Patents by Inventor Yoji NISHIDA
Yoji NISHIDA 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: 20240078779Abstract: A reading device includes a radiator configured to radiate light, a light receiver configured to receive the light reflected from an image capturing target, a first optical path on which the light radiated by the radiator is reflected by a reflection surface to irradiate a surface of the image capturing target in a radiation area so that diffuse reflection light diffusely reflected by the surface of the image capturing target is guided to the light receiver as a read image, a second optical path on which the light radiated by the radiator is reflected by the reflection surface to irradiate the surface of the image capturing target in the radiation area so that regular reflection light regularly reflected by the surface of the image capturing target is guided to the light receiver as a read image, and a switcher configured to switch the first optical path and the second optical path on a downstream side in a movement direction of a carriage that houses the radiator and the reflection surface and moves along aType: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masato SERIKAWA, Yoji NISHIDA
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Publication number: 20240080400Abstract: A reading device includes a radiator configured to radiate light, a light receiver configured to receive the light reflected from an image capturing target, a first optical path on which the light radiated by the radiator is reflected by a reflection surface to irradiate a surface of the image capturing target in a radiation area so that diffuse reflection light diffusely reflected by the surface of the image capturing target is guided to the light receiver as a read image, a second optical path on which the light radiated by the radiator is reflected by the reflection surface to irradiate the surface of the image capturing target in the radiation area so that regular reflection light regularly reflected by the surface of the image capturing target is guided to the light receiver as a read image, and a switcher configured to switch the first optical path and the second optical path in a carriage that houses the radiator and the reflection surface and moves along a sub-scanning direction for image reading.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masato SERIKAWA, Yoji NISHIDA
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Patent number: 11811997Abstract: A reading apparatus includes an light emitter that performs irradiation with light, a light receiver that receives light reflected from an object to be imaged, a first optical path in which specularly reflected light is guided to the light receiver as a read image, a second optical path in which diffusely reflected light is guided to the light receiver as a read image, and a switching section that switches between the first optical path and the second optical path by rotating the light emitter.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji Nishida, Masato Serikawa, Emiko Shiraishi
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Patent number: 11800035Abstract: A reading apparatus that reads an image formed on a document while transporting the document, the reading apparatus includes a first reading section that reads, as a read image, one of specularly reflected light or diffusely reflected light which is reflected from the document on a reading glass through which the moving document passes, and a second reading section that reads, as a read image, the other of the specularly reflected light or the diffusely reflected light which is reflected from the document on one side of a transport path through which the document is transported.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji Nishida, Masato Serikawa, Emiko Shiraishi, Daisuke Nakai
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Publication number: 20230179727Abstract: A reading apparatus that reads an image formed on a document while transporting the document, the reading apparatus includes a first reading section that reads, as a read image, one of specularly reflected light or diffusely reflected light which is reflected from the document on a reading glass through which the moving document passes, and a second reading section that reads, as a read image, the other of the specularly reflected light or the diffusely reflected light which is reflected from the document on one side of a transport path through which the document is transported.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji NISHIDA, Masato SERIKAWA, Emiko SHIRAISHI, Daisuke NAKAI
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Publication number: 20230179726Abstract: A reading apparatus includes an irradiation unit that performs irradiation with light, a light receiving unit that receives light reflected from an object to be imaged, a first optical path in which specularly reflected light, which is obtained as light emitted by the irradiation unit is reflected from a first reflection surface so that a front surface of the object to be imaged in an irradiation region is irradiated with the reflected light, and the reflected light is specularly reflected from the front surface of the object to be imaged, is guided to the light receiving unit as a read image, a second optical path in which diffusely reflected light, which is obtained as the light emitted by the irradiation unit is reflected from a second reflection surface so that the front surface of the object to be imaged in the irradiation region is irradiated with the reflected light, and the reflected light is diffusely reflected from the front surface of the object to be imaged, is guided to the light receiving unit aType: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji NISHIDA, Masato SERIKAWA, Emiko SHIRAISHI
