Patents by Inventor Atsushi Tomita

Atsushi Tomita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180136805
    Abstract: A moving image reproduction apparatus for reproducing a moving image for explaining a work including a plurality of steps, includes: a reproducer that reproduces the moving image; a progress display that displays an indicator indicating a progress of reproduction of the moving image and a position on the indicator where the moving image is being currently reproduced; and a candidate display that displays a candidate image corresponding to at least one jump destination included in the moving image when a predetermined operation is performed on the indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Zhenhuan QU, Atsushi TOMITA, Yoichi KURUMASA, Shoko HABA, Ryosuke NISHIMURA, Mie KAWABATA, Kazuhiro TOMIYASU
  • Publication number: 20180124920
    Abstract: A flexible substrate having a branch structure in the related art has problems in that: adhesive strength after two bodies are folded and fixed at a bonding region decreases due to an unfolding and opening force at a curve portion and ends of the bonded portions are peeled off and generate gaps; and in a soldering process of the two bodies, the electrodes of one body soldered first are displaced due to reheating in soldering the other body secondly and deteriorate in soldered connection. The present invention provides a new flexible substrate having a branch structure, including first and second bodies joined together, and having a structure in which one of the bodies can be folded back in a longitudinal direction of the whole flexible substrate. Tip ends of the two bodies are provided with multiple electrodes, and are connected by soldering to approximately corresponding positions on both surfaces of an end portion of a printed substrate concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kazumasa YOSHIDA, Toshiyuki OZAWA, Teruaki SATO, Atsushi TOMITA, Yosuke TAKEUCHI, Shinji MINO, Yusuke NASU
  • Publication number: 20180103297
    Abstract: A device for reproducing guidance on a task including a plurality of steps is provided. The device includes an input device with which a user selects from which position of the guidance is to be reproduced; and a player configured to, where a designated step corresponding to the position selected by the user from among the steps is a particular step, jump a playback progress to the position selected to play the guidance, the particular step being an initial step of steps having not yet been performed completely, and, where the designated step is not the particular step, jump the playback progress to a position of the particular step to play the guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi KOMABA, Atsushi TOMITA, Hiroshi SUGIURA, Hiroaki SUGIMOTO, Tatsunori OKADA, Akito OTA, Yu SONODA
  • Patent number: 9646233
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email at a predetermined time; a print outputting part for producing a printed output of data contained in the received email; a stop controlling part for temporarily suspending the receiving process by the receiving part or the process to produce the printed output by the print outputting part; a determining part for receiving an input of instruction information specifying a processing to process the received email and determining the processing to process the received email in accordance with the input instruction information while the stop controlling part is temporarily suspending the process; and an email processing part for performing the processing determined by the determining part to process the received email while the process is being temporarily suspended by the stop controlling part or after the temporary suspension by the stop controlling part is cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sugiura, Mie Kawabata, Toshimi Shinchi, Atsushi Tomita, Tomoko Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9207846
    Abstract: A set value input device, comprising: a display in which a screen having at least one set value input area can be displayed; a touch detection portion; a first input portion which is displayed when the touch detection portion detects the set value input area is touched and which is to input a set value in the set value input area; a judging portion for judging, whether a second input portion is in an enabled state or in a disabled state, the second input portion being operable of the set value input screen, and inputting a set value when the set value input area is selected; and a control portion which disables the first input portion, makes one of the set value input areas selected if the second input portion is enabled, and which makes all the set value input areas non-selected if the second input portion is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Shohei Ichiyama, Toshimi Shinchi, Atsushi Tomita, Toshiyuki Maeshima, Yusaku Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9025172
    Abstract: A printing setting apparatus for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in said plural types of data formats, comprising: an operation acceptor for accepting a user's operation for input; a generator for making printing setting based on control information received by said operation acceptor and generating printing setting information described in said one data format based on said printing setting; a converter for converting said printing setting information described in said one data format into printing setting information described in another data format included in said plural types of data formats; and an output part for outputting said printing setting information which is generated by said converter and described in said another data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoko Maruyama, Atsushi Tomita, Mie Kawabata, Hiroshi Sugiura, Toshimi Shinchi
  • Patent number: 8879114
    Abstract: When an instruction for combine setting is accepted, a reduction ratio of an original image is set as a first reduction ratio based on an orientation of the original image and an orientation of output paper. When an instruction to change the reduction ratio for the previewed original image is accepted, if a reduction ratio after the change (a second reduction ratio) falls within a prescribed range from the first reduction ratio, the first reduction ratio is set as a reduction ratio of the original image for arranging onto a sheet of output paper in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sawada, Takatsugu Kuno, Masahiro Imamura, Atsushi Tomita, Yoichi Kurumasa, Ryosuke Nishimura, Tetsuya Tokumoto
  • Patent number: 8854653
    Abstract: A server includes a data converting unit, a converted data storage unit, and a converted data transmitting unit. The data converting unit converts, based on device information of each image forming apparatus, print data to converted data allowing image formation by each image forming apparatus, for each image forming apparatus. The converted data storage unit stores the converted data in correspondence with information specifying the corresponding image forming apparatus. The converted data transmitting unit transmits, in response to data request from the image forming apparatus, the converted data corresponding to the image forming apparatus stored in the converted data storage unit, to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi Tomita
  • Patent number: 8806375
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a display portion that is capable of: displaying in an icon display area, icons that correspond to function buttons for calling out setting screens for setting functions installed on the image processing apparatus, being organized in groups by function attribute; and displaying in a function button display area, function buttons that correspond to some of the icons, which exist at a position that a user points to; a position identification portion that identifies the position that a user points to in the icon display area; and a display controller that makes the display portion display: the icons in the icon display area; the function buttons that correspond to the icons existing at the position identified by the position identification portion, in the function button display area; and state information indicating the current state of at least one of the functions and/or attribute information indicating the current attribute of at least one of the functions, on/near a f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Kenichi Sawada, Takeshi Hibino, Takuya Okada
