Patents by Inventor Takanobu Kuge

Takanobu Kuge 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).

  • Authentication system for instruction processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, authentication control method, and authentication control program
    Patent number: 9098716
    Abstract: An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authentication portion execute the user authentication and switches from the first authentication portion to the second authentication portion when the user authentication by the first authentication portion cannot be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otake, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takanobu Kuge, Hideyuki Matsuda
  • Document data and recommended information processing apparatus, document data and recommended information processing system and recording medium
    Patent number: 8379234
    Abstract: A document data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining portion for obtaining transmitted document data; a giving portion for giving the obtained document data multiple pieces of recommended information to recommend an operation when outputting; and a transmitting portion for transmitting document data to a destination, the document data carrying multiple pieces of given recommended information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kuge, Kazuo Matoba, Hirokazu Yamada, Atsushi Ohshima
  • AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR INSTRUCTION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20120011585
    Abstract: An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authentication portion execute the user authentication and switches from the first authentication portion to the second authentication portion when the user authentication by the first authentication portion cannot be established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: TOSHIHIKO OTAKE, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takanobu Kuge, Hideyuki Matsuda
  • Authentication system for instruction processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, authentication control method, and authentication control program
    Patent number: 8056126
    Abstract: An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authentication portion execute the user authentication and switches from the first authentication portion to the second authentication portion when the user authentication by the first authentication portion cannot be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otake, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takanobu Kuge, Hideyuki Matsuda
  • Document data processing apparatus, document data processing system and recording medium
    Publication number: 20080212121
    Abstract: A document data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining portion for obtaining transmitted document data; a giving portion for giving the obtained document data multiple pieces of recommended information to recommend an operation when outputting; and a transmitting portion for transmitting document data to a destination, the document data carrying multiple pieces of given recommended information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kuge, Kazuo Matoba, Hirokazu Yamada, Atsushi Ohshima
  • File management device and computer-readable medium storing program
    Publication number: 20080126433
    Abstract: An attached file extractor extracts a file attached to a mail to store in an attached file storage, and adds a sender of the mail to the extracted file as a property. A contact destination searching unit refers to a contact destination table storage, and when the file attached to the mail is selected or the like, indicates a contact destination of the sender of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takanobu Kuge
  • Authentication system for instruction processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, authentication control method, and authentication control program
    Publication number: 20060064753
    Abstract: An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authentication portion execute the user authentication and switches from the first authentication portion to the second authentication portion when the user authentication by the first authentication portion cannot be established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otake, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takanobu Kuge, Hideyuki Matsuda