Patents by Inventor Kenji Kasai
Kenji Kasai 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: 8625123Abstract: An image forming system includes uninterruptible power supply apparatuses; image processing apparatuses each connected to a corresponding one of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses; and a management apparatus that issues, when a fault has occurred in one of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses, a stop instruction to an image processing apparatus connected to the uninterruptible power supply apparatus. The image processing apparatuses include a first image processing apparatus that develops print information into image information, stores the developed image information, and outputs the stored image information to an image forming apparatus, and a second image processing apparatus that develops the print information into image information and outputs the developed image information to the first image processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Misawa, Kenji Kasai
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Publication number: 20120287458Abstract: An image forming system includes uninterruptible power supply apparatuses; image processing apparatuses each connected to a corresponding one of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses; and a management apparatus that issues, when a fault has occurred in one of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses, a stop instruction to an image processing apparatus connected to the uninterruptible power supply apparatus. The image processing apparatuses include a first image processing apparatus that develops print information into image information, stores the developed image information, and outputs the stored image information to an image forming apparatus, and a second image processing apparatus that develops the print information into image information and outputs the developed image information to the first image processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi MISAWA, Kenji KASAI
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Patent number: 7873721Abstract: Upon transferring image data stored in a first information processing apparatus (photo site) to a second information processing apparatus (print site), at least one of information that pertains to whether or not the image data is to be acquired by the second information processing apparatus, information that pertains to whether or not the image data has already been acquired by the second information processing apparatus, and information that pertains to the number of times of acquisition of the image data by the second information processing apparatus is managed, and whether or not unwanted image data is transferred to the second information processing apparatus, and whether or not image data illicitly leaks to the second information processing apparatus are monitored on the basis of the managed information.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yosato Hitaka, Akihiro Masukawa, Hiroshi Satomi, Kenji Kasai, Yoichi Matsuyama, Shigeyuki Mitani, Koichiro Tanaka, Satoshi Watanabe, Tomonobu Hiraishi
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Patent number: 7634425Abstract: The invention relates to printing print data and advertisement data and charging for the printing so that a printing fee is reduced in accordance with the printing of the advertisement data. A size of the advertisement data to be printed is input and the advertisement data and the input size are transmitted to a control apparatus. The control apparatus receives a print sheet size designation and output information, determines a layout which corresponds to a type of the output information, to secure an advertisement area for printing the advertisement data on the determined layout. The advertisement data is selected in accordance with the secured size in the layout, and at least one of a number of times of printing the advertisement data, a unit price of the advertisement data, print position settings of the advertisement data, a size adjusting method of the advertisement data, and an arrangement orientation of the advertisement data.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Makoto Tamari, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Yasushi Higuma, Jiro Izumi
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Patent number: 7433868Abstract: An information providing method, information providing system, terminal apparatus, and storage medium storing an information providing program, which enable to extract actually desired information and appropriately extract information desired next, are provided. A predetermined code is input from a P service terminal (100). A P service server (200) searches the first database for first information corresponding to the code and extracts the information. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, second information is searched for from the second database and extracted. The extracted second information is attached to the first information. The first information or the first information having the second information is returned to the P service terminal (100).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2000Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Patent number: 7330816Abstract: An information providing method of providing information to a user includes the steps of receiving a providing request of first information from the user, acquiring contents of the first information from a database, presenting to the user a charge which the user bears when the first information is provided in each of a plurality of information providing forms of the first information, receiving an information providing form selected by the user, and processing the contents of the first information and providing the contents to the user in accordance with the selected information providing form.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Patent number: 7289799Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus for communicating with an external device by a cable or radio has a means for selectively sending, to the external device, an information identification code loaded from the external device by the cable or radio.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Publication number: 20070226330Abstract: Upon transferring image data stored in a first information processing apparatus (photo site) to a second information processing apparatus (print site), at least one of information that pertains to whether or not the image data is to be acquired by the second information processing apparatus, information that pertains to whether or not the image data has already been acquired by the second information processing apparatus, and information that pertains to the number of times of acquisition of the image data by the second information processing apparatus is managed, and whether or not unwanted image data is transferred to the second information processing apparatus, and whether or not image data illicitly leaks to the second information processing apparatus are monitored on the basis of the managed information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: YOSATO HITAKA, Akihiro Masukawa, Hiroshi Satomi, Kenji Kasai, Yoichi Matsuyama, Shigeyuki Mitani, Koichiro Tanaka, Satoshi Watanabe, Tomonobu Hiraishi
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Patent number: 7196811Abstract: A printing control system has a contents provider and a printout service provider connected via a network. The contents provider comprises a device for generating viewing screens, a device for generating a conditions settings screen from printout information and service information obtained from a printout service provider, a device for generating a confirmation screen for setting the conditions, and a device for transmitting the contents selected with the viewing screen, and the printout service provider comprises a device for transmitting the service information, and a device for generating printing data from the contents provided from the contents provider. This provides contents providers with contents providing means other than downloading data, and users with services for various printing forms other than home-use printers.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kikuo Naito, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Furuta, Kosuke Ito
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Patent number: 7142317Abstract: A printing control system has a contents provider and a printout service provider connected via a network. The contents provider comprises a device for generating viewing screens, a device for generating a conditions settings screen from printout information and service information obtained from a printout service provider, a device for generating a confirmation screen for setting the conditions, and a device for transmitting the contents selected with the viewing screen, and the printout service provider comprises a device for transmitting the service information, and a device for generating printing data from the contents provided from the contents provider. This provides contents providers with contents providing means other than downloading data, and users with services for various printing forms other than home-use printers.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kikuo Naito, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Furuta, Kosuke Ito
