Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Isobe
Yoshinori Isobe 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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Patent number: 7843580Abstract: An image processing system for enabling a manufacturer's image forming apparatuses to be used as far as possible by a user. Design is made to enable a manufacturer or a vendor to appeal the predominance, particularly economy, of their own image forming apparatuses by the utilization of a user interface for controlling a recording process.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukimasa Iseki, Yoshinori Isobe, Koji Doi, Kenji Hiromatsu, Masashi Oyumi
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Patent number: 7780159Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet holding device capable of storing supplied sheets, a first sheet stacking tray on which sheets are stacked at a downstream side of the sheet holding device in a sheet conveying direction and on which the sheets are subjected to processing, a sheet discharging device for discharging the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking tray, a second sheet stacking tray on which the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device are stacked, and a controller for controlling the sheet discharging device and the sheet holding device if sheet jam occurs at an upstream side of the sheet holding device, in such a manner that, after the sheets on the first sheet stacking tray are discharged onto the second sheet stacking tray, the sheets stored in the sheet holding device are discharged onto the first sheet stacking tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Nishimura, Yoshinori Isobe, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Naoto Watanabe, Masahiro Yonenuma
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Patent number: 7543806Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be stacked, an oscillation roller pair for conveying the sheets stacked on the processing tray to the stack tray, and a trailing edge assist for conveying the sheet stacked on the processing tray toward the stack tray. The sheets stacked on the processing tray are discharged to the stack tray by the oscillation roller pair and the trailing edge assist.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignees: Canon Finetech, Inc., Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Nakamura, Yoshinori Isobe, Toshimasa Suzuki, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Masahiro Yonenuma, Atsushi Takada, Norio Motoi
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Publication number: 20090115125Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet holding device capable of storing supplied sheets, a first sheet stacking tray on which sheets are stacked at a downstream side of the sheet holding device in a sheet conveying direction and on which the sheets are subjected to processing, a sheet discharging device for discharging the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking tray, a second sheet stacking tray on which the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device are stacked, and a controller for controlling the sheet discharging device and the sheet holding device if sheet jam occurs at an upstream side of the sheet holding device, in such a manner that, after the sheets on the first sheet stacking tray are discharged onto the second sheet stacking tray, the sheets stored in the sheet holding device are discharged onto the first sheet stacking tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicants: CANON FINETECH INC., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: SHUNSUKE NISHIMURA, YOSHINORI ISOBE, MASATOSHI YAGINUMA, NAOTO WATANABE, MASAHIRO YONENUMA
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Patent number: 7472901Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet holding device capable of storing supplied sheets, a first sheet stacking tray on which sheets are stacked at a downstream side of the sheet holding device in a sheet conveying direction and on which the sheets are subjected to processing, a sheet discharging device for discharging the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking tray, a second sheet stacking tray on which the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device are stacked, and a controller for controlling the sheet discharging device and the sheet holding device if sheet jam occurs at an upstream side of the sheet holding device, in such a manner that, after the sheets on the first sheet stacking tray are discharged onto the second sheet stacking tray, the sheets stored in the sheet holding device are discharged onto the first sheet stacking tray.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Nishimura, Yoshinori Isobe, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Naoto Watanabe, Masahiro Yonenuma
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Publication number: 20080143034Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be stacked, an oscillation roller pair for conveying the sheets stacked on the processing tray to the stack tray, and a trailing edge assist for conveying the sheet stacked on the processing tray toward the stack tray. The sheets stacked on the processing tray are discharged to the stack tray by the oscillation roller pair and the trailing edge assist.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicants: Canon Finetech Inc., Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Nakamura, Yoshinori Isobe, Toshimasa Suzuki, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Masahiro Yonenuma, Atsushi Takada, Norio Motoi
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Patent number: 7377511Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus including a first tray on which sheets discharged form an outlet are stacked, the first tray being movable between a stacking position at which sheets discharged from an outlet are stacked and a first retracted position above the staking position; a second tray on which sheets discharged from an outlet are stacked, the first tray being disposed below the first tray and being movable independently of the first tray, the second tray being movable between the stacking position and a second retracted position below the stacking position; and a controller that causes the second tray to descend when the sheets are to be stacked on the first tray, the controller causing the second tray to stop descending when the second tray reaches a standby position where a distance between the outlet and a top surface of the sheets stacked on the second tray is a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Finetech Inc.Inventors: Naoto Watanabe, Yoshinori Isobe, Masahiro Yonenuma, Tetsuya Terada
