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公开(公告)号:US10075607B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-11
申请号:US15444433
申请日:2017-02-28
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Hitoshi Asano , Katsuhide Sakai , Tomonobu Tamura , Harumitsu Fujimori
CPC classification number: H04N1/0318 , H04N1/0285 , H04N1/02865 , H04N1/02895 , H04N1/0306 , H04N2201/0081 , H04N2201/02487 , H04N2201/02493 , H04N2201/02497
Abstract: A reading apparatus that reads a sheet includes: a first light emitting diode (LED) configured to emit light with a specific wavelength; a light emitting element including a second LED configured to emit light with the specific wavelength and a phosphor configured to be excited by the light emitted from the second LED; a line sensor configured to generate a reference signal according to a quantity of received light emitted from the first LED and reflected off the sheet, and also generate an image signal according to a quantity of received light emitted from the light emitting element and reflected off the sheet; and a controller configured to generate an image representing the sheet from a differential result obtained by removing a component corresponding to the reference signal from the image signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09632447B2
公开(公告)日:2017-04-25
申请号:US15041613
申请日:2016-02-11
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Yuhei Tatsumoto , Katsuhide Sakai , Yasuhiro Koide , Yuta Tachibana
CPC classification number: G03G15/0266 , G03G15/065
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member rotated in a predetermined direction; a charging unit configured to charge a circumferential surface of the photosensitive member; a developing unit carrying a developer including toner and carriers, and including a developer bearing member configured to apply toner charged in a first polarity to the circumferential surface of the photosensitive member; a first voltage applying unit configured to apply a first voltage of the first polarity to the charging unit; a second voltage applying unit configured to apply a second voltage of the first polarity to the developer bearing member; a first voltage detecting unit configured to detect the first voltage; a second voltage detecting unit configured to detect the second voltage; and a controller, wherein the controller determines whether or not to make a second rate lower than a first rate according to the second voltage at a first timing.
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公开(公告)号:US12291421B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-06
申请号:US17808729
申请日:2022-06-24
Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Inventor: Yasuhiro Ishihara , Toshikazu Higashi , Masahiro Kamiya , Shigetaka Kato , Katsuhide Sakai
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding conveyor that feeds and conveys a recording medium to a conveyance path; an image former that performs image formation on the recording medium; a medium sensor that is disposed on an upstream side of the recording medium from the image former on the conveyance path and measures one or more sheet physical properties regarding the recording medium conveyed; a first hardware processor that determines a type of the recording medium on a basis of the sheet physical properties measured by the medium sensor; a second hardware processor that determines conveyance performance for the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that determines whether or not to perform the image formation on a basis of the conveyance performance in a case where the type of the recording medium determined by the first hardware processor is a type out of product specifications.
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公开(公告)号:US12276931B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-15
申请号:US18197890
申请日:2023-05-16
Applicant: Konica Minolta Inc.
Inventor: Masahiro Nonoyama , Masahiro Kamiya , Katsuhide Sakai , Junichi Masuda , Taku Kimura
IPC: G03G15/00
Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium delivered along a predetermined delivery path and outputs the recording medium; a first hardware processor that judges whether or not the recording medium is an envelope; a second hardware processor that acquires a basis weight of the recording medium; a third hardware processor that determines control for when an image is formed on the recording medium on the basis of a judgment result from the first hardware processor and a basis weight acquired by the second hardware processor; and a fourth hardware processor that controls operation of the image former on the basis of a determination result from the third hardware processor.
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公开(公告)号:US11703789B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US17716677
申请日:2022-04-08
Applicant: Konica Minolta Inc.
Inventor: Masahiro Nonoyama , Masahiro Kamiya , Katsuhide Sakai , Junichi Masuda , Taku Kimura
IPC: G03G15/00
CPC classification number: G03G15/5029
Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium delivered along a predetermined delivery path; a first hardware processor that judges whether or not the recording medium is an envelope; a second hardware processor that acquires a basis weight of the envelope; a third hardware processor that determines, in case the first hardware processor judges that the recording medium is the envelope, control for forming an image on the envelope by the image former on the basis of the basis weight of the envelope acquired by the second hardware processor.
