Patents by Inventor Taira KITAGAWA

Taira KITAGAWA 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).

  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GLOSS ADJUSTMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20200257232
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a fixer that fixes a color material on a medium to the medium; a heater that heats a zone set in the color material fixed to the medium by the fixer; and a hardware processor that controls operations of the fixer and the heater, wherein the hardware processor performs adjustment of glossiness in an image fixed by the fixer and performs adjustment of glossiness in the zone heated by the heater, respectively, based on gloss information indicating glossiness in each part of a target image recorded on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeo UETAKE, Toru HAYASE, Taira KITAGAWA