Patents by Inventor Ken Saito

Ken Saito 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: 10257389
    Abstract: A communication system including an image processing apparatus configured to, in response to receiving acquisition instruction information from a server via indirect communication, receive authentication information from an information processing terminal device via near-field wireless communication, transmit the received authentication information to the server via the indirect communication, and in response to receiving communication instruction information, which indicates a method for data communication with a service providing apparatus, from the server via the indirect communication, perform data communication with the service providing apparatus in accordance with the received communication instruction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishibashi, Tatsuhiko Sone, Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20190081801
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a non-volatile storage; a communication interface; a processor; and a memory. The non-volatile storage is configured to store a private key. The memory stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing device to perform: acquiring the private key from the non-volatile storage; acquiring a certificate from a specific external device via the communication interface, the certificate including a public key corresponding to the private key, the specific external device being different from the information processing device; converting specific data using the private key to generate converted specific data, the converting including one of encrypting the specific data and decrypting the specific data encrypted using the public key; and outputting the certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 10223045
    Abstract: A management server receives a location information request from an image processing apparatus. The location information request is for requesting location information of the management server. The location information is for allowing a terminal device to transmit original image data to the management server. The management server transmits the location information to the image processing apparatus as a response to the location information request. The management server receives the original image data which is transmitted from the terminal device by using the location data. The management server stores the received original image data. The management server transmits identification information identifying the original image data to the terminal device. The management server receives specific information which enables specification of the identification information from the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20190020532
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes computer-readable instructions stored in the memory. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a first network including the communication apparatus and a first device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a second network including the communication apparatus and a second device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to determine a target IP address. Determining the target IP address includes identifying a particular IP address, which is an IP address of the communication apparatus used in the second type network. Determining the target IP address includes generating the target IP address to be within a particular range using the particular IP address. The particular range is a range of IP addresses that are not available in the second type network. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to assign the target IP address to the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180360903
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel peptide that acts directly on pancreatic cancer cells and tissues and has highly-shifted accumulation thereto. Disclosed is a peptide of the following (a) or (b): (a) a peptide containing an amino acid sequence including a sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS:1, 2, 3, and 4; and (b) a peptide containing an amino acid sequence including a sequence having at least 60% identity with a sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS:1, 2, 3, and 4, the peptide having highly-shifted accumulation to pancreatic cancer cells and tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Niigata University
    Inventors: Eisaku Kondo, Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20180367701
    Abstract: In a server, a processor receives, in a case where the memory does not store image data in association with a first identifier identifying a user, from a printer the first identifier inputted to the printer through a user's operation and transmits first location information to the printer for prompting that the first location information is inputted to a terminal device. The first location information includes related information related thereto. The processor receives target image data and second location information from the terminal device, and stores related image data in association with the first identifier. The processor receives a second identifier from the printer and transmits a print instruction to the printer in a case where the received second identifier matches the stored first identifier. The processor prohibits transmission of the print instruction to the printer in a case where the received second identifier does not match the first identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 10116825
    Abstract: A control server may receive, from a multifunction peripheral, instruction information; send a scan instruction for generating first scan data to the multifunction peripheral in a case where the instruction information is received, send, to the multifunction peripheral, a sending instruction for sending the first scan data to a predetermined server in the case where the instruction information is received, send, to the multifunction peripheral, a print instruction for receiving, from the predetermined server, second scan data obtained using the first scan data, and for printing the document image represented by the second scan data in the case where the instruction information is received and executes a predetermined process for saving, in the destination apparatus, third scan data obtained using the first scan data in the case where the instruction information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20180309897
    Abstract: A controller in a management system performs: in response to receiving a first request, transmitting first information to an image-processing apparatus, the transmitted first information being acquired by a terminal apparatus; receiving the first information acquired by the terminal apparatus and original image data stored in the terminal apparatus; storing the received original image data at a first storage location in the image data storage, the first storage location being specified by the received first information; receiving a second request; in response to receiving the second request, transmitting the second information to the image-processing apparatus; receiving the second information and a third request from the image-processing apparatus; and in response to receiving the third request; transmitting target image data based on the received original image data to the image-processing apparatus, the target image data being stored in the second storage location specified by the received second informati
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 10110761
    Abstract: A print mediation server may cause a printer to display M pieces of selection screens for selecting M pieces of items relating to printing, the M pieces of selection screens including a first file selection screen for selecting an image file in a storage server, and obtain M pieces of selection data indicating results which were selected in the M pieces of selection screens. The print mediation server may register first shortcut information including the M pieces of selection data in a case where a shortcut registration request is obtained and the M pieces of selection data are obtained, and supply a first print instruction to the printer by using the M pieces of selection data included in the first shortcut information so as to cause the printer to print a first image represented by a first image file which was selected in the first file selection screen file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Thanasegaran Subana, Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 10110414
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes computer-readable instructions stored in the memory. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a first network including the communication apparatus and a first device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a second network including the communication apparatus and a second device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to determine a target IP address. Determining the target IP address includes identifying a particular IP address, which is an IP address of the communication apparatus used in the second type network. Determining the target IP address includes generating the target IP address to be within a particular range using the particular IP address. The particular range is a range of IP addresses that are not available in the second type network. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to assign the target IP address to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 10097625
