Patents by Inventor Tomoko KUROIWA

Tomoko KUROIWA 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: 11722609
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a display; and a controller that: causes the display to display a plurality of operation items that can be instructed by a user, receives an instruction by a voice operation with respect to at least one of the operation items, and receives an instruction by a manual operation with respect to at least one of the operation items. The display displays a first operation item identifiable from the remaining operation items, and the first operation item can be instructed by a user voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Patent number: 11350001
    Abstract: An operation receiving apparatus includes: a display; a user interface that overlaps with the display and receives a manual operation by a user; and a controller that acquires a recognition result of a user voice, and controls the display to display a first display region and a second display. The first display region displays an operation item that can receive an instruction by the manual operation, and the second display region displays an operation item that can be instructed by the user voice based on the recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20220159133
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a display; and a controller that: causes the display to display a plurality of operation items that can be instructed by a user, receives an instruction by a voice operation with respect to at least one of the operation items, and receives an instruction by a manual operation with respect to at least one of the operation items. The display displays a first operation item identifiable from the remaining operation items, and the first operation item can be instructed by a user voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20200329160
    Abstract: An operation receiving apparatus includes: a display; a user interface that overlaps with the display and receives a manual operation by a user; and a controller that acquires a recognition result of a user voice, and controls the display to display a first display region and a second display. The first display region displays an operation item that can receive an instruction by the manual operation, and the second display region displays an operation item that can be instructed by the user voice based on the recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20180338067
    Abstract: Provided is a color value correction control method that uses a printing system including: a printer that prints a chart; a scanner that measures the chart to acquire an RGB value; and a colorimeter that measures the chart to acquire a color value, the method including: generating data of the chart; estimating a color value using the RGB value obtained by the scanner measuring the chart; and calculating a correction amount of the color value, wherein in the generating, a first patch group and a second patch group are provided and data of a chart including a specific patch with the same CYMK value as a CYMK value of each patch of the second patch group in the first patch group is generated, in the estimating, the color value is estimated using an RGB value, and in the calculating, the correction amount of the color value is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Patent number: 10063749
    Abstract: Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for creating a database for use in color calibration and that storing a control program for a judgement based on the database. The control programs cause a computing device to perform the following operations. The database-creating operations include calculating a white-ground color difference using a print medium, and repeating a feedback adjustment of a color correction LUT, to obtain a resulting color accuracy. The operations further include obtaining white-ground color differences and resulting color accuracies for plural paper products of a certain print medium type, to obtain a mathematical relation and create a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Patent number: 9838567
    Abstract: A print control apparatus for controlling a printing apparatus that calculates the amount of change between a designated color and a color measured, and is capable of executing a color accuracy verification, and a color correction includes: a job management unit that analyzes a print job and acquires a required color accuracy level, and calculates and manages a required time of the print job; an apparatus management unit that acquires a result of the color accuracy verification, predicts the degradation of the color accuracy, and calculates and manages a color correction effective time; and an output management unit that sets the output order of print jobs waiting to be output and the execution timing of the color correction, the required time of the print job, and the color correction effective time, and instructs the printing apparatus to execute the processing of the print job and the color correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoko Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20170280022
    Abstract: Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for creating a database for use in color calibration and that storing a control program for a judgement based on the database. The control programs cause a computing device to perform the following operations. The database-creating operations include calculating a white-ground color difference using a print medium, and repeating a feedback adjustment of a color correction LUT, to obtain a resulting color accuracy. The operations further include obtaining white-ground color differences and resulting color accuracies for plural paper products of a certain print medium type, to obtain a mathematical relation and create a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko KUROIWA
  • Publication number: 20160352976
    Abstract: A print control apparatus for controlling a printing apparatus that calculates the amount of change between a designated color and a color measured, and is capable of executing a color accuracy verification, and a color correction includes: a job management unit that analyzes a print job and acquires a required color accuracy level, and calculates and manages a required time of the print job; an apparatus management unit that acquires a result of the color accuracy verification, predicts the degradation of the color accuracy, and calculates and manages a color correction effective time; and an output management unit that sets the output order of print jobs waiting to be output and the execution timing of the color correction, the required time of the print job, and the color correction effective time, and instructs the printing apparatus to execute the processing of the print job and the color correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko KUROIWA