Patents by Inventor Fumiharu Nakayama
Fumiharu Nakayama 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: 11870963Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit that is configured to transport a print medium along a conveyance path. An antenna is configured to emit radio waves towards a predetermined portion of the conveyance path. A controller is configured to control the antenna to emit the radio waves towards the predetermined portion with a polarization direction set according to a type of the print medium being transported by the sheet conveyance unit. The print medium may have, for example, one or more wireless tags thereon or therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiharu Nakayama, Takashi Tomiyama, Yuki Koike, Toshihiro Imai
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Publication number: 20220400185Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit that is configured to transport a print medium along a conveyance path. An antenna is configured to emit radio waves towards a predetermined portion of the conveyance path. A controller is configured to control the antenna to emit the radio waves towards the predetermined portion with a polarization direction set according to a type of the print medium being transported by the sheet conveyance unit. The print medium may have, for example, one or more wireless tags thereon or therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Fumiharu NAKAYAMA, Takashi TOMIYAMA, Yuki KOIKE, Toshihiro IMAI
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Patent number: 11457119Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit that is configured to transport a print medium along a conveyance path. An antenna is configured to emit radio waves towards a predetermined portion of the conveyance path. A controller is configured to control the antenna to emit the radio waves towards the predetermined portion with a polarization direction set according to a type of the print medium being transported by the sheet conveyance unit. The print medium may have, for example, one or more wireless tags thereon or therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiharu Nakayama, Takashi Tomiyama, Yuki Koike, Toshihiro Imai
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Publication number: 20220053106Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit that is configured to transport a print medium along a conveyance path. An antenna is configured to emit radio waves towards a predetermined portion of the conveyance path. A controller is configured to control the antenna to emit the radio waves towards the predetermined portion with a polarization direction set according to a type of the print medium being transported by the sheet conveyance unit. The print medium may have, for example, one or more wireless tags thereon or therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Fumiharu NAKAYAMA, Takashi Tomiyama, Yuki Koike, Toshihiro Imai
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Patent number: 10089564Abstract: A portable terminal comprises an ID acquisition section, a position information acquisition section and a return instruction section. The ID acquisition section acquires ID information that specifies a print job sent from an information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus. In a case in which the ID information is acquired and a beacon signal is received from a beacon transmitter, the position information acquisition section acquires, according to the received beacon information, position information relating to a position of the portable terminal relative to the image forming apparatus. If the position information meets a specific condition indicating the approach of the portable terminal to the image forming apparatus, the return instruction section instructs the image forming apparatus to return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20170228565Abstract: An erasing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an erasing unit that erases an image formed on a sheet and a scanning unit that scans a surface of a sheet. A control determines whether or not an image on the sheet has been erased based on the scanned surface and count the number of sheets on which images are determined to have been erased, with respect to each size of the sheets. A network interface transmits information including the counted number of the sheets and a size of the sheets on which images are determined to have been erased to a managing apparatus that manages points associated with the erasing of the images on the sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Kenta MORIZUMI, Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20170228624Abstract: A portable terminal comprises an ID acquisition section, a position information acquisition section and a return instruction section. The ID acquisition section acquires ID information that specifies a print job sent from an information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus. In a case in which the ID information is acquired and a beacon signal is received from a beacon transmitter, the position information acquisition section acquires, according to the received beacon information, position information relating to a position of the portable terminal relative to the image forming apparatus. If the position information meets a specific condition indicating the approach of the portable terminal to the image forming apparatus, the return instruction section instructs the image forming apparatus to return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20150223548Abstract: In a shield member for covering a face of a wearer and a protective cap in which the shield member is provided, image distortion is made as small as possible even when he or she sees an object through its peripheral portions of the shield member. In a shield member 5 for covering a face of a wearer installed in a cap body 3 for protecting a hear of the wearer, it is a shield member 5 formed of a transparent body or a translucent body in a curved plate-like form and gradually becoming thinner as going from its central portion to its peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Wataru OKUMA, Fumiharu NAKAYAMA, Noritaka TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20150022850Abstract: A method for managing points associated with erasing of images on sheets includes the steps of receiving information such as a number of sheets on which images have been erased, a size of the sheets on which images have been erased, and user data associated with the erasing of the images, calculating new points associated with a user based on the received information, calculating a total of points associated with the user based on the calculated new points and points previously associated with the user, and storing the calculated total points.