Patents by Inventor Hideto Matsumoto

Hideto Matsumoto 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: 10180870
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20180046534
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hideto MATSUMOTO, Kiyotaka OHARA
  • Patent number: 9811408
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 9137395
    Abstract: An image processing device may comprising a USB I/F and a control device. The USB I/F may be configured to receive USB data packets transmitted by a data processing device. The USB I/F may be configured to cause a specific buffer corresponding to one USB endpoint for reception to store content data included in the received USB data packets. The control device may be configured to: execute one or more processing on the basis of an HTTP command; execute image processing on the basis of a particular command other than the HTTP command; and execute content data allocation processing. The content data allocation processing may include: causing content data including the HTTP command to be processed in the execution of the one or more processing; and causing content data including the particular command to be processed in the execution of the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140146364
    Abstract: An image processing device may comprising a USB I/F and a control device. The USB I/F may be configured to receive USB data packets transmitted by a data processing device. The USB I/F may be configured to cause a specific buffer corresponding to one USB endpoint for reception to store content data included in the received USB data packets. The control device may be configured to: execute one or more processing on the basis of an HTTP command; execute image processing on the basis of a particular command other than the HTTP command; and execute content data allocation processing. The content data allocation processing may include: causing content data including the HTTP command to be processed in the execution of the one or more processing; and causing content data including the particular command to be processed in the execution of the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideto MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140068355
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hideto MATSUMOTO, Kiyotaka OHARA
  • Patent number: 8626858
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 8423801
    Abstract: An electronic device including an external-memory-medium installing portion in which an external memory medium storing contents data, a display portion for displaying the contents data, a sound generating portion for generating a sound, a power-shut-down-requirement receiving portion for receiving a requirement for shutting-down a power supply to the electronic device, a monitoring portion for determining whether the external memory medium is installed in the external-memory-medium installing portion, a sound-generation commanding portion for commanding command the sound generating portion to generate an alarming sound when the monitoring portion has determined that the external memory medium is not installed in the external-memory-medium installing portion while the contents data are displayed, and a power supply control portion for inhibiting an operation to shut down the power supply to the electronic device when the power-shut-down-requirement receiving portion has received the requirement for shutting do
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8259363
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads an image, the image comprising an image printed on a printing sheet, and a first demarcation line added by a writing tool and demarcating a region of the image, a demarcation line extracting unit that extracts the first demarcation line from the image read by the image reading unit, and an image extracting unit that extracts the region of the image demarcated by the first demarcation line from the image as an extracted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120166564
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 8161124
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20100250990
    Abstract: An electronic device including an external-memory-medium installing portion in which an external memory medium storing contents data, a display portion for displaying the contents data, a sound generating portion for generating a sound, a power-shut-down-requirement receiving portion for receiving a requirement for shutting-down a power supply to the electronic device, a monitoring portion for determining whether the external memory medium is installed in the external-memory-medium installing portion, a sound-generation commanding portion for commanding command the sound generating portion to generate an alarming sound when the monitoring portion has determined that the external memory medium is not installed in the external-memory-medium installing portion while the contents data are displayed, and a power supply control portion for inhibiting an operation to shut down the power supply to the electronic device when the power-shut-down-requirement receiving portion has received the requirement for shutting do
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7801979
    Abstract: In a communication system, a mail server and a plurality of electronic devices, which are connected with a network, are provided. A predetermined e-mail address is assigned to the plurality of electronic devices. Each of the plurality of electronic devices includes a first determination system that determines whether an e-mail address of an e-mail message transmitted to the mail server coincides with the predetermined e-mail address, a second determination system that determines, whether the e-mail message addressed to the predetermined e-mail address is directed to the electronic device to which the second determination system belongs in accordance with contents of the e-mail message addressed to the predetermined e-mail address, and a processing system that executes a procedure corresponding to the e-mail message when the second determination system determines that the e-mail message is directed to the electronic device to which the second determination system belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20100010898
    Abstract: An advertisement data delivery system comprising at least one advertisement server and a client communicable with the advertisement server through a network, wherein the client transmits to one advertisement server a data delivery request requesting the advertisement server to deliver data to the client, and in response to the data delivery request, the advertisement server delivers to the client at least one of advertisement data according to which the client displays on its display portion an advertisement, and another address which is different from the address of the advertisement server to which the data delivery request has been transmitted, so that the other advertisement data can be delivered from the above-indicated another address to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7610336
    Abstract: A data analysis provider system includes a client device and a data analysis provider both capable of two-way transmission. The client device transmits either target-of-analysis data or information relating to the target-of-analysis data to the data analysis provider. Additionally, the client device notifies the data analysis provider of a desired process to be performed on the target-of-analysis data. The data analysis provider receives the target-of-analysis data or information relating to the target-of-analysis data transmitted from the client device and confirms the desired process. Then, the data analysis provider prepares response data that enables the client device to perform the desired process and transmits the response data to the client device. The client device receives the response data from the data analysis provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koshi Fukazawa, Hideki Nogawa, Kiyotaka Ohara, Hideto Matsumoto, Akihiro Furukawa, Atsushi Kojima, Masaaki Hibino
  • Patent number: 7602511
    Abstract: A facsimile device 10 serving as a transmission device of the present invention has a maintenance information base (MIB) 23a storing address data. When the facsimile device 10 receives a SNMP-based packet including a GET command, the address data is retrieved and transmitted to an external device 3. When the facsimile device 10 receives a SNMP-based packet including a SET command, address data included in the packet is retrieved and registered into the MIB 23a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Hideki Nogawa
  • Patent number: 7603451
    Abstract: A network system is disclosed, including a plurality of network terminals connected to a network; and an administrator terminal that manages the network terminals across the network. One of the network terminals includes a command receiver that receives a command from the administrator terminal over the network, and a command transmitter that transits the command received by the command receiver to another of the plurality of network terminals. When the administrator terminal is allowed to communicate with only particular terminals, the network system allows the administrator terminal to transmit a command to terminals other than the particular terminals indirectly. Therefore, the network system enjoys enhanced advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7543050
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes a control portion, a LAN interface portion, and web servers. The web server manages information about components in the control portion, the user I/F portion, the printer, and the scanner. The web server manages information about components in the LAN interface portion. The web servers are configured for mutual transmission. The web server is connected to a LAN through a network control portion. When information that is managed by the web server is requested from a terminal that is connected to the LAN, then the web server functions as a proxy server to transfer the requested input from the LAN to the web server and to transmit information transferred from the web server to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideto Matsumoto, Naoki Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20080250277
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20080212132
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads an image, the image comprising an image printed on a printing sheet, and a first demarcation line added by a writing tool and demarcating a region of the image, a demarcation line extracting unit that extracts the first demarcation line from the image read by the image reading unit, and an image extracting unit that extracts the region of the image demarcated by the first demarcation line from the image as an extracted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideto Matsumoto