Patents by Inventor Shin IGAWA

Shin IGAWA 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: 20250175559
    Abstract: An image inspection system includes: an image former; and a hardware processor that acquires a read image obtained by reading an image formed on the recording medium, wherein the hardware processor: inspects the read image, receives an interruption job, and interrupts inspection and image formation of the job being executed when the interruption job is received during execution of the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Igawa
  • Publication number: 20200210115
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image former that forms an image on a sheet; a first hardware processor that inspects the image formed on the sheet being conveyed and determines whether the sheet is normal or abnormal; a normal sheet tray to which the sheet determined as normal is discharged; an abnormal sheet tray to which the sheet determined as abnormal is discharged; an operation panel that accepts an input to utilize the sheet discharged to the abnormal sheet tray; and a second hardware processor that: causes the image former to execute image formation of a page of the sheet determined as abnormal; and cancels the image formation of a page of the utilized sheet in a different copy when the operation panel accepts the input to utilize the sheet discharged to the abnormal sheet tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Igawa
  • Patent number: 10462314
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of setting favorite function information in an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a collector that collects function setting item information from models of image forming apparatuses; a candidate selector that selects combinations of candidates of the function setting item information to be included in the favorite function information from the function setting item information and sets a specified function to each of the selected candidates of the function setting item information; an availability display that displays availability in the models of image forming apparatuses, of each of the specified functions of the candidates of the function setting item information selected and set by the candidate selector; and a storage that stores, a combination of allowed candidates, of the combinations of the candidates of the function setting item information to which the specified functions displayed in the availability display have
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shin Igawa
  • Publication number: 20180359379
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of setting favorite function information in an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a collector that collects function setting item information from models of image forming apparatuses; a candidate selector that selects combinations of candidates of the function setting item information to be included in the favorite function information from the function setting item information and sets a specified function to each of the selected candidates of the function setting item information; an availability display that displays availability in the models of image forming apparatuses, of each of the specified functions of the candidates of the function setting item information selected and set by the candidate selector; and a storage that stores, a combination of allowed candidates, of the combinations of the candidates of the function setting item information to which the specified functions displayed in the availability display have
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Shin IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180139343
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention: stores, as print setting histories, contents of print setting as of the time of performing printing and information of documents subjected to printing processing in a print setting history holding unit; displays a list of the print setting histories stored in the print setting history holding unit on a print setting screen on which print setting is performed; and performs a print setting on the basis of a print setting history selected from the list of print setting histories displayed on the print setting screen. Then, in displaying the list of print setting histories on the print setting screen, only the latest print setting history is displayed from among the print setting histories classified into the same group satisfying predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin IGAWA, Yoshiyuki HARADA
  • Patent number: 9141320
    Abstract: Disclosed is a print system including: a client terminal; and a print server to create a print data in accordance with a file received from the client terminal and to transmit the created print data to a printer; and to instruct the client terminal to display a print preview for the file and a print setting UI on a Web browser of the client terminal in a display mode selected from a plurality of display modes, wherein the client terminal determines the display mode and notifies the print server of the determined display mode, and wherein the print server selects the display mode in which the print preview and the print setting UI are displayed on the Web browser of the client terminal, in accordance with a notification relating to the determined display mode from the client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Igawa
  • Publication number: 20140132978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a print system including: a client terminal; and a print server to create a print data in accordance with a file received from the client terminal and to transmit the created print data to a printer; and to instruct the client terminal to display a print preview for the file and a print setting UI on a Web browser of the client terminal in a display mode selected from a plurality of display modes, wherein the client terminal determines the display mode and notifies the print server of the determined display mode, and wherein the print server selects the display mode in which the print preview and the print setting UI are displayed on the Web browser of the client terminal, in accordance with a notification relating to the determined display mode from the client terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Igawa
  • Publication number: 20120324352
    Abstract: A server 2 is stored with a print setting program D which takes a form of a Rich Internet Application including an image edit section D6 for generating an image data (post-change image data) in which a change instruction at the time of print setting by a web application A has been reflected. A PC 1 is operable to download the print setting program D stored in the server 2 and to execute it on a web browser B in order to generate the post-change image data, thereby displaying it on the web browser B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20120026522
    Abstract: A GUI implementation program stored in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium is a program for presenting at least one page of image on a preview screen based on a printing setup for a document comprising a plurality of pages be printed, and causing a computer to execute a process comprising the steps of determining a page turning direction based on a binding position specified as the print setup, which is a position for binding said document as a printed material; and implementing a GUI to the preview screen display, the GUI comprising the page forward turning button with a form to turn a page forward as well as the page backward turning button with a form to turn a page backward, and the GUI being positioned relative to each other according to said page turning directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Shin IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20100199211
    Abstract: The display information is compared with the displayed information on what items are already displayed at what positions on the editable tab screen capable of editing the items stored therein, wherein the aforementioned display information includes the display item information on which of the items contained in the fixed tabs are to be displayed on the editable tab screen and the display position information on the positions of the items to be found on the editable tab screen. If a change has been discovered, a step is taken to determine the method of change processing for displaying the editable tab screen according to the result of comparison. The editable tab screen selected by the user is displayed according to the method of change processing based on the result of comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin IGAWA, Seiji Harada, Rei Yokoyama