Patents by Inventor Daisuke Sakiyama
Daisuke Sakiyama 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).
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Patent number: 8310697Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a request information reception portion that receives a request to execute an image-related process relating to an image from another image processing apparatus and obtains limited functions information from another image processing apparatus relating to a right of a user that specified the request to use a function, a substitute allowance determining portion determining whether the user has the right to use the function necessary to execute the image-related process of the request, based on the obtained limited functions information, and a substitute process command portion controlling each portion of the image processing apparatus to execute the image-related process when it is determined that the user has the right, and not to execute that image-related process when it is determined that the user does not have such right.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Daisuke Sakiyama
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Publication number: 20120224206Abstract: An image forming device that operates in one of power-saving mode and normal mode by switching therebetween comprises: an automatic response unit configured to perform control to switch from the power-saving mode to the normal mode in accordance with a protocol on which a request issued by an information terminal device is based; an analysis unit configured to analyze whether or not the information terminal device has issued a request based on a protocol that requires the switching from the power-saving mode to the normal mode without a job execution; a message generation unit configured to, when the result of the analysis by the analysis unit is affirmative, generate a message for causing the information terminal device to change the protocol; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated message.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Kazuaki Tomono, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 8237936Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an input portion, an output portion, a plurality of compressing/expanding devices which compress data-to-be-outputted inputted from the input portion and expand compressed data-to-be-outputted, a file memory which stores the data-to-be-outputted compressed by some or all of the plurality of compressing/expanding devices, a data discrimination portion which discriminates whether the data-to-be-outputted inputted from the input portion is data including a small amount of information or a large amount of information, and a transfer controller. In cases where it is discriminated by the data discrimination portion that the data-to-be-outputted is data including a small amount of information, the transfer controller transfers the data-to-be-outputted to the output portion through the plurality of compressing/expanding devices operating in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Hashimoto, Takeshi Morikawa, Daisuke Sakiyama, Nobuo Kamei
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Publication number: 20120120259Abstract: When a shot is taken by a portable terminal, the position and orientation at the time of shooting is transmitted to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus, which stores information including the position of equipment, detects the equipment included in the shot image by the portable terminal, based on the position and orientation of the portable terminal and the position of the equipment, and transmits information about the equipment to the portable terminal. The portable terminal obtains an operation history on an image processing apparatus in the equipment based on the received information, and displays an operation screen presenting the operation history in a selectable manner on a display unit. Then, when a selection of operation history is accepted, a control signal for allowing the image processing apparatus to execute image processing indicated by the operation history is transmitted to the image processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, lnc.Inventors: Daisuke SAKIYAMA, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Takeshi MINAMI, Kaitaku OZAWA, Kazuya ANEZAKI
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Publication number: 20120011585Abstract: An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authentication portion execute the user authentication and switches from the first authentication portion to the second authentication portion when the user authentication by the first authentication portion cannot be established.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: TOSHIHIKO OTAKE, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takanobu Kuge, Hideyuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 8081336Abstract: The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2011Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Tomonari Yoshimura
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Patent number: 8081335Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided with a box data management portion that manages boxes where document files as shared data are saved, a document update detecting portion that detects an updated document file among the document files saved in boxes, an RSS data accumulating portion that stores file update data indicating identification information of the box thus detected, a date and time when the update has been performed, a user who has performed the update and updated contents, the file update data being shown in the RSS format, and an update information displaying portion that presents a user with the file update data of the document file satisfying conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Katsuhiko Akita, Masahiro Kitamura
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Patent number: 8056126Abstract: An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authentication portion execute the user authentication and switches from the first authentication portion to the second authentication portion when the user authentication by the first authentication portion cannot be established.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Toshihiko Otake, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takanobu Kuge, Hideyuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 8046359Abstract: In order to reproduce the content output before, an MFP includes an HDD to store data which includes a plurality of page data having corresponding page numbers, an instruction accepting portion to accept a page number of one of the page data to be displayed on a projector, a display control portion to cause the page data of the accepted page number to be displayed on the projector, a history storing portion to store, for each of the page data displayed, history information in which the page number of the page data, the actually displayed time of the page data, and the actually displayed order of the page data are associated with each other, and a redisplay control portion to cause the plurality of page data to be displayed on the projector based on the history information on the condition that the history information is designated.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Minami, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Daisuke Sakiyama
