Patents by Inventor Takeshi Minami

Takeshi Minami 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: 9888137
    Abstract: A processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal is provided. The processing apparatus includes a connection portion configured to connect the processing apparatus to the terminal; and a processor configured to control the terminal to display a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by another processing apparatus with the function before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuhara, Takeshi Minami, Kenichi Takahashi, Kaitaku Ozawa, Yoshiaki Shibuta, Yosuke Taniguchi, Atsushi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20170371600
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an acquiring section that acquires biological information on a user who makes an image processing apparatus execute a job and operation information on the image processing apparatus with the biological information changing depending on a state of the user, an analysis section that analyzes stress of the user concerning use of the image processing apparatus, based on the biological information and the operation information, and an output section that outputs an analysis result obtained by the analysis section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Junichi HASE, Takeshi MINAMI, Nobuhiro MISHIMA, Akihiro TORIGOSHI, Tomoaki NAKAJIMA, Daisuke NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170371729
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a determination result of a state of a user, who has given a transmission job execution instruction, determined based on biological information of the user; and a job control unit configured to control an execution of the transmission job according to the user state determination result, wherein when it is determined that the user is in an off-normal state, the job control unit executes a confirmation request process to request the user to make a confirmation related to the transmission job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi MINAMI, Junichi Hase, Nobuhiro Mishima, Akihiro Torigoshi, Tomoaki Nakajima, Daisuke Nakano, Yuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9785394
    Abstract: An image processing system where an image processing apparatus that includes an image data transmitting function and a mobile terminal that includes an electronic mail transmitting function operate to link with each other, the image processing apparatus including: a startup instruction transmitting unit; an image data acquiring unit; a transmission destination designation information acquiring unit; and an image data transmitting unit, and the mobile terminal including: an electronic mail function starting unit that starts up the electronic mail transmitting function and causes a predetermined display unit to display address information; a transmission destination designation information transmitting unit that receives an operation of designating a transmission destination address among the address information and transmit the transmission destination designation information to the image processing apparatus; and an attached file output unit that outputs the image data as an attached file of an electronic mai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takehisa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Minami, Toshihiko Otake, Daisuke Nakano, Yasutaka Ito, Atsushi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 9740291
    Abstract: A presentation system includes the following: a reception unit that receives a start instruction to start a presentation, a detection unit that starts detecting a gesture of a presenter in response to the start instruction, and a control unit that controls an operation for distributing presentation material, based on a detail of detection of the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morikawa, Kaitaku Ozawa, Takeshi Minami, Daisuke Sakiyama, Kazuya Anezaki
  • Publication number: 20170171430
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a terminal worn by a user for use; and an image output apparatus configured to perform an output process for outputting an image in accordance with a command given by the user. The terminal includes an obtaining portion configured to obtain, from the user, a physical feature of the user. Any one or both of the terminal and the image output apparatus includes an authentication portion configured to perform, prior to the output process, an authentication process for verifying the user based on the physical feature obtained by the obtaining portion. The image output apparatus includes an output process portion configured to perform the output process when the authentication portion verifies the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Junichi HASE, Takeshi MINAMI, Tomoaki NAKAJIMA, Nobuhiro MISHIMA, Akihiro TORIGOSHI, Daisuke NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9662646
    Abstract: An aldehyde adsorbent that can adsorb and remove aldehyde from a carboxylic acid-containing liquid is provided. The aldehyde adsorbent is an aldehyde adsorbent for adsorbing aldehyde in a carboxylic acid-containing liquid containing aldehyde, including a cation exchange resin ion-exchanged with a polyvalent amine in 1 to 99% by mol of the total exchange capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhixiong You, Yoichi Umehara, Tetsuro Matsumura, Takeshi Minami
  • Patent number: 9638684
    Abstract: Provided is a method of evaluating a resin capable of quantitatively evaluating a deterioration degree of the resin with high accuracy and ease. The method includes evaluating the resin based on a shift of a characteristic peak representing a deterioration degree of the resin, the peak being observed in thermal analysis of the resin by a temperature increase, to lower temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhixiong You, Ryuichi Kanai, Yoichi Umehara, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20170024177
