Patents by Inventor Kanako Asari

Kanako Asari 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).

  • Patent number: 8564803
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: plural processing units which execute plural processing functions that are different from each other; an execution-in-progress information acquiring unit which acquires execution-in-progress function information that is information about a first processing unit which is executing processing, of the plural processing units; a discrimination unit which discriminates a second processing unit that cannot execute processing when the first processing unit indicated by the execution-in-progress function information acquired by the execution-in-progress information acquiring unit is executing processing, from among the plural processing units; and an executability information generating unit which generates inexecutable function information that is information about the second processing unit, based on a result of determination by the discrimination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kanako Asari
  • Publication number: 20110238951
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: plural processing units which execute plural processing functions that are different from each other; an execution-in-progress information acquiring unit which acquires execution-in-progress function information that is information about a first processing unit which is executing processing, of the plural processing units; a discrimination unit which discriminates a second processing unit that cannot execute processing when the first processing unit indicated by the execution-in-progress function information acquired by the execution-in-progress information acquiring unit is executing processing, from among the plural processing units; and an executability information generating unit which generates inexecutable function information that is information about the second processing unit, based on a result of determination by the discrimination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kanako Asari
  • Publication number: 20110085194
    Abstract: A log information processing device includes an authentication unit, a memory, and a control unit. The authentication unit authenticates a user. The memory stores a first log information about a job which is requested by the user. The control unit replaces a first data included in the first log information with a second data to form a second log information. The second data is related to the first data. The control unit instructs to transmit the second log information to an external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kanako Asari