Patents by Inventor Yukinobu Ishioka
Yukinobu Ishioka 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: 11254515Abstract: A cargo handling apparatus includes a first conveyor portion, a first detection portion, a second conveyor portion, a gripping portion, a second detection portion, and a controller. The first conveyor portion is configured to convey an article to be handled in a first direction. The first detection portion is configured to detect article information. The second conveyor portion is configured to convey the article in a second direction. The gripping portion is configured to arrange the article in an accumulating portion. The second detection portion is configured to detect stacking information. The controller is configured to control operation of the gripping portion based on the article information and the stacking information.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Publication number: 20210107748Abstract: A cargo handling apparatus includes a first conveyor portion, a first detection portion, a second conveyor portion, a gripping portion, a second detection portion, and a controller. The first conveyor portion is configured to convey an article to be handled in a first direction. The first detection portion is configured to detect article information. The second conveyor portion is configured to convey the article in a second direction. The gripping portion is configured to arrange the article in an accumulating portion. The second detection portion is configured to detect stacking information. The controller is configured to control operation of the gripping portion based on the article information and the stacking information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventor: Yukinobu ISHIOKA
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Patent number: 8680384Abstract: According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a control device that performs control, such that the contact roller unit moves to the position below the page, thereafter the lower vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page and the booklet is conveyed for a predetermined distance, and thereafter the upper vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page, so that the page is turned.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Patent number: 8491207Abstract: According to one embodiment, a page turning apparatus includes a conveying mechanism to convey a booklet to a page turning position, a page pickup mechanism to pick up a page of the booklet conveyed to the page turning position by the conveying mechanism, a drive mechanism to move the page pickup mechanism to pick up the page of the booklet at a predetermined angle in an opening direction around a bound edge, a shaft provided to come into contact with the page of the booklet picked up at the predetermined angle to bend the page, a contact roller portion to move and go under the page picked up at the predetermined angle, and a controller to make such a control as to convey the booklet after the contact roller portion goes under the page and open the page by bringing the page into contact with the contact roller portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Patent number: 8227680Abstract: According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a guide member which is provided near a vacuum pad to freely project/retreat from a plane corresponding to the suction surface of the vacuum pad, the guide member moving integrally with the vacuum pad and coming into contact with a page of a booklet at the page turning position to regulate rising of the page.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Publication number: 20120055755Abstract: According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a control device that performs control, such that the contact roller unit moves to the position below the page, thereafter the lower vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page and the booklet is conveyed for a predetermined distance, and thereafter the upper vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page, so that the page is turned.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Publication number: 20110061273Abstract: According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a guide member which is provided near a vacuum pad to freely project/retreat from a plane corresponding to the suction surface of the vacuum pad, the guide member moving integrally with the vacuum pad and coming into contact with a page of a booklet at the page turning position to regulate rising of the page.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Publication number: 20100247216Abstract: According to one embodiment, a page turning apparatus includes a conveying mechanism to convey a booklet to a page turning position, a page pickup mechanism to pick up a page of the booklet conveyed to the page turning position by the conveying mechanism, a drive mechanism to move the page pickup mechanism to pick up the page of the booklet at a predetermined angle in an opening direction around a bound edge, a shaft provided to come into contact with the page of the booklet picked up at the predetermined angle to bend the page, a contact roller portion to move and go under the page picked up at the predetermined angle, and a controller to make such a control as to convey the booklet after the contact roller portion goes under the page and open the page by bringing the page into contact with the contact roller portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Patent number: 7714221Abstract: A page turning apparatus having a vacuum pad to vacuum suck the uppermost page of a booklet, a drive link plate to move the vacuum pad to pick up the uppermost page of a booklet at a predetermined angle in the direction of opening around a bound edge, a pinch-roller which goes under the uppermost page picked up at a predetermined angle, and a control unit which releases the vacuum suction of the vacuum pad, and moves the vacuum pad in the direction retreating from the uppermost page, after the pinch-roller goes under the uppermost page, and conveys a booklet so that the uppermost page is brought into contact with the pinch-roller, and opened.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Kabuhsiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
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Publication number: 20090266224Abstract: A page turning apparatus having a vacuum pad to vacuum suck the uppermost page of a booklet, a drive link plate to move the vacuum pad to pick up the uppermost page of a booklet at a predetermined angle in the direction of opening around a bound edge, a pinch-roller which goes under the uppermost page picked up at a predetermined angle, and a control unit which releases the vacuum suction of the vacuum pad, and moves the vacuum pad in the direction retreating from the uppermost page, after the pinch-roller goes under the uppermost page, and conveys a booklet so that the uppermost page is brought into contact with the pinch-roller, and opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yukinobu Ishioka