  • Publication number: 20140118784
    Abstract: A set value input device, comprising: a display in which a screen having at least one set value input area can be displayed; a touch detection portion; a first input portion which is displayed when the touch detection portion detects the set value input area is touched and which is to input a set value in the set value input area; a judging portion for judging, whether a second input portion is in an enabled state or in a disabled state, the second input portion being operable of the set value input screen, and inputting a set value when the set value input area is selected; and a control portion which disables the first input portion, makes one of the set value input areas selected if the second input portion is enabled, and which makes all the set value input areas non-selected if the second input portion is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Ichiyama, Toshimi Shinchi, Atsushi Tomita, Toshiyuki Maeshima, Yusaku Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8699050
    Abstract: An image forming device for executing an authentication print job including: a communication interface unit for receiving print data; a job data holding unit for holding job data based on the print data for the authentication print job; a user authentication unit for outputting the result of the user authentication to a control unit; a job execution unit for executing a job based on the job data; a job list generating unit for generating a list of the authentication print jobs; a display unit for displaying the list; and the control unit for, in receiving the result of the user authentication, acquiring a number of the authentication print jobs of the user authenticated by the user authentication, wherein, when the number is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, the control unit causes the job list generating unit to generate the list of the authentication print jobs of the authenticated user, the display unit to display the list, and the job execution unit to execute the authentication print job o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Kenichi Sawada, Katsushi Sukigara, Shoko Haba, Takatsugu Kuno
  • Publication number: 20140096071
    Abstract: A display device for controlling a display of a display device having a touch panel includes an update processing module. In a case where a display range displayed in the touch panel in the display screen, created from a predetermined amount of electronic information read from electronic information stored in a storage device, reaches the end of the display screen after moved in the scroll direction and in a case where an operation amount of the scroll operation is more than or equal to a threshold value, the updated processing module reads the predetermined amount of electronic information provided next in the scroll direction from the storage and updates the display of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20140029035
    Abstract: A printing setting apparatus for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in said plural types of data formats, comprising: an operation acceptor for accepting a user's operation for input; a generator for making printing setting based on control information received by said operation acceptor and generating printing setting information described in said one data format based on said printing setting; a converter for converting said printing setting information described in said one data format into printing setting information described in another data format included in said plural types of data formats; and an output part for outputting said printing setting information which is generated by said converter and described in said another data format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoko MARUYAMA, Atsushi TOMITA, Mie KAWABATA, Hiroshi SUGIURA, Toshimi SHINCHI
  • Patent number: 8621388
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel serving as a display apparatus and an input apparatus for accepting a request for performing processing and a control unit for controlling display on the operation panel. The control unit performs determination processing for determining whether a time period required for the processing requested to be performed is predictable or not, provides animation display by continuously displaying two or more windows relating to the processing when it is determined that the time period required for the processing is predictable, and provides pop-up display by displaying one window relating to the processing when it is determined that the time period required for the processing is not predictable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Ryosuke Nishimura, Kenichi Sawada, Takatsugu Kuno, Masahiro Imamura
  • Publication number: 20130335771
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email at a predetermined time; a print outputting part for producing a printed output of data contained in the received email; a stop controlling part for temporarily suspending the receiving process by the receiving part or the process to produce the printed output by the print outputting part; a determining part for receiving an input of instruction information specifying a processing to process the received email and determining the processing to process the received email in accordance with the input instruction information while the stop controlling part is temporarily suspending the process; and an email processing part for performing the processing determined by the determining part to process the received email while the process is being temporarily suspended by the stop controlling part or after the temporary suspension by the stop controlling part is cancelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi SUGIURA, Mie KAWABATA, Toshimi SHINCHI, Atsushi TOMITA, Tomoko Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8607164
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a display; a controller that displays or hides a function button for use of a function on a display screen on the display according to one or more than one pattern information object indicating the setting whether to display or hide the function button on the display screen; a firmware updater that updates firmware; and a comparator that compares the old and new firmware in terms of the functions installed thereon, and wherein, if the comparison result drawn by the comparator indicates that a new function is added due to the firmware update, the controller displays or hides a first function button for use of the new function according to pattern information for a second function button for use of a function on a higher layer than the new function or pattern information for a group including the second function button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Kenichi Sawada, Takuya Okada, Takeshi Hibino, Takatsugu Kuno
  • Patent number: 8595650
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a display. A plurality of icons that correspond to a plurality of function buttons to set the functions installed on an image processing apparatus are displayed in the icon display area on the display, organized in groups by function attribute. When a position in the icon display area is arbitrarily specified by a user, then function buttons that correspond to icons lying at the user specified position, are displayed in the function button display area on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Kenichi Sawada, Takeshi Hibino, Takuya Okada
  • Patent number: D732053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Izumi Ogawa, Shunji Ogawa, Yusuke Goto
  • Patent number: D732554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Izumi Ogawa, Shunji Ogawa, Yusuke Goto
  • Patent number: D774535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Izumi Ogawa, Shunji Ogawa, Yusuke Goto