Patents by Inventor Toshimichi Iwai
Toshimichi Iwai 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).
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Publication number: 20150256693Abstract: A portable information device includes a first display portion in which a parameter that defines a color for displaying an image is set, and a remote operation portion to display a remote operation screen on the first display portion and transmit a remote operation to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus-side display control portion to display an operation screen on a second display portion, and a remote control portion to transmit a remote operation screen to the portable information device and execute a process in accordance with a remote operation. One of the portable information device and the image forming apparatus acquires a distance between the image forming apparatus and the portable information device and determines an update parameter based on the acquired distance. The remote operation portion updates the parameter set in the first display portion with the update parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki KUBO, Atsushi Ohshima, Toshihiko Otake, Toshimichi Iwai, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Masaya Hashimoto, Tomoaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 8654359Abstract: A selector selects one or more than one document files among those recorded in a memory, according to an instruction issued by a user, and a judgment portion judges whether by the simplified mode or the detailed mode the selected document file data should be outputted, according to an output condition that is determined in advance. And then, according to the judgment result, an output portion is controlled so that the selected document file could be outputted by the simplified mode or the detailed mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kaitaku Ozawa, Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Toshimichi Iwai
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Patent number: 8635677Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storing portion, an authentication portion to authenticate a user using one of the one or more user apparatuses on the basis of identification information received from the user apparatus; a selecting portion to select, as main data, a piece of data from among one or more pieces of data stored in a presentation area which is a predetermined one of the plurality of storage areas; a screen generating portion to generate an access screen including an image of the selected main data; an access detecting portion to detect an access to the presentation area; and a screen transmitting portion, when the access detecting portion detects an access to the presentation area by the authenticated user, to transmit the generated access screen to the one of the one or more user apparatuses that is used by the authenticated user.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Kenji Matsuhara, Toshimichi Iwai
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Patent number: 8570558Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a data memory that stores in itself voice guide data pieces; a voice output portion that outputs the voice guide data pieces stored in the data memory; and a controller. The controller prohibits a first voice guide data piece from being outputted according to a job by the voice output portion, while a second voice guide data piece is being outputted according to another job thereby.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Toshimichi Iwai, Takeshi Morikawa, Kaitaku Ozawa, Kei Shigehisa
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Patent number: 8507857Abstract: A charged particle beam inspection apparatus includes: an electron gun emitting an electron beam; first and second condenser lenses used to focus the electron beam; a beam control panel disposed between the first and second condenser lenses; and a control unit performing stabilizing processing in which excitation currents respectively supplied to the first condenser lens and the second condenser lens are set to have predetermined values, thereby the current amount of the electron beam passing through an opening of the beam control panel is regulated so that the electron beam to be emitted onto the sample has a larger current amount than that at a measurement, and then the electron beam is emitted onto the sample for a predetermined time period. After the stabilizing processing, the control unit sets the values of the excitation currents back to values for the measurement in order to measure dimensions of the sample, the excitation currents respectively supplied to the first and second condenser lenses.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Advantest Corp.Inventors: Keisuke Itou, Toshimichi Iwai
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Patent number: 8482808Abstract: An image processing system includes a client apparatus and a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes an item extraction unit, an item classification unit, and an image selection processing unit. The item extraction unit extracts a prescribed item from a document. The item classification unit classifies the extracted item into any of a plurality of groups. The image selection processing unit generates a display screen displaying each item included in read data in a manner different for each group. A display of the client apparatus displays the generated display screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Toshimichi Iwai, Kaitaku Ozawa
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Publication number: 20120296979Abstract: A conference system comprises an operation input part for receiving an operation input for selecting a send object file, which is given by a user who is a conference participant, an image pickup part for picking up an image of said user, a motion detection part for detecting a predetermined motion of said user on the basis of a picked-up image obtained by said image pickup part, and a sending operation control part for sending said send object file under the condition that said predetermined motion is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Toshimichi IWAI, Tomo Tsuboi, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Akihiro Torigoshi
