Patents Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240089391
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller that determines, based on physical property information corresponding to physical property of a recording sheet and read information on an image evaluated as abnormal through reading of an image on the recording sheet by a reading section on a recording sheet conveyance path, a process condition under which an image forming section performs image forming on the recording sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji IZUMIYA, Tatsuo ISHIZUKA, Hiroshi OYAMA, Takumi SHIRAKUMA
  • Patent number: 11925506
    Abstract: An ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic image acquisitor that acquires an ultrasonic image generated on the basis of a reception signal obtained by an ultrasonic probe that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a subject; an identification result acquisitor that acquires, by inputting the ultrasonic image acquired to any of a plurality of identifiers that identifies an identification target object captured in an input ultrasonic image, an identification result output from the identifier; and a hardware processor that changes the identifier to which the ultrasonic image acquired is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shikou Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11926155
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes an inkjet discharge head including a nozzle through which ink is discharged, a pressure chamber that communicates to the nozzle, and a pressure generator that generates a pressure change in ink in the pressure chamber according to application of a drive signal to cause ink to be discharged from the nozzle; a driver that is disposed outside the ink discharge head and that is provided with a drive circuit that outputs the drive signal; and a wire that electrically connects the driver with the ink discharge head and through which the drive signal output from the drive circuit and applied to the pressure generator. The driver includes a resistance element provided in a transmission path of the drive signal between the drive circuit and the wire. A magnitude of a resistance value of the resistance element corresponds to a length of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Rieko Seike, Takakazu Kuki
  • Patent number: 11930138
    Abstract: A management apparatus that manages a plurality of image forming apparatuses, the management apparatus includes: a storage that stores histories of user operations on the image forming apparatuses for the plurality of image forming apparatuses, respectively; and a hardware processor that determines an image forming apparatus recommended to be operated from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on the histories of the user operations of the image forming apparatuses and outputs a notification indicating the determined recommended image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Izuru Nomura
  • Publication number: 20240075735
    Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a plurality of nozzles and forms an image on a medium with ink ejected from each of the nozzles, and includes: a detector that detects an ejection failure nozzle of the ink from the plurality of nozzles; a test image former that forms on the medium a test image to which an ejection amount of ink from a neighboring nozzle adjacent to the ejection failure nozzle is added as an extra and supplemented; and a job image former that forms on the medium a job image obtained by performing correction of adding as the extra on the ejection amount of the ink from the neighboring nozzle based on the test image formed on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20240077732
    Abstract: An eyewear display device includes: a display that displays one or more display areas in front of eyes of a user wearing the eyewear display device; a line-of-sight recognizer that recognizes a line of sight of the user; and a hardware processor that identifies one of the display areas to which the user is turning the eyes, based on a movement of the line of sight recognized by the line-of-sight recognizer, and changes a position of the identified display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20240078655
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a sensor panel that includes a scintillator that emits light by receiving radiation, and a plurality of radiation detection elements that detect the emitted light; a housing that stores the sensor panel; and a first detector that detects infiltration of a liquid into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Junichiro OTAKI, Tomonori KOMASAKA, Kiichi TAKAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240078060
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that generates an image based on print data of a print job and print image data for forming an image quality adjustment patch at a predetermined cycle and executes replacement processing for replacing a predetermined image with the image quality adjustment patch based on an image quality state of an output product or a state of an image former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Eigo TOMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20240077854
    Abstract: A manufacturing condition optimization apparatus includes a yield estimator for estimating a yield of a product having a quality that passes inspection by inspection equipment when a manufacturing condition of the product that is manufactured by manufacturing equipment is changed and an optimization processor for calculating an amount of change in the manufacturing condition at which the yield is maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi KADENA, Ryuji KAMATA, Isamu HISAMITSU
  • Patent number: 11919308
    Abstract: In order to provide an inkjet head using an adhesive containing an epoxy resin as a main agent and an imidazole-based curing agent as a curing agent, capable of securing a time for joining work before curing, and having excellent long-term reliability, and a production method for the inkjet head, constituent members are bonded to each other by an adhesive containing at least an epoxy resin as a main agent, a microencapsulated imidazole-based curing agent as a curing agent, and an alcohol that dissolves the microcapsules at a low temperature, and preferably, a residue of the microcapsules dissolved by the alcohol is dispersed in the cured epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Akihisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 11924196
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a memory in which identification information associated with a user is stored, a controller that carries out authentication of the user, and a communication interface that transmits a signal including the identification information. When user authentication is successful, the controller sets the communication terminal to a first state in which the signal is transmitted to an external apparatus, and when user authentication is not successful, the controller sets the communication terminal to a second state in which the signal is not transmitted to the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akemi Morita, Yutaka Yasunaga, Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11920019
