Patents by Inventor Hideharu SAKAKIBARA

Hideharu SAKAKIBARA 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: 8804146
    Abstract: A device includes a first receiving unit that receives a supply voltage supplied from a control device, a second receiving unit that receives from the control device a control signal for executing a predetermined operation in each functional unit, a setting unit that sets the predetermined operation in a setting section when the second receiving unit receives the control signal indicating the predetermined operation to be executed in each functional unit when the supply voltage is in an OFF state, and a controller that performs control to execute the predetermined operation, which is set in the setting unit, in each functional unit when the supply voltage received by the first receiving unit is in an OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sasaki, Masafumi Ono, Yasushi Amano, Hideharu Sakakibara, Yasuhiro Endoh, Takafumi Kumazaki, Takahisa Koga, Hiroshi Mikuriya
  • Patent number: 8743385
    Abstract: A service providing apparatus includes the following elements. A communication unit communicates with an external terminal apparatus. An operation unit is used by a user for performing an operation. A notification unit notifies a user of information. A login controller receives a login request of a user from the operation unit or from an external terminal apparatus via the communication unit, and determines whether to permit the login. Upon receipt of a login request from a second user when a first user has already logged in, the login controller notifies the first user of occurrence of the login request via the communication unit or the notification unit, and permits the login of the second user in accordance with a notification received from the first user via the communication unit or an operation performed by the first user with the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kutoh, Koujirou Oishi, Hideharu Sakakibara, Atsushi Mikami, Tooru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130163015
    Abstract: A device includes a first receiving unit that receives a supply voltage supplied from a control device, a second receiving unit that receives from the control device a control signal for executing a predetermined operation in each functional unit, a setting unit that sets the predetermined operation in a setting section when the second receiving unit receives the control signal indicating the predetermined operation to be executed in each functional unit when the supply voltage is in an OFF state, and a controller that performs control to execute the predetermined operation, which is set in the setting unit, in each functional unit when the supply voltage received by the first receiving unit is in an OFF state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka SASAKI, Masafumi ONO, Yasushi AMANO, Hideharu SAKAKIBARA, Yasuhiro ENDOH, Takafumi KUMAZAKI, Takahisa KOGA, Hiroshi MIKURIYA
  • Publication number: 20130088748
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image data memory, a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, an edit information converting unit, and an image editing unit. The image data memory stores image data. The transmitting unit transmits related image data related to the image data to an external terminal apparatus. The receiving unit receives first edit information from the external terminal apparatus, the first edit information representing details of edit that has been performed on the related image data. The edit information converting unit converts the first edit information to generate second edit information, the second edit information representing details of edit that is to be performed on the image data. The image editing unit edits the image data by using the second edit information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi MIKAMI, Hideharu SAKAKIBARA, Koujirou OISHI, Nobuyuki KUTOH, Tooru TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20130063759
    Abstract: A service providing apparatus includes the following elements. A communication unit communicates with an external terminal apparatus. An operation unit is used by a user for performing an operation. A notification unit notifies a user of information. A login controller receives a login request of a user from the operation unit or from an external terminal apparatus via the communication unit, and determines whether to permit the login. Upon receipt of a login request from a second user when a first user has already logged in, the login controller notifies the first user of occurrence of the login request via the communication unit or the notification unit, and permits the login of the second user in accordance with a notification received from the first user via the communication unit or an operation performed by the first user with the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KUTOH, Koujirou OISHI, Hideharu SAKAKIBARA, Atsushi MIKAMI, Tooru TAKAHASHI