Patents by Inventor Yuuki GOTOH

Yuuki GOTOH 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).

  • Patent number: 11879196
    Abstract: An embroidery device includes a needle including a hole through which a thread has been passed, a dyeing unit configured to dye the thread in different colors, an embroidery unit configured to move the needle to perform a sewing process on a medium with the thread dyed in the different colors by the dyeing unit, and a remover configured to remove the linear member in a vicinity of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Shinya Tanaka, Yusuke Komine, Taito Omura, Yuuki Gotoh, Kaoru Satoh
  • Publication number: 20230416963
    Abstract: An embroidery system includes a data reading device to read three-dimensional data of a design of an embroidery. The embroidery system includes processing circuitry to process the three-dimensional data read by the data reading device, to create embroidery data using height information included in the three-dimensional data. The embroidery system includes an embroidery forming section to form the embroidery on a target object according to the embroidery data created by the processing circuitry. The embroidery system includes a recording head to discharge a liquid droplet from a nozzle. The embroidery system includes control circuitry to control an operation of the recording head. The embroidery data includes data relating to an embroidery density that is a density of a thread in the embroidery and data relating to an application amount of the liquid droplet to be applied to the thread in the embroidery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Tanaka, Teppei Kikuchi, Yusuke Komine, Yuuki Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20230416961
    Abstract: An embroidery data creation apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry creates embroidery data based on an embroidery image, the embroidery image being a source of embroidery to be performed according to the embroidery data using a thread to which multiple colors are applied, the embroidery data being created such that, in an area involving change in a color in the embroidery image, the embroidery is advanced in a first direction being a direction in which a change in the color is smaller than a change in the color in a second direction in which the color changes. The circuitry outputs the created embroidery data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Gotoh, Shinya Tanaka, Yusuke Komine, Teppei Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11718941
    Abstract: An embroidery apparatus is configured to perform an embroidery operation according to embroidery data. The embroidery apparatus includes a thread assumed consumption amount calculator configured to calculate an assumed consumption amount of a thread in the embroidery operation, based on initial embroidery data input in advance; a thread consumption amount detection mechanism configured to detect an actual consumption amount of the thread; and a thread consumption amount adjuster configured to adjust the actual consumption amount of the thread in the embroidery operation by adjusting output embroidery data to be output, based on a difference between the calculated assumed consumption amount of the thread and the detected actual consumption amount of the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Gotoh, Shinya Tanaka, Taito Omura, Yusuke Komine
  • Publication number: 20220106720
    Abstract: An embroidery apparatus is configured to perform an embroidery operation according to embroidery data. The embroidery apparatus includes a thread assumed consumption amount calculator configured to calculate an assumed consumption amount of a thread in the embroidery operation, based on initial embroidery data input in advance; a thread consumption amount detection mechanism configured to detect an actual consumption amount of the thread; and a thread consumption amount adjuster configured to adjust the actual consumption amount of the thread in the embroidery operation by adjusting output embroidery data to be output, based on a difference between the calculated assumed consumption amount of the thread and the detected actual consumption amount of the thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki GOTOH, Shinya TANAKA, Taito OMURA, Yusuke KOMINE
  • Publication number: 20220098776
    Abstract: An embroidery device includes a needle including a hole through which a thread has been passed, a dyeing unit configured to dye the thread in different colors, an embroidery unit configured to move the needle to perform a sewing process on a medium with the thread dyed in the different colors by the dyeing unit, and a remover configured to remove the linear member in a vicinity of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMASHITA, Shinya TANAKA, Yusuke KOMINE, Taito OMURA, Yuuki GOTOH, Kaoru SATOH
  • Publication number: 20220098778
    Abstract: A liquid application unit includes a supply member, a liquid application device, and an application controller. The supply member includes a cylindrical or columnar winding core around which a linear medium is wound. The liquid application device applies liquid to the linear medium unwound and fed from the supply member. The application controller adjusts a liquid application length of the liquid applied by the liquid application unit to the linear medium in a feed direction of the linear medium. The application controller adjusts the liquid application length in the feed direction of the linear medium in accordance with a winding thickness of a remaining amount of the linear medium from an outer peripheral surface of the winding core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya TANAKA, Yusuke KOMINE, Taito OMURA, Yuuki GOTOH