公开(公告)号：US12032318B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US18064490

申请日：2022-12-12

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Taiki Amemiya ,  Kazutoshi Kobayashi ,  Yukio Hosoya ,  Seijiro Takahashi ,  Tomoko Sakimura ,  Kazukuni Nishimura

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  G03G5/06 ,  G03G5/07 ,  G03G5/147 ,  G03G8/00 ,  G03G21/00

CPC classification number: G03G15/6597 ,  G03G5/06147 ,  G03G5/061473 ,  G03G5/0732 ,  G03G5/14786 ,  G03G5/14791 ,  G03G5/14795 ,  G03G8/00 ,  G03G15/751 ,  G03G21/0011 ,  G03G2215/00518

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming system forms an electrostatic latent image on at least a photoreceptor, develops an image using an electrostatic charge image developing toner, and removes the toner using a cleaning blade. A tip ridge of the cleaning blade is pressed against a surface of the photoreceptor. The system includes a photosensitive layer of the photoreceptor and a surface protecting layer that is provided on a surface of the photosensitive layer. The surface protecting layer includes a polymerizable monomer having at least two polymerizable groups in a molecule and a polymer of a hole transporting compound having a polymerizable group represented by General formula (1). The tip ridge of the cleaning blade has an edge angle that is obtuse and less than 120° and is pressed against the surface of the photoreceptor at an effective contact angle that is in a range of 8 to 20°.

公开(公告)号：US20240219856A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18537017

申请日：2023-12-12

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA

IPC: G03G9/09 ,  G03G9/08 ,  G03G9/097

CPC classification number: G03G9/0926 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0902 ,  G03G9/09725 ,  G03G2215/0409

Abstract: An image forming system that forms an image on a continuous sheet using an electrostatic charge image development toner. The electrostatic charge image development toner includes a toner base particle including a binder resin and a brilliant pigment having a coating layer containing an inorganic element.

公开(公告)号：US12025949B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US18213050

申请日：2023-06-22

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Masashi Nakabo

IPC: G03G21/20 ,  G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/20

CPC classification number: G03G21/206 ,  G03G15/2003 ,  G03G15/6502 ,  G03G2221/1645

Abstract: A sheet cooling apparatus includes: a fixing device that fixes a toner image on a sheet; an ejection section that ejects the sheet on which the toner image has been fixed; a stacking section that stacks the sheet ejected by the ejection section; an air blowing device that blows air; a first air blowing path that guides the air from the air blowing device so that the air passes through the ejection section; and a second air blowing path that guides the air so as to suppress inflow of the air into the stacking section in a state where the first air blowing path is blocked by the sheet ejected by the ejection section.

公开(公告)号：US12020424B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US18177233

申请日：2023-03-02

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Tatsuya Nakano

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/174 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/44

CPC classification number: G06T7/001 ,  G06T7/174 ,  H04N1/00045 ,  H04N1/00047 ,  H04N1/0009 ,  H04N1/00769 ,  H04N1/4446

Abstract: An image inspection device includes a hardware processor executing an inspection for a first read image generated by reading a first sheet on which one image is formed, based on a reference image. When an operation for newly generating the reference image is performed in association with the inspection for the first read image, the hardware processor acquires second read images generated by respectively reading second sheets on each of which the one image is formed and generates the reference image using the inspection for the first read image. When an operation for using the generated reference image stored in a storage unit is performed in association with the inspection for the first read image, the hardware processor uses the reference image in the storage unit for the inspection for the first read image, without newly acquiring the second read images.

公开(公告)号：US20240199477A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18536370

申请日：2023-12-12

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Kazunari TADA

IPC: C03C15/00 ,  G02B1/18

CPC classification number: C03C15/00 ,  G02B1/18

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a functional membrane which contains an inorganic material and has a fine uneven structure on a surface thereof, includes a single mask forming step and an etching step, wherein a plurality of protruding portions which constitute the fine uneven structure are formed in a stair shape having one or more stairs in a vertical cross-sectional shape of the functional membrane along a thickness direction of the functional membrane, when Mohs hardness of the inorganic material is denoted as X and the number of the stairs of the protruding portions is denoted as Y, following formula (I) is satisfied, and an average height from the lowest bottom surface of the protruding portions of the lowermost stair to the highest top surface of the protruding portions of the uppermost stair is 1 μm or less.







