Patents by Inventor Shoichi AYUKAWA

Shoichi AYUKAWA 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: 11941305
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 11709638
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20220261196
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi AYUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11409475
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 10812669
    Abstract: A recognition system including: a specifier that specifies a person who approaches an image forming apparatus using predetermined user information; a memory that stores the person specified by the specifier; a recognizer that recognizes at least any of the stored persons as a candidate who carries away a recording medium on which an image is formed on the basis of a user's print job; and a notificator that notifies a message regarding carrying away of the recording medium on which the image is formed to the recognized candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20200233618
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20190297201
    Abstract: A recognition system including: a specifier that specifies a person who approaches an image forming apparatus using predetermined user information; a memory that stores the person specified by the specifier; a recognizer that recognizes at least any of the stored persons as a candidate who carries away a recording medium on which an image is formed on the basis of a user's print job; and a notificator that notifies a message regarding carrying away of the recording medium on which the image is formed to the recognized candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Shoichi AYUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10235111
    Abstract: Disclosed is a job processing device, including a job receiver; a hardware processor that: detects a trouble caused in the job processing device; searches other job processing devices which can be a substitute execution destination of the job in case that the trouble is detected, displays the searched job processing devices as candidates of the substitute execution destination, and receives a selection of the displayed job processing device as the substitute execution destination from a user, transfers the job to the selected job processing device, and specifies the user who selects the substitute execution destination; and a memory that stores information in which the selected job processing device is related to the specified user, wherein in case that the information is stored in the memory, the hardware processor displays the searched job processing device and the user to whom the searched job processing device is related.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shoichi Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20180275936
    Abstract: Disclosed is a job processing device, including a job receiver; a hardware processor that: detects a trouble caused in the job processing device; searches other job processing devices which can be a substitute execution destination of the job in case that the trouble is detected, displays the searched job processing devices as candidates of the substitute execution destination, and receives a selection of the displayed job processing device as the substitute execution destination from a user, transfers the job to the selected job processing device, and specifies the user who selects the substitute execution destination; and a memory that stores information in which the selected job processing device is related to the specified user, wherein in case that the information is stored in the memory, the hardware processor displays the searched job processing device and the user to whom the searched job processing device is related.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shoichi AYUKAWA