Patents by Inventor Ayaka HONTSU

Ayaka HONTSU 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).

  • Server device, method for configuration setting for image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9432550
    Abstract: A server device is connected with a plurality of electronic devices in a communicable manner and configures a setting for a desired electronic device out of the plurality of electronic devices. The server device includes a device location management section and a setting determination section. The device location management section acquires location information representing current locations of the electronic devices. The setting determination section refers to settings for other electronic devices, out of the plurality of electronic devices, located at a short distance from the current location of the desired electronic device to determine the setting for the desired electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hara, Yumi Nakagoshi, Ayaka Hontsu, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Image forming apparatus that selects appropriate power saving mode for each time slot
    Patent number: 9152359
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel, a printing device, a storage device, a job management unit, a power-saving mode setting unit, and an operation mode control unit. The power-saving mode setting unit that: (a) specifies the job log where the start time point of the job execution belongs to an identical time slot in a past for a predetermined time slot; and (b1) sets the power-saving mode for the predetermined time slot to the first power-saving mode when a proportion of the number of the executing jobs where the job types of the specified job log belong to the first job type group to the number of the executing jobs where the job types of the specified job log belong to the first job type group or the second job type group exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ayaka Hontsu, Nobuhiro Hara, Yumi Nakagoshi, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Image Forming Apparatus That Selects Appropriate Power Saving Mode for Each Time Slot
    Publication number: 20150186080
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel, a printing device, a storage device, a job management unit, a power-saving mode setting unit, and an operation mode control unit. The power-saving mode setting unit that: (a) specifies the job log where the start time point of the job execution belongs to an identical time slot in a past for a predetermined time slot; and (b1) sets the power-saving mode for the predetermined time slot to the first power-saving mode when a proportion of the number of the executing jobs where the job types of the specified job log belong to the first job type group to the number of the executing jobs where the job types of the specified job log belong to the first job type group or the second job type group exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Ayaka Hontsu, Nobuhiro Hara, Yumi Nakagoshi, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SETTING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150092215
    Abstract: A server device is connected with a plurality of electronic devices in a communicable manner and configures a setting for a desired electronic device out of the plurality of electronic devices. The server device includes a device location management section and a setting determination section. The device location management section acquires location information representing current locations of the electronic devices. The setting determination section refers to settings for other electronic devices, out of the plurality of electronic devices, located at a short distance from the current location of the desired electronic device to determine the setting for the desired electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutionsl Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro HARA, Yumi NAKAGOSHI, Ayaka HONTSU, Hiroshi NAKAMURA