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Patent number: 7354034Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be stacked, an oscillation roller pair for conveying the sheets stacked on the processing tray to the stack tray, and a trailing edge assist for conveying the sheet stacked on the processing tray toward the stack tray. The sheets stacked on the processing tray are discharged to the stack tray by the oscillation roller pair and the trailing edge assist.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignees: Canon Finetech Inc., Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Nakamura, Yoshinori Isobe, Toshimasa Suzuki, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Masahiro Yonenuma, Atsushi Takada, Norio Motoi
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Publication number: 20080012212Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet holding device capable of storing supplied sheets, a first sheet stacking tray on which sheets are stacked at a downstream side of the sheet holding device in a sheet conveying direction and on which the sheets are subjected to processing, a sheet discharging device for discharging the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking tray, a second sheet stacking tray on which the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device are stacked, and a controller for controlling the sheet discharging device and the sheet holding device if sheet jam occurs at an upstream side of the sheet holding device, in such a manner that, after the sheets on the first sheet stacking tray are discharged onto the second sheet stacking tray, the sheets stored in the sheet holding device are discharged onto the first sheet stacking tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicants: CANON FINETECH INC., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: SHUNSUKE NISHIMURA, Yoshinori Isobe, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Naoto Watanabe, Masahiro Yonenuma
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Patent number: 7245845Abstract: An apparatus for executing a printing process on the basis of a print job from an external apparatus, comprises a post-processing unit which can apply post-processing for printed paper sheets using paper sheets prepared independently of the printed paper sheets; a detector for detecting in the post-processing means that the paper sheets prepared independently of the printed paper sheets are set; determination means for determining whether or not print start trigger information is attached to the print job, which indicates an instruction to start printing in response to trigger information to start printing; and print control means for, (i) when a print job designated with the post-processing by the post-processing unit is received and it is determined that the print start trigger information is attached to the received print job, delaying a process of the print job until the detector detects that the paper sheets are set, and starting execution of the print job when the detector detects that the paper sheetsType: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Isobe, Koji Doi, Kenji Hiromatsu, Masashi Oyumi, Yukimasa Iseki
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Patent number: 7207559Abstract: A sheet treating apparatus to be connected to an image forming apparatus, which has a sheet guide portion which selectively guides a sheet to a sheet stacking portion or a sheet treating portion and, in a state in which a power supply of the sheet treating apparatus is turned off, the sheet guide portion guides a sheet to the sheet stacking portion such that a sheet delivered from the image forming apparatus can be stacked even if the power supply of the sheet treating apparatus is turned off. Moreover, a sheet can be stacked on the sheet stacking portion without using a transporting drive force of the sheet treating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshimi Mizuta, Yoshinori Isobe, Masaharu Nemura, Mitsushige Murata, Takayuki Okada
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Publication number: 20070057434Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be stacked, an oscillation roller pair for conveying the sheets stacked on the processing tray to the stack tray, and a trailing edge assist for conveying the sheet stacked on the processing tray toward the stack tray. The sheets stacked on the processing tray are discharged to the stack tray by the oscillation roller pair and the trailing edge assist.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2006Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicants: Canon Finetech Inc., Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Nakamura, Yoshinori Isobe, Toshimasa Suzuki, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Masahiro Yonenuma, Atsushi Takada, Norio Motoi
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Patent number: 7165764Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be stacked, an oscillation roller pair for conveying the sheets stacked on the processing tray to the stack tray, and a trailing edge assist for conveying the sheet stacked on the processing tray toward the stack tray. The sheets stacked on the processing tray are discharged to the stack tray by the oscillation roller pair and the trailing edge assist.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Nakamura, Yoshinori Isobe, Toshimasa Suzuki, Masatoshi Yaginuma, Masahiro Yonenuma, Atsushi Takada, Norio Motoi
