Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Maeda
Yuichiro Maeda 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: 11972246Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that: receives, from a user terminal, a request for first update regarding a first vehicle, notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed at a shop, when the first update is update of hardware, and notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed through wireless communication, when the first update is update of software.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori II, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
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Patent number: 11936718Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Noriko Totsuka, Hiroaki Ogawa, Yuki Takeda, Kan Kuroda, Yoshinori Maeda, Yuichiro Koyama, Akira Takahashi, Kazuya Tateishi, Chie Kamada, Emiru Tsunoo, Akira Fukui, Hideaki Watanabe
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Patent number: 11526097Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an attachment portion, an attachment detection unit, an output portion, a first cover, a first detection portion, a second cover, and a control unit. A control unit is configured to control opening movement of the first cover to open the first cover linked with movement that the second cover is opened when the output portion outputs information of replacing the developer accommodating container. After the first detection portion detects that the first cover is in a closed state after the first cover has been opened based on information output by the output portion, the first detection portion detects whether the developer accommodating container is attached to the attachment portion or not, and if the first detection portion detects that the developer accommodating container is not attached to the attachment portion, the control unit controls the first cover to open.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenzo Kumagai, Kazuhiro Akiba, Yuichiro Maeda, Yohei Gamo
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Publication number: 20220268596Abstract: A map generation apparatus including a detection device that detects an external situation around a subject vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform generating simultaneously a first map for a current lane on which the subject vehicle travels and a second map for an opposite lane opposite to the current lane, based on the external situation detected by the detection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Tokitomo Ariyoshi, Yuichiro Maeda
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Publication number: 20200409288Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an attachment portion, an attachment detection unit, an output portion, a first cover, a first detection portion, a second cover, and a control unit. A control unit is configured to control opening movement of the first cover to open the first cover linked with movement that the second cover is opened when the output portion outputs information of replacing the developer accommodating container. After the first detection portion detects that the first cover is in a closed state after the first cover has been opened based on information output by the output portion, the first detection portion detects whether the developer accommodating container is attached to the attachment portion or not, and if the first detection portion detects that the developer accommodating container is not attached to the attachment portion, the control unit controls the first cover to open.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Kenzo Kumagai, Kazuhiro Akiba, Yuichiro Maeda, Yohei Gamo
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Patent number: 10866535Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of photosensitive drums arranged with an interval; a light scanning device, which includes a plurality of semiconductor lasers corresponding to the plurality of photosensitive drums on a one-to-one basis, and is configured to form a latent image on the photosensitive drum; an exposure control portion configured to generate a drive signal for causing the semiconductor laser to turn on or off the light based on image data; and a CPU configured to output a parameter for generating the drive signal to the exposure control portion, in which the CPU outputs the parameter to the exposure control portion at a transfer speed that is set so that the outputting of the parameter corresponding to the plurality of semiconductor lasers is completed within a time period calculated from the interval and rotation speeds of the photosensitive drums.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichiro Maeda
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Patent number: 10768566Abstract: If a timing of outputting magnification correction data for first image data to form first electrostatic latent image for an (n+1)th print medium overlaps a timing of outputting magnification correction data for second image data to form an electrostatic latent image for an nth print medium having a size smaller than the (n+1)th print medium in a conveyance direction of the print medium, a CPU outputs the magnification correction data for the second image data to form the second electrostatic latent image for the nth print medium before the magnification correction data for the first image data to form the first electrostatic latent image for the (n+1)th print medium is output and outputs the magnification correction data for the (n+1)th print medium after a magnification correction process performed by a second data processing unit based on the magnification correction data for the nth print medium is completed.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichiro Maeda, Kazuhiro Akiba