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公开(公告)号:US09893675B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US15009021
申请日:2016-01-28
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Yuta Tachibana , Katsuhide Sakai , Yasuhiro Koide , Yuhei Tatsumoto
IPC: H02P29/60 , H02P7/00 , G03G15/00 , H02P29/032
CPC classification number: H02P29/60 , G03G15/5004 , G03G15/80 , H02P29/032
Abstract: In a device for controlling a motor mounted on a system with different operation modes, a controller unit calculates an input value for the motor based on an output value of the motor and a target value depending on operation modes of the system, and instructs a driver circuit of the motor to apply the input value to the motor. An estimation unit estimates an amount of rise in temperature of the motor by applying the input value for the motor to a thermal model of the motor. A notification unit compares a value estimated by the estimation unit with a threshold value. When the estimated value exceeds the threshold value, the notification unit sends a request for change of operation mode to the system.
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公开(公告)号:US20170272599A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-21
申请号:US15444433
申请日:2017-02-28
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Hitoshi Asano , Katsuhide Sakai , Tomonobu Tamura , Harumitsu Fujimori
CPC classification number: H04N1/0318 , H04N1/0285 , H04N1/02865 , H04N1/02895 , H04N1/0306 , H04N2201/0081 , H04N2201/02487 , H04N2201/02493 , H04N2201/02497
Abstract: A reading apparatus that reads a sheet includes: a first light emitting diode (LED) configured to emit light with a specific wavelength; a light emitting element including a second LED configured to emit light with the specific wavelength and a phosphor configured to be excited by the light emitted from the second LED; a line sensor configured to generate a reference signal according to a quantity of received light emitted from the first LED and reflected off the sheet, and also generate an image signal according to a quantity of received light emitted from the light emitting element and reflected off the sheet; and a controller configured to generate an image representing the sheet from a differential result obtained by removing a component corresponding to the reference signal from the image signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11880153B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
申请号:US17685035
申请日:2022-03-02
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Masahiro Kamiya , Toshikazu Higashi , Yasuhiro Ishihara , Shigetaka Kato , Katsuhide Sakai
CPC classification number: G03G15/5016 , H04N1/00384 , H04N1/00411
Abstract: An image forming device includes: a sheet feeder that feeds a sheet; a controller that: discriminates a sheet type of the sheet, and receives a user input to specify a sheet type; and an image forming device that has two setting modes including an automatic discrimination mode in which an image is formed based on the discriminated sheet type and a user specified mode in which an image is formed based on the sheet type specified by the user input. The controller automatically switches one of the two setting modes to the other based on a defined condition.
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公开(公告)号:US20220283532A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-08
申请号:US17685035
申请日:2022-03-02
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Masahiro Kamiya , Toshikazu Higashi , Yasuhiro Ishihara , Shigetaka Kato , Katsuhide Sakai
Abstract: An image forming device includes: a sheet feeder that feeds a sheet; a controller that: discriminates a sheet type of the sheet, and receives a user input to specify a sheet type; and an image forming device that has two setting modes including an automatic discrimination mode in which an image is formed based on the discriminated sheet type and a user specified mode in which an image is formed based on the sheet type specified by the user input. The controller automatically switches one of the two setting modes to the other based on a defined condition.
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公开(公告)号:US10768562B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-08
申请号:US16534426
申请日:2019-08-07
Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Inventor: Katsuhide Sakai , Yasuhiro Koide , Toshiaki Tanaka , Akihiro Hayashi
IPC: G03G15/00
Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet, and includes: a rotator used to form the image; a motor that drives the rotator rotationally; a current measurer that measures motor current flowing through a current-carrying path including a winding of the motor, at measurement timing that is timing after the motor starts up; a torque acquirer that acquires a torque value of the motor based on a measured value of the motor current; and a corrector that performs correction for cancellation of an amount of error based on one or both of a variation in characteristic corresponding to motor speed of the motor and a variation in characteristic corresponding to the motor current at the measurement timing, at the acquisition of the torque value by the torque acquirer.
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