Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro MINORU
Katsuhiro MINORU 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).
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Patent number: 9934096Abstract: In a fault management system, each of one or more image forming apparatuses includes an agent unit that transmits, upon occurrence of a fault, a notice that the fault has occurred and service call information indicative of details of the fault to a fault management server. The fault management server includes a manager unit that transmits a reboot command to the agent unit of the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred, upon reception of the notice and the service call information from the agent unit of the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred. The agent unit of the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred reboots the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred, according to the reboot command.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, IncInventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Toyoaki Oku, Takeshi Nakamura, Ryuichi Ishizu, Katsuhiro Minoru
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Patent number: 9910627Abstract: A remote maintenance system includes: a remote maintenance server; and one or more image forming apparatuses, the server including an operation input unit, a display unit, a storage unit that stores panel programs, a communication unit, an image forming apparatus database in which functions are registered, and a manager circuit that acquires, when a serviceman instructs restoration, the panel program to be restored from the storage unit, analyzes which of the functions is to be invoked by the panel program, compares, by referencing the database, the function of the restore-destination apparatus and the function to be invoked, and determines whether the restore-destination apparatus executes the panel program, and instructs the restore-destination apparatus to restore the panel program when it executes the panel program, each image forming apparatus restoring, when receiving a restore instruction, the panel program based on the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Ryuichi Ishizu, Toyoaki Oku, Takeshi Nakamura, Ryosuke Mondo, Atsushi Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Minoru, Daisuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 9798963Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a server. The image forming apparatus transmits to the server image data representing an image. The image is read by the reading device from the recording medium on which the print device prints the image, in response to an instruction to print at the origin of the print area. The server acquires, from the image data transmitted from the image forming apparatus, a printing-complete reference position, as a position where the recording-medium origin is made a reference, in a location printed on the recording medium by the image forming apparatus in response to an instruction to execute printing at the print-area origin, and acquires the displacement as a difference between the acquired printing-complete reference position and the print reference position stored in the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Daisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Nakamura, Toyoaki Oku, Ryuichi Ishizu, Ryosuke Mondo, Atsushi Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Minoru
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Patent number: 9716806Abstract: A management system includes a management server and one or more image forming apparatuses. The management server includes an operation input unit, a display, a first communication unit, a storage unit, and a manager unit. The manager unit, when the administrator instructs a set value change of a setting item for a specific image forming apparatus, determines which set value management group includes the image forming apparatus to which the change has been instructed, refers to a reflection-range table of a set value management group including the image forming apparatus to which the change has been instructed, determines which image forming apparatus among other image forming apparatuses executes the set value change based on the reference result, and instructs the other determined image forming apparatus to change the set value.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Nakamura, Toyoaki Oku, Ryuichi Ishizu, Atsushi Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Minoru, Daisuke Yoshida, Ryosuke Mondo
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Patent number: 9684508Abstract: A mobile device receives a latest version of firmware with a firmware management system that manages firmware and receives a current version of firmware in an image forming apparatus through close-range communication with the image forming apparatus. The mobile device determines whether or not a later version than the current version of firmware in the image forming apparatus exists based on the latest version of firmware and the current version of firmware that are received.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Toyoaki Oku, Takeshi Nakamura, Ryuichi Ishizu, Atsushi Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Minoru, Daisuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 9679150Abstract: Provided is a document managing apparatus that can eliminate the complexity of operation related to designation of confidential information, and yet reliably prevents leakage of confidential information. First, a receiving circuit receives target files from a client terminal. Therefore, a file managing circuit manages, of the received target files, a file that is designated as confidential, having been subjected to output restriction, as a confidential designated file. In addition, the file managing circuit manages a file that is not designated as confidential, as a user file. In addition, the file analyzing circuit compares the user file with the confidential designated file. If the content of the user file is similar to the content of the confidential designated file at a rate equal to or higher than a certain value (for example, 80%), the file analyzing circuit applies output restriction to the user file.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takashi Nomura, Daisuke Yoshida, Chika Tsuji, Takeshi Nakamura, Yuichi Obayashi, Jumpei Takagi, Katsuhiro Minoru
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Publication number: 20170061263Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a server. The image forming apparatus transmits to the server image data representing an image. The image is read by the reading device from the recording medium on which the print device prints the image, in response to an instruction to print at the origin of the print area. The server acquires, from the image data transmitted from the image forming apparatus, a printing-complete reference position, as a position where the recording-medium origin is made a reference, in a location printed on the recording medium by the image forming apparatus in response to an instruction to execute printing at the print-area origin, and acquires the displacement as a difference between the acquired printing-complete reference position and the print reference position stored in the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Daisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Nakamura, Toyoaki Oku, Ryuichi Ishizu, Ryosuke Mondo, Atsushi Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Minoru
