Patents by Inventor Akitomo Sasaki

Akitomo Sasaki 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: 5894585
    Abstract: In an information processing method of causing a plurality of information processing apparatuses to process information, the contents of a processing operation for data are stored in an information processing apparatus main body, the stored contents of the processing operation are recorded in a portable recording medium, and the data in another information processing apparatus is processed in accordance with the contents of the processing operation recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sunao Inoue, Akitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5761438
    Abstract: In a communication method and apparatus, the load of a network is reduced by compressing data or changing the data compression method in accordance with a busy state of the network. A network's busy-state monitoring unit checks the busy state of the network, and data to be transmitted is compressed or the compression method is changed in accordance with the busy state, so that the amount of transmitted data is reduced, and the load of the network is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5530882
    Abstract: An information processing system has a first processing apparatus and a detachably connected second processing apparatus. The first processing apparatus has an input unit for entering information and commands, a first processor for executing a process based on the information and command entered from the input unit, and an output unit for releasing the results of such execution, while the second processing apparatus has a second processor for executing a process based on the information and commands entered from the input unit and transferring the results of that execution to the output unit. The second processing apparatus can execute a process which cannot be executed by the first processing apparatus, utilizing the input/output equipment of the first processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akitomo Sasaki, Hiroshi Okazaki