Facsimile Memory Monitoring Patents (Class 358/404)
  • Patent number: 11962413
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and method capable of improving reliability of notification regarding a reception result in communication using a plurality of bands. The wireless communication device controls to transmit, by using any band of two or more bands, an MBO BA Setup signal containing setting information regarding a setting of a notification method for a reception result used for communication in the two or more bands, and to transmit a Data signal containing data by using the two or more bands. The present technology can be applied to wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Ryuichi Hirata
  • Patent number: 11934721
    Abstract: Provided is an industrial printing system that performs peer-to-peer distributed processing of variable content in variable printing for production printing. A variable attribute generating unit generates variable attribute information having content information that is variable content information of variable data for variable printing. A variable analyzing unit analyzes the content information of the variable attribute information generated by the variable attribute generating unit and determines other print server capable of processing the variable content of the variable data. A processing management unit that requests the other print server determined to be capable of processing by the variable analyzing unit to process the variable content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Taku Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11881048
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring device including: a captured image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image captured by a monitoring camera; a monitoring logic execution unit configured to generate a monitoring result corresponding to the image captured by the monitoring camera, by using a trained monitoring logic; an image transmitting unit configured to decimate the image captured by the monitoring camera and transmit a result to a learning apparatus performing training processing on another monitoring logic of a same type as the monitoring logic; a monitoring logic receiving unit configured to receive, from the learning apparatus, the other monitoring logic additionally trained by the learning apparatus by using the image from the image transmitting unit; and an updating unit configured to update the monitoring logic executed by the monitoring logic execution unit to the other monitoring logic received by the monitoring logic receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kojima, Atsushi Wada
  • Patent number: 11871381
    Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving physical configuration information of a terminal sent by the terminal, in which the physical configuration information includes a memory size and/or a read-write speed of the memory; determining target radio resource configuration parameters matching the physical configuration information; and transmitting data to the terminal using the target radio resource configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11825042
    Abstract: A server system obtains instruction information based on voice data transmitted by a voice control device that receives an instruction by voice, obtains information related to a printing apparatus, performs a determination related to a function of the printing apparatus in accordance with the obtained information, and transmits an operation request based on the obtained instruction information to the printing apparatus. In a case where the instruction information corresponding to a print instruction has been obtained, a print request as the operation request is transmitted to the printer, and in a case where the instruction information corresponding to a maintenance instruction has been obtained, a maintenance request as the operation request is transmitted to the printer if the printer has a function that is able to accept the maintenance request from the server system based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11818834
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit (FPC) for a hard disk drive includes a plurality of electrical traces, whereby aggressor traces are isolated from victim traces to avoid crosstalk that could degrade signals. Aggressor traces may be positioned together at one of the edges of each of the top wiring layer and the bottom wiring layer, physically isolated from victim traces. Aggressor traces may be grouped together at either the top wiring layer or the bottom wiring layer, with the victim traces positioned on the layer opposing the aggressor traces. With aggressor and victim traces routed on the same wiring layer, aggressor traces may be routed away from the victim traces with multi-layer routing, by way of vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kishimoto, John Contreras, Kazuhiro Nagaoka, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11816373
    Abstract: In a case where the printing of a plurality of copies based on an original image is to be executed by causing a feeding stage which is set for each of the plurality of copies to perform feeding, a feed operation is controlled so as to stop feeding from a feeding stage which serves as a feed target when a sheet attribute designated in a job and a sheet attribute set in the feeding stage are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taku Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11770169
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to channel state information measurement in communication networks. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the measurement resource unit, MRU, configuration is determined based on the number of MRU and the identity of the cell. The MRU configuration is scalable and the set of MRUs is reused by the network. In this way, the resources are saved and the accuracy is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Haiyou Guo
  • Patent number: 11748924
    Abstract: A surgical hub may be configured to receive an image from a laparoscopic scope and surgical information from at least one surgical instrument. The surgical hub may be operatively connected to multiple displays such as a primary display and a secondary display. The surgical hub may generate visualization data for the primary display. The surgical hub may obtain a visualization control mode based on a visualization control parameter and may determine whether to generate a different set of visualization data for a secondary display based on the visualization control mode. When the visualization control mode supports multiple display capabilities, the surgical hub may generate the visualization data specifically for the secondary display. When the visualization control mode does not support multiple display capabilities, the surgical hub may send the same the visualization data for display at the secondary display as the primary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 11747955