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Patent number: 9584673Abstract: A device management apparatus includes a communication processing circuit and a service support processing circuit. The communication processing circuit receives device state information transmitted from a first operator. The device state information indicates device state information of the electronic device. The first operator performs solution work to a failure of the electronic device. The service support processing circuit determines a category into which the device state information is classified from the received device state information. The service support processing unit searches a database for a second operator or a candidate for the second operator. The second operator has solved a failure belonging to the determined category. The database stores operator information including a solution result of a failure of each operator.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Chika Tsuji, Daisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Nakamura, Takashi Nomura, Yuichi Obayashi, Katsuhiro Minoru
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Publication number: 20170019552Abstract: A management system includes a management server and one or more image forming apparatuses. The management server includes an operation input unit, a display, a first communication unit, a storage unit, and a manager unit. The manager unit, when the administrator instructs a set value change of a setting item for a specific image forming apparatus, determines which set value management group includes the image forming apparatus to which the change has been instructed, refers to a reflection-range table of a set value management group including the image forming apparatus to which the change has been instructed, determines which image forming apparatus among other image forming apparatuses executes the set value change based on the reference result, and instructs the other determined image forming apparatus to change the set value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takeshi NAKAMURA, Toyoaki OKU, Ryuichi ISHIZU, Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Katsuhiro MINORU, Daisuke YOSHIDA, Ryosuke MONDO
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Publication number: 20170017445Abstract: A remote maintenance system includes: a remote maintenance server; and one or more image forming apparatuses, the server including an operation input unit, a display unit, a storage unit that stores panel programs, a communication unit, an image forming apparatus database in which functions are registered, and a manager circuit that acquires, when a serviceman instructs restoration, the panel program to be restored from the storage unit, analyzes which of the functions is to be invoked by the panel program, compares, by referencing the database, the function of the restore-destination apparatus and the function to be invoked, and determines whether the restore-destination apparatus executes the panel program, and instructs the restore-destination apparatus to restore the panel program when it executes the panel program, each image forming apparatus restoring, when receiving a restore instruction, the panel program based on the instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: RYUICHI ISHIZU, TOYOAKI OKU, TAKESHI NAKAMURA, RYOSUKE MONDO, ATSUSHI MATSUMOTO, KATSUHIRO MINORU, DAISUKE YOSHIDA
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Glossary management device, glossary management system, and recording medium for glossary generation
Patent number: 9529792Abstract: A glossary management device includes a read circuit, a storage circuit, an acquisition circuit, an analysis circuit, a term matching circuit, and a registration circuit. The storage circuit has a storage area for a glossary. The acquisition circuit acquires text data of a document if reading of the document is executed by a user. The analysis circuit performs analysis of the text data acquired by the acquisition circuit to identify a language of the document and parts of speech of text segments in the text data and extracts one or more text segments from the document based on the analysis. The term matching circuit performs matching for each of the extracted text segments against a public dictionary. The registration circuit adds to the glossary, each extracted text segment that does not match any entry term in the public dictionary.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuichi Obayashi, Chika Tsuji, Katsuhiro Minoru, Takeshi Nakamura, Takashi Nomura, Jumpei Takagi, Daisuke Yoshida -
Patent number: 9497351Abstract: A server, image forming apparatus, image forming system, or monitoring method allows an administrator an intuitive, visual grasp of the status of an image forming apparatus and helps reduce the load on network communication. The server has a template code/character data acquirer that acquires, from an image forming apparatus having a display displaying a panel image, a template code corresponding to a template image included in the panel image and character data included in the panel image; and a panel image generator that reads, from a storage storing a template image, the template image corresponding to the template code and that generates the panel image by combining together the template image read and the character data acquired from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Toyoaki Oku, Takeshi Nakamura, Ryuichi Ishizu, Katsuhiro Minoru, Daisuke Yoshida, Ryosuke Mondo
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Publication number: 20160316102Abstract: A server, image forming apparatus, image forming system, or monitoring method allows an administrator an intuitive, visual grasp of the status of an image forming apparatus and helps reduce the load on network communication. The server has a template code/character data acquirer that acquires, from an image forming apparatus having a display displaying a panel image, a template code corresponding to a template image included in the panel image and character data included in the panel image; and a panel image generator that reads, from a storage storing a template image, the template image corresponding to the template code and that generates the panel image by combining together the template image read and the character data acquired from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Toyoaki OKU, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Ryuichi ISHIZU, Katsuhiro MINORU, Daisuke YOSHIDA, Ryosuke MONDO
