Patents by Inventor Akito Umebayashi

Akito Umebayashi 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: 8233179
    Abstract: In a print processing system, a storage server temporarily stores print data generated on a user client PC; a multifunction apparatus then obtains the print data from the storage server and prints the data, according to user's operation on the multifunction apparatus; and a management server manages a storage status of the print data on the storage server. The user client PC transmits to the storage server, bibliographic information associated with the print data concurrently when transmitting the data. The storage server stores thereon the print data obtained from the user client PC and transfers to the management server, the bibliographic information obtained from the user client PC. The management server manages the storage status of the print data on the storage server, based on the bibliographic information obtained from the storage server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Nakamura, Akito Umebayashi, Shougo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090190166
    Abstract: In a print processing system, a storage server temporarily stores print data generated on a user client PC; a multifunction apparatus then obtains the print data from the storage server and prints the data, according to user's operation on the multifunction apparatus; and a management server manages a storage status of the print data on the storage server. The user client PC transmits to the storage server, bibliographic information associated with the print data concurrently when transmitting the data. The storage server stores thereon the print data obtained from the user client PC and transfers to the management server, the bibliographic information obtained from the user client PC. The management server manages the storage status of the print data on the storage server, based on the bibliographic information obtained from the storage server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio NAKAMURA, Akito UMEBAYASHI, Shougo KIMURA
  • Patent number: 7035463
    Abstract: A document image processing device and method for extracting a title region and a mark attached by the user from a document image to use them as document tag information. A region with a region average character size larger then a predetermine extraction judging value is extracted as a title region by title region extracting means. As a result, title regions can be extracted from one document image. A mark that the user makes on an input image is extracted by mark extracting means, and characteristic value of the mark is found by calculating means. Document tag information to be imparted to the input image is selected from reference tag information according to the characteristic value and the attribute value of the reference tag information imparting means. Thus, document tag information is automatically imparted to a document image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Monobe, Atsushi Hirose, Akito Umebayashi
  • Publication number: 20050099651
    Abstract: A server apparatus is connected to a plurality of communication apparatuses via the Internet, and is connected to a terminal apparatus via the Internet. The server apparatus comprises a communicator configured to obtain, from the plurality of communication apparatuses, information regarding a job. The server apparatus also comprises a memory configured to store the obtained information regarding the job. The job includes a transmitting job and a receiving job. The transmitting job is linked with the corresponding receiving job by a predetermined identification information. The server apparatus further comprises a controller configured to receive, from the terminal apparatus, a request for the information regarding the job. The request designates a transmitting communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Kimura, Akito Umebayashi
  • Patent number: 6839147
    Abstract: A network system for control of the image inputting and outputting apparatus using FTP, one of the most common communication protocols among TCP/IP, which has now become a network connection standard. The prior art network system requires complicated procedures. When the image inputting apparatus on the network is controlled by FTP, a processing method has to be set for each operation, because FTP itself is not equipped with a command for control of the image inputting and outputting apparatus. To solve this problem, the network system according to the present invention is provided with command interpretation means that interprets a specific FTP and a specific character string written on the file name field of said command and generates a control instruction to image inputting and outputting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akito Umebayashi
  • Patent number: 6819441
    Abstract: A digital integrated apparatus and an image control system capable of registering images with simple operation. As a start button provided in the digital integrated apparatus is turned on, image data is generated by an image input element, while attribute information is generated by an attribute information generator. These image data and attribute information are transmitted by a transfer element to a network address stored in an address storing device, and are stored in a storing element of a service device. These image data and attribute information are made public by a publicizer of the server device, and submitted to perusing by a perusing element of a peruser device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akito Umebayashi
  • Publication number: 20030090716
    Abstract: An agent side separately maintains a template, which is a management information item list and describes an encoding method, and actual data of the management information. The agent side transmits item list and the actual data that is encoded by the encoding method described in the item list to a manager side. Accordingly, not only the agent can transmit all of the management information items required by the manger with one SNMP reply, but also the manger can securely decode the received management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Akito Umebayashi
  • Patent number: 6515765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the image data management means performing the registration and fetching (printing) of an image data and the method thereof. By the image data management means the image data is registered in a storage means with adding a file name based on a registration number specifying said image data and then the registration number and attribute information about the image data corresponding to it are registered and controlled in an attribute information table. The image data management means, when a specific registration number is informed, fetches the image data corresponding to said registration number out of a storage means and instructs an image data output means to print the fetched image data. The publication means publishes a list view based on the attribute information registered in the attribute information table through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akito Umebayashi
  • Publication number: 20010012119
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital integrated apparatus and an image control system capable of registering images with simple operation. As the start button 14c provided in the digital integrated apparatus 10 is turned on, image data is generated by an image input means 12a, while attribute information is generated by an attribute information generating means 13. These image data and attribute information are transmitted, by a transfer means 16, to a network address stored in an address storing means 17, and are stored in a storing means 27 of a server device 20. These image data and attribute information are made public by a publicizing means 22 of the server device 20, and submitted to perusal by a perusing means 33 of a peruser device 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventor: AKITO UMEBAYASHI