Patents by Inventor Tohru Fujiwara

Tohru Fujiwara 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: 10498910
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: an input unit that inputs an original data; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the original data; an operation panel that comprises a display unit and an operating unit and that receives an operation for entering a job for forming the image on the recording sheet by using the image forming unit; a display control unit that displays one or more types of window on the display unit of the operation panel; and a conference information obtaining unit that obtains conference information of a conference held in a conference room which is placed near the image forming apparatus, from a predetermined conference management server that manages the conference information of the conference, wherein the display control unit displays the conference information on the display unit from the conference management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Tohru Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 10409473
    Abstract: An electronic display terminal including a display unit which displays a file including a plurality of pages on a screen for each region of the file, and a scroll bar which includes a bar displayed on a screen and an indicator which indicates a page position of a page including the region displayed on the display unit by a relative position with respect to the length of the bar, wherein the scroll bar switches a region displayed on the display unit based on a position element of a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the bar and a position element of a second direction which is different from the first direction at a position on a screen touched by a user, and moves the indicator to a position which indicates a page position of a page including the region displayed after the region is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tohru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10257373
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program is stored, wherein the program causes an information processing device to: obtain conference information of a conference; and prepare and display a print instruction window having a function for receiving a selection of a print apparatus used for a printing in a list of one or more print apparatuses by displaying the list and having a function for receiving an instruction for starting the printing, the print instruction window indicating the obtained conference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Tohru Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20170324875
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: an input unit that inputs an original data; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the original data; an operation panel that comprises a display unit and an operating unit and that receives an operation for entering a job for forming the image on the recording sheet by using the image forming unit; a display control unit that displays one or more types of window on the display unit of the operation panel; and a conference information obtaining unit that obtains conference information of a conference held in a conference room which is placed near the image forming apparatus, from a predetermined conference management server that manages the conference information of the conference, wherein the display control unit displays the conference information on the display unit from the conference management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Tohru FUJIWARA, Kazuhisa KISHIMOTO, Katsutoshi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20170318167
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program is stored, wherein the program causes an information processing device to: obtain conference information of a conference; and prepare and display a print instruction window having a function for receiving a selection of a print apparatus used for a printing in a list of one or more print apparatuses by displaying the list and having a function for receiving an instruction for starting the printing, the print instruction window indicating the obtained conference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMIZU, Tohru FUJIWARA, Kazuhisa KISHIMOTO, Katsutoshi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20140380225
    Abstract: An electronic display terminal including a display unit which displays a file including a plurality of pages on a screen for each region of the file, and a scroll bar which includes a bar displayed on a screen and an indicator which indicates a page position of a page including the region displayed on the display unit by a relative position with respect to the length of the bar, wherein the scroll bar switches a region displayed on the display unit based on a position element of a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the bar and a position element of a second direction which is different from the first direction at a position on a screen touched by a user, and moves the indicator to a position which indicates a page position of a page including the region displayed after the region is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Tohru FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 8468893
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure gauge which enables swinging and rotation with respect to a pressure gauge body capable of visually confirming the pressure indication of pressure to be measured. A tubular pressure introduction section 6 through which the pressure to be measured is introduced into the inside is inserted in a pressure introduction port 21 and adapted to be rotatable with respect to a pressure gauge body 2 capable of visually confirming the pressure indication of the pressure to be measured, enabling swinging. A rotating cap 11 rotatable in a circumferential direction is also adapted to be rotatable with respect to this pressure gauge body 2, which can rotate together with a liquid crystal indicator 100 on a substrate 10 attached to the rotating cap 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Krone Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Fujiwara, Ken Iwawaki
  • Publication number: 20120247214
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure gauge which enables swinging and rotation with respect to a pressure gauge body capable of visually confirming the pressure indication of pressure to be measured. A tubular pressure introduction section 6 through which the pressure to be measured is introduced into the inside is inserted in a pressure introduction port 21 and adapted to be rotatable with respect to a pressure gauge body 2 capable of visually confirming the pressure indication of the pressure to be measured, enabling swinging. A rotating cap 11 rotatable in a circumferential direction is also adapted to be rotatable with respect to this pressure gauge body 2, which can rotate together with a liquid crystal indicator 100 on a substrate 10 attached to the rotating cap 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Tohru Fujiwara, Ken Iwawaki
  • Patent number: 5659844
    Abstract: A fixing device which changes the amount of heat received by a recording paper in accordance with a portion of the recording paper with respect to a paper transporting direction. The fixing device controls a heater for heating a fixing member so as to raise the temperature of the fixing member when a trailing half of the recording paper is disposed between the fixing member and a pressure member, or controls the heater so as to decrease the temperature of the fixing member when either one of a leading end and a trailing end of the recording paper is disposed between the fixing member and the pressure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5526103
    Abstract: An induction heating fixing device comprises a heat roller in which coil assemblies are disposed. The coil assemblies are aligned axially of the roller to produce magnetic flux in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the heat roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kato, Satoru Yoneda, Eiji Okabayashi, Peter Johnston, Hiroaki Hinotani, Tohru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5364063
    Abstract: An ice cube tray consisting of an inner tray divided lengthwise and breadthwise into a plurality of pockets with open tops, and an outer tray divided into a configuration that fits the shape of the inner tray forming a space between the outer bottom of the inner tray and the inner bottom of the outer tray, with openings provided on the bottom of the inner tray so as to make transparent ice in the pockets, and additionally providing slightly curved protruding points on the bottom of the outer tray to allow for expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: MK Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eichi Nishimura, Shoichi Takeda, Tohru Fujiwara, Nobushige Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5255063
    Abstract: A color copying apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a scanner for scanning an original to form a plurality of electrostatic latent images corresponding to color components of an image of the original; developing devices for converting the electrostatic latent images formed by the scanner to toner images of different colors; a rotating unit on which the toner images obtained by the conversion are superposed; a detector for detecting a rotating position of the rotating unit; a controller for controlling start timing of the scanner in response to a detection output of the detector; and a regulator for regulating the start timing for each of the toner images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ideyama, Tohru Fujiwara, Kenichi Muroki, Akito Wada