Patents by Inventor Masahiro Fujishita

Masahiro Fujishita 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: 9363393
    Abstract: A conversion device may be configured to communicate with an image processing device, a first information processing device, and a second information processing device. The conversion device may receive first data, and store the received first data in a memory. The conversion device may send conversion device access information to the first information processing device, the second information processing device, or the image processing device. The conversion device access information may be to be used for accessing the conversion device, and may be sent so that message information including the conversion device access information is to be sent to the first information processing device directly from the conversion device, or through a relay of the second information processing device. The conversion device may send second data to the first information processing device. The second data may be converted from the first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 9082050
    Abstract: A computer of an image processing apparatus is provided with a computer-readable medium allowing the computer to execute: an image-obtain processing; a first display-control processing; a second display-control processing; a layout designation-judgment processing; a preview image-generation processing; and an operation-judgment processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujishita, Tomoki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9076086
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a control section which controls a display to display contents in a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area on the display. The control section is configured to: display at least one setting value in the first display area for each of a plurality of setting items; allow a user to select one of the at least one setting value in a particular setting item; receive a user's selection of the setting value for each of the setting items; display the selected setting value in the second display area in receipt of the user's selection; determine whether there is an exclusive setting value in the setting values displayed in the first display area and belonging to any setting item other than the particular setting item, the exclusive setting value being inadequate to be selected with the selected setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Publication number: 20150146263
    Abstract: A conversion device may be configured to communicate with an image processing device, a first information processing device, and a second information processing device. The conversion device may receive first data, and store the received first data in a memory. The conversion device may send conversion device access information to the first information processing device, the second information processing device, or the image processing device. The conversion device access information may be to be used for accessing the conversion device, and may be sent so that message information including the conversion device access information is to be sent to the first information processing device directly from the conversion device, or through a relay of the second information processing device. The conversion device may send second data to the first information processing device. The second data may be converted from the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro FUJISHITA
  • Patent number: 8928919
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-readable medium allowing a computer of an image processing apparatus to execute: an image-obtain processing; a display-control processing of allowing a display screen to display at least images which are a part of a plurality of images based on the obtained image data; and a selection-judgment processing of judging whether or not selection of one image is received in a state that the images are displayed on the display screen; wherein in a case that the computer judges in the selection-judgment processing that the selection of the one image is received, the computer allows in the display-control processing the display screen to display another image in which the one image is rotated by a predetermined angle, instead of the one image, in a state that output aspect of another image included in the images and different from the one image is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki Nakamura, Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 8854649
    Abstract: A medium stores computer-executable instructions. The instructions cause a control unit of an information processing apparatus to: display a setting screen on which setting values for a plurality of setting items are to be set respectively, the plurality of setting items including a first setting item which has one of an enabled state and a disabled state as a first setting value and a second setting item which has a setting value group, which is associated with the second setting item and which includes a plurality of setting values settable for the second setting item; display, on the setting screen, a first sub setting value group in a case that the first setting value is the enabled state; and display, on the setting screen, a second sub setting value group in a case that the first setting value is the disabled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Publication number: 20140253937
    Abstract: A medium stores computer-executable instructions. The instructions cause a control unit of an information processing apparatus to: display a setting screen on which setting values for a plurality of setting items are to be set respectively, the plurality of setting items including a first setting item which has one of an enabled state and a disabled state as a first setting value and a second setting item which has a setting value group, which is associated with the second setting item and which includes a plurality of setting values settable for the second setting item; display, on the setting screen, a first sub setting value group in a case that the first setting value is the enabled state; and display, on the setting screen, a second sub setting value group in a case that the first setting value is the disabled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro FUJISHITA
  • Patent number: 8707183
    Abstract: A data processing device is connected to a web data providing unit that provides web data via a network. The web data has at least one of first web data and second web data corresponding to the first web data. A screen reader can be installed on the data processing device. The displaying unit displays the web data. The screen reader voices the first web data displayed on the displaying unit and fails to voice the second web data displayed on the displaying unit. The acquiring unit acquires the web data from the web data providing unit. The determining unit determines, based on visually impaired information indicating that the user is a visually impaired, whether or not the acquiring unit should acquire the first web data from the web data providing unit even if the user instructs the acquiring unit to acquire the second web data from the web data providing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Maehira, Masahiro Fujishita
  • Publication number: 20140092426
    Abstract: A computer of an image processing apparatus is provided with a computer-readable medium allowing the computer to execute: an image-obtain processing; a first display-control processing; a second display-control processing; a layout designation-judgment processing; a preview image-generation processing; and an operation-judgment processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJISHITA, Tomoki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140092427
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-readable medium allowing a computer of an image processing apparatus to execute: an image-obtain processing; a display-control processing of allowing a display screen to display at least images which are a part of a plurality of images based on the obtained image data; and a selection-judgment processing of judging whether or not selection of one image is received in a state that the images are displayed on the display screen; wherein in a case that the computer judges in the selection-judgment processing that the selection of the one image is received, the computer allows in the display-control processing the display screen to display another image in which the one image is rotated by a predetermined angle, instead of the one image, in a state that output aspect of another image included in the images and different from the one image is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki NAKAMURA, Masahiro FUJISHITA
  • Publication number: 20140036291