    Abstract: An image processing system where an image processing apparatus that includes an image data transmitting function and a mobile terminal that includes an electronic mail transmitting function operate to link with each other, the image processing apparatus including: a startup instruction transmitting unit; an image data acquiring unit; a transmission destination designation information acquiring unit; and an image data transmitting unit, and the mobile terminal including: an electronic mail function starting unit that starts up the electronic mail transmitting function and causes a predetermined display unit to display address information; a transmission destination designation information transmitting unit that receives an operation of designating a transmission destination address among the address information and transmit the transmission destination designation information to the image processing apparatus; and an attached file output unit that outputs the image data as an attached file of an electronic mai
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takehisa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Minami, Toshihiko Otake, Daisuke Nakano, Yasutaka Ito, Atsushi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 9440902
    Abstract: To provide a production method for suppressing the reduction in production rate of a carbonyl compound due to transferring a noble metal component into liquid phase. A method for producing a carbonyl compound, including: a reaction step of reacting a carbonylation raw material with CO in liquid phase including a solid catalyst having noble metal complex on a resin carrier containing quaternized nitrogen to produce a carbonyl compound; a distillation step of distilling a reaction product liquid to recover gas phase distillate including the carbonyl compound; and a circulation step of circulating a bottom product from the distillation to reaction step. After part of the bottom product contacts with an acidic cation-exchange resin to remove nitrogen compound, liquid having higher moisture concentration than the bottom product contacts with the resin to extract noble metal complex captured by oligomer adsorbing the resin, and the complex is returned to the reaction step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhixiong You, Yoichi Umehara, Tetsuro Matsumura, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20160257578
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water treatment process for efficiently removing oils from oil-containing water. The water treatment process is a method for treating oil-containing water, comprising the steps of: preparing an oil-adsorbing material that is made of a lipophilic resin such as a pyridine resin and that has many pores in its surface and bears hydrophilic groups on an inner surface of the pores; and bringing oil-containing water into contact with the surface of the oil-adsorbing material. The step of preparing an oil-adsorbing material includes the step of converting some of hydrophobic groups, such as nitrogen-containing aromatic rings, on the inner surface of the pores to hydrophilic groups such as quaternized amine or sulfonic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Zhixiong You, Yoichi Umehara, Masayo Shinohara, Kazushige Kawamura, Takeshi Minami
  • Patent number: 9350897
    Abstract: An image processing device inserts an AR (Augmented Reality) marker in documents. The AR marker is to deliver an air tag which corresponds to the AR marker from an air tag server to a terminal device, when the terminal device which reads the AR marker satisfies deliver conditions. The image processing device identifies the air tag which is to be delivered from among air tags stored in the air tag server. The image processing device acquires the AR marker which corresponds to the air tag which is to be delivered from the air tag server. The image processing device inserts the acquired AR marker into the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yosuke Taniguchi, Takeshi Minami, Kenichi Takahashi, Kenji Matsuhara, Kaitaku Ozawa, Yoshiaki Shibuta, Atsushi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20160130207
    Abstract: To provide a production method for suppressing the reduction in production rate of a carbonyl compound due to transferring a noble metal component into liquid phase. A method for producing a carbonyl compound, including: a reaction step of reacting a carbonylation raw material with CO in liquid phase including a solid catalyst having noble metal complex on a resin carrier containing quaternized nitrogen to produce a carbonyl compound; a distillation step of distilling a reaction product liquid to recover gas phase distillate including the carbonyl compound; and a circulation step of circulating a bottom product from the distillation to reaction step. After part of the bottom product contacts with an acidic cation-exchange resin to remove nitrogen compound, liquid having higher moisture concentration than the bottom product contacts with the resin to extract noble metal complex captured by oligomer adsorbing the resin, and the complex is returned to the reaction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhixiong You, Yoichi Umehara, Tetsuro Matsumura, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20160121320
    Abstract: An aldehyde adsorbent that can adsorb and remove aldehyde from a carboxylic acid-containing liquid is provided. The aldehyde adsorbent is an aldehyde adsorbent for adsorbing aldehyde in a carboxylic acid-containing liquid containing aldehyde, including a cation exchange resin ion-exchanged with a polyvalent amine in 1 to 99% by mol of the total exchange capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhixiong You, Yoichi Umehara, Tetsuro Matsumura, Takeshi Minami
