Patents by Inventor Takashi Oikawa

Takashi Oikawa 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: 20240094940
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a write operation of a first data cluster and a first partial overwrite operation of the first data cluster with first overwrite data. The write operation includes compressing and then encrypting the first data cluster, and writing the compressed and encrypted first data cluster into a first physical location of the non-volatile memory. The first partial overwrite operation includes encrypting the first overwrite data without performing compression, reading the compressed and encrypted first data cluster from the first physical location of the non-volatile memory, generating a first composite data cluster with the compressed and encrypted first data cluster read from the first physical location and the encrypted first overwrite data that is not compressed, and writing the first composite data cluster into a second physical location of the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kensaku YAMAGUCHI, Kiyotaka IWASAKI, Takashi TAKEMOTO, Kohei OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11934121
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a reading unit, a reference member, and a controller is described. The image forming unit forms an image and a detection image on a sheet. The detection image is used for detecting geometric characteristics of an image to be formed on a sheet by the image forming unit. The fixing unit fixes the image and the detection image formed by the image forming unit on the sheet. The reading unit reads the detection image on the sheet. The controller adjusts geometric characteristics of the image to be formed on a sheet based on a reading result of the detection image by the reading unit, and controls the reading unit to read the reference member and executes shading correction based on a reading result of the reference member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yumoto, Takashi Yokoya, Toshifumi Oikawa, Yutaka Ando, Akinobu Nishikata, Riki Fukuhara, Yuichiro Oda
  • Publication number: 20230334164
    Abstract: A document redacted part displaying system includes: a redaction target document determining part which determines a redaction target document which entails an inputted text; a trained model generation part which generates a trained model by training a model using one or more documents and labels that designates a redacted part(s) in the document(s) as training data; a redaction part prediction part which predicts and outputs a part(s) to be redacted in the redaction target document by the trained model; and a redacted part displaying part which displays the redacted part(s) in the redaction target document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi OIKAWA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Akihisa TSUDA, Hisashi NAGAI
  • Patent number: 10817232
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a central processing unit (CPU); and a storage connected to the CPU and that stores permission levels required for execution of user instructions in a first table for an internal web user interface (UI) application and in a second table for an external web UI application installed on an external device. The CPU: acquires a user level; determines whether a web UI application is installed on the image forming device or the external device; acquires a permission level, from the first table when the user instruction is received from the image forming device and from the second table when the user instruction is received from the external device; and allows execution of the user instruction when the user level is equal to or higher than the acquired permission level acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10642557
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided together with other information processing devices in a network and is capable of communicating with a server, and includes: a data communicator that transmits a predetermined kind of information about the respective other information processing devices to the server when the information processing device is in a first mode, and transmits the predetermined kind of information about the information processing device to a device functioning in the first mode when the information processing device is in a second mode; an acquisitor that acquires load information; a determiner that determines a smallest load device; a mode setter that performs a mode setting process to realize a state where in the device determined to be the smallest load device is in the first mode, and the other devices are in the second mode; and a mode notifier that notifies the other information processing devices of the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20200073604
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a central processing unit (CPU); and a storage connected to the CPU and that stores permission levels required for execution of user instructions in a first table for an internal web user interface (UI) application and in a second table for an external web UI application installed on an external device. The CPU: acquires a user level; determines whether a web UI application is installed on the image forming device or the external device; acquires a permission level, from the first table when the user instruction is received from the image forming device and from the second table when the user instruction is received from the external device; and allows execution of the user instruction when the user level is equal to or higher than the acquired permission level acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20190166277
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a hardware processor that accepts, from a client, a request for an API relating to the image processing apparatus, determines a client type of the client, which is a transmission source device of the request, based on history information of an API request from each client, and determines response information for the request for the API, based on the client type of the client; and a transmitter that transmits the determined response information to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Takashi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10270919
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive identifiers for communication of respective destinations from a first server; a display unit configured to display a screen to make an user select any one of the identifiers as an address of image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the selected identifier when any one of the identifiers has been selected and to transmit the image data to a transmission device for storing the identifier or a second server from which the transmission device downloads the data when the identifier is not received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu Sugiyama, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Shumpei Iwaoka
  • Patent number: 10255533
    Abstract: A device includes a first processing portion configured to keep a memory region to perform a first process; a second processing portion configured to perform any one of a plurality of second processes by using a memory region provided by the first processing portion; and a predicting portion configured to predict a first size of a first memory region to be required next to a second memory region which is required at present by the second processing portion. The second processing portion requests, from the first processing portion, a memory region having at least a larger size of the first size and a second size of the second memory region. In response to the request, the first processing portion provides the second processing portion with a memory region which is a part of the memory region kept and is of a size requested by the second processing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oikawa, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180349080
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided together with other information processing devices in a network and is capable of communicating with a server, and includes: a data communicator that transmits a predetermined kind of information about the respective other information processing devices to the server when the information processing device is in a first mode, and transmits the predetermined kind of information about the information processing device to a device functioning in the first mode when the information processing device is in a second mode; an acquisitor that acquires load information; a determiner that determines a smallest load device; a mode setter that performs a mode setting process to realize a state where in the device determined to be the smallest load device is in the first mode, and the other devices are in the second mode; and a mode notifier that notifies the other information processing devices of the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: TAKASHI OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10057437
