Patents by Inventor Yukinari Satou

Yukinari Satou 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).

  • Image formation apparatus
    Patent number: 6629795
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper transport unit, and a control unit for supplying the image forming unit with image data for a plurality of pages so that the image forming unit forms images page by page on sheets transported by the paper transport unit, wherein, when the image data for each page includes data representative of blanks on a leading end side and on a tail end side of the page in a paper transport direction, the control unit deletes the data representative of the blank either on the leading end side or on the tail end side from the image data prior to supplying the image forming unit with the image data, and controls the paper transport unit so that a plurality of sheets are transported sequentially to the image formation unit in a multiple state in which one sheet partially overlaps with another in the paper transport direction by a length corresponding to the deleted data representative of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Kinoshita, Kazunori Soda, Yoshifumi Maitani, Hideki Sekino, Masayuki Gomi, Masahiro Kitajiri, Takehiro Katoh, Noritomo Nakashima, Yasuhiro Inoue, Yoshio Nishimoto, Yukinari Satou, Norihide Momose
  • Image formation apparatus
    Publication number: 20010033050
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper transport unit, and a control unit for supplying the image forming unit with image data for a plurality of pages so that the image forming unit forms images page by page on sheets transported by the paper transport unit, wherein, when the image data for each page includes data representative of blanks on a leading end side and on a tail end side of the page in a paper transport direction, the control unit deletes the data representative of the blank either on the leading end side or on the tail end side from the image data prior to supplying the image forming unit with the image data, and controls the paper transport unit so that a plurality of sheets are transported sequentially to the image formation unit in a multiple state in which one sheet partially overlaps with another in the paper transport direction by a length corresponding to the deleted data representative of the blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroki Kinoshita, Kazunori Soda, Yoshifumi Maitani, Hideki Sekino, Masayuki Gomi, Masahiro Kitajiri, Takehiro Katoh, Noritomo Nakashima, Yasuhiro Inoue, Yoshio Nishimoto, Yukinari Satou, Norihide Momose