Patents by Inventor Manabu Furukawa

Manabu Furukawa 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: 8953208
    Abstract: A cooperative system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal; the image processing apparatus comprises: a display; a judgment portion judging whether an operation screen requested from the portable terminal apparatus is a first screen including a file area or a second screen including no file area; and a transmitter transmitting screen data for reproducing the first or second screen depending on the judgment result, along with a file and area reproduction information; the portable terminal comprises: a requestor requesting for the screen data; a reproducer reproducing the first or second screen; a display displaying the first or second screen; a judgment portion judging whether user operates on the file area or the other area; and a controller showing in the file area an appropriate portion of the file for user operation if user operates on the file area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Furukawa, Masaya Hashimoto, Junichi Hase, Nobuhiro Mishima, Akihiro Torigoshi
  • Publication number: 20150029529
    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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiko ODA, Manabu Furukawa, Hiroki Tajima, Kenzo Yamamoto, Hiroki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20150009217
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Manabu FURUKAWA, Akihiko ODA, Hiroki TAJIMA, Hiroki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20140320918
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Manabu Furukawa, Akihiko Oda, Hiroki Tajima
  • Publication number: 20140285823
    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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko ODA, Manabu FURUKAWA, Hiroki TAJIMA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8773728
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus configured to store document data therein and to perform network communication is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a detection portion configured to detect, from a document to be saved, an unfinished part where a detection index and attribute data are described, the attribute data indicating an attribute of yet-to-be-written information to be written into the unfinished part; an obtaining portion configured to obtain information to be written into the unfinished part from a server connected to the image forming apparatus via a network based on the attribute data and information described in a vicinity of the unfinished part; and an editing portion configured to perform automatic editing by which the information obtained from the server is written into the unfinished part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazusei Takahashi, Manabu Furukawa, Hideyuki Matsuda, Nobuhiro Mishima, Mitsuharu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20140104649
    Abstract: A cooperative system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal; the image processing apparatus comprises: a display; a judgment portion judging whether an operation screen requested from the portable terminal apparatus is a first screen including a file area or a second screen including no file area; and a transmitter transmitting screen data for reproducing the first or second screen depending on the judgment result, along with a file and area reproduction information; the portable terminal comprises: a requestor requesting for the screen data; a reproducer reproducing the first or second screen; a display displaying the first or second screen; a judgment portion judging whether user operates on the file area or the other area; and a controller showing in the file area an appropriate portion of the file for user operation if user operates on the file area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Furukawa, Masaya Hashimoto, Junichi Hase, Nobuhiro Mishima, Akihiro Torigoshi
  • Publication number: 20140022589
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an internal control portion to execute a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program, and an application control portion to convert an application command output from the application executing portion into an internal command and output the internal command to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a controlled-object determination portion to determine whether the hardware resource to be controlled by a first internal command obtained by converting a first application command input from a first custom portion and the hardware resource to be controlled by a second internal command obtained by converting a second application command input from a second custom portion are of the same type, and an arbitration portion to control timings for outputting the first and second internal commands on the basis of the determination result by the controlled-object determination portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Kenji Matsuhara, Kenichi Takahashi, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Yosuke Taniguchi, Manabu Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8634112
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus comprises an image reader for scanning an original manuscript which is not updated to generate first image data on the original manuscript and for scanning an updated manuscript to generate second image data on the updated manuscript, a text information extraction part for extracting first text information from the first image data and extracting second text information from the second image data, an updated portion detector for detecting an updated portion of the updated manuscript on the basis of the first text information and the second text information, an electronic document generator for generating an electronic document of the updated manuscript on the basis of the second image data, and a storage controller for generating display data of the updated portion on the basis of a detection result on the updated portion and storing the display data into the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsuda, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Toshihiko Otake, Masao Hosono, Manabu Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20130208309
    Abstract: A remote operation system comprises an image forming apparatus and a remote operation apparatus. The image forming apparatus has an operation input part including a touch panel and a hardware key and a transmission part for transmitting synthesizable area information indicating a synthesizable area in a candidate screen (first screen) of the remote operation screen to the remote operation apparatus. The first screen is a screen including a touch panel area and a hardware key area, and the synthesizable area is defined in the synthesizable area information as an area not including a hardware key image. The remote operation apparatus generates a second screen by synthesizing an additional image to be added to the first screen into the synthesizable area of the first screen on the basis of the synthesizable area information and displays the second screen on the display part as the remote operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Junichi HASE, Manabu FURUKAWA, Nobuhiro MISHIMA, Masaya HASHIMOTO, Akihiro TORIGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130185665
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises: a display which allows users to connect a first icon to a second icon on a first screen and is capable of displaying the first screen with a still image of the first icon in motion and a second screen matching an event; a completion detector which detects completion of the connecting operation; a processor which performs an operation predetermined for the first and second icon when the connecting operation is completed; an event detector which detects occurrence of an event during the connecting operation; and a controller which performs, if an event occurs before completion of the connecting operation, a control operation consisting of: storing composition information of the first screen with a still image of the first icon in motion; interrupting the first screen; and reproducing the first screen after disappearance of the second screen on the basis of the composition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Manabu FURUKAWA, Hideyuki MATSUDA, Nobuhiro MISHIMA, Kazusei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuharu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20130083209
