Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Sato

Hirokazu Sato 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: 11102374
    Abstract: In an information processing terminal, a processor receiving identification information from another program. The identification information is for identifying an image processing operation. The processor performs a first determination process determining whether the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation identified by the identification information. The processor performs a first display process displaying determination information indicating a result of the first determination process. The processor receives operation condition information from the external program in a case where the first determination process determines that the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation. The operation condition information indicates a condition for executing the image processing operation. The processor transmits a command to the specified apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sato, Tatsuhiko Sone
  • Publication number: 20210232356
    Abstract: A printing system includes an information processing apparatus, a mobile terminal, and a printer. The information processing apparatus is configured to transmit job identification information and address information to the mobile terminal, and transmit a printing job to the printer when receiving a transmission request for the printing job identified by the job identification information from the printer. The mobile terminal is configured to transmit the job identification information and the address information to a selected execution printer. The printer is configured to transmit a transmission request for transmitting the printing job to the information processing apparatus specified by the received address information when receiving the job identification information and the address information from the mobile terminal, and execute printing processing in response to receiving the transmission request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu SATO
  • Patent number: 11074059
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions which cause, when executed by a controller, a mobile terminal to execute a first receiving process of receiving second version information from an image processing device and first version information concerning a firmware for update from the server, a displaying process of displaying update information when the firmware of the image processing device can be updated a second receiving process of receiving the second version information from the image processing device, a determining process of determining whether the firmware installed in the image processing device is updated to a newer version based on one of the first and second version information received in the first receiving process, and the second version information received in the second receiving process, and a hiding process of hiding the update information when it is determined that the firmware has been updated in the determining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20200228676
    Abstract: In an information processing terminal, a processor receiving identification information from another program. The identification information is for identifying an image processing operation. The processor performs a first determination process determining whether the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation identified by the identification information. The processor performs a first display process displaying determination information indicating a result of the first determination process. The processor receives operation condition information from the external program in a case where the first determination process determines that the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation. The operation condition information indicates a condition for executing the image processing operation. The processor transmits a command to the specified apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hirokazu SATO, Tatsuhiko SONE
  • Patent number: 10616440
    Abstract: In an information processing terminal, a processor receiving identification information from another program. The identification information is for identifying an image processing operation. The processor performs a first determination process determining whether the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation identified by the identification information. The processor performs a first display process displaying determination information indicating a result of the first determination process. The processor receives operation condition information from the external program in a case where the first determination process determines that the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation. The operation condition information indicates a condition for executing the image processing operation. The processor transmits a command to the specified apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sato, Tatsuhiko Sone
  • Patent number: 10582073
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-executable instructions including an application. The application is configured to cause a processor of an information processing device to, in response to accepting an authentication instruction, activate a local server and a browser, and instruct the browser to display an authentication screen of a cloud server and to specify the local server as a redirection destination. The local server is configured to cause the processor to, in response to receiving a request from the browser, determine whether the request is a particular request other than the redirection request, when determining that the request is not the particular request, instruct the browser to display a completion screen including a result of the authentication, and terminate the local server, and when determining that the request is the particular request, respond to the particular request, without terminating the local server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20190268490
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-executable instructions including an application. The application is configured to cause a processor of an information processing device to, in response to accepting an authentication instruction, activate a local server and a browser, and instruct the browser to display an authentication screen of a cloud server and to specify the local server as a redirection destination. The local server is configured to cause the processor to, in response to receiving a request from the browser, determine whether the request is a particular request other than the redirection request, when determining that the request is not the particular request, instruct the browser to display a completion screen including a result of the authentication, and terminate the local server, and when determining that the request is the particular request, respond to the particular request, without terminating the local server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu SATO
  • Patent number: 10367952
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to control a communication device to transmit, to an information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating a specific one of image processing operations that has been selected at a time when the controller starts establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device, control the communication device to receive execution instructing information from the information processing terminal device, and control a specific one of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20190182404
    Abstract: In an information processing terminal, a processor receiving identification information from another program. The identification information is for identifying an image processing operation. The processor performs a first determination process determining whether the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation identified by the identification information. The processor performs a first display process displaying determination information indicating a result of the first determination process. The processor receives operation condition information from the external program in a case where the first determination process determines that the specified apparatus is capable of executing the image processing operation. The operation condition information indicates a condition for executing the image processing operation. The processor transmits a command to the specified apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu SATO, Tatsuhiko SONE
  • Patent number: 10304642
