Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Koike
Yoshinori Koike 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: 20240101372Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first transporter configured to transport a medium by nipping the medium along with rotation, a second transporter configured to transport the medium and disposed on an upstream side of the first transporter in a transport direction of the medium, a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the medium in a width direction by moving the first transporter and the second transporter in the width direction of the medium with the medium nipped by the first transporter and the second transporter, and a second adjuster configured to adjust a contact pressure of the first transporter for the medium and a contact pressure of the second transporter for the medium based on resistance caused when the medium is moved in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Yuki KAWAZOE, Shuhei KOBORI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
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Publication number: 20240101378Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: a skew correcting component configured to correct any skew of a sheet by executing speed-gap driving in which first and second transporting components that are arranged at respective positions in a direction intersecting a direction of sheet transport are driven for a predetermined time period with a speed gap between the first and second transporting components; and a changing component configured to change, with reference to a characteristic relevant to sheet transport, a state of the speed-gap driving of the skew correcting component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yuki KAWAZOE, Shuhei KOBORI
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Publication number: 20240101381Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes first and second position correcting components provided at respective positions in a direction of sheet transport and each being configured to correct a position of a sheet in a direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport by being shifted in the direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport while holding the sheet, and a changing component capable of changing an amount of correction of the position of the sheet individually for the first and second position correcting components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yoshinori KOIKE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Yuki KAWAZOE, Shuhei KOBORI
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Publication number: 20230312293Abstract: A medium transport device includes a positional corrector configured to transport a medium and correct a position of the medium in a width direction of the medium by moving the medium in the width direction, and an inclination corrector configured to transport the medium and correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium on an upstream side of the positional corrector in the transport direction, the inclination corrector being disposed at a position where the medium is transported in a flat posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE, Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
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Publication number: 20230312282Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: a pair of transporting rolls provided to a sheet transport path; a separating component configured to move one of transporting rolls that form the pair of transporting rolls to an open position where the one of the transporting rolls is spaced apart from an other of the transporting rolls; and a switching component having a switching function of switching a position of the pair of transporting rolls between a nipping position and an unnipping position, the switching component being configured to resume the switching function when the pair of transporting rolls once moved to the open position by the separating component is returned to a normal operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Koji DEGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230312290Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed at a distance from each other upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of first transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is moved in the axial direction, at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers is displaced in a direction to widen the transport space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Koji DEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230312289Abstract: A medium transport device include: an inclination corrector including a first inclination correction member and a second inclination correction member disposed away from each other in a width direction of a medium, the first inclination correction member and the second inclination correction member being individually drivable during transport of the medium, the inclination corrector being configured to correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium by causing a difference in the transport of the medium between the first inclination correction member and the second inclination correction member; and a medium transporter disposed on a downstream side of the inclination corrector in the transport direction and configured to transport the medium, the medium transporter including a pair of medium transport members disposed across the medium in a thickness direction of the medium, the medium transport members being movable between a transport position where the medium transportType: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
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Publication number: 20230312291Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, first transport rollers in at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers are separated not to hold at least part of a portion of the transported sheet located upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Koji DEGUCHI, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
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Publication number: 20230312292Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers is displaced in the axial direction while holding a portion of the transported sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Koji DEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230314998Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, at least one pair of first transport rollers transports the sheet while bending the sheet in the transport space by producing a difference in transport rate within a portion of a section upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Natsumi NAKATA, Koji DEGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE
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Publication number: 20230312288Abstract: A medium transport device includes a positional corrector configured to transport a medium and correct a position of the medium in a width direction of the medium by moving the medium in the width direction, a first inclination corrector disposed on a transport path of the medium and configured to correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium, and a second inclination corrector configured to correct the inclination of the medium on an upstream side of the first inclination corrector in the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE, Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
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Publication number: 20230312281Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: plural pairs of transporting rolls that are arranged adjacent to one another in a direction of transport of a sheet; and a component configured to switch individual positions of the plural pairs of transporting rolls between a nipping position and an unnipping position, the component being a single switching component capable of switching a state of nipping by the plural pairs of transporting rolls between a state where all of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the nipping position, a state where some of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the nipping position while remaining ones of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the unnipping position, and a state where all of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the unnipping position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Koji DEGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