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a storage unit stores format information and an option value to be used in a recording process. A communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication with a service providing device and an image recording device configured to perform the recording process. A control unit executes: receiving layout definition data including layout information representing a layout of a content image icon; displaying a layout image in which the content image icon is disposed according to the layout information; receiving content data from the service providing device; displaying a preview image representing a result of the recording process when the user's touch operation is received on a location of the content image icon; and transmitting recording instruction when the user's operation for instructing the image recording device to perform the recording process is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 11533412
    Abstract: A facsimile includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a plurality of pieces of image information. The circuitry is configured to identify unprocessed information, which is information on which particular processing has not performed yet, among the plurality of pieces of image information, enable specific processing to be performed collectively on a plurality of pieces of the unprocessed information among the plurality of pieces of image information, and collectively perform the specific processing on the plurality of pieces of the unprocessed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshino Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11381702
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a light source configured to irradiate a subject; a reading unit configured to detect reflected light generated by a subject reflecting light emitted from the light source, to perform reading; and a control unit configured to perform turn-on control on the light source. The control unit is configured to perform the turn-on control to change a turn-on condition such that the light source is turned on during a period when at least a detection region including an image pattern on the subject passes through a reading position of a reading unit, based on position information of the image pattern of the subject in a first operation mode for reading the subject, and perform the turn-on control to make the turn-on condition of the light source constant regardless of the image pattern of the subject in a second operation mode for reading the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nikaku, Tatsuya Ishii, Hideki Hashimoto, Yutaka Ohmiya, Takayuki Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11290616
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to perform receiving an operation of one of enabling and disabling a particular storing function of storing image forming data related to an image forming job received through a first interface in a portable storage. When receiving the operation of enabling/disabling the particular storing function, the particular storing function is enabled/disabled. In response to receipt of the image forming job through the first interface in a state where the particular storing function is enabled, the image forming data is stored in the portable storage device connected to the second interface. An image is printed with use of the image forming part in accordance with the image forming data stored in the portable storage. Data different from the image forming data is stored in and/or retrieved from the portable storage device in a state where the particular storing function is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sho Ogura
  • Patent number: 11281602
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor and a hardware device. The hardware device includes a first engine to provide a first operation on data, and a second engine to provide a second operation on data. The processor provides a command to the hardware device. The command directs the first engine to perform the first operation on first data to create second data based upon the performance of the first operation on the first data, and directs the second engine to perform the second operation on the second data to create third data based upon the performance of the second operation on the second data in response to a completion signal. The hardware device is configured to provide the completion signal to the second engine when the performance of the first operation on the first data is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shyamkumar Iyer, Krishna Ramaswamy, Gaurav Chawla, Glen Sescila, Andrew Butcher
  • Patent number: 11258915
    Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a transport unit, a multi-feed detection unit, a reading unit, and a controller. When a multi-feed of the document is detected by the multi-feed detection unit, the controller multi-feeds causes the transport unit to discharge, downstream of the transport path, a multi-fed document for which the multi-feed is detected and then temporarily stops the transport, stores multi-fed page information indicating a page number of the multi-fed document, restarts the transport after the temporary stop, and after the reading unit reads a remaining document whose page succeeds a page of the multi-fed document, performs a re-reading process including the transporting and the reading of the multi-fed document, respectively, and inserts, based on the multi-fed page information, second read data acquired by the reading in the re-reading process into first read data acquired by the reading completed before the re-reading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Beppu
  • Patent number: 11170274
    Abstract: In an example, a method includes rasterizing a seed image using a processor. A plurality of rasterized modified images may be generated from the rasterized seed image. Generating each rasterized modified image may include determining an image attribute modification and applying the determined image attribute modification to at least a portion of the rasterized seed image to generate the rasterized modified image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Raz Zamir, Noam Shaham, Amir Gaash
  • Patent number: 10949138
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a plurality of image processing functions, executes processing based on an OS as an operation system, and includes an OS memory and a control device. The control device functions as an allocating device, a determination device, and a release device. The allocating device allocates, on the OS memory, image processing memories used for image processing, for the image processing functions, respectively. The determination device determines, based on respective past usage statuses of the image processing memories allocated for each of the image processing functions, regions unlikely to be used, of the image processing memories. The release device, upon occurring memory shortage in the OS memory, releases the regions of the image processing memories determined by the determination device to resolve the memory shortage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Shimamoto, Akihiko Ikazaki, Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10942809
    Abstract: Data to be stored at a memory sub-system can be received. A usage characteristic of the memory sub-system can be determined. The received data can be encoded to generate a codeword with a number of parity bits. A portion of the number of parity bits of the generated codeword can be removed based on the usage characteristic of the memory sub-system. Furthermore, the codeword can be stored without the removed portion of the number of parity bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tingjun Xie, Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 10687108
