Patents Assigned to Konica
  • Publication number: 20120318994
    Abstract: The control device allows a step of reading the leak data and a step of resetting each radiation detection element to be executed alternately before radiation image capturing. When the data exceed a threshold value, the irradiation start is detected and electric charge is accumulated. Then, the step of reading the image data is executed. After this, the control device further allows a step of reading the leak data and a step of resetting each radiation detection element to be performed alternately at the same cycle time as that in the step of reading the leak data and the step of resetting each radiation detection element performed before detecting the irradiation start. After transfer to the electric charge accumulation state, the control device further permits a step of reading the offset data to be executed at the same cycle time as that in the step of reading the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hideaki TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20120324336
    Abstract: A terminal is provided which displays, on a display, specific web pages with the web pages customized based on cookies that are provided for the web pages and stored in a cookie storage portion, the web pages being provided for processing devices for performing specific processing. The terminal includes a customize data storage portion configured to store customize data therein, the customize data indicating selection details that are details designated to customize any one of the web pages, and a creation portion configured to create, when any one of the web pages is designated and the cookie storage portion does not store the cookie for said one of the web pages, a cookie indicating the selection details indicated in the customize data and to store the cookie into the cookie storage portion as the cookie for said one of the web pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Toshihiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20120321043
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing system including a CR cassette and a FPD cassette, and when the radiation image capturing is started without either of the cassettes being loaded, the radiation generating apparatus is set for the CR cassette and when the icon of the FPD cassette is selected, the radiation generating apparatus is set for the FPD cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hisashi YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120320418
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a first MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral), a second MFP, and an operation panel. The operation panel is attachable to and removable from each of the first and second MFPs. The first MFP accepts a job. The operation panel includes a storage unit for storing information held by the first MFP and a display unit for displaying information about the job accepted by the first MFP. The second MFP executes the job accepted by the first MFP based on the information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel when the operation panel is removed from the first MFP and attached to the second MFP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaaki SAKA
  • Publication number: 20120324571
    Abstract: An information input display device, having an input section for inputting information and a display section for displaying the information, which enables an access to protected information after being authenticated by an authentication processing executed after starting up of the information input display device, the information input display device including: an authentication processor which executes the authentication processing based on authentication information inputted by the input section; and an input display controller which, after the starting up of the information input display device and before being authenticated by the authentication processing, accepts inputting of prescribed information different from the authentication information through a screen displayed on the display section, and allows the display section to display the prescribed information on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro SHIBATA, Tatsuya Eguchi, Tsutomu Suka, Keiichiro Hyodo, Masayuki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120321339
    Abstract: A feeder has a longer side direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium, and is configured to feed a maximum size recording medium with a longer side first. An image forming unit has a maximum sheet feed width corresponding to a longer side length of the maximum size recording medium, and is configured to print a toner image corresponding to digital image data onto the recording medium. An electrical component unit is configured to control the feeder and the image forming unit. The image forming unit and the electrical component unit are respectively disposed on both sides of the feeder in a shorter side direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Tsuru, Hideyuki Kurahashi, Teruo Nagashima, Osamu Okada
  • Publication number: 20120320318
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a polarizing plate safe in operation, less burdensome on the environment, and with excellent adhesion to a polarizer, also disclosed are a polarizing plate manufactured using said method, and a liquid crystal display device using said polarizing plate. In the method of manufacturing a polarizing plate, a polarizing plate is manufactured in which a protective film which is hydrophilized by alkali saponification is laminated to at least one surface of the polarizer. In the method, said protective film contains cellulose acetate, and the surface free energy before alkali saponification of said protective film satisfies formula (SI), below, and the surface free energy after alkali saponification satisfies formula (SII), below. Formula (SI): 0.25??sh/?sp?0.40; Formula (SII): 1.5??sh/?sp?3.0 (wherein ?sh represents the hydrogen bond component of the surface free energy, and ?sp represents the dipole component).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA ADVANCED LAYERS, INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sato, Takahiro Takagi, Yasuhiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120320396
    Abstract: An image forming unit is accommodated in a space defined by a frame body. An image reader is disposed above the image forming unit. A first supporting member is secured between an upper portion of the frame body and a bottom portion of the image reader and configured to support the image reader to the frame body in a cantilever manner. A second supporting member is secured on an upper portion of the frame body and configured to receive a bottom portion of the image reader supported by the first supporting member in a cantilever manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KURAHASHI, Osamu OKADA, Teruo NAGASHIMA, Kenji TSURU
  • Publication number: 20120320419
    Abstract: A printing system includes a registration portion configured to, when a print job to print an image onto a sheet of paper is executed after specified conditions are modified, store attribute data containing a user identifier and a job identifier into a storage portion, the user identifier being for identifying a user who has given a command to execute the print job, the job identifier being for identifying the print job; a determining portion configured to, when the user identifier is entered, determine whether or not the print job corresponding to the job identifier of the attribute data containing the user identifier can be executed in accordance with the conditions; and a re-execution portion configured to, when the determining portion determines that the print job can be executed in accordance with the conditions, execute the print job once again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Yugo ITO
  • Publication number: 20120321846
