Patents by Inventor Hideo Muramatsu

Hideo Muramatsu 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).

  • Patent number: 7453416
    Abstract: An image displaying device includes a first display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a surface side of a main body, a second display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a lower surface side of the main body and a detector which detects a turning-over of the main body. The display contents of the first or second display portion is changed by a display controller depending on detected results of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Hiroaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6646755
    Abstract: A digital copying machine having a facsimile function includes an automatic printing unit and a determining unit which determines a key input made by an operator. Only when it is determined by the determining unit that the key input is made for an operation related to copy or print, an automatic printing inhibition flag is set, thereby inhibiting automatic printing. Accordingly, a digital copying machine having a facsimile function can be provided in which automatic printing is not inhibited unnecessarily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Iwai, Hideo Muramatsu, Akinori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20030076277
    Abstract: An image displaying device includes a first display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a surface side of a main body, a second display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a lower surface side of the main body and a detector which detects a turning-over of the main body. The display contents of the first or second display portion is changed by a display controller depending on detected results of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: MINOLTA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Hiroaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6519429
    Abstract: An image processing device is made convenient for a user to specify and cancel jobs one by one when there are a plurality of recorded jobs containing image data a user wants to cancel. The operating unit of the image processing device receives a cancellation command from a user and executes memory recall and extracts the image data for a job which is the target of a cancellation command when a document reading operation is not being executed and when a print operation is not being executed. Then, all jobs including such image data are extracted, and the target job table of the destruction command and other jobs including the image data included in the target job are extracted from the memory unit of the image processing device and canceled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 6456911
    Abstract: In a traffic support system, journey information creating means is incorporated in an information processing device formed as a work station. On the basis of information concerning the journey of an airplane and accumulated as a database, and information recorded in a data recording device and obtained each time the airplane travels, the journey information creating means creates new information for the next journey of the airplane. This created information is recorded in the data recording device and brought into the airplane. Accordingly, information obtained while a mobile body travels can be used in subsequent journeys of the mobile body, thereby further enhancing the convenience of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hideo Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20020071690
    Abstract: An image processing device is made convenient for a user to specify and cancel jobs one by one when there are a plurality of recorded jobs containing image data a user wants to cancel. The operating unit of the image processing device receives a cancellation command from a user and executes memory recall and extracts the image data for a job which is the target of a cancellation command when a document reading operation is not being executed and when a print operation is not being executed. Then, all jobs including such image data are extracted, and the target job table of the destruction command and other jobs including the image data included in the target job are extracted from the memory unit of the image processing device and canceled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Hideo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 6335801
    Abstract: With facsimile apparatuses wherein color image data is coded, a facsimile on a calling side codes image data by replacing the image data with a codeword indicative of a white run-length or a black run-length, represents color information by combining specific codewords among the codewords and represents image data including color image only by codewords by combining the coded image data and the color information. A facsimile on a called side receives transmitted image data, determines color information represented by a combination of specific codewords among the codewords in the received image data, and outputs image data as specific color image when the color image is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munehiro Nakatani, Masamichi Sugiura, Hideo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 5828465
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is provided with an overwrite mode of operation and an append mode of operation. The image data for a document that is to be registered for polling transmission is stored in a memory in a manner which permits the image data to be easily modified, and additional data appended thereto. In the overwrite mode, previously stored data is automatically erased, and new image data is stored in the memory in its place. If the amount of new image data is greater than the amount of data that was previously stored, the additional data is stored in a manner which links it to the area where the previously stored data was located. In the append mode, the new image data is similarly stored in a manner which links it to previously stored data. There is no need to erase or modify the originally stored data in this mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Tatsuji Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5818606
    Abstract: In a digital copying machine having facsimile functions, in which image data can be stored for polling transmission, use of a confirmation print mode for normal copying is inhibited by modifying the appearance of copies that are produced in the confirmation print mode. This modification can be made by altering the size of the printed image, or combining additional image data with the stored image data to produce an altered version of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Yoshiharu Kurozasa
  • Patent number: 5812279
    Abstract: A facsimile machine in accordance with the present invention includes a reading device for reading an original image to be transmitted, a memory for storing the read image data, a first transmission device for transmitting the image data stored in the memory to an external device, a second transmission device for transmitting the read image data to an external device in parallel with the reading operation by the reading device, and a controller for activating one of the first and second transmission devices based on the remaining amount of the storage capacity of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Fukushima, Hideo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 5805272
