Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tajima
Hiroki Tajima 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).
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Publication number: 20210012771Abstract: A voice-operated system includes a processing device, and a controller that communicates with the processing device. The processing device includes a first processor to perform: displaying, on an operating panel, an operation screen for instructing a process for execution by the processing device, to receive user's instruction; and executing a process corresponding to a command received from the controller. The controller includes a second processor to perform: generating the command for the processing device based on an input voice; and transmitting the command to the processing device. The generation of the command includes, when the voice instructs the processing device to execute a first process, generating a first command for instructing the operating panel to display the operation screen for instructing execution of the first process; and when the voice instructs the processing device to execute a second process, generating a second command for instructing execution of the second process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Hiroki TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200398566Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate including a plurality of ejection port arrays, a support member supporting the recording element substrate, and including a plurality of liquid chambers, and a channel member including a plurality of channels. Each of the plurality of liquid chambers includes an opening connected to one of the plurality of channels. Each of the plurality of channels is a channel that extends upward from the opening in a vertical direction, in a posture of the liquid ejection head in ejecting the liquid. A volume of the channel connected to the opening located at a central portion of the liquid chamber in the longitudinal direction, among the plurality of channels, is greater than a volume of the channel connected to the opening located on an end portion side apart from the central portion of the liquid chamber in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Naoko Shimizu, Yosuke Takagi, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Hiroki Tajima, Kyosuke Toda
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Publication number: 20200341704Abstract: A communication control system comprises: a router that connects a first network and a second network; a communication relay device that connects the first network and the second network; and a hardware processor that: determines whether a first packet received from the first network is a packet to be discarded by the router, transmits a second packet corresponding to the first packet to the second network when the first packet is determined as the packet to be discarded by the router, and rewrites a transmitter IP address of a response packet corresponding to the second packet to an IP address of the router and sends the response packet to the first network when the response packet is received from the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Hiroki TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200325707Abstract: A striker mounting structure is designed to mount a striker on a vehicle body and prevent a door from entering a passenger compartment. A reinforcement provided on the vehicle body is covered by an outer panel. A striker mounting surface is arranged to be spaced away from the reinforcement in a front/backward direction of the vehicle body. The reinforcement is provided with an insertion hole opening toward a direction away from the passenger compartment. The striker and a reinforcement member are fixed to opposite sides of the striker mounting surface. A connecting rod is fixed to the reinforcement member and is formed with a locking portion extending into the insertion hole in a direction toward the passenger compartment and formed with an abutment portion. A distance between an end of the abutment portion and the passenger compartment is smaller than a distance between the striker and the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shu Nakamura, Hironori Tajima, Kazuhiko Sato, Mikio Nakashima, Hiroki Kawamura, Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoshi Maekawa, Hirokazu Shirouzu, Kanichi Saito
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Publication number: 20200324629Abstract: A striker mounting structure is configured to mount a striker on a vehicle body. A hook fixed to a door is hooked to the striker. A reinforcement formed with an insertion hole may be attached to the vehicle body. An outer panel covering a reinforcement may include a striker mounting surface spaced from the reinforcement. A reinforcement member may be fixed to the striker and the striker mounting surface. Two or more connecting rods may extend from the reinforcement member. Each of the connecting rods may include locking portions, which are inserted in the insertion hole formed in the reinforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shu NAKAMURA, Hironori TAJIMA, Kazuhiko SATO, Mikio NAKASHIMA, Hiroki KAWAMURA, Tsuyoshi KATO, Satoshi MAEKAWA, Hirokazu SHIROUZU, Kanichi SAITO
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Publication number: 20200290362Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a recording head that ejects liquid; a sub-tank that is connected to the recording head and temporarily stores the liquid to be supplied to the recording head; a liquid tank that communicates with the sub-tank and is able to be filled with the liquid; a first atmosphere opening unit that is provided in the liquid tank; and a second atmosphere opening unit that is provided in the sub-tank. The second atmosphere opening unit is closable when the liquid tank is filled with the liquid, and the first atmosphere opening unit and the second atmosphere opening unit are able to open the liquid tank and the sub-tank to the atmosphere, respectively, when the sub-tank is filled with the liquid filled in the liquid tank by a hydraulic head pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Hiroki Tajima, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Kenji Yabe, Yuji Tamaru, Naoko Shimizu, Kyosuke Toda, Sayaka Seki, Yosuke Takagi, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Ryo Sato
