Patents by Inventor Hajime Satow

Hajime Satow 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).

  • Data processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20050030576
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, the data form of data to be processed by an application program is stored and the data forms of data are stored. Processing by the application program, and the data to be processed are represented by respective peculiar icons, and the correspondence between the icon representing the processing by the application program and the icon representing the data to be processed by the application program is displayed based on the stored-information. Thus, the user can operate with the data without being aware of the correspondence between data and an application which can process the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masaki Sagoh, Yasufumi Takada, Yosato Hitaka, Hajime Satow, Yoshiro Hikida, Naohiro Yoshikawa
  • Method and apparatus for setting a limitation of copy to generated data in a system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to a network
    Patent number: 6809748
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, the data form of data to be processed by an application program is stored and the data forms of data are stored. Processing by the application program, and the data to be processed are represented by respective peculiar icons, and the correspondence between the icon representing the processing by the application program and the icon representing the data to be processed by the application program is displayed based on the stored—information. Thus, the user can operate with the data without being aware of the correspondence between data and an application which can process the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masaki Sagoh, Yasufumi Takada, Yosato Hitaka, Hajime Satow, Yoshiro Hikida, Naohiro Yoshikawa
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A LIMITATION OF COPY TO GENERATED DATA IN A SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20020099741
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, the data form of data to be processed by an application program is stored and the data forms of data are stored. Processing by the application program, and the data to be processed are represented by respective peculiar icons, and the correspondence between the icon representing the processing by the application program and the icon representing the data to be processed by the application program is displayed based on the stored information. Thus, the user can operate with the data without being aware of the correspondence between data and an application which can process the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masaki Sagoh, Yasufumi Takada, Yosato Hitaka, Hajime Satow, Yoshiro Hikida, Naohiro Yoshikawa
  • Method and apparatus for controlling access of stored data in a system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to a network
    Patent number: 6151019
    Abstract: An information network is disclosed in which information to be made available to each of several information processing apparatuses is stored together with associated periods of accessibility; and the accessibility of the stored information to the information processing apparatuses is controlled according to the stored associated periods of accessability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masaki Sagoh, Yasufumi Takada, Yosato Hitaka, Hajime Satow, Yoshiro Hikida, Naohiro Yoshikawa