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).

  • Publication number: 20200341704
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroki TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200290362
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Tajima, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Kenji Yabe, Yuji Tamaru, Naoko Shimizu, Kyosuke Toda, Sayaka Seki, Yosuke Takagi, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Ryo Sato
  • Patent number: 10747484
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroki Tajima
  • Publication number: 20200195793
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroki Tajima
  • Patent number: 10397431
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tajima, Hozuma Nakajima, Kazuaki Tomono, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10356258
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Hiroki Tajima, Taiju Inagaki, Tadashi Suzue
  • Publication number: 20190050174
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroki TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10110762
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tajima, Kazuaki Tomono, Tadashi Suzue, Taiju Inagaki
  • Patent number: 9984663
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Hozuma Nakajima, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9767530
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Manabu Furukawa, Akihiko Oda, Hiroki Tajima, Hiroki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20170263217
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki TOMONO, Hozuma NAKAJIMA, Hiroki TAJIMA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170264769
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki TAJIMA, Hozuma NAKAJIMA, Kazuaki TOMONO, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9652062
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Akihiko Oda, Manabu Furukawa, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170013149
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki TAJIMA, Kazuaki TOMONO, Tadashi SUZUE, Taiju INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 9487009
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head comprising a base plate that is provided with supply slits, and an element substrate that is jointed to the base plate and is provided with supply openings. In a case where a shift amount between a position of the supply opening and a position of the supply slit is a predetermined value or more, the element substrate is corrected in position such that the shift amount is less than the predetermined value, and a position of the element substrate is corrected by an integral multiple of an image formation minimum pixel pitch in a sheet conveying direction, of an image formed on a sheet, as a unit of a travel distance at the correcting of the element substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Tajima
  • Publication number: 20160219170
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuaki TOMONO, Hiroki TAJIMA, Taiju INAGAKI, Tadashi SUZUE
  • Patent number: 9369596
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a touch-enabled display that is capable of displaying a first screen and a second screen smaller than the first screen, the second screen showing information, the second screen to be expanded with a user sliding manipulation; a memory that stores reference information determining which information on the second screen is relevant and irrelevant to the first screen; a judgment portion that judges whether or not the information on the second screen is relevant to the first screen on the basis of the reference information stored on the memory; and a display controller that expands the second screen even without the sliding manipulation being completely finished if the information on the second screen is relevant to the first screen and that restores the second screen to the previous state upon finish of the sliding manipulation if the information on the second screen is irrelevant to the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Chohiko Fukuoh, Hiroki Tajima, Kazuaki Tomono, Taiju Inagaki
  • Patent number: 9323350
    Abstract: A display control device comprises: a display; a movement judgment portion that judges whether or not a second image moves a certain distance by user dragging the second image to an arbitrary position of a first image on the display, a controller that allows the display to show a larger area of the first image at least by reducing the first image in size, if the movement judgment portion judges that the second image moves a certain distance; and an image giving portion that gives the second image to a user desired position on the first image by user dropping the second image at the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Oda, Manabu Furukawa, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9258440
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a setting information transmitting portion to transmit setting information including a setting screen stored in a screen storage area, screen identification information thereof, and a setting value stored in a setting value storage area to a remote operation device; a remote setting portion to, in response to remote operation information being received after transmission of the setting information, update the setting value stored in the setting value storage area with a setting value included in the remote operation information; and a remote setting screen update portion to generate a setting screen based on the setting value stored in the setting value storage area and update the setting screen stored in the setting screen storage area, after the setting value is updated. An operation is specified based on positional information included in the remote operation information in the updated setting screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Oda, Manabu Furukawa, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto, Hiroki Ueda
  • Patent number: 9223531
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores one or more files; a connector that connects the image processing apparatus to a portable terminal apparatus, the portable terminal apparatus including a display portion that remotely displays a screen of the image processing apparatus along with one or more application icons representing one or more applications installed on the portable terminal apparatus, the screen having: one or more file buttons and one or more file processing buttons; a receiver that receives display information from the portable terminal; a display data generator that generates remote screen display data on the basis of the display information, by moving the file processing button to a position at which the file processing button would be further away from the application icon; and a transmitter that transmits the remote screen display data to the portable terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Manabu Furukawa, Akihiko Oda, Hiroki Tajima