Patents by Inventor Minoru Asakawa
Minoru Asakawa 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: 8035844Abstract: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed by a punch unit and postprocessing device and selection information of a main tray or sub-tray. The image printing conditions are stored after being set as individual image printing conditions for each image information and linked to the image information. When image printing conditions are to be read out by a page readout unit, such individual image printing conditions are read out together with image information, printing and postprocessing are executed for each image information, i.e., each original image.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Takao Kurohata, Yoshihisa Kamata, Minoru Asakawa
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Publication number: 20100171983Abstract: An image forming apparatus having functions pertaining to image formation includes: a display unit for displaying a screen corresponding to each function; a storage unit for storing the screens to be displayed on the display unit and start-up factor information, one of the screens stored as an initial screen related to the start-up factor information, the initial screen being displayed at a time of starting up the image forming apparatus; and a control unit for making the image forming apparatus start when the start-up factor information is input from an information obtaining unit in a state where the image forming apparatus is not in operation, for deciding the initial screen to be displayed on the display unit by comparing the input start-up factor information to the start-up factor information stored in the storage unit, and for making the display unit display the decided initial screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventor: Minoru ASAKAWA
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Patent number: 7576873Abstract: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed by a punch unit and postprocessing device and selection information of a main tray or sub-tray. The image printing conditions are stored after being set as individual image printing conditions for each image information and linked to the image information. When image printing conditions are to be read out by a page readout unit, such individual image printing conditions are read out together with image information, printing and postprocessing are executed for each image information, i.e., each original image.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.Inventors: Takao Kurohata, Yoshihisa Kamata, Minoru Asakawa
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Patent number: 7570381Abstract: An image forming apparatus having: a communication section to connect the image-forming apparatus with other image forming apparatus for communication; a control section for enabling a tandem output function to transfer image information to and form the other image forming apparatus through the communication section and to cause a plurality of image-forming apparatuses to form images; and a job display section for displaying job status of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on tandem job status information including tandem job status information of the other image forming apparatus obtained through the communication section.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Junji Sato, Minoru Asakawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20080292352Abstract: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed by a punch unit and postprocessing device and selection information of a main tray or sub-tray. The image printing conditions are stored after being set as individual image printing conditions for each image information and linked to the image information. When image printing conditions are to be read out by a page readout unit, such individual image printing conditions are read out together with image information, printing and postprocessing are executed for each image information, i.e., each original image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Takao KUROHATA, Yoshihisa Kamata, Minoru Asakawa
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Publication number: 20080137140Abstract: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed by a punch unit and postprocessing device and selection information of a main tray or sub-tray. The image printing conditions are stored after being set as individual image printing conditions for each image information and linked to the image information. When image printing conditions are to be read out by a page readout unit, such individual image printing conditions are read out together with image information, printing and postprocessing are executed for each image information, i.e., each original image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Takao Kurohata, Yoshihisa Kamata, Minoru Asakawa
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Publication number: 20080030749Abstract: In order to provide an image forming apparatus which controls unnecessary image formation without reducing productivity, at the time of automatic sheet selection, the number of image sheets M which can be present from the writing position of images using the image writing section to the transfer position of the transfer section and the number of sheet N which can be present from the sensors which detect the no-paper state in each of the plurality of sheet feeding sections to the transfer position of the transfer section are obtained, and then the sheet feeding section which satisfies M<N is preferentially selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventor: Minoru ASAKAWA
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Patent number: 7151908Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of connecting to a finisher which requires a warm-up process before use. The image forming apparatus comprises an input port which inputs warm-up information from the finisher, and a controller which controls the image forming apparatus to transport a set of sheets to the finisher regardless of the warm-up information. The set of sheets are subjected to a finishing operation carried out only after completing the warm-up process.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Katsutoshi Iwai, Masaru Ushio, Minoru Asakawa
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Patent number: 7102766Abstract: The present invention concerns an image-forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, an area of which is wider than that of a standard fixed-form size having a predetermined fixed-form size, based on an original image recorded on a document.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Minoru Asakawa, Yoshinao Kitahara, Yoshihisa Kamata, Chikatsu Suzuki, Junji Sato
