Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Tanimura
Yasutaka Tanimura 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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Patent number: 11394598Abstract: A spectrophotometric device includes a photoreceptor that receives light reflected from an object. The spectrophotometric device measures a color of the object. The spectrophotometric device further includes: a network connection medium being capable of connecting to one or more than one address on a network; a connection interface element; and a processor that makes the network connection medium connect to the one or more than one address on the network upon the interface element being used by a user.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasutaka Tanimura
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Publication number: 20200136886Abstract: A spectrophotometric device includes a photoreceptor that receives light reflected from an object. The spectrophotometric device measures a color of the object. The spectrophotometric device further includes: a network connection medium being capable of connecting to one or more than one address on a network; a connection interface element; and a processor that makes the network connection medium connect to the one or more than one address on the network upon the interface element being used by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Yasutaka TANIMURA
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Patent number: 10578491Abstract: In a colorimetry device and a colorimetry method of the present invention, reference chart definition information including at least reference chart identification information about a reference color chart and patch position definition information indicating a position of each of plurality of patches in the reference color chart is stored, and whether the obtained color chart is matched with the reference color chart is determined based on the reference chart identification information. When the obtained color chart is determined to be matched with the reference color chart, a position of a colorimetry unit with respect to the color chart is relatively moved to the position of each of the plurality of patches in the color chart based on the reference chart definition information, and the colorimetry unit measures the color of each of the plurality of patches.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Yasutaka Tanimura, Ryoji Bando, Koji Harada
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Patent number: 10502627Abstract: A color measuring device and a color measuring method according to the present invention includes an imaging unit, a first image of a color chart and a second image accompanied with the color chart are obtained by the imaging unit, the second image being a predetermined code indicating control information about the color measuring device, the control information is obtained based on the obtained second image, and operation of the color measuring device is controlled based on the obtained control information.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Yasutaka Tanimura, Ryoji Bando
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Patent number: 10288564Abstract: A reflection characteristic measurement system includes: a hand-held reflection characteristic measurement apparatus including a light receiver that receives reflected light; and a guide member that supports the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus, wherein the guide member includes: a plate-shaped support part having a support surface to support the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus; and a white calibration plate applicable to white calibration of the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus, the support part includes: an elongated hole extending in one direction along the support surface; and a guide structure provided to guide the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus so as to enable the apparatus to move along the one direction, the light receiver is provided on the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus so as to move along a predetermined moving path, the moving path of the light receiver extends in the one direction, and the white calibration plate is pType: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Takuma Morikawa, Yasutaka Tanimura, Yasushi Goto, Yusaku Kawahara, Shinji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10267683Abstract: In a colorimetric device and a colorimetric method according to the present invention, chart definition information including at least patch position definition information representing each position of a plurality of patches in a color chart is stored, patch position measurement information representing the position of the patch is obtained on the basis of an image of the color chart, patch position correction information is obtained by correcting the patch position measurement information on the basis of the chart definition information, and then, each color of the plurality of patches is measured in each of the positions of the plurality of patches represented by the patch position correction information.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Yasutaka Tanimura, Ryoji Bando, Koji Harada
