Patents by Inventor Shigeru Tashiro
Shigeru Tashiro 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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Publication number: 20230408958Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that thermally fixes an image based on a print job onto a sheet; and a hardware processor that changes a set temperature of the fixing device depending on a type of a printer driver that has generated the print job.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Shigeru TASHIRO
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Patent number: 11125742Abstract: Provided is a non-specific reaction inhibitor for achieving the accurate detection and quantitation of a trace component (a target substance) contained in a sample, in an immunoassay, by simply and effectively inhibiting a non-specific reaction associated with the measurement. The non-specific reaction inhibitor comprises a substance of the formula I: wherein R1 and R2 together form a double bond between carbons, to which they are respectively bonded directly, or R1 is a hydrogen atom and R2 is a group formed by removing H from an SH-group-containing compound, B is a support, and L is a spacer arm portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Okamura, Shigeru Tashiro
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Patent number: 10241463Abstract: Inside the body of an image forming device, first to fifth electric charge providers are mounted in a first location out of a path of an air flow to the suction unit caused by the action of the suction unit, and a sixth electric charge provider is mounted in a second location through which external air flows in the body caused by the action of the suction unit. Each electric charge provider emits charges in ambient air to cause ultrafine particles floating in the ambient air to clump together.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Shinichi Yabuki, Tadayasu Sekioka, Shigeru Tashiro
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Publication number: 20180239298Abstract: Inside the body of an image forming device, first to fifth electric charge providers are mounted in a first location out of a path of an air flow to the suction unit caused by the action of the suction unit, and a sixth electric charge provider is mounted in a second location through which external air flows in the body caused by the action of the suction unit. Each electric charge provider emits charges in ambient air to cause ultrafine particles floating in the ambient air to clump together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Shinichi Yabuki, Tadayasu Sekioka, Shigeru Tashiro
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Patent number: 9977400Abstract: An exhaust air cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning duct for cleaning air to be exhausted from an exhaust port of an image forming apparatus. In the cleaning duct, a fan and a filter are provide between an inflow part connected with the exhaust port of the image forming apparatus and a discharge port for discharging air from the inside of the cleaning duct. The exhaust air cleaning apparatus further includes a pressure adjusting part for adjusting the pressure in the cleaning duct. The pressure adjusting part performs pressure adjustment so that the pressure at a pressure adjusting position located between the inflow part and the fan in the cleaning duct falls within an appropriate pressure range determined in advance to be equal to or less than atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shigeru Tashiro, Kuniya Matsuura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Masayuki Satou, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9857740Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit for forming a toner image and transferring the toner image to a sheet material; a fixing device for fixing the transferred toner image to the sheet material; a measurement device for measuring the gloss of the toner image fixed to the sheet material; a separator for separating the sheet material from the fixing device; and a controller which determines a performance of separating the sheet material from the fixing device based on an output from the measurement device and controls the operation of the separator.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Sayaka Morita, Shigeru Tashiro, Yoshihiro Murakoshi
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Patent number: 9798289Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a function to clean exhaust air from inside and to discharge cleaned air. The image forming apparatus has an exhaust air duct configured to guide internal air to outside, and a cleaning filter configured to clean air passing through the exhaust air duct. A cubic measure of an airflow path in the exhaust air duct during normal operation has a first value, and the cubic measure of the airflow path in the exhaust air duct during operation causing a large amount of harmful matters to be contained in the exhaust air from inside has a second value greater than the first value.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroaki Umemoto, Shigeru Tashiro, Masayuki Satou, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20170045846Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit for forming a toner image and transferring the toner image to a sheet material; a fixing device for fixing the transferred toner image to the sheet material; a measurement device for measuring the gloss of the toner image fixed to the sheet material; a separator for separating the sheet material from the fixing device; and a controller which determines a performance of separating the sheet material from the fixing device based on an output from the measurement device and controls the operation of the separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Sayaka Morita, Shigeru Tashiro, Yoshihiro Murakoshi
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Patent number: 9335736Abstract: An image forming apparatus having: an inside-air duct having a first inlet to an inside of the image forming apparatus; a first ventilator provided in the inside-air duct; an outside-air duct having a second inlet to an outside of the image forming apparatus; a common duct into which the inside-air duct and the outside-air duct are merged; a second ventilator provided in at least one of the outside-air duct and the common duct; a filter provided in the common duct; and a control section that retrieves information indicative of an flow rate in the inside-air duct and increases a pressure produced by the second ventilator based on the retrieved information such that an flow rate in the outside-air duct is substantially constant with respect to an increase of the flow rate in the inside-air duct.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroaki Umemoto, Shigeru Tashiro, Masayuki Satou, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20160077488Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a function to clean exhaust air from inside and to discharge cleaned air. The image forming apparatus has an exhaust air duct configured to guide internal air to outside, and a cleaning filter configured to clean air passing through the exhaust air duct. A cubic measure of an airflow path in the exhaust air duct during normal operation has a first value, and the cubic measure of the airflow path in the exhaust air duct during operation causing a large amount of harmful matters to be contained in the exhaust air from inside has a second value greater than the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Hiroaki UMEMOTO, Shigeru TASHIRO, Masayuki SATOU, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9261858Abstract: An image forming apparatus has: an exhaust air duct capable of forming a first air flow path for an exhaust air cleaning function and a second air flow path for a room air cleaning function, the exhaust air duct having a common use space used in common for the exhaust air cleaning function and the room air cleaning function; a switching member configured to switch a flow path in the exhaust air duct, depending on which of the cleaning functions is activated; a fan configured to discharge air from the common use space in an active state of the exhaust air cleaning function and in an active state of the room air cleaning function; and a control unit configured to control the switching member and to adjust a rotation speed of the fan, depending on which of the cleaning functions is activated.