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Patent number: 7013098Abstract: The present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus including: automatic document feeding means for placing multiple originals in position and feeding the originals one by one; document reading means; printing means for printing on paper image data acquired by the reading means; document detecting means, provided in the automatic document feeding means, for detecting the originals; paper detecting means for detecting paper; operation means for capturing user's operations; and control means for receiving an interrupt operation instruction given by the user through the operation means, determining executable operation modes according to the transport states of the originals and paper detected by the document detecting means and the paper detecting means, and outputting the executable operation mode selected through the operation means.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ken-ichi Hosoi, Minoru Asakawa, Takaaki Sakai
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Publication number: 20060007475Abstract: An image forming apparatus having: a communication section to connect the image-forming apparatus with other image forming apparatus for communication; a control section for enabling a tandem output function to transfer image information to and form the other image forming apparatus through the communication section and to cause a plurality of image-forming apparatuses to form images; and a job display section for displaying job status of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on tandem job status information including tandem job status information of the other image forming apparatus obtained through the communication section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Junji Sato, Minoru Asakawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20050265764Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of connecting to a finisher which requires a warm-up process before use. The image forming apparatus comprises an input port which inputs warm-up information from the finisher, and a controller which controls the image forming apparatus to transport a set of sheets to the finisher regardless of the warm-up information. The set of sheets are subjected to a finishing operation carried out only after completing the warm-up process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Katsutoshi Iwai, Masaru Ushio, Minoru Asakawa
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Patent number: 6954277Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording sheet whose area is larger than that of a predetermined size-fixed recording sheet, comprises an image forming member for forming an image on the recording sheet; a sheet feeder to feed the recording sheet to the image forming member; a controller to control the image forming member so as to form an image on the recording sheet such that a first central point of the recording sheet defined in terms of a main scanning direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording sheet by the sheet feeder is placed on a first center line of the image, wherein the first center line is perpendicular to the main scanning direction, and one side of the image is parallel to one side of the recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Kamata, Masaru Ushio, Jun Yokobori, Minoru Asakawa, Junji Sato
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Publication number: 20050047813Abstract: The present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus including: automatic document feeding means for placing multiple originals in position and feeding the originals one by one; document reading means; printing means for printing on paper image data acquired by the reading means; document detecting means, provided in the automatic document feeding means, for detecting the originals; paper detecting means for detecting paper; operation means for capturing user's operations; and control means for receiving an interrupt operation instruction given by the user through the operation means, determining executable operation modes according to the transport states of the originals and paper detected by the document detecting means and the paper detecting means, and outputting the executable operation mode selected through the operation means.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2004Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Ken-ichi Hosoi, Minoru Asakawa, Takaaki Sakai
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Patent number: 6810219Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling an image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Jun Yokobori, Junji Sato, Hiroki Ueda, Minoru Asakawa, Takaaki Sakai, Akio Ueda, Chikatsu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20040174551Abstract: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed by a punch unit and postprocessing device and selection information of a main tray or sub-tray. The image printing conditions are stored after being set as individual image printing conditions for each image information and linked to the image information. When image printing conditions are to be read out by a page readout unit, such individual image printing conditions are read out together with image information, printing and postprocessing are executed for each image information, i.e., each original image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Takao Kurohata, Yoshihisa Kamata, Minoru Asakawa
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Publication number: 20040136734Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling an image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: KONICA CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Yokobori, Junji Sato, Hiroki Ueda, Minoru Asakawa, Takaaki Sakai, Akio Ueda, Chikatsu Suzuki
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Patent number: 6701099Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling an image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Jun Yokobori, Junji Sato, Hiroki Ueda, Minoru Asakawa, Takaaki Sakai, Akio Ueda, Chikatsu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20030215252Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input device for inputting size information corresponding to the arbitrary size of the recording materials, and a controller for controlling the image forming operation according to the size information inputted by the size-information input device. The size information input by the size-information input device includes each of arbitrary values corresponding to longitudinal and lateral lengths of the recording materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Konica CorporationInventors: Jun Yokobori, Junji Sato, Hiroki Ueda, Minoru Asakawa, Takaaki Sakai, Akio Ueda, Chikatsu Suzuki
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Patent number: 6636707Abstract: A control method is provided for sheet-feeding in an image forming apparatus in which a sheet is fed to an image forming section of the image forming apparatus having a finisher which receives the sheet on which the image is formed and finishes the sheet. The control method includes the steps of: conducting a continuous image forming process that makes plural sets of sheets each on which the image has been formed; and controlling a starting of a sheet-feeder which feeds a first sheet of a set of sheets to the image forming section, according to a logical product of a condition on the continuous image forming process in the image forming apparatus and a condition of an operating process in the finisher.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Minoru Asakawa, Kenichi Hosoi, Takaaki Sakai