Patents by Inventor Etsuro Takahashi

Etsuro Takahashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adjusting an angle of an operation panel on a multifunction apparatus
    Patent number: 7386245
    Abstract: A multifunction apparatus having a plurality of functions, including a copier function, retrieves user identification information from a memory card carried by the user within a detection area, obtains panel angle information that is set for the authenticated user based on the retrieved identification information, and adjusts, by a panel controller, a panel angle of an adjustable panel for the authenticated user according to the information, the panel being provided for inputting various operational instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Mitsuhashi, Etsuro Takahashi, Hideki Nakatsuka
  • Multifunction apparatus
    Publication number: 20050185217
    Abstract: A multifunction apparatus having a plurality of functions including a copier function retrieves, through an RFID controller, user identification information from a memory card carried by the user within a detection area, obtains, from a server, limitation information of usable functions that is preset, by a server I/F, for the authenticated user based on the retrieved identification information, and controls the usable functions for the authenticated user according to the limitation information of usable functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Nishizawa, Etsuro Takahashi
  • Multifunction apparatus
    Publication number: 20050185216
    Abstract: A multifunction apparatus having a plurality of functions, including a copier function, retrieves user identification information from a memory card carried by the user within a detection area, obtains panel angle information that is set for the authenticated user based on the retrieved identification information, and adjusts, by a panel controller, a panel angle of an adjustable panel for the authenticated user according to the information, the panel being provided for inputting various operational instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Mitsuhashi, Etsuro Takahashi, Hideki Nakatsuka