Patents by Inventor Keishi Sakuma
Keishi Sakuma 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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Patent number: 10757296Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image reading device that may include an image reader, an operation detector, a correction parameter adjuster, an entry detector, and a document reading controller. The image reader may read an image on a document. The operation detector may detect an operation indicating a start of a reading of the image on the document. The correction parameter adjuster may perform adjustment of a correction parameter. The entry detector may detect entry of a document reading instruction including a reading condition. The document reading controller may check for completion of the adjustment of the correction parameter for the reading condition. If the adjustment of the correction parameter is not completed, the document reading controller may instruct the correction parameter adjuster to perform adjustment of an uncompleted correction parameter and instruct the image reader to read the image.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20200220994Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a restriction information acquisition part that acquires print function restriction information corresponding to a user; a document acquisition part that acquires an HTML document from a Web server; a print command receiver that receives a print command; an analyzer that analyzes whether designated print setting information is included in the HTML document; a print setting determination part, in which in a case where an analysis result indicates that the designated print setting information is included in the HTML document, the print setting determination part determines, in accordance with the designated print setting information, a print setting, and in a case where an analysis result indicates that the designated print setting information is not included in the HTML, document, the print setting determination part determines the print setting in accordance with the print-function restriction information; and a print execution part that prints the print object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: KEISHI SAKUMA
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Patent number: 10552716Abstract: An apparatus capable of executing a system control application generating system control tasks for system control and a machine control application for machine control under a general-purpose operating system includes a control unit configured to generate a plurality of identical periodic tasks of periodically performing a predetermined process related to the machine control, and cause at least two cores of a multicore processor to execute the generated periodic tasks, the multicore processor having a plurality of cores including the at least two cores.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20190289167Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image reading device that may include an image reader, an operation detector, a correction parameter adjuster, an entry detector, and a document reading controller. The image reader may read an image on a document. The operation detector may detect an operation indicating a start of a reading of the image on the document. The correction parameter adjuster may perform adjustment of a correction parameter. The entry detector may detect entry of a document reading instruction including a reading condition. The document reading controller may check for completion of the adjustment of the correction parameter for the reading condition. If the adjustment of the correction parameter is not completed, the document reading controller may instruct the correction parameter adjuster to perform adjustment of an uncompleted correction parameter and instruct the image reader to read the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Keishi SAKUMA
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Patent number: 10210443Abstract: An information processing apparatus operated by a user carrying an authentication device, includes: an operation panel accepting an operation performed by the user; and an apparatus hardware processor controlling the operation panel. The apparatus hardware processor performs a matching process of determining whether or not operation history information which is time series data of a sequence of operations performed by the user and accepted by the operation panel, and operation information about an operation of the operation panel performed by the user authenticated as a user permitted to use the information processing apparatus and acquired from the authentication device carried by the user, are related to operation of the same operation panel. If it is determined by the matching process that the operation history information and the operation information, match as information about operation of the same operation panel, the apparatus hardware processor performs an operation acceptance process.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Patent number: 10178265Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a flash memory as an image data buffer, and a control section, where data writing to each memory block of the flash memory is controlled by using wear leveling. The control section predicts whether writing of a certain amount of image data such that the amount of image data to be written into the flash memory in a predetermined period exceeds a predetermined value, will occur, and on predicting that the writing of the certain amount of image data will occur, restricting an input of image data and/or a speed of buffering the image data, to reduce the amount of image data to be written into the flash memory in the predetermined period.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20180307955Abstract: An information processing apparatus operated by a user carrying an authentication device, includes: an operation panel accepting an operation performed by the user; and an apparatus hardware processor controlling the operation panel. The apparatus hardware processor performs a matching process of determining whether or not operation history information which is time series data of a sequence of operations performed by the user and accepted by the operation panel, and operation information about an operation of the operation panel performed by the user authenticated as a user permitted to use the information processing apparatus and acquired from the authentication device carried by the user, are related to operation of the same operation panel. If it is determined by the matching process that the operation history information and the operation information, match as information about operation of the same operation panel, the apparatus hardware processor performs