    Abstract: Disclosed are a program recording method and terminal. The method includes: upon receiving a reservation request for a new recording task, determining whether there is an overlapping third recording time period between a first recording time period for a previously reserved recording task in a target CAM card and a second recording time period for a new recording task; if the overlapping third recording time period exists, determining whether a number of data streams supported by the target CAM card is more than that of reserved recording tasks in the target CAM card within the third recording time period; if yes, making a reservation for the new recording task using the target CAM card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guilan Wang, Tonglu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10382655
    Abstract: A method of balancing responses of a plurality of sensor chips arranged generally in a linear array comprising: exposing the plurality of sensor chips to an absence of illumination; measuring a dark response of each photosensor of a plurality of photosensors; positioning a calibration piece within a field of view of the plurality of sensor chips other than a calibration sensor chip; illuminating a calibration standard and the calibration piece with a light source; measuring a light response of each photosensor of the plurality of photosensors; applying an offset to the light response of each photosensor of the plurality of photosensors by subtracting the dark response of each photosensor of the plurality of photosensors to obtain an offset light response for each photosensor of the plurality of photosensors; calculating a mean offset light response for each sensor chip of the plurality of sensor chips by averaging the offset light response for each photosensor of the plurality of photosensors in each sensor c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart A. Schweid, Michael B. Monahan, Robert P. Herloski, Martin E. Hoover
  • Patent number: 10292624
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a three-dimensional scan of an object using a handheld scanner is disclosed. The method involves obtaining images of the object from a successive plurality of handheld scanner positions with respect to the object, and processing the images to generate a respective 3D frame for each of the plurality of handheld scanner positions. Each 3D frame includes data representing locations of a plurality of 3D points on a surface of the object. The method further involves comparing each successive 3D frame with at least one preceding 3D frame, determining whether a result of the comparison meets a correspondence criterion associated with generation of a 3D representation of the surface of the object, and initiating a recovery process when the correspondence criterion is not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Vorum Research Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Malcolm Sabiston, Jeffrey David Chang, Carl Saunders
  • Patent number: 10154167
    Abstract: To make it possible to check all received image data later while performing control so that no printout is produced for data that is not necessary among received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryuta Mori
  • Patent number: 10114770
    Abstract: A model and access method for devices to be homogenous irrespective whether they be character or block types. The access method is closely coupled between a host processor and the input/output (I/O) ports either through the data ports to the FIFOs (First-In-First-Out), or the control ports of the devices. Data transfers to the devices are effected through their data ports, while the control words in the form of bytecodes are sent through the control ports. The access method enables parallel processing within independent devices as they can execute device specific codes in parallel with the system software or kernel. The bytecodes are portable across hardware platforms since they serve as command words for configuration of devices and command instructions for the burst mode transfer of data between devices and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Inventors: Muhammad Nasir Bin Ibrahim, Namazi Bin Azhari, Adam Bin Baharum
  • Patent number: 10009505
    Abstract: Image transport includes receiving, at an accessory camera device, an asynchronous operation request from an electronic device for a first quantity of image data, determining, by the accessory camera device, a second quantity of image data that the accessory camera device is capable of transmitting to the asynchronous operation request, transmitting an indication of the second quantity of image data to the electronic device, and sending a response comprising the second quantity of image data to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan W. Palumbo
  • Patent number: 9716800
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus in which a session timeout does not take place in a case where user's confirmation is obtained before image data obtained by reading originals is transmitted. Before transmission of image data, a control unit determines whether a protocol having a time out is selected. If the selected protocol has a timeout, the control unit determines whether a memory is in a memory full state each time image data of one page is stored into the memory. If the memory is in a memory full state, the user is requested to confirm as to whether transmission is to be performed. If the necessity of transmission is confirmed by the user, the control unit establishes a session with a destination and transmits image data of pages stored in the memory to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koki Shibao
  • Patent number: 9671981
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of performing a software program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and performed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor comprises a unit configured to transmit parameter information used for image processing from the first program layer to the second program layer, a unit configured to perform the image processing in the second program layer according to the parameter information, a display control unit configured to display an indicator for allowing a user to recognize that the image processing is in progress, and a unit configured to issue an instruction to control display of the indicator from the second program layer to the first program layer, the display control unit controls the display according to the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kunieda, Naoki Sumi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Kiyoshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 9648203
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is configured execute, as a reception method, a direct-print reception or a memory reception; switch the reception method from the direct-print reception to the memory reception when an instruction to execute a print job is received when the direct-print reception being executed; execute interruption printing by causing the printing device to print images in accordance with the print job after the reception method is switched to the memory reception; determine whether available capacity of the storage device used in the memory reception is less than a threshold value when the memory reception is being executed; stop the interruption printing when the available capacity of the storage device is less than the threshold value; and execute a particular printing process to print the facsimile data in the storage device and release the storage area corresponding to the facsimile data representing the printed image after the interruption printing is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chika Tabushi
