Patents Assigned to Konica
  • FUNCTIONAL FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL FILM
    Publication number: 20230146688
    Abstract: A functional film provided on a base material and having a fine uneven structure on its surface of the functional includes a coating. The coating is a coating film or a coating layer of the fine uneven structure. The coating is on a surface of the base material or a constituent layer and covers at least a bumpy portion or an entire surface of the base material. The fine uneven structure includes bumps and dents whose mutual positional relationship and shape have randomness with no regularity in terms of identity or periodicity and does not generate diffracted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kazunari TADA
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11644782
    Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of achieving both correction accuracy of skew correction and minimization of a margin between images. A color shift amount calculator that calculates a color shift amount, and a first skew correction controller and a second skew correction controller that control skew correction of color shift are included. The first skew correction controller controls first skew correction by a mechanical operation by the image former on the basis of a first color shift residual target value set in advance. The second skew correction controller controls second skew correction, by image processing, of the color shift after the control by the first skew correction controller on the basis of a second color shift residual target value set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yuji Uchida
  • IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD OF IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230132446
    Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes: a reader that reads an image formed on a recording medium; a first processor that: inspects a first read image including one of divided images obtained by dividing the image at a predetermined position in a main scanning direction, and generates first inspection image data based on an inspection result of the first read image; and a second processor that: inspects a second read image including another of the divided images obtained by dividing the image, and generates second inspection image data based on an inspection result of the second read image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuomi Sakatani
  • CONTROL PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230136409
    Abstract: A control program for improving productivity of an apparatus such as an image forming device is stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the control program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to function as an analyzer analyzing operation log data of an apparatus and as an analysis result output controller outputting the analysis result acquired by the analyzer, and wherein the analyzer obtains first result information when first setting information is set, which information is setting information before change, and second result information when second setting information is set, which information is setting information after the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuren NOGAWA
  • Image formation apparatus and heating method for image formation apparatus
    Patent number: 11639065
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes: a sheet feeder that conveys a paper fed from a sheet feed tray; a conveyance cylinder that includes a gripper that grips the paper, and receives the paper conveyed on the sheet feeder and conveys the paper to a position of a printing part in a state where the paper is gripped by the gripper; and a heater that is provided on an upstream side of the conveyance cylinder in a conveyance direction and heats the paper so as to satisfy a temperature condition of following Expression (1): |T1?T2|/T1<0.15 ??Expression (1) where T1 is a temperature [° C.] of a paper end of the paper at the position of the printing part, and T2 is a temperature [° C.] of the paper end of the paper when the paper is transferred from the sheet feeder to the conveyance cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yutaka Hokazono
  • Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 11638571
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that achieve high transmission/reception sensitivity and wide frequency band are provided. The ultrasound probe includes a pMUT array in which a plurality of pMUTs are arranged. The pMUTs include first pMUTs for ultrasound transmission and pMUTs for ultrasound wave reception having a structure different from that of the first pMUTs. The cell region of each first pMUT and the cell region of each second pMUT are separated from each other in the ultrasound wave radiation plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Yuta Nakayama
  • Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing System, Authentication Method And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded With Authentication Program
    Publication number: 20230126787
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is communicable with a service providing server that provides a service, and includes a hardware-processor, wherein the hardware-processor acquires authentication success information representing a successful login to the service in response to an operation input by a user, executes an image process, and sets an operation state to an operable state in which an operation for executing the image process is acceptable in accordance with the authentication success information in response to acquisition of the authentication success information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki NAKATA
  • CLOUD SERVER, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CLOUD SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230128299
    Abstract: A cloud server that manages a medical image and is connected to a local server through a network includes: a hardware processor that: acquires a first interpretation report on a first medical image from the local server through an internet connection, and acquires a second medical image from the local server through the internet connection and creates a second interpretation report on the second medical image; a first storage that stores the first interpretation report; and a second storage that stores the second interpretation report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Nanjo
  • Method for deploying service in cluster system, program, and system
    Patent number: 11637905
    Abstract: There is provided a method for deploying a service to a cluster system, and the method includes: obtaining a first run level of a first node; obtaining a second run level of a second node; obtaining a required run level for the service; comparing the required run level with the first and second run levels; determining whether or not the service is deployable to each of the first and second nodes on the basis of a result of the comparing; and updating at least one of the first and second run levels on the basis of deployment of the service to at least one of the first and second nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchen Shen, Nordes Menard-Lamarre
  • Storage medium, medical information processing device, and medical information processing method
    Patent number: 11636934
    Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory storage medium that stores a computer readable program for a computer of a medical information processing device configured to output and/or input medical information, the program causing the computer to perform acquiring locale information in environment information of the medical information processing device and presuming a character encoding of the medical information based on the locale information acquired in the acquiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kubota
