Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Banno
Hirokazu Banno 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).
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Patent number: 9676591Abstract: In an elevator apparatus, a reference position switch is a usually closed switched that is opened by a car moving to a reference position. A detected body is installed inside a hoistway. A detected body detector that detects the detected body is disposed on the car. A car position detecting portion stores as detected position information of the detected body an amount of movement of the car from where the detected body is detected until the car is detected by the reference position switch by a learning run that is implemented in advance. After completion of the learning run, the car position detecting portion detects the car position based on information from the detected body detector, the stored detected position information, and information from a movement detector that outputs a signal that corresponds to an amount of movement of the car.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Banno, Takuo Kugiya, Yasushi Otsuka
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Patent number: 9674379Abstract: A relay apparatus to be connected through a network to a server apparatus configured to store image data and a communication apparatus configured to acquire the image data from the server and output an image based on the acquired image data, the relay apparatus includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive a request for acquiring location information from the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the location information for acquiring the image data from the server apparatus upon receipt of the request; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the acquired location information to the communication apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Nogawa, Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9648360Abstract: A relay apparatus configured to communicate with a server which transmits contents corresponding to identification information received by the server, and a terminal which acquires the contents corresponding to the identification information, the relay apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate with the server and the terminal; and a processor configured to: receive first identification information from the server through the communication unit; determine whether first contents corresponding to the received first identification information complies with a first format or a second format; transmit the first identification information to the terminal through the communication unit if the processor determines that the first contents complies with the first format; and transmits, to the terminal through the communication unit, second identification information corresponding to second contents which is acquired by converting the first contents if the processor determines that the first conType: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Sasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki, Katsuaki Ito, Satoshi Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Hirokazu Banno
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Publication number: 20170093865Abstract: A server receives access request from an information processing apparatus. The access request includes address information of a source web page. The access request is generated in response to reception of the source web page. The server receives authentication information from the information processing apparatus to authenticate the information processing apparatus, and receives display request from the authenticated information processing apparatus. The display request is for displaying, by the information processing apparatus, a set of device information in a storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno
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Publication number: 20170094079Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
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Publication number: 20160214832Abstract: In an elevator apparatus, a reference position switch is a usually closed switched that is opened by a car moving to a reference position. A detected body is installed inside a hoistway. A detected body detector that detects the detected body is disposed on the car. A car position detecting portion stores as detected position information of the detected body an amount of movement of the car from where the detected body is detected until the car is detected by the reference position switch by a learning run that is implemented in advance. After completion of the learning run, the car position detecting portion detects the car position based on information from the detected body detector, the stored detected position information, and information from a movement detector that outputs a signal that corresponds to an amount of movement of the car.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu BANNO, Takuo KUGIYA, Yasushi OTSUKA
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Patent number: 9319454Abstract: A communication apparatus system includes a relay apparatus and a communication apparatus which are connected to a network, to which a service providing apparatus for an electronic-file storing service is connected. The communication apparatus includes: an address-get-request transmitting unit that transmits a request for getting an upload destination address to the relay apparatus; a receiving unit that receives the upload destination address and a template for an upload message from the relay apparatus; an upload-message generating unit that generates the upload message including the electronic file and the upload destination address according to the received template; and an upload-message transmitting unit that transmits the generated upload message to the service providing apparatus to upload the electronic file in the electronic-file storing service.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160096707Abstract: An elevator device automatically setting a current value of an interval between upper and lower cars vertically movable inside a car frame, including: a moving mechanism vertically moving the cars; a memory storing a current interval between the cars; a car interval change quantity detector detecting a change quantity of the interval between the cars; an adjustment mechanism adjusting the interval between the cars based on the stored car interval and the detected change quantity of the interval; an initial car interval detector detecting that the interval between the cars has reached an initial car interval; and a learning mechanism causing the moving mechanism to vertically move the cars until the initial car interval detector detects that the interval between the cars has reached the initial car interval to learn the car interval when the car interval is not stored in the memory, which is then stored in the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hirokazu BANNO
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Publication number: 20160094534Abstract: A service providing apparatus configured to acquire a resource request from a terminal apparatus, specify destination information, which is associated with authentication information stored in a storage and coinciding with authentication information included in the acquired resource request, from the storage, determine whether domain information included in the acquired resource request and the specified destination information coincide with each other, and transmit a first response including information indicating that authentication is required and the domain information to the terminal apparatus when the domain information and the destination information coincide with each other, and transmit a second response not including the domain information to the terminal apparatus when the domain information and the destination information do not coincide with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventor: Hirokazu BANNO
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Patent number: 9216881Abstract: A car power supply device of an elevator which performs power supply to a car without using a traveling cable, does not require arrangement of a power supply line along the whole path, has good installability and layout capability, and in which weight balance between a car and a counterweight is taken into consideration. A car power supply device of an elevator which lifts and lowers a car and a counterweight in a well-bucket manner arranged to be able to ascend and descent in a shaft of an elevator includes: a power supply line arranged in the shaft along the path of the car and the counterweight; and power receiving devices provided each in the car and the counterweight and that receive power supply from the power supply line. In this car power supply device of an elevator, the power receiving device of the car and the power receiving device of the counterweight receive power supply from the same power supply line.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hirokazu Banno
