Patents by Inventor Masafumi Aikawa

Masafumi Aikawa 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: 11836313
    Abstract: An input device including a touchscreen sensor that detects a touch operation from a user, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a program, and a hardware processor that executes the program to operate as: an area determination unit that determines whether a detected touch operation is performed in a first detection area; a trajectory determination unit that, when it is determined that the detected touch operation is performed in the first detection area, determines whether or not the detected touch operation indicates an operation drawing a linear trajectory; and a detection control unit that, when it is determined that the operation drawing a linear trajectory is indicated, controls the area determination unit to determine whether a next touch operation is performed in a second detection area that is larger than the first detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Masafumi Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20230079360
    Abstract: An input device including a touchscreen sensor that detects a touch operation from a user, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a program, and a hardware processor that executes the program to operate as: an area determination unit that determines whether a detected touch operation is performed in a first detection area; a trajectory determination unit that, when it is determined that the detected touch operation is performed in the first detection area, determines whether or not the detected touch operation indicates an operation drawing a linear trajectory; and a detection control unit that, when it is determined that the operation drawing a linear trajectory is indicated, controls the area determination unit to determine whether a next touch operation is performed in a second detection area that is larger than the first detection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Masafumi AIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9984055
    Abstract: Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program, an image display apparatus and a display control method. The apparatus includes a touch panel configured to receive a handwriting input and display a document and handwriting information in a display area thereof. The display control program, when being executed by a processor of the apparatus, causes the processor to perform the following processes. The processes includes: operating the touch panel to display a document and handwriting information in the display area; and in response to detecting an operation onto the document, controlling display of the handwriting information by using a first display mode or a second display mode. The first display mode is a mode to display the handwriting information with being associated with the document. The second display mode is a mode to display the handwriting information with being associated with the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Masafumi Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20140372881
    Abstract: Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program, an image display apparatus and a display control method. The apparatus includes a touch panel configured to receive a handwriting input and display a document and handwriting information in a display area thereof. The display control program, when being executed by a processor of the apparatus, causes the processor to perform the following processes. The processes includes: operating the touch panel to display a document and handwriting information in the display area; and in response to detecting an operation onto the document, controlling display of the handwriting information by using a first display mode or a second display mode. The first display mode is a mode to display the handwriting information with being associated with the document. The second display mode is a mode to display the handwriting information with being associated with the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Masafumi AIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7203848
    Abstract: A printer changes a setup menu in such a way as to enable a user to select an automatic mode for automatically setting a switching time for switching to a power saving mode in accordance with information concerning execution frequency of a printing process, when a prescribed discrepancy occurs between a prescribed switching time and actual printing process execution status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mitsubori, Masafumi Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20070035757
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a print control unit for judging a print function unfamiliar to a user among print functions owned by an image forming apparatus to make the image forming apparatus perform sample print by the print function unfamiliar to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Masafumi Aikawa
  • Patent number: 7120670
    Abstract: A data communication device, etc. that enable a reply e-mail to an e-mail sent via broadcast transmission to be sent to an e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’ for the broadcast transmission while maintaining the confidentiality of the e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’, by storing in a storage device multiple e-mail addresses to which an e-mail was sent via broadcast transmission, receiving a reply e-mail to the e-mail sent via broadcast transmission from one of the multiple e-mail addresses, and sending copies of the received reply e-mail to an e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’ based on the e-mail addresses stored in the storage device when the e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’ is included in the multiple e-mail addresses to which the e-mail had been sent via broadcast transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Aikawa, Tsumoru Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7103849
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus which has a plurality of overlapping entry screens, a desired one is selectively displayed and various operation conditions are set on the selected entry screen. The contents of all the set operation conditions are displayed in the form of a list. The list is displayed together with an entry screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Masafumi Aikawa
  • Patent number: 6930796
    Abstract: Whether it is possible to print each one of a plurality of pages of image data on a paper of a designated size is determined. As to a page which is determined printable on a paper of the designated size as papers of the designated size are available in paper feed parts, the page is printed out on a paper of the designated size. As to a page which is determined unprintable on a paper of the designated size as papers of the designated size are not available in the paper feed parts, data representing the page are saved and the page is printed in a reduced size or otherwise appropriately printed on a paper of a different size. In this manner, all pages of the image data are printed, and at the same time, notification is provided to notify the fact that printing on a paper of the different size was conducted. When papers of the appropriate designated size are supplied, printing as designated is executed. It is also possible to select whether to stop printing in the designated size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Matsuura, Takenori Idehara, Masafumi Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20040158755
    Abstract: A printer changes a setup menu in such a way as to enable a user to select an automatic mode for automatically setting a switching time for switching to a power saving mode in accordance with information concerning execution frequency of a printing process, when a prescribed discrepancy occurs between a prescribed switching time and actual printing process execution status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: MINOLTA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mitsubori, Masafumi Aikawa
  • Patent number: 6671066
    Abstract: A program, method and apparatus which are capable of processing print data, in which one job consists of multiple sets of print data with no break, so that features required to processing by the set such as sorting are performed appropriately by a printer. Break codes are added to the print data to indicate breaks between sets and the breaks are identified based on the break codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Aikawa, Tatsuya Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20030023696
    Abstract: A data communication device, etc. that enable a reply e-mail to an e-mail sent via broadcast transmission to be sent to an e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’ for the broadcast transmission while maintaining the confidentiality of the e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’, by storing in a storage device multiple email addresses to which an e-mail was sent via broadcast transmission, receiving a reply e-mail to the e-mail sent via broadcast transmission from one of the multiple e-mail addresses, and sending copies of the received reply e-mail to an e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’ based on the e-mail addresses stored in the storage device when the e-mail address designated as ‘BCC’ is included in the multiple e-mail addresses to which the e-mail had been sent via broadcast transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Masafumi Aikawa, Tsumoru Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20020054008
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus in which of a plurality of overlapping entry screens, a desired one is selectively displayed and various operation conditions are set on the selected entry screen, the contents of all the set operation conditions are displayed in the form of a list. The list is displayed together with the entry screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: Masafumi Aikawa