Patents Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240105305
    Abstract: A radiation dose management system including a hardware processor that: automatically acquires, from a storage, predetermined information related to an examination of nuclear medicine, and automatically associates the predetermined information with information on a diagnostic reference level corresponding to the examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuki Tomiyama
  • Patent number: 11940750
    Abstract: Paper physical property detecting device includes a first detector that measures a sheet of paper (hereinafter, merely referred to as a paper) made to stop temporarily on a conveyance path and acquires a first value corresponding to a first physical property, a second detector that measures a paper while conveying the paper on the conveyance path and acquires a second value corresponding to a second physical property with regard to a physical property different from the first physical property; and a corrector that corrects the first value on a basis of the second value and creates post correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Asano, Yumiko Izumiya, Yasuhiro Koide
  • Patent number: 11941305
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 11943395
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a transfer medium; and a controller that controls multiple image readers capable of performing image reading for the same surface of the transfer medium, and acquires reading results from the image readers. The controller is capable of performing failure/no-failure determination for the image on the transfer medium based on the reading results, of switching image reading by the multiple image readers between reading by a first number of image readers and reading by a second number of image readers, the second number being smaller than the first number, and of enabling, while the second number of image readers perform reading, at least one of the other image readers to execute a maintenance operation for the at least one of the other image readers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Iwase
  • Patent number: 11937966
    Abstract: A radiation imaging control apparatus includes a hardware processor and an operator. The hardware processor obtains an examination order and one or a plurality of radiation irradiating parameters corresponding to each examination order. The examination order to be executed is selected using the operator. When the examination order is selected on the operator, the hardware processor determines a selecting condition according to a priority setting from a plurality of selecting conditions, and selects a radiation irradiating parameter for the examination order from one or a plurality of radiation irradiating parameters according to the determined selecting condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Fukazu, Naoki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240098193
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores a plurality of instructions; and a processor that executes the plurality of instructions. The plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform: providing a setting screen for setting one or more items relating to the processing apparatus; and setting the one or more items in response to operation performed on the setting screen. The setting screen includes a first setting screen for receiving operation performed by a person, and a second setting screen for receiving operation automated by Robotic Process Automation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240098191
    Abstract: A management method for managing one or more image forming apparatuses includes: acquiring first information indicating a target region and second information indicating a situation of the target region; specifying a target image forming apparatus installed in the target region in the one or more image forming apparatuses; and outputting, to the target image forming apparatus, a change instruction for changing a setting content of a setting item of the target image forming apparatus to a setting content corresponding to the second information. The second information includes at least one of information regarding a situation of spread of an infectious disease and information regarding electric power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shimpei ITAYA
  • Patent number: 11936819
    Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes a designated area acquisition device that acquires information related to an area designated in a recording medium, wherein when trial printing is instructed, a read image of an image printed on the recording medium in the trial printing and an image of the area generated on the basis of the information related to the area acquired by the designated area acquisition device are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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    Patent number: 11934901
    Abstract: A tag indicating an attribute of the tag by an electromagnetic wave reflection characteristic, the tag including a substrate (11), and a conductor pattern layer (12) formed on the substrate (11) and having first and second slots (13a) and (13b) disposed adjacent to each other, in which the first slot (13a) constitutes a first resonance element (13Qa) having a resonance frequency at a first frequency, the second slot (13b) constitutes a second resonance element (13Qb) having a resonance frequency at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and when irradiation with the electromagnetic waves is performed, a Q value of a resonance peak appearing at the first frequency is higher than a Q value of a resonance peak appearing at the first frequency when the first slot (13a) alone constitutes a resonance structure of the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takumi Ishiwata, Nobuaki Takahashi, Kenji Arai, Takeshi Hakii
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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