Patents Examined by Mohammad H. Ghayour
  • Patent number: 10638000
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus reads an image depicted on paper to create image data of the image and saves the image data in a storage; selects an intermediary from among one or more servers based on an e-mail address designated; sends location data indicating a saving location of the image data or the image data to the intermediary in order to provide a terminal with the image data via the intermediary; sends, to the e-mail address, an message including access information for accessing the location data or the image data saved to the intermediary; and sends, when the intermediary is accessed by the terminal based on the access information and reques4USts the image data, and further, when data corresponding to the access information is the location data, the image data to the requesting server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10594822
    Abstract: A configurable queue processor for document servers is described. The configurable queue processor strives to allocate server resources in an optimal manner such that document servers can process documents efficiently. In various embodiments, the facility includes a configurable queue processor for allocating document flows for handling documents, document transport module for transporting documents between network devices, such as printers, fax boards, and content servers and across local and wide-area networks; functionality for routing optimization with other communications networks, such as messaging services, telephony, and IP networks; and flexible document transport capabilities to workflow applications and multifunction devices (such as all-in-one print/scan/copy/fax/telephone/answering machine devices) and multifunction devices enhanced with video and video capture, messaging, email, network router and gateway capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: Treber Rebert, Jonathan Isabelle, Jason K. Webster
  • Patent number: 10587772
    Abstract: A configurable document server is described. In some embodiments, the configurable document server can enable administrators to set an option that prevents documents from being routed to users when the configurable document server experiences some types of errors. When the configurable document server determines that such an error condition exists, it may prevent the routing of the corresponding document. By preventing documents causing errors from being routed, the configurable document server enables administrators to improve the accuracy of document workflow and thereby improve productivity of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: Jason K. Webster, Michael Riedel, Byron D. Hunt, Jr., Treber Rebert, Jonathan Isabelle, William R. Harman
  • Patent number: 10564904
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus causes an image forming portion to perform image forming processing based on a security job issued by an output-permitted user, in a case where an outsider-use-possibility calculated by an outsider-use-possibility calculation portion becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value on the basis of information of a movement trajectory of the output-permitted user and also the output-permitted user has been detected in an output-process-start area. Accordingly, it is possible to enhance the convenience for the output-permitted user while ensuring the security of the output product based on the security job issued by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kosuke Masumoto
  • Patent number: 10552104
    Abstract: A print data processing device that is a device for processing print data transmitted from a host device, and electronically providing printouts according to user needs without making changes on the host device side and without wasting paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akio Takamoto
  • Patent number: 10544000
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes: a holder to hold a paper roll and rotate along with rotation of the paper roll; a conveyor to convey a sheet located at an entry of a sheet conveyance path; a motor to apply a conveyance force to the conveyor; a first power supply circuit to output power both in a sleep mode and a ready mode; a second power supply circuit to output power in the ready mode but not in the sleep mode; a signal output unit supplied with the power from the first power supply circuit and to output a rotation detection signal when the holder rotates in the sleep mode or the ready mode; and a controller to, when the rotation detection signal is received in the sleep mode, turn on the second power supply circuit to supply the power to at least the motor to convey the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10542181
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a data processing apparatus and a server. The server stores a first and second application, the first application to be used by the data processing apparatus after being installed onto the data processing apparatus, the second application corresponding to the first application. The data processing apparatus includes: a display that displays an HTML-based operation screen of the second application on a Web browser, the operation screen being available from the server; and a main body that executes processing. The server includes a processor that offers an API when an instruction to execute processing is given via the operation screen displayed on the display, the API to be used by the second application such that the main body executes processing as instructed. The data processing apparatus further includes a processor that interprets the API and that makes the main body execute processing corresponding to the API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10536590
    Abstract: A display control apparatus transmits change information for changing display provided by a predetermined device included in data acquired by the display control apparatus to the predetermined device. In response to a predetermined response to the transmission of the change information, the display control apparatus displays, on its own display device, a predetermined screen corresponding to display provided by the predetermined device changed by the change information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 10521167
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of servers may transmit first server identification information identifying the first server to the relay device. An terminal may transmit first access target information to a relay device. The relay device may store the first server identification information in a first memory of the relay device, in association with the first access target information. The terminal may transmit second access target information to a second server. The second server may transmit the received second access target information and second server identification information to the relay device. The relay device may cause the second server to access the image forming device identified by the second access target information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takafumi Mori
  • Patent number: 10516792
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image acquiring section configured to acquire an image formation target page image; a display control section configured to perform processing for displaying the page image in a preview display area; an operation-input acquiring section configured to acquire a first operation input for designating a first position in a designatable area and a second operation input for designating a second position in the preview display area; a determining section configured to determine which allocation setting area corresponding to which number of page images is designated as an area where processing for setting a number of page images allocated to one sheet is executed; and a setting section configured to apply setting of a number of page images allocated to one sheet to the page image for which the first operation input is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiji Saito
  • Patent number: 10509604
