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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:
Jan. 27, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Madoka Wada, Osaka, JP;

Toshiyuki Matsumura, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/0464 (2023.01); G06N 3/09 (2023.01); G06N 3/044 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/0464 (2023.01); G06N 3/09 (2023.01); B65H 2511/524 (2013.01); B65H 2511/528 (2013.01); B65H 2515/82 (2013.01); B65H 2553/30 (2013.01); B65H 2557/63 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G06N 3/044 (2023.01);
Abstract

A paper jam indication estimation device estimates an indication that a paper jam will occur in a paper feed device, and includes: a sound collector that collects a friction sound produced between sheets of paper when the paper is fed into the paper feed device from a holder holding a plurality of sheets of the paper; an estimator that, based on an output result obtained by inputting information pertaining to the friction sound into a trained model that is a machine learning model which has been trained, estimates a presence or absence of an indication that a paper jam will occur in the paper feed device; and an outputter that, when the estimator estimates that the indication that a paper jam will occur is present, outputs, to the paper feed device, a signal that stops the paper from being fed into the paper feed device.


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