公开(公告)号：US10659641B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US16409492

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Katsuyuki Ikuta ,  Masahiro Kamiya ,  Shota Igo

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/00

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which may execute a job including printing an image. The disclosed image forming apparatus may include: a printer; a detector that may detect a property of a printing paper sheet, the printing paper sheet being a paper sheet used by the printer in the printing; and a determinator that may, on the basis of the property detected by the detector and a situation of the job, determine conditions for executing the printing.

公开(公告)号：US11856168B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17732607

申请日：2022-04-29

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Harumitsu Fujimori ,  Shota Igo ,  Naoto Sugaya ,  Kenji Tamaki

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G03G15/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00986 ,  G03G15/6529 ,  H04N1/00037 ,  H04N1/00602

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a speed detection roller that detects a conveyance speed of a sheet by coming into contact with the sheet being conveyed and being driven to rotate; and a hardware processor that performs temperature control to make an ambient temperature of the speed detection roller a predetermined temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20180335821A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15972522

申请日：2018-05-07

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Masahiro Kamiya ,  Takeshi Tamada ,  Yoshihito Sasamoto ,  Katsuyuki Ikuta ,  Shota Igo

IPC: G06F1/30 ,  G06F1/26

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first device and a second device, the first device includes a first power receiving member, a first switcher, a first power supply circuit, a failure detector, a second switcher, and a first electrical load, and the second device includes a second power receiving member, a second power supply circuit, a distributor, a third switcher, a second electrical load, and a hardware processor.

公开(公告)号：US12197142B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US18306338

申请日：2023-04-25

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Shota Igo ,  Takashi Nara ,  Naoto Sugaya ,  Kenji Tamaki

IPC: G03G15/01 ,  G03G15/08

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a crimping/release mechanism that switches between a crimping position where a transfer nip is formed and a release position where the intermediate transfer belt and the photosensitive drum are separated from each other, by moving at least one primary transfer section of a plurality of primary transfer sections provided facing a plurality of photosensitive drums respectively, and a processor that performs color misregistration adjustment when a combination of image forming units used for image formation is changed.

公开(公告)号：US11022923B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US16202789

申请日：2018-11-28

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Shota Igo ,  Masahiro Kamiya ,  Katsuyuki Ikuta ,  Toshio Tsuboi ,  Tatsuya Eguchi

IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a housing part that is capable of housing a plurality of recording materials in such a manner that one recording material is put on another; a transport part that transports a recording material from the housing part; and a hardware processor that detects a kind of the recording material transported by the transport part, detects an amount of the recording materials housed in the housing part, detects replacement of recording materials housed in the housing part, or addition of recording materials in the housing part, on the basis of a result of the detection by the hardware processor, and, on the basis of a result of the detection by the hardware processor, switches whether or not to execute, by the hardware processor, the kind detection of the recording materials housed in the housing part.