Patents by Inventor Bunhaku Chin

Bunhaku Chin 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: 10635226
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel, an adjuster, a detection section, and an adjustment instruction section. The adjuster adjusts a condition of disposition of the touch panel. The detection section detects a state in which a user makes contact with the touch panel. The adjustment instruction section instructs the adjuster to adjust the condition of the touch panel based on a detection result of the detection section. The condition includes at least one of a position and an attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Bunhaku Chin
  • Patent number: 10326902
    Abstract: This image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, an image forming portion, a feature image extraction portion, a continuousness determination portion, and an error notification portion. The feature image extraction portion extracts predetermined feature images from a plurality of respective page image data pieces. The continuousness determination portion determines whether or not each of the feature images of one or more respective target-page image data pieces satisfies a predetermined continuousness condition relative to the feature image of a previous-page image data piece. The error notification portion outputs an error notification including discontinuousness position information indicating one or both of a page-reading turn corresponding to the target-page image data piece determined not to satisfy the continuousness condition, and a turn immediately before the page-reading turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Bunhaku Chin
  • Patent number: 10211859
    Abstract: A wearable device is worn by a worker who performs adjustment work for an electronic apparatus; and obtains identification information of the electronic apparatus, transmits the obtained identification information to a management server, receives a current setting value of the electronic apparatus from the management server and displays the current setting value to the worker, and receives from the management server work assistance information of the adjustment work corresponding to the obtained identification information and displays the assistance information to the worker. The management server receives the identification information from the wearable device, obtains the current setting value from the electronic apparatus of the identification information and transmits it to the wearable device, and generates the work assistance information that includes a suggestion of a new setting value corresponding to a result of adjustment work and transmits it to the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Bunhaku Chin
  • Publication number: 20180288260
    Abstract: This image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, an image forming portion, a feature image extraction portion, a continuousness determination portion, and an error notification portion. The feature image extraction portion extracts predetermined feature images from a plurality of respective page image data pieces. The continuousness determination portion determines whether or not each of the feature images of one or more respective target-page image data pieces satisfies a predetermined continuousness condition relative to the feature image of a previous-page image data piece. The error notification portion outputs an error notification including discontinuousness position information indicating one or both of a page-reading turn corresponding to the target-page image data piece determined not to satisfy the continuousness condition, and a turn immediately before the page-reading turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Bunhaku Chin
  • Publication number: 20180284940
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel, an adjuster, a detection section, and an adjustment instruction section. The adjuster adjusts a condition of disposition of the touch panel. The detection section detects a state in which a user makes contact with the touch panel. The adjustment instruction section instructs the adjuster to adjust the condition of the touch panel based on a detection result of the detection section. The condition includes at least one of a position and an attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Bunhaku CHIN
  • Publication number: 20180091176
    Abstract: A wearable device is worn by a worker who performs adjustment work for an electronic apparatus; and obtains identification information of the electronic apparatus, transmits the obtained identification information to a management server, receives a current setting value of the electronic apparatus from the management server and displays the current setting value to the worker, and receives from the management server work assistance information of the adjustment work corresponding to the obtained identification information and displays the assistance information to the worker. The management server receives the identification information from the wearable device, obtains the current setting value from the electronic apparatus of the identification information and transmits it to the wearable device, and generates the work assistance information that includes a suggestion of a new setting value corresponding to a result of adjustment work and transmits it to the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Bunhaku Chin