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus which reads out a document placed face-up by scanning optically from above the document, having a document change detection means, and when a document is not changed, a reproducted image density is controlled by using a previous result of the document ground brightness detection without detecting newly. Further, an image reading section is arranged on a document table which a bookform document is placed upward and an auto-document feeding unit for conveying a sheetform document is provided, where by a conveyed sheetform document is read out by a sensor at a fixed focal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Nozawa, Haisheng Liang, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Alan Darby, Hideo Muramatsu, Shinya Matsuda
  • Patent number: 5745253
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image reading apparatus for reading images of original documents by moving the original relative to a stationary image reader. A single image reader is used in a first embodiment. When reading the image of a first side, the single image reader is stationary at a first position to read the original. When reading the image of a second side, the single image reader is moved to a second position corresponding to the size of the original, and reads the image of the second side while said image reader is stationary at the second position. The image reading apparatus of the second embodiment uses a stationary first reader for reading a first side of an original, and a movable second image reader for reading a second side of an original. The image reading apparatus of the second embodiment changes the position of the image reader in accordance with the size of the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Munehiro Nakatani, Akio Nakajima
  • Patent number: 5539445
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus provided with a document feeder, and in which a plurality of originals are set on a platen glass and read in a single reading operation to obtain image data. The obtained image data are stored in an image memory. The number of originals which can be placed on the platen glass varies in accordance with the size of the originals to maximize the number of originals to be placed on the platen glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabisha Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Munehiro Nakatani, Akio Nakajima
  • Patent number: 5532841
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes a plurality of image reading units, each reading an image and converting the read image into image data, and a main controlling unit for receiving image data through a communication line and transmitting the received image data through another communication line to another facsimile apparatus of a destination. In the main controlling unit of the facsimile apparatus, a selector selects one of the image reading units, and a communication line connection controller connects the main controlling unit through the communication line with the selected one of the image reading units. Further, a data receiver receives image data from one of the image reading units cconnected throught the comunication line by the communication line connection controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Nakajima, Hideo Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kanako Hamano
  • Patent number: 5491557
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a document transport mechanism for transporting a document to a reading station, an image reading unit for reading an image of the document at the reading station and for outputting image data descriptive of the image of the document, a image forming unit for performing an image formation based on the image data, a memory for storing the image data, a data writing unit for transferring and writing the image data to the memory, and a data reading unit for reading the image data from the storage means in readiness for a transfer of the image data to the image forming unit. A control unit is provided for controlling a data write operation, performed by the data writing unit, and a data read operation, performed by the data reading unit, so as to be accomplished independently and in parallel relation with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Nakajima, Munehiro Nakatani, Hideo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 5465172
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original while transporting the original from an original tray to an image reading position. When an original once read has to be read again due to some trouble, the original is automatically transported to an original tray provided upstream of the reading position so that the original can be automatically read again without operator intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigenobu Fukushima, Munehiro Nakatani, Hideo Muramatsu, Toshio Tsuboi, Hiroaki Hamano, Kanako Hamano
  • Patent number: 5461459
    Abstract: A digital copying apparatus capable of forming a binding at an appropriate position with respect to a copy image irrespective of an orientation of an original document. The digital copying apparatus detects orientations of the original document, an original image and a copy sheet, and rotates original image data in accordance with the detected orientations so as to accord the orientations of the original image and a copy image. When the rotated original image data is formed on the copy sheet as the copy image, formation of the copy image is controlled to provide a binding at the relative position in relation to the copy image by shifting the copy image with respect to the copy sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Kaoru Tada
  • Patent number: 5452108
    Abstract: When an original fed by an original feeding portion is mounted at a predetermined position on a platen glass, a scanner starts traveling in one direction from its home position, and scans the original. When the scanner completes scanning, the original read out is discharged, and the next original is fed. However, the scanner does not return to its home position. The scanner is held at the position. When the next original is mounted at a predetermined position, the scanner travels in a direction opposite to a direction for the previous original from the position to carry out scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 5444554
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image reading apparatus for reading images of original documents by moving the original relative to a stationary image reader. A single image reader is used in a first embodiment. When reading the image of a first side, the single image reader is stationary at a first position to read the original. When reading the image of a second side, the single image reader is moved to a second position corresponding to the size of the original, and reads the image of the second side while said image reader is stationary at the second position. The image reading apparatus of the second embodiment uses a stationary first reader for reading a first side of an original, and movable second image reader for reading a second side of an original. The image reading apparatus of the second embodiment changes the positions of the image reader in accordance with the size of the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Munehiro Nakatani, Akio Nakajima
  • Patent number: 5410419
    Abstract: The facsimile machine according to the invention can set a so-called night time collective time designation mode for power saving during night time processing time. Turning on a prescribed operation key of the facsimile machine permits printing. More specifically, even when the machine is in the power saving state, a printing operation is permitted in response to a key input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Muramatsu, Masamichi Sugiura, Munehiro Nakatani, Akio Nakajima, Yoshikazu Ikenoue, Shigenobu Fukushima, Keiji Nakatani, Yoshiyuki Kurahashi, Masanori Yamamoto