Patents by Inventor Keiji Okamura

Keiji Okamura 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: 9389823
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a login management unit, a job execution unit, a log management unit, and a mode accepting unit. The login management unit is configured to manage login of a user. The job execution unit is configured to execute a job after the user has logged in. The log management unit is configured to manage a job log of the job. The mode accepting unit is configured to accept a specification of a mode to store the job log. Acceptable modes where the mode accepting unit accepts a specification include a mode where the login management unit does not permit login if the log management unit determines that there is no free space to store the job log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Kikuchi, Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Toru Yasui, Ryota Arinobu, Rie Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9304723
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a job executing unit that executes a job based on an image; and a log image generating unit that generates a log image as a history of the image and stores the generated log image in a storage unit. If the job executed by the job executing unit does not involve external output from the image forming apparatus, the log image generating unit restricts a storage size of the log image for this job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Ryota Arinobu, Toru Yasui, Keiji Okamura, Masaki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9286531
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a target-log-image extracting unit and a relevant-log-image extracting unit. The target-log-image extracting unit is configured to extract a log image as a target log image likely to have been generated by use for a specific purpose of an image forming apparatus when text information extracted from the log image of the image forming apparatus by optical character recognition includes a specific phrase. The relevant-log-image extracting unit is configured to extract a log image similar to the target log image as a relevant log image based on a specific feature of the target log image extracted by the target-log-image extracting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yasui, Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Ryota Arinobu, Masaki Kikuchi, Rie Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9275318
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a job execution unit and a log-image generating unit. The job execution unit is configured to execute a job. The log-image generating unit configured to generate a log image in the job. The log-image generating unit is configured to partially generate as the log image an image of a page output by the job execution unit among pages in the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Toru Yasui, Ryota Arinobu, Rie Matsumoto, Masaki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9165222
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a job executing portion, a preview executing portion, and a log image obtaining portion. The job executing portion executes a job based on an image. The preview executing portion executes displaying a preview of the image before the job is executed. The log image obtaining portion obtains a log image as a history of the image and store the log image in a storage portion. The log image obtaining portion obtains a log image of the preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Masaki Kikuchi, Ryota Arinobu, Toru Yasui
  • Patent number: 9154660
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage control portion, a setting control portion, and a deletion control portion. The storage control portion stores logs of jobs executed by the image processing apparatus into a storage portion. The setting control portion sets an importance level of each of the logs based on a plurality of target items and weight conditions, wherein the plurality of target items are set in advance with regard to the image processing apparatus, the jobs, or the logs, and the weight conditions are set in advance respectively in correspondence with the target items. The deletion control portion determines an order of automatic deletion of the logs stored in the storage portion, based on the importance level set by the setting control portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Goto, Masaru Sato, Toshiya Miyai, Masaki Kikuchi, Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Toru Yasui, Ryota Arinobu
  • Patent number: 9092261
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a log management unit and an operation state image generation unit. The log management unit manages a job log indicating a history of a job executed by an image forming apparatus, a log image indicating a history of an output image serving as an output target of the image forming apparatus for the job, and an operation log indicating a history of an operation input to an operation unit in the image forming apparatus for the job. The operation state image generation unit generates an operation state image indicating which of a plurality of operable items in the operation unit is operated in an operation included in the operation log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota Arinobu, Keiji Okamura, Junpei Takagi, Rie Matsumoto, Masaki Kikuchi, Toru Yasui
  • Patent number: 9030707
    Abstract: A log image creating system includes a job type determining unit and a log image creating unit. If the job type determining unit determines that the job is a heterogeneous multicasting transmission job for transmitting images created from the same draft by a plurality of communication methods, and is also a different-image heterogeneous multicasting transmission job, in which the plurality of communication methods include a plurality of communication methods in which at least one of a color and a resolution differs among images to be transmitted, the log image creating unit creates a log image in the different-image heterogeneous multicasting transmission job based on an image of a type selected under a specific condition from a plurality of types of images that are eligible for being transmitted in the different-image heterogeneous multicasting transmission job and mutually differ with respect to at least their color or resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yasui, Jumpei Takagi, Ryota Arinobu, Keiji Okamura, Rie Matsumoto, Masaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150085318
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a job executing unit that executes a job based on an image; and a log image generating unit that generates a log image as a history of the image and stores the generated log image in a storage unit. If the job executed by the job executing unit does not involve external output from the image forming apparatus, the log image generating unit restricts a storage size of the log image for this job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Ryota Arinobu, Toru Yasui, Keiji Okamura, Masaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150062639
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage control portion, a setting control portion, and a deletion control portion. The storage control portion stores logs of jobs executed by the image processing apparatus into a storage portion. The setting control portion sets an importance level of each of the logs based on a plurality of target items and weight conditions, wherein the plurality of target items are set in advance with regard to the image processing apparatus, the jobs, or the logs, and the weight conditions are set in advance respectively in correspondence with the target items. The deletion control portion determines an order of automatic deletion of the logs stored in the storage portion, based on the importance level set by the setting control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunori Goto, Masaru Sato, Toshiya Miyai, Masaki Kikuchi, Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Toru Yasui, Ryota Arinobu
  • Publication number: 20150062617