  • Patent number: 9323494
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus. A portable information terminal is communicable with the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a first display section, a storage section, and a first control section. The storage section stores screen data to be displayed on the first display section. The first control section controls the first display section to display an image indicating a first region contained in a virtual display screen corresponding to the screen data. The portable information terminal includes a second display section and a second control section. The second control section controls the second display section to display an image indicating a second region generated correspondingly to positional relationship information indicating a relative positional relationship between the first display section and the second display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kubo, Kaitaku Ozawa, Shoji Imaizumi, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20150365552
    Abstract: A processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal is provided. The processing apparatus includes a connection portion configured to connect the processing apparatus to the terminal; and a processor configured to control the terminal to display a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by another processing apparatus with the function before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUHARA, Takeshi MINAMI, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Kaitaku OZAWA, Yoshiaki SHIBUTA, Yosuke TANIGUCHI, Atsushi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150365558
    Abstract: An image processing device inserts an AR (Augmented Reality) marker in documents. The AR marker is to deliver an air tag which corresponds to the AR marker from an air tag server to a terminal device, when the terminal device which reads the AR marker satisfies deliver conditions. The image processing device identifies the air tag which is to be delivered from among air tags stored in the air tag server. The image processing device acquires the AR marker which corresponds to the air tag which is to be delivered from the air tag server. The image processing device inserts the acquired AR marker into the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yosuke TANIGUCHI, Takeshi MINAMI, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Kenji MATSUHARA, Kaitaku OZAWA, Yoshiaki SHIBUTA, Atsushi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150269782
    Abstract: An augmented reality information generating apparatus acquires a content stored in an external device, determines a display area defined by a relative position to an object in the content, acquires related information related to the object, and generates augmented reality information in which the content, area information indicating the display area, and the related information are associated with each other. An augmented reality display apparatus acquires a first content, acquires augmented reality information that includes a second content having an identical object with an object in the first content, determines a reality display area in which a relative position to the object in the first content has the same relation with a relative position between the object in the second content and the display area, and displays the related information included in the augmented reality information in the reality display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi TAMURA, Takeshi MINAMI, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Kenji MATSUHARA, Kaitaku OZAWA, Yosuke TANIGUCHI, Yoshiaki SHIBUTA
  • Patent number: 9110776
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express, a startup control portion to control startup of the main processing portion, and a connection portion connectable with an option board having a sub processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express. The startup control portion includes a detection portion to detect the option board connected to the connection portion, an acquisition portion to acquire ability information about the option board at a stage before the main processing portion starts up, when the option board is detected, a selection portion to select one of the main processing portion and the sub processing portion, based on the acquired ability information, and a switch portion to start one selected from the main processing portion and the sub processing portion as a root complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takehisa Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Otake, Takeshi Minami, Masaya Hashimoto, Tomoaki Nakajima, Takeshi Maekawa
  • Patent number: 9113012
    Abstract: A portable information device includes a shooting portion to shoot a subject, and a notice portion to notify an image forming apparatus that an image is shot, in response to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus being shot. The image forming apparatus includes a display control portion to display an operation screen, a data decision portion to decide related data related to an operation screen displayed at a point of time when the notice is received, from among data held by the image forming apparatus at that point of time, and a related data transmission portion to transmit the related data to the portable information device. The portable information device further includes a related data reception portion to receive the related data from the image forming apparatus and a related data storage portion to store the related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kaitaku Ozawa, Shoji Imaizumi, Hiroaki Kubo, Takeshi Minami