Patents by Inventor Masanao Yasuda

Masanao Yasuda 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).

  • Multifunctional apparatus with selectable functions and a common printer for facsimile reception
    Patent number: 5805297
    Abstract: A multifunctional information processing apparatus includes a selection unit consisting of a CRT display and a touch panel, for selecting a desired function of a plurality of executable functions, a plurality of function programs for executing different functions, respectively, a memory for storing data formed upon execution of the function program selected by the selecting unit so as to allow subsequent use of the data by other function programs, and a CPU for controlling to cause another function program selected by the selecting unit to utilize the data stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Furuya, Kenichiro Sugiura, Toshio Sugino, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Michihei Murayama, Shigehiro Kadota, Hiroo Teraichi, Naoshi Inoue, Masanao Yasuda
  • Image communication apparatus
    Patent number: 5764815
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image communication apparatus, such as a facsimile apparatus, with function of displaying the received image. The apparatus is provided with a memory unit and a control unit, and is capable of storing the received image and displaying it upside down by the unit of a page, in order to facilitate the viewing of the image in case it is erroneously sent upside down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Sugiura, Masanao Yasuda, Naoshi Inoue, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Michihei Murayama
  • Multifunctional information processing apparatus
    Patent number: 5742846
    Abstract: A multifunctional information processing apparatus includes a selection unit consisting of a CRT display and a touch panel, for selecting a desired function of a plurality of executable functions, a plurality of function programs for executing different functions, respectively, a memory for storing data formed upon execution of the function program selected by the selecting unit so as to allow subsequent use of the data by other function programs, and a CPU for causing another function program selected by the selecting unit to utilize the data stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Furuya, Kenichiro Sugiura, Toshio Sugino, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Michihei Murayama, Shigehiro Kadota, Hiroo Teraichi, Naoshi Inoue, Masanao Yasuda
  • Image receiving apparatus
    Patent number: 5706104
    Abstract: An image receiving apparatus is disclosed which has a printer for printing image data, an interface device for storing received image data into an outside memory detachable to the apparatus and for reading out the image data from the outside memory, and a selector for selecting whether received image data is to be printed by the printer or is to be stored into the outside memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichiro Sugiura, Masanao Yasuda, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Naoshi Inoue, Michihei Murayama
  • Image communication apparatus
    Patent number: 5305397
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image communication apparatus, such as a facsimile apparatus, having the function of displaying the received image. The apparatus is provided with a storage unit and a control unit, and is capable of storing the received image. The control unit is capable of displaying the image information upside down by the unit of a page in order to facilitate the viewing of the image in case the image information is erroneously sent upside down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Kenichi Sugiura, Masanao Yasuda, Naoshi Inoue, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Michihei Murayama