Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sasada

Hiroshi Sasada 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).

  • Image processing apparatus and data processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7334224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for updating internally stored data, and a data processing apparatus for transmitting instruction information to the image processing apparatus for instructing the updating of data. According to the image processing apparatus and the data processing apparatus of the invention, in the processing for obtaining, from a server, update data that are required to update application data for the image processing apparatus, and for updating the application data, the update data acquisition method is pre-designated through the operating unit of the image processing apparatus or the data processing apparatus. When the updating instruction information is entered in the image processing apparatus through the operating unit of the data processing apparatus or the image processing apparatus, new update data are obtained from the server in accordance with the acquisition method designated for the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuyoshi Haga, Hiroshi Sasada
  • Image processing apparatus and data processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20040093598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for updating internally stored data, and a data processing apparatus for transmitting instruction information to the image processing apparatus for instructing the updating of data. According to the image processing apparatus and the data processing apparatus of the invention, in the processing for obtaining, from a server, update data that are required to update application data for the image processing apparatus, and for updating the application data, the update data acquisition method is pre-designated through the operating unit of the image processing apparatus or the data processing apparatus. When the updating instruction information is entered in the image processing apparatus through the operating unit of the data processing apparatus or the image processing apparatus, new update data are obtained from the server in accordance with the acquisition method designated for the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuyoshi Haga, Hiroshi Sasada