Patents by Inventor Toyoaki Sugaya

Toyoaki Sugaya 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: 6908189
    Abstract: A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Fujio Miyamoto, Shuji Kida, Toyoaki Sugaya, Hidenobu Ohya, Kenichiro Hiramoto, Shinichi Suzuki, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6820975
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head to conduct recording by jetting an ink onto a recording medium having an ink receiving layer containing thermoplastic in particles on a surface thereof and a pigment ink solvent absorbing layer adjoining to an inner side of the ink receiving layer; a heating and pressing device to heat and press the recording medium so as to make the ink receiving layer of the recording medium to be transparent; a conveyor to convey the recording medium to the recording head and further to the heating and pressing device; and a temperature controller to control a heating temperature by the heating and pressing device within a range of T0±&Dgr;T° C., where T0 is 50 to 150° C. and &Dgr;T is not larger than 10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoaki Sugaya, Fujio Miyamoto, Makoto Kaga, Shuji Kida, Takashi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 6816620
    Abstract: An image data preservation method wherein, when converting imaged in which date information is photographed into image data, information about the date is read and preserved to be correlated with the image data, as additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Enomoto, Toyoaki Sugaya, Masataka Nakano
  • Publication number: 20040169692
    Abstract: An image recording medium used for an image recording apparatus having a recording head for recording an image on the image recording medium. The image recording apparatus is provided an information recording section in which information relating to the image recording medium is recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Toyoaki Sugaya, Tetsuo Uno
  • Publication number: 20040017454
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method having the steps of: ejecting ink containing pigment, water and an organic solvent onto an image receiving medium, wherein the image receiving medium has a support member having a non-solvent-permeable resin layer, and an ink image receiving layer having a solvent absorbing layer containing inorganic fine particles and a binder, and a surface portion layer containing resin fine particles, an inorganic pigment and a binder; and conducting a heating and pressing treatment onto the image receiving medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi Yoshizawa, Shuji Kida, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Toyoaki Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20030156176
    Abstract: A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Fujio Miyamoto, Shuji Kida, Toyoaki Sugaya, Hidenobu Ohya, Kenichiro Hiramoto, Shinichi Suzuki, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20030137572
    Abstract: A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Fujio Miyamoto, Shuji Kida, Toyoaki Sugaya, Hidenobu Ohya, Kenichiro Hiramoto, Shinichi Suzuki, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20020027587
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head to conduct recording by jetting an ink onto a recording medium having an ink receiving layer containing thermoplastic in particles on a surface thereof and a pigment ink solvent absorbing layer adjoining to an inner side of the ink receiving layer; a heating and pressing device to heat and press the recording medium so as to make the ink receiving layer of the recording medium to be transparent; a conveyor to convey the recording medium to the recording head and further to the heating and pressing device; and a temperature controller to control a heating temperature by the heating and pressing device within a range of T0±&Dgr;T° C., where T0 is 50 to 150° C. and AT is not larger than 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Toyoaki Sugaya, Fujio Miyamoto, Makoto Kaga, Shuji Kida, Takashi Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20010055126
    Abstract: An image data preservation method wherein, when converting imaged in which date information is photographed into image data, information about the date is read and preserved to be correlated with the image data, as additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hiromichi Enomoto, Toyoaki Sugaya, Masataka Nakano
  • Publication number: 20010035978
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an image recording apparatus, which records images on a roll-type recording medium. The image recording apparatus includes a recording device to record an image on a recording medium by emitting ink onto the recording medium; a cutting member to cut the recording medium after the recording device records the image, the cutting member being disposed downstream in respect to the recording device in a conveying-direction of the recording medium; a second conveyance member to convey the recording medium, the second conveyance member being disposed at a position located between the recording device and the cutting member in the conveying-direction of the recording medium; and a conveyance controller to control the second conveyance member so as to generate a slack of the recording medium at a section between the recording device and the second conveyance member in the conveying-direction of the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Toyoaki Sugaya, Fujio Miyamoto, Takashi Tsutsumi, Minoru Maekawara, Kenichiro Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 5805196
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises: an image processing means for compensating the color and gradation of an inputted color image; a monochromatic CRT; a display means for successively inputting color images, having a plurality of colors, into the monochromatic CRT, and for displaying a plurality of images on the monochromatic CRT as monochromatic images; an optical system for forming the monochromatic image, displayed on the monochromatic CRT, onto a color photographic paper; a plurality of color filters, which are selectively inserted between the monochromatic CRT and the color photographic paper, and convert the monochromatic image into a plurality of monochromatic color images; an exposure luminance setting means for each separation color; and an emitting luminance control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kenzo Nakanishi, Hiroaki Arakawa, Minoru Yasuda, Toyoaki Sugaya
  • Patent number: 5233402
    Abstract: The color image forming machine such like a color printer or a color copier for forming a color image on a recording sheet. The image forming machine includes a photoreceptor belt; a belt driver for rotating the photoreceptor in a longitudinal direction; a laser beam scanner for repeatedly scanning the photoreceptor in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, with the laser beam, so that the latent image is formed on the photoreceptor; a developer for developing the latent image with plural color toners; a measuring unit for determining a rotation time of the photoreceptor; and a controller unit for controlling a scanning frequency of the laser beam scanner so that one scanning time of the laser beam scanner is set to the result of dividing the rotation time of the photoreceptor, while the photoreceptor rotates one round, by an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Yagi, Takashi Tsutsumi, Masaru Nagai, Toyoaki Sugaya, Satoshi Haneda