Patents by Inventor Yoriko NODA

Yoriko NODA 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: 11556293
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a job entry unit, a link setter, an association setter, an additional item setter, and a controller. The job entry unit enters jobs. The link setter associates the jobs entered by the job entry unit. The association setter associates one or more items common to the associated jobs. The additional item setter adds an additional item to one of the jobs, the additional item being for entering correction item information for correcting item information of a predetermined item among the one or more items associated by the association setter. The controller performs the jobs based on (i) item information of the one or more items associated by the association setter and (ii) additional item information of the additional item added by the additional item setter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Publication number: 20210352182
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a job entry unit, a link setter, and an association setter. The job entry unit enters jobs. The link setter associates the jobs entered by the job entry unit. The association setter associates one or more items common to the associated jobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko NODA
  • Publication number: 20210349669
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a job entry unit, a link setter, an association setter, an additional item setter, and a controller. The job entry unit enters jobs. The link setter associates the jobs entered by the job entry unit. The association setter associates one or more items common to the associated jobs. The additional item setter adds an additional item to one of the jobs, the additional item being for entering correction item information for correcting item information of a predetermined item among the one or more items associated by the association setter. The controller performs the jobs based on (i) item information of the one or more items associated by the association setter and (ii) additional item information of the additional item added by the additional item setter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko NODA
  • Patent number: 10397421
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming device that performs additional printing, including: an image forming unit that prints an additional image on a transfer medium; a storage that stores information about an alignment image printed on the transfer medium; a reader unit that reads the alignment image printed on the transfer medium on an upstream side of the transfer direction of the transfer medium in the image forming unit; and a control unit that detects and distinguishes multiple alignment images upon reception of reading results from the reader unit. The control unit performs control of storing adjustment information for adjusting the position of the additional image to be formed, according to multiple alignment images, in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Patent number: 10048908
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a storage section configured to store a sheet profile in coordination with environment information of at least one of a temperature and a humidity around the apparatus, the sheet profile including an image formation condition in accordance with a sheet; an acquisition section configured to acquire the environment information; and a retrieval section configured to retrieve a sheet profile corresponding to current environment information acquired by the acquisition section from among the sheet profile stored in the storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Patent number: 10025249
    Abstract: An image forming device is provided. The image forming device includes: a conveyance unit that conveys a continuous paper, an image forming unit that forms an image on a continuous paper conveyed by the conveyance unit, a job selection unit that selects a job to be executed, and a processor that calculates an image forming distance and indicates the calculated image forming distance on a display. The image forming distance is a length in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper needed to execute the selected job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Publication number: 20180115656
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming device that performs additional printing, including: an image forming unit that prints an additional image on a transfer medium; a storage that stores information about an alignment image printed on the transfer medium; a reader unit that reads the alignment image printed on the transfer medium on an upstream side of the transfer direction of the transfer medium in the image forming unit; and a control unit that detects and distinguishes multiple alignment images upon reception of reading results from the reader unit. The control unit performs control of storing adjustment information for adjusting the position of the additional image to be formed, according to multiple alignment images, in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Publication number: 20170336744
    Abstract: An image forming device is provided. The image forming device includes: a conveyance unit that conveys a continuous paper, an image forming unit that forms an image on a continuous paper conveyed by the conveyance unit, a job selection unit that selects a job to be executed, and a processor that calculates an image forming distance and indicates the calculated image forming distance on a display. The image forming distance is a length in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper needed to execute the selected job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Publication number: 20170131955
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a storage section configured to store a sheet profile in coordination with environment information of at least one of a temperature and a humidity around the apparatus, the sheet profile including an image formation condition in accordance with a sheet; an acquisition section configured to acquire the environment information; and a retrieval section configured to retrieve a sheet profile corresponding to current environment information acquired by the acquisition section from among the sheet profile stored in the storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Patent number: 9188926
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system wherein an image forming apparatus and another apparatus respectively including operation/display units are connected with each other via a network, and a remote operation of the image forming apparatus is enabled via the operation/display unit of the other apparatus, including a control unit for managing a state of the image forming apparatus, wherein when an alarm event occurs in the image forming apparatus during the remote operation, the control unit changes a display content of the operation/display unit of the image forming apparatus on which the alarm event has occurred to a first display form, and changes a display content of the operation/display unit of the other apparatus to a second display form which is different from the first display form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Patent number: 8982372
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image processing section to process gradation characteristic of the image data based on a tone curve, an image forming section to form an image based on the image data processed by the image processing section; and a control section to control processing in the image processing section. The control section has a function to adjust characteristic of output density relative to input density of image data as the gradation characteristic as a tone curve via a setting screen, saves operational situations at the time of adjustment of the tone curve on the setting screen as a history, and, when the history is designated, reproduces a state at the time of the past adjustment for the tone curve on the setting screen by using the saved operational situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoriko Noda
  • Publication number: 20140199084
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system wherein an image forming apparatus and another apparatus respectively including operation/display units are connected with each other via a network, and a remote operation of the image forming apparatus is enabled via the operation/display unit of the other apparatus, including a control unit for managing a state of the image forming apparatus, wherein when an alarm event occurs in the image forming apparatus during the remote operation, the control unit changes a display content of the operation/display unit of the image forming apparatus on which the alarm event has occurred to a first display form, and changes a display content of the operation/display unit of the other apparatus to a second display form which is different from the first display form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoriko NODA
  • Publication number: 20130265610
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image processing section to process gradation characteristic of the image data based on a tone curve, an image forming section to form an image based on the image data processed by the image processing section; and a control section to control processing in the image processing section. The control section has a function to adjust characteristic of output density relative to input density of image data as the gradation characteristic as a tone curve via a setting screen, saves operational situations at the time of adjustment of the tone curve on the setting screen as a history, and, when the history is designated, reproduces a state at the time of the past adjustment for the tone curve on the setting screen by using the saved operational situations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Yoriko NODA