公开(公告)号：US20240174006A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18515629

申请日：2023-11-21

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Satoru NAKAMURA

IPC: B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41J11/007 ,  B41J11/0085

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a transport device, and a suction device. The transport device includes an endless belt that transports a sheet along a first direction, and a transport plate. The suction device adsorbs the sheet to the endless belt. The endless belt includes a plurality of air intake holes, penetrating in a second direction, intersecting the first direction and corresponding to an ink ejecting direction from the recording head toward the sheet. The transport plate includes a plurality of suction holes penetrating in the second direction, and a plurality of divided transport plates aligned in the first direction. The suction device includes a plurality of suction chambers divided along the first direction. A joint between the divided transport plates adjacent to each other, and a joint between the suction chambers adjacent to each other, are positionally shifted from each other in the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US20240167304A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18282047

申请日：2022-02-16

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Geki SON

IPC: E05C3/14 ,  E05C3/00 ,  G03G21/16

CPC classification number: E05C3/14 ,  E05C3/008 ,  G03G21/1633

Abstract: A cover member includes: a fittable recess that opens to one side of the cover member in a direction orthogonal to an axis of a shaft member, receives a torsion coil spring from the one side, and fits on an outer periphery of the torsion coil spring; and an anchoring counter element to which one end of the torsion coil spring is anchored. The torsion coil spring is engaged with a hook member while being fitted in the fittable recess, thus biasing the hook member toward movement about the axis of the shaft member to a locking position and supporting both ends of the shaft member rotatably around an internal surface of the coil to function as a bearing member.

公开(公告)号：US11989916B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17498269

申请日：2021-10-11

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： Kilho Shin ,  Dongpei Su

IPC: G06T7/90 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T11/00

CPC classification number: G06T7/90 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T11/001 ,  G06T2207/20076 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/20084

Abstract: Embodiments provide an automated approach for generating unbiased synthesized image-label pairs for colorization training of retro photographs. Modern grayscale images with corresponding color images are translated to images with the characteristics of retro photographs, thereby producing training data that pairs images with the characteristics of retro paragraphs with corresponding color images. This training data can then be employed to train a deep learning model to colorize retro photographs more effectively.

公开(公告)号：US20240161456A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18503089

申请日：2023-11-06

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Naoki Takeuchi ,  Yasuhide Sato ,  Rommel Custodio ,  Akira Yuki ,  Daijiro Kitamoto

IPC: G06V10/74 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T5/40 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06V10/60 ,  G06V10/75

CPC classification number: G06V10/761 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/002 ,  G06T5/40 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06V10/60 ,  G06V10/751 ,  G06T2207/20224

Abstract: An image comparison apparatus includes an image comparison portion. The image comparison portion generates a shadow target image which is an image of a portion of a shadow in a target image. The image comparison portion generates a shadow reference image corresponding to the shadow target image in a reference image. The image comparison portion matches a tone of the two shadow images. The image comparison portion generates a non-shadow target image in the target image and a non-shadow reference image in the reference image. The image comparison portion matches a tone of the two non-shadow images. The image comparison portion generates the target image from which the shadow has been removed by synthesizing the shadow target image and the non-shadow target image. The image comparison portion compares the reference image and the target image from which the shadow has been removed.

公开(公告)号：US20240158198A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18387189

申请日：2023-11-06

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Keisuke EGAWA

IPC: B65H31/26 ,  B65H29/22 ,  B65H29/24

CPC classification number: B65H31/26 ,  B65H29/22 ,  B65H29/245 ,  B65H2403/94 ,  B65H2801/24

Abstract: A postprocessing device includes a processing tray, a sheet processor, an air blower, an inlet roller pair, and a drive controller. The air blower forms an air layer between an upper face of a first recording sheet already placed on a loading surface of the processing tray, and a lower face of a second recording sheet to be newly placed on the processing tray, by sending air along a transport direction of the recording sheet, from an upstream side in the transport direction toward the loading surface. The drive controller performs an air sending operation, by causing the air blower to send air along the transport direction, before a second recording sheet contacts the upper face of the first recording sheet, and stop sending air before a trailing edge of the second recording sheet in the transport direction passes a nip region defined by the inlet roller pair.

