Konica Minolta, Inc.

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Hidekazu Takahama

Makoto Kumagai

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Katsuaki Tajima

Hideaki Mizuno

Taisuke Akahori

Atsushi Ishikawa

Kazuhiro Ishiguro

Hideyuki Hashimoto

Hiroshi Murakami

Takahiro Tsutsumi

Kazuyoshi Noguchi

Toru Maegawa

Akira Ohhata

Takahiro Kitayama

Kazunori Shionoya

An image forming apparatus includes a document tray in which a document is to be set, a medium container that contains a recording medium, a document detection sensor that detects a document set in the document tray, a medium detection sensor that detects a recording medium contained in the medium container. A hardware processor executes a copy operation of forming an image obtained by scanning a document set in the document tray on a recording medium, determines to automatically execute the copy operation in case an elapsed period of time between a document detection time when a document is detected by the document detection sensor and a medium detection time when a recording medium is detected by the medium detection sensor is equal to or smaller than a predetermined operation period of time, and automatically executes the copy operation based on determination of automatic execution of the copy operation.

Automatic copy operation based on timing of detection of document and recoding medium

An image forming system includes: a display panel; a voice inputter that receives an instruction by voice; and a hardware processor that: analyzes a voice content that has been received by the voice inputter; determines input regarding setting of at least one or more of preliminarily provided adjustment functions based on an analysis result from the hardware processor; determines whether the voice content contains input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function based on a determination result from the hardware processor; and displays a selection screen on the display panel based on a determination result from the hardware processor when the voice content does not contain the input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function.

Image forming system and image forming apparatus with voice instruction to reform print setting operation

A multiple function apparatus includes a first hardware processor, a second hardware processor, and a display commonly used by the first hardware processor and the second hardware processor, wherein the first hardware processor determines a first screen, the second hardware processor determines a second screen, switches a display mode to any one of a single mode and a proxy mode, and in the case where the display mode is the proxy mode, allows the display to display an image of the first screen, and in the case where the display mode is the single mode, allows the display to display an image of the second screen.

Multiple function apparatus, display switching method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with display switching program

An image scanning apparatus includes a transport roller transporting an original, a CCD scanning a first side of the original, a CIS scanning unit scanning a second side of the original, and a flap for reversing the original and sending the original to a transport path. A CPU controls the transport roller, the CCD and the CIS scanning unit to scan each side of the original. The CPU determines from the result of scanning whether or not each side of the original includes a predetermined pattern. When the CPU cannot identify from the result of scanning of the second side whether or not the second side includes a predetermined pattern, the CPU controls the flap and a transport unit to reverse the original and cause the CCD to scan the second side.

Image scanning apparatus

A multibeam scanning optical apparatus incluses a controller which specifies laser diodes which are emitting light normally and arranged in a continuous row, a memory having a plurality of area in which image data are stored, a write-in controller which causes image data for each line to be written into only areas of memory corresponding to the specified laser diodes when any of the laser diodes suffers a failure, a read-out controller which causes the image data for each line to be read out simultaneously from the areas of memory corresponding to the specified laser diodes and a driver which performs light emission control only with respect to the specified laser diodes.

Multibeam scanning optical apparatus and multibeam image forming apparatus

A data processing device connected to a network and an external memory device stores data in a memory area of the external memory device. Image data and the like are transferred and stored in the memory area of an external memory device, and the data name and storage destination of the stored data are recorded on a portable memory medium. This portable memory medium can be used to simply and easily manage the data location and the like at any time. Since the data name and storage destination are recorded in the portable memory medium, there is less concern that the data name and storage destination will become known to users other than the user possessing the portable memory medium, thus ensuring data security compared to when such data are stored in the data processing device. Moreover, because there is no need to store the data name and storage destination in the data processing device, the complex controls required for displaying the stored data names and the like on the display panel are unnecessary.

Data processing device for specifying data storage information on a portable recording medium

An image read apparatus includes a group of CCDs reading out a document image, a data processing unit, a line buffer to delay data to obtain data of the same pixel, a comparison unit comparing data of the same pixel, a data table in which a threshold value that becomes the reference of comparison is stored in correspondence with each type of mode, a threshold value set unit referring to the data table to set the threshold value, a determination unit receiving the comparison result with the threshold value from the comparison unit to determine and control data to be sent downstream, and an averaging unit averaging the data sent from the determination unit to output the average as image data. An image read apparatus is provided that can prevent generation of a black streak or a white streak on a readout image caused by the presence of dust at the readout position, and that can improve the picture quality of the entire image.

Image read apparatus and method that can obtain favorable readout image

During reading process, an image reading unit read a white pressing plate (reference member) under a state where no original exists between the white pressing plate and an original glass plate. On the basis of the read image data, it is judged whether dirt is detected on the glass plate or not. If dirt is detected, a page in which a black line appears is determined. Information of the page is displayed on a display section. An original of the page is reread by the image reading unit.

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Hidekazu Takahama