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a job executing portion, a preview executing portion, and a log image obtaining portion. The job executing portion executes a job based on an image. The preview executing portion executes displaying a preview of the image before the job is executed. The log image obtaining portion obtains a log image as a history of the image and store the log image in a storage portion. The log image obtaining portion obtains a log image of the preview.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Masaki Kikuchi, Ryota Arinobu, Toru Yasui
  • Publication number: 20140359630
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a log management unit and an operation state image generation unit. The log management unit manages a job log indicating a history of a job executed by an image forming apparatus, a log image indicating a history of an output image serving as an output target of the image forming apparatus for the job, and an operation log indicating a history of an operation input to an operation unit in the image forming apparatus for the job. The operation state image generation unit generates an operation state image indicating which of a plurality of operable items in the operation unit is operated in an operation included in the operation log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota ARINOBU, Keiji OKAMURA, Junpei TAKAGI, Rie MATSUMOTO, Masaki KIKUCHI, Toru YASUI
  • Publication number: 20140348430
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a target-log-image extracting unit and a relevant-log-image extracting unit. The target-log-image extracting unit is configured to extract a log image as a target log image likely to have been generated by use for a specific purpose of an image forming apparatus when text information extracted from the log image of the image forming apparatus by optical character recognition includes a specific phrase. The relevant-log-image extracting unit is configured to extract a log image similar to the target log image as a relevant log image based on a specific feature of the target log image extracted by the target-log-image extracting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yasui, Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Ryota Arinobu, Masaki Kikuchi, Rie Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140347691
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a job execution unit and a log-image generating unit. The job execution unit is configured to execute a job. The log-image generating unit configured to generate a log image in the job. The log-image generating unit is configured to partially generate as the log image an image of a page output by the job execution unit among pages in the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Keiji Okamura, Toru Yasui, Ryota Arinobu, Rie Matsumoto, Masaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20140320869
    Abstract: A log image creating system includes a job type determining unit and a log image creating unit. If the job type determining unit determines that the job is a heterogeneous multicasting transmission job for transmitting images created from the same draft by a plurality of communication methods, and is also a different-image heterogeneous multicasting transmission job, in which the plurality of communication methods include a plurality of communication methods in which at least one of a color and a resolution differs among images to be transmitted, the log image creating unit creates a log image in the different-image heterogeneous multicasting transmission job based on an image of a type selected under a specific condition from a plurality of types of images that are eligible for being transmitted in the different-image heterogeneous multicasting transmission job and mutually differ with respect to at least their color or resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yasui, Jumpei Takagi, Ryota Arinobu, Keiji Okamura, Rie Matsumoto, Masaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20140293335
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a login management unit, a job execution unit, a log management unit, and a mode accepting unit. The login management unit is configured to manage login of a user. The job execution unit is configured to execute a job after the user has logged in. The log management unit is configured to manage a job log of the job. The mode accepting unit is configured to accept a specification of a mode to store the job log. Acceptable modes where the mode accepting unit accepts a specification include a mode where the login management unit does not permit login if the log management unit determines that there is no free space to store the job log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki KIKUCHI, Jumpei TAKAGI, Keiji OKAMURA, Toru YASUI, Ryota ARINOBU, Rie MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20040153688
    Abstract: An abnormality management device for an image forming device is disclosed, in which the abnormality management device is connected via a network to an image forming device comprised of a plurality of selectively used paper supply units and/or paper discharge units and which manages abnormalities in the image forming device. The abnormality management device includes a display unit, an abnormality detection unit, and an abnormality display unit. The display unit displays an image of an image forming device on which the plurality of the paper supply units or paper discharge units can be identified. The abnormality detection unit detects abnormalities in the paper supply units or the paper discharge units based upon equipment data acquired from the image forming device. The abnormality display unit displays with emphasis the location of the paper supply unit or paper discharge unit in which an abnormality was detected by the abnormality detection unit on the image of the image forming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamamoto, Keiji Okamura, Makoto Ochi, Yoshiteru Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6734751
    Abstract: A center electrode assembly installed in a lumped-constant isolator includes a ferrite member having a substantially rectangular shape and three central conductors. Each of the central conductors includes a grounded leg portion which extends upward from a ground plate provided at the bottom surface of the ferrite along a side surface of the ferrite, which is bent at an upper ridge portion of the ferrite, and which extends on the top surface of the ferrite. The grounded leg portion of each of the central conductors is bent such that the grounded leg portion is substantially perpendicular to the upper ridge portion of the ferrite, and angular points of the central conductors, the angular points determining the crossing angle of the central conductors, are positioned on the top surface of the ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawanami, Keiji Okamura
  • Publication number: 20020180550
    Abstract: A center electrode assembly installed in a lumped-constant isolator includes a ferrite member having a substantially rectangular shape and three central conductors. Each of the central conductors includes a grounded leg portion which extends upward from a ground plate provided at the bottom surface of the ferrite along a side surface of the ferrite, which is bent at an upper ridge portion of the ferrite, and which extends on the top surface of the ferrite. The grounded leg portion of each of the central conductors is bent such that the grounded leg portion is substantially perpendicular to the upper ridge portion of the ferrite, and angular points of the central conductors, the angular points determining the crossing angle of the central conductors, are positioned on the top surface of the ferrite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawanami, Keiji Okamura
  • Patent number: 5419947
    Abstract: Non-reciprocal circuit elements, wherein a plurality of ceramic green sheets having given electrode films with pattern shapes formed respectively on them are collectively fired and integrated into one dielectric basic plate after they have been adhered under pressure by lamination. A plurality of electrode films with pattern shapes are laminated within one dielectric basic plate, so that the internal circuit which includes the central electrode, the matching circuit and so on are disposed with microwave, with the result that they can be smaller in size, higher in performance and easier to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Murata Mfg. Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Dejima, Takahiro Joudo, Keiji Okamura, Takashi Kawanami, Takashi Hasegawa, Katsuyuki Ohara