公开(公告)号：US11981526B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17869566

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi Yoshida

IPC: B65H3/06

CPC classification number: B65H3/0684 ,  B65H2402/31

Abstract: A rotating body unit includes a rotating body and a frame body. The frame body includes a pair of bearing portions. A mounting portion includes a pair of opposing walls facing each other in a width direction, a mounting space formed between the opposing walls, a pair of bearing support members, and a pair of biasing members. The bearing support members are supported by the opposing walls to be movable in the width direction. The biasing members bias the bearing support members inward in the width direction. When the rotating body unit is inserted into the mounting space, the bearing portions abut on a pair of guide surfaces of the bearing support members and move the bearing support members from support positions to retraction positions, and the bearing support members move from the retraction positions to the support positions to support the bearing portions.

公开(公告)号：US20240152305A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US17982432

申请日：2022-11-07

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Taku MATSUO

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1282 ,  G06F3/1203 ,  G06F3/1261 ,  G06F3/1285

Abstract: Provided is a peer-to-peer industrial printing system that performs distributed processing in variable printing for production printing. The industrial printing system includes a plurality of print servers and performs variable printing for production printing. Each of the plurality of print servers has a variable attribute generation unit, a variable distribution unit, and a processing management unit. The variable attribute generation unit generates variable attribute information including record information, which is information about each record of variable data for the variable printing. The variable distribution unit distributes each record of the variable data to one of the plurality of print servers based on the variable attribute information generated by the variable attribute generation unit. The processing management unit transmits the job ticket including the record distributed by the variable distribution unit to the other print server that is distributed to request processing.

公开(公告)号：US20240149596A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18495713

申请日：2023-10-26

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Nam Van MAI

IPC: B41J15/04 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: B41J15/044 ,  H04N1/00037 ,  H04N1/00538 ,  H04N1/00557 ,  H04N1/00559

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette, a cassette attachment part, and a sensor. The sensor is switched in a cassette detection state and a cassette non-detection state. The sheet feeding cassette includes a detected piece, a pressure piece, and a lock receiving part. The detected piece switches the sensor to the cassette detection state and to the cassette non-detection state. The presser piece is provided integrally with the detected piece. The lock receiving part supports the presser piece movably. The cassette attachment part includes a locking member. When the sheet feeding cassette is attached to the attachment part, the detected piece switches the sensor from the cassette non-detection state to the detection state to enable a sheet feeding operation from the sheet feeding cassette, and the pressure piece interferes with the locking member to cause the locking member to be engaged with the lock receiving part.

公开(公告)号：US20240149586A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18550103

申请日：2022-03-09

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Satoru NAKAMURA

IPC: B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41J2/16585 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B41J2002/16591

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a line head including at least one recording head, an endless conveyance belt having a plurality of openings and carrying and conveying a recording medium, a driving roller, one or more stretching rollers, and a control portion. The driving roller contacts an inner circumferential surface of the conveyance belt and drives to rotate the conveyance belt. The conveyance belt has opening groups each composed of a plurality of the openings and formed in plural locations at prescribed spacings in the conveyance direction. In a state where any one of the opening groups is in contact with the driving roller, at least one of others of the opening groups is positioned immediately below the line head.

公开(公告)号：US20240142897A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18497980

申请日：2023-10-30

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAKAWA

IPC: G03G15/09 ,  G03G9/08 ,  G03G9/107

CPC classification number: G03G15/0921 ,  G03G9/0815 ,  G03G9/1087

Abstract: A development device includes an accommodation section that accommodates a developer and a developer bearing member that carries the developer in the accommodation section. The developer bearing member includes a magnetic member and a sleeve provided around the magnetic member rotatably around the magnetic member. The sleeve includes a metal substrate with a surface having projections and recesses and a plating layer covering the surface of the metal substrate. The plating layer contains chromium and cobalt. The developer contains a toner and the toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and external additive particles attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The toner mother particles contain a binder resin and a magnetic powder. The external additive particles include alumina particles with surfaces that are hydrophobized.