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Patent number: 9167026Abstract: A communication system includes: a communication apparatus; and a relay apparatus. The communication apparatus includes: a contents-summary-information address request unit; a contents-summary-information display unit; a selection-information transmission unit; a selection-completion notification unit; and a contents get unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Shimada, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Hirokazu Banno, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito
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Patent number: 9094575Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a communication device, instruct the processor to perform processes that includes performing a first receiving that receives a start request from a partner communication device, the start request including identification information and first user information and requesting that a remote conference be started, acquiring, based on the identification information, second user information stored in a storage portion, performing a first determining that determines whether the first user information and the second user information differ from one another, performing a first outputting that outputs a first command in response to determining that the first user information and the second user information differ from one another, and performing a second outputting that outputs a second command in response to determining that the first user information and the second user information do not differ fromType: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hirokazu Banno
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Publication number: 20140028787Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a communication device, instruct the processor to perform processes that includes performing a first receiving that receives a start request from a partner communication device, the start request including identification information and first user information and requesting that a remote conference be started, acquiring, based on the identification information, second user information stored in a storage portion, performing a first determining that determines whether the first user information and the second user information differ from one another, performing a first outputting that outputs a first command in response to determining that the first user information and the second user information differ from one another, and performing a second outputting that outputs a second command in response to determining that the first user information and the second user information do not differ fromType: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hirokazu Banno
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Publication number: 20120247878Abstract: A car power supply device of an elevator which performs power supply to a car without using a traveling cable, does not require arrangement of a power supply line along the whole path, has good installability and layout capability, and in which weight balance between a car and a counterweight is taken into consideration. A car power supply device of an elevator which lifts and lowers a car and a counterweight in a well-bucket manner arranged to be able to ascend and descent in a shaft of an elevator includes: a power supply line arranged in the shaft along the path of the car and the counterweight; and power receiving devices provided each in the car and the counterweight and that receive power supply from the power supply line. In this car power supply device of an elevator, the power receiving device of the car and the power receiving device of the counterweight receive power supply from the same power supply line.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hirokazu Banno
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Publication number: 20120254368Abstract: A relay apparatus configured to communicate with a server which transmits contents corresponding to identification information received by the server, and a terminal which acquires the contents corresponding to the identification information, the relay apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate with the server and the terminal; and a processor configured to: receive first identification information from the server through the communication unit; determine whether first contents corresponding to the received first identification information complies with a first format or a second format; transmit the first identification information to the terminal through the communication unit if the processor determines that the first contents complies with the first format; and transmits, to the terminal through the communication unit, second identification information corresponding to second contents which is acquired by converting the first contents if the processor determines that the first conType: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki SASAKI, Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Katsuaki ITO, Satoshi WATANABE, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Hirokazu BANNO
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Publication number: 20120113464Abstract: A relay apparatus connected to service providing apparatuses respectively providing services and a communication apparatus that includes an additional-information storage unit configured to store additional information associated with the service and identification information, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive notification including the service and the user identification information from the communication apparatus; a generating unit generating an output command for outputting, to the relay apparatus, the additional information stored in the additional-information storage unit corresponding to the service and the identification information included in the notification; an output commanding unit transmitting the output command to the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring the additional information output in response to the output command; a first communication unit configured to perform communication with the service providing apparatus using the acquired additional informationType: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyoshi INOUE, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Yusuke SHIMADA, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO, Hirokazu BANNO, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20120117629Abstract: A relay apparatus connected to a communication apparatus, a service providing apparatus and a browser-equipped apparatus, includes: a registering unit registering provisional registration information, the provisional registration information being used in an authentication procedure performed between the service providing apparatus and the browser-equipped apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring permission information representing that use of the service is permitted, the permission information being issued by the service providing apparatus in the authentication procedure; a communication unit transmitting the provisional registration information to the browser-equipped apparatus; a receiving unit receiving input information transmitted from the communication apparatus, the input information being generated in response to the provisional registration information; and a communication unit transmitting the permission information to the communication apparatus which has transmitted the input information if the rType: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Hirokazu BANNO, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO
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Publication number: 20120113471Abstract: A communication system includes: a communication apparatus; and a relay apparatus. The communication apparatus includes: a contents-summary-information address request unit; a contents-summary-information display unit; a selection-information transmission unit; a selection-completion notification unit; and a contents get unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke SHIMADA, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Hirokazu BANNO, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO
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Publication number: 20120113463Abstract: A relay apparatus to be connected through a network to a server apparatus configured to store image data and a communication apparatus configured to acquire the image data from the server and output an image based on the acquired image data, the relay apparatus includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive a request for acquiring location information from the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the location information for acquiring the image data from the server apparatus upon receipt of the request; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the acquired location information to the communication apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki NOGAWA, Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO, Hirokazu BANNO, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20120113472Abstract: A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaka URAKAWA, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO, Hirokazu BANNO, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI