Patents by Inventor Masanori Tsuboi
Masanori Tsuboi 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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Publication number: 20160000287Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a surrounding environment detection unit which detects surrounding temperature and humidity, a message control unit which determines a type of an effect of the temperature and the humidity which are detected by the surrounding environment detection unit on human health risk and/or sensation of comfort, and generates a message in accordance with the type, and a voice output unit which outputs the generated message, in which the message control unit generates the message in response to a change of the determined type of the effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori TSUBOI, Toshihiro SENOO, Mami YATAKE
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Patent number: 9002482Abstract: A cleaning robot (1) is provided with: a main body housing (2) that moves along a floor in a self-propelled manner with a suction port (6) and an exhaust port (7) open; a motor fan (22) positioned inside the main body housing (2); a dust collection part (30) driven by the motor fan (22) so as to collect airflow dust that has been suctioned from the suction port (6); an infrared remote controller (60) that specifies an arbitrarily-defined location in space for setting up the main body housing (2) by emitting infrared rays; and an infrared sensor (18) that detects the specified location specified by the infrared remote controller (60). The cleaning robot moves to the specified location detected by the infrared sensor (18) and then carries out a cleaning operation, or carries out a cleaning operation while moving to the specified location.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20150043029Abstract: An image forming apparatus of a network system requests a distribution system for firmware, acquires the firmware from the distribution system, applies the firmware, and notifies the distribution system about version information for specific firmware relating to a function that performs application time designation. The distribution system of the network system manages version information for the firmware based on a notice from the image forming apparatus, provides a screen for a distribution setting for the firmware with the image forming apparatus, provides a first screen on which the time designation for applying the firmware is enabled, or a second screen on which the time designation is disabled by switching the screens for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on the version information for the specific firmware managed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20150000068Abstract: The self-propelled cleaner (1) of the present invention includes an event detecting section (101) for detecting an event which relates to cleaning and has occurred in the cleaner, a feeling selecting section (201) for selecting, from a plurality of options, an operation mode with which the cleaner carries out an operation in response to the event, in accordance with measured information which relates to the cleaning and is measured by the cleaner, and a response operation control section (301) for controlling the cleaner to carry out the operation based on the operation information which is associated with the event and the operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Masanori Tsuboi, Jitsuo Sakamoto, Masashi Matsumoto, Mami Yatake
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Publication number: 20140379127Abstract: A self-propelled cleaner (1), i.e., a self-propelled electronic device, includes a temperature measurement unit (63) that measures an ambient temperature during self-propelled operation, a temperature decision unit (521) that decides whether the measured ambient temperature is equal to or more than a set value, and an abnormal temperature notification unit (522) that externally reports abnormal temperature information indicating that the measured ambient temperature is equal to or more than the set value if the measured ambient temperature is decided to be equal to or more than the set value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Masanori Tsuboi, Masashi Matsumoto, Mami Yatake
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Patent number: 8832678Abstract: An apparatus includes a framework for installing an application based on manifest information, and uses a prescription manifest prescribed to be used when using the framework. The apparatus determines whether the apparatus is a model for changing a declaration value of a manifest file. When the apparatus determines that the apparatus is the model for changing the declaration value of the manifest file, a manifest file added for the model for changing the declaration value of the manifest file is overwritten to the manifest file as a default.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20140237613Abstract: A distribution apparatus accepts registration of an application program configured to provide a specific service to a device and an extension application program. When an application program that is specified by the extension application program is registered, the image forming apparatus manages the extension application program by linking it with the application program. When a license key has been received, the distribution apparatus distributes, to the image forming apparatus, an application program specified by a license key and/or an extension application program linked to the application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20140180525Abstract: A cleaning robot (1) is provided with: a main body housing (2) that moves along a floor in a self-propelled manner with a suction port (6) and an exhaust port (7) open; a motor fan (22) positioned inside the main body housing (2); a dust collection part (30) driven by the motor fan (22) so as to collect airflow dust that has been suctioned from the suction port (6); an infrared remote controller (60) that specifies an arbitrarily-defined location in space for setting up the main body housing (2) by emitting infrared rays; and an infrared sensor (18) that detects the specified location specified by the infrared remote controller (60). The cleaning robot moves to the specified location detected by the infrared sensor (18) and then carries out a cleaning operation, or carries out a cleaning