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Patent number: 10551782Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first controller having an image processor that performs image processing on image data, the first controller configured to determine a first statistic value based on the image data, and output the first statistic value; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the image data; an image forming unit configured to form, based on the image data, an image by using toner; a supply unit configured to supply toner to the image forming unit; and a second controller configured to control the supply unit based on the first statistic value. In a case where the first statistic value is not outputted by the first controller in a predetermined period, the second controller controls the supply unit based on a second statistic value, the second statistic value being determined based on the image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichiro Maeda, Kazuhiro Akiba
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Publication number: 20190377278Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of photosensitive drums arranged with an interval; a light scanning device, which includes a plurality of semiconductor lasers corresponding to the plurality of photosensitive drums on a one-to-one basis, and is configured to form a latent image on the photosensitive drum; an exposure control portion configured to generate a drive signal for causing the semiconductor laser to turn on or off the light based on image data; and a CPU configured to output a parameter for generating the drive signal to the exposure control portion, in which the CPU outputs the parameter to the exposure control portion at a transfer speed that is set so that the outputting of the parameter corresponding to the plurality of semiconductor lasers is completed within a time period calculated from the interval and rotation speeds of the photosensitive drums.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventor: Yuichiro Maeda
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Publication number: 20190072890Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a first controller having an image processor that performs image processing to image data, the first controller configured to determine a first statistic value based on the image data, and output the first statistic value; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the image data; an image forming unit configured to form, based on the image data, an image by using toner; a supply unit configured to supply toner to the image forming unit; and a second controller configured to control the supply unit based on the first statistic value. In a case where the first statistic value is not outputted by the first controller in a predetermined period, the second controller controls the supply unit based on a second statistic value, the second statistic value being determined based on the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Yuichiro Maeda, Kazuhiro Akiba
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Publication number: 20170357201Abstract: If a timing of outputting magnification correction data for first image data to form first electrostatic latent image for an (n+1)th print medium overlaps a timing of outputting magnification correction data for second image data to form an electrostatic latent image for an nth print medium having a size smaller than the (n+1)th print medium in a conveyance direction of the print medium, a CPU outputs the magnification correction data for the second image data to form the second electrostatic latent image for the nth print medium before the magnification correction data for the first image data to form the first electrostatic latent image for the (n+1)th print medium is output and outputs the magnification correction data for the (n+1)th print medium after a magnification correction process performed by a second data processing unit based on the magnification correction data for the nth print medium is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Yuichiro Maeda, Kazuhiro Akiba
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Patent number: 8768238Abstract: An image forming apparatus connected to a conveying-speed-changeable sheet post processing device includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet in a reverse discharge mode with front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and a non-reverse discharge mode without front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and discharges the sheet at a first speed or a second speed lower than the first speed; and a control unit which controls the discharging unit to discharge the sheet at the first speed in the reverse discharge mode and at the second speed in the non-reverse discharge mode. When the sheet is discharged at the second speed, the control unit controls the discharging unit to discharge a subsequent sheet at the second speed even if the subsequent sheet is to be discharged in the reverse discharge mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kuniyasu Kimura, Yuichiro Maeda, Takuya Hayakawa, Hidenori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8443356Abstract: An image forming apparatus connected to a plurality of accessory device includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of control programs to be updated corresponding to each of the plurality of accessory devices, and a control unit configured to send a control program whose update time is the longest among the plurality of control programs to be updated which are stored in the storage unit, to the accessory device in priority to other control programs.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichiro Maeda
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Patent number: 8055179Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of efficiently performing an image forming processing even in a case where a post-processing apparatus performs a post-processing during a both-sides printing. A first time period needed by a first both-sides image forming processing and a second time period needed by a second both-sides image forming processing are computed in a case where a post-processing unit performs a post-processing on a recording sheet formed images on both sides thereof. The first time period and the second time period is compared, and any one of the first both-sides image forming processing and the second both-sides image forming processing is selected based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidenori Sunada, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Mitsuhiko Sato, Yuichiro Maeda, Kiyoharu Kakomura