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公开(公告)号：US20240191428A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18523169

申请日：2023-11-29

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Takuya OKADA

IPC: D06P5/30 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41M5/00 ,  C09D11/033 ,  C09D11/102 ,  C09D11/107 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/40 ,  C09D11/54 ,  D06P1/52 ,  D06P5/00

CPC classification number: D06P5/30 ,  B41J3/4078 ,  B41M5/0017 ,  C09D11/033 ,  C09D11/102 ,  C09D11/107 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/40 ,  C09D11/54 ,  D06P1/5257 ,  D06P1/5285 ,  D06P5/002

Abstract: The image forming method of the present invention includes applying an ink and a first treatment liquid onto a fabric in a wet-on-wet manner to each other, the ink containing a pigment and a first resin, a first treatment liquid containing a second resin that reacts with or interacts with the first resin to aggregate. The viscosity of the first treatment liquid at 25° C. is lower than the viscosity of the ink at 25° C.

公开(公告)号：US12010280B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US16923509

申请日：2020-07-08

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Tomohiro Kiriyama ,  Koichi Saito ,  Shun Sugai ,  Kazuhiko Kowase ,  Naoshi Kashiwagura

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G05B13/04 ,  G06N20/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/0061 ,  G05B13/047 ,  G06N20/00 ,  H04N1/00082 ,  H04N2201/0094

Abstract: A machine learning device learns an action of a driving source in a transport device continuously transporting at least two transported objects along a transport path, and includes: a hardware processor that: acquires position information of the at least two transported objects on the transport path on the basis of a result of detection by a sensor provided in the transport path; calculates a reward on the basis of the position information acquired, according to a predetermined rule; learns an action by calculating an action value in reinforcement learning on the basis of the position information acquired and the reward calculated; and generates and outputs control information that causes the driving source to perform an action determined on the basis of a learning result.

公开(公告)号：US20240181795A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18498157

申请日：2023-10-31

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Naoki YOSHIE

IPC: B41M5/00 ,  B41M7/00 ,  C09D11/101 ,  G03G15/20

CPC classification number: B41M5/0023 ,  B41M7/0081 ,  C09D11/101 ,  G03G15/2098 ,  B41J11/00214

Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming an image with a printing material containing a wax on a recording medium: applying a postprocessing liquid onto the image as postprocessing; and forming a layer of the postprocessing liquid, wherein an interfacial tension of the postprocessing liquid to water is within a range of 2 to 13 mN/m at 25° C.

公开(公告)号：US11998380B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US18338836

申请日：2023-06-21

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Shikou Kaneko ,  Sumiya Nagatsuka

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/46 ,  A61B6/50 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G16H30/20 ,  G16H30/40 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/50

CPC classification number: A61B6/5217 ,  A61B6/463 ,  A61B6/486 ,  A61B6/487 ,  A61B6/505 ,  A61B6/5223 ,  A61B6/5294 ,  G06T7/0012 ,  G16H30/20 ,  G16H30/40 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61B6/468 ,  G06T2207/10116 ,  G06T2207/30008

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causes a computer to perform an analysis process based on a radiation moving image in which a dynamic state of a specific site of a subject is captured. The program includes the analysis process in which, an analysis is performed based on the radiation moving image wherein when a plane in which the specific site is movable is to be a movable plane, the radiation moving image is obtained by irradiating radiation on the specific site in a state in which the radiation is orthogonal to the movable plane.

公开(公告)号：US20240176556A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18507226

申请日：2023-11-13

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： MOTOKI HIRONAKA ,  YUTAKA MIYASAKA ,  TAKENOBU KIMURA ,  KEI OKAMURA ,  KEI YUASA ,  TOMOHIRO MIKAMI

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/121 ,  G06F3/1234 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06T7/001 ,  H04N1/00013 ,  H04N1/00037 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/30144

Abstract: An image processing system includes: an image reader that reads an image formed on a recording medium; an inspector that performs an inspection of an error of the image read by the image reader; and a specifier that specifics a countermeasure on a basis of information related to a result of the inspection by the inspector and a predetermined proposal condition.