an operation acceptance process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Patent number: 9917960Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus, a management apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a load control program and a load control method. The image forming apparatus includes a controller that provides a job execution function and a server function. The controller defines a condition for restricting server connections from one or more client terminals, according to a status of job execution, and instructs a load balancing apparatus to perform load control to restrict the server connections based on the condition. The management apparatus includes a controller that sends a request from a client terminal to a server function, to one of image forming apparatuses. The controller obtains, from each image forming apparatus, information relating to a status of job execution, and performs load control to restrict server connections to each image forming apparatus, according to the status of job execution.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20170054860Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus, a management apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a load control program and a load control method. The image forming apparatus includes a controller that provides a job execution function and a server function. The controller defines a condition for restricting server connections from one or more client terminals, according to a status of job execution, and instructs a load balancing apparatus to perform load control to restrict the server connections based on the condition. The management apparatus includes a controller that sends a request from a client terminal to a server function, to one of image forming apparatuses. The controller obtains, from each image forming apparatus, information relating to a status of job execution, and performs load control to restrict server connections to each image forming apparatus, according to the status of job execution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keishi SAKUMA
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Publication number: 20160283265Abstract: An apparatus capable of executing a system control application generating system control tasks for system control and a machine control application for machine control under a general-purpose operating system includes a control unit configured to generate a plurality of identical periodic tasks of periodically performing a predetermined process related to the machine control, and cause at least two cores of a multicore processor to execute the generated periodic tasks, the multicore processor having a plurality of cores including the at least two cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Keishi SAKUMA
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Patent number: 9312025Abstract: Provided are an information processing, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a refresh control program, and a refresh control method. An information processing apparatus which can work in a plurality of operation modes, includes: a flash memory; and a control section. The control section is configured to acquire an operating time period of each of the operation modes. The control section is further configured to calculate a weighted time period of each of the operation modes by weighting the operating time period of each of the operation modes by using a weighting coefficient of the corresponding operation mode. The control section is further configured to perform refresh processing of the flash memory when an integrated weighted time period exceeds a refresh threshold value which has been determined previously, where the integrated weighted time period is calculated by adding up the weighted time periods of the operation modes.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Patent number: 9262842Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus for compressing an image. The apparatus includes a compressing section configured to compress an image based on N representative colors to generate N-representative-color-based compression data and calculate an indicator for evaluating an image quality of the image compressed based on M representative colors during compressing the image based on N representative colors, where M<N holds.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20150288847Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a flash memory as an image data buffer, and a control section, where data writing to each memory block of the flash memory is controlled by using wear leveling. The control section predicts whether writing of a certain amount of image data such that the amount of image data to be written into the flash memory in a predetermined period exceeds a predetermined value, will occur, and on predicting that the writing of the certain amount of image data will occur, restricting an input of image data and/or a speed of buffering the image data, to reduce the amount of image data to be written into the flash memory in the predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Keishi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20150043284Abstract: Provided are an information processing, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a refresh control program, and a refresh control method. An information processing apparatus which can work in a plurality of operation modes, includes: a flash memory; and a control section. The control section is configured to acquire an operating time period of each of the operation modes. The control section is further configured to calculate a weighted time period of each of the operation modes by weighting the operating time period of each of the operation modes by using a weighting coefficient of the corresponding operation mode. The control section is further configured to perform refresh processing of the flash memory when an integrated weighted time period exceeds a refresh threshold value which has been determined previously, where the integrated weighted time period is calculated by adding up the weighted time periods of the operation modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: KEISHI SAKUMA
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Publication number: 20130336584Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus for compressing an image. The apparatus includes a compressing section configured to compress an image based on N representative colors to generate N-representative-color-based compression data and calculate an indicator for evaluating an image quality of the image compressed based on M representative colors during compressing the image based on N representative colors, where M<N holds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventor: Keishi Sakuma