Patents by Inventor Ken Saito

Ken Saito 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: 11991161
    Abstract: A server includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to: transmit, in a case where the first function information is received from the specific device, the first authentication information to the specific device; receive, in a case where the first authentication information is input to a first function execution device after the first authentication information is transmitted to the specific device, the first authentication information from the first function execution device; and execute, in a case where the first authentication information is received from the first function execution device, a first enabling process for enabling the first function in the first function execution device, wherein the first function is identified by the first function information in the memory associated with the first authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 11979541
    Abstract: A server is configured to perform obtaining a first request for information associated with an administrator of a communication device from an administrator's device, transmitting management information associated with the administrator to a management device in response to the first request, obtaining an information request for information to be used by the communication device therefrom, transmitting authentication information to use the communication device thereto, obtaining the authentication information and the management information from the terminal device, the authentication information obtained from the terminal device being information transmitted by the terminal device based on the authentication information received by the communication device, the management information obtained from the terminal device being information to be transmitted by the terminal device based on the management information received by the management device, and associating the management information obtained from the term
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20240126472
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a logic circuit, a memory, and a storage device. The storage device has a first special information storage region into which special information is written before a solder reflow process, a second special information storage region into which special information for updating is written after the solder reflow process, and a data storage region. The first special information storage region is constituted by a memory cell having a high reflow resistance and in which data is retained even after the solder reflow process. The second special information storage region and the data storage region are constituted by memory cells having a low reflow resistance and in which data may not be retained during the solder reflow process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ken MATSUBARA, Takashi ITO, Takashi KURAFUJI, Yasuhiko TAITO, Tomoya SAITO, Akihiko KANDA
  • Patent number: 11944907
    Abstract: A technique presents on a display a computer game character and a first scannable code (SC) scannable by a camera of at least a first user apparatus to cause a server to download to the first user apparatus a photo app operable to generate a photo of a first user and send the photo to the server, which alters the character in accordance with the photo. The character with the face altered is presented along with a second SC that can be scanned to cause the server to download to the first user apparatus a share app operable to select a second user apparatus to send an image of the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo such that the second user apparatus can display the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo. User options may be provided to alter the character or game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Yoshihiko Hirakawa, Keisuke Saito, Daniel Morales, Dilip Krishnamoorthi, Keith D. Brown, Takuya Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11918914
    Abstract: A technique presents on a display a computer game character and a first scannable code (SC) scannable by a camera of at least a first user apparatus to cause a server to download to the first user apparatus a photo app operable to generate a photo of a first user and send the photo to the server, which alters the character in accordance with the photo. The character with the face altered is presented along with a second SC that can be scanned to cause the server to download to the first user apparatus a share app operable to select a second user apparatus to send an image of the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo such that the second user apparatus can display the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Yoshihiko Hirakawa, Keisuke Saito, Daniel Morales, Dilip Krishnamoorthi, Keith D. Brown, Takuya Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20240068470
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes: a compression part; an electric motor; an inverter; a housing including a plurality of housing forming members made of metal; a seal member that has an insulation property and is provided between the housing forming members adjacent to each other; and a potential equalization member that is made of metal and is in contact with both the adjacent housing forming members to equalize potentials of the adjacent housing forming members. The adjacent housing forming members include mating surfaces, respectively. An insertion hole is formed in one of the mating surfaces of the adjacent housing forming members, at a position in which the seal member is not provided. The potential equalization member includes an insertion portion inserted into the insertion hole, and a contact portion that is a plate portion extending in a gap between the mating surfaces and is in contact with both the mating surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Ken NAMIKI, Takuro Yamashita, Takumi Maeda, Akinori Tanabe, Takafumi Konishi, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshitaka Saito
  • Patent number: 11902484
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, in a memory of an MFP, information indicating that an additional function, which is inactivated when shipped from a factory, is activated or inactivated is stored. The MFP starts a trial mode in which trial of the additional function is activated, then the additional function becomes activated within an effective period of the trial mode. The MFP is configured to receive an input of setting information used for the additional function, store the input setting information in the memory and execute a process of the additional function in accordance with the setting information. Further, when the trial mode is terminated, the MFP initializes the setting information in a case where the stored information indicates that the additional function is inactivated, but does not initialize the setting information in a case where the stored information indicates that the additional function is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyoshi Adachi, Ken Saito, Yoshi Hirasawa, Satoshi Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20240045624
    Abstract: A server includes a storage device configured to store information on a plurality of administrators for a first service provided using a registered device and a plurality of pieces of authority information for using the first service in association with each other, a receiving device configured to receive, from a terminal device of a user of the first service in which specific authority information among the plurality of pieces of authority information is stored, information on an unregistered specific device and the specific authority information, and a registering device configured to register information on a specific administrator that is associated with the specific authority information received from the terminal device among the information on the plurality of administrators stored in the storage device and the information on the unregistered specific device in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230269341
    Abstract: A server is configured to perform obtaining a first request for information associated with an administrator of a communication device from an administrator’s device, transmitting management information associated with the administrator to a management device in response to the first request, obtaining an information request for information to be used by the communication device therefrom, transmitting authentication information to use the communication device thereto, obtaining the authentication information and the management information from the terminal device, the authentication information obtained from the terminal device being information transmitted by the terminal device based on the authentication information received by the communication device, the management information obtained from the terminal device being information to be transmitted by the terminal device based on the management information received by the management device, and associating the management information obtained from the term
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230266934
    Abstract: A controller of a server is configured to perform first obtaining a notification destination for an administrator of the communication device from a first device, second obtaining a first request for information to use the communication device from a second device, first associating the notification destination, authentication information required to use the communication device, and identification information of the communication device, first transmitting the authentication information to the second device, third obtaining the authentication information from a third device based on the authentication information received by the second device, second transmitting a second request for administrator information to identify the administrator to the notification destination associated with the authentication information obtained from the third device, fourth obtaining a response transmitted by the administrator’s device based on the second request and containing the administrator information, and second associat
