Patents by Inventor Masashi Takubo

Masashi Takubo 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).

  • Image forming apparatus and operation accepting method
    Patent number: 8682195
    Abstract: A disclosed image forming apparatus accepts a selecting operation of selecting a button displayed on a touch panel and performs a process corresponding to the selected button. The image forming apparatus includes a moving region display unit displaying a region mark to be selected on the touch panel and moving the region mark as time passes and a button specifying unit specifying one or more buttons based on positional information indicating a position of the region mark and positional information indicating a pressed position of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takubo, Kayo Yokoyama
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION ACCEPTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120195619
    Abstract: A disclosed image forming apparatus accepts a selecting operation of selecting a button displayed on a touch panel and performs a process corresponding to the selected button. The image forming apparatus includes a moving region display unit displaying a region mark to be selected on the touch panel and moving the region mark as time passes and a button specifying unit specifying one or more buttons based on positional information indicating a position of the region mark and positional information indicating a pressed position of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Masashi TAKUBO, Kayo Yokoyama
  • Image forming apparatus and operation accepting method
    Patent number: 8180244
    Abstract: A disclosed image forming apparatus accepts a selecting operation of selecting a button displayed on a touch panel and performs a process corresponding to the selected button. The image forming apparatus includes a moving region display unit displaying a region mark to be selected on the touch panel and moving the region mark as time passes and a button specifying unit specifying one or more buttons based on positional information indicating a position of the region mark and positional information indicating a pressed position of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takubo, Kayo Yokoyama
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION ACCEPTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110020027
    Abstract: A disclosed image forming apparatus accepts a selecting operation of selecting a button displayed on a touch panel and performs a process corresponding to the selected button. The image forming apparatus includes a moving region display unit displaying a region mark to be selected on the touch panel and moving the region mark as time passes and a button specifying unit specifying one or more buttons based on positional information indicating a position of the region mark and positional information indicating a pressed position of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Masashi TAKUBO, Kayo Yokoyama
  • Method and apparatus for reliable and secure facsimile communications, and program and computer-readable medium storing the program for reliable and secure facsimile communications
    Publication number: 20040258225
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes a facsimile communications mechanism, a first storage mechanism, a second storage mechanism, a backup arranging mechanism, a determining mechanism, and a control mechanism. The facsimile communications mechanism performs a facsimile communications operation. The first storage mechanism is inaccessible and the second storage mechanism is accessible through the local area network. The backup arranging mechanism stores received document data into the first storing mechanism and stores a copy of the received document data into the second storing mechanism. The determining mechanism determines whether the received document data is confidential. The control mechanism causes the backup arranging mechanism to cancel storing a copy of the received document data into the second storing mechanism when the received document data is determined as confidential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Masashi Takubo