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Publication number: 20180299378Abstract: A reflection characteristic measurement system includes: a hand-held reflection characteristic measurement apparatus including a light receiver that receives reflected light; and a guide member that supports the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus, wherein the guide member includes: a plate-shaped support part having a support surface to support the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus; and a white calibration plate applicable to white calibration of the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus, the support part includes: an elongated hole extending in one direction along the support surface; and a guide structure provided to guide the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus so as to enable the apparatus to move along the one direction, the light receiver is provided on the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus so as to move along a predetermined moving path, the moving path of the light receiver extends in the one direction, and the white calibration plate is pType: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Takuma Morikawa, Yasutaka Tanimura, Yasushi Goto, Yusaku Kawahara, Shinji Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20180080829Abstract: A color measuring device and a color measuring method according to the present invention includes an imaging unit, a first image of a color chart and a second image accompanied with the color chart are obtained by the imaging unit, the second image being a predetermined code indicating control information about the color measuring device, the control information is obtained based on the obtained second image, and operation of the color measuring device is controlled based on the obtained control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Yasutaka TANIMURA, Ryoji BANDO
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Publication number: 20180052052Abstract: In a colorimetry device and a colorimetry method of the present invention, reference chart definition information including at least reference chart identification information about a reference color chart and patch position definition information indicating a position of each of plurality of patches in the reference color chart is stored, and whether the obtained color chart is matched with the reference color chart is determined based on the reference chart identification information. When the obtained color chart is determined to be matched with the reference color chart, a position of a colorimetry unit with respect to the color chart is relatively moved to the position of each of the plurality of patches in the color chart based on the reference chart definition information, and the colorimetry unit measures the color of each of the plurality of patches.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Yasutaka TANIMURA, BANDO Ryoji, Koji HARADA
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Publication number: 20170314994Abstract: In a colorimetric device and a colorimetric method according to the present invention, chart definition information including at least patch position definition information representing each position of a plurality of patches in a color chart is stored, patch position measurement information representing the position of the patch is obtained on the basis of an image of the color chart, patch position correction information is obtained by correcting the patch position measurement information on the basis of the chart definition information, and then, each color of the plurality of patches is measured in each of the positions of the plurality of patches represented by the patch position correction information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Yasutaka TANIMURA, Ryoji BANDO, Koji HARADA
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Patent number: 9389553Abstract: A fixing device includes: a plurality of heating units which individually heat a plurality of areas of a fixing member; an acquisition unit which acquires information on an image forming range and a non-image forming range of the recording sheet for each of the plurality of divided heating areas; and a control unit which performs first control for controlling the corresponding heating unit such that a contact portion of the image forming range of the recording sheet has a target fixing temperature when the image forming range contacts the fixing member at the contact portion of the image forming range, and second control for controlling the corresponding heating unit such that a contact portion of the non-image forming range of the recording sheet has a temperature lower than the fixing temperature when the non-image forming range contacts the fixing member at the contact portion of the non-image forming range.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Mineo Yamamoto, Isao Watanabe, Yasutaka Tanimura, Hiroshi Hiraguchi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Toshinori Inomoto
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Patent number: 9362541Abstract: A magnesium cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a magnesium alloy, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to hold an electrolytic solution, in which a contact area between the negative electrode and the separator is variable.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yuhei Tatsumoto, Yasutaka Tanimura, Tomonobu Tamura, Hiroshi Hiraguchi
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Patent number: 9316974Abstract: A fixing device thermally fixes an unfixed image onto a sheet through heat of a heating body that is heated through electromagnetic induction, the fixing device including an excitation coil generating flux for heating the heating body; one or more core members disposed opposite the heating body with respect to the excitation coil; a thermo-electric conversion element disposed farther from the excitation coil than the core members; and a thermally conductive member connected to the excitation coil and to a heat-absorbing face of the thermo-electric conversion element, transferring heat from the excitation coil to the thermo-electric conversion element.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Isao Watanabe, Yasutaka Tanimura, Hiroshi Hiraguchi, Mineo Yamamoto, Toshinori Inomoto
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Publication number: 20150286174Abstract: A fixing device includes: a plurality of heating units which individually heat a plurality of areas of a fixing member; an acquisition unit which acquires information on an image forming range and a non-image forming range of the recording sheet for each of the plurality of divided heating areas; and a control unit which performs first control for controlling the corresponding heating unit such that a contact portion of the image forming range of the recording sheet has a target fixing temperature when the image forming range contacts the fixing member at the contact portion of the image forming range, and second control for controlling the corresponding heating unit such that a contact portion of the non-image forming range of the recording sheet has a temperature lower than the fixing temperature when the non-image forming range contacts the fixing member at the contact portion of the non-image forming range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Mineo YAMAMOTO, Isao WATANABE, Yasutaka TANIMURA, Hiroshi HIRAGUCHI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Toshinori INOMOTO
