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).

  • Publication number: 20100091987
    Abstract: In order to restrict a destination of data for security and facilitate acquisition of the data at the destination, a conference system includes an MFP and a projector, wherein the MFP prestores data for display in an HDD and includes an access key generating portion to generate an access key for an access to the display data and a data transmitting portion to transmit the display data on the condition that the access key is received from a PC, and the projector includes a wireless communication portion to wirelessly communicate with PCs within a predetermined distance, a projecting control portion to display the data stored in the HDD in the MFP, an access key acquiring portion to acquire the access key, and an access key transmitting portion to cause the wireless communication portion to transmit the access key when receiving a request from the PC via the wireless communication portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20100057458
    Abstract: Regarding audio data related to document data, an image processing apparatus pertaining to the present invention generates text data by using a speech recognition technology in advance, and determines delimiter positions in the text data and the audio data in correspondence. In a keyword search, if a keyword is detected in the text data, the image processing apparatus plays the audio data from a delimiter that is immediately before the keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuzo IWAKI, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Takeshi MINAMI, Daisuke SAKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20100056370
    Abstract: A catalyst carrier which includes a catalyst support layer containing an alkaline earth metal and/or an alkali metal disposed on an alumina substrate. The alkaline earth metal and/or the alkali metal is suppressed or prevented from diffusing into the substrate to react with alumina in the substrate. A catalyst support layer 3 that contains an alkaline earth metal and/or an alkali metal is formed on a surface of an alumina substrate 1 having a three-dimensional network structure. A zirconia layer 2 consisting of zirconia and/or stabilized zirconia is disposed between the substrate 1 and the catalyst support layer 3. The zirconia layer 2 has a thickness of 3 ?m or more in a region of at least 65% of the substrate surface. The zirconia layer suppresses or prevents the alkaline earth metal and/or the alkali metal in the catalyst support layer from diffusing into the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushige Shigyo, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Imagawa, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20090307575
    Abstract: In order to reproduce the content output before, an MFP includes an HDD to store data which includes a plurality of page data having corresponding page numbers, an instruction accepting portion to accept a page number of one of the page data to be displayed on a projector, a display control portion to cause the page data of the accepted page number to be displayed on the projector, a history storing portion to store, for each of the page data displayed, history information in which the page number of the page data, the actually displayed time of the page data, and the actually displayed order of the page data are associated with each other, and a redisplay control portion to cause the plurality of page data to be displayed on the projector based on the history information on the condition that the history information is designated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Minami, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Daisuke Sakiyama
  • Publication number: 20090300519
    Abstract: In order to facilitate understanding of the content of a presentation in a conference, an MFP, in receipt of presentation page information from a PC operated by a presenter, transmits presentation page data specified by the presentation page information among page data for a plurality of pages included in data to PCs operated by the participants, and in receipt of requested page information from a specific participant apparatus among the PCs operated by the participants, transmits requested page data specified by the requested page information to the specific participant apparatus. As to the PC as the specific participant apparatus, upon acceptance of designation of requested page data, it transmits requested page information to the MFP, and in receipt of the requested page data from the MFP, displays an image of the presentation page data and an image of the requested page data simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sakiyama, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20090259072
    Abstract: An iodide compound is adsorbed and removed from an organic acid containing the iodide compound as an impurity by passing the organic acid through a packed bed of a cation-exchange resin having silver ion carried thereon at 50° C. or lower. The cation-exchange resin is a macroporous-type resin with an average particle size of 0.3 to 0.6 mm and an average pore size of 15 to 28 nm, and silver ion substitutes for 40 to 60% of the active site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Umehara, Takeshi Minami, Susumu Yamamoto, Haruto Kobayashi, Yasuo Hosono
  • Publication number: 20090237326
    Abstract: In order to easily display data on a display device, an MFP connected to a plurality of television conference terminal devices each displaying data stores device information in an HDD for a respective one of the television conference terminal devices, to store a format in which the corresponding terminal device inputs data. The MFP includes a data acquiring portion to acquire data, an output destination accepting portion to accept an output destination of data, a conversion portion, when one of the television conference terminal devices is accepted as an output destination device which is the output destination of data, to convert a format of the acquired data to the format stored corresponding to the output destination device in the device information, and a communication control portion to output the data converted by the conversion portion to the output destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20090174900
    Abstract: The image forming device includes: an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by an image data input unit; an image data input completion determination unit that determines whether or not all image data of the document is received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password, when the image data input completion determination unit determines that the image data input unit receives all image data of the document; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result to execute the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Nobuo Kamei, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20090174890
    Abstract: The image forming device includes an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password before the reception of the image data of all pages of the document is completed by the image data input unit; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result and executes the job, wherein, when the password is set in arbitrary one page of the document, the image data input unit sequentially completes the reception of the image data of the next page of the arbitrary one page of the document, before the input of the password corresponding to the password set in the arbitrary one page is completed by the input password receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Nobuo Kamei, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20090174901
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming device that executes a job, being prescribed processing regarding image data, with execution of the job of this image data restricted by a password set in the image data. The image forming device includes: a password input unit that inputs the password necessary for releasing a restriction of executing the job; a password receiving unit that receives input password information, being information regarding the inputted password; a job execution instruction receiving unit that receives a job execution instruction after the password receiving unit receives the input password information; and a password verification unit that receives the job execution instruction and verifies the inputted password with a password set in the image data, wherein the job is executed by using the job image data based on a verification result of the password verification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Nobuo Kamei, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20090175495
