Patents Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc.
  • Image forming device
    Patent number: 11880153
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a sheet feeder that feeds a sheet; a controller that: discriminates a sheet type of the sheet, and receives a user input to specify a sheet type; and an image forming device that has two setting modes including an automatic discrimination mode in which an image is formed based on the discriminated sheet type and a user specified mode in which an image is formed based on the sheet type specified by the user input. The controller automatically switches one of the two setting modes to the other based on a defined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kamiya, Toshikazu Higashi, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Shigetaka Kato, Katsuhide Sakai
  • Information processing apparatus, productivity management method, and program
    Patent number: 11880614
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages productivity by processing information obtained from one or more image forming apparatuses, and includes: a hardware processor that: acquires operation history information from the image forming apparatus; analyzes the operation history information and determines an improvement measure for improving the productivity based on an analysis result; and outputs the improvement measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuren Nogawa
  • DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, DEVICE TO BE MANAGED, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20240022673
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a device to be managed, a relay device, and a management device that receives data generated by the device to be managed via the relay device, wherein the management device includes a hardware processor that: registers the relay device and the device to be managed; prepares a first port and a second port; controls the relay device to cause the device to be managed to set the second port; and, processes the data, the relay device includes a hardware processor that: transmits the data to the first port; and causes the management device to set the second port, and the device to be managed includes a hardware processor that: registers the relay device as a first destination; registers the second port as a second destination; generates data; transmits the data to the first destination; and transmits the data to the second destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA INC.
    Inventor: Akihiro NAGATA
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20240020596
    Abstract: A customer service management apparatus that manages a customer service method for a customer staying in a predetermined region, includes: a receiver that receives an image generated by image-capturing with a plurality of customers as subjects; a customer service determiner that determines whether or not customer service is necessary for each of the customers on the basis of the received image; and a hardware processor that determines, when it is determined that customer service is necessary for a plurality of customers, an order of customer service for the plurality of customers for which customer service is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yasufumi NAITOU
  • METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SERVER FOR USER AUTHENTICATION BY COMPUTER
    Publication number: 20240022566
    Abstract: A method executed by a hardware processor of a computer to manage use of a service at a terminal device, includes: receiving, from the terminal device via a communication network, identification information and authentication information that are input by a user to the terminal device to log in to the service; and in a case that a login to the service is not permitted based on the identification information and the authentication information, permitting a temporary login in which a restriction is placed on some functions of the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hikaru Muto
  • IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240017957
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; a post-processing device that executes post-processing to the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming apparatus; a physical property detector that detects physical property information of the recording medium; and a hardware processor that determines a restriction content of the post-processing based on registered post-processing restriction information depending on the physical property information having been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Doi
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240020067
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms a print image; a first hardware processor that detects a defect of an image formed on a print medium by the image former; a display capable of prompting a user to perform maintenance; a communication I/F part capable of notifying an administrator or a person in charge of maintenance of an instruction of maintenance via a communication line; a second hardware processor capable of giving an instruction to the display and the communication I/F part; and a third hardware processor capable of instructing the second hardware processor on a defect notification destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Uga
  • Image forming device and fogging margin determination method
    Patent number: 11874611
    Abstract: An image forming device including an image carrier, a charge device, a developer device, power supply circuitry that applies a charge bias and a developer bias to the charge device and the developer device, respectively, a detector, and a hardware processor that operates as: a control unit that changes a fogging margin, which is a difference between charge bias and developer bias, and controls the power supply circuitry to set the charge bias and developer bias accordingly; a calculation unit that calculates amounts of change between detected values; and a determination unit that obtains differences between amounts of change, determines whether each difference is less than a defined value, and determines a position of a boundary between a first range greater than or equal to the defined value and a second range less than the defined value as a fogging margin to be used in forming a print image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Futoshi Okazaki
  • Image forming apparatus, method, and program
    Patent number: 11875075
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoko Shiraki
  • Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11874621
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus that includes a transfer device that transfers a toner image onto a sheet and a fixing device that fixes the toner image; a sheet heating device that heats the sheet on an upstream of the fixing device in a sheet conveyance direction; a first detector that detects a temperature inside the image forming apparatus; a second detector that detects a temperature of the sheet before the sheet heating device heats the sheet; and a controller that causes the sheet heating device to heat the sheet based on a detection result by the second detector and a sheet passing condition of the sheet, and corrects at least one of a transfer current and a transfer voltage in the transfer device based on a detection result by the first detector in a case where the sheet heating device heats the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Kawanago