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Patent number: 11582069Abstract: A tunnel connection is enabled between a user terminal and a service provider using a simpler network configuration. A communication system 10 includes a user terminal 20, a service provider 30, a carrier network 40 that connects the user terminal 20 and the service provider 30 to each other, and a network control device 50 that controls the carrier network 40. The network control device 50 sets respective virtual tunnel end points (VTEPs) for a POI terminal 46 that is on the carrier network 40 and that is connected to the service provider 30 and for the user terminal 20, and sets a virtual tunnel between the virtual tunnel end points. The user terminal 20 communicates with the service provider 30 via the virtual tunnel.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Aki Fukuda, Yoshinori Koike, Hitoshi Irino
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Publication number: 20230030183Abstract: A domain A (10) including one or more boundary nodes (13) is provided with a VIF (13v) which is a virtual connection unit for virtual connection with an adjacent domain B (20), and the domain B (20) including one or more boundary nodes (21) is provided with a VIF (21v) which is a virtual connection unit for virtual connection with the domain A (10), in which the boundary node (13) notifies the VIF (21v) adjacent to the VIF (13v) of a VIF warning by receiving an internal warning in a format capable of being processed within the domain A (10), and converting the internal warning into the VIF warning which is a warning of the VIF (13v) capable of being processed in common between the domains, and the boundary node (21) transfers the internal warning to another node within the domain B (20) by converting the VIF warning of the VIF (21v) into an internal warning in a format capable of being processed within the domain B (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Minoru Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Koike, Hirotaka YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20220231909Abstract: A plugin generation device (10) includes: a mapping loading unit (11) that loads, into a controller (20) that transmits instruction information with respect to a network device from a service model (21) that receives the instruction information to a device model (23) that notifies the network device of the received instruction information, first mapping information between the service model (21) and a common model (22) and second mapping information between the common model (22) and the device model (23) as information for mapping the service model (21) and the device model (23), respectively; a config loading unit (12) that loads preconditions for generating a plugin as config information; and a plugin generation unit (13) that generates a plugin to be incorporated into the controller (20) on the basis of the first mapping information, the second mapping information, and the config information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Masatoshi Saito, Aki Fukuda, Yoshinori Koike
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Patent number: 11353816Abstract: A decurling device is provided on a downstream side with respect to a fixing device in a medium transporting direction and straightens a curl formed in a medium transported to the decurling device. The decurling device includes a bending unit extending across the medium transporting direction and having a guiding surface that guides a leading end of the medium, the leading end coming into contact with the guiding surface, the bending unit bending the medium in a decurling direction by using the guiding surface; an urging unit that urges the bending unit toward the medium; and a single or plural rotating members provided on a part of the guiding surface of the bending unit and rotating by coming into contact with the medium that is in contact with the guiding surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Keita Yano, Yoshinori Koike
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Publication number: 20210314278Abstract: [Problem] Efficiently utilizing physical resources in a communication system that builds a virtual network based on various requirements. [Solution] A communication system (10) includes a Spine switch group (12) consisting of a plurality of Spine switches (102), a Leaf switch group (14) consisting of a plurality of Leaf switches (104), a plurality of servers (106) connected to any one of the plurality of Leaf switches (104), and a controller (110) configured to build a virtual network on the physical resources. At least one of the Spine switch group (12) and the Leaf switch group (14) is constituted by a mix of switch devices having different performance. The controller (110) selects physical resources to be used for building the virtual network based on the desired performance of the virtual network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Minoru YAMAGUCHI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Hitoshi IRINO, Hirotaka YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20210250203Abstract: [Problem] A tunnel connection is enabled between a user terminal and a service provider using a simpler network configuration. [Solution] A communication system 10 includes a user terminal 20, a service provider 30, a carrier network 40 that connects the user terminal 20 and the service provider 30 to each other, and a network control device 50 that controls the carrier network 40. The network control device 50 sets respective virtual tunnel end points (VTEPs) for a PO terminal 46 that is on the carrier network 40 and that is connected to the service provider 30 and for the user terminal 20, and sets a virtual tunnel between the virtual tunnel end points. The user terminal 20 communicates with the service provider 30 via the virtual tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Aki Fukuda, Yoshinori Koike, Hitoshi Irino
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Publication number: 20210124299Abstract: A decurling device is provided on a downstream side with respect to a fixing device in a medium transporting direction and straightens a curl formed in a medium transported to the decurling device. The decurling device includes a bending unit extending across the medium transporting direction and having a guiding surface that guides a leading end of the medium, the leading end coming into contact with the guiding surface, the bending unit bending the medium in a decurling direction by using the guiding surface; an urging unit that urges the bending unit toward the medium; and a single or plural rotating members provided on a part of the guiding surface of the bending unit and rotating by coming into contact with the medium that is in contact with the guiding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Keita YANO, Yoshinori KOIKE
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Publication number: 20190310579Abstract: A transport device including: a first transporting part that transports a medium; and a second transporting part that includes a pair of transport members each having a shaft and multiple rotary members arranged at intervals in an axial direction. The second transporting part transports the medium while nipping the medium between the pair of transport members after a leading end of the medium transported by the first transporting part comes into contact with the transport members. At least one of the multiple rotary members of one transport member is a circular-truncated-cone-shaped rotary member in which a diameter of one base is larger than a diameter of the other base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takehiko KOIZUMI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Takuyoshi KIMURA, Natsumi NAKATA