Patents by Inventor Dai Shigenobu

Dai Shigenobu 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).

  • Publication number: 20130290576
    Abstract: A display device as in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a display panel, a case, a connection receiving portion, a connection determination portion, and a display processing portion. The display panel displays an image. The case supports a display surface of the display panel so as to be viewable from the exterior. The connection receiving portion is provided to a side surface of the case, and electrically connects to an external storage device. The connection determination portion determines whether or not the external storage device has been connected to the connection receiving portion. The display processing portion displays, on the display panel, a connection portion image indicative of a connection portion of the connected external storage device in a case where the external storage device has been determined by the connection determination portion to have been connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Dai Shigenobu
  • Patent number: 8514414
    Abstract: To provide enhanced operability to users incapable of setting complicated operations such as handicapped people, children, and old people. An operation panel section displays a plurality of settable functions to receive an input of the plurality of the settable functions. An input controller switches an input mode through an operation panel section between a standard mode in which any function can be set and a universal mode in which limited functions can be set with visibility higher than the standard mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Michiko Tashiro, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda, Miki Teshima, Dai Shigenobu
  • Patent number: 8320004
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; and an operation setting unit that receives from a user and stores an input of operation settings relating to the operation of the image forming apparatus, and of web page display settings relating to web page display control by the web browser. Upon launching of the web browser, the operation setting unit outputs the web page display settings to the web browser. The web browser displays the web page on the display unit according to the web page display settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Dai Shigenobu, Yoshifumi Okabayashi, Takanori Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20120250060
    Abstract: An operation device according to the present disclosure includes a number of hard keys, a function icon display unit, a condition icon display unit, a function item receiving unit, a function item change unit, a condition item receiving unit, and a setting condition receiving unit. The function icon display unit can display a number of function icons indicating the function item respectively assigned to the number of hard keys. The condition icon display unit can display a condition icon indicating a condition item. The function item change unit changes an assignment to the hard keys from the function item to the condition item. The condition item receiving unit displays a condition icon corresponding to the condition item assigned to the hard key. The setting condition receiving unit receives a setting condition indicated by the condition item corresponding to the hard key for which the selection was received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai Shigenobu, Nobuyasu Mori
  • Patent number: 8204398
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Mochizuki, Dai Shigenobu, Miki Teshima, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110261411
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chigusa Mochizuki, Dai Shigenobu, Miki Teshima, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110228321
    Abstract: A display input device includes an input unit which receives an operation input, and a display unit which displays a screen for operation input and includes an input result display area for displaying at least a number and a character. When there is an available function for inputting the number and the character, an input button for using the available function is displayed in the input result display area or in an adjacent area of the input result display area, while when there is no available function, the button is not displayed in the input result display area or in the adjacent area of the input result display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai SHIGENOBU, Keiko Morita
  • Patent number: 8015498
    Abstract: A display control section 77 causes meta-information (attribute information 73 and function information 75) related to an icon 79 read out at step S14 to be dynamically switching-displayed in a space 81 equivalent to two icons, i.e., a display area of unselected icons, said display area not being required to display thereof any longer, as a result of selecting an icon that fits the intent of a user. Thereby, it becomes possible to display with good visibility the meta-information related to the icon selected by the user, out of a plurality of icons list-displayed on the display screen, while effectively utilizing resources related to the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Dai Shigenobu
  • Patent number: 8010009
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Mochizuki, Dai Shigenobu, Miki Teshima, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110205577
    Abstract: A display input device includes a display unit which displays a plurality of types of functions as set items, a program which is called to control the display unit to display a screen for setting set items selected and registered in advance, a storage unit which stores information about whether or not to display a set item when the program is called as contents of the program, an input unit which accepts an input about whether or not to display the set items when the program is called, and a display control unit which controls the display unit not to display a set item that is determined to be no display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyasu MORI, Dai SHIGENOBU
  • Publication number: 20110194144
    Abstract: A display input device includes a storage unit which stores a program for controlling to display a screen for setting a set item that is selected and registered in advance by calling, an input unit which accepts a setting input, and a display unit which displays a combination image in which a position display image for indicating a current position of the display in the program when the program is called, and a screen number display image indicating the number of setting screens that are displayed or have been displayed for setting the set item included in the program are combined, for each set item included in the program, arranged in the display order of the set item in the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dai SHIGENOBU
  • Publication number: 20110055719
    Abstract: A multi function peripheral is provided with a display controller for causing a display section to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus, an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user, a display format receiver for receiving an instruction to select any one of a wizard display format, a list display format and a menu display format from the user, and a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Mori, Takanori Miyamoto, Tetsuya Maeda, Dai Shigenobu
  • Publication number: 20100138757
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a display unit, and a web browser function unit, the web browser function unit including: a registration instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes the display unit to display a registration instruction acceptance image; a registration unit which registers the URL of a web page being displayed in accordance with an operation based on the registration instruction acceptance image; a position designation acceptance image display control unit which displays a position designation acceptance image showing a candidate for a display position of a bookmark image of the web page of which URL is to be registered; and a position designation acceptance unit which accepts an instruction designating the display position of the bookmark image in accordance with an operation based on the position designation acceptance image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai Shigenobu, Yoshifumi Okabayashi, Takanori Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20100134831
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai Shigenobu, Yoshifumi Okabayashi, Takanori Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20100067047
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; an operation state detection unit that detects an operation state of an image forming apparatus; and a panel application that causes the display unit to display in a status area thereof an operation state detected by the operation state detection unit. The web browser causes the display unit to display in an area outside the status area thereof the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Okabayashi, Dai Shigenobu
  • Publication number: 20100067045
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; and an operation setting unit that receives from a user and stores an input of operation settings relating to the operation of the image forming apparatus, and of web page display settings relating to web page display control by the web browser. Upon launching of the web browser, the operation setting unit outputs the web page display settings to the web browser. The web browser displays the web page on the display unit according to the web page display settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai Shigenobu, Yoshifumi Okabayashi, Takanori Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20090144663
    Abstract: A display control section 77 causes meta-information (attribute information 73 and function information 75) related to an icon 79 read out at step S14 to be dynamically switching-displayed in a space 81 equivalent to two icons, i.e., a display area of unselected icons, said display area not being required to display thereof any longer, as a result of selecting an icon that fits the intent of a user. Thereby, it becomes possible to display with good visibility the meta-information related to the icon selected by the user, out of a plurality of icons list-displayed on the display screen, while effectively utilizing resources related to the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dai Shigenobu
  • Publication number: 20090037839
    Abstract: In a display control device according to the embodiments of the invention a display control part displays, if a screen switch instruction to switch to an operational condition input screen is accepted by a display screen switch key when any screen from a first guidance screen B to an n-th guidance screen D is displayed in a display part, an operational condition input screen E indicated by the screen switch instruction in the display part, as well as the screen from the first guidance screen B to the n-th guidance screen D that has been displayed in the display part in a reduced size in a portion of a display area of the operational condition input screen E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA Corporation
    Inventor: Dai Shigenobu
  • Publication number: 20070201050
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Mochizuki, Dai Shigenobu, Miki Teshima, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20070201074
    Abstract: To provide enhanced operability to users incapable of setting complicated operations such as handicapped people, children, and old people. An operation panel section displays a plurality of settable functions to receive an input of the plurality of the settable functions. An input controller switches an input mode through an operation panel section between a standard mode in which any function can be set and a universal mode in which limited functions can be set with visibility higher than the standard mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Michiko Tashiro, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda, Miki Teshima, Dai Shigenobu