    Abstract: The image processing device includes: a detection unit that detects embedded additional data; an extraction unit that extracts additional information; a storage unit that stores the data of the document and the detailed information; a search unit that acquires a stored document and detailed information thereof; a generation unit that generates thumbnail image data of pages of a stored document; a post-processing unit that processes the thumbnail image data; and a display device that displays the detailed information of the stored document and the thumbnail image data, wherein the thumbnail image of the same page as the page of the printed document is displayed on the display device, in a second display method different from a first display method that is a method of displaying a thumbnail image expressing the page other than the page of the printed document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAMEI, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Kei SHIGEHISA, Takeshi MINAMI
  • Patent number: 7545527
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has first and second processors for performing first and second processings for image data received by a communication device. A data processing apparatus instructs for the image processing apparatus to execute the first and second processings for image data. When the image data and the instruction therefor are received, the image processing apparatus performs the first and second processings, and sends the image data processed by the second processor to the data processing apparatus, which replaces the received file with the transmitted file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuhara, Nobuhiro Mishima, Takeshi Minami, Toshihiko Otake, Daisetsu Tohyama
  • Publication number: 20090009794
    Abstract: In order to store a detailed history of outputting an image, MFP includes an image obtaining portion to obtain an image, an additional information obtaining portion to obtain additional information related to the obtained image, an embedding portion to generate an output image formed by adding the additional information to the obtained image, an output portion to output the obtained image, if additional information is not obtained, and to output the generated output image, if additional information is obtained, and a transmission portion to transmit a history of the obtained image being output to a server. The transmission portion transmits the additional information as a history together with the obtained image, if additional information is obtained, and transmits the obtained image as a history, if additional information is not obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morikawa, Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Minami, Nobuo Kamei
  • Patent number: 7473800
    Abstract: Acetic acid is manufactured by carbonylating methanol with carbon monoxide by way of a heterogeneous catalytic reaction in a bubble column reactor. The carbonylating reaction is conducted with a solid catalyst concentration of not less than 100 kg/m3 in terms of the reaction volume. For the reaction, the partial pressure of carbon monoxide in the reactor is confined to a range between 1.0 and 2.5 MPa while the exhaustion ratio of carbon monoxide is confined to a range between 3 and 15% of the theoretical reaction volume of carbon monoxide and the liquid superficial velocity is made to be found in a range between 0.2 and 1.0 m/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Chiyoda Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Hosono, Tadashi Matsumoto, Rei Sato, Takeshi Minami, Chieko Nagasawa, Munenori Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20080309984
    Abstract: In order to maintain consistency between stored data and an image formed on a recording medium, an MFP includes an HDD to store data, a data designation portion to designate target data to be an output target from the data stored in the HDD, a prohibition portion to prohibit modification or deletion of the target data, and an image forming portion to generate a composite image by combining the target data with positional information indicating a position in the HDD where the target data is stored and to form the composite image on a sheet of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Minami, Takeshi Morikawa, Nobuo Kamei, Kei Shigehisa
  • Publication number: 20080218798
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a first storage area that stores in itself original data to be copied; a copier that copies the original data to a second storage area that is shared and allowed to be accessed by a plurality of users belonging to one same group, by storing reference information pointing to the original data stored in the first storage area, in the second storage area; a judger that judges whether or not all of access judgment target users who are the group users sharing the second storage area or preliminarily specified users, make access to the reference information stored by the copier in the second storage area; and a controller that suspends execution of an instruction given to change the original data for the access judgment target users so that the original data could be provided to all of them, if the judger judges that only some of the access judgment target users has made access to the reference information when the instruction to change the original data is given, and then, c
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Nobuo Kamei, Takeshi Minami, Masayuki Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20080222169
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a personal storage area provided for a user; a group storage area shared with a plurality of users who are members of a group; an identifier that identifies from one consolidated data that is made from user's data created for one or more than one user of the group and inputted in the group storage area, a personal storage area(s) to which the user's data are to be delivered; and a transmitter that transmits the user's data to the personal storage area(s) identified by the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki YOSHII, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Nobuo KAMEI, Kei SHIGEHISA, Takeshi MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20080158598
    Abstract: In order to process data by a plurality of processing methods defined for each of a plurality of users with a simple operation, MFP includes a HDD having a group BOX for storing data, related with at least two users, and creates a group table which associates at least two data processing methods respectively corresponding to at least two users with the group BOX. When data is stored into the group BOX, the stored data is processed according to each of at least two data processing methods associated with the group BOX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yoshii, Takeshi Morikawa, Kei Shigehisa, Nobuo Kamei, Takeshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20080137441
    Abstract: According to an image processing apparatus, if image data designated to be stored in a storage unit within the image processing apparatus is stored in a storage device outside the image processing apparatus, a memory remaining amount or the like of the image processing apparatus is calculated as if the image data is stored in a storage area within the image processing apparatus, although the image data is not moved to the storage area within the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morikawa, Nobuo Kamei, Masayuki Yoshii, Takeshi Minami, Kei Shigehisa
  • Publication number: 20080091736
    Abstract: A data management system for encrypting management object data and storing the encrypted management object data, and for outputting the management object data, the data management system comprising: an output abnormality detection part for detecting an output abnormality occurring in a terminal device specified for outputting the management object data; a proxy destination determination part for, when the output abnormality detection part detects the output abnormality, determining a proxy processing terminal device from among the plurality of terminal devices, the proxy processing terminal device being for outputting the stored management object data instead of the terminal device having the output abnormality; and a decryption/encryption part for, when the proxy destination determination part has determined the proxy processing terminal device, decrypting encrypted management object data that has been generated by encrypting the management object data, and further encrypting the resultant decrypted manageme
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumi Sawayanagi, Yoshiyuki Tamai, Takeshi Minami, Hidetaka Iwai