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230266931
    Abstract: A server has a controller configured to perform obtaining, from the administrator’s device, a first request for information associated with an administrator of the communication device, transmitting, in response to the first request, management information associated with the administrator, to the administrator’s device, obtaining the management information transmitted by the terminal device based on the management information received by the administrator’s device, obtaining, from the terminal device, an information request for information for use of the communication device, second transmitting, to the terminal device, authentication information for use of the communication device, obtaining the authentication information from the communication device, the authentication information obtained from the communication device being information transmitted by the communication based on the authentication information received by the terminal device, and associating, based on acquisition of the authentication infor
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 11736630
    Abstract: A server includes an email receiver, a memory controller, a first generator, and an email transmitter. The email receiver receives, from an external device, a first email including image data, a first email address, and a second email address. The memory controller stores identification information in association with the second email address. The first generator generates first print data representing a first print image. The first print image includes a first partial image represented by the image data and a second partial image representing an image corresponding to the identification information. The email transmitter transmits a second email including scanned data. The scanned data represents a scanned image. The second email further includes, as a destination address, the second email address associated with the identification information corresponding to the second partial image included in the scanned image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 11669290
    Abstract: A server may receive a first e-mail including a first image file from a first external device and send a first print request to a first printer. After the first e-mail has been received from the first external device, the server may receive a second e-mail including a second image file from a second external device. The server may, in a case where the second e-mail is received from the second external device, determine whether the second e-mail was generated by using the first e-mail. The server may, in a case where it is determined that the second e-mail was not generated by using the first e-mail, send a second print request to the first printer. In a case where it is determined that the second e-mail was generated by using the first e-mail, the second print request may not be sent to the first printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20230155977
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes computer-readable instructions stored in the memory. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a first network including the communication apparatus and a first device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a second network including the communication apparatus and a second device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to determine a target IP address. Determining the target IP address includes identifying a particular IP address, which is an IP address of the communication apparatus used in the second type network. Determining the target IP address includes generating the target IP address to be within a particular range using the particular IP address. The particular range is a range of IP addresses that are not available in the second type network. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to assign the target IP address to the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 11595344
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes computer-readable instructions stored in the memory. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a first network including the communication apparatus and a first device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a second network including the communication apparatus and a second device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to determine a target IP address. Determining the target IP address includes identifying a particular IP address, which is an IP address of the communication apparatus used in the second type network. Determining the target IP address includes generating the target IP address to be within a particular range using the particular IP address. The particular range is a range of IP addresses that are not available in the second type network. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to assign the target IP address to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20220359098
    Abstract: A Li ion conductor includes a garnet-type composite metal oxide phase (L) containing Li, La, Zr, and O. The Li ion conductor has a diffraction peak at least one of at 2?=13.8° ±1° and at 2?=15.2° ±1° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKa rays. The Li ion conductor may have a metal-containing phase (K) different from the garnet-type composite metal oxide phase (L), and the metal-containing phase (K) contains a halogen element and Li.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kanai, Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 11467787
    Abstract: A first server may receive error information from a communication device at a predetermined timing, send error receipt information to a second server. The second server may send destination information to the first server, the destination information indicating a destination in the second server to which the first server is to send a changing signal in response to the state of the communication device being changed from the error state to a non-error state. The first server may send the changing signal to the second server by using the destination information. The second server may identify from a memory first data to be sent to the communication device, send first relation information related to the identified first data to the first server. The first server may send to the communication device first instruction information corresponding to the first relation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 11449282
    Abstract: A control device receives an email including a header part and a body part. A first file image represented by a first file is inserted in the body part. In a case where the body part includes a text different from the first file image, the control device supplies first print data for printing a first print image on a first print medium to the print executing unit. The first print image includes the text, the first file image, and header information which is at least a part of information included in the header part. In a case where the body part does not include the text, the control device supplies second print data for printing a second print image on a second print medium to the print executing unit. The second print image includes the file image but does not include the header information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 11447525
    Abstract: This peptide is composed of an amino acid sequence represented by general formula (I), and has a high degree of accumulation in cancer cells or cancer tissue in a digestive system. In general formula (I), X11 is a peptide residue composed of an amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) below: (a) an amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3, (b) an amino acid sequence including a sequence in which one or two amino acids have been deleted, substituted or added in an amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3; Y11 is a peptide linker composed of an amino acid residue of at least 1 but not more than 10 amino acids, wherein each amino acid residue is independently a glycine residue, a proline residue, a serine residue, a cysteine residue or a lysine residue; X12 is either a peptide residue composed of an amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) above, or a retro-inverso peptide residue thereof; and n11 represents an integer of at least 1 but not more than 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NIIGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eisaku Kondo, Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20220263955
    Abstract: A server includes an email receiver, a memory controller, a first generator, and an email transmitter. The email receiver receives, from an external device, a first email including image data, a first email address, and a second email address. The memory controller stores identification information in association with the second email address. The first generator generates first print data representing a first print image. The first print image includes a first partial image represented by the image data and a second partial image representing an image corresponding to the identification information. The email transmitter transmits a second email including scanned data. The scanned data represents a scanned image. The second email further includes, as a destination address, the second email address associated with the identification information corresponding to the second partial image included in the scanned image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Ken SAITO