Patents by Inventor Toyoshi Inoue

Toyoshi Inoue 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: 10044881
    Abstract: A relay apparatus connected to service providing apparatuses respectively providing services and a communication apparatus that includes an additional-information storage unit configured to store additional information associated with the service and identification information, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive notification including the service and the user identification information from the communication apparatus; a generating unit generating an output command for outputting, to the relay apparatus, the additional information stored in the additional-information storage unit corresponding to the service and the identification information included in the notification; an output commanding unit transmitting the output command to the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring the additional information output in response to the output command; a first communication unit configured to perform communication with the service providing apparatus using the acquired additional information
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyoshi Inoue, Takeshi Nagasaki, Yusuke Shimada, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120133982
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a plurality of printers; an information processing apparatus including a designation unit configured to receive, from user's input, search condition for searching the printers in which the print jobs are to be registered, a search unit configured to search for the printers satisfying the search condition received by the designation unit, a determination unit configured to determine the printers from the printers searched by the search unit, and a registering unit configured to register print jobs based on a same print target in the printers determined by the determination unit. The printer in which the print job is registered starts printing in response to a print instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei NAGAI, Toyoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20120113464
    Abstract: A relay apparatus connected to service providing apparatuses respectively providing services and a communication apparatus that includes an additional-information storage unit configured to store additional information associated with the service and identification information, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive notification including the service and the user identification information from the communication apparatus; a generating unit generating an output command for outputting, to the relay apparatus, the additional information stored in the additional-information storage unit corresponding to the service and the identification information included in the notification; an output commanding unit transmitting the output command to the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring the additional information output in response to the output command; a first communication unit configured to perform communication with the service providing apparatus using the acquired additional information
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyoshi INOUE, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Yusuke SHIMADA, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO, Hirokazu BANNO, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120099149
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a first printer; and an information processing apparatus configured to register a print job in the first printer. The first printer comprises: a decision unit configured to decide a selection condition for selecting the print job to be printer; a determination unit configured to determine whether the print job corresponding to the selection condition decided by the decision unit is registered in a second printer; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of identification information of the other printer if the determination unit determines that the print job corresponding to the selection condition is registered in the second printer. The first printer to which the print job is registered starts printing in response to a print instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toyoshi INOUE
  • Patent number: 8094338
    Abstract: An image processing device which can be connected to a document management device storing documents to be managed together with status information representing a status of individual document is provided with a connecting unit configured to connect the image processing device to the document management device, a current status information acquiring unit configured to acquire current status information of a target document, which is to be printed, from the document management device, a print condition setting unit configured to set print condition based on the current status of the target document acquired by the current status information acquiring unit, a printing unit configured to print documents according to a print condition, and a print executing unit configured to make a printing unit to print the target document according to the print condition set by the print condition setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toyoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 8064104
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is provided with a scanning unit configured to scan a first image containing a specific image representing information related to a destination of a facsimile transmission, a setting unit configured to obtain and set the destination based on the specific image included in the first image, a generating unit configured to generate transmission data representing second image which is similar to the first image but the specific image is excluded, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the transmission data generated by the generating unit to the destination set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toyoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080174816
    Abstract: An image processing device which can be connected to a document management device storing documents to be managed together with status information representing a status of individual document is provided with a connecting unit configured to connect the image processing device to the document management device, a current status information acquiring unit configured to acquire current status information of a target document, which is to be printed, from the document management device, a print condition setting unit configured to set print condition based on the current status of the target document acquired by the current status information acquiring unit, a printing unit configured to print documents according to a print condition, and a print executing unit configured to make a printing unit to print the target document according to the print condition set by the print condition setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Toyoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20080100877
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is provided with a scanning unit configured to scan a first image containing a specific image representing information related to a destination of a facsimile transmission, a setting unit configured to obtain and set the destination based on the specific image included in the first image, a generating unit configured to generate transmission data representing second image which is similar to the first image but the specific image is excluded, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the transmission data generated by the generating unit to the destination set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toyoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7306310
    Abstract: This specification discloses a computer program product for creating print data utilized by an ink jet printer. The ink jet printer comprises an ink jet head moving in a predetermined direction with respect to a print medium. The computer program product includes instructions for ordering a computer to perform a reading step of reading image data that includes a plurality of first combinations. Each first combination comprises a position and information concerning whether a dot is to be formed at the position. The computer program product includes instructions for ordering the computer to further perform a print data creating step of creating the print data by creating a second combination for each position at which the dot is to be formed. Each second combination comprises the position at which the dot is to be formed and one nozzle randomly selected from the nozzles of the nozzle unit which corresponds to the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Kuno, Toyoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20060221109
    Abstract: This specification discloses a computer program product for creating print data utilized by an ink jet printer. The ink jet printer comprises an ink jet head moving in a predetermined direction with respect to a print medium. The computer program product includes instructions for ordering a computer to perform a reading step of reading image data that includes a plurality of first combinations. Each first combination comprises a position and information concerning whether a dot is to be formed at the position. The computer program product includes instructions for ordering the computer to further perform a print data creating step of creating the print data by creating a second combination for each position at which the dot is to be formed. Each second combination comprises the position at which the dot is to be formed and one nozzle randomly selected from the nozzles of the nozzle unit which corresponds to the position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Kuno, Toyoshi Inoue