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Publication number: 20110219301Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an information taker that obtains information of a key selection screen previously customized on the image forming apparatus itself or information of a key selection screen customized on a different image forming apparatus; and a comparison portion that compares second features currently installed on the image forming apparatus to first features installed on the image forming apparatus originally before the customization or to first features installed on the different image forming apparatus. And if it is judged based on the comparison results that the second features include one or more than one feature of the print function, not included in the first features, a controller makes a display portion indicates that there is a new feature having been installed on the image forming apparatus while displaying a preview image of print data to be outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Kenichi Takahashi, Takeshi Minami, Daisuke Sakiyama, Yosuke Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20110102843Abstract: The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Tomonari Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20110066435Abstract: An MFP includes an accepting portion to accept an image and a speech, a speech recognition portion to recognize the accepted speech, a display screen generating portion, in response to an event that a keyword included in a predetermined output setting is recognized by the speech recognition portion, to generate a display screen in accordance with the output setting, the display screen including at least one of the accepted image and an image of object data that is stored in advance independently from the accepted image, and a transmission control portion to transmit, in accordance with the output setting, the generated display screen to at least one of a plurality of PCs operated respectively by a plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuaki Tomono, Kenichi Takahashi, Takeshi Minami, Daisuke Sakiyama
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Patent number: 7889369Abstract: The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Tomonari Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7873918Abstract: A display method for displaying a workflow system composed of a plurality of discrete Boxes each associated with a document process and linked in a predetermined order. The workflow is defined for causing the processes to be sequentially executed. The workflow is displayed using icons representing the Boxes. If execution of the associated process has been completed, an icon representing a corresponding Box is overlaid with oblique lines. If execution of the associated process is currently in process, an icon representing a corresponding Box is overlaid with a graphical representation of a sand timer.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Okihisa Yoshida, Tomonari Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20100238471Abstract: In order to form an image without losing a moving image included in a structured document, an MFP, when forming an image, receives print data and a moving image from a PC, stores the moving image in association with second moving image identification information, embeds, in a still image included in the print data, the second moving image identification information for the stored moving image and positional information included in the print data, and forms the still image on a sheet of paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daisuke Sakiyama, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Takeshi Minami
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Publication number: 20100241653Abstract: In order to automatically enrich the contents of presentation, MFP includes a display control portion for outputting presentation data for display, a specifying instruction accepting portion for accepting an instruction for specifying part of the presentation data, a related information search portion for searching for related information related to a specified part specified by the specifying instruction, a conversion portion for converting the presentation data into transmission data that allows extraction of related information related to the specified part, and a transmission portion for transmitting the transmission data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daisuke SAKIYAMA, Kenichi Takahashi, Takeshi Minami, Kazuaki Tomono
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Publication number: 20100091987Abstract: In order to restrict a destination of data for security and facilitate acquisition of the data at the destination, a conference system includes an MFP and a projector, wherein the MFP prestores data for display in an HDD and includes an access key generating portion to generate an access key for an access to the display data and a data transmitting portion to transmit the display data on the condition that the access key is received from a PC, and the projector includes a wireless communication portion to wirelessly communicate with PCs within a predetermined distance, a projecting control portion to display the data stored in the HDD in the MFP, an access key acquiring portion to acquire the access key, and an access key transmitting portion to cause the wireless communication portion to transmit the access key when receiving a request from the PC via the wireless communication portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Daisuke Sakiyama, Takeshi Minami
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Publication number: 20100057458Abstract: Regarding audio data related to document data, an image processing apparatus pertaining to the present invention generates text data by using a speech recognition technology in advance, and determines delimiter positions in the text data and the audio data in correspondence. In a keyword search, if a keyword is detected in the text data, the image processing apparatus plays the audio data from a delimiter that is immediately before the keyword.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mitsuzo IWAKI, Kenichi TAKAHASHI, Takeshi MINAMI, Daisuke SAKIYAMA
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Patent number: 7643163Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes one or a plurality of input portions, one or a plurality of output portions, a plurality of compressing/expanding devices which compress data-to-be-outputted included in a job inputted from any one of an input portions and expand the compressed data-to-be-outputted, and a job discrimination portion which discriminates whether the job inputted from any one of the input portions is not required to be outputted without delay. Depending on a discrimination result of the job discrimination portion, a controller controls operation assignment of a plurality of compressing/expanding devices and activates assigned compressing/expanding devices for the job.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Sakiyama, Nobuo Kamei, Masaya Hashimoto, Takeshi Morikawa
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Publication number: 20090307575Abstract: In order to reproduce the content output before, an MFP includes an HDD to store data which includes a plurality of page data having corresponding page numbers, an instruction accepting portion to accept a page number of one of the page data to be displayed on a projector, a display control portion to cause the page data of the accepted page number to be displayed on the projector, a history storing portion to store, for each of the page data displayed, history information in which the page number of the page data, the actually displayed time of the page data, and the actually displayed order of the page data are associated with each other, and a redisplay control portion to cause the plurality of page data to be displayed on the projector based on the history information on the condition that the history information is designated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Minami, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Daisuke Sakiyama