Patents Assigned to Minolta
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Publication number: 20250150358Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: causes a web browser that manage account information for login to a cloud server to function; transmits and receives data required for execution of a job to or from a cloud server, when the web browser is logged in to the cloud server by using the account information; and controls the account information managed by the web browser of an old version to be usable by the web browser of a new version, when the version of the web browser is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Takashi Sugaya
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Publication number: 20250143661Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a controller having a hardware processor which, under control of a stored program, performs processes including: obtaining a radiation image including a plurality of frame images; calculating an exposure index representative value of the radiation image, based on information obtained from the radiation image; and setting a target value of an exposure index differently for each of at least one imaging mode of the radiation imaging system. The target value of the exposure index represents a preferable value of the exposure index representative value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yuuichi MARUTA
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Patent number: 12291040Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an inkjet head; an ink reservoir that stores ink circulating between the inkjet head and the ink reservoir; a pressure generating unit that communicates with the inkjet head and generates a first pressure such that an internal pressure of the ink reservoir becomes the first pressure; and a first fluid resistor that gives resistance to a fluid flowing through a fluid communication path between the ink reservoir and the pressure generating unit such that the internal pressure of the ink reservoir becomes a second pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yusuke Kuramochi
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Patent number: 12290395Abstract: A radiography device includes an interface unit and a controller. The interface unit connects to an external interface. The controller operates according to timing signals from the external interface connected to the interface unit so as to synchronize with timing of repetition of generation of radiation by a radiation device that generates radiation in serial radiography in which frame images are generated. Even after connection between the interface unit and the external interface is cut off, the controller repeats operation for generating a frame image while synchronizing with the radiation device without communicating with an outside.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Mao Eguchi
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Patent number: 12290394Abstract: A condition determination device includes a hardware processor that: acquires sensor information obtained by detecting information regarding a subject to be radiographed by using a sensor and order information regarding a radiographing order; and determines a radiographing condition by inputting the sensor information and the order information to a trained identifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Ikki Nakamura
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Patent number: 12293500Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 12291421Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding conveyor that feeds and conveys a recording medium to a conveyance path; an image former that performs image formation on the recording medium; a medium sensor that is disposed on an upstream side of the recording medium from the image former on the conveyance path and measures one or more sheet physical properties regarding the recording medium conveyed; a first hardware processor that determines a type of the recording medium on a basis of the sheet physical properties measured by the medium sensor; a second hardware processor that determines conveyance performance for the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that determines whether or not to perform the image formation on a basis of the conveyance performance in a case where the type of the recording medium determined by the first hardware processor is a type out of product specifications.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro Ishihara, Toshikazu Higashi, Masahiro Kamiya, Shigetaka Kato, Katsuhide Sakai
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Patent number: 12293143Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for detecting and tagging of paragraphs that span columns, pages, or other reading units are provided. For example, a method can include obtaining a set of candidate paragraphs for a document. The method can also include identifying a pair of candidate paragraphs spanning columns from among the set of candidate paragraphs. The method can further include outputting a tagged paragraph corresponding to the pair of candidate paragraphs spanning columns.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.Inventor: Tim Prebble
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Patent number: 12290392Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor estimates a body thickness and an irradiation field region of a subject based on a radiograph obtained by radiographing the subject. Further, the hardware processor calculates a distance from a focus of a radiation source to a radiation entrance point based on the body thickness. Still further, the hardware processor calculates an irradiation field size based on the irradiation field region. Yet further, the hardware processor calculates an exposure dose based on the distance, the irradiation field size, and an imaging condition used in radiographing the subject.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Tatsuya Takagi
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Patent number: 12293264Abstract: An information processing system that carries out a specified processing based on a learning model, comprises: a processor; a programmable logic device that rewrites logic data and reconstitutes a circuit; a machine learning processing unit that carries out machine learning and generates a new learning model for the specified processing; a convertor that converts the new learning model into the logic data that is operable in the programmable logic device; and a controller that enables the processor to carry out the specified processing based on the new learning model while the time the new learning model is converted into the logic data by the convertor.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yuji Okamoto
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Publication number: 20250138760Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a hardware processor that detects a plurality of devices for printing connected to a communication network and registers the detected plurality of devices directly connected to each other as one printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ooyama, Masatsugu Kouguchi, Kazuma Maruyama