    Abstract: A switch device for a vehicle includes an emergency notification switch, an operation switch other than the emergency notification switch, and a cover that is movable between a closed position at which the emergency notification switch and the operation switch are covered and an open position at which the emergency notification switch and the operation switch are exposed. In the switch device, an operating surface of the emergency notification switch is located at a position lower than an operating surface of the operation switch, and the cover is provided with an opening through which the operating surface of the operation switch is exposed at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujita, Hirokazu Sato
  • Patent number: 10180784
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to display a closed frame line for specifying a particular range for image processing, the frame line having positioning points placed thereon, display object images in respective positions associated with the positioning points, when a selected one of the object images is of a second type, in response to a touch intensity for bringing an indicator in touch with or in proximity to the selected object image on a touch panel being more than a threshold, change the type of the selected object image to a first type, whereas when the selected object image is of the first type, in response to a particular condition being satisfied in detection of the indicator in touch with or in proximity to the selected object image, change the type of the selected object image to the second type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20180308648
    Abstract: A switch device for a vehicle includes an emergency notification switch, an operation switch other than the emergency notification switch, and a cover that is movable between a closed position at which the emergency notification switch and the operation switch are covered and an open position at which the emergency notification switch and the operation switch are exposed. In the switch device, an operating surface of the emergency notification switch is located at a position lower than an operating surface of the operation switch, and the cover is provided with an opening through which the operating surface of the operation switch is exposed at the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko FUJITA, Hirokazu SATO
  • Patent number: 10025541
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a first communication device, a second communication device, an informing device, and a controller configured to control the first communication device to establish first communication with an information processing terminal device that is within a predetermined communicable distance from the first communication device, and to control the second communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, target data that has been informed of by the informing device at a time when the first communication is established between the first communication device and the information processing terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20180191916
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to control a communication device to transmit, to an information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating a specific one of image processing operations that has been selected at a time when the controller starts establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device, control the communication device to receive execution instructing information from the information processing terminal device, and control a specific one of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu SATO
  • Patent number: 9917956
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to control a communication device to transmit, to an information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating a specific one of image processing operations that has been selected at a time when the controller starts establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device, control the communication device to receive execution instructing information from the information processing terminal device, and control a specific one of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20180060063
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions which cause, when executed by a controller, a mobile terminal to execute a first receiving process of receiving second version information from an image processing device and first version information concerning a firmware for update from the server, a displaying process of displaying update information when the firmware of the image processing device can be updated a second receiving process of receiving the second version information from the image processing device, a determining process of determining whether the firmware installed in the image processing device is updated to a newer version based on one of the first and second version information received in the first receiving process, and the second version information received in the second receiving process, and a hiding process of hiding the update information when it is determined that the firmware has been updated in the determining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Hirokazu SATO
  • Patent number: 9888139
    Abstract: A portable terminal may display a first screen for receiving a first inputting operation and a second inputting operation on a display. The portable terminal may transmit first scan instruction information to the image processing device. The portable terminal may receive the first scan image data generated by the scan process from the image processing device. The portable terminal may generating first FAX image setting information that reflects the scan image setting information. The portable terminal may display, on the display, a second screen including a first setting image indicating the first FAX image setting information and a preview image of the first scan image data. The portable terminal may generate first FAX image data. The portable terminal may transmit first FAX instruction information and the first FAX image data to the image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20170285905
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to display a closed frame line for specifying a particular range for image processing, the frame line having positioning points placed thereon, display object images in respective positions associated with the positioning points, when a selected one of the object images is of a second type, in response to a touch intensity for bringing an indicator in touch with or in proximity to the selected object image on a touch panel being more than a threshold, change the type of the selected object image to a first type, whereas when the selected object image is of the first type, in response to a particular condition being satisfied in detection of the indicator in touch with or in proximity to the selected object image, change the type of the selected object image to the second type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Hirokazu SATO
  • Patent number: 9713515
    Abstract: An artificial teeth packaging container includes an artificial teeth accommodating portion for fixing a plurality of continuously arranged artificial teeth detachably, and holding an arrangement position relation with an adjacent artificial teeth and an arrangement position relation with an upper or lower artificial molar teeth, in which the artificial teeth accommodating portion covers the plurality of artificial teeth from an occlusal plane in a state exposed around a cervical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Hisashi Okada, Noriyuki Negoro, Kunihiro Fujii, Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20170094081
    Abstract: A portable terminal may display a first screen for receiving a first inputting operation and a second inputting operation on a display. The portable terminal may transmit first scan instruction information to the image processing device. The portable terminal may receive the first scan image data generated by the scan process from the image processing device. The portable terminal may generating first FAX image setting information that reflects the scan image setting information. The portable terminal may display, on the display, a second screen including a first setting image indicating the first FAX image setting information and a preview image of the first scan image data. The portable terminal may generate first FAX image data. The portable terminal may transmit first FAX instruction information and the first FAX image data to the image processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Hirokazu SATO