  • Patent number: 9552184
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment includes a communication interface that receives facsimile data, a data storage device, a non-decolorable printing section, a decolorable printing section and a processor. The data storage device stores, prior to the facsimile data being received, a plurality of facsimile transmission source information. The data storage device also stores the received facsimile data. The processor controls printing of the content of the received facsimile data in one of the non-decolorable printing section and the decolorable printing section based on whether a detected transmission source information is determined to be included in the previously stored plurality of facsimile transmission source information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norifumi Yagi, Takao Ishida, Kanya Hiroi
  • Patent number: 9497486
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a compression processing section that compresses image data obtained by reading a plurality of documents into a file, a specifying section that specifies an amount of information for an image of each of the plurality of documents, and a compression size calculation section that calculates a size after compression of an image of each document in accordance with the specified amount of information. The compression processing section compresses the image by using the size after compression calculated by the compression size calculation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakazu Ohira
  • Patent number: 9460100
    Abstract: A system that allows consumers to manage content and create audio/video presentations in a small portable media device, and to share media files with other users of small portable media devices, without requiring access to a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Obradovich
  • Patent number: 9432541
    Abstract: The data format of image data when an image reading apparatus transfers, to an external apparatus, the image data obtained by reading an original by the image reading apparatus is decided based on system configuration information of the image reading apparatus and setting information corresponding to processing to be executed on the image data in the external apparatus. Control for transferring, from the image reading apparatus to the external apparatus, the image data of the decided data format is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoya Ishida
  • Patent number: 9282221
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a receiving section configured to receive facsimile data, a data storage section configured to store the facsimile data received by the receiving section, a non-decolorable printing section, and a decolorable printing section. The facsimile apparatus further comprises a transmission source information detection section configured to detect transmission source information of the received facsimile data, an accumulation section configured to accumulate in advance a list containing a plurality of facsimile transmission source information, a comparison section configured to determine whether the detected transmission source information of the received facsimile data is included in the list and a printing control section configured to control printing of the content of the received facsimile data in the non-decolorable printing section or in the decolorable printing section, based on the determination by the comparison section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norifumi Yagi, Takao Ishida, Kanya Hiroi
  • Patent number: 9215393
    Abstract: An intelligent television is provided. One aspect of the intelligent television is the ability to preserve status information across power cycles. Once a report is generated, the intelligent television may then transmit the report to a recipient, such as a server. If any one or more reports are successfully sent, they may then be deleted from a memory, storage device, or other non-volatile memory associated with the intelligent television.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Terrance D. Voth
  • Patent number: 9201771
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a production rule for usage as a test input process for a memory management analysis is carried out via a server process. The server process accesses at least a database of a manufacturing execution system. At least one user table is retrieved out of the database. A first number of records are retrieved for the user table. A single execution of the production rule is triggered by the server process. A second number of records are retrieved for the user table. The first number of records are compared to the second number of records and either, classifying the production rule as a suitable rule for the memory management analysis if the first and the second number of records are equal, or, classifying the production rule as an unsuitable rule for the memory management analysis if the first and the second number records are unequal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Paolo Olmino, Alessandro Raviola
  • Patent number: 9148545
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image input unit which inputs image data per page; a sub-memory unit which stores the image data input from the image input unit; an encoding unit which encodes the image data stored in the sub-memory unit; a main memory unit which stores the image data encoded by the encoding unit; a non-volatile storage unit which stores the encoded image data stored in the main memory unit; and a processor which executes processing of discriminating a memory size of the main memory unit and the sub-memory unit and switching between first input processing and second input processing to be executed in accordance with the discriminated memory size of the main memory unit and the sub-memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Atsumi, Takanobu Sugiyama, Takashi Oikawa, Tatsuya Kitaguchi
  • Patent number: 9019571
    Abstract: A reading device comprising a connection unit configured to be connected with a storage medium, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the storage medium is connected to the connection unit, a judging unit configured to judge if there is a document to be read by a reading unit and an execution unit configured to execute the advising process when the judgment unit judges that there is the document to be read and the determination unit determines that the storage medium is connected to the connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9019839
    Abstract: Device, system, and method of monitoring fax relay. An apparatus for measuring Quality of Service (QoS) of Fax over Internet Protocol (FoIP) calls includes: a FoIP packet monitoring module to monitor in real-time Internet Protocol (IP) network streams exchanged between a FoIP emitter device and a FoIP receiver device; a FoIP equipment evaluator to evaluate real-time performance of at least one of: the FoIP emitter device, and the FoIP receiver device; and a FoIP call QoS evaluator to evaluate in real time a FoIP call QoS quality of a FoIP communication between said FoIP emitter device and said FoIP receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: AudioCodes Ltd.
