公开(公告)号：US20230030358A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17858537

申请日：2022-07-06

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Tamotsu SHIMIZU ,  Yuji TOYOTA ,  Yasuhiro TAUCHI

IPC: G03G15/09 ,  G03G15/08 ,  G03G9/113

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing container storing a two-component developer containing a magnetic carrier and a toner, a developer carrying member carrying the developer on its outer circumferential surface, and a regulation member arranged to be opposed at a prescribed distance to the developer carrying member. The developer carrying member includes a developing sleeve on which a magnetic brush is formed, and a magnet secured in the developing sleeve and having a plurality of magnetic poles including a regulation pole opposed to the regulation member and a downstream-side magnetic pole arranged downstream of the regulation pole with respect to the rotation direction of the developing sleeve. The magnet is such that the vertical magnetic force gradient [mT/° ] has a local minimum value near a position at which the vertical magnetic force is 0 [mT] between the downstream-side surface of the regulation member and the downstream-side magnetic pole.

公开(公告)号：US11561497B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-24

申请号：US17693134

申请日：2022-03-11

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yosuke Saito ,  Ai Takagami ,  Nobuyuki Hayashi ,  Masaki Kadota

IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing, a cleaning blade, a toner conveyance path, a conveyance screw, a first flicker, and a second flicker. The conveyance screw includes a rotary shaft and a helical vane. The first flicker includes a first base portion and a plurality of first contact pieces. The second flicker includes a second base portion and a plurality of second contact pieces. An inclination angle θ1 has a value between an inclination angle θ2 and an inclination angle θ3.

公开(公告)号：US20230015370A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17862178

申请日：2022-07-11

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Shinichi Omoya

IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a motor, a container detection sensor, and a controller. When a toner container is attached, the motor generates a driving force for rotating a toner conveying member in the toner container. The container detection sensor is arranged at a position where the container detection sensor comes into contact with an outer periphery of a cam connected to the toner conveying member when the toner container is attached. The controller distinguishes between at least three attachment states of the toner container based on a sensor signal of the container detection sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11556294B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17571793

申请日：2022-01-10

Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Javier A. Morales

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06K1/00 ,  H04L67/104

Abstract: A peer-to-peer network of printing devices is configured to share printing device information, such as job queue status, configuration information, and resource information for automated load balancing, capability matching, failover, and print splitting operations. A digital front end (DFE) of a printing device establishes connections with the DFEs of other printing devices to manage output within the peer-to-peer network in an automated manner. When a print job is received at a DFE for a printing device, it is evaluated to determine how to best manage the output for the print job.

公开(公告)号：US20230010982A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17856818

申请日：2022-07-01

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Shinya Aono

IPC: B65H3/60 ,  F24H3/02 ,  F24H15/208 ,  F24H15/238

Abstract: A sheet feed apparatus includes a sheet feed cassette, an air blowing device, and an air blowing control portion. The air blowing device blows warm air to a sheet stack in the sheet feed cassette. The air blowing control portion controls the air blowing device to adjust an air volume and a temperature of the warm air. The air blowing control portion adjusts the air volume and the temperature of the warm air in accordance with the amount of sheets in the sheet feed cassette.

公开(公告)号：US20230010321A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17907937

申请日：2021-03-01

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Akifumi SETO

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes: a restriction processing portion (54) that, in a case where a difference between a separation distance between a pair of regulating portions (15) and a reference distance exceeds a threshold value, restricts execution of a reading process that reads image data of a document sheet place on a document sheet placing portion (11); a determination processing portion (52) that, in a case where an output process that outputs the image data read by the reading process is executed, determines whether or not the output process is a specific fax transmission process that establishes a communication connection for fax communication before execution of the reading process; and a prohibition processing portion (56) that, in a case where it is determined that the output process is the specific fax transmission process, prohibits restriction on the execution of the reading process.

公开(公告)号：US11550240B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17648092

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takashi Inoue

IPC: G03G15/08 ,  G03G15/10

Abstract: A developing device includes a storage portion storing a developer, a conveying portion stirring and conveying the developer in the storage portion, a sensor, an acquisition processing portion, and a correction processing portion. The sensor outputs an electrical signal in accordance with magnetic permeability at a predetermined detection position in a conveyance path of the developer. The acquisition processing portion acquires a specific value based on the electrical signal outputted during a rotation period of the conveying portion. The correction processing portion corrects the specific value based on a rotation speed of the conveying portion when a fluctuation width of the electrical signal outputted during the rotation period of the conveying portion is less than a predetermined threshold, and corrects the specific value based on the rotation speed of the conveying portion and the fluctuation width when the fluctuation width is equal to or greater than the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20230007133A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17850533

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Dennis ARRIOLA ,  Rowel ORBANEJA

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G06F3/12

Abstract: A schedule coordination system includes a multifunction peripheral and an information processing apparatus. The multifunction peripheral includes a first communication I/F, a storage device in which schedule information indicating a task and a date and time of execution is stored, and a first control device that acts as a task scheduler that decides whether a current date and time has reached a predetermined date and time of startup, on a basis of the schedule information, and performs, upon deciding that the current date and time has reached the date and time of startup, a predetermined process necessary for executing the task indicated by the schedule information, and a controller that executes the task. The information processing apparatus includes a second communication I/F and a second control device that acts as an executor that executes an operation according to a command transmitted from the task scheduler.

公开(公告)号：US11544026B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US17476938

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Javier A. Morales

IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device having a digital front end (DFE) and at least one client device that sends print jobs to the printing device. A print job may include different components needed to completely print a document, such as a cover and block of pages for a book. The DFE identifies the different components within the print job and provides tight integration to coordinate the printing of the different components. Rules are used to identify the different components. Once identified, the DFE can route the components accordingly to different output bins or different printing devices as well as provide separate print instructions for the components. Rules also are used to define job batching within the printing devices.

公开(公告)号：US11544023B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US17551657

申请日：2021-12-15

Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.

Inventor： Jin Liang ,  Tai Yu Chen ,  Michael Ong Martin

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G03G21/02 ,  G06F21/60 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. If the private server is off-line, then the printing device prints the document and a cost reimbursement request is submitted to account for the printed document.