Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Banno

Hirokazu Banno 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: 11656825
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Urakawa, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 11449287
    Abstract: A server may after a shipping process has been executed, select first device identification information from among N2 pieces of device identification information (the N2 being an integer satisfying 2?N2?N1) by using N2 pieces of consumable article information among N1 pieces of the consumable article information, the first device identification information identifying a first device of which consumable article is to be exchanged first. The server may send a first notification execution request to an external device, the first notification execution request being for causing the external device to execute a first notification process, and the first notification process being for notifying a user that the consumable article of the first device identified by the first device identification information is to be exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Banno
  • Patent number: 11223611
    Abstract: A relay apparatus is connected to a communication apparatus, a service providing apparatus and a browser-equipped apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Hirokazu Banno, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20200311662
    Abstract: A server may after a shipping process has been executed, select first device identification information from among N2 pieces of device identification information (the N2 being an integer satisfying 2?N2?N1) by using N2 pieces of consumable article information among N1 pieces of the consumable article information, the first device identification information identifying a first device of which consumable article is to be exchanged first. The server may send a first notification execution request to an external device, the first notification execution request being for causing the external device to execute a first notification process, and the first notification process being for notifying a user that the consumable article of the first device identified by the first device identification information is to be exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hirokazu BANNO
  • Publication number: 20200097237
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka URAKAWA, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO, Hirokazu BANNO, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI
  • Patent number: 10496346
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Urakawa, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 10474405
    Abstract: A controller configured to perform: receiving first type consumable product information from a first type consumable product in a state where the first type consumable product is mounted to a printing execution apparatus; displaying a selection screen in a case where a registering instruction for registering ordering-related information is received, the selection screen including a first type information indicating the first type consumable product and being displayed in a first display mode and another type information indicating another consumable product different from the first type consumable product and being displayed in a second display mode; and registering the ordering-related information in a case where one piece of type information is selected from the plurality of pieces of type information included in the selection screen, the registered ordering-related information including consumable product information specifying a consumable product indicated by the one piece of type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Banno
  • Publication number: 20190266564
    Abstract: A control device may execute a shipping process; every time the shipping process is executed, store in a memory an association of device identification information and a code assigned to the consumable article; and in a case where a specific code is received from a first device after an association of first device identification information and a first code has been stored in the memory due to execution of a first shipping process and after the specific consumable article has been newly attached to the first device, determine whether the specific code is identical to the first code, wherein in a case where it is determined that the specific code is identical to the first code, a second shipping process may be executed, and in a case where it is determined that the specific code is not identical to the first code, the second shipping process may not be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu Banno
  • Publication number: 20190102128
    Abstract: A controller configured to perform: receiving first type consumable product information from a first type consumable product in a state where the first type consumable product is mounted to a printing execution apparatus; displaying a selection screen in a case where a registering instruction for registering ordering-related information is received, the selection screen including a first type information indicating the first type consumable product and being displayed in a first display mode and another type information indicating another consumable product different from the first type consumable product and being displayed in a second display mode; and registering the ordering-related information in a case where one piece of type information is selected from the plurality of pieces of type information included in the selection screen, the registered ordering-related information including consumable product information specifying a consumable product indicated by the one piece of type information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu Banno
  • Patent number: 10225254
    Abstract: A server receives access request from an information processing apparatus. The access request includes address information of a source web page. The access request is generated in response to reception of the source web page. The server receives authentication information from the information processing apparatus to authenticate the information processing apparatus, and receives display request from the authenticated information processing apparatus. The display request is for displaying, by the information processing apparatus, a set of device information in a storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno
  • Patent number: 10225416
    Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20180375923
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka URAKAWA, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO, Hirokazu BANNO, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI
  • Patent number: 10044881
    Abstract: A relay apparatus connected to service providing apparatuses respectively providing services and a communication apparatus that includes an additional-information storage unit configured to store additional information associated with the service and identification information, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive notification including the service and the user identification information from the communication apparatus; a generating unit generating an output command for outputting, to the relay apparatus, the additional information stored in the additional-information storage unit corresponding to the service and the identification information included in the notification; an output commanding unit transmitting the output command to the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring the additional information output in response to the output command; a first communication unit configured to perform communication with the service providing apparatus using the acquired additional information
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyoshi Inoue, Takeshi Nagasaki, Yusuke Shimada, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10044789
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Urakawa, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Hirokazu Banno, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki
  • Publication number: 20180191919
    Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20180183781
    Abstract: A relay apparatus is connected to a communication apparatus, a service providing apparatus and a browser-equipped apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Yusuke SHIMADA, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Kazutaka YAMAMOTO, Hirokazu BANNO, Satoshi WATANABE, Katsuaki ITO
  • Patent number: 9963321
    Abstract: An elevator device automatically setting a current value of an interval between upper and lower cars vertically movable inside a car frame, including: a moving mechanism vertically moving the cars; a memory storing a current interval between the cars; a car interval change quantity detector detecting a change quantity of the interval between the cars; an adjustment mechanism adjusting the interval between the cars based on the stored car interval and the detected change quantity of the interval; an initial car interval detector detecting that the interval between the cars has reached an initial car interval; and a learning mechanism causing the moving mechanism to vertically move the cars until the initial car interval detector detects that the interval between the cars has reached the initial car interval to learn the car interval when the car interval is not stored in the memory, which is then stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Banno
  • Patent number: 9912823
    Abstract: A server receives a correlation instruction from an information processing apparatus when the storage stores first device information uniquely assigned to an image processing apparatus. The correlation instruction is for correlating first device information with a service that a service-providing apparatus provides. The server receives first authentication information from the information processing apparatus. The server stores the first authentication information in association with the first device information in the storage. The server receives, from the image processing apparatus, second device information and first information. The second device information is assigned to the image processing apparatus. The first information is generated in the image processing apparatus for receiving the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Banno, Hiroaki Fujino, Takeshi Nagasaki, Masafumi Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 9860231
    Abstract: A relay apparatus is connected to a communication apparatus, a service providing apparatus and a browser-equipped apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Miyazawa, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Nagasaki, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Hirokazu Banno, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 9686264
    Abstract: A service providing apparatus configured to acquire a resource request from a terminal apparatus, specify destination information, which is associated with authentication information stored in a storage and coinciding with authentication information included in the acquired resource request, from the storage, determine whether domain information included in the acquired resource request and the specified destination information coincide with each other, and transmit a first response including information indicating that authentication is required and the domain information to the terminal apparatus when the domain information and the destination information coincide with each other, and transmit a second response not including the domain information to the terminal apparatus when the domain information and the destination information do not coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Banno