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Patent number: 7983584Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which surplus tabbed sheets produced in one set of output can be utilized for the next set of output, without requiring a user to perform a laborious task. In the image forming apparatus, a CPU calculates the number of tabbed sheet groups which will be used for one set of image formation and the number of tabbed sheets which will be used from among the last tabbed sheet group. Among the last tabbed sheet group, surplus tabbed sheets which will be left unused in the one set of image formation are determined. If the number of tabbed sheets is equal to or less than the number of the surplus tabbed sheets, at least one of the surplus tabbed sheets is used to carry out two sets of image formation.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Okamoto, Mitsuhiko Sato, Yuichiro Maeda, Kiyoharu Kakomura, Hidenori Sunada
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Patent number: 7813660Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms a toner image onto sheets at the first feeding interval on a photoconductor or intermediate transfer member and, if the temperature of a fixing unit falls outside a set temperature range, the sheet layout is changed to a feeding interval wider than the first feeding interval. Adjustment processing is performed based on the image forming condition so that the feeding interval is changed to a wider one in the feeding interval changing step during image formation and it is determined in the determination step to perform adjustment processing, toner patch images are formed in an area where no toner image is formed on the photoconductor or intermediate transfer member . The adjustment processing is performed based on reading toner patch images.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsumi Takahashi, Yuichiro Maeda, Yushi Oka, Kenji Kuroki, Yuzo Matsumoto, Kazunori Togashi, Takuya Kawamura
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Publication number: 20100239296Abstract: An image forming apparatus connected to a conveying-speed-changeable sheet post processing device includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet in a reverse discharge mode with front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and a non-reverse discharge mode without front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and discharges the sheet at a first speed or a second speed lower than the first speed; and a control unit which controls the discharging unit to discharge the sheet at the first speed in the reverse discharge mode and at the second speed in the non-reverse discharge mode. When the sheet is discharged at the second speed, the control unit controls the discharging unit to discharge a subsequent sheet at the second speed even if the subsequent sheet is to be discharged in the reverse discharge mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kuniyasu Kimura, Yuichiro Maeda, Takuya Hayakawa, Hidenori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7792456Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a developer storage container can be detachably mounted, includes: a reception unit arranged to receive information from the developer storage container; a first temperature detection unit provided in an inside of the image forming apparatus and arranged to detect a temperature of the inside of the image forming apparatus; a cooling unit arranged to cool the inside of the image forming apparatus; and a control unit arranged to determine on the basis of the received information whether second temperature detection unit is provided to the developer storage container, control the cooling unit on the basis of the detection result of the first temperature detection unit when the second temperature detection unit is not provided, and control the cooling unit on the basis of the detection results of the first and second temperature detection units when the second temperature detection unit is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Okamoto, Yuichiro Maeda, Noriaki Matsui
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Patent number: 7747181Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a developer container is detachably mountable includes a receiving unit configured to receive, via wireless communication, temperature information detected by a temperature detecting unit, which is disposed in a developer container, from the developer container in a state not mounted to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus further includes a determining unit configured to determine, based on the temperature information received by the receiving unit, whether an oscillating unit disposed in the developer container is to be oscillated, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal for oscillating the oscillating unit to the developer container via wireless communication based on a determination result of the determining unit indicating that the oscillating unit is to be oscillated.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichiro Maeda, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Noriaki Matsui
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Patent number: 7742180Abstract: In image reading apparatus capable of performing a read-while-feed operation in which an original is read while being fed by an image sensor placed at a fixed position, presence/absence of dust and/or dirt on a platen is detected, and, in a case where dust and/or dirt are detected at all of a plurality of predetermined positions by said detector, the read-while-feed operation is inhibited and the presence of dust and/or dirt is notified to a user. When, removal of dust and/or dirt on the platen is detected in a state that the read-while-feed operation is inhibited, the read-while-feed operation is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadaaki Saida, Yoshihito Osari, Akinobu Nishikata, Nobuo Sekiguchi, Rieko Akiba, Yuichiro Maeda