公开(公告)号：US20220373951A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17458565

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kenta OGATA ,  Kouhei YUKAWA

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  G01N27/04

Abstract: A measurement device includes: a resistance measurement unit that measures an electrical resistance of a measurement target; a first measurement unit, including a detector that detects information indicating a first physical property other than the electrical resistance of the measurement target, that measures the first physical property from a detection result from the detector; a second measurement unit, including a detector that detects information indicating a second physical property other than the electrical resistance and the first physical property of the measurement target, that measures the second physical property from a detection result from the detector, in which a length of time from a start of driving the detector until a start of actual measurement is longer in the second measurement unit than in the first measurement unit; and a control unit that performs first control causing the first measurement unit to execute a measurement operation of measuring the first physical property in parallel with a measurement operation by the resistance measurement unit, and performs second control causing the second measurement unit to execute a measurement operation of measuring the second physical property in parallel with the measurement operation by the resistance measurement unit and also causing the second measurement unit to start the driving of the detector in the second measurement unit before the start of the driving of the detector in the first measurement unit.

公开(公告)号：US20220373954A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17461969

申请日：2021-08-30

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kenta OGATA ,  Kouhei YUKAWA

IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract: A measurement device is provided with: a measurement unit including a first mode that measures an electrical resistance of a recording medium used in an image forming apparatus in a first predetermined range of electrical resistance values and a second mode that measures the electrical resistance in a second range of electrical resistance values different from the first range, the second range and the first range being set such that with respect to the electrical resistance of multiple brands of recording media, a number of brands belonging to the second range is greater than a number of brands belonging to the first range; and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to prioritize execution of the second mode over the first mode.

公开(公告)号：US20220373583A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17411049

申请日：2021-08-24

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kouhei YUKAWA ,  Kenta OGATA

IPC: G01R27/14

Abstract: A sheet electric resistance measuring instrument includes first and second housings that are paired with each other and that sandwich a sheet from both sides of the sheet, a pair of electrodes that are provided on the first housing and that measure an electric resistance of the sheet sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and the second housing, and a contact member that is disposed between the pair of electrodes on the first housing and that is brought into contact with the sheet.

公开(公告)号：US20220373326A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17412207

申请日：2021-08-25

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kenta OGATA ,  Kouhei YUKAWA

IPC: G01B17/02 ,  G01N29/07

Abstract: A measurement device includes: a first measurement unit, disposed at a first opposing position facing a portion of a sheet-like measurement target, that measures a first physical property of the measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate with an ultrasonic wave; a second measurement unit, disposed at a second opposing position facing another portion of the measurement target in a state in which the first measurement unit is facing the first portion, that pinches and restrains the other portion in a thickness direction and measures a second physical property other than the first physical property of the measurement target; and a disposed unit disposed between the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit in an intersecting direction with respect to the thickness direction of the measurement target.

公开(公告)号：US20230054980A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17553631

申请日：2021-12-16

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kenta OGATA

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/04

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a human presence sensor that detects a user who uses the image forming apparatus; a first covering provided in front of the human presence sensor; and a second covering provided in front of the first covering, the second covering being configured not to interfere with detection of a detection target by the human presence sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20250138618A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18640185

申请日：2024-04-19

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kazuhiko NARUSHIMA ,  Kenta OGATA ,  Masayoshi MIKI

IPC: G06F1/3231

Abstract: An information processing system includes a light sensor enabled to detect, on a per region basis, a presence of an object in a detection zone divided into multiple regions; and a processor configured to: set to be a first region each of the regions having an expected value lower than a predetermined threshold, the expected value calculated in accordance with a use count at which an information processing apparatus is used during a predetermined period of time from the detection of the object in the region in the detection zone; and if the object enters the first region with the information processing apparatus in a first power consumption mode, cause the information processing apparatus not to shift from the first power consumption mode to a second power consumption mode higher in power consumption than the first power consumption mode.

公开(公告)号：US20230303351A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18177770

申请日：2023-03-03

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Yoshiyuki KITAZAWA ,  Kenta OGATA ,  Kouhei YUKAWA ,  Masaru OKUTSU ,  Hiroaki FUJIKURA ,  Yohei ONOUE

IPC: B65H5/22 ,  H04N1/00 ,  B65H3/14

CPC classification number: B65H5/228 ,  H04N1/00687 ,  H04N1/00251 ,  H04N1/00034 ,  B65H3/14

Abstract: A feeding device includes: a supply unit that supplies air to a space between a plurality of loaded media to float the media; a feeding unit that feeds out the media floated by the supply unit; and a detection unit that detects whether or not a medium bundle is present among the plurality of media in a state of being floated by the supply unit.

公开(公告)号：US20230057219A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17542503

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kenta OGATA

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation unit that is decentered from a center line between a right part and a left part of the image forming apparatus rightwards or leftwards and that is disposed closer to a rear face or a front face of the image forming apparatus; a human sensor that detects a user intending to use the image forming apparatus; and a controller that performs control of operation of the image forming apparatus by using a detection result of the human sensor, the human sensor having a detection range set to detect the user, the user being detectable even when the user is present at least partially outside a width range of the image forming apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20220373582A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17409750

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kouhei YUKAWA ,  Kenta OGATA

IPC: G01R27/14

Abstract: A sheet electrical resistance measuring device includes: a housing having a gap for receiving a sheet therein; a sheet pulling member that is disposed in the housing and pulls the sheet inserted into the gap; a stopper that is disposed in the housing and causes the sheet pulling member to stop pulling the sheet; and a pair of electrodes that is disposed in the housing and measures electrical resistance of the sheet which is stopped and brought into contact with the pair of electrodes.

公开(公告)号：US20220371349A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17458579

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kenta OGATA ,  Kouhei YUKAWA

IPC: B41J29/393 ,  G03G15/00 ,  G01N29/34 ,  G01N29/12

Abstract: A measurement device includes a measurement unit that measures a physical property of a measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate through an application of an ultrasonic wave, the measurement unit including a first mode that measures the physical property using a first burst wave sensitive in a first predetermined range of physical property values and a second mode that measures the physical property using a second burst wave sensitive in a second range of physical property values different from the first range, and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to execute at least one of the first mode and the second mode.