Patents by Inventor Akihide Oshima

Akihide Oshima 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: 11765282
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes a connecting unit, a storing unit, and a controller. The connecting unit is able to be connected through communication with a limited number of terminal apparatuses. The storing unit stores priority levels regarding connection with the terminal apparatuses. The controller allows, in a case where the number of terminal apparatuses that are present in a region in which the data collection apparatus is able to be connected through communication with a terminal apparatus via the connecting unit is larger than the limited number, a terminal apparatus that is not connected through communication with the connecting unit and has a higher priority level to be connected with the connecting unit, in place of a terminal apparatus that has already been connected through communication with the connecting unit and has a lower priority level, in accordance with the stored priority levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Akihide Oshima
  • Publication number: 20220300225
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first processor mounted on a first information processing apparatus installed in a shared space and shared by plural users who do not belong to the same organization, a second processor mounted on a connection server installed outside the shared space and connected to a local area network of an organization to which each of plural users belong, and the connection server having a virtual private line connection function, and a third processor mounted on a management server which is installed outside the shared space and the local area network of each organization, and manages connection server connection information necessary for establishing a virtual private line with the connection server of each organization, in which the third processor is configured to, in response to a connection information acquisition request in which identification information on an organization transmitted from the first information processing apparatus is designated, return the connection
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220300221
    Abstract: An image processing system includes: a first processor that is mounted on a first image processing apparatus, the first image processing apparatus being placed in a shared space, and configured to be used by plural users that do not belong to a same organization; a second processor that is mounted on a connection server, the connection server being placed outside the shared space, connected to a local area network of an organization to which at least one of the plural users belongs, and configured to connect a virtual private line; a third processor that is mounted on a second image processing apparatus, the second image processing apparatus being connected to the local area network of the organization; and a fourth processor that is mounted on a management server, the management server being placed outside the shared space and the local area network of the organization, and configured to manage connection server connection information used to establish the virtual private line with the connection server of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220086024
    Abstract: An image processing device has a processor configured to form a virtual network, to which a function of the image processing device is allocated, and provide the function to another device connected to the virtual network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200322491
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes a connecting unit, a storing unit, and a controller. The connecting unit is able to be connected through communication with a limited number of terminal apparatuses. The storing unit stores priority levels regarding connection with the terminal apparatuses. The controller allows, in a case where the number of terminal apparatuses that are present in a region in which the data collection apparatus is able to be connected through communication with a terminal apparatus via the connecting unit is larger than the limited number, a terminal apparatus that is not connected through communication with the connecting unit and has a higher priority level to be connected with the connecting unit, in place of a terminal apparatus that has already been connected through communication with the connecting unit and has a lower priority level, in accordance with the stored priority levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9811298
    Abstract: An image forming system includes plural image forming apparatuses. The image forming system includes the following elements. A first communication unit of each image forming apparatus communicates with at least another one of the plural image forming apparatuses. A second communication unit communicates with a terminal device. An image forming unit forms an image on a medium. A storage unit stores liaison information which defines liaison concerning an operation between each of the plural image forming apparatuses and at least another one of the plural image forming apparatuses. A notifying unit notifies the terminal device of the liaison information in response to an inquiry from the terminal device. A receiving unit receives specified image data and liaison information from the terminal device. An execution unit executes image formation on the basis of the received image data by using the image forming unit of one of the plural image forming apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihide Oshima
  • Publication number: 20170279994
    Abstract: A control device includes a wireless communication section, a detection section that detects a user's approach, an acquisition section that acquires authentication information and authority information regarding a user of a terminal when receiving a request from the terminal by the wireless communication section, and a control section that controls a processing section of an information processing apparatus so that a function corresponding to the acquired authority information is realized when the approach of the user of the terminal is detected by the detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Akihide Oshima
  • Patent number: 9665810
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, a determining unit, and a selecting unit. The determining unit determines whether or not communication with an information processing apparatus is executable by any of the plural communication interfaces. The selecting unit selects, based on a determination result generated by the determining unit, any one of the plural communication interfaces as a communication interface that communicates with the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihide Oshima
  • Publication number: 20160274828
    Abstract: An image forming system includes plural image forming apparatuses. The image forming system includes the following elements. A first communication unit of each image forming apparatus communicates with at least another one of the plural image forming apparatuses. A second communication unit communicates with a terminal device. An image forming unit forms an image on a medium. A storage unit stores liaison information which defines liaison concerning an operation between each of the plural image forming apparatuses and at least another one of the plural image forming apparatuses. A notifying unit notifies the terminal device of the liaison information in response to an inquiry from the terminal device. A receiving unit receives specified image data and liaison information from the terminal device. An execution unit executes image formation on the basis of the received image data by using the image forming unit of one of the plural image forming apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9172835