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Patent number: 10747484Abstract: A communication control system comprises: a router that connects a first network and a second network; a communication relay device that connects the first network and the second network; and a hardware processor that: determines whether a first packet received from the first network is a packet to be discarded by the router; transmits a second packet corresponding to the first packet to the second network when the first packet is determined as the packet to be discarded by the router; and rewrites a transmitter IP address of a response packet corresponding to the second packet to an IP address of the router and sends the response packet to the first network when the response packet is received from the second network.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Hiroki Tajima
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Publication number: 20200195793Abstract: An integrated apparatus includes: an image processing apparatus; an Information Technology (IT) processing apparatus; and a common display operation panel, wherein the integrated apparatus: obtains a workflow that combines a job executed by the image processing apparatus and a job executed by the IT processing apparatus; launches an application and causes each of the image processing apparatus and the IT processing apparatus to execute the job indicated in the workflow; and switches, based on a determination criterion related to a function exhibited by the image processing apparatus, display by the display operation panel at a time when the job indicated in the workflow is executed by the image processing apparatus, to the first screen or the second screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Hiroki Tajima
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Publication number: 20190351884Abstract: An electric-brake controller controls an electric brake operable by an electric motor. The electric-brake controller includes: a rotation-angle obtainer including (i) a relative-rotation-angle obtaining unit that obtains a relative rotation angle of the electric motor for a set time, based on values output and received from a rotation-angle sensor at intervals of the set time, and (ii) an absolute-rotation-angle obtaining unit that calculates the obtained relative rotation angle with consideration of an orientation of the relative rotation angle to obtain an absolute rotation angle that is a rotation angle of the electric motor from a start of its operation; a recognition-error detector that detects a recognition error in the rotation-angle obtainer based on the obtained absolute rotation angle or a changing state of the absolute rotation angle; and a motor controller that controls the electric motor based on a result of detection performed by the recognition-error detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro TAJIMA, Hiroki MIMA, Akihiro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20190299510Abstract: Provided is a molding machine including a mold opening/closing mechanism configured to move a movable platen to be attached with a movable mold to a stationary platen to be attached with a stationary mold, and a clamping mechanism to perform a clamping process, and is intended to suppress machine cost or ensure the mold opening/closing speed. The molding machine includes the mold opening/closing mechanism configured to move the movable platen to be attached with the movable mold to the stationary platen to be attached with the stationary mold, and the clamping mechanism configured to perform a clamping process. The mold opening/closing mechanism includes at least two ball screws, at least two electric motors that respectively drive the ball screws, and a ball screw nut into which each of the ball screws is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Shizuo JINNO, Hisanaga TAJIMA, Shinji HAYASHI, Hiroki HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 10397431Abstract: A graphics processing device includes: a CPU corresponding to a general-purpose; and a GPU corresponding to a special-purpose for graphics processing, the GPU being configured to necessitate draw call batching before the GPU starts its operation, wherein: the CPU judges which device, the CPU itself or the GPU, should perform graphics processing to generate a screen image to be displayed on a display with reference to the number of screen elements composing the screen image; and the CPU performs graphics processing to generate the screen image if the CPU judges that the CPU itself should perform graphics processing, and the CPU performs draw call batching then makes the GPU perform graphics processing to generate the screen image if the CPU judges that the GPU should perform graphics processing.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Tajima, Hozuma Nakajima, Kazuaki Tomono, Kenzo Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10356258Abstract: An image processing system comprises: a terminal device that is provided with a display part; and an image processing device that outputs screen data to the terminal device, thereby enabling the display part to display a screen based on the screen data. The image processing device includes: a storage part in which multiple types of the screen data corresponding to respective screen sizes are stored; a screen information obtaining part that obtains information relating to the screen size of the display part; a screen data selecting part that selects the screen data corresponding to the screen size smaller than the screen size of the display part from among the multiple types of the screen data based on the information obtained by the screen information obtaining part; and an output part that outputs the screen data selected by the screen data selecting part to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Hiroki Tajima, Taiju Inagaki, Tadashi Suzue
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Publication number: 20190050174Abstract: A communication control system comprises: a router that connects a first network and a second network; a communication relay device that connects the first network and the second network; and a hardware processor that: determines whether a first packet received from the first network is a packet to be discarded by the router; transmits a second packet corresponding to the first packet to the second network when the first packet is determined as the packet to be discarded by the router; and rewrites a transmitter IP address of a response packet corresponding to the second packet to an IP address of the router and sends the response packet to the first network when the response packet is received from the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventor: Hiroki TAJIMA
