Patents Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc.
  • Ultrasound diagnostic imaging training apparatus, ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus, identification model training method, non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable training program, and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 11842808
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic imaging training apparatus for training an identification model to be used for identifying a target in an ultrasound image generated based on reflected ultrasound reflected from inside a subject includes a first hardware processor that extracts a first image from the ultrasound image used for training and generates teacher data in which a feature value of a second image included in the first image is associated with information relating to a likelihood of the target, the generation of the teacher data being based on the first image and preset reference data; and a second hardware processor that trains the identification model through machine learning using the teacher data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Takeda
  • IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230393513
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet based on printing data, a first processor that inspects the image formed by the image forming unit, and a second processor that determines whether a cause of an image defect is a fixing defect when the image defect is found by the first processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Naoshi KASHIWAGURA
  • COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230396727
    Abstract: A color image forming apparatus includes a controller implemented using one or more hardware processors, wherein the controller: detects a line area; detects a background area adjacent to the line area; detects first one or more ink colors of first one or more inks to be used in the line area; detects second one or more ink colors of second one or more inks to be used in the background area; compares the first one or more ink colors and the second one or more ink colors to identify a combination pattern of the first one or more ink colors and the second one or more ink colors; and determines whether to correct amounts of the first one or more inks and amounts of the second one or more inks, based on the identified combination pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hideyuki TORIYAMA
  • LAMINATING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND LAMINATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230391061
    Abstract: A laminating system includes: a sheet feeder that feeds a plurality of cut sheets; a continuous conveyor that conveys the cut sheets fed by the sheet feeder without any interval between the cut sheets; a laminator that executes laminating processing and attaches a laminate film to a target sheet among the cut sheets conveyed by the continuous conveyor; and a hardware processor that causes the sheet feeder to feed one or more insertion sheets at least before or after the target sheet of the laminating processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichi Yamada
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING AMOUNT SETTING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING AMOUNT SETTING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230394264
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that quantizes each pixel with a dither pattern divided according to a resolution in a predetermined direction, and sets a recording amount of each pixel by adding up processing results of the quantization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kenichirou HIRAMOTO
  • Exposure record totalizer and radiography system
    Patent number: 11838644
    Abstract: An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Koutarou Kanamori
  • Paper feeder, image forming apparatus, and control method
    Patent number: 11834286
    Abstract: A paper feeder, includes: a sheet storage that stores sheets; a pick roller that delivers the sheets stored in the sheet storage to a downstream side of a conveyance path; a pair of conveyance rollers that is located on a downstream side of the pick roller in the conveyance path and conveys the sheets delivered from the pick roller to further downstream side in the conveyance path; a drive source that drives the pair of conveyance rollers; and a hardware processor that cleans the pair of conveyance rollers by driving the drive source to rotate the pair of conveyance rollers in a state of being in contact with each other, when the pick roller cannot deliver sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tokuno, Masatoshi Hitaka
  • Input device, input method, and image forming device having touchscreen with variable detection area
    Patent number: 11836313
    Abstract: An input device including a touchscreen sensor that detects a touch operation from a user, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a program, and a hardware processor that executes the program to operate as: an area determination unit that determines whether a detected touch operation is performed in a first detection area; a trajectory determination unit that, when it is determined that the detected touch operation is performed in the first detection area, determines whether or not the detected touch operation indicates an operation drawing a linear trajectory; and a detection control unit that, when it is determined that the operation drawing a linear trajectory is indicated, controls the area determination unit to determine whether a next touch operation is performed in a second detection area that is larger than the first detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Masafumi Aikawa
  • Object detection device, object detection method, and program
    Patent number: 11836960
    Abstract: An object detection device (1) includes an object detection unit (2) that detects an object from an image including the object by neural computation using a CNN. The object detection unit (2) includes: a feature amount extraction unit (2a) that extracts a feature amount of the object from the image; an information acquisition unit (2b) that obtains a plurality of object rectangles indicating candidates for the position of the object on the basis of the feature amount and obtains information and a certainty factor of a category of the object for each of the object rectangles; and an object tag calculation unit (2c) that calculates, for each of the object rectangles, an object tag indicating which object in the image the object rectangle is linked to, on the basis of the feature amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sato
  • Image forming system and control method of the system
    Patent number: 11838469
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming device that is disposed at a first conveyance path and forms an image on a recording medium that is a continuous sheet or a long sheet; a first conveyor that conveys the recording medium on the first conveyance path in a conveyance direction; an image reader that reads the image formed on the recording medium at a second conveyance path on a downstream side of the first conveyance path in the conveyance direction; a second conveyor that conveys the recording medium on the second conveyance path; and a controller that controls a speed of a drive source of the first conveyor and controls a torque of a drive source of the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidenori Mine, Masayuki Watanabe, Harumitsu Fujimori, Takanobu Shiki
  • Ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound signal processing method
    Patent number: 11832993
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic device including a transmitter, a first image processor, a second image processor, and an image synthesizer. The transmitter alternates between first transmission events that include transmission of first detection waves and second transmission events that include transmission of second detection waves. The first image processor generates frames of first images based on reception signals corresponding to a plurality of the first transmission events. The second image processor generates frames of second images based on reception signals corresponding to the second transmission events. The image synthesizer superimposes the second images on the first images to generate synthesized images. Frame rate of the second images is higher than that of the first images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawabata, Yoshihiro Takeda
  • PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230380784
    Abstract: A portable radiographic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of connectors to which respective wiring cables are connectable, wherein the plurality of connectors include at feast a first connector that supports a generic communication cable, and a second connector that supports a non-generic communication cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi NUKANOBU, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Hiroaki NAKANO, Katsumi OSHIDA
  • SKILL ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE METHOD, SKILL ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230384864
    Abstract: A skill acquisition assistance method includes a first stimulus generating step of acquiring first and second tactile data indicating tactile senses corresponding to a first body part based on an action of the first body part during work time when first and second workers perform the same work and generating a first stimulus based on the first tactile data by a stimulus transmission section mounted on a second body part different from the first body part of the first worker and a second stimulus generating step of switching a stimulus generated by the stimulus transmission section to a second stimulus based on the second tactile data in conjunction with the action of the first body part of the first worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KYOTO TACHIBANA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TANAKA, Hikari YUKAWA, Takayuki KODAMA, Masashi ODAGIRI, Masayuki SATOU, Masahiko KURACHI, Michiya TAKEDA
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230385000
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a hardware processor that: sets a post-processing position to a sheet; determines whether or not the post-processing position is processable by a post-processing unit; and generates, when determining that the post-processing position is processable, image data in which the post-processing position to the sheet has been drawn, wherein the hardware processor generates the image data in a data format allowing display of the image data by software for creating or editing print content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Masaya IKUTA
  • Inkjet Printing Apparatus, Sheet Drying Apparatus, and Sheet Drying Method
    Publication number: 20230382133
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus comprises: a conveyance section that conveys a cut sheet; an ink ejection section that ejects an ink to form an image when the sheet passes a predetermined position; a first heat source that is provided on a downstream side of the ink ejection section and dries an ink ejection face of the sheet; and a second heat source that is arranged to face the first heat source and comes into contact with a back surface of the sheet opposite to the ink ejection face to heat the sheet. The first heat source emits an electromagnetic wave to heat the ink ejection face by radiant heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Teruhiko TOYOIZUMI
  • LEARNING DATA COLLECTION DEVICE AND LEARNING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230384793
    Abstract: A collection device of learning data of a learning model for detecting a danger of a moving body, includes a hardware processor that determines whether the moving body is in a specific state related to a danger of the moving body by using an output value of a sensor that detects the specific state, and specifies a part of images of an image group used for the danger detection as a learning image in which a cause of falling into the specific state is estimated to be captured on a basis of a timing at which the moving body is determined to be in the specific state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroki TAJIMA
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COST CALCULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230384724
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: an image former that forms an image on continuous form paper; and a hardware processor that calculates a paper cost for a print job of the continuous form paper, on the basis of a distance of the continuous form paper conveyed from a start to an end of the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsu KAWASAKI
  • IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230384986
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a hardware processor that detects a blank region in a recording medium where an image is not formed based on print data of a print job, and that generates print image data in which an image quality adjustment patch is disposed in the detected blank region of the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Eigo TOMIOKA
  • Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, confidential information management method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11830492
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a hardware processor that executes, based on recognized information obtained by voice recognition, a process requiring an execution authority; and an authenticator that performs authentication to determine, using first confidential information that is preset, whether the execution authority has been given. Upon determining that the recognized information corresponds to the preset confidential information, the hardware processor provides a user with a predetermined notification regarding security of the preset confidential information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi Tomita
  • Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 11826199
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasound probe including: a piezoelectric body that transmits and receives ultrasound; a backing that is disposed behind the piezoelectric body; and a reflector that is disposed between the piezoelectric body and the backing and that has an acoustic impedance greater than an acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric body; wherein, a thickness of the reflector is within the range of more than 0 to less than 0.05?, where ? is a wavelength of the ultrasound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Koetsu Saito, Hisashi Minemoto