公开(公告)号：US20210070573A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17012719

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Akinori KIMATA ,  Yukinobu IGUCHI ,  Satoru SASAKI ,  Kenichi HAYASHI ,  Shiro UMEDA ,  Noriyuki JINBO

IPC: B65H7/12 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N29/44

Abstract: Provided is an inspection device that performs inspection using ultrasonic waves transmitted on the basis of a burst signal including a plurality of pulses, the inspection device includes: a decider that decides the number of pulses included in the burst signal, or a burst cycle of the burst signal, on the basis of an atmospheric pressure at an installation position of the inspection device; a generator that repeatedly generates the burst signal including the decided number of pulses, or the burst signal having the decided burst cycle; a transmitter that transmits ultrasonic waves on the basis of the burst signal repeatedly generated; and a receiver that receives ultrasonic waves.

公开(公告)号：US20230035820A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17872501

申请日：2022-07-25

Applicant: Konica Minolta Inc.

Inventor： Akinori KIMATA ,  Kenichi HAYASHI ,  Shiro UMEDA ,  Yukinobu IGUCHI ,  Satoru SASAKI

IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a former that performs image formation on a sheet conveyed on a conveyance path; a first hardware processor that detects a type of the sheet on which the image is formed; a second hardware processor that receives specification of a type of a sheet from a user; and a third hardware processor that receives a user setting regarding the image formation, wherein the user setting includes a setting for allowing the former to continuously perform the image formation in a case where the sheet type detected by the first hardware processor is different from the sheet type specified by the user received by the second hardware processor.

公开(公告)号：US20210067647A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17004217

申请日：2020-08-27

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Akinori KIMATA ,  Yukinobu IGUCHI ,  Satoru SASAKI ,  Kenichi HAYASHI ,  Shiro UMEDA ,  Noriyuki JINBO

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a transport device that transports a sheet placed on a sheet holding member; a detector that detects one type from among a first number of types as a type of the sheet transported by the transport device; a display that displays the type of the sheet placed on the sheet holding member; and an input device that accepts an instruction related to a display pattern of the type of the sheet, wherein the input device accepts an instruction to select the display pattern from a first display pattern in which the type of the sheet is selected from among the first number of types, and a second display pattern in which the type of the sheet is selected from a second number of types, and the display displays the type that is a result of the detection by the detector.

公开(公告)号：US20220070307A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17391124

申请日：2021-08-02

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Kenichi HAYASHI ,  Akinori KIMATA ,  Noriyuki JINBO ,  Shiro UMEDA ,  Yukinobu IGUCHI ,  Satoru SASAKI

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a state monitor that monitors an apparatus state; an electrostatic noise detector that detects electrostatic noise; and an erroneous detection determiner that determines whether or not the state monitor has erroneously detected a change in the apparatus state due to electrostatic noise from a detection result of the change in the apparatus state by the state monitor and a detection result of the electrostatic noise detector.

公开(公告)号：US20180048788A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15659116

申请日：2017-07-25

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Kenichi HAYASHI ,  Yohei YAMADA ,  Yukinobu IGUCHI ,  Satoru SASAKI

IPC: H04N1/60 ,  G01K11/12 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/6044 ,  G01K11/12 ,  H04N1/00814 ,  H04N1/6033 ,  H04N1/6091 ,  H04N1/6094 ,  H04N2201/0094

Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; and an image reading apparatus that reads an image, wherein temperature correction patches with the same color are formed at a reference position and a comparison position, the image reading apparatus includes: a scanner that reads respective colors of the temperature correction patches at the reference position and at the comparison position; and a colorimeter that performs colorimetry to the temperature correction patch at the reference position, the image forming apparatus includes: a detector that detects a temperature of the temperature correction patch at the reference position; a first calculator that calculates a color difference of color values of the temperature correction patches at the reference position and at the comparison position; and a second calculator that calculates a temperature distribution, and as a temperature difference between a first position and a second position increases, the color difference increases.

公开(公告)号：US20170168427A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15370758

申请日：2016-12-06

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Satoru SASAKI ,  Yumiko IZUMIYA ,  Hidenori MINE ,  Takumi SHIRAKUMA ,  Kosuke SASAKI

IPC: G03G15/16

CPC classification number: G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/1615 ,  G03G2215/00143 ,  G03G2215/00156 ,  G03G2215/0135

Abstract: An image formation apparatus comprising: a belt member suspended by a plurality of supporting rotating bodies and thus rotating; a cleaning member removing toner adhering to the belt member; a tray receiving waste toner removed from the belt member by the cleaning member; a vibration mechanism vibrating the tray to move the waste toner toward a lower side of the tray; a steering control mechanism to perform movement control to move the belt member in an axial direction of the supporting rotating bodies while the belt member rotates; and a vibration adjustment mechanism to change a manner of vibration of the vibration mechanism, based on the movement control by the steering control mechanism.