    Abstract: A processor included in an image processing apparatus includes a display control portion configured to display any one of a plurality of operation screens in the display, a setting portion configured to control the operation panel, accept a setting value defined for the displayed operation screen, and set the setting value, an operation screen extraction portion configured to search screen information respectively associating one or more search indexes with one or more operation screens among the plurality of operation screens using a search key and extract one or more operation screens, an operation screen determination portion configured to determine one operation screen from among the one or more extracted operation screens, and a change portion configured to change the screen information based on an operation of a user accepted by the operation panel after the determined operation screen is displayed in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Takashi Oikawa, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Shumpei Iwaoka
  • Patent number: 9900450
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processing portion, a storage portion, and a touch pad. The processing portion is adapted to accept input of a value for a prescribed processing condition for an image forming job. The storage portion is adapted to store the value accepted by the processing portion. The touch pad is adapted to accept a touch operation. The processing portion updates the value stored in the storage portion based on a manner of change in touch position resulting from a second touch operation on the touch pad while a first touch operation in a prescribed region of the touch pad continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Asai, Jiro Goto, Takashi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 9870142
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus as a displaying device receives a pinch out operation on a touch panel of a portable telecommunication terminal device, when displaying the operation screen on the touch panel of the portable telecommunication terminal device. The image forming apparatus determines whether there is an identified area in the operation screen or not when receiving the pinch out operation. The image forming apparatus enlarges the image around a center of the enlargement in the identified area, in case that there is the identified area in the operation screen. The image forming apparatus enlarges the image around a center of the enlargement as a point moved from a midpoint of the pinch out operation in a direction determined based on displacement of the two contact points, a distance of the movement is determined based on displacement of the two contact points, in case that there is not the identified area in the operation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Atsumi, Kaoru Fukuoka, Masao Hosono, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
  • Patent number: 9648109
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a communicator portion that communicates with a portable terminal apparatus having an address book, a contact data obtaining portion that obtains contacts from the address book, the contacts including contact names and addresses, a registration portion that registers the contacts to a shared address book along with user identification information indicating the log-in user, a display, and a display controller that makes the display show the contacts at least by the contact name, the contacts being registered in the shared address book, that judges whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, and that, if it contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, makes the display show any of the contacts by the contact name, the any contact having the user identification information indicating the log-in user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu Sugiyama, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Tomoyuki Atsumi
  • Patent number: 9615000
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has at least one standard function to be available upon start-up of the image processing apparatus itself and at least one optional function to be available by settings. The image processing apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, an encoder that encodes the input image data, a main memory that stores the encoded image data, a non-volatile memory that stores a backup copy of the image data stored on the main memory, a settings portion that allows setting the optional function available, and a controller that reserves a memory area for an optional program to execute the available optional function in the main memory, and a memory area for input of the encoded image data in the main memory, the memory area being smaller than a memory area to be reserved if the optional function is unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Satoshi Osako
  • Publication number: 20160360047
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive identifiers for communication of respective destinations from a first server; a display unit configured to display a screen to make an user select any one of the identifiers as an address of image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the selected identifier when any one of the identifiers has been selected and to transmit the image data to a transmission device for storing the identifier or a second server from which the transmission device downloads the data when the identifier is not received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu SUGIYAMA, Takashi OIKAWA, Tatsuya KITAGUCHI, Shumpei IWAOKA
  • Patent number: 9491325
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus having functions installed thereon includes a job input portion that inputs a first job, a job storage that stores the first job, a job output portion that outputs the first job, a memory that allows allocating memory areas to the functions and reallocating the memory areas, a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the memory areas were reallocated after input but before output of the first job, a second judgment portion that judges whether or not output of the first job requires any unavailable function, a third judgment portion that judges whether or not the unavailable function will be available by restricting operations related to a second job and by adjusting the memory areas, and an operation restriction portion restricts operations related to the second job and adjusts the memory areas, wherein the first job is output while restrictions on the operations are effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Oikawa, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Satoshi Osako
  • Publication number: 20160277606
    Abstract: A processor included in an image processing apparatus includes a display control portion configured to display any one of a plurality of operation screens in the display, a setting portion configured to control the operation panel, accept a setting value defined for the displayed operation screen, and set the setting value, an operation screen extraction portion configured to search screen information respectively associating one or more search indexes with one or more operation screens among the plurality of operation screens using a search key and extract one or more operation screens, an operation screen determination portion configured to determine one operation screen from among the one or more extracted operation screens, and a change portion configured to change the screen information based on an operation of a user accepted by the operation panel after the determined operation screen is displayed in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya KITAGUCHI, Takashi OIKAWA, Tomoyuki ATSUMI, Takanobu SUGIYAMA, Shumpei IWAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160219190
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a communicator portion that communicates with a portable terminal apparatus having an address book, a contact data obtaining portion that obtains contacts from the address book, the contacts including contact names and addresses, a registration portion that registers the contacts to a shared address book along with user identification information indicating the log-in user, a display, and a display controller that makes the display show the contacts at least by the contact name, the contacts being registered in the shared address book, that judges whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, and that, if it contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, makes the display show any of the contacts by the contact name, the any contact having the user identification information indicating the log-in user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu SUGIYAMA, Takashi OIKAWA, Tatsuya KITAGUCHI, Tomoyuki ATSUMI
  • Patent number: 9386174
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel connected to a network, for displaying an icon accepting an inquiry about an operation and a control unit for controlling an operation. The control unit is configured to transmit an inquiry about an operation to a terminal through the network, to receive an answer based on the inquiry from the terminal, and to display on the touch panel, an operation instruction based on operation method instruction information indicating the answer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Kaoru Fukuoka, Tomoyuki Atsumi, Masao Hosono, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi