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Tomokazu Kato
Also filed as: KATO TOMOKAZU
50 granted patents·8 pending applications·504 citations·filing 1981–2023
98Inventor score
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58 records- 0193US4449150AMethod of processing medium tone pictureRICOH KK·Filed 1981·Granted May 15, 1984·80 cites·19 claims
- 0285US5911095AImage forming apparatus management system which manages number of image formations performed by an image forming apparatus on a user basisMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 8, 1999·40 cites·27 claims
- 0384US11626216B2Wire harness manufacturing system and wire harness manufacturing methodYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 11, 2023·2 cites·8 claims
- 0481US5884120AImage forming apparatus for forming multiple images on a single sheetMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 16, 1999·26 cites·13 claims
- 0581US4651293AImage processing system comprising dither screen size selection based on image periodicityRICOH KK·Filed 1983·Granted Mar 17, 1987·30 cites·7 claims
- 0679US9387765B2Vehicle braking control deviceADVICS CO LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 12, 2016·7 cites·9 claims
- 0779US6064836AImage formation supervisory system and method for controlling the number of times an image is formed under each identification codeMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted May 16, 2000·29 cites·20 claims
- 0878US7038812B2Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and image forming method that allow forming of an appropriate image with small amount of recording material remainingMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 2001·Granted May 2, 2006·17 cites·12 claims
- 0978US6538769B2Image processing apparatusMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 25, 2003·27 cites·15 claims
- 1077US10933822B2Wire harness, component module for wire harness, and vehicle componentYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 2, 2021·3 cites·5 claims
- 1177US5784664AImage forming apparatus having an image formation supervising controller and method for supervising image forming operationsMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 21, 1998·27 cites·16 claims
- 1277US5257081AImage forming drive having two cover modes and a stapler for stapling a group of content pages and a cover pageMINOLTA CAMERA KK·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 26, 1993·23 cites·13 claims
- 1376US11285890B2Wire harness routing structure for panel, harness module, and wire harness routing method for panelYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 29, 2022·1 cites·11 claims
- 1475US8630004B2Image forming apparatus, billing method thereof and recording mediumIWAMOTO HIROSHI·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 14, 2014·4 cites·20 claims
- 1574US7978360B2Print systemMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 12, 2011·5 cites·5 claims
- 1669US9873432B2Control apparatus for vehicleADVICS CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 23, 2018·2 cites·7 claims
- 1769US7119916B2Printing system, image forming apparatus and print management programMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·14 cites·12 claims
- 1867US11958420B2Protector and wire harnessYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 16, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
- 1967US5956557AImage forming apparatus and method for controlling number of image forming operationsMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·18 cites·20 claims
- 2066US9405253B2Image forming system and computer-readable recording mediumSUGIURA HIROSHI·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 2, 2016·1 cites·16 claims
- 2164US7345779B2Print systemMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 18, 2008·8 cites·6 claims
- 2260US5864732AImage forming apparatus which sorts and ejects image-bearing sheets to multiple bins and control method for sameMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 26, 1999·14 cites·18 claims
- 2359US12394537B2Exterior material, exterior material connecting body, wire harness, and method of manufacturing wire harnessYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 19, 2025·0 cites·7 claims
- 2459US11164685B2Wire harness, wire harness manufacturing method and wire harness manufacturing deviceYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 2, 2021·0 cites·7 claims
- 2558US11156986B2Machining program editing deviceFANUC CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 26, 2021·0 cites·4 claims
- 2658US6388759B1Image forming apparatus capable of properly inhibiting automatic printingMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted May 14, 2002·22 cites·15 claims
- 2757US12321148B2Movement path drawing deviceFANUC CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 3, 2025·0 cites·3 claims
- 2857US2025199502A1Data collecting device and computer-readable storage mediumFANUC CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2954US9069513B2Print control device, email transmission device, print controlling method and non-transitory computer readable recording mediumKONICA MINOLTA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 30, 2015·0 cites·21 claims
- 3054US6047146AImage forming apparatus automatically selecting either color or monochromatic copy mode in accordance with detected color information of images to be reproducedMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 4, 2000·14 cites·11 claims
- 3153US7970866B2Print system including application server to select printer driver for client specific print informationMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 28, 2011·3 cites·4 claims
- 3253US7227664B2Method of printing application dataMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 5, 2007·3 cites·12 claims
- 3353US5978619AImage forming apparatus having a control function employing a plurality of user identification codes and image forming method employing a plurality of user identification codesMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 2, 1999·10 cites·12 claims
- 3453US5897251AImage forming apparatus allowing appropriate formation of an image on two-page spreadMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 27, 1999·16 cites·29 claims
- 3552US9258443B2Image forming apparatus remotely operated by external terminal, image forming system including the same, and recording mediumKONICA MINOLTA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 9, 2016·0 cites·22 claims
- 3651US5073803ACopying apparatus provided with an automatic document feeder and a sheet binding unitMINOLTA CAMERA KK·Filed 1989·Granted Dec 17, 1991·8 cites·3 claims
- 3750US10146207B2Numerical control apparatusFANUC CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 4, 2018·0 cites·3 claims
- 3848US9696945B2Print apparatus and print system that reports the situation of the print apparatusKONICA MINOLTA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 4, 2017·0 cites·10 claims
- 3947US10735607B2Device for generating display data, information device, and display system for displaying scroll region and operation regionKONICA MINOLTA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 4, 2020·0 cites·31 claims
- 4047US5557391AImage forming apparatus for producing duplex or composite prints with improved efficiency by feeding sheets at shortened intervalsMINOLTA CAMERA KK·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 17, 1996·7 cites·14 claims
- 4144US8854687B2Image forming apparatus with setting screen, setting method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with setting programSUGIURA HIROSHI·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 7, 2014·0 cites·16 claims
- 4244US7088460B2Image forming apparatus having a display changeable in color according to operational modeMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 8, 2006·11 cites·31 claims
- 4344US2014078550A1Print control apparatus, computer-readable recording medium, and printing systemKONICA MINOLTA INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4443US5781842AImage forming apparatus capable of automatically interleaving normal image copies between corresponding transparency image copiesMINOLTA CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 14, 1998·6 cites·7 claims
- 4543US5030987AImage forming apparatusMINOLTA CAMERA KK·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 9, 1991·6 cites·11 claims
- 4643US2012242691A1Image forming apparatus, display method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with display programTANAKA YUSAKU·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4743US2003133151A1Print systemFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4842US2014063535A1Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and recording mediumKONICA MINOLTA INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4940US5079599ACopying machine providing two-in-one mode copying operation including the use of an automatic document feederMINOLTA CAMERA KK·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 7, 1992·5 cites·7 claims
- 5040US2010302382A1Image data processing apparatus, and recording medium on which an image data processing program is recordedKONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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