Patents by Inventor Satoshi OSAKO

Satoshi OSAKO 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: 10761700
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display; a touch panel disposed on the display; a memory that stores screen configuration information essentially including information of a base area of a fixed size and an extra area of an unfixed size; a retrieving portion that retrieves the screen configuration information therefrom; a display processor that allocates the base area in an image displayable area of the display on the basis of a reference point of the screen of the display and displays a first screen in the allocated base area, and that further allocates the extra area in an area other than the base area and displays a second screen in the allocated extra area when the image displayable area of the display is larger than the base area; and a judgment portion that judges whether or not a user stretches the extra area toward the base area on the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masao Hosono, Shigeyuki Ueda, Tadashi Suzue, Satoshi Osako
  • Patent number: 10740046
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program, and a display control method. The image forming apparatus may include a printer engine, a display configured to display screens each relating to a certain function of the apparatus, in different display modes according to operator's use of the function, and a hardware processor. In response to receiving a job which may give print instructions to the printer engine, the hardware processor may analyze the job and determine which of a first display mode and a second display mode is to be used for displaying the screens, on the basis of information contained in the job. The hardware processor may cause the display to display one or more screens showing information about the job, in the determined one of the first display mode and the second display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Osako
  • Publication number: 20190310808
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program, and a display control method. The image forming apparatus may include a printer engine, a display configured to display screens each relating to a certain function of the apparatus, in different display modes according to operator's use of the function, and a hardware processor. In response to receiving a job which may give print instructions to the printer engine, the hardware processor may analyze the job and determine which of a first display mode and a second display mode is to be used for displaying the screens, on the basis of information contained in the job. The hardware processor may cause the display to display one or more screens showing information about the job, in the determined one of the first display mode and the second display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi OSAKO
  • Patent number: 10412251
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a host controller that controls a hardware resource, a guest controller, an emulator that is provided between the host controller and the guest controller and allows the guest controller to control the hardware resource, and a changer that changes an HDL program, wherein the guest controller includes a guest driver, the emulator includes a device emulator that emulates the hardware resource by executing the changed HDL program, and a switcher that switches control to any one of a first control for controlling the host controller in accordance with control of the hardware resource by the guest driver and allowing the hardware resource to be controlled, and a second control for controlling the device emulator in accordance with the control of the hardware resource by the guest driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Osako, Shigeyuki Ueda, Masao Hosono
  • Patent number: 9880791
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a hypervisor, a control firmware running on a host OS and responsible for controlling the image formation apparatus, and a cooperation module operating on the same level as the hypervisor. A resource includes an image memory managed by the control firmware and adapted for image processing. The cooperation module is configured to: cooperate with the control firmware to obtain an available memory space of the image memory; associate a content of a job to be processed with a program running on one or more guest OSs required for that job; and before starting the job, read a required guest OS into the available memory space of the image memory and cause the associated program to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tadashi Suzue, Shigeyuki Ueda, Masao Hosono, Satoshi Osako
  • Publication number: 20170374219
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a host controller that controls a hardware resource, a guest controller, an emulator that is provided between the host controller and the guest controller and allows the guest controller to control the hardware resource, and a changer that changes an HDL program, wherein the guest controller includes a guest driver, the emulator includes a device emulator that emulates the hardware resource by executing the changed HDL program, and a switcher that switches control to any one of a first control for controlling the host controller in accordance with control of the hardware resource by the guest driver and allowing the hardware resource to be controlled, and a second control for controlling the device emulator in accordance with the control of the hardware resource by the guest driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi OSAKO, Shigeyuki UEDA, Masao HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20170168758
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a hypervisor, a control firmware running on a host OS and responsible for controlling the image formation apparatus, and a cooperation module operating on the same level as the hypervisor. A resource includes an image memory managed by the control firmware and adapted for image processing. The cooperation module is configured to: cooperate with the control firmware to obtain an available memory space of the image memory; associate a content of a job to be processed with a program running on one or more guest OSs required for that job; and before starting the job, read a required guest OS into the available memory space of the image memory and cause the associated program to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Suzue, Shigeyuki Ueda, Masao Hosono, Satoshi Osako
  • Publication number: 20170160912
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display; a touch panel disposed on the display; a memory that stores screen configuration information essentially including information of a base area of a fixed size and an extra area of an unfixed size; a retrieving portion that retrieves the screen configuration information therefrom; a display processor that allocates the base area in an image displayable area of the display on the basis of a reference point of the screen of the display and displays a first screen in the allocated base area, and that further allocates the extra area in an area other than the base area and displays a second screen in the allocated extra area when the image displayable area of the display is larger than the base area; and a judgment portion that judges whether or not a user stretches the extra area toward the base area on the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masao HOSONO, Shigeyuki UEDA, Tadashi SUZUE, Satoshi OSAKO
  • Patent number: 9615000
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has at least one standard function to be available upon start-up of the image processing apparatus itself and at least one optional function to be available by settings. The image processing apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, an encoder that encodes the input image data, a main memory that stores the encoded image data, a non-volatile memory that stores a backup copy of the image data stored on the main memory, a settings portion that allows setting the optional function available, and a controller that reserves a memory area for an optional program to execute the available optional function in the main memory, and a memory area for input of the encoded image data in the main memory, the memory area being smaller than a memory area to be reserved if the optional function is unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Satoshi Osako
  • Patent number: 9491325
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus having functions installed thereon includes a job input portion that inputs a first job, a job storage that stores the first job, a job output portion that outputs the first job, a memory that allows allocating memory areas to the functions and reallocating the memory areas, a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the memory areas were reallocated after input but before output of the first job, a second judgment portion that judges whether or not output of the first job requires any unavailable function, a third judgment portion that judges whether or not the unavailable function will be available by restricting operations related to a second job and by adjusting the memory areas, and an operation restriction portion restricts operations related to the second job and adjusts the memory areas, wherein the first job is output while restrictions on the operations are effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Oikawa, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Satoshi Osako
  • Publication number: 20160088189
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has at least one standard function to be available upon start-up of the image processing apparatus itself and at least one optional function to be available by settings. The image processing apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, an encoder that encodes the input image data, a main memory that stores the encoded image data, a non-volatile memory that stores a backup copy of the image data stored on the main memory, a settings portion that allows setting the optional function available, and a controller that reserves a memory area for an optional program to execute the available optional function in the main memory, and a memory area for input of the encoded image data in the main memory, the memory area being smaller than a memory area to be reserved if the optional function is unavailable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ATSUMI, Takanobu SUGIYAMA, Takashi OIKAWA, Tatsuya KITAGUCHI, Satoshi OSAKO
  • Publication number: 20160065777
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus having functions installed thereon includes a job input portion that inputs a first job, a job storage that stores the first job, a job output portion that outputs the first job, a memory that allows allocating memory areas to the functions and reallocating the memory areas, a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the memory areas were reallocated after input but before output of the first job, a second judgment portion that judges whether or not output of the first job requires any unavailable function, a third judgment portion that judges whether or not the unavailable function will be available by restricting operations related to a second job and by adjusting the memory areas, and an operation restriction portion restricts operations related to the second job and adjusts the memory areas, wherein the first job is output while restrictions on the operations are effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi OIKAWA, Tomoyuki ATSUMI, Takanobu SUGIYAMA, Tatsuya KITAGUCHI, Satoshi OSAKO