Patents by Inventor Chie ICHIKAWA

Chie ICHIKAWA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10346099
    Abstract: A UI program is recorded on a non-transitory computer readable medium for operating a computer as a print control apparatus in cooperation with a driver core module. The UI program causes the computer to execute: a first display control step of running a display program and displaying first setting items EC? (EC1 to EC5 and EC41), and a second display control step of running a default program and displaying a second setting item EC? (EC42) which cannot be displayed by the display program. In the second display control step, the second setting item EC? (EC42) is displayed in a position adjacent to one of the first setting items EC? (EC41) having the same group information as the second setting item EC? (EC42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Chie Ichikawa, Yoshiyuki Harada
  • Patent number: 9965231
    Abstract: A printer driver operating in an information processing device transmitting print job data to printing devices causes the information processing device to function as: a configuration processing unit configured to hold configuration information about the printer driver, and generate configuration data; a user interface unit configured to generate a print setting screen, and cause a display unit to display the print setting screen; and a drawing unit configured to perform a drawing process on print job data generated in the information processing device, wherein the drawing unit includes specific drawing units prepared for respective model groups classifying the printing devices in accordance with attributes of models of the printing devices, the specific drawing units being configured to perform a model-group-specific drawing process, and selects an appropriate specific drawing unit from among the plurality of specific drawing units, to perform a drawing process with the selected specific drawing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Xingyue Li, Yoshiyuki Harada, Chie Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20170024170
    Abstract: A printer driver operating in an information processing device transmitting print job data to printing devices causes the information processing device to function as: a configuration processing unit configured to hold configuration information about the printer driver, and generate configuration data; a user interface unit configured to generate a print setting screen, and cause a display unit to display the print setting screen; and a drawing unit configured to perform a drawing process on print job data generated in the information processing device, wherein the drawing unit includes specific drawing units prepared for respective model groups classifying the printing devices in accordance with attributes of models of the printing devices, the specific drawing units being configured to perform a model-group-specific drawing process, and selects an appropriate specific drawing unit from among the plurality of specific drawing units, to perform a drawing process with the selected specific drawing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Xingyue LI, Yoshiyuki HARADA, Chie ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160246551
    Abstract: Disclosed is a server including: a restriction information registering unit configured to fetch restriction information relating to a setting of a print condition for each user and to register the restriction information in the printer driver data area; and a distribution unit configured to download the printer driver program and the restriction information to a client terminal, wherein in case that the printer driver program is executed by the client terminal, the printer driver program causes the client terminal to have a print condition setting function for obtaining the restriction information for the user who currently uses the client terminal from the printer driver data area of the client terminal, preparing a print setting window in which the print condition is restricted in accordance with the obtained restriction information and displaying the print setting window on a display unit of the client terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Chie Ichikawa, Yoshiyuki Harada
  • Publication number: 20160085484
    Abstract: A UI program is recorded on a non-transitory computer readable medium for operating a computer as a print control apparatus in cooperation with a driver core module. The UI program causes the computer to execute: a first display control step of running a display program and displaying first setting items EC? (EC1 to EC5 and EC41), and a second display control step of running a default program and displaying a second setting item EC? (EC42) which cannot be displayed by the display program. In the second display control step, the second setting item EC? (EC42) is displayed in a position adjacent to one of the first setting items EC? (EC41) having the same group information as the second setting item EC? (EC42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Inc.
    Inventors: Chie ICHIKAWA, Yoshiyuki HARADA
  • Patent number: 8804172
    Abstract: The printer driver updating program according to the invention causes a computer to execute a process comprising steps of confirming printer drivers for various different operating systems existing in the computer, acquiring versions of the printer drivers whose existences are confirmed, selecting an appropriate updating method corresponding to the acquired versions, and updating the printer driver according to the selected updating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chie Ichikawa, Nobuyuki Kimura, Junya Murashita
  • Publication number: 20120044534
    Abstract: The printer driver updating program according to the invention causes a computer to execute a process comprising steps of confirming printer drivers for various different operating systems existing in the computer, acquiring versions of the printer drivers whose existences are confirmed, selecting an appropriate updating method corresponding to the acquired versions, and updating the printer driver according to the selected updating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chie ICHIKAWA, Nobuyuki Kimura, Junya Murashita