Patents Assigned to Konica
  • Publication number: 20220390919
    Abstract: A production facility monitoring system includes: an information acquirer that acquires information on productivity of one or more production facilities; an information manager that extracts, based on one or more results included in a statistical result of the acquired information, a proposal item satisfying a condition of the statistical result from at least one proposal-item reference table containing proposal items; and a display that displays the extracted proposal item. The production facility monitoring system monitors the productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Ajioka
  • Publication number: 20220390889
    Abstract: Provided are an image forming system and a method for detecting glossiness capable of accurately detecting glossiness in various media having different conditions. The image forming system includes a sensor unit including a light source that irradiates a medium being conveyed with light and a gloss sensor that receives light emitted from the light source and specularly reflected on the medium and detects a diffusion distribution of light in the medium, and a detection condition setting unit that identifies a type of the medium being conveyed and sets a light amount of the light source and/or exposure time of the gloss sensor at the time of glossiness detection in accordance with the type of the medium. The image forming system further includes a glossiness detector that detects glossiness of the medium from a diffusion distribution of light detected by the gloss sensor under the detection condition set by the detection condition setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akimasa ISHIKAWA, Hitoshi ASANO, Yumiko IZUMIYA, Hirotada SEKI, Kazutoshi YOSHIMURA, Yasuo KOYANAGI
  • Patent number: 11520258
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a lubricant supplier that supplies a lubricant onto an image carrier; a fixing member that is rotatable, and comes into contact with the image carrier to fix the lubricant supplied onto the image carrier; and a hardware processor that controls rotation of the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuji Kamoda
  • Patent number: 11520869
    Abstract: A method and system for temporarily gaining access to a system is disclosed, The method includes: receiving biometric data from a first biometric device of a first user on a computer processor; generating a temporary code on the computer processor in response to receipt of the biometric data from the first biometric device of the first user; sending the temporary code from the computer processor to the first biometric device of the first user; receiving biometric data from a second biometric device of a second user on the first biometric device of the first user; generating an access code on the first biometric device, the access code including one or more of the biometric data of the first user, the temporary code from the computer processor, and the biometric data of the second user; and sending the access code to the biometric device of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Shing Chen, Kenneth Huang Young, Randy Cruz Soriano, Ann Qiongying Feng
  • Patent number: 11519852
    Abstract: A gas detection-use image processing device is provided with a first input unit on which an operation of inputting a flow rate of gas used as an index of a gas concentration level which is wanted to be detected is performed to input the flow rate, a second input unit to which an image of an imaging target taken by the imaging device is input, and a first calculation unit which calculates, when the image is taken in a state in which the gas of the flow rate appears in an imaging range of the imaging device, a region in which the gas may be visualized in the imaging range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11521030
    Abstract: An image forming device comprising a processing section processing a provisionally combined datum into which a part image datum and a pattern datum included in marking data are merged, the part image datum being prepared by arranging picture pattern data into a shape of the picture pattern data for each of parts, the processing section including a margin setting section setting a margin on a periphery of the part and an image processing section arranging an image prepared based on the part image datum in an area of the margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Kanatani, Toshihiko Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11523012
    Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and multifunction printer are disclosed for injecting screens into a third-party workflow on a display panel of a multifunction printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Shaun Pinney
  • Publication number: 20220380164
    Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a reader, a conveyor, motors and a hardware processor. The reader reads a surface of a recording medium with an image formed. The conveyor includes rollers disposed along a conveyance path that passes through a reading area of the reader, and conveys the recording medium being laid across the rollers. The motors rotate the rollers. The hardware processor controls operations of the motors such that the rollers located farther downstream in a conveyance direction of the recording medium rotate faster. As to at least one motor of the motors, the hardware processor switches between and performs a first control to adjust a rotational speed and a second control to adjust a torque, depending on an operating state of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki WATANABE, Hidenori MINE, Harumitsu FUJIMORI, Takanobu SHIKI
  • Patent number: 11515017
    Abstract: The management server includes: a storage that stores medical information including patient-identity-specific information; and a processor coupled to the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11513262
    Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a structure obtained by stacking a substrate that is a first member as a base material, and lens arrays that are second members that are opposed to the substrate, are formed of a resin material different from the substrate, and have a shape on a surface. The method includes a surface activation step of performing an activation treatment to cause an activation state of at least one of a surface of the substrate or a surface of the lens arrays, and a bonding step of pressurizing the lens arrays at least at a temperature that is equal to or higher than a reference temperature obtained by subtracting 30° C. from a load deflection temperature of a resin material of the lens arrays, and is equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature, to closely bond to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Ehara
  • Patent number: 11511537
    Abstract: An inkjet image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a transfer body by discharging an ink droplet from an inkjet head; and a hardware processor that detects a landing state of the ink droplet that has been discharged and landed on the transfer body and changes an image forming condition when the image is formed so that a detected landing state approaches a target landing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kaburagi