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a control section which controls a display to display contents in a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area on the display. The control section is configured to: display at least one setting value in the first display area for each of a plurality of setting items; allow a user to select one of the at least one setting value in a particular setting item; receive a user's selection of the setting value for each of the setting items; display the selected setting value in the second display area in receipt of the user's selection; determine whether there is an exclusive setting value in the setting values displayed in the first display area and belonging to any setting item other than the particular setting item, the exclusive setting value being inadequate to be selected with the selected setting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro FUJISHITA
  • Patent number: 8635276
    Abstract: A network terminal is capable of running a plurality of user environments in parallel and is connected to an interface device. The network terminal includes a plurality of communication units, a plurality of collaborating units, and a monitoring unit. The plurality of communication units are provided in one to one correspondence with a plurality of user environments. Each communication unit is configured to implement an Internet Protocol telephone call in the corresponding user environment. The plurality of collaborating units are provided in one to one correspondence with the plurality of communication units. Each collaborating unit is configured to perform a collaborative control on the corresponding communication unit and the interface device to thereby establish communications between the interface device and the corresponding communication unit. The monitoring unit monitors whether any of the collaborating units is performing the collaborative control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 8379276
    Abstract: A method for controlling an image reading apparatus that scans an image from a document, includes (a) acquiring read position data indicating a reference position where the image reading apparatus performs scanning operations, and (b) setting a reading region that defines, based on the acquired read position data, a range that is used when the image reading apparatus scans an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 8351069
    Abstract: An image processing device acquires image data of set document sheets in a single acquiring operation, extracts from the image data document images respectively based on the document sheets, specifies a position of each document image defined on the image data, provides each document image with a first identification based on the specified positions of the document images, inputs data for creating ancillary images, provides each ancillary image based on the input data with a second identification, identifies an ancillary images as being associated with one of the document images, based on the first and second identifications, generates one or more pages of composite data, each page of the composite data containing one or more combinations each of which includes one of the document images and an ancillary image identified as being associated with the one of the document images, and outputs each page of the composite data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 8345284
    Abstract: An information processing system comprises a device with which network settings are associated, information processing devices connected to the device via a network, a registration unit in which identification information (specifying each information processing device storing the network settings of the device and controlling it using the network settings) is registered, a change information generating unit which generates change information (for incorporating a change in the network settings associated with the device into the network settings stored in each information processing device) upon a change in the network settings associated with the device, a first transmission unit which transmits the change information to each information processing device specified by the identification information registered in the registration unit, and an addition unit which additionally registers identification information specifying an information processing device in the registration unit upon installation of an applica
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 8294960
    Abstract: An image processing device determines whether a total number of ancillary images based on input data is equal to a total number of document images extracted from acquired image data. When determining that the total number of the ancillary images is different from the total number of the document images, the image processing device makes an adjustment such that the total number of the ancillary images is equal to the total number of the document images. Based on the document images and the ancillary images after the adjustment, the image processing device generates set data each piece of which has a set of a document image and an ancillary image based on ancillary data identified as being associated with the document image. The image processing device outputs the set data generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Patent number: 7908525
    Abstract: A related data storing unit stores a plurality of sets of related data related to a plurality of controlling units. An operation storing unit stores operation detail of each of the plurality of controlling units as an operation log. A identification data recording unit records a plurality of sets of identification data in the operation log. An abnormality data recording unit records abnormality data in the operation log. A data acquiring unit acquires an abnormality data and one of the identification data. A related data acquiring unit identifies one of the related data corresponding to the one of identification data acquired by the data acquiring unit and acquires the one of related data from the related data storing unit. A resolution data storing unit stores first resolution data to resolve the abnormality occurring in the one of control targets in association with the one of related data acquired by the related data acquiring unit and the abnormality data acquired by the data acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita
  • Publication number: 20100225980
    Abstract: An image processing device determines whether a total number of ancillary images based on input data is equal to a total number of document images extracted from acquired image data. When determining that the total number of the ancillary images is different from the total number of the document images, the image processing device makes an adjustment such that the total number of the ancillary images is equal to the total number of the document images. Based on the document images and the ancillary images after the adjustment, the image processing device generates set data each piece of which has a set of a document image and an ancillary image based on ancillary data identified as being associated with the document image. The image processing device outputs the set data generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro FUJISHITA
  • Publication number: 20100225941
    Abstract: An image processing device acquires image data of set document sheets in a single acquiring operation, extracts from the image data document images respectively based on the document sheets, specifies a position of each document image defined on the image data, provides each document image with a first identification based on the specified positions of the document images, inputs data for creating ancillary images, provides each ancillary image based on the input data with a second identification, identifies an ancillary images as being associated with one of the document images, based on the first and second identifications, generates one or more pages of composite data, each page of the composite data containing one or more combinations each of which includes one of the document images and an ancillary image identified as being associated with the one of the document images, and outputs each page of the composite data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro FUJISHITA
  • Patent number: 7739608
    Abstract: An application program is configured to display a screen in a display format when the application program is installed on a computer. Each of a plurality of screen display data files includes screen-display data for displaying a screen in respective ones of a plurality of display formats. A screen configuration data file includes display-format data specifying one of the plurality of display formats. An installer installs on the computer the application program, the plurality of screen display data files, and the screen configuration data file. The application program determines the display format based on the screen configuration data file when the application program is started on the computer, and displays the screen in the display format by using one of the plurality of screen display data files that corresponds to the display format specified by the screen configuration data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Fujishita