Patents by Inventor Eisaku Owada

Eisaku Owada 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: 20230096492
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device that displays a setting screen for setting a function of a vehicle includes a display control unit that displays a vehicle image which is an image of a vehicle having a plurality of light units on the setting screen and that changes the on-off state of each of the plurality of light units shown in the vehicle image, according to the function to be set of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Eisaku Owada
  • Patent number: 10791231
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that may include: an acquisitor that may obtain a first icon of each of a plurality of applications; a generator that may generate a second icon of each of the plurality of applications by superimposing the first icon onto each base image having a same size or a shape; and a display controller that may cause a display to display a selection screen in which the second icon of each of the plurality of applications is arranged to allow a user to select any of the plurality of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kurumasa, Taketoshi Yamahata, Ryosuke Nishimura, Atsushi Kondo, Eisaku Owada
  • Patent number: 10652417
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that transmits data relating to an internal component to a server, and the image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires from the server a failure prediction list in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses is ranked; detects that the internal component has reached a warning state; specifies a data transmission stop apparatus that is to be caused to stop data transmission to the server from among other image processing apparatuses by referring the failure prediction list in a case where it is detected that the internal component has reached the warning state; transmits a stop command for causing the data transmission to the server to be stopped to the data transmission stop apparatus specified; and transmits, to the server, data relating to the internal component detected as being in the warning state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Sonoda, Akito Ota, Eisaku Owada
  • Publication number: 20200036851
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an application from outside; and a controller for controlling the image forming apparatus. The controller performs operations including: executing the application received by the receiver, specifying a function of the application based on execution of the application; and outputting the specified function of the application in a state where the application is associated with the specified function of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Eisaku OWADA, Taketoshi YAMAHATA, Yoichi KURUMASA
  • Patent number: 10540126
    Abstract: An image processing device that provides an operation terminal device with an operation screen and receives input information from the operation terminal device, comprising a hardware processor that: communicates with the operation terminal device in either a first communication mode or a second communication mode, which is different from the first communication mode; determines whether the communication with the operation terminal device is in the first communication mode or the second communication mode; and creates a first screen, which is the operation screen imposed with no limit, and provides the operation terminal device with the created first screen when the communication is determined to be made in the first communication mode, and creates a second screen, which is the operation screen imposed with a limit, and provides the operation terminal device with the created second screen when the communication is determined to be made in the second communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoko Maruyama, Hideyuki Matsuda, Kaoru Fukuoka, Jun Shiraishi, Hiroyuki Ohno, Eisaku Owada
  • Publication number: 20200014807
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that may include: an acquisitor that may obtain a first icon of each of a plurality of applications; a generator that may generate a second icon of each of the plurality of applications by superimposing the first icon onto each base image having a same size or a shape; and a display controller that may cause a display to display a selection screen in which the second icon of each of the plurality of applications is arranged to allow a user to select any of the plurality of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi KURUMASA, Taketoshi YAMAHATA, Ryosuke NISHIMURA, Atsushi KONDO, Eisaku OWADA
  • Publication number: 20190297214
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that transmits data relating to an internal component to a server, and the image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires from the server a failure prediction list in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses is ranked; detects that the internal component has reached a warning state; specifies a data transmission stop apparatus that is to be caused to stop data transmission to the server from among other image processing apparatuses by referring the failure prediction list in a case where it is detected that the internal component has reached the warning state; transmits a stop command for causing the data transmission to the server to be stopped to the data transmission stop apparatus specified; and transmits, to the server, data relating to the internal component detected as being in the warning state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yu SONODA, Akito OTA, Eisaku OWADA
  • Publication number: 20190297198
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that transmits data relating to an internal component to a server via a network, and the image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires the data relating to the internal component; judges whether or not it is a transmission timing at which the data acquired is to be transmitted to the server; confirms an operation state of another image processing apparatus connected to the network in a case where it is judged that it is the transmission timing; decides whether or not to transmit the data acquired to the server based on a confirmation result; and transmits the data acquired to the server in a case where it is decided to perform data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Eisaku OWADA, Akito OTA, Yu SONODA
  • Publication number: 20190042168
    Abstract: An image processing device that provides an operation terminal device with an operation screen and receives input information from the operation terminal device, comprising a hardware processor that: communicates with the operation terminal device in either a first communication mode or a second communication mode, which is different from the first communication mode; determines whether the communication with the operation terminal device is in the first communication mode or the second communication mode; and creates a first screen, which is the operation screen imposed with no limit, and provides the operation terminal device with the created first screen when the communication is determined to be made in the first communication mode, and creates a second screen, which is the operation screen imposed with a limit, and provides the operation terminal device with the created second screen when the communication is determined to be made in the second communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoko Maruyama, Hideyuki Matsuda, Kaoru Fukuoka, Jun Shiraishi, Hiroyuki Ohno, Eisaku Owada