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenta MORIZUMI, Fumiharu NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 8484767Abstract: In a protective cap housing a shield member for covering almost all of a face of a wearer in the interior of a cap body, the protective cap capable of retracting the shield member in the interior of the cap body is provided. It is a protective cap 1 having a cap body 3 formed in a semi-spherical-shell-like form for protecting a head of a wearer, a shield member 5 for protecting almost all of a face of the wearer, and guide means 7 for guiding the shield member 5 to move along a curved surface of the cap body 3 between a housing position P1 to be housed in the cap body 3 and a shielding position P3 for covering almost all of the face of the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Midori Anzen Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20110296174Abstract: A communication apparatus that stores at least one address of transmission destination and at least one file to be transmitted that are obtained from an external device via an interface into a memory, determines whether a password for encrypting a transmission file is obtained by using a controller when receiving a file transmission instruction, and when obtaining the password, encrypts the transmission file by using the obtained password and transmits the encrypted transmission file to a transmission destination terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20110277224Abstract: In a shield member for covering a face of a wearer and a protective cap in which the shield member is provided, image distortion is made as small as possible even when he or she sees an object through its peripheral portions of the shield member. In a shield member 5 for covering a face of a wearer installed in a cap body 3 for protecting a hear of the wearer, it is a shield member 5 formed of a transparent body or a translucent body in a curved plate-like form and gradually becoming thinner as going from its central portion to its peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: MIDORI ANZEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Wataru Okuma, Fumiharu Nakayama, Noritaka Tajima
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Publication number: 20110271429Abstract: In a protective cap housing a shield member for covering almost all of a face of a wearer in the interior of a cap body, the protective cap capable of retracting the shield member in the interior of the cap body is provided. It is a protective cap 1 having a cap body 3 formed in a semi-spherical-shell-like form for protecting a head of a wearer, a shield member 5 for protecting almost all of a face of the wearer, and guide means 7 for guiding the shield member 5 to move along a curved surface of the cap body 3 between a housing position P1 to be housed in the cap body 3 and a shielding position P3 for covering almost all of the face of the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: MIDORIA ANZEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20110202627Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data transfer apparatus includes a managing unit and a transfer unit. The managing unit manages a transmission folder and plural output conditions in association with each other. The transfer unit transfers, on the basis of the plural output conditions, one or more files stored in the transmission folder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiharu Nakayama, Yasunori Sato, Jun Sasano, Tomohide Oka
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Publication number: 20110170529Abstract: A wireless LAN setting system mounted on an image forming apparatus that performs network connection through a wireless LAN and used for performing wireless communication with plural terminals, the wireless LAN setting system including a mode for checking, before setting is performed, existing setting contents (setting items and setting states) presently set. Guide indications are attached to respective setting screens. With the wireless LAN setting system, proper determination is performed and setting operation is correctly performed even if a user (an administrator) does not have professional knowledge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Patent number: 7920534Abstract: A wireless LAN setting system mounted on an image forming apparatus that performs network connection through a wireless LAN and used for performing wireless communication with plural terminals, the wireless LAN setting system including a mode for checking, before setting is performed, existing setting contents (setting items and setting states) presently set. Guide indications are attached to respective setting screens. With the wireless LAN setting system, proper determination is performed and setting operation is correctly performed even if a user (an administrator) does not have professional knowledge.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20090092106Abstract: A wireless LAN setting system mounted on an image forming apparatus that performs network connection through a wireless LAN and used for performing wireless communication with plural terminals, the wireless LAN setting system including a mode for checking, before setting is performed, existing setting contents (setting items and setting states) presently set. Guide indications are attached to respective setting screens. With the wireless LAN setting system, proper determination is performed and setting operation is correctly performed even if a user (an administrator) does not have professional knowledge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Patent number: 7355738Abstract: When a user registers a type and a condition of image formation by a terminal, the terminal determines a reservation number specific to contents of the registration, and the determined reservation number is displayed on the display of the terminal. The user watches this display and can know the reservation number. Once the reservation number is determined, registration data containing the determined reservation number and the content of the registration is generated by the terminal. The registration data is sent to the body of the apparatus. The registration data sent to the body is stored in the body. When the user stands in front of the body and inputs the reservation number, respective registration data are searched for corresponding to the reservation number. Further, based on the searched registration data, image reading, image processing, and image printing are controlled.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20070041036Abstract: In a digital multi-function peripheral, a network button (Available Network) is provided on a liquid crystal display section of an operator panel. When a user presses a currently available network button, a wireless communication control unit provides a main CPU 10 with an SSID that is used in a connectable wireless device (access point), along with a wireless mode, a channel and an RSSI. The main CPU causes the liquid crystal display section of the operator panel to display the RSSI value that is provided from the wireless communication control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2005Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventor: Fumiharu Nakayama
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Publication number: 20060227345Abstract: When a user registers a type and a condition of image formation by a terminal, the terminal determines a reservation number specific to contents of the registration, and the determined reservation number is displayed on the display of the terminal. The user watches this display and can know the reservation number. Once the reservation number is determined, registration data containing the determined reservation number and the content of the registration is generated by the terminal. The registration data is sent to the body of the apparatus. The registration data sent to the body is stored in the body. When the user stands in front of the body and inputs the reservation number, respective registration data are searched for corresponding to the reservation number. Further, based on the searched registration data, image reading, image processing, and image printing are controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventor: Fumiharu Nakayama