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent electroconductive film. The film includes a transparent electroconductive layer. The layer contains an electroconductive polymer and a self-dispersing polymer dispersible into aqueous solvent. The self-dispersing polymer has a dissociable group, and has a glass transition point of 25° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki NAKAMURA, Takayuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20120320599
    Abstract: A light source device having: a light source; first and second light guides extending in a first predetermined direction to guide light in the first predetermined direction and irradiate a document with the light; and a confinement portion that confines light emitted by the light source and is connected to one end of the first light guide and one end of the second light guide, in which the light confined in the confinement portion is reflected off both first and second reflection surfaces provided in the confinement portion, and thereby travels through the first and second light guides in the first predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiko TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20120324352
    Abstract: A server 2 is stored with a print setting program D which takes a form of a Rich Internet Application including an image edit section D6 for generating an image data (post-change image data) in which a change instruction at the time of print setting by a web application A has been reflected. A PC 1 is operable to download the print setting program D stored in the server 2 and to execute it on a web browser B in order to generate the post-change image data, thereby displaying it on the web browser B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20120320387
    Abstract: A feeder is configured to feed a recording medium. An image forming unit has a maximum sheet feed width corresponding to a longer side length of a maximum size recording medium to be accommodated in the feeder, and is disposed above the feeder in such a manner as to allow the maximum size recording medium to enter the image forming unit with a longer side first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KURAHASHI, Osamu Okada, Teruo Nagashima, Kenji Tsuru
  • Publication number: 20120319094
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device, wherein an organic electronic device that controls the injection and mobility of carriers in an organic charge transport layer thereof is manufactured by laminating organic layers comprising the same charge transportable organic compound, when manufacturing the organic electronic device with the coating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shun Furukawa, Tomoyuki Nakayama, Hiroshi Ishidai
  • Publication number: 20120321355
    Abstract: A development device having: a main unit having formed therein a first space and a second space extending in a first direction perpendicular to a vertical direction, a first communicating portion and a second communicating portion that allow the first space and the second space to communicate with each other at both ends in the first direction; a first stirring member that extends in the first direction within the first space; a second stirring member that is positioned within the first space between the first stirring member and the second space and extends in the first direction; a conveyance member that extends in the first direction within the second space; and a developer support member that extends in the first direction within the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAITO, Junji Murauchi, Tomohiro Kato, Tetsuya Kagawa, Hiroaki Takada
  • Patent number: 8335019
    Abstract: In order to accelerate the processing speed using existing hardware or program, MFP sets a reference lattice point in the device space of a printer (S05), calculates the difference between first color data and the reference lattice point (S06), sets the dimension having the largest difference of the differences of dimensions not set as process targets, as a process target dimension (S10), sets the lattice point having the process target dimension as a second process target lattice point (S11), calculates a base term based on the difference of the process target dimension, the first process target lattice point, and the second process target lattice point (S18), calculates a total sum vector (S19), resets the second process target lattice point as a first process target lattice point every time the base term is calculated (S20), calculates a second reference vector using an existing triangular pyramid interpolation expression when the number of dimensions not set as process target dimensions become three (S14)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Aihara
  • Patent number: 8335216
    Abstract: There is described a network facsimile apparatus, which makes it possible to quickly complete the transmitting operation of reserved image data whose transmission is temporarily suspended due to the BUSY status of the receiver side, etc. The apparatus, serving as a caller that conducts image data communicating operations with other apparatuses serving as callees based on a Session Initiation Protocol, includes a control section to suspend an operation for transmitting image data to the first callee; a storage section to store the first IP address of the first callee; a network interface control section; and a comparing section to compare the first IP address with the second IP address. When the control section determines that the first IP address and the second IP address coincide with each other, the control section transmits the reserved image data, transmission of which is currently suspended, to the second callee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Ichiki
  • Patent number: 8333637
    Abstract: There are provided a method of manufacturing a metal mold suitable for forming, for example, a reflection mirror for a projection optical system and a reflection mirror for the projection optical system manufactured by the method thereof. The method includes a first process of cutting or grinding a metal mold material MM to trim the shape of the transfer optical surface and a second process of radiating the electron beam onto the transfer optical surface so as to perform smoothing process. By radiation of the electron beam, tool makes and the like created on the metal mold material MM in the first process can be erased so that the surface can be smoothed while maintaining the shape of the transfer optical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8335449
    Abstract: A color printer of the invention is controlled to select DC motors needed to be newly activated according to a print mode when a print job occurs, determine an activation start time of each selected DC motor by sequentially going back activation times stored in relation to the selected DC motors from an image start reference time, activate one or ones of the DC motors to be activated according to the determined activation start times, measure an actual activation time of the activated DC motor and update a stored content about the activation time based on a measurement result of the actual activation time, and determine an activation start time of each DC motor based on the updated activation time. An image forming apparatus capable of preventing the motors from rotating more than necessary and effectively utilizing the life of components to be driven by the motors can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhide Sakai, Hiromichi Toda
  • Patent number: 8336062
    Abstract: When a plug-in application “HDD Backup Utility” is designated by the user from the start menu, an administration program is started. The administration program receives information as to which plug-in application was designated, and based on the received information, places a function button for the designated plug-in application (here, “backup” and “restore” buttons corresponding to HDD Backup Utility) in a “HOME” display area. The user can readily find and select the button in the HOME display area. In this manner, the function button for the designated plug-in application is displayed in the position easily accessible by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Murakawa