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kurokawa, Eiji Shimoichi, Yuriko Inakawa, Eiji Nishi, Noriyuki Tatsuma, Akira Okamoto, Takanari Ishimura, Yoshiyuki Yoda, Akihide Oshima, Atsuhiro Itoh, Fumio Harada
  • Publication number: 20140347698
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki KUROKAWA, Eiji SHIMOICHI, Yuriko INAKAWA, Eiji NISHI, Noriyuki TATSUMA, Akira OKAMOTO, Takanari ISHIMURA, Yoshiyuki YODA, Akihide OSHIMA, Atsuhiro ITOH, Fumio HARADA
  • Publication number: 20140333958
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, a determining unit, and a selecting unit. The determining unit determines whether or not communication with an information processing apparatus is executable by any of the plural communication interfaces. The selecting unit selects, based on a determination result generated by the determining unit, any one of the plural communication interfaces as a communication interface that communicates with the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8873097
    Abstract: An information transmitting apparatus includes a first interface connected to a first network; a second interface connected to a second network; a saving unit that saves, when the first or second interface receives information from a device belonging to the first or second network, identification information of the device in a memory; and a transmitter that transmits, at a certain timing, information to the device indicated by the saved identification information. The saving unit saves, when the first or second interface receives information transmitted from a device belonging to the first or second network, interface information indicating the network interface that has received the information and identification information of the device in an associative manner in the memory. The transmitter obtains the interface information associated with the saved identification information and transmits information via the network interface indicated by the obtained interface information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihide Oshima
  • Patent number: 8830499
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kurokawa, Eiji Shimoichi, Yuriko Inakawa, Eiji Nishi, Noriyuki Tatsuma, Akira Okamoto, Takanari Ishimura, Yoshiyuki Yoda, Akihide Oshima, Atsuhiro Itoh, Fumio Harada
  • Publication number: 20140136655
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, an associating section, and a transmitting section. The associating section associates issued certificate information with one of the plural communication interfaces. The transmitting section transmits the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated. The associating section includes an identification information acquiring unit and a determining unit. The identification information acquiring unit acquires identification information in a network of each of the plural communication interfaces. The determining unit determines a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140132984
    Abstract: An information transmitting apparatus includes a first interface connected to a first network; a second interface connected to a second network; a saving unit that saves, when the first or second interface receives information from a device belonging to the first or second network, identification information of the device in a memory; and a transmitter that transmits, at a certain timing, information to the device indicated by the saved identification information. The saving unit saves, when the first or second interface receives information transmitted from a device belonging to the first or second network, interface information indicating the network interface that has received the information and identification information of the device in an associative manner in the memory. The transmitter obtains the interface information associated with the saved identification information and transmits information via the network interface indicated by the obtained interface information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihide OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8659770
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an image forming section, a connection section, a request receiving section, an illegality detection section, a notice section and a web page creation section. The image forming section performs image formation on a medium. The connection section communicates with an information processing device. The request receiving section receives a request from the information processing device through the connection section. The illegality detection section detects an illegal access to the request receiving section through the connection section. The notice section notifies, to the information processing device, a detection result by the illegality detection section through the connection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Okamoto, Akihide Oshima, Eiji Shimoichi, Yuriko Inakawa, Eiji Nishi, Noriyuki Tatsuma, Takanari Ishimura, Yoshiyuki Yoda, Masaki Kurokawa, Atsuhiro Itoh, Fumio Harada
  • Patent number: 8479277
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a connecting section; an information storage; a request accepting section; a searching section; a setting information storage; a determining section; and a process executing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Yoda, Masaki Kurokawa, Eiji Shimoichi, Yuriko Inakawa, Eiji Nishi, Noriyuki Tatsuma, Akira Okamoto, Takanari Ishimura, Akihide Oshima, Atsuhiro Itoh, Fumio Harada
  • Patent number: 8234508
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes an authentication processing management section that requests an external authentication apparatus to authenticate a user who makes a processing request to the information processing apparatus and that acquires an authentication result therefrom; an authentication history management section that manages authentication history information including the authentication result of the authentication of the user, which is acquired by the authentication processing management section; a power switching section that switches a power state of the information processing apparatus; and a power control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihide Oshima, Yuriko Inakawa
  • Patent number: 7979467
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a lock section, a creation section, a transmission section, a reception section, and a release section. The lock section disables an authorization function of the information processing device under a given condition. The creation section creates a first lock release file that is capable of releasing the authorization function disabled by the lock section. The transmission section transmits the first lock release file to an information management device. The reception section receives a second lock release file, which is based on the first lock release file, from the information management device. The release section tries to enable the authorization function of the information processing device when the second lock release file is determined to be valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihide Oshima, Eiji Shimoichi, Yuriko Inakawa, Masaki Kurokawa, Eiji Nishi, Noriyuki Tatsuma, Akira Okamoto, Takanari Ishimura, Yoshiyuki Yoda, Atsuhiro Itoh, Fumio Harada