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Publication number: 20250138454Abstract: An image forming method that uses an electrostatic charge image development toner containing a toner particle, the image forming method includes, bringing a first fixer into contact with a recording medium on which a toner image containing the electrostatic charge image development toner is formed and fixing the toner image on the recording medium; and cooling the recording medium by bringing a first cooler into contact with the recording medium separated from the first fixer. The toner particle includes an amorphous polyester and a crystalline polyester. A content of a structural unit derived from a bisphenol A derivative is 30 mol % or less based on 100 mol % of all structural units derived from polyhydric alcohols in the amorphous polyester.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazumi OURA, Tomoko MINE
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Publication number: 20250138464Abstract: The delivery management apparatus is configured to acquire information on a consumption state of one or more consumables used in each of the one or more image forming apparatuses, determine a same timing of delivery of the one or more consumables to the one or more image forming apparatuses, based on the information, generate an adjustment setting for a consumption amount of the one or more consumables, for the each image forming apparatus, based on the same timing of delivery, and transmit, to the each image forming apparatus, the adjustment setting for the each image forming apparatus. The each image forming apparatus is configured to transmit the information to the delivery management apparatus, receive the adjustment setting, and perform the adjustment setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yoshitaka Nomura
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Publication number: 20250142003Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes: a reader configured to read management information formed on a sheet; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to determine, by using a collation information management table that stores page numbers and collation information for the respective page numbers of sheets, whether the management information matches the collation information. The hardware processor is configured to set a start page number from which the determination is started. The hardware processor starts the determination from the start page number.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Takashi YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20250138460Abstract: A print control device includes a controller that causes a roll printing machine to print a color adjustment chart. The controller, upon reception of a first print instruction to print a first color adjustment chart, temporarily stores the received first color adjustment chart and suspends printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Munetoshi Eguchi
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Patent number: 12286543Abstract: An image forming method according to an aspect of the present invention includes supplying a water based ink to an inkjet head at a flow rate of 5 mL/min or more and 120 mL/min or less, and ejecting the supplied water based ink from a nozzle of the inkjet head. The water based ink contains a colorant and a water-insoluble resin having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yoshihito Taguchi, Masashi Ikeda
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Patent number: 12285533Abstract: A sterilizer includes: a holder that holds a portable radiographic imager; and an LED row in which a plurality of LEDs that emit an ultraviolet ray are arranged in a row and which directly or indirectly irradiates a radiation incident surface of the radiographic imager with the ultraviolet ray emitted by each LED, the radiographic imager being held by the holder.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hajime Ishimoto, Makoto Sumi
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Patent number: 12287592Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method including: developing, with an electrostatic charge image developing toner, a latent image formed on a photoreceptor in which a photosensitive layer is formed on a support containing aluminum as a main component; transferring a toner image on the photoreceptor onto a transfer target; and rubbing and removing the electrostatic charge image developing toner remaining on the photoreceptor after the transferring. The support contains silicon in a range of more than 0.6% by mass and 12.6% by mass or less, a shape factor of toner particles included in the electrostatic charge image developing toner is in a range of 0.800 to 0.970, and a content of the toner particles having a particle diameter of 2 ?m or less is in a range of 5% by number to 30% by number.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazumi Oura, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Masaharu Matsubara, Koji Shibata, Akihiko Itami, Makoto Nomiya, Natsuki Ito
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Patent number: 12288333Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including a hardware processor. The hardware processor: obtains a static image and a dynamic image of a same subject by radiographic imaging; detects, on the static image, a first analysis target area; detects, on the dynamic image, a second analysis target area corresponding to the first analysis target area; analyzes the second analysis target area of the dynamic image to generate a functional information representative from change caused by biological motion; deforms and positions the second analysis target area so that the second analysis target area corresponds to the first analysis target area; overlays the functional information representative of the deformed and positioned second analysis target area on the static image.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Noritsugu Matsutani
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Patent number: 12285158Abstract: An intraoral measurement device includes: a device main body that holds a base end side of a prism by a housing, the housing accommodating an illumination member and an imaging member, a cover member that is attached to the device main body in a state of covering, with a space part interposed in between, a distal end side of the prism arranged to face a measurement target, in which a part arranged to face the measurement target is formed by a light transmission window; and a heat transfer member that extends from the device main body along a non-optical surface of the prism, and transfers heat of the device main body to the light transmission window through abutment of a protruding end provided to protrude from the prism against the light transmission window of the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Kurosawa, Atsushi Nagaoka, Yoshihiro Inagaki, Mohdmakhtar Nurnabila