    Inventor: Vladimir Ulybin
  • Publication number: 20150049367
    Abstract: An information transmitting apparatus includes a recipient information memory storing multiple pieces of recipient information and recipient identification information that is associated with each of the multiple pieces of recipient information and is used for identifying each piece of recipient information; a user information memory storing user selection identification information, which is the recipient identification information selected by a user from the recipient information memory, and storing information indicating a time when the user selection identification information is selected by the user; an information transmitting unit reading out the recipient information corresponding to the user selection identification information from the recipient information memory to transmit information to the recipient identified by the recipient information that is read out; and a notification unit notifying the user of change if the recipient information stored in the recipient information memory is changed afte
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Nameki
  • Patent number: 8941852
    Abstract: A print data processing system includes plural intermediate data generation units, an allocation unit, one or more memories, a print image conversion unit, and a reprint controller. Each intermediate data generation unit interprets PDL data and generates intermediate data in units of pages. The allocation unit allocates processes of interpreting the PDL data to the intermediate data generation units in units of pages and causes the intermediate data generation units to execute processes of interpreting pages in parallel. The one or more memories store pieces of intermediate data of the individual pages. The print image conversion unit acquires the pieces of intermediate data, converts the acquired data to print image data, and supplies the print image data to a printer. The reprint controller performs control to cause the print image conversion unit to reacquire the pieces of intermediate data and to reconvert the reacquired data to the print image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Misawa
  • Patent number: 8867104
    Abstract: An image scanning apparatus of this disclosure includes: a scanner unit which generates image data by image scanning and outputs it; a memory; a data processing unit which (a1) performs a predetermined process for either the image data outputted by the scanner unit or the image data for which a preprocess has been performed, (a2) writes the processed image data into a predetermined memory area in the memory in turn, and (a3) returns a writing position of the image data to a top of the memory area and overwrite the image data if the writing position of the image data reaches an end of the memory area; and a control unit which (b1) allocates the memory area in the memory and (b2) measures a shortage amount of the memory area on the basis of a size of an area where the image data has been overwritten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yuya Tagami, Kunihiko Shimamoto, Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 8817280
    Abstract: A printing device includes a plurality of data transfer control units which store image data transferred from an upper level device in a storage unit; a plurality of output control units which are provided correspondingly to the data transfer control units and each of which controls printing of the image data stored by a specified one of the data transfer control units; and a print control unit that, when abnormality has occurred in any of the data transfer control units, transmits a transfer instruction on the image data that is to be transferred originally by the data transfer control unit being at fault, to an alternate data transfer control unit among the data transfer control units in which no abnormality has occurred, and instructs an output control unit corresponding to the data transfer control unit being at fault to print image data stored by the alternate data transfer control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Shigeru Toyazaki
  • Patent number: 8810819
    Abstract: An image forming system includes plural image forming devices each of which forms an image corresponding to image data. Each image forming device includes a memory, a determining unit, a selecting unit, a specifying unit, and a transferring unit. The memory stores one or more pieces of image data. The determining unit determines whether or not usage of the memory is larger than a threshold. The selecting unit selects, if the determining unit determines that usage of the memory is larger than the threshold, a piece of image data to be transferred from among the pieces of image data stored in the memory. The specifying unit specifies a specific image forming device to which the selected piece of image data is to be transferred among the other image forming devices. The transferring unit transfers the selected piece of image data to the specific image forming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamoi, Yoshinori Ando
  • Patent number: 8810845
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an interface, a reading unit, an internal storage, and a deletion control unit. The interface is configured to establish a connection with an external storage. The internal storage is configured to store the data read from the external storage. The deletion control unit is configured to delete the data stored in the internal storage on the basis of an operation related to releasing the connection with the external storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Muneki Yamada
  • Patent number: 8780384
