公开(公告)号：US20250004001A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18746061

申请日：2024-06-18

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Takumi SAKURADA ,  Yusuke MURAKAMI ,  Katsunori TAKAHASHI

IPC: G01N35/04 ,  G01N21/25 ,  G01N35/00

Abstract: A sample measuring apparatus is capable of surely assuring accuracy of aligning a sample. The sample measuring apparatus includes: a measuring device that measures a sample; a conveyance device that conveys the sample to a measurement section of the measuring device along a conveyance path; and a position assurance section into which the position assurance sample held by the conveyance device is fitted by driving of the conveyance device.

公开(公告)号：US20250014926A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18752815

申请日：2024-06-25

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Yusuke MURAKAMI ,  Takumi SAKURADA ,  Katsunori TAKAHASHI

IPC: H01L21/67 ,  H01L21/673 ,  H01L21/677

Abstract: The sample measuring apparatus includes: a measuring device that measures a sample; a conveyance device that uses cassettes each having a plurality of stages capable of storing a plurality of samples having different sizes, takes out each sample one by one from a cassette serving as a pickup source among the cassettes, conveys the sample to the measuring device, and stores the sample measured by the measuring device into a cassette serving as a placement destination among the cassettes; a sample detector capable of detecting presence or absence of the sample in each stage of each of the cassettes; and a controller that controls the measuring device and the conveyance device based on a result of the detection by the sample detector.

公开(公告)号：US20230182289A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18054306

申请日：2022-11-10

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Yasuyuki KAMAI ,  Yusuke MURAKAMI ,  Daichi SUZUKI ,  Akihiro NAKAMURA ,  Tomoyoshi YUKIMOTO

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/08

CPC classification number: B25J9/1612 ,  B25J9/1635 ,  B25J13/081

Abstract: A picking device includes: a workpiece holder in which a plurality of workpieces is stacked; a light receiver that receives reflected light from a workpiece stacked in the workpiece holder; a mover that relatively moves the light receiver with respect to the workpiece in such a manner that a distance between the light receiver and the workpiece is adjustable; an arm that picks the workpiece; a first hardware processor that calculates a distance between the light receiver and at least one workpiece among the plurality of workpieces; a second hardware processor that specifies a workpiece as a picking target among the plurality of workpieces or a region where the workpiece exists; and a third hardware processor that adjusts a distance between the light receiver and the workpiece calculated by the first hardware processor by controlling the mover in the region specified by the second hardware processor.

公开(公告)号：US20210157261A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16992073

申请日：2020-08-12

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke MURAKAMI

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  G03G21/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a transfer portion; a photoconductor cleaner that removes residual toner from a surface of the photoconductor; and a first processor that forms a toner patch on the surface of the photoconductor. When the toner patch passes the transfer portion, the transfer portion makes the toner patch stay on the surface of the photoconductor such that toner of the toner patch is able to be supplied to the photoconductor cleaner. The first processor further determines an amount of toner for the toner patch with reference to a circumferential distance the photoconductor travels for a predetermined period of time.

公开(公告)号：US20220405964A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17844109

申请日：2022-06-20

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Daichi Suzuki ,  Yoshiyuki TOSO ,  Yoshihiro Inagaki ,  Yusuke MURAKAMI

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06V10/70

Abstract: An object is captured in an image taken by the camera. An external shape of the object is recognized from the image. An internal shape of the object is recognized from the image. Parts information of the object is then determined, using a result of the recognition of the external shape and/or a result of recognition of the internal shape.

公开(公告)号：US20190354050A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16408810

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Yusuke MURAKAMI

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/16

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet medium under an operation condition set in accordance with a type of the medium, includes a hardware processor that: detects which of a plurality of assumed types the type of the medium applies to, based on output from a sensor; and performs control under which, before the type of the medium is detected, shift to a quasi-rise state, in which preparation for image formation under a provisional condition has partially been completed, is performed, the provisional condition corresponding to an operation condition corresponding to one of the plurality of assumed types, and after the type of the medium is detected, shift to a rise state, in which preparation for image formation under a fixed condition has been completed, is performed, the fixed condition corresponding to an operation condition corresponding to the detected type.