operation while moving to the specified location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Patent number: 8667599Abstract: A multifunction peripheral is disclosed as an example of an image forming apparatus. The multifunction peripheral determines whether a license corresponding to a license identifier is present inside the image forming apparatus through a license management unit based on the license identifier corresponding to input license information. If the license is present inside the image forming apparatus, the license management unit as an example of the history determination unit determines whether there is any installation history of the license whose presence has been determined, on the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Patent number: 8539595Abstract: An information processing apparatus in which a part of a plurality of different programs included in an application package is validated includes an invalidation command input unit configured to input a command to invalidate a license of the application package, a generation unit configured to generate invalidation verification data by invalidating the license of the program which is included in the application package, is already installed in the information processing apparatus, and has a validated license, and to generate invalidation verification data of the license of the program without installing the program which is included in the application package and is not installed in the information processing apparatus, and an output unit configured to output the invalidation verification data generated by the generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Patent number: 8353057Abstract: An information processing apparatus in which an application managed by a license based on license data operates. The information processing apparatus includes a recording unit to record transfer information indicating that the license data is transferred from the information processing apparatus to a second information processing apparatus, and a prohibition unit to prohibit use in the information processing apparatus of the license data corresponding to the transfer information when the transfer information indicates that the license data has been transferred from the information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20120192174Abstract: An apparatus includes a framework for installing an application based on manifest information, and uses a prescription manifest prescribed to be used when using the framework. The apparatus determines whether the apparatus is a model for changing a declaration value of a manifest file. When the apparatus determines that the apparatus is the model for changing the declaration value of the manifest file, a manifest file added for the model for changing the declaration value of the manifest file is overwritten to the manifest file as a default.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20110145928Abstract: A multifunction peripheral is disclosed as an example of an image forming apparatus. The multifunction peripheral determines whether a license corresponding to a license identifier is present inside the image forming apparatus through a license management unit based on the license identifier corresponding to input license information. If the license is present inside the image forming apparatus, the license management unit as an example of the history determination unit determines whether there is any installation history of the license whose presence has been determined, on the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20100333214Abstract: An information processing apparatus in which an application managed by a license based on license data operates. The information processing apparatus includes a recording unit to record transfer information indicating that the license data is transferred from the information processing apparatus to a second information processing apparatus, and a prohibition unit to prohibit use in the information processing apparatus of the license data corresponding to the transfer information when the transfer information indicates that the license data has been transferred from the information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20100242117Abstract: An information processing apparatus in which a part of a plurality of different programs included in an application package is validated includes an invalidation command input unit configured to input a command to invalidate a license of the application package, a generation unit configured to generate invalidation verification data by invalidating the license of the program which is included in the application package, is already installed in the information processing apparatus, and has a validated license, and to generate invalidation verification data of the license of the program without installing the program which is included in the application package and is not installed in the information processing apparatus, and an output unit configured to output the invalidation verification data generated by the generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masanori Tsuboi
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Publication number: 20100060195Abstract: A light source and a light irradiating device are provided to efficiently regulate a biological rhythm of a user without changing a color temperature of illumination light, an average color-matching index (Ra) or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Masanori Tsuboi, Tadashi Uchiumi, Takashi Kaneko, Atsushi Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20100063566Abstract: A light source and an illumination device are provided for making it possible to adjust influence of light over a living body while keeping good brightness and color taste of illumination light. A conversion characteristic in the degree of effect indicative of a relationship in a light wavelength between a living body reaction characteristic and an isochromatic characteristic of the visual perception is derived out and the light emitting intensity of a plurality of light emitters with different wavelength characteristics is controlled in accordance with the conversion characteristic, so as to adjust influence of light over a living body while keeping brightness and color taste of illumination light.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Tadashi Uchiumi, Takashi Kaneko, Masanori Tsuboi, Atsushi Yamanaka