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of efficiently using a removable medium when the removable medium is used instead of a memory provided in the image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes a RAM for storing image data, a removable medium I/F to which the removable medium is coupled, and a CPU. The CPU confirms the remaining capacity of the RAM and determines based on the remaining capacity confirmed during execution of a job and a job operation mode whether the job can be continued by using only the RAM. When it is determined that the job cannot be continued, image data to be saved is selected according to a predetermined priority order, and the selected image data is saved from the RAM onto the removable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Odaira
  • Patent number: 8760698
    Abstract: In case of searching and outputting output information stored in a memory, it enables a user of the host computer to select the device of storing the output information, whereby the load in searching and outputting the information is reduced. To do so, when the host computer causes the printer to print the image based on the print data, the hard disk of the multifunctional device is selected from among the plural hard disks, as the storage destination to which the print data is stored and from which the stored print data can be searched and output. Then, the information representing the storage destination and the print data are transmitted to the printer so as to be printed, and the print data is also transmitted to the multifunctional device to be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Wakana
  • Patent number: 8749828
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes a common setting which specifies whether a report regarding facsimile transmission is to be outputted, or not, and a specific setting which specifies whether an output of the report regarding facsimile transmission is to be permitted, or not, for each of at least one destination of the facsimile transmission. Further, the facsimile apparatus determines whether the report related to a facsimile transmission to at least one destination is to be outputted, or not, by applying the specific setting corresponding to the at least one destination in preference to the common setting. Further, if it is determined that the report related to the facsimile transmission to the at least one destination is to be outputted, the facsimile apparatus outputs the report including information related to the facsimile transmission to the at least one destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Kanuma
  • Patent number: 8743392
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural input filter sections controlling different types of input-processing performed by corresponding input devices to produce respective input image data sets each having a different input format, plural output filter sections controlling different types of output-processing performed by corresponding output devices that receive respective output image data sets each having a different output format, and an image processing section being made sharable by any given one of the input filter sections and any given one of the output filter sections, and converting an image data set from an input format of the one of the input filter sections to an output format of the one of the output filter sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fukutoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 8727333
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including a sheet accommodation device including at least one sheet accommodation section which accommodates a sheet before printing, a printing unit which prints an image on a sheet based on print data stored in a storage area, a discharged sheet accommodation device including at least one discharged sheet accommodation section which accommodates the printed sheet, a control device which selects a combination of a sheet accommodation section and a discharged sheet accommodation section such that a storage device completes storing print data into the storage area by a conveyance starting time of a sheet to be printed based on the print data, and which control a conveyance device to feed the sheet to be printed based on the print data from the sheet accommodation section to discharge the sheet to the discharged sheet accommodation section of the selected combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Ohmiya
  • Patent number: 8699048
    Abstract: A multifunctional printer comprises a CCD for reading an image on one side of a document, a CIS for reading an image on the other side of the document, an image processing unit for processing the image of the side read by the CCD or the CIS, and a determining unit (S12) for determining which of the images of the sides read by the CCD and the CIS is to be processed first by the image processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Baba
  • Patent number: 8693062
    Abstract: An exemplary method herein operates to help diagnose and correct facsimile transmission errors. The method detects a first facsimile transmission error using an arbitrarily named “first” facsimile machine (which can be a sending facsimile machine or a receiving facsimile machine). The facsimile transmission error occurs during a first facsimile transmission sent from the sending facsimile machine to the receiving facsimile machine. Upon detecting the first facsimile transmission error, the sending facsimile machine automatically contacts a service center computer. The service center computer automatically connects the sending facsimile machine to the receiving facsimile machine through the service center computer. Then, the sending facsimile machine sends a test facsimile transmission to the receiving facsimile machine through the service center computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Roantree, Joanna Keep, Sahadevasangary Gajedevasangary, Maysara Fermawi