  • SPOOL, LONG MEMBER, CONVEYING DEVICE, AND CLEANING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240010001
    Abstract: A spool that is rotatably journaled and has a long member wound around the spool, includes: a marker with which a side face of the spool is provided, the side face being orthogonal to a rotation axis of the spool, wherein the marker includes an information-detection bit marker indicating information regarding the long member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Ryoichiro KANNO
  • ACOUSTIC LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240013766
    Abstract: An acoustic lens of an ultrasound probe includes: a concave lens portion and a convex lens portion that are joined to each other. A propagation speed of an ultrasonic wave in the convex lens portion is slower than a propagation speed of an ultrasonic wave in the concave lens portion. An acoustic impedance of a lens portion on a side of a subject of the concave lens portion and the convex lens portion is within a range of 1.3 to 1.8 MRayl. A material of the concave lens portion is a thermoplastic resin, and a material of the convex lens portion is a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hajime MORI, Kiyokazu MORITA
  • IMAGE INSPECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240012595
    Abstract: An image inspection device that inspects a read image of a recording medium on which an image is formed based on a job, the image inspection device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes a continuity inspection of an identifier in an inspection region in the read image. The hardware processor executes the continuity inspection across a plurality of jobs to be inspected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11866292
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms an image on a sheet of paper, a detector that detects a physical property of a sheet of paper, a receiver that receives paper identification information used in identification of a sheet of paper designated by a user, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor performs: first judgement of judging whether or not there is a correspondence between the paper identification information received by the receiver and a detection result by the detector, second judgement of judging whether or not there is a correspondence between a detection result by the detector of a first sheet of paper conveyed and a detection result by the detector of a second sheet of paper conveyed; and operation control of the image former based on a first judgement result in the first judgement and a second judgement result in the second judgement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Hitoshi Asano, Yumiko Izumiya, Hirotada Seki, Akimasa Ishikawa
  • Information processing apparatus, medical information management system, and information processing method
    Patent number: 11869653
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that sends and receives data to and from an image storage apparatus that manages a medical file for each examination includes a first hardware processor. The first hardware processor generates image data from character information included in a non-image file related to examination, attaches examination information related to the non-image file to the generated image data, and creates a file converted to image. The first hardware processor further sends the created file converted to image to the image storage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Seiji Nomura
  • Nozzle plate nozzle plate manufacturing method and inkjet head
    Patent number: 11865839
    Abstract: A nozzle plate includes, on a substrate: at least a base layer; an intermediate layer; and a liquid repellent layer. The base layer contains a silane coupling agent A having reactive functional groups at both terminals and including a hydrocarbon chain and a benzene ring at an intermediate part. The intermediate layer contains an inorganic oxide. The liquid repellent layer contains a fluorine (F)-containing coupling agent B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Akihisa Yamada
  • Image forming system and storage medium
    Patent number: 11868069
    Abstract: An image forming system includes the following. An image former forms an image on a recording medium. A laminator performs lamination in which a film is laminated on a surface of the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image former. A hardware processor obtains information regarding image forming by the image former and that determines a condition of the lamination by the laminator based on the obtained information regarding the image forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yuki Yamauchi
  • Image forming method and image forming system
    Patent number: 11868085
    Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image on a base material by using powder includes: attaching a protective material to a surface of the base material on which the image is to be formed; forming an attachment layer on at least one of the base material and the protective material attached to the base material; attaching the powder to the attachment layer after attaching the protective material; and removing excess powder attached to the protective material from the protective material without attaching to the attachment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yuya Sato
  • ANALYSIS APPARATUS, INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND LEARNING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240005473
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: acquires image information items of a plurality of images regarding a target that are captured while the target is irradiated with light, extracts, based on the image information items, an image in which an irradiation region where the target is irradiated with the light and an inspection target region of the target have a predetermined relationship, from among the images, and analyzes a state of the inspection target region based on each of the image information items of the extracted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Takehiko Sashida
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240007573
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, including: a detector that detects a physical property of the recording medium and obtains a detection value; and a hardware processor that controls an operation of the image forming apparatus based on: the detection value detected by the detector, and at least one of: first information that relates to the recording medium and does not include the detection value or a physical property value calculated based on the detection value, and second information that does not relate to the recording medium and is acquired from outside of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsujimoto, Akinori Kimata