Patents by Inventor Hikohisa Kitai

Hikohisa Kitai 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: 9432549
    Abstract: A user terminal 1, which is communicably connected to a server device 2 via a network 9, includes: an information acquisition unit 101 that acquires terminal information including a terminal ID of the user terminal 1, and acquires peripheral device information including a device type and a serial number of a peripheral device 3 connected to the user terminal 1 via an interface 15 for peripheral device connection, which is different from a network interface 16 connected to the network 9; and a transmission/reception unit 102 that transmits the terminal information and the peripheral device information to the server device 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Komano, Hikohisa Kitai, Yoshinobu Araya, Yoshihisa Taira
  • Patent number: 8549190
    Abstract: An information processing device, to which a peripheral device 3 using a consumable item is connected, includes: an information acquisition section 101 that acquires peripheral device information including a use amount of the consumable item used on the peripheral device 3, acquires a cumulative use amount of the consumable item by accumulating the use amount, and acquires an event log including contents of an event that has occurred on the information processing device and an occurrence date/time of the event; a limit value calculation section 104 that calculates an estimated limit value of the use amount of the consumable item based on the cumulative use amount of the consumable item obtained at the occurrence date/time of the event regarding the event log including the contents regarding the consumable item; and a threshold value calculation section 106 that calculates a threshold value for judging a timing to output a replacement/replenishment prompt notification in comparison with a current cumulative us
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuya Komano, Hikohisa Kitai, Yoshinobu Araya, Yoshihisa Taira
  • Publication number: 20110231542
    Abstract: A user terminal 1, which is communicably connected to a server device 2 via a network 9, includes: an information acquisition unit 101 that acquires terminal information including a terminal ID of the user terminal 1, and acquires peripheral device information including a device type and a serial number of a peripheral device 3 connected to the user terminal 1 via an interface 15 for peripheral device connection, which is different from a network interface 16 connected to the network 9; and a transmission/reception unit 102 that transmits the terminal information and the peripheral device information to the server device 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Komano, Hikohisa Kitai, Yoshinobu Araya, Yoshihisa Taira
  • Publication number: 20110231586
    Abstract: An information processing device, to which a peripheral device 3 using a consumable item is connected, includes: an information acquisition section 101 that acquires peripheral device information including a use amount of the consumable item used on the peripheral device 3, acquires a cumulative use amount of the consumable item by accumulating the use amount, and acquires an event log including contents of an event that has occurred on the information processing device and an occurrence date/time of the event; a limit value calculation section 104 that calculates an estimated limit value of the use amount of the consumable item based on the cumulative use amount of the consumable item obtained at the occurrence date/time of the event regarding the event log including the contents regarding the consumable item; and a threshold value calculation section 106 that calculates a threshold value for judging a timing to output a replacement/replenishment prompt notification in comparison with a current cumulative us
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Komano, Hikohisa Kitai, Yoshinobu Araya, Yoshihisa Taira