    Abstract: A cooperation system includes an image forming apparatus and a mobile information device. The image forming apparatus includes a storage portion which stores source data, and an image forming portion which forms an image of the source data on a sheet of paper. The mobile information device includes an image pickup portion, an image pickup control portion which acquires a picked-up image that the image pickup portion outputs by picking up an image of the image formed on the sheet by the image forming apparatus, a source data acquiring portion which acquires the source data corresponding to the picked-up image from the image forming apparatus, a process target determining portion which determines, on the basis of the picked-up image, a process target part to be processed within the acquired source data, and a process executing portion which executes processing on the determined process target part within the source data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Mishima, Manabu Furukawa, Hideyuki Matsuda, Kazusei Takahashi, Mitsuharu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20130073456
    Abstract: A subsystem of a first kind includes a first fee table receiving portion for receiving a first fee table, a user-restricted provision portion for providing a service, and an uncollected history record transmitting portion to transmit to a summation server an uncollected history record including a history record of providing a service. A subsystem of a second kind includes a post-collection provision portion for providing a service if a fee defined by a second fee table is collected, a collected history record transmitting portion to transmit to the summation server a collected history record including a history record of providing a service, a proxy provision portion for providing a service before a fee for the service is collected, and a switch control portion for comparing the first fee table with the second fee table and allowing the post-collection provision portion or the proxy provision portion to provide a service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsuda, Manabu Furukawa, Nobuhiro Mishima, Kazusei Takahashi, Mitsuharu Nagai
  • Patent number: 8292806
    Abstract: A safety and health information reporting system including a wearable device, a metabolic index calculating part, an activity index calculating part, a safety and health status determining part and a determination result output part. The wearable device is worn by a living body. The metabolic index calculating part calculates a metabolic index which represents energy consumption of the living body, based on a detection signal of the wearable device. The activity index calculating part calculates an activity index representing an activity amount of the living body on a daily basis. The safety and health status determining part which determines a safety and health status of the living body, based on a comparison of the metabolic index and the activity index. The determination result output part outputs a determination result of the safety and health status determining part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimada, Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Mariko Yamamoto, Hideyuki Ban, Manabu Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20120229825
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus configured to store document data therein and to perform network communication is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a detection portion configured to detect, from a document to be saved, an unfinished part where a detection index and attribute data are described, the attribute data indicating an attribute of yet-to-be-written information to be written into the unfinished part; an obtaining portion configured to obtain information to be written into the unfinished part from a server connected to the image forming apparatus via a network based on the attribute data and information described in a vicinity of the unfinished part; and an editing portion configured to perform automatic editing by which the information obtained from the server is written into the unfinished part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazusei TAKAHASHI, Manabu Furukawa, Hideyuki Matsuda, Nobuhiro Mishima, Mitsuharu Nagai
  • Patent number: 8144359
    Abstract: An image processing system performs a specific process on first image data to generate second image data, and estimates, if it is specified that the second image data is to be stored into a portable storage medium, a necessary time for the second image data to be generated. If the necessary time is longer than a predetermined period of time, depending on a selection made by a user, the image processing system stores the second image data into the portable storage medium after the second image data is completely generated, or, alternatively, stores, identification information including a storage location of the second image data into the portable storage medium, and then, stores the second image data into an image data storage portion. The image processing system, then, transmits, to a terminal, the second image data stored in the image data storage portion in accordance with a request from the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumi Sawayanagi, Toshihiko Otake, Hideyuki Matsuda, Masao Hosono, Manabu Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20110149350
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus comprises an image reader for scanning an original manuscript which is not updated to generate first image data on the original manuscript and for scanning an updated manuscript to generate second image data on the updated manuscript, a text information extraction part for extracting first text information from the first image data and extracting second text information from the second image data, an updated portion detector for detecting an updated portion of the updated manuscript on the basis of the first text information and the second text information, an electronic document generator for generating an electronic document of the updated manuscript on the basis of the second image data, and a storage controller for generating display data of the updated portion on the basis of a detection result on the updated portion and storing the display data into the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUDA, Kazumi SAWAYANAGI, Toshihiko OTAKE, Masao HOSONO, Manabu FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110069353
    Abstract: An image processing system performs a specific process on first image data to generate second image data, and estimates, if it is specified that the second image data is to be stored into a portable storage medium, a necessary time for the second image data to be generated. If the necessary time is longer than a predetermined period of time, depending on a selection made by a user, the image processing system stores the second image data into the portable storage medium after the second image data is completely generated, or, alternatively, stores, identification information including a storage location of the second image data into the portable storage medium, and then, stores the second image data into an image data storage portion. The image processing system, then, transmits, to a terminal, the second image data stored in the image data storage portion in accordance with a request from the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumi Sawayanagi, Toshihiko Otake, Hideyuki Matsuda, Masao Hosono, Manabu Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20070110974
    Abstract: A cast raw sheet for a capacitor film, prepared by heating and melting a polypropylene resin and extruding the resin from a T-die, wherein the polypropylene resin has: a weight average molecular weight, determined by gel permeation chromatography, of 100,000 or more and 500,000 or less; and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 7 or more, the resin contains 97% by mass or more of an isotactic component that is an extraction residue obtained by sequential extraction, and the cast raw sheet contains a ?-form in a proportion of 1% or more and less than 20%, the proportion being determined by X-ray diffraction intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Tadakazu Ishiwata, Manabu Furukawa, Fumio Jinno
  • Publication number: 20060094938
    Abstract: A safety and health information reporting system including a wearable device, a metabolic index calculating part, an activity index calculating part, a safety and health status determining part and a determination result output part. The wearable device is worn by a living body. The metabolic index calculating part calculates a metabolic index which represents energy consumption of the living body, based on a detection signal of the wearable device. The activity index calculating part calculates an activity index representing an activity amount of the living body on a daily basis. The safety and health status determining part which determines a safety and health status of the living body, based on a comparison of the metabolic index and the activity index. The determination result output part outputs a determination result of the safety and health status determining part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimada, Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Mariko Yamamoto, Hideyuki Ban, Manabu Furukawa