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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2018
Applicants:

Mitsunobu Gohda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoaki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Kanagawa, JP;

Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;

Masayuki Sunaoshi, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsunobu Gohda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoaki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Kanagawa, JP;

Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;

Masayuki Sunaoshi, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04505 (2013.01); B41J 2/04503 (2013.01); B41J 2/04573 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2146 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 25/001 (2013.01); B41J 2025/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conveyance device includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object, a head unit to perform an operation on the conveyed object being conveyed at a first conveyance speed, a sensor to acquire data of the conveyed object, a gauge to output a measured travel amount of the conveyed object, and a processor. The processor includes a calculator to calculate a detection result including at least one of a position, a speed of travel, and a calculated travel amount of the conveyed object based on the data acquired by the sensor; and an adjusting unit to adjust a timing of acquisition of the data acquired while the conveyed object is conveyed at the first conveyance speed, based on the detection result and the measured travel amount of the conveyed object being conveyed at a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed.


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