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masayuki Satou, Shigeru Tashiro, Kuniya Matsuura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Mizuno, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20160004218Abstract: An image forming apparatus having: an inside-air duct having a first inlet to an inside of the image forming apparatus; a first ventilator provided in the inside-air duct; an outside-air duct having a second inlet to an outside of the image forming apparatus; a common duct into which the inside-air duct and the outside-air duct are merged; a second ventilator provided in at least one of the outside-air duct and the common duct; a filter provided in the common duct; and a control section that retrieves information indicative of an flow rate in the inside-air duct and increases a pressure produced by the second ventilator based on the retrieved information such that an flow rate in the outside-air duct is substantially constant with respect to an increase of the flow rate in the inside-air duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Hiroaki UMEMOTO, Shigeru TASHIRO, Masayuki SATOU, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9213310Abstract: An exhaust purification apparatus includes: a purification duct configured to purify air to be discharged from a ventilation port in an image forming apparatus, the purification duct including: at least one inlet communicating with an interior of the purification duct for connection with the ventilation port in the image forming apparatus; an outlet configured to discharge air inside the purification duct to the outside; a fan configured to direct air from the inlet toward the outlet; a filter configured to recover particles in the air, the fan and the filter each being disposed in the purification duct at a position between the inlet and the outlet; an airflow detector configured to detect an airflow at the inlet; and a controller configured to execute a normal mode and an attachment determination mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuno, Shigeru Tashiro, Kuniya Matsuura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Masayuki Satou, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20150277372Abstract: An image forming apparatus has: an exhaust air duct capable of forming a first air flow path for an exhaust air cleaning function and a second air flow path for a room air cleaning function, the exhaust air duct having a common use space used in common for the exhaust air cleaning function and the room air cleaning function; a switching member configured to switch a flow path in the exhaust air duct, depending on which of the cleaning functions is activated; a fan configured to discharge air from the common use space in an active state of the exhaust air cleaning function and in an active state of the room air cleaning function; and a control unit configured to control the switching member and to adjust a rotation speed of the fan, depending on which of the cleaning functions is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masayuki SATOU, Shigeru TASHIRO, Kuniya MATSUURA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi MIZUNO, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9103841Abstract: Provided is a method of measuring the presence and/or the amount of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in a sample, which method is characterized by comprising the step of treating the sample in advance with an acidic solution, and a kit of measuring the presence and/or an amount of GLP-1 in a sample, the kit containing (a) the acidic solution, (b) an antibody specific to GLP-1, and (c) an instruction manual.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATIONInventors: China Sakai, Shigeru Tashiro
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Publication number: 20150168913Abstract: An exhaust air cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning duct for cleaning air to be exhausted from an exhaust port of an image forming apparatus. In the cleaning duct, a fan and a filter are provide between an inflow part connected with the exhaust port of the image forming apparatus and a discharge port for discharging air from the inside of the cleaning duct. The exhaust air cleaning apparatus further includes a pressure adjusting part for adjusting the pressure in the cleaning duct. The pressure adjusting part performs pressure adjustment so that the pressure at a pressure adjusting position located between the inflow part and the fan in the cleaning duct falls within an appropriate pressure range determined in advance to be equal to or less than atmospheric pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Shigeru TASHIRO, Kuniya MATSUURA, Hiroshi MIZUNO, Masayuki SATOU, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20150168912Abstract: An exhaust purification apparatus includes: a purification duct configured to purify air to be discharged from a ventilation port in an image forming apparatus, the purification duct including: at least one inlet communicating with an interior of the purification duct for connection with the ventilation port in the image forming apparatus; an outlet configured to discharge air inside the purification duct to the outside; a fan configured to direct air from the inlet toward the outlet; a filter configured to recover particles in the air, the fan and the filter each being disposed in the purification duct at a position between the inlet and the outlet; an airflow detector configured to detect an airflow at the inlet; and a controller configured to execute a normal mode and an attachment determination mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUNO, Shigeru TASHIRO, Kuniya MATSUURA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Masayuki SATOU, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20140199711Abstract: Provided is a method of measuring the presence and/or the amount of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in a sample, which method is characterized by comprising the step of treating the sample in advance with an acidic solution, and a kit of measuring the presence and/or an amount of GLP-1 in a sample, the kit containing (a) the acidic solution, (b) an antibody specific to GLP-1, and (c) an instruction manual.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL MEDIENCE CORPORATIONInventors: China Sakai, Shigeru Tashiro
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Publication number: 20140193842Abstract: Provided is a non-specific reaction inhibitor for achieving the accurate detection and quantitation of a trace component (a target substance) contained in a sample, in an immunoassay, by simply and effectively inhibiting a non-specific reaction associated with the measurement. The non-specific reaction inhibitor comprises a substance of the formula I: wherein R1 and R2 together form a double bond between carbons, to which they are respectively bonded directly, or R1 is a hydrogen atom and R2 is a group formed by removing H from an SH-group-containing compound, B is a support, and L is a spacer arm portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL MEDIENCE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Okamura, Shigeru Tashiro
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Publication number: 20140140525Abstract: A sound output device to be mounted in equipment, the device comprises: a memory unit configured to store correction information for at least one from among date, day and time; a sound reproducing unit configured to reproduce a sound signal representing an additional sound for an operation sound of the equipment, to read, from the memory unit, correction information corresponding to at least one of the current date, day, and time from the memory unit, and to then output a reproduced sound signal after correcting its sound pressure level in accordance with the correction information being read; and a sound output unit configured to emit the additional sound based on the sound signal outputted by the sound reproducing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masayuki Satou, Shoichi Yoshikawa, Shigeru Tashiro, Kuniya Matsuura, Masahiro Yamaguchi