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Patent number: 9075381Abstract: The image forming device includes a reception unit, an image forming unit, a switching unit, a detection unit, and a charging unit. The switching unit switches the image forming device between a first mode in which the reception unit is not supplied a voltage from a power source, is supplied power from a secondary battery, and receives image forming requests, and a second mode in which the image forming unit is supplied the voltage and performs image forming. The detection unit detects a value of an amount of energy of the secondary battery. In the second mode, the charging unit charges the secondary battery by supplying the voltage to the secondary battery when the value is equal to or less than a threshold value, and the charging unit boosts the voltage and supplies the boosted voltage to the secondary battery when the value is greater than the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Hiraguchi, Takashi Hasebe, Tomonobu Tamura, Yasutaka Tanimura, Yuhei Tatsumoto
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Publication number: 20150071689Abstract: A fixing device thermally fixes an unfixed image onto a sheet through heat of a heating body that is heated through electromagnetic induction, the fixing device including an excitation coil generating flux for heating the heating body; one or more core members disposed opposite the heating body with respect to the excitation coil; a thermo-electric conversion element disposed farther from the excitation coil than the core members; and a thermally conductive member connected to the excitation coil and to a heat-absorbing face of the thermo-electric conversion element, transferring heat from the excitation coil to the thermo-electric conversion element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Isao Watanabe, Yasutaka Tanimura, Hiroshi Hiraguchi, Mineo Yamamoto, Toshinori Inomoto
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Patent number: 8954777Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising: a main body including a reception unit and a processing unit; and a power supply device switches between an operation state for supplying power from an external power source to the main body and a standby state for supplying power from a secondary battery to the reception unit without supplying power from the power source to the main body. Charging of the battery with power from the power source is performed during the operation state and is terminated when a value indicating power level of the battery reaches a threshold value Vt satisfying (discharge lower limit VL+Vs)?Vt<charge upper limit VH, Vs denoting a decrease in power level occurring when power from the battery is supplied to the reception unit for an estimated maximum duration of the standby state within a time period having a unit time length.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Yuhei Tatsumoto, Takashi Hasebe, Tomonobu Tamura, Yasutaka Tanimura, Hiroshi Eguchi, Hiroshi Hiraguchi
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Publication number: 20140370359Abstract: A magnesium cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a magnesium alloy, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to hold an electrolytic solution, in which a contact area between the negative electrode and the separator is variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Yuhei TATSUMOTO, Yasutaka Tanimura, Tomonobu Tamura, Hiroshi Hiraguchi
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Patent number: 8836096Abstract: An image sensor unit includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate, an actuate section including an actuator for moving the movable substrate against the fixed substrate, an image sensor having an imaging surface on a front surface of the image sensor, and at least, a part of a rear surface of the image sensor being directly fixed onto the movable substrate, an external electrical connecting member for conducting a transmission and reception of signals between the actuate section and the image sensor and an outside of the image sensor unit, and an internal electrical connecting member electrically connects the actuate section, the image sensor and the external connection wiring, wherein the actuate section, the image sensor, the internal connection wiring and a part of the external connection wiring are sealed into the same space.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kosaka, Masataka Hamada, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshihiro Hara, Yasutaka Tanimura
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Publication number: 20140147157Abstract: The image forming device includes a reception unit, an image forming unit, a switching unit, a detection unit, and a charging unit. The switching unit switches the image forming device between a first mode in which the reception unit is not supplied a voltage from a power source, is supplied power from a secondary battery, and receives image forming requests, and a second mode in which the image forming unit is supplied the voltage and performs image forming. The detection unit detects a value of an amount of energy of the secondary battery. In the second mode, the charging unit charges the secondary battery by supplying the voltage to the secondary battery when the value is equal to or less than a threshold value, and the charging unit boosts the voltage and supplies the boosted voltage to the secondary battery when the value is greater than the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi HIRAGUCHI, Takashi Hasebe, Tomonobu Tamura, Yasutaka Tanimura, Yuhei Tatsumoto