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Patent number: 11665301Abstract: A transport apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an opening and closing unit attached to the apparatus body so as to be openable and closable between a closed position where an upper surface of the apparatus body is covered and an open position where the upper surface of the apparatus body is exposed, the opening and closing unit including, inside the opening and closing unit, a transport path along which a target material is transported; a transport path member that has a transport path surface constituting a part of the transport path, is rotatably supported by the opening and closing unit at one end portion side of the transport path member, and is configured such that the transport path is opened when the other end portion side of the transport path member moves downward from the opening and closing unit; and a hook portion that is rotatably attached to the other end portion side of the transport path member, is configured to hold the transport path member in a closed state of the transport path, in a hType: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Keita Kontani, Yoji Nishida
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Patent number: 11570326Abstract: A reading device includes an emission unit that emits light; a first reflecting unit having a first reflecting surface that reflects the light emitted by the emission unit toward a document; an optical path unit including a second reflecting unit having a second reflecting surface that reflects the light reflected by the first reflecting unit and specularly reflected by the document, the optical path unit defining an optical path that guides the light reflected by the second reflecting surface; an image sensor that generates an image represented by light guided by the optical path unit; and a support unit that supports the first reflecting unit and the second reflecting unit and fixes a relative position and a relative orientation between the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoji Nishida
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Patent number: 11546480Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a housing including a processing unit configured to process image information; an opening and closing member openably and closably provided on the housing, the opening and closing member including a reading unit configured to read an image from an image holding medium and configured to obtain image information from the image; a connection member that electrically connects the reading unit and the processing unit; and a protective member including a first protective member rotatably supported by the opening and closing member and a second protective member rotatably supported by the housing and rotatably connected to the first protective member, wherein rotation axial directions of the first protective member and the second protective member are the same direction as a rotation axial direction of the opening and closing member, and the connection member is accommodated in the protective member and protected by the protective member.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji Nishida, Masato Serikawa
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Publication number: 20220272219Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a housing including a processing unit configured to process image information; an opening and closing member openably and closably provided on the housing, the opening and closing member including a reading unit configured to read an image from an image holding medium and configured to obtain image information from the image; a connection member that electrically connects the reading unit and the processing unit; and a protective member including a first protective member rotatably supported by the opening and closing member and a second protective member rotatably supported by the housing and rotatably connected to the first protective member, wherein rotation axial directions of the first protective member and the second protective member are the same direction as a rotation axial direction of the opening and closing member, and the connection member is accommodated in the protective member and protected by the protective member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji NISHIDA, Masato SERIKAWA
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Publication number: 20220263968Abstract: A transport apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an opening and closing unit attached to the apparatus body so as to be openable and closable between a closed position where an upper surface of the apparatus body is covered and an open position where the upper surface of the apparatus body is exposed, the opening and closing unit including, inside the opening and closing unit, a transport path along which a target material is transported; a transport path member that has a transport path surface constituting a part of the transport path, is rotatably supported by the opening and closing unit at one end portion side of the transport path member, and is configured such that the transport path is opened when the other end portion side of the transport path member moves downward from the opening and closing unit; and a hook portion that is rotatably attached to the other end portion side of the transport path member, is configured to hold the transport path member in a closed state of the transport path, in a hType: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Keita KONTANI, Yoji NISHIDA
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Publication number: 20220219575Abstract: Provided are a seat state switching mechanism which can achieve switching between a walk-in state and a reclining state even with a small number of components, and a seat including the seat state switching mechanism. A seat state switching mechanism is a mechanism which can switch a state of a seatback between a walk-in state and a reclining state, the seat state switching mechanism including: a movable bracket tiltable together with the seatback; a locking member for locking the movable bracket at a predetermined walk-in locking position: and an input member, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member, each composing a releaser, for switching the state of the seatback to the reclining state by releasing a biased state of the locking member in receipt of a reclining operation force.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji IKEDA, Yoji NISHIDA