  • Patent number: 11511543
    Abstract: An ink jet head maintenance apparatus includes a suction member which includes a suction hole to suction ink and in which air in the suction hole is suctioned from one opening of the suction hole by a suction operation unit. The suction member includes a height adjustment surface which is adjacent to an opening surface in which the other opening of the suction hole is provided and in which an inner angle formed with the opening surface is an obtuse angle. Each position of the opening surface is able to move in a first direction including a normal direction of the opening surface in a predetermined initial state in response to external force applied to the height adjustment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Marubayashi, Taishi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11513462
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: estimates a remaining amount of toner in a cartridge; registers a required replacement time corresponding to a time required by an operator to replace the cartridge; calculates a toner consumption speed when an image is printed, on the basis of data of the image to be printed and a printing speed when the image is printed; predicts a first timing at which the cartridge reaches a toner runout state during printing of the image, on the basis of the remaining amount of toner and the toner consumption speed; and makes notification for prompting the operator to replace the cartridge at a second timing before the first timing by the required replacement time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11511949
    Abstract: A movable object holding system for holding a movable object including a body portion 11 and a protruding portion protruding from the body portion, comprising a hand part 40 holding a movable object, the hand part 40 comprising plural guide portions limiting movement of the movable object in a first axis direction and a second axis direction that are perpendicular to each other and a pair of positioning portions 43e limiting movement of the movable object in a third axis direction that is perpendicular to the first and second axis directions, wherein the hand part 40 holds the movable object with the protruding portion of the movable object disposed in a space surrounded by the plural guide portions and touching the pair of the positioning portions 43e and with a part of the body portion of the movable object exposed out of the hand part 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Tsunoda, Shinichi Kawabata, Yuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11512212
    Abstract: An actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink contains an actinic radiation-polymerizable compound, surface-treated titanium oxide, and a wax. The surface-treated titanium oxide contains carbon atoms in an amount of 0.31 mass % to 2.0 mass % based on the total mass thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Go Yamaguchi, Kouji Izawa
  • Patent number: 11516365
    Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus and an inspection method of an image reading section capable of precisely detecting dirt that adheres to a dustproof glass. The image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming section, an image reading section, and a controlling section. The image reading section has a light source, a sensor, and a dustproof glass. At the time of the compensation processing operation of the image reading section, the controlling section detects dirt on the dustproof glass on the basis of a detection value acquired by the sensor when light is emitted from the light source onto a reflective member for compensation that specularly reflects the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yasunori Inaba
  • Publication number: 20220370044
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for obtaining a tomographic image of a subject by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound with an ultrasound probe, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including: a hardware processor that: causes transmission and reception of an ultrasound for a probe element check with respect to each of a plurality of piezoelectric elements included in the ultrasound probe; converts signal features of reception signals obtained respectively in the plurality of piezoelectric elements at the time of the probe element check into image information indicating deterioration degrees of the plurality of piezoelectric elements, separately; and displays, based on a result of the conversion, a probe-condition mapping image expressed in a bar form by mapping images indicating the deterioration degrees of the plurality of piezoelectric elements in a row according to an arrangement of the plurality of piezoelectric elements in the ultrasound probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazushi OTA, Tomohito SAKAI, Mutsuhiro AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220377177
    Abstract: A conferencing system that is connected to multiple information processing devices over a network and provides each of the multiple information processing devices with a conference screen, comprises: a first participant information obtaining unit that obtains first participant information corresponding to a first participant who participates in a video conference by using each of the multiple information processing devices; a second participant information obtaining unit that obtains second participant information related to a second participant who indirectly participates in the video conference together with the first participant; and a display controller that: displays the first participant information obtained by the first participant information obtaining unit in a predetermined display area on the conference screen; and displays the second participant information obtained by the second participant information obtaining unit in the predetermined display area on the conference screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Apeksha TADGE
  • Publication number: 20220373956
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image former that forms a label image on a long sheet conveyed in a sheet conveyance direction on a basis of a print job; an image defect detector that detects an image defect of the label image that is formed; and a sheet conveyer that conveys the long sheet in accordance with the label image where the image defect is detected after execution of the print job has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tatsuya KITAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220375065
    Abstract: A data input device includes: a controller that: acquires position data indicating position coordinates of a facility, estimates, based on the position data, one or more facility candidates, and causes a display to display an input screen showing the estimated one or more facility candidates as options for selection by a user, and creates inspection data relating to gas inspection of the one or more facility candidates selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyamoto