus is directed to improving convenience for a user when a reading device is caused to read a display surface of a terminal apparatus having the function of changing the size of an image to be displayed on a display device, and includes a reading unit configured to cause the reading device to read, as a reading target, the display surface, which is a surface including the display device of the terminal apparatus operating in either of a first state where an image in a first size is displayed on the display device, and a second state where the image in a second size smaller than the first size is displayed on the display device, thereby acquiring image data, and a notification unit configured to, in a case where the terminal apparatus placed on a document platen is not in the first state, execute a notification process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Syunichi Kunihiro, Shigeki Hachiro, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Kaede Furuichi, Tomofumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20180097954Abstract: When a reading target object that includes a light emitting region is set as a reading target, the light emitting region is detected by a reading mechanism of a reading unit. The reading unit is caused to read the detected light emitting region, and in the reading, a read operation by the reading unit is controlled based on change of an amount of light received from the light emitting region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Shigeki Hachiro, Kaede Furuichi, Toshiyuki Kuroda, Syunichi Kunihiro, Tomofumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20180057290Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus (10)) includes a first transporting unit (30) configured to transport a plurality of paper sheets in a stacked state in a horizontal state, a feeding unit (40) configured to feed the paper sheets one by one, and a second transporting unit (50) configured to transport to the feeding unit (40) the stacked paper sheets transported by the first transporting unit (30). The second transporting unit (50) causes the stacked paper sheets being in the horizontal state to be inclined at angle to a horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Toshiyuki KURODA, Shuji ONISHI
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Patent number: 9900460Abstract: It is determined based on processing to be performed on image data generated by reading by a first reading unit and a second reading unit, whether to separate, into image data of the first surface and image data of the second surface, image data that has been generated by reading by the first reading unit configured to read the first surface of a document, and the second reading unit configured to read the second surface of the document, and that includes the first surface and the second surface. When it is determined to separate the image data, the image data including the first surface and the second surface is separated into the image data of the first surface and the image data of the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeki Hachiro, Hideyuki Kido, Tomofumi Nishida, Toshiyuki Kuroda
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Publication number: 20180029372Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a maintenance unit that performs a maintenance operation for a printhead that includes a plurality of operation patterns; a storage unit that stores information indicating which of the operation patterns was performed when the maintenance operation was performed; a timer that measures an elapsed time from a previous printing operation; a determination unit that determines whether or not to execute the maintenance operation; and a control unit that controls the operation patterns of the maintenance operation to be performed in accordance with the elapsed time and the information, wherein in a case where a scanning instruction is received and the determination unit determines to execute the maintenance operation, the control unit performs control for executing the maintenance operation not in accordance with the elapsed time but in accordance with the information before the operation of scanning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Akiyoshi Sahara, Toshiyuki Kuroda
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Patent number: 9636931Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a maintenance unit configured to execute a maintenance operation between a completion of printing on a preceding sheet serving as the printing sheet fed from a stacking unit first and a start of printing on a succeeding sheet serving as the printing sheet fed from the stacking unit next, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to execute the maintenance operation, wherein the determination unit determines, based on a feeding method of the succeeding sheet, whether to execute the maintenance operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akiyoshi Sahara, Tetsuya Edamura, Atsushi Takahashi, Tomofumi Nishida, Toshiyuki Kuroda