Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Shiro Umeda

Akinori Kimata

Kosuke Masumoto

Kenichi Hayashi

Takahiro Tsujimoto

Kazutoshi Yoshimura

Yasuhiro Ishihara

Toshiaki Tanaka

Kiyohito Tsujihara

Satoru Sasaki

Takashi Watanabe

Noriyuki Jinbo

Mineo Yamamoto

Yuji Kobayashi

Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Harumitsu Fujimori

Akihiro Hayashi

Shigeru Yamazaki

Takashi Honda

Isao Watanabe

Kouei Cho

Kunio Furukawa

Yukinobu Iguchi

Yoshiki Nakazawa

Yuki Higuchi

Michio Takahashi

Takahiro Doi

Osamu Akiyama

An image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that receives setting of a type of a recording medium by a user; a detector that detects a type determination parameter for a recording medium including a recording medium for which setting of a type has been received by the first hardware processor; a second hardware processor that determines a type of a recording medium based on a detection result of the detector; an image former that forms an image on the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that transmits, to an external device, at least two pieces of information of information regarding the type received, information regarding the type determined by the second hardware processor, or information regarding matching or mismatching of the type received and the type determined with respect to the recording medium for which setting of a type has been received by the first hardware processor.

Image forming apparatus, type information processing method of recording medium, and program for identifying a cause of failure

An image forming apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect first information related to a physical property value of a sheet, the sheet to have an image formed thereon; and a processor configured to: obtain second information related to a brand of the sheet; and store the first information and the second information in a memory, the first information being detected by the sensor, the second information being obtained by the processor.

Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, information collecting method, and recording medium

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.

Image forming apparatus, information processing terminal, method, and program

An image reading apparatus for separating and conveying documents from a bundle of documents, causing the document to pass through a reading position, and reading an image from the document, includes: a reading translucent plate; a rotation member capable of rotating around a shaft; and a rotation driver that rotates the rotation member, wherein in the rotation member, each of: a cleaning member; a white reference area; and an end portion detection area is formed partially with regard to a circumferential direction, the cleaning member and the end portion detection area are arranged adjacent to each other, the rotation driver is arranged so that the end portion detection area faces an opposing surface, and the rotation member is rotated in a paper interval period from when a trailing edge of the document passes the reading position to when a leading edge of a subsequent document reaches the reading position.

Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus

A sheet conveying apparatus has a reference roller, a detection roller, and a detection sensor. The detection roller can move, and makes contact with the reference roller, facing the reference roller. The detection sensor outputs a signal corresponding to the displacement of the detection roller. The sheet is conveyed to a nip portion of the pair of rollers. At this time, the timing when an edge portion of the sheet being conveyed passes through the nip portion is detected. In response to the timing detected, the thickness of the sheet is detected, based on the signal output from the detection sensor.

Sheet conveying apparatus which can detect thickness of sheets

An image reading device which reads an image to obtain an image signal includes: a scanning unit; a chassis member; a control unit provided in a position which does not move together with the scanning unit; and a flexible flat cable which connects the scanning unit to the control unit, includes one end attached to a side of the chassis member and a position other than the one end fixed to a position which does not move with the scanning unit, includes a range closer to the one end than the fixed position parallel to a moving direction of the scanning unit, and is arranged to extend from the one end to one side, be bent into a U-shape, enter between the scanning unit and the chassis member, and reach the fixed position, and the flexible flat cable includes a transmitting layer, a shielding layer, and a stress adjusting layer.

Image reading device

An image content display system includes: a display device; a display controller that displays image content on the display device while switching a plurality of sets of image content; and an image forming apparatus that prints image information associated with image content displayed on the display device, wherein the display controller includes a first acquiring unit that acquires image content of a first content group, a second acquiring unit that acquires image content of a second content group, a determining unit that determines whether or not the image forming apparatus is in a printing enabled state, and a display control unit that displays the image content of the first content group, and switches image content to be displayed on the display device from the image content of the first content group to the image content of the second content group.

Image content display system and display controller

An image display and photographing system includes a display device configured to display a target image on a surface; a photographing device configured to photograph the surface; a first detector configured to detect that an object moves away from a space between the surface and the photographing device; a second detector configured to detect that, after the first detector detects that the object moves away from the space, the surface is touched at a predetermined position; a third detector configured to detect that, after the second detector detects that the surface is touched at the predetermined position, the object moves away from the space; and a photographing control portion configured to control, after the third detector detects that the object moves away from the space, the photographing device to photograph the surface.

Image display and photographing system, photographing device, display device, image display and photographing method, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

An image forming apparatus comprises: a piezoelectric sensor that produces an variable output signal depending on the amount of infrared energy; a human body detecting device having a lens that forms a detecting area serving for detecting if the person enters; a peak detector that detects a peak of an output signal produced when the person enters the detecting area; an offset voltage judgment portion that judges if the output signal falls to the offset voltage after the peak; a moving direction judgment portion that judges the direction in which the person moves in the detecting area; and a mode controller that switches the power supply mode to a first mode if the power supply mode is found to be a second mode requiring less power than the first mode while the moving direction judgment portion judges that the person moves toward the image forming apparatus.

Image forming apparatus, power control method, and recording medium

A human body sensing device comprises: an infrared sensor which detects a human body; a rotatable group of lenses having a plurality of lenses arranged around the sensor, the lenses being configured to: generate unit sensing zones defined by a sensing distance extending radially outwardly from the group and a small width extending in a rotation direction of the group; and form a plurality of alternating layers of a regional sensing zone including one or more than one of the unit sensing zones and a non-sensing zone not including any of the unit sensing zones, in a rotation direction of the group; a rotary drive which rotates the group; a rotation position sensor which detects a rotation position of the group; and a recognizer which recognizes the location and/or movement of a human body based on the output level indicated by the infrared sensor and the rotation position.

Human body sensing device and image forming apparatus having the same

A human body sensing device being mounted on an object comprises: a first and second sensor being mounted on a vertical plane of the object and each having a pair of a positive and negative electrode; and a lens covering over the first and second sensors, wherein: the lens forms a sensing block in a sensing area constituting a plane perpendicular to the vertical plane, the sensing block including the positive and negative electrodes of the first sensor, and the positive and negative electrodes of the second sensor; either a first virtual line or an extended part thereof and either a second virtual line or an extended part thereof have a point of intersection in the sensing area; and the first and second virtual lines are symmetric with respect to a line perpendicular to the vertical plane of the object and passing through the point of intersection.

Human body sensing device and image processing apparatus having the same

A data outputting apparatus, includes a box capable of storing data in a sorted manner, an outputting portion for outputting the data stored in the box, a data number setting portion for setting the number of data to be stored in the box, and a controller for making the outputting portion output the data stored in the box when the number of data stored in the box has reached the set number of data.

Data outputting apparatus, and recording medium in which data outputting program is recorded

Upon completing a preparation operation including different processes, an image formation apparatus shifts to ready state in which image formation is executable, the processes including at least one process executed using a corresponding motor. The image formation apparatus comprises: an obtainer for obtaining, for each process, an estimated time period between start and completion thereof; and a controller for starting execution of, out of the processes, (i) one process whose estimated time period is the longest, then (ii) any other process so that any other process is executed in parallel with said one process. When said one process is included in the at least one process, the controller initiates the motor by high-speed initiation by applying thereto first voltage that is higher than second voltage. When any other process is included in the at least one process, the controller initiates the motor by normal initiation by applying thereto first voltage.

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