Patents by Inventor Akira KADODA

Akira KADODA 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: 8861004
    Abstract: A reading system includes a reading apparatus and a terminal apparatus. The reading apparatus includes following components. An identification unit identifies a first user. A reading unit reads an original document. A reception unit receives, from the terminal apparatus, authentication information of a second user and an instruction. An authentication unit performs authentication using the authentication information. A permission unit permits, if authentication is successful, the reading unit to read an original document in accordance with the instruction. The terminal apparatus includes following components. A first acquisition unit acquires, from the reading apparatus, identification information of the first user. The acceptance unit accepts an operation of the second user. The second acquisition unit acquires identification information of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yasuoka, Akira Kadoda
  • Publication number: 20140043642
    Abstract: A reading system includes a reading apparatus and a terminal apparatus. The reading apparatus includes following components. An identification unit identifies a first user. A reading unit reads an original document. A reception unit receives, from the terminal apparatus, authentication information of a second user and an instruction. An authentication unit performs authentication using the authentication information. A permission unit permits, if authentication is successful, the reading unit to read an original document in accordance with the instruction. The terminal apparatus includes following components. A first acquisition unit acquires, from the reading apparatus, identification information of the first user. The acceptance unit accepts an operation of the second user. The second acquisition unit acquires identification information of the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke YASUOKA, Akira KADODA
  • Patent number: 8614805
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, a memory, a controller, and a switch unit. The accepting unit accepts an identifier and a storage site information item representing a storage site for storing a usage amount information item representing a usage amount. The memory stores one or more identifiers and plural storage site information items in association with each other. The controller performs, if the accepted identifier matches one of the stored identifiers and if the accepted storage site information item matches one of the stored storage site information items, control so that the usage amount information item is stored in the storage site represented by the storage site information item. The switch unit switches, if a different storage site information item is accepted when the storage site is a target, the storage site as the target to the storage site represented by the different storage site information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Kadoda
  • Publication number: 20120113456
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, a memory, a controller, and a switch unit. The accepting unit accepts an identifier and a storage site information item representing a storage site for storing a usage amount information item representing a usage amount. The memory stores one or more identifiers and plural storage site information items in association with each other. The controller performs, if the accepted identifier matches one of the stored identifiers and if the accepted storage site information item matches one of the stored storage site information items, control so that the usage amount information item is stored in the storage site represented by the storage site information item. The switch unit switches, if a different storage site information item is accepted when the storage site is a target, the storage site as the target to the storage site represented by the different storage site information item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira KADODA