Patents by Inventor Masao Hosono
Masao Hosono 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: 20160255219Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a switching operation unit switching a display mode of a setting screen between first and second display modes. A first display screen in a first display mode includes an icon display area displaying icons arranged in a predetermined direction and corresponding to function buttons for setting each function, and a first function button display area displaying some of the function buttons corresponding to some of the icons specified by a range specification unit. The function buttons are classified into groups according to their function attribute. A second display screen in the second display mode includes a group display instruction area provided with group specification buttons for receiving input of a group display instruction to display function buttons belonging to a specific group among the groups, and a second function button display area displaying the function buttons belonging to the specific group among the function buttons.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takuya OKADA, Yoichi KURUMASA, Masao HOSONO, Kenichi KOMABA, Kazuhiro TOMIYASU
-
Patent number: 9386174Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel connected to a network, for displaying an icon accepting an inquiry about an operation and a control unit for controlling an operation. The control unit is configured to transmit an inquiry about an operation to a terminal through the network, to receive an answer based on the inquiry from the terminal, and to display on the touch panel, an operation instruction based on operation method instruction information indicating the answer.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Kaoru Fukuoka, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Masao Hosono, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
-
Patent number: 9386175Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a switching operation unit switching a display mode of a setting screen between first and second display modes. A first display screen in a first display mode includes an icon display area displaying icons arranged in a predetermined direction and corresponding to function buttons for setting each function, and a first function button display area displaying some of the function buttons corresponding to some of the icons specified by a range specification unit. The function buttons are classified into groups according to their function attribute. A second display screen in the second display mode includes a group display instruction area provided with group specification buttons for receiving input of a group display instruction to display function buttons belonging to a specific group among the groups, and a second function button display area displaying the function buttons belonging to the specific group among the function buttons.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Takuya Okada, Yoichi Kurumasa, Masao Hosono, Kenichi Komaba, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu
-
Publication number: 20160142566Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of improving the operability at the time of transition from a currently-displayed image to another image as compared with the conventional technique. The image forming apparatus includes: a display unit; an operation accepting unit for accepting an operation indicating that display of an image currently displayed on the display unit is unnecessary; a generating unit for generating, based on the operation, a menu showing image candidates to which transition from the currently-displayed image can be made; a menu display unit for displaying the menu on the currently-displayed image; a selection accepting unit for accepting an operation for selecting a particular image from the candidates; and an image display unit for displaying the particular image on the display unit based on the operation for selecting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hozuma NAKAJIMA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Manabu FURUKAWA, Masao HOSONO
-
Publication number: 20150346926Abstract: A manipulation panel that is a user interface includes a display unit that displays a screen, a touch panel that detects a tap performed to the display unit, and an abnormality detector that detects a situation, in which a message is displayed on the display unit, until the touch panel detects a second tap constituting a double tap since detecting a first tap. Manipulation panel displays a warning message about the situation detected by the abnormality detector on the display unit after the touch panel detects the second tap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masao HOSONO, Yoichi KURUMASA, Kenichi KOMABA, Takuya OKADA, Tetsuya TOKUMOTO, Kazuhiro TOMIYASU
-
Patent number: 9128607Abstract: A manipulation panel that is a user interface includes a display unit that displays a screen, a touch panel that detects a tap performed to the display unit, and an abnormality detector that detects a situation, in which a message is displayed on the display unit, until the touch panel detects a second tap constituting a double tap since detecting a first tap. Manipulation panel displays a warning message about the situation detected by the abnormality detector on the display unit after the touch panel detects the second tap.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Masao Hosono, Yoichi Kurumasa, Kenichi Komaba, Takuya Okada, Tetsuya Tokumoto, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu
-
Patent number: 9124739Abstract: A page image displaying device includes a display control portion configured to keep displaying, when a designated region is set, and when a touch-sensitive panel detects a touch action of giving a command to changes pages to be displayed from one to another, a page image of a first page in a region other than the designated region of a page display region in which the page image is displayed, and, to change partly what is displayed in the page display region in a manner to display a part of a page image of a second page of the document in the designated region, said part corresponding to a part in position in the designated region of the page image of the first page.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masao Hosono, Kaoru Fukuoka, Hiroki Ueda, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