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Patent number: 8284427Abstract: In an image processing apparatus which is connected to a server and permitted to make an access request to the server, the server receiving the access request only from a request source which is permitted to make the access request, a reader reads an image to obtain an image file, a transmitter accesses the server and transmits the image file to the server to save the image file in the server, a notifier notifies a specified destination that a file operation request for the image file saved in the server is to be received by the image processing apparatus, and a file operating part accesses the server and performs a requested file operation on one of the image file saved in the server and the image file obtained as a result of accessing the server, when the file operation request based on the notification is received from the specified destination.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Toshimichi Iwai
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Publication number: 20120206388Abstract: Continuously after two contacts are made on a touch panel, when a gesture of moving the two contacts in a direction that a spacing therebetween is decreased and then releasing the two contacts after being moved is detected, an image forming apparatus identifies a program presented by an icon displayed in an area defined by the two contacts at least either of before and after being moved, as a program subjected to the gesture, and stores information that identifies the program subjected to the gesture. The image forming apparatus reads the information that identifies the program subjected to the gesture in accordance with a command related to the program subjected to the gesture to execute an operation related to the program, and transmits information depending on the operation to another device indicated by the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tomo Tsuboi, Toshimichi Iwai, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Akihiro Torigoshi
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Publication number: 20120192120Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel, a controller connected to the touch panel, and a memory. When a pinch-in gesture on the touch panel is detected during execution of an application, the controller stores, in the memory, information showing a state of processing of the application when the pinch-in gesture is detected, and when a pinch-out gesture on the touch panel is detected, the controller reads the stored information showing the state of processing of the application from the memory, and resumes processing of the application from the state shown by the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takehisa Yamaguchi, Toshimichi Iwai, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Tomo Tsuboi, Akihiro Torigoshi
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Publication number: 20120180003Abstract: MFP as an image forming apparatus includes a touch panel, a controller connected to the touch panel, a memory for storing a data file, and a communication device for communicating with another device. Continuously after two contacts are made on the touch panel, when a gesture of moving the two contacts in a direction that a spacing therebetween is decreased and then releasing the two contacts after being moved is detected, the controller identifies a file presented by an icon displayed in an area defined by the two contacts at least either of before and after being moved, as a file to be transferred, and transfers the file to be transferred to the other device in response to a request to transfer a file from the other device received by the communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, IncInventors: Kazumi SAWAYANAGI, Toshimichi IWAI, Takehisa YAMAGUCHI, Tomo TSUBOI, Akihiro TORIGOSHI
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Patent number: 8184639Abstract: In order to easily set IP addresses required for communicating with apparatuses connected to a network, an MFP includes a port scan unit for acquiring, by port scanning, an IP address of a server having a predetermined port open from one of the servers connected to the network, and a network environment storage part for storing a set of acquired IP address and a port number of the predetermined port.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Toshimichi Iwai, Junichi Hase, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
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Patent number: 8174721Abstract: A system for outputting an image includes first and second image output apparatuses. The first image output apparatus includes a display processing portion that displays an image to be outputted on electronic paper based on a first condition under which a job to output the image is executed, a conditions storing processing portion that stores, in a conditions storage, the first condition in association with a job identifier for identifying the job, and a job identifier storing processing portion that stores the job identifier in the electronic paper. The second image output apparatus includes a reading portion that reads out the job identifier from the electronic paper, an obtaining portion that obtains, from the conditions storage portion, the first condition corresponding to the job identifier thus read out, and a job execution portion that executes a whole or a part of the job based on the first condition thus obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Morikawa, Kei Shigehisa, Toshimichi Iwai, Kenji Matsuhara
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Publication number: 20120066743Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storing portion, an authentication portion to authenticate a user using one of the one or more user apparatuses on the basis of identification information received from the user apparatus; a selecting portion to select, as main data, a piece of data from among one or more pieces of data stored in a presentation area which is a predetermined one of the plurality of storage areas; a screen generating portion to generate an access screen including an image of the selected main data; an access detecting portion to detect an access to the presentation area; and a screen transmitting portion, when the access detecting portion detects an access to the presentation area by the authenticated user, to transmit the generated access screen to the one of the one or more user apparatuses that is used by the authenticated user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kei SHIGEHISA, Takeshi Morikawa, Kenji Matsuhara, Toshimichi Iwai
