公开(公告)号：US09880791B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-30

申请号：US15375470

申请日：2016-12-12

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Tadashi Suzue ,  Shigeyuki Ueda ,  Masao Hosono ,  Satoshi Osako

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06K15/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/122 ,  G06F3/123 ,  G06F3/1263 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06K15/1806 ,  G06K15/1817

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a hypervisor, a control firmware running on a host OS and responsible for controlling the image formation apparatus, and a cooperation module operating on the same level as the hypervisor. A resource includes an image memory managed by the control firmware and adapted for image processing. The cooperation module is configured to: cooperate with the control firmware to obtain an available memory space of the image memory; associate a content of a job to be processed with a program running on one or more guest OSs required for that job; and before starting the job, read a required guest OS into the available memory space of the image memory and cause the associated program to be executed.

公开(公告)号：US20170168758A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15375470

申请日：2016-12-12

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Tadashi Suzue ,  Shigeyuki Ueda ,  Masao Hosono ,  Satoshi Osako

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/122 ,  G06F3/123 ,  G06F3/1263 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06K15/1806 ,  G06K15/1817

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a hypervisor, a control firmware running on a host OS and responsible for controlling the image formation apparatus, and a cooperation module operating on the same level as the hypervisor. A resource includes an image memory managed by the control firmware and adapted for image processing. The cooperation module is configured to: cooperate with the control firmware to obtain an available memory space of the image memory; associate a content of a job to be processed with a program running on one or more guest OSs required for that job; and before starting the job, read a required guest OS into the available memory space of the image memory and cause the associated program to be executed.

公开(公告)号：US10412251B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15623546

申请日：2017-06-15

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Satoshi Osako ,  Shigeyuki Ueda ,  Masao Hosono

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F11/36

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a host controller that controls a hardware resource, a guest controller, an emulator that is provided between the host controller and the guest controller and allows the guest controller to control the hardware resource, and a changer that changes an HDL program, wherein the guest controller includes a guest driver, the emulator includes a device emulator that emulates the hardware resource by executing the changed HDL program, and a switcher that switches control to any one of a first control for controlling the host controller in accordance with control of the hardware resource by the guest driver and allowing the hardware resource to be controlled, and a second control for controlling the device emulator in accordance with the control of the hardware resource by the guest driver.

公开(公告)号：US09491325B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-08

申请号：US14842861

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Takashi Oikawa ,  Tomoyuki Atsumi ,  Takanobu Sugiyama ,  Tatsuya Kitaguchi ,  Satoshi Osako

IPC: G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/21 ,  G06F3/12

CPC classification number: H04N1/00954 ,  H04N1/00411 ,  H04N1/00474 ,  H04N1/00925 ,  H04N1/0096 ,  H04N1/2166 ,  H04N2201/0094 ,  H04N2201/214 ,  H04N2201/3222 ,  H04N2201/3242 ,  H04N2201/3287 ,  H04N2201/3294 ,  H04N2201/3298

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having functions installed thereon includes a job input portion that inputs a first job, a job storage that stores the first job, a job output portion that outputs the first job, a memory that allows allocating memory areas to the functions and reallocating the memory areas, a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the memory areas were reallocated after input but before output of the first job, a second judgment portion that judges whether or not output of the first job requires any unavailable function, a third judgment portion that judges whether or not the unavailable function will be available by restricting operations related to a second job and by adjusting the memory areas, and an operation restriction portion restricts operations related to the second job and adjusts the memory areas, wherein the first job is output while restrictions on the operations are effective.

Abstract translation: 具有安装在其上的功能的图像处理装置包括输入第一作业的作业输入部分，存储第一作业的作业存储器，输出第一作业的作业输出部分，允许将功能分配存储区域并重新分配的存储器 所述存储区域，判定所述存储区域是否在输入之后但是在所述第一作业的输出之前是否被重新分配的第一判断部分，判定所述第一作业的输出是否需要任何不可用功能的第二判断部分，第三判断部 通过限制与第二作业相关的操作来判断不可用功能是否可用的部分，并且通过调整存储区域，并且操作限制部分限制与第二作业相关的操作并调整存储区域，其中第一作业是 输出，而对操作的限制是有效的。

公开(公告)号：US10761700B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US15366289

申请日：2016-12-01

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Masao Hosono ,  Shigeyuki Ueda ,  Tadashi Suzue ,  Satoshi Osako

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0486 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H04N1/00

Abstract: A display device includes: a display; a touch panel disposed on the display; a memory that stores screen configuration information essentially including information of a base area of a fixed size and an extra area of an unfixed size; a retrieving portion that retrieves the screen configuration information therefrom; a display processor that allocates the base area in an image displayable area of the display on the basis of a reference point of the screen of the display and displays a first screen in the allocated base area, and that further allocates the extra area in an area other than the base area and displays a second screen in the allocated extra area when the image displayable area of the display is larger than the base area; and a judgment portion that judges whether or not a user stretches the extra area toward the base area on the touch panel.

公开(公告)号：US10740046B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16376082

申请日：2019-04-05

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Satoshi Osako

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06K15/02

Abstract: Disclosed are an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program, and a display control method. The image forming apparatus may include a printer engine, a display configured to display screens each relating to a certain function of the apparatus, in different display modes according to operator's use of the function, and a hardware processor. In response to receiving a job which may give print instructions to the printer engine, the hardware processor may analyze the job and determine which of a first display mode and a second display mode is to be used for displaying the screens, on the basis of information contained in the job. The hardware processor may cause the display to display one or more screens showing information about the job, in the determined one of the first display mode and the second display mode.

公开(公告)号：US09615000B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-04

申请号：US14844058

申请日：2015-09-03

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Tomoyuki Atsumi ,  Takanobu Sugiyama ,  Takashi Oikawa ,  Tatsuya Kitaguchi ,  Satoshi Osako

IPC: H04N1/41 ,  H04N1/21

CPC classification number: H04N1/41 ,  H04N1/2104 ,  H04N2201/0094 ,  H04N2201/3288

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has at least one standard function to be available upon start-up of the image processing apparatus itself and at least one optional function to be available by settings. The image processing apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, an encoder that encodes the input image data, a main memory that stores the encoded image data, a non-volatile memory that stores a backup copy of the image data stored on the main memory, a settings portion that allows setting the optional function available, and a controller that reserves a memory area for an optional program to execute the available optional function in the main memory, and a memory area for input of the encoded image data in the main memory, the memory area being smaller than a memory area to be reserved if the optional function is unavailable.