-
Publication number: 20150172481Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a display and a touch panel mounted on a display surface of the display. The apparatus includes a storage portion that stores, thereinto, data showing operation made on the touch panel in a normal mode; a determination portion that determines, in the normal mode, processing of displaying an operating screen on the display based on the operation made on the touch panel, and to determine, in the reproduction mode, the processing based on the data; and a control portion that performs, in the normal mode, the determined processing in a manner to end at a first timing, and, in a reproduction mode, if the determined processing corresponds to predetermined processing, the determined processing in a manner to end at a second timing which is later than the first timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kenichi KOMABA, Masao HOSONO, Manabu FURUKAWA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20150074601Abstract: An image forming apparatus as a displaying device receives a pinch out operation on a touch panel of a portable telecommunication terminal device, when displaying the operation screen on the touch panel of the portable telecommunication terminal device. The image forming apparatus determines whether there is an identified area in the operation screen or not when receiving the pinch out operation. The image forming apparatus enlarges the image around a center of the enlargement in the identified area, in case that there is the identified area in the operation screen. The image forming apparatus enlarges the image around a center of the enlargement as a point moved from a midpoint of the pinch out operation in a direction determined based on displacement of the two contact points, a distance of the movement is determined based on displacement of the two contact points, in case that there is not the identified area in the operation screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Tomoyuki ATSUMI, Kaoru FUKUOKA, Masao HOSONO, Takashi OIKAWA, Tatsuya KITAGUCHI
-
Patent number: 8896864Abstract: A plurality of image processing servers in charge of a first-order service individually transmit their server selection information to a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a second-order service, and those in charge of the second-order service individually select one of those in charge of the first-order service as the most preferred server based on the server selection information received therefrom. Similarly, a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a third-order service individually select one of those in charge of the second-order service as the most preferred server based on the server selection information of those in charge of the second-order service received therefrom. Also similarly, an image forming apparatus selects one of a plurality of image processing servers in charge of the final service as the most preferred server based on the server selection information of those in charge of the final service received therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shoko Haba, Taketoshi Yamahata, Masao Hosono, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Eiichi Yoshida
-
Publication number: 20140333964Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel connected to a network, for displaying an icon accepting an inquiry about an operation and a control unit for controlling an operation. The control unit is configured to transmit an inquiry about an operation to a terminal through the network, to receive an answer based on the inquiry from the terminal, and to display on the touch panel, an operation instruction based on operation method instruction information indicating the answer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki UEDA, Kaoru Fukuoka, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Masao Hosono, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
-
Publication number: 20140285850Abstract: A page image displaying device includes a display control portion configured to keep displaying, when a designated region is set, and when a touch-sensitive panel detects a touch action of giving a command to changes pages to be displayed from one to another, a page image of a first page in a region other than the designated region of a page display region in which the page image is displayed, and, to change partly what is displayed in the page display region in a manner to display a part of a page image of a second page of the document in the designated region, said part corresponding to a part in position in the designated region of the page image of the first page.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masao Hosono, Kaoru Fukuoka, Hiroki Ueda, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
-
Patent number: 8705103Abstract: An image processing system includes an image forming apparatus and first and second image processing servers connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, the first image processing server includes: a first image processor which performs a first image processing operation on target image data received from the image forming apparatus; and a protected area calculator which calculates a protected area to be prohibited from being processed next, which is related to the area processed by the first image processor, and generates image protection information including information of the protected area, and the second image processing server includes a second image processor which performs a second image processing operation on the areas excluding the protected area whose information is included in the image protection information generated by the protected area calculator.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Takuya Okada, Toshimi Shinchi, Kenichi Komaba, Masao Hosono