  • GAS INSPECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, GAS INSPECTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230117395
    Abstract: A gas inspection management system includes: an inspection information database that stores inspection results and information on links to inspection images for objects of inspection; an access condition receiver that receives an input of an access request and an input of condition specification from a manager; a hardware processor that: selects part or all of the objects from the inspection information database, based on the access request, acquires information on the inspection results and the information on the links for the selected objects, and generates a display image including the information on the inspection results and the information on the links for the selected objects; and a display that displays the display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyamoto
  • IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230117536
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a communicator that executes external communication via a communication path; a hardware processor that detects a threat in the image processing device, and cuts off the communication by the communicator upon detecting the threat; a transmitter that executes communication, after the hardware processor detects the threat, to transmit a notification that the threat has been detected to a defined destination via another communication path; and a receiver that executes communication to receive communication restoration trigger information via another communication path. Once the receiver receives the communication restoration trigger information, the hardware processor executes a communication control to restore the communication by the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sugiura, Takeshi Hibino
  • RECYCLE METHOD OF POLISHING AGENT SLURRY AND RECYCLE SYSTEM OF POLISHING AGENT SLURRY
    Publication number: 20230121813
    Abstract: Provided is a method for recycling a polishing agent slurry comprising: a first process including a slurry collecting process of collecting the used polishing agent slurry discharged from a polishing device; a desalting treatment process of reducing an ion concentration of the collected polishing agent slurry; and a dispersion treatment process of dispersing the polishing agent component and the constituent component of the object to be polished by adding a pH adjusting agent and a dispersing agent to the desalted polishing agent slurry; and after the first process, a second process of preparing a recycled polishing agent slurry from the polishing agent component by separating the polishing agent component and the constituent component of the object to be polished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Akihiro MAEZAWA
  • IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230121982
    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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Iwase
  • Radiographic imaging system
    Patent number: 11627930
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes an irradiating apparatus, a first clock, a radiographic imaging apparatus, a second clock and a hardware processor. The irradiating apparatus generates radiation. The first clock keeps time and works with the irradiating apparatus. The radiographic imaging apparatus generates image data based on received radiation. The second clock keeps time and works with the radiographic imaging apparatus. The hardware processor (i) obtains a clock value of the first clock at a predetermined time point and a clock value of the second clock at the predetermined time point respectively as first clock information and second clock information, (ii) makes a determination as to whether a specific condition is met based on the obtained first clock information and the obtained second clock information, and (iii) in response to the specific condition being met, performs a specific output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kuwata, Nobuyuki Miyake, Koji Kashima, Kohei Isogai, Kentaro Hara, Hidetake Tezuka
  • Detecting system, and reader
    Patent number: 11630963
    Abstract: A detecting system includes: a sensor (10) that includes an antenna unit (11) formed with a metal pattern, and a back surface reflector (13) that faces the antenna unit (11) via an isolation layer (12); and a reader (20) that transmits electromagnetic waves (Fa) to the sensor (10), receives reflected waves (Fr) from the sensor (10), and compares the reflection characteristics of the sensor (10) detected from the reflected waves (Fr) with the reflection characteristics of the sensor (10) stored in advance, to detect a state change in the sensor (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Saburou Hiraoka, Nobuaki Takahashi, Takumi Ishiwata
  • HEAD CLEANING APPARATUS, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, HEAD CLEANING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230115268
    Abstract: A head cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning unit that includes a cleaning member and a hardware processor. The head cleaning apparatus is configured to perform a cleaning operation of cleaning a nozzle surface of an inkjet head with the cleaning member, the nozzle surface having a water-repellent film. The cleaning operation is performed either in a rub mode or a stamp mode. In the rub mode, the cleaning member and the nozzle surface are brought into contact and relatively slid on each other. In the stamp mode, the cleaning member and the nozzle surface are brought into contact and kept still. The hardware processor determines which mode is performed, the rub mode or the stamp mode, in the cleaning operation based on a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yohei ITO
  • DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230115379
    Abstract: A dynamic image processing device including: a receiver configured to receive order information of dynamic image photography; an acquirer configured to acquire a dynamic image that is obtained by performing the dynamic image photography; and a hardware processor configured to select a scattered radiation component removal process to be used in the dynamic image, based on the order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi SAITO, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kosuke FUKAZU, Ryohei ITO
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230114018
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former and a flattener. The image former forms an image on a recording medium. The flattener is disposed upstream of the image former in a conveying direction of the recording medium, and flattens the recording medium before the image former forms the image on the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kei YUASA
  • SAMPLE REMOVAL APPARATUS AND TESTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230110801
    Abstract: An extraction apparatus is a sample removal apparatus that removes a sample collected from a living body. The extraction apparatus includes: a storage container holder that holds a storage container of a sample and is capable of being placed at a sample receiving section where the sample is supplied to the storage container, and a removal section that causes the sample to be discharged from the storage container to a predetermined place; a housing that covers the storage container holder and the removal section; and a supply section that allows for supply of the sample from the outside of the housing to the storage container in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kengo FUSHIYA, Takahiro HARA, Hiroshi MORIMOTO