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Publication number: 20060232002Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus including a first tray on which sheets discharged form an outlet are stacked, the first tray being movable between a stacking position at which sheets discharged from an outlet are stacked and a first retracted position above the staking position; a second tray on which sheets discharged from an outlet are stacked, the first tray being disposed below the first tray and being movable independently of the first tray, the second tray being movable between the stacking position and a second retracted position below the stacking position; and a controller that causes the second tray to descend when the sheets are to be stacked on the first tray, the controller causing the second tray to stop descending when the second tray reaches a standby position where a distance between the outlet and a top surface of the sheets stacked on the second tray is a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicants: CANON FINETECH INC., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoto Watanabe, Yoshinori Isobe, Masahiro Yonenuma, Tetsuya Terada
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Patent number: 7111838Abstract: There is provided a sheet processing apparatus that is capable of preventing a stapled sheet bundle from being misaligned at a side edge thereof or becoming torn or wrinkled when the sheet bundle is discharged. The sheet processing apparatus comprises a stapler that staples a sheet bundle comprising a plurality of sheets, downstream discharge rollers that discharge the sheet bundle, a driving motor that drives the downstream discharge rollers, and a controller that controls the driving device. The controller controls discharge of the sheet bundle in different ways between a case where the stapler staples the sheet bundle at one point thereof and a case where the stapler staples the sheet bundle at two points thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Finetech Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Sasa, Yoshinori Isobe
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Patent number: 7095978Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet stacking member for stacking a sheet to be discharged, and an offset mounting member for offsetting a plurality of sheet bundles on sides in a sheet bundle takeout direction and in a direction opposite thereto, and mounting the offset bundles onto the sheet stacking member. The offset mounting member mounts the first sheet bundle on the side in the sheet bundle takeout direction. When there is a sheet bundle on the sheet stacking member, the first sheet bundle is mounted by offsetting the first sheet bundle in a direction opposite to that of the last sheet bundle mounted.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuzo Matsumoto, Yoshinori Isobe, Tsuyoshi Moriyama
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Publication number: 20060066020Abstract: There is provided a sheet processing apparatus that is capable of preventing a stapled sheet bundle from being misaligned at a side edge thereof or becoming torn or wrinkled when the sheet bundle is discharged. The sheet processing apparatus comprises a stapler that staples a sheet bundle comprising a plurality of sheets, downstream discharge rollers that discharge the sheet bundle, a driving motor that drives the downstream discharge rollers, and a controller that controls the driving device. The controller controls discharge of the sheet bundle in different ways between a case where the stapler staples the sheet bundle at one point thereof and a case where the stapler staples the sheet bundle at two points thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Finetech Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Sasa, Yoshinori Isobe
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Patent number: 7016623Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image forming device, a first discharge tray for receiving a sheet on which an image was formed, a conveyer for selectively transporting the sheet on which the image was formed by the image forming device to one of a first discharge tray and a sheet processing device, and a controller for controlling a power source so as not to supply electric power to the sheet processing device and the conveyer to transport the sheet to the first discharge tray when discharging the sheet to the first discharge tray, and controlling the power source to supply power to the sheet processing device and the conveyer to transport the sheet to the sheet processing device when discharging the sheet to a second discharge tray provided on the sheet processing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinori Isobe
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Patent number: 6981697Abstract: There is provided a sheet processing apparatus that is capable of preventing a stapled sheet bundle from being misaligned at a side edge thereof or becoming torn or wrinkled when the sheet bundle is discharged. The sheet processing apparatus comprises a stapler that staples a sheet bundle comprising a plurality of sheets, downstream discharge rollers that discharge the sheet bundle, a driving motor that drives the downstream discharge rollers, and a controller that controls the driving device. The controller controls discharge of the sheet bundle in different ways between a case where the stapler staples the sheet bundle at one point thereof and a case where the stapler staples the sheet bundle at two points thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Finetech Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Sasa, Yoshinori Isobe
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Patent number: 6963722Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet stacking member for stacking a sheet to be discharged, and an offset mounting member for offsetting a plurality of sheet bundles on sides in a sheet bundle takeout direction and in a direction opposite thereto, and mounting the offset bundles onto the sheet stacking member. The offset mounting member mounts the first sheet bundle on the side in the sheet bundle takeout direction. When there is a sheet bundle on the sheet stacking member, the first sheet bundle is mounted by offsetting the first sheet bundle in a direction opposite to that of the last sheet bundle mounted.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuzo Matsumoto, Yoshinori Isobe, Tsuyoshi Moriyama