    Abstract: The invention relates to a print system comprising a plurality of printers for printing print jobs, a user interface screen connected to the print system, each printer of the plurality of printers comprising a print job scheduling module for planning a print job schedule for print jobs submitted to the printer and an operational action scheduling module for planning an operational action schedule of operational actions to be applied to the printer, a control unit comprising a first merging module for merging for each printer the print job schedule and the operational action schedule into a first merged schedule, the control unit configured to control for each printer display of the first merged schedule on the user interface screen, wherein the control unit comprises a second merging module for merging the operational action schedules of the plurality of printers chronologically into a second merged schedule, and the control unit is configured to control display of the second merged schedule along the first m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Susanna C. Langeveld
  • Patent number: 10498910
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: an input unit that inputs an original data; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet in accordance with the original data; an operation panel that comprises a display unit and an operating unit and that receives an operation for entering a job for forming the image on the recording sheet by using the image forming unit; a display control unit that displays one or more types of window on the display unit of the operation panel; and a conference information obtaining unit that obtains conference information of a conference held in a conference room which is placed near the image forming apparatus, from a predetermined conference management server that manages the conference information of the conference, wherein the display control unit displays the conference information on the display unit from the conference management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Tohru Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 10496342
    Abstract: In the coordination of a data conversion server and a storage server which belong to different security domains, a client terminal is able to replace an authorization token for accessing the data conversion server with a temporary URL on the storage server, the client terminal, which is located outside the data exchange server, will be able to issue a temporary URL without authorization, resulting in a file operation which is not intended by the data conversion server being performed. Scopes for allowing a client terminal to access the data conversion server and scopes necessary for the issuance of a temporary URL are separated from each other, and a limitation is imposed so that the scopes for the issuance of a temporary URL can be used only by the data conversion server, thereby enabling secure provision of a temporary URL to an external client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kensuke Hirata
  • Patent number: 10452330
    Abstract: A cooperation system and a program for operating a plurality of apparatuses in cooperation is provided. The program is capable of implementing a user interface for easily adding a necessary operation while one or more first apparatuses and one or more second apparatuses are involved in a cooperation operation, wherein a necessary operation can be added to the cooperation operation at least until the reception of the target data from all the first apparatuses is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10423376
    Abstract: A cooperation system and a program for operating a plurality of apparatuses in cooperation is provided. The program is capable of implementing a user interface for easily adding a necessary operation while one or more first apparatuses and one or more second apparatuses are involved in a cooperation operation, wherein a necessary operation can be added to the cooperation operation at least until the reception of the target data from all the first apparatuses is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 7991040
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reduction of a peak to average ratio for an OFDM transmit signal. In an aspect, a method is provided for reducing a peak to average ratio of a transmit waveform. The method includes obtaining a primary scrambler sequence, generating a secondary scrambler sequence having a length characteristic based on data to be scrambled, and combining the primary and secondary scrambler sequences to produce a PAR reduction sequence. In another aspect, an apparatus is provided for reducing a peak to average ratio of a transmit waveform. The apparatus includes a secondary generator configured to generate a secondary scrambler sequence having a length characteristic based on data to be scrambled, and combining logic configured to combine a primary scrambler sequence and the secondary scrambler sequences to produce a PAR reduction sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Durk L. van Veen, Fuyun Ling, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi
  • Patent number: 7933357
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmission and reception in a multi-user Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system are provided. In a transmitter, a filter portion receives quantized Channel State Information (CSI) and Channel Quality Information (CQI) from a receiver, calculates a transmit filter value using on the quantized CSI and the CQI, determines an appropriate AMC level for the receiver, and sends a pilot signal including the transmit filter value and information about the determined AMC level on subcarriers in one of a preamble and data symbols. An antenna is used to send the output of the filter portion and receives data from the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: David Mazzarese, Sung-Ryul Yun, Dong-Seek Park
  • Patent number: 7933366
    Abstract: A channel estimation method and system using linear correlation based interference cancellation combined with decision-feedback-equalization (LCIC-DFE) are provided. The channel estimation method includes generating a first correlation sequence by calculating a linear correlation between a baseband sampled complex signal and a locally stored pseudo-noise signal and obtaining a second correlation sequence by iteratively removing inter-path interference from the first correlation sequence and generating a first channel impulse response (CIR) sequence based on the second correlation sequence. And, obtaining a third correlation sequence by removing random-data interference from the second correlation sequence based on the first CIR sequence and a feedback signal and generating a second CIR sequence based on the third correlation sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 7924925
    Abstract: A video encoder including a processing block and an external memory storing a current frame and a reference frame. The processing block includes a memory interface, a local memory and a processor. The processor encodes the current frame in raster scan macroblock order for FMO using information from the reference frame, converts encoded information into compressed information, and organizes the compressed information according to a predetermined FMO. The processor organizes the compressed information according to any suitable FMO organization such as scattered, interleaved, etc. The processor stores the compressed information into multiple slice groups into the local memory or into the external memory, where the slice groups are organized according to the FMO. The processor loads a search window macroblock into the local memory if not already stored in the local memory. The processor may generate unfiltered reconstructed information and store the unfiltered reconstructed information into the local memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhongli He
  • Patent number: 7924907
    Abstract: there is provided a spreading apparatus using a child orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) code pair, including: a channel condition information receiving unit for receiving channel condition information including a channel condition metric; a switch controlling unit for receiving the channel condition information from the channel condition information receiving unit and transferring data stream according to the received channel station information; a first spreading unit for receiving the data stream from the switching controlling unit, and spreading the data stream using a single OVSF code; and a second spreading unit for receiving the data stream from the switching controlling unit, and spreading the data stream using a child OVSF code pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung-Rae Cho, Seong-Su Park, Hoo-Sung Lee, Byung-Jo Kim