Patents by Inventor Yotaro MIZUNO

Yotaro MIZUNO 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).

  • SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240083703
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a conveyor, a sound collector, and circuitry. The conveyor conveys a sheet. The conveyor conveys a sheet in a sheet conveyance direction. The sound collector collects an operating sound generated by a conveyance of the sheet. The circuitry is to extract a feature amount of the operating sound collected by the sound collector, and determine, at different positions in the sheet conveyance direction based on the feature amount, whether an abnormal conveyance of the sheet occurs until the sheet is conveyed to a given position in the sheet conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke IIDA, Yusuke NAKAI, Chisa KATO, Hiroyuki KUNO, Yotaro MIZUNO