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Patent number: 10110762Abstract: A display control device for displaying a screen in a display unit is provided. The display control device includes an obtaining portion configured to obtain size data indicating a size of a display surface of the display unit; and a processor configured to determine whether the size of the display surface is larger or smaller than a predetermined size based on the size data, to display a first screen including first objects in the display unit when the size of the display surface is larger than the predetermined size, and to display a second screen including second objects in the display unit when the size of the display surface is smaller than the predetermined size. The second screen corresponds to the first screen. The second objects are less than the first objects, and each of the second objects corresponds to any one of the first objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Tajima, Kazuaki Tomono, Tadashi Suzue, Taiju Inagaki
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Patent number: 9984663Abstract: A display device includes: a display; a base screen image storage that stores a base screen image; a resolution judgment portion that judges whether or not the display resolution is equal to a reference resolution; an image creator that creates a first image by enlarging or reducing the base screen image to the display resolution while sacrificing image quality for speed and creates a second image by enlarging or reducing the same to the display resolution while sacrificing speed for image quality; a second image storage that stores the second image; a display processor that causes the display to display the first or second image upon screen switch; and a screen judgment portion that judges which screen a screen displayed on the display is, a screen deserving or not deserving for a second image to be stored, with reference to reference information.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Hozuma Nakajima, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9767530Abstract: An image forming apparatus as an image displaying apparatus displays a preview image of the first page at a first resolution. The image forming apparatus enlarges and displays the preview image of the first page when receiving an operation to enlarge the preview image of the first page. The image forming apparatus stores a history of the resolution of the preview image being enlarged of the first page. The image forming apparatus determines a second resolution based on the history of the resolution, when receiving an operation to display a preview image of the second page. The image forming apparatus generates the preview image of the second page at the second resolution.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Manabu Furukawa, Akihiko Oda, Hiroki Tajima, Hiroki Ueda
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Publication number: 20170264769Abstract: A graphics processing device includes: a CPU corresponding to a general-purpose; and a GPU corresponding to a special-purpose for graphics processing, the GPU being configured to necessitate draw call batching before the GPU starts its operation, wherein: the CPU judges which device, the CPU itself or the GPU, should perform graphics processing to generate a screen image to be displayed on a display with reference to the number of screen elements composing the screen image; and the CPU performs graphics processing to generate the screen image if the CPU judges that the CPU itself should perform graphics processing, and the CPU performs draw call batching then makes the GPU perform graphics processing to generate the screen image if the CPU judges that the GPU should perform graphics processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki TAJIMA, Hozuma NAKAJIMA, Kazuaki TOMONO, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170263217Abstract: A display device includes: a display; a base screen image storage that stores a base screen image; a resolution judgment portion that judges whether or not the display resolution is equal to a reference resolution; an image creator that creates a first image by enlarging or reducing the base screen image to the display resolution while sacrificing image quality for speed and creates a second image by enlarging or reducing the same to the display resolution while sacrificing speed for image quality; a second image storage that stores the second image; a display processor that causes the display to display the first or second image upon screen switch; and a screen judgment portion that judges which screen a screen displayed on the display is, a screen deserving or not deserving for a second image to be stored, with reference to reference information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazuaki TOMONO, Hozuma NAKAJIMA, Hiroki TAJIMA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9652062Abstract: A display control device includes: a display; a touch panel being capable of detecting a gesture; a judgment portion that judges whether or not a screen displayed on the display allows users to operate a display data object with a gesture; a memory; an image generator that determines an image size, that generates an image data object identical with the display data object in the determined image size, and that stores the generated image data object on the memory, upon the screen being judged as allowing users to operate the display data object with a gesture; and a display controller that updates the display data object with the image data object generated by the image generator and stored on the memory, in response to a gesture being performed on the screen, the screen being judged as allowing users to operate the display data object with a gesture.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Akihiko Oda, Manabu Furukawa, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20170013149Abstract: A display control device for displaying a screen in a display unit is provided. The display control device includes an obtaining portion configured to obtain size data indicating a size of a display surface of the display unit; and a processor configured to determine whether the size of the display surface is larger or smaller than a predetermined size based on the size data, to display a first screen including first objects in the display unit when the size of the display surface is larger than the predetermined size, and to display a second screen including second objects in the display unit when the size of the display surface is smaller than the predetermined size. The second screen corresponds to the first screen. The second objects are less than the first objects, and each of the second objects corresponds to any one of the first objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroki TAJIMA, Kazuaki TOMONO, Tadashi SUZUE, Taiju INAGAKI