Patents by Inventor Shimpei ITAYA

Shimpei ITAYA 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: 20240098191
    Abstract: A management method for managing one or more image forming apparatuses includes: acquiring first information indicating a target region and second information indicating a situation of the target region; specifying a target image forming apparatus installed in the target region in the one or more image forming apparatuses; and outputting, to the target image forming apparatus, a change instruction for changing a setting content of a setting item of the target image forming apparatus to a setting content corresponding to the second information. The second information includes at least one of information regarding a situation of spread of an infectious disease and information regarding electric power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shimpei ITAYA
  • Publication number: 20210382883
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a communicator that receives a search instruction for a term generated based on an instruction uttered by a user; and a search executor that performs search targeting each piece of information associated with a plurality of attributes in information management data in which the plurality of attributes is associated with information related to the term by using the term contained in the search instruction received by the communicator as a keyword, and outputs a search result to the communicator and/or a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei ITAYA, Yusuke MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20210092254
    Abstract: An address search system includes: a hardware processor that receives, as text information including a logogram, address information as a voice recognition result transmitted from a server or a device that recognizes a voice, converts the received text information of the logogram into text information of a character of reading, also converts the converted text information of the character of reading into a plurality of pieces of text information including the logogram again, and searches for a registered address using the plurality of pieces of text information including the logogram; and a presenter that presents the address searched by the hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: SHIMPEI ITAYA, YUSUKE MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20200014808
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following. A communicator performs data communication with a terminal apparatus. A hardware processor provides through the communicator to the terminal apparatus screen information to form a display screen displayed on a display of the image processing apparatus, and displays the display screen with a browser of the terminal apparatus. The screen information includes the following. Functional information shows a function included in the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shimpei Itaya
  • Patent number: 10235107
    Abstract: A display system includes first and second operation displays, wherein the display system causes the first and second operation displays to perform a cooperative operation, in a case where a predetermined operation has been received via the first operation display when the first operation display is in a power saving display state and the first and second operation displays are not performing the cooperative operation, the state of the first operation display is changed to the normal display state, and in a case where the predetermined operation has been received via the first operation display when the first operation display is in the power saving display state and the second operation display is in the normal display state and the first and second operation displays are performing the cooperative operation, the display system maintains the first operation display in the power saving display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Itaya, Tsutomu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9495020
    Abstract: Disclosed is an handwriting input system including: a plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, each handwriting input device comprising an input surface to receive a handwriting input; and an information management unit which is connected with the handwriting input devices so as to be communicate with the handwriting input devices, wherein each of the handwriting input devices transmits draw data indicating draw contents of the handwriting input received by the input surface, to the information management unit, and the information management unit obtains relative position information of the plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, and joins the draw data received from the plurality of handwriting input devices so as to arrange the draw data in relative positions indicated by the relative position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shimpei Itaya
  • Publication number: 20150242166
    Abstract: A display system includes first and second operation displays, wherein the display system causes the first and second operation displays to perform a cooperative operation, in a case where a predetermined operation has been received via the first operation display when the first operation display is in a power saving display state and the first and second operation displays are not performing the cooperative operation, the state of the first operation display is changed to the normal display state, and in a case where the predetermined operation has been received via the first operation display when the first operation display is in the power saving display state and the second operation display is in the normal display state and the first and second operation displays are performing the cooperative operation, the display system maintains the first operation display in the power saving display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.,
    Inventors: Shimpei ITAYA, Tsutomu YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140028590
    Abstract: Disclosed is an handwriting input system including: a plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, each handwriting input device comprising an input surface to receive a handwriting input; and an information management unit which is connected with the handwriting input devices so as to be communicate with the handwriting input devices, wherein each of the handwriting input devices transmits draw data indicating draw contents of the handwriting input received by the input surface, to the information management unit, and the information management unit obtains relative position information of the plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, and joins the draw data received from the plurality of handwriting input devices so as to arrange the draw data in relative positions indicated by the relative position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Shimpei ITAYA