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Patent number: 9473673Abstract: A read image capturing system includes a reading device, a read image capturing circuit, and a signature managing circuit. The reading device reads an image from an original document. The read image capturing circuit captures the read image read by the reading device. The signature managing circuit manages a signature image for causing the read image capturing circuit to capture the read image as a signature capturing image for each user. The read image capturing circuit that captures the read image in association with a user who is associated with the signature capturing image by the signature managing circuit, the signature capturing image having a similarity degree with the signature image included in the read image equal to or more than a similarity degree for capture.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takashi Nomura, Daisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Nakamura, Katsuhiro Minoru, Yuichi Obayashi, Jumpei Takagi, Chika Tsuji
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Publication number: 20160246771Abstract: Provided is a text editing apparatus that makes it unnecessary to reprint a print data. By a communication management part, the print data from a client terminal and a correction candidate list including a correction target and a correction candidate from a data management server are received. By a display management part, the correction candidate list is displayed on a display part. By an operation accepting part (a selection accepting part), it is accepted selection of the correction candidate in the correction candidate list displayed on the display part. By a correction reflecting part, the selected correction candidate is reflected to the print data. By an image formation part, image processing is performed to the print data where the correction candidate is reflected by the correction reflecting part. Then, it is outputted to a printer part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Chika TSUJI, Daisuke YOSHIDA, Takashi NOMURA, Yuichi OBAYASHI, Jumpei TAKAGI, Katsuhiro MINORU, Takeshi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20160224333Abstract: A mobile device receives a latest version of firmware with a firmware management system that manages firmware and receives a current version of firmware in an image forming apparatus through close-range communication with the image forming apparatus. The mobile device determines whether or not a later version than the current version of firmware in the image forming apparatus exists based on the latest version of firmware and the current version of firmware that are received.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Toyoaki OKU, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Ryuichi ISHIZU, Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Katsuhiro MINORU, Daisuke YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20160139994Abstract: In a fault management system, each of one or more image forming apparatuses includes an agent unit that transmits, upon occurrence of a fault, a notice that the fault has occurred and service call information indicative of details of the fault to a fault management server. The fault management server includes a manager unit that transmits a reboot command to the agent unit of the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred, upon reception of the notice and the service call information from the agent unit of the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred. The agent unit of the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred reboots the image forming apparatus in which the fault has occurred, according to the reboot command.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Toyoaki Oku, Takeshi Nakamura, Ryuichi Ishizu, Katsuhiro Minoru
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GLOSSARY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, GLOSSARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GLOSSARY GENERATION
Publication number: 20160092436Abstract: A glossary management device includes a read circuit, a storage circuit, an acquisition circuit, an analysis circuit, a term matching circuit, and a registration circuit. The storage circuit has a storage area for a glossary. The acquisition circuit acquires text data of a document if reading of the document is executed by a user. The analysis circuit performs analysis of the text data acquired by the acquisition circuit to identify a language of the document and parts of speech of text segments in the text data and extracts one or more text segments from the document based on the analysis. The term matching circuit performs matching for each of the extracted text segments against a public dictionary. The registration circuit adds to the glossary, each extracted text segment that does not match any entry term in the public dictionary.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Yuichi OBAYASHI, Chika TSUJI, Katsuhiro MINORU, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Takashi NOMURA, Jumpei TAKAGI, Daisuke YOSHIDA -
Publication number: 20160065787Abstract: A read image capturing system includes a reading device, a read image capturing circuit, and a signature managing circuit. The reading device reads an image from an original document. The read image capturing circuit captures the read image read by the reading device. The signature managing circuit manages a signature image for causing the read image capturing circuit to capture the read image as a signature capturing image for each user. The read image capturing circuit that captures the read image in association with a user who is associated with the signature capturing image by the signature managing circuit, the signature capturing image having a similarity degree with the signature image included in the read image equal to or more than a similarity degree for capture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Takashi Nomura, Daisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Nakamura, Katsuhiro Minoru, Yuichi Obayashi, Jumpei Takagi, Chika Tsuji
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Publication number: 20160065752Abstract: A device management apparatus includes a communication processing circuit and a service support processing circuit. The communication processing circuit receives device state information transmitted from a first operator. The device state information indicates device state information of the electronic device. The first operator performs solution work to a failure of the electronic device. The service support processing circuit determines a category into which the device state information is classified from the received device state information. The service support processing unit searches a database for a second operator or a candidate for the second operator. The second operator has solved a failure belonging to the determined category. The database stores operator information including a solution result of a failure of each operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Jumpei Takagi, Chika Tsuji, Daisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Nakamura, Takashi Nomura, Yuichi Obayashi, Katsuhiro Minoru