Patents by Inventor Eiichi Yoshida

Eiichi Yoshida 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).

  • Publication number: 20100141995
    Abstract: A document administration system includes a plurality of document storing apparatuses, and a server apparatus connected the plurality of document storing apparatuses via a network. Each of the plurality of document storing apparatuses includes a plurality of boxes for storing various information in a sorted manner, and a document storing portion for making the document storing apparatus store a document in one of the boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi TOMITA, Eiichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100134244
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to improve operability of an operation panel in case of using a function imposed a limitation on use in an image processing device. In order to achieve this, an image processing device 1 having an operation panel 4 on which a plurality of operation keys 13 is arranged comprising: a storage part; an authentication part; and a key operation enabling part. The storage part is for storing a key information 41 allocated to a predetermined operation key of a plurality of operation keys 13, and with which an user authentication information 41 for authenticating a user authorized to use a function corresponding to the predetermined operation key and an authentication activation information 43 in which conditions for user authentication to be executed when the predetermined operation key is operated are defined are associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 7727698
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method comprising developing a latent electrostatic image formed on the surface of a latent electrostatic image bearing body by a developer borne and conveyed by a developer bearing body which is brought into contact with a developer layer control member to control an amount of the developer on the surface of the developer bearing body through a nonmagnetic single-component development system, wherein an acid value (SAV) of the surface of the developer and a total acid value (TAV) of the developer meet the following requirements: 1<SAV/TAV?5 and 5?TAV?25, and a ratio of a mass average particle size (d50, ?m) of the developer to a surface roughness (Ra, ?m), d50/Ra being in a range of 0.5 to 3.0 and an average spacing (Sm) between protruding peaks of the developer bearing body being in a range of 20 to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Masahiko Nakamura, Masahiro Anno, Kaori Soeda, Tomoko Mine, Kenichi Onaka
  • Patent number: 7689824
    Abstract: A data management system includes an authentication server and a data management apparatus (or an MFP). The authentication server includes a storage part for storing affiliation information specifying at least one group that each user belongs to, an authentication part for transferring and receiving data to and from the data management apparatus to perform user authentication, and a group identification part for identifying one or more groups that an authenticated user belongs to based on the affiliation information to send information about the one or more groups to the data management apparatus. An access permission part of the data management apparatus permits an authenticated user belonging to a plurality of groups to access a data file to which any of the plurality of groups has been granted access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoji Imaizumi, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Masaaki Saka, Eiichi Yoshida, Hideki Hino
  • Publication number: 20100028798
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development, in which the image quality is fine, toner blister would not occur, and furthermore, the image quality which can fulfill customer's satisfaction can be obtained regardless of the temperature humidity environment in the image forming. The toner for electrostatic latent image development is made by agglomeration of resin particles and colorant particles in an aqueous medium. The acid value of the toner is less than 20 mgKOH/g, and the hydroxyl value of the toner is 7 to 57 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi YOSHIDA, Asao MATSUSHIMA, Ken OHMURA, Hiroshi YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 7625686
    Abstract: An image forming method in which toner having a an average circularity of 0.94-0.99, and an average equivalent circle diameter of 2.6-7.4 ?m of toner particles is utilized, an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrying member being developed, and the toner image is transferred on a transferring material followed by fixing, wherein non-transferred toner remaining on said image carrying member is collected for reuse for image formation, and non-transferred toner collected is utilized after having been passed through a toner intermediate chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Asao Matsushima, Eiichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090290193
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a communication interface accessing Web addresses; a memory for storing predetermined addresses; a first determination unit for determining whether the image forming apparatus is in a first state that access of the image forming apparatus is limited to the predetermined addresses or a second state that the image forming apparatus is permitted to access any addresses; a second determination unit for determining whether a designated address is included in the predetermined addresses, when the image forming apparatus is in the first state; and a permission unit for giving to the communication interface permission to access the designated address, when the designated address is included in the predetermined addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin OHBA, Eiichi Yoshida, Kenichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20090288596
    Abstract: A vehicle slide door temporary setting jig (10) includes a door position holding mechanism (80) for holding a slide door (70) in a desired angular position relative to a vehicle body (20). The door position holding mechanism has an end extension (81) of one link lever (52) of a linkage (50) projecting beyond an associated link pin (51), an arcuate guide member (83) pivoted to the free end of an attachment frame (30) and configured to define a path of movement of a tip end portion of the end extension as the link lever turns about the link pin, and a resilient member (86) acting between the free end of the attachment frame and the arcuate guide member and resiliently urging the arcuate guide member against the tip end portion of the end extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Shigekatsu Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7598013
    Abstract: A toner comprising: (i) toner particles, each toner particle comprising a binder resin and a colorant; and (ii) an oxymonocarboxylic acid or a salt thereof, wherein a total content of the oxymonocarboxylic acid or the salt thereof in the toner is 10 to 173 ppm based on the total weight of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Masahiko Nakamura, Kaori Soeda, Tomoko Mine, Kenichi Onaka
  • Publication number: 20090214971
    Abstract: An image-forming method includes a process in which a toner is supported and transported on the surface of a toner supporting member placed face to face to an electrostatic latent image-supporting member, and electrostatic latent images formed on the electrostatic latent image-supporting member is developed by the toner; and a process in which a two-component developer containing the toner and a carrier is supported on the surface of a developer-supporting member placed face to face to the toner supporting member and the toner is supplied onto the toner-supporting member. The developer includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant; a carrier charging the toner particles in friction-contact with the toner particles; and reverse polarity particles and homopolarity particles respectively charged to polarity reversed to and the same polarity as polarity of the toner particles charged in friction-contact with the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazue Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7556905