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Publication number: 20060203276Abstract: A printing control system has a contents provider and a printout service provider connected via a network. The contents provider comprises a device for generating viewing screens, a device for generating a conditions settings screen from printout information and service information obtained from a printout service provider, a device for generating a confirmation screen for setting the conditions, and a device for transmitting the contents selected with the viewing screen, and the printout service provider comprises a device for transmitting the service information, and a device for generating printing data from the contents provided from the contents provider. This provides contents providers with contents providing means other than downloading data, and users with services for various printing forms other than home-use printers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kikuo Naito, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Furuta, Kosuke Ito
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Patent number: 7027178Abstract: This invention is to make it unnecessary for a user to input all codes for identifying information, and reduce cumbersomeness and input error in code input. For example, to generate a code that means predetermined processing such as acquisition of specific information or acquisition of specific mail data, a user inputs, through a service terminal, a number section predetermined for the information to be acquired. The service terminal automatically generates the code of a classification section and attaches it to the number section input by the user. The number section and classification section, which are integrated, are output to a service server as a code.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Publication number: 20040145777Abstract: This invention is to make it unnecessary for a user to input all codes for identifying information, and reduce cumbersomeness and input error in code input. For example, to generate a code that means predetermined processing such as acquisition of specific information or acquisition of specific mail data, a user inputs, through a service terminal, a number section predetermined for the information to be acquired. The service terminal automatically generates the code of a classification section and attaches it to the number section input by the user. The number section and classification section, which are integrated, are output to a service server as a code.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2004Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Patent number: 6747755Abstract: This invention is to make it unnecessary for a user to input all codes for identifying information, and reduce cumbersomeness and input error in code input. For example, to generate a code that means predetermined processing such as acquisition of specific information or acquisition of specific mail data, a user inputs, through a service terminal, a number section predetermined for the information to be acquired. The service terminal automatically generates the code of a classification section and attaches it to the number section input by the user. The number section and classification section, which are integrated, are output to a service server as a code.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2000Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Publication number: 20040039641Abstract: A terminal apparatus obtains desired information from information providers and prints the information in high quality as needed. The terminal adds advertisement information to the desired information, which reduces the cost for obtaining and printing the desired information. The terminal calculates the advertisement fee by counting the number of printing of the advertisement. The terminal charges the user, up to the maximum limit desired, for the information obtained and printed according to the print amount. The terminal allows the information providers to avoid paying the advertisement fee unlimitedly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Makoto Tamari, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Yasushi Higuma, Jiro Izumi
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Publication number: 20030220995Abstract: Upon transferring image data stored in a first information processing apparatus (photo site) to a second information processing apparatus (print site), at least one of information that pertains to whether or not the image data is to be acquired by the second information processing apparatus, information that pertains to whether or not the image data has already been acquired by the second information processing apparatus, and information that pertains to the number of times of acquisition of the image data by the second information processing apparatus is managed, and whether or not unwanted image data is transferred to the second information processing apparatus, and whether or not image data illicitly leaks to the second information processing apparatus are monitored on the basis of the managed information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yosato Hitaka, Akihiro Masukawa, Hiroshi Satomi, Kenji Kasai, Yoichi Matsuyama, Shigeyuki Mitani, Koichiro Tanaka, Satoshi Watanabe, Tomonobu Hiraishi
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Publication number: 20030208483Abstract: An information search method of searching for output information strongly related to input information from a plurality of candidate information includes the steps of assigning in advance one or a plurality of keywords typically representing information to the input information and each of the plurality of candidate information, and a weight value set in association with information to each keyword, executing a predetermined arithmetic operation for the weight value of each keyword of the input information and the weight value of each keyword of each of the plurality of candidate information, and selecting target output information from the plurality of candidate information on the basis of a sum value of arithmetic results obtained by performing the predetermined arithmetic operation for substantially all keywords of each candidate information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2000Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Patent number: 6631397Abstract: In an information registration method of assigning a code to information and registering the information, information, a predetermined code assigned to the information, the first valid dates of the predetermined code, and the second valid dates of the information which are linked to each other are registered. This information registration method prevents any disadvantage due the valid dates of information having a code.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2000Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Satomi, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Inoue, Kosuke Ito, Jiro Izumi
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Patent number: 6403920Abstract: In a laser processing apparatus, laser beams are respectively focused and irradiated by focusing devices onto a work being processed, thereby performing laser processing in processing areas B within predetermined ranges on the work. An adjustment member is provided for automatically adjusting an interval C between the center points of the focusing devices in correspondence with the size of an entire processing area A on the work being processed.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Muneyuki, Kenji Kasai, Izuru Nakai, Haruhiro Yuki
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Publication number: 20020051191Abstract: A printing control system has a contents provider and a printout service provider connected via a network. The contents provider comprises a device for generating viewing screens, a device for generating a conditions settings screen from printout information and service information obtained from a printout service provider, a device for generating a confirmation screen for setting the conditions, and a device for transmitting the contents selected with the viewing screen, and the printout service provider comprises a device for transmitting the service information, and a device for generating printing data from the contents provided from the contents provider. This provides contents providers with contents providing means other than downloading data, and users with services for various printing forms other than home-use printers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: Kikuo Naito, Akihiro Masukawa, Kenji Kasai, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Shinji Fukunaga, Atsushi Furuta, Kosuke Ito