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Patent number: 8071943Abstract: Provided is a mask inspection apparatus including: emitting unit for emitting electron beams onto a sample; electron detecting unit for detecting the quantity of electrons produced, by the emission of the electron beams, from the sample with patterns formed thereon; image processing unit for generating image data for the patterns on the basis of the electron quantity; and controlling unit for controlling the emitting unit, the electron detecting unit, and the image processing unit. The controlling unit calculates, from the size of a designated observation area of the sample, a division number of divisional images that are synthesized to form a joint image that covers the entire designated observation area. The controlling unit determines divisional areas so that adjacent divisional areas partially overlap each other. The controlling unit acquires SEM images for the respective divisional areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Advantest Corp.Inventors: Tsutomu Murakawa, Toshimichi Iwai, Jun Matsumoto, Takayuki Nakamura, Yoshiaki Ogiso
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Publication number: 20110069346Abstract: A system for outputting an image includes first and second image output apparatuses. The first image output apparatus includes a display processing portion that displays an image to be outputted on electronic paper based on a first condition under which a job to output the image is executed, a conditions storing processing portion that stores, in a conditions storage, the first condition in association with a job identifier for identifying the job, and a job identifier storing processing portion that stores the job identifier in the electronic paper. The second image output apparatus includes a reading portion that reads out the job identifier from the electronic paper, an obtaining portion that obtains, from the conditions storage portion, the first condition corresponding to the job identifier thus read out, and a job execution portion that executes a whole or a part of the job based on the first condition thus obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi MORIKAWA, Kei Shigehisa, Toshimichi Iwai, Kenji Matsuhara
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Patent number: 7791022Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with a length measurement function includes an electron gun for emitting an electron beam, a measurement target region setting unit for setting a measurement region for a pattern formed on a sample, a storing unit for storing the designated measurement region, a beam blanker unit for controlling an irradiation of the electron beam depending on the measurement region, and a control unit for extracting the designated measurement region from the storing unit, interrupting the electron beam with the beam blanker unit in a region other than the measurement region, irradiating the electron beam onto the sample in the measurement region, capturing an image of the measurement region, and measuring the pattern. The measurement region may be a pair of regions having the same areas as each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Advantest Corp.Inventors: Takayuki Nakamura, Toshimichi Iwai, Soichi Shida, Mitsuo Hiroyama
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Publication number: 20100196804Abstract: Provided is a mask inspection apparatus including: emitting unit for emitting electron beams onto a sample; electron detecting unit for detecting the quantity of electrons produced, by the emission of the electron beams, from the sample with patterns formed thereon; image processing unit for generating image data for the patterns on the basis of the electron quantity; and controlling unit for controlling the emitting unit, the electron detecting unit, and the image processing unit. The controlling unit calculates, from the size of a designated observation area of the sample, a division number of divisional images that are synthesized to form a joint image that covers the entire designated observation area. The controlling unit determines divisional areas so that adjacent divisional areas partially overlap each other. The controlling unit acquires SEM images for the respective divisional areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Tsutomu Murakawa, Toshimichi Iwai, Jun Matsumoto, Takayuki Nakamura, Yoshiaki Ogiso
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Publication number: 20100154052Abstract: A CPU obtains a leading page of data stored in an HDD and executes delivery. Then, the CPU determines whether a single-delivery stop command is received or not. When the CPU determines that the single-delivery stop command is received, it executes the single-delivery stop processing. The CPU determines whether an all-delivery stop command is received or not. When the all-delivery stop command is received, the CPU executes all-delivery stop/resume processing. When the all-delivery stop processing command is not received, CPU determines whether a predetermined period has elapsed or not. When the predetermined period has elapsed, the CPU obtains a next page and executes next data delivery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Matsuhara, Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Toshimichi Iwai
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Publication number: 20100149206Abstract: A CPU determines whether there is handwriting. If handwriting is determined to be done, the handwritten image data is obtained. Thereafter, CPU determines, based on the obtained handwritten image data, whether the handwritten image is a handwritten data for area designation. If it is determined, based on the obtained handwritten image data, that the handwritten image data is a handwritten image for area designation, next, a designated write area display process is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kei Shigehisa, Takeshi Morikawa, Kenji Matsuhara, Toshimichi Iwai