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Patent number: 11323586Abstract: A reading device includes an emission unit that emits light; a first reflecting unit having a first reflecting surface that reflects the light emitted by the emission unit toward a document; a second reflecting unit having a second reflecting surface that reflects the light reflected by the first reflecting unit and specularly reflected by the document; a first support unit that supports the first reflecting unit and the second reflecting unit and fixes a relative position and a relative orientation between the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface; and a second support unit that supports the first support unit such that at least one of a position and an orientation of the first support unit is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji Nishida, Hiroshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210368057Abstract: Provided is a reading device including: a first emitting unit configured to emit light; an optical path unit having a reflection surface configured to reflect a part of light emitted from the first emitting unit, and an optical path configured to guide the part of light from the reflection surface to an original; and an image sensor that generates an image from specular reflection of the part of light guided by the optical path from the original.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji NISHIDA, Hiroshi WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210368058Abstract: A reading device includes an emission unit that emits light; a first reflecting unit having a first reflecting surface that reflects the light emitted by the emission unit toward a document; a second reflecting unit having a second reflecting surface that reflects the light reflected by the first reflecting unit and specularly reflected by the document; a first support unit that supports the first reflecting unit and the second reflecting unit and fixes a relative position and a relative orientation between the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface; and a second support unit that supports the first support unit such that at least one of a position and an orientation of the first support unit is adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoji NISHIDA, Hiroshi WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210306507Abstract: A reading device includes an emission unit that emits light; a first reflecting unit having a first reflecting surface that reflects the light emitted by the emission unit toward a document; an optical path unit including a second reflecting unit having a second reflecting surface that reflects the light reflected by the first reflecting unit and specularly reflected by the document, the optical path unit defining an optical path that guides the light reflected by the second reflecting surface; an image sensor that generates an image represented by light guided by the optical path unit; and a support unit that supports the first reflecting unit and the second reflecting unit and fixes a relative position and a relative orientation between the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroshi WATANABE, Yoji NISHIDA
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Patent number: 9560234Abstract: An image reading device includes a support table that supports a document; a light source that is supported movably along the support table between a reading start position set near one end of the support table and a reading end position set near the other end of the support table and that irradiates the document with light; a reading member that reads an image based on reflected light from the document; and an image composing unit that composes read image information based on a first image read by the reading member and a second image based on light reflected from the document in a direction different from a direction of the first image.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Nishida, Shusaku Yokota
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Publication number: 20160295061Abstract: An image reading device includes a support table that supports a document; a light source that is supported movably along the support table between a reading start position set near one end of the support table and a reading end position set near the other end of the support table and that irradiates the document with light; a reading member that reads an image based on reflected light from the document; and an image composing unit that composes read image information based on a first image read by the reading member and a second image based on light reflected from the document in a direction different from a direction of the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Yoji NISHIDA, Shusaku YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20160149415Abstract: Control device of a microgrid including at least one heat engine power generator is connected to a load via a distribution line and operates a heat engine to generate electric-power; a natural energy power generation device is connected to the distribution line and generates electric-power using natural energy; an electric-storage device including a battery and electric-power converter, the electric-storage device causing the electric-power converter to charge the battery with electric-power fed via the distribution line and discharge the battery to feed the electric-power to the distribution line, the control device controlling at least one heat engine power generator to perform or stop power generation and control the electric-storage device to charge or discharge the battery, to compensate for surplus or deficient electric-power of the electric-power generated in the natural energy power generation device with respect to a load electric-power demand and to maintain the battery in chargeable or dischargeablType: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirofumi IJICHI, Yoji NISHIDA, Shinichi EDO, Tomoaki TAKEBE
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Patent number: 9325871Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body including an image forming section that forms an image, an image reading device disposed on an upper side of the image forming apparatus body to read an image, a first wall provided in the image forming apparatus body, a second wall provided in the image reading device to overlap with the first wall in an up-down direction, and at least one support member provided in the image forming apparatus body or the image reading device to overlap with the first wall and the second wall in the up-down direction, the at least one support member supporting the image reading device relative to the image forming apparatus body.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusaku Yokota, Yoji Nishida, Tomoaki Kitamura