-
Patent number: 8693040Abstract: An image processing system comprises an image forming apparatus and a plurality of image processing servers. An image processing server transmits a test image to a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a former image processing operation, collects test results from all of them, and selects one of the image processing servers having returned the test results which are judged as being equal to or higher than a standard value, as the most preferred server, while an image forming apparatus transmits a test image to a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a final image processing operation, collects test results from all of them, and selects one of the image processing servers having returned the test results of the final image processing operation which are judged as being equal to or higher than a standard value, as the most preferred server.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Shoko Haba, Masao Hosono, Taketoshi Yamahata, Eiichi Yoshida
-
Publication number: 20140078535Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a switching operation unit switching a display mode of a setting screen between first and second display modes. A first display screen in a first display mode includes an icon display area displaying icons arranged in a predetermined direction and corresponding to function buttons for setting each function, and a first function button display area displaying some of the function buttons corresponding to some of the icons specified by a range specification unit. The function buttons are classified into groups according to their function attribute. A second display screen in the second display mode includes a group display instruction area provided with group specification buttons for receiving input of a group display instruction to display function buttons belonging to a specific group among the groups, and a second function button display area displaying the function buttons belonging to the specific group among the function buttons.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takuya OKADA, Yoichi Kurumasa, Masao Hosono, Kenichi Komaba, Kazuhiro Tomiyasu
-
Publication number: 20140082560Abstract: A setting screen displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus includes an icon display area displaying a plurality of icons that are arranged in a predetermined direction and correspond to a plurality of function buttons for setting each function, and a function button display area displaying one or more of the plurality of function buttons. An input control unit of the image forming apparatus receives input of a group display instruction to display function buttons that belong to one of a plurality of groups in the function button display area. A display control unit of the image forming apparatus displays, in response to the input of the group display instruction, function buttons that belong to a specific group specified by the input of the group display instruction in the function button display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takuya OKADA, Yoichi KURUMASA, Masao HOSONO, Kenichi KOMABA, Kazuhiro TOMIYASU
-
Patent number: 8634112Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hideyuki Matsuda, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Toshihiko Otake, Masao Hosono, Manabu Furukawa
-
Patent number: 8605302Abstract: An image forming apparatus obtains area information indicating target areas to be subjected to image processing from a plurality of image processing servers and judges whether or not their target areas are overlapping each other. The image forming apparatus examines the priority levels set in advance for the image processing servers if their target areas are overlapping each other, then repeats to instruct an image processing server with a lower priority level than another image processing server to adjust the position of its target area until it is judged that the target areas are not overlapping each other. And the image forming apparatus transmits information of the target areas confirmed to be not overlapping each other to the image processing servers, so that the image processing servers can successfully perform image processing on their own target areas according to the information.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Eiichi Yoshida, Taketoshi Yamahata, Shoko Haba, Masao Hosono
-
Publication number: 20130246973Abstract: An information device having a touch-sensitive panel for displaying an operating screen having a scrolled display region is provided. The information device includes sets of data classified into at least three groups arranged in accordance with a predetermined order; a list display control portion for displaying, in the scrolled display region, a data list in which the sets of data classified into any one of the groups are listed; a scroll control portion for, when the data list is displayed, scrolling through the data list in accordance with touch operation of touching a position in the scrolled display region; and a support display control portion for displaying, in accordance with the touch operation, as pop-up, icons in a manner to appear in the predetermined order on the operating screen along one direction. The icons function as indicators corresponding to groups that are a part of the three groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro TOMIYASU, Yoichi KURUMASA, Kenichi KOMABA, Masao HOSONO, Takuya OKADA
-
Patent number: 8514439Abstract: An image processing server in charge of a first image processing operation determines a reference value for a reference item; generates first reference information; calculates its charge; generates first charge information indicating its calculated amount of charge; and transmits the first reference information and the first charge information to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the first image processing operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenichi Komaba, Eiichi Yoshida, Takuya Okada, Toshimi Shinchi, Masao Hosono