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a resin or a resin precursor, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound. The nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound has a structure represented by the following general formula (1), the following general formula (6) or the following general formula (7): In the general formula (1), A1 and A2 each represent a 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring together with a nitrogen atom, and the 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally forms a fused ring; and L represents a single bond, or a linking group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or an alkyl group. The resin composition includes the nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound in a range from 0.10 to 30% by mass relative to the resin or the resin precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomomi Sugai, Shinya Otsu, Hiroshi Nishimura, Kunio Tani
  • Patent number: 11922612
    Abstract: An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11919697
    Abstract: An air cushioning material includes: a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other; a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other; a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Yuichi Ando, Masato Shimokawara, Hiroaki Takada, Tsuyoshi Tamaru, Masato Shinomura
  • Publication number: 20240070919
    Abstract: A color conversion system includes: an image reader that reads a test sheet on which a plurality of patches is formed and outputs a read image; and a hardware processor that analyzes a region of interest for each of the patches of the read image according to an operation mode for a color conversion table in which a read pixel value and a pixel value in a color space are associated with each other for each of the patches of the read image, and performs image noise removal processing, and performs color conversion of converting the read pixel value corresponding to the region of interest of the patch into a pixel value in the color space using the color conversion table in a case where the operation mode is a use mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kazuomi SAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20240069827
    Abstract: A management device for managing machine troubles includes a controller that: generates display information in which production timeline information of one or a plurality of jobs and information on errors of the one or a plurality of jobs are associated with each other; and outputs the display information. The production timeline information includes one or a plurality of pieces of production timeline information of the one or a plurality of jobs. The information on errors includes one or a plurality of pieces of error-related information each associated with a corresponding one of the one or a plurality of pieces of production timeline information. In the display information, the one or a plurality of pieces of production timeline information are arranged along one of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis and the one or a plurality of pieces of error-related information are arranged along the other axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shinya SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240071580
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that sets first checking authority and second checking authority. The first checking authority is authority to check an interpretation report created by a first user who has interpreted a medical image of a subject. The second checking authority is authority to check the interpretation report and is different from the first checking authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi TERAO
  • Patent number: 11911221
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including a hardware processor that: calculates a plurality of eigenvectors by performing principal component analysis on a time-series reflection wave data group; calculates a principal frequency component of a time direction represented by the plurality of eigenvectors; determines a reduction rate of each of the plurality of eigenvectors on a basis of the principal frequency component of each of the plurality of eigenvectors and a clutter component reduction condition that defines a reference frequency for reduction of a clutter component; calculates a filter coefficient for reduction of the clutter component on a basis of the plurality of eigenvectors, and the reduction rate corresponding to each of the plurality of eigenvectors; and generates blood flow image data by applying the filter coefficient to the time-series reflection wave data group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11915418
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including a hardware processor. The hardware processor: obtains a static image and a dynamic image of a same subject by radiographic imaging; detects, on the static image, a first analysis target area; detects, on the dynamic image, a second analysis target area corresponding to the first analysis target area; analyzes the second analysis target area of the dynamic image to generate a functional information representative from change caused by biological motion; deforms and positions the second analysis target area so that the second analysis target area corresponds to the first analysis target area; overlays the functional information representative of the deformed and positioned second analysis target area on the static image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Noritsugu Matsutani
  • Patent number: 11914119
    Abstract: An ultraviolet optical system includes an objective lens group that captures ultraviolet light for each angle from an ultraviolet light source and forms an intermediate image, and an imaging lens group that re-images the intermediate image. Neither the objective lens group nor the imaging lens group has a cemented surface, and all lenses included in the objective lens group and in the imaging lens group are single lenses that transmit ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 300 nm or shorter. A light distribution measuring apparatus includes the ultraviolet optical system and a sensor, and outputs light distribution of the ultraviolet light source by using a signal obtained by the sensor. The ultraviolet optical system is positioned such that the intermediate image is re-imaged on a light receiving sensor surface, and the sensor has light receiving sensitivity to ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 300 nm or shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Takashi Kawasaki