Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu MONBETSU

Yoshinobu MONBETSU 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).

  • Publication number: 20210277599
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Masanori KOJIMA, Takeshi KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210237095
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing system includes a sheet manufacturing apparatus that decomposes a document, and a server apparatus that manages a process status of the document, in which the sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a read unit that reads identification information attached to the document, a processing unit that decomposes the document the identification information of which was read by the read unit and that is determined to be suitable for a decomposing process, a determination unit that determines that the document was decomposed by the processing unit, and a first communication unit that transmits to the server apparatus the identification information of the document determined by the determination unit to have been decomposed by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshio MURATA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU
  • Patent number: 11000968
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Mikoshiba, Yoshinobu Monbetsu, Yasumasa Nakajima, Seiichi Taniguchi, Takeshi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 10895869
    Abstract: A raw material supply device includes a plurality of supply portions for supplying the raw material, a detection portion for detecting a state of the supply portion, and a control portion for controlling the supply portion, in which when the plurality of supply portions are in a normal state, the control portion switches the supply portions at a predetermined timing, and causes each of the supply portions to supply the raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Taniguchi, Yoshinobu Monbetsu, Kaneo Yoda
  • Patent number: 10647020
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus that shortens the time until the apparatus stops is provided. The sheet manufacturing apparatus has a sieve unit having at least part of material defibrated in a defibration process introduced thereto, moving at a first speed, and passing defibrated material through multiple openings disposed in the main section thereof; and a forming unit forming a sheet using precipitate that past through the openings of the sieve unit; the sheet manufacturing apparatus stopping the sieve unit with defibrated material that was introduced stored inside the sieve unit when production by the sheet manufacturing apparatus stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Oguchi, Yoshinobu Monbetsu, Masahide Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190193296
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Yasumasa NAKAJIMA, Seiichi TANIGUCHI, Takeshi KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190121330
    Abstract: A raw material supply device includes a plurality of supply portions for supplying the raw material, a detection portion for detecting a state of the supply portion, and a control portion for controlling the supply portion, in which when the plurality of supply portions are in a normal state, the control portion switches the supply portions at a predetermined timing, and causes each of the supply portions to supply the raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Seiichi TANIGUCHI, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Kaneo YODA
  • Patent number: 10179423
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a raw material detection unit that detects a raw material amount stacked on a stacking unit, a calculation unit that calculates a first amount of the sheet able to be manufactured in the sheet manufacturing apparatus based on a detection result of the raw material detection unit, and an output unit that outputs the sheet amount calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Monbetsu, Seiichi Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20170001330
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus that shortens the time until the apparatus stops is provided. The sheet manufacturing apparatus has a sieve unit having at least part of material defibrated in a defibration process introduced thereto, moving at a first speed, and passing defibrated material through multiple openings disposed in the main section thereof; and a forming unit forming a sheet using precipitate that past through the openings of the sieve unit; the sheet manufacturing apparatus stopping the sieve unit with defibrated material that was introduced stored inside the sieve unit when production by the sheet manufacturing apparatus stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yuki OGUCHI, Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Masahide NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160221214
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a raw material detection unit that detects a raw material amount stacked on a stacking unit, a calculation unit that calculates a first amount of the sheet able to be manufactured in the sheet manufacturing apparatus based on a detection result of the raw material detection unit, and an output unit that outputs the sheet amount calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinobu MONBETSU, Seiichi TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8850099
    Abstract: There are configured a first transmission path, along which data is transmitted/received between a controller and a first microcomputer through a first driver, and a second transmission path, along which data is transmitted/received between the controller and the first microcomputer through a second driver. The controller transmits an operation check signal to the first microcomputer through the first or second transmission path, and receives a response signal from the first microcomputer through the first or second transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Monbetsu
  • Publication number: 20120185635
    Abstract: There are configured a first transmission path, along which data is transmitted/received between a controller and a first microcomputer through a first driver, and a second transmission path, along which data is transmitted/received between the controller and the first microcomputer through a second driver. The controller transmits an operation check signal to the first microcomputer through the first or second transmission path, and receives a response signal from the first microcomputer through the first or second transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinobu MONBETSU