Patents by Inventor Yasumasa Tsukamoto
Yasumasa Tsukamoto 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: 20250047791Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes a hardware processor, and the hardware processor inspects an image formed on each of recording media of a plurality of copies based on acquired image data. The hardware processor generates, for each of the copies, a reference image to be used for inspection of an image formed on each of the recording media of the plurality of copies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20250036329Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes an image former, a first hardware processor, and a second hardware processor. The image former forms an image on a recording medium based on acquired image data. The first hardware processor generates, based on the acquired image data, a reference image to be used for inspection of the image formed on the recording medium. The second hardware processor inspects the image formed on the recording medium based on the reference image. The image inspection apparatus performs the generation of the reference image and the formation of the image on the recording medium in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20250037268Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes a first hardware processor, a second hardware processor, and a third hardware processor. The first hardware processor controls, based on the acquired image data, generation of a reference image to be used for inspection of an image formed on a recording medium. The second hardware processor controls, based on the acquired image data, formation of the image on the recording medium. The third hardware processor controls, based on the reference image, execution of inspection of the image formed on the recording medium. At least one of the first hardware processor, the second hardware processor, and the third hardware processor operates independently of the other hardware processors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240249400Abstract: An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11936819Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes a designated area acquisition device that acquires information related to an area designated in a recording medium, wherein when trial printing is instructed, a read image of an image printed on the recording medium in the trial printing and an image of the area generated on the basis of the information related to the area acquired by the designated area acquisition device are combined.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 11922612Abstract: An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20240012595Abstract: An image inspection device that inspects a read image of a recording medium on which an image is formed based on a job, the image inspection device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes a continuity inspection of an identifier in an inspection region in the read image. The hardware processor executes the continuity inspection across a plurality of jobs to be inspected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11620744Abstract: An image inspection device inspects an inspection image obtained by reading a sheet. The image inspection device includes a hardware processor that: performs inspection by comparing the inspection image with a reference image that is obtained by reading the original image that is printed on the sheet; determines whether a possibility of abnormality exists in the reference image based on a difference between the reference image and the inspection image; displays a difference portion between the reference image and the inspection image when determining that the possibility of abnormality exists in the reference image; receives a selection of a normality or an abnormality for each of the reference image and the inspection image; and replaces the reference image with the inspection image when the abnormality is selected for the reference image and the normality is selected for the inspection image.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20220116504Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes a designated area acquisition device that acquires information related to an area designated in a recording medium, wherein when trial printing is instructed, a read image of an image printed on the recording medium in the trial printing and an image of the area generated on the basis of the information related to the area acquired by the designated area acquisition device are combined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventor: YASUMASA TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220012867Abstract: An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11094048Abstract: An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20210118115Abstract: An image inspection device inspects an inspection image obtained by reading a sheet. The image inspection device includes a hardware processor that: performs inspection by comparing the inspection image with a reference image that is obtained by reading the original image that is printed on the sheet; determines whether a possibility of abnormality exists in the reference image based on a difference between the reference image and the inspection image; displays a difference portion between the reference image and the inspection image when determining that the possibility of abnormality exists in the reference image; receives a selection of a normality or an abnormality for each of the reference image and the inspection image; and replaces the reference image with the inspection image when the abnormality is selected for the reference image and the normality is selected for the inspection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20210082100Abstract: An image inspection apparatus that performs inspection on an image obtained by reading a sheet on which a document image is printed, includes: a hardware processor that controls the inspection; an inspection level setter that sets an inspection level of the inspection; a first image inspector that performs the inspection with an image obtained by reading a sheet printed in a proof mode as a reference image; and a second image inspector that performs the inspection with the document image as a reference image, wherein the hardware processor causes the second image inspector to execute the inspection when the inspection level is set relatively low, and causes the first image inspector to execute the inspection when the inspection level is set relatively high.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200288030Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes: a central processing unit (CPU) that inspects an image obtained by reading a printing paper after image formation in which an original image is laid out on the printing paper and an image is formed by an image forming apparatus, obtain a printing area of the original image on the printing paper, designates an inspection exclusion area on the printing paper, and in response to a change in the printing area of the original image on the printing paper, changes the inspection exclusion area on the printing paper based on the change in the printing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20200250805Abstract: To perform an image inspection even when an image formation device performs image processing or image editing. An image inspection device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: an image reader that reads a sheet formed with an image formed by an image former to acquire a read image; a document image acquisition portion that acquires a document image; an inspection target region specifier that specifies a print region in a recording material based on an image formation condition for a document image and specifies an inspection region in the read image based on the specified print region; and an image inspector that compares an image in an inspection region with an image in an inspection-region comparable region corresponding to the inspection region in the document image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10623587Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium; and a hardware processor that acquires a read image obtained by reading the recording medium and determines a pass/fail for the image, wherein at the time of proof output, the hardware processor is capable of performing image inspection in which at least a read image obtained by reading a recording medium printed during the proof output is compared with a printing image of a job and a pass/fail is determined, and at the time of actual output of the job, the hardware processor is capable of performing image inspection in which at least a read image obtained by reading a recording medium printed during the actual output is compared with the read image obtained by reading the recording medium printed during the proof output and a pass/fail for an image is determined.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20200051231Abstract: An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image. The image inspection device includes: an image reader outputting a read image generated by reading an image formed on a sheet of paper by an image forming device; an image inspection section inspecting the read image and outputting an inspection result which takes the read image determined not to have an abnormality as a normal image and the read image determined to have the abnormality as an abnormal image; an inspection result report generator generating an inspection result report according to the read image and the inspection result; an inspection result report output section outputting the inspection result report; and a controller performing control to cause the inspection result report output section to output the normal image and the abnormal image in a comparable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10510761Abstract: In a region just below an access gate electrode in an SRAM memory cell, a second halo region is formed adjacent to a source-drain region and a first halo region is formed adjacent to a first source-drain region. In a region just below a drive gate electrode, a third halo region is formed adjacent to the third source-drain region and a fourth halo region is formed adjacent to a fourth source-drain region. The second halo region is set to have an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration of the first halo region. The third halo region is set to have an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration of the fourth halo region. The impurity concentration of the first halo region and the impurity concentration of the fourth halo region are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nii, Makoto Yabuuchi, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, Kengo Masuda
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Patent number: 10489091Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor; an image former that outputs a printed sheet obtained by forming a plurality of imposed images on a sheet in response to a command from the hardware processor; and an image reader that reads the printed sheet and outputs read images according to a command from the hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor performs, according to a command from the hardware processor, an inspection process of comparing a reference image included in a predetermined inspection unit with an image selected from the read image on the basis of the unit inspection, and obtains an inspection result in which the image selected from the read images which is matched with the reference image is determined to be a normal image and the image selected from the read images which is not matched with the reference image is determined to be an abnormal image.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 10471221Abstract: A needle attachment and detachment assist device includes a frame body, a syringe guide jig, and a needle guide jig. A guide hole is formed in the syringe guide jig. In the needle guide jig, a needle insertion hole is formed on a central axis of the guide hole. The needle insertion hole includes a center hole portion and a rib guide groove. When a syringe is inserted into the guide hole, and a needle member is further inserted into the needle insertion hole, rotation prevention of the needle member is achieved. In this state, when the syringe is rotated in a first direction, the needle member can be clamped to a thread portion of the syringe. When the syringe is rotated in a second direction, the needle member can be loosened.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasumasa Tsukamoto