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner usable for downsized color image forming apparatus capable of rapid print preparation with neither an influence on production cost nor use of a specific material as the toner constituent material. Also disclosed is an electrostatic charge image developing toner possessing at least a resin and a colorant, wherein the electrostatic charge image developing toner contains 12-984 ppm of a polyvalent organic acid or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Masahiko Nakamura, Kaori Soeda, Tomoko Mine, Kenichi Onaka
  • Publication number: 20090045654
    Abstract: A door closure prevention tool (20) interposed between a vehicle body (10) and a door (11) when the door must be brought to a slightly open position, wherein the door closure prevention tool (20) allows locking to be released by a robot arm (75), and movement from a slightly open position to a completely open position to be performed by the robot arm. A vehicle body coating method using the tool is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7460806
    Abstract: A job execution system comprises a job execution apparatus, a mode storage portion which stores mode control information that indicates the relationship between a user and a job execution mode of a group to which the user belongs, and a mode identification portion which identifies the job execution mode of the group to which the user belongs in accordance with the user information entered by the user and the mode control information. Furthermore, the job execution apparatus is equipped with a job execution portion which executes the job and a controller which allows the job execution portion to execute the job directed by the user for execution in a job execution mode identified by the mode identification portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Saka, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shoji Imaizumi, Eiichi Yoshida, Hideki Hino
  • Publication number: 20080184235
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of image processing devices (MFPs) included in an image processing system which includes a storage as well. (1) When the user requests processing a job, (2) the job data is stored in the storage. (3) Each MFP confirms that there is an unprocessed job to be executed, and (4) judges whether the own device can process the job. (5) MFPs that have judged that the own device can process the job stores information of the own device into the storage, and (6) check information stored by other MFPs. (7) One of the MFPs judges that the own device is the most suitable MFP, (11) obtains the job data, and (12) processes the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sawada, Tomoko Maruyama, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Taisuke Akahori, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Eiichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080184236
    Abstract: An image processing system including: storage; image processing devices; and job divider dividing an unprocessed job into partial jobs and store them into storage. Each image processing device includes: a first judging part to judge whether partial job stored in the storage can be processed by own device; a transmitter to, if the judgment result is positive, transmit and store first information indicating condition for processing the partial job, to the storage; an obtaining part to obtain second information indicating condition with which another image processing device processes the partial job, from the storage; a second judging part to judge whether own device should process the partial job, in accordance with standard common to the image processing devices, referring to first and second information; and job processor to process the partial job if second judging part judges positively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Taisuke Akahori, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Eiichi Yoshida, Tomoko Maruyama, Kenichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 7378208
    Abstract: A toner for an electrophotography comprising a resin and a colorant is disclosed. The toner is formed by a process including a step of aggregating resin particles, and the toner comprises a volatile ketone compound in an amount of 4-60 ppm and carnauba wax in toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Asao Matsushima, Eiichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080110835
    Abstract: A method of decolorizing a colored effluent comprising (i) a colored substance; and (ii) a polyvalent carboxylic acid or a polyvalent aminocarboxylic acid, the method including the steps of: (a) controlling a hydrogen ion exponent (pH) of the colored effluent to be in a range in which two or more carboxylic acid groups in the polyvalent carboxylic acid or the polyvalent aminocarboxylic acid does not dissociate; (b) adding an inorganic metal salt to the colored effluent so as to allow the inorganic metal salt to react with the colored substance to form a precipitation in the colored effluent, and (c) eliminating the precipitation from the colored effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi YOSHIDA, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kaori SOEDA
  • Publication number: 20080008945
    Abstract: A toner is disclosed. The toner comprises a vinyl resin, a colorant, and a compound represented by a formula of Compound 1, Compound 2 ion or Compound 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi ONAKA, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kaori SOEDA, Tomoko MINE, Eiichi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20070297822
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method comprising developing a latent electrostatic image formed on the surface of a latent electrostatic image bearing body by a developer borne and conveyed by a developer bearing body which is brought into contact with a developer layer control member to control an amount of the developer on the surface of the developer bearing body through a nonmagnetic single-component development system, wherein an acid value (SAV) of the surface of the developer and a total acid value (TAV) of the developer meet the following requirements: 1<SAV/TAV?5 and 5?TAV?25, and a ratio of a mass average particle size (d50, ?m) of the developer to a surface roughness (Ra, ?m), d50/Ra being in a range of 0.5 to 3.0 and an average spacing (Sm) between protruding peaks of the developer bearing body being in a range of 20 to 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi YOSHIDA, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Masahiro ANNO, Kaori SOEDA, Tomoko MINE, Kenichi ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20070298338
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. In the method electrostatic latent image is developed by a non-magnetic single-component developing system, in which a non-magnetic single-component developer is conveyed by a developer carrying member, the developer carrying member is contacted with a developer layer regulation member for regulating an amount of the developer at the surface of the developer carrying member, and a binder resin of the developer comprises a vinyl polymer having an acid value of from about 5 to about 30 and a ratio of hydroxyl group value/acid values from about 0.3 to about 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAMURA, Masahiro ANNO, Kaori SOEDA, Tomoko MINE, Kenichi ONAKA, Eiichi YOSHIDA