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium of this disclosure has instructions controlling a computer of an information processing apparatus including a storage unit and a communication unit capable of performing communication with a device and a server machine. The instructions, when executed by the computer, control the computer to perform operations including: installing a device driver of the device; acquiring identification information from the server machine through the communication unit after the computer starts the installing; acquiring, from the server machine, a token or token acquisition information for acquiring the token from the server machine, which are associated with the identification information; storing the acquired identification information in the storage unit; and transmitting the acquired token or the acquired token acquisition information to the device through the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 10097730
    Abstract: A communication system includes a portable terminal, an image processing apparatus, and a server. The image processing apparatus transmits service request information to the server, and receives acquisition instruction information from the server. The service request information includes request for a service that a service providing apparatus is configured to provide. The acquisition instruction information includes an instruction to acquire identification information via wireless near field communication. The identification information is used to receive a service that a service providing apparatus provides. The image processing apparatus receives the identification information from the portable terminal via the first near field communication interface and transmits the identification information to the server via the first communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20180262477
    Abstract: A server includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to: transmit, in a case where the first function information is received from the specific device, the first authentication information to the specific device; receive, in a case where the first authentication information is input to a first function execution device after the first authentication information is transmitted to the specific device, the first authentication information from the first function execution device; and execute, in a case where the first authentication information is received from the first function execution device, a first enabling process for enabling the first function in the first function execution device, wherein the first function is identified by the first function information in the memory associated with the first authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 10061547
    Abstract: A relay device may receive first information and second information from the image processing device. The relay device may select one of a first processing and a second processing based on at least one of the received first information and the received second information. The relay device may send, to an image processing device, first instruction information causing the image processing device to execute the first processing when the first processing is selected. The relay device may send, to the image processing device, second instruction information causing the image processing device to execute the second processing when the second processing is selected. The relay device may receive the first image data according to the first instruction information or the second instruction information. The relay device may generate second image data by executing the selected image processing on the first image data that has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Saito, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10033902
    Abstract: A controller in a management system performs: in response to receiving a first request, transmitting first information to an image-processing apparatus, the transmitted first information being acquired by a terminal apparatus; receiving the first information acquired by the terminal apparatus and original image data stored in the terminal apparatus; storing the received original image data at a first storage location in the image data storage, the first storage location being specified by the received first information; receiving a second request; in response to receiving the second request, transmitting the second information to the image-processing apparatus; receiving the second information and a third request from the image-processing apparatus; and in response to receiving the third request; transmitting target image data based on the received original image data to the image-processing apparatus, the target image data being stored in the second storage location specified by the received second informati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20180181352
    Abstract: A management server receives a location information request from an image processing apparatus. The location information request is for requesting location information of the management server. The location information is for allowing a terminal device to transmit original image data to the management server. The management server transmits the location information to the image processing apparatus as a response to the location information request. The management server receives the original image data which is transmitted from the terminal device by using the location data. The management server stores the received original image data. The management server transmits identification information identifying the original image data to the terminal device. The management server receives specific information which enables specification of the identification information from the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 9961218
    Abstract: A communication system including an image processing apparatus configured to receive N-th operation definition information from a server, when the N-th operation definition information includes an option selecting instruction, set a user interface to be allowed to accept an option selecting operation, and transmit to the server, next-operation request information being for requesting the server to transmit (N+1)th operation definition information, when the N-th operation definition information includes an operation instruction, control an image processor to perform an operation as instructed by the operation instruction, set an apparatus-side network interface to be allowed to receive from a mobile terminal device, shortcut information indicating that a coordinated operation is started from an M-th unit operation of the plurality of unit operations, and when receiving the shortcut information from the mobile terminal device via the apparatus-side network interface, transmit the shortcut information to the ser
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishibashi, Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20180115661
    Abstract: A communication system includes an information display apparatus and an information providing apparatus which perform communication with each other. The information display apparatus transmits, through the network, an information transmission request for requesting transmission of specific information related to the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, receives the specific information transmitted, through the network, from the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, as a response to the information transmission request, and controls a display unit to display the specific information received as the response to the information transmission request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 9948807
    Abstract: A multi-function device may acquire specific use information corresponding to a specific user who uses the multi-function device, request a service providing server to provide a specific service in a case where the specific service among plural types of services is selected by the specific user, and acquire screen information from a screen providing server so as to display a screen according to the screen information. The multi-function device may display a first screen for receiving the specific service from the service providing server in a case where the specific use information indicates that the specific user is allowed to use a specific function related to the specific service, and display a second screen indicating that it is not capable of receiving the specific service in a case where the specific use information indicates that the specific user is not allowed to use the specific function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Miyazawa, Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 9916117
    Abstract: A control device includes: a first acquisition unit which, when a specific data storage server is selected, acquires specific server identification information; a second acquisition unit which, upon acquiring the specific server identification information, acquires specific file type information of specific data from the specific data storage server; a determination unit which determines whether the specific data has an interpretable format, based on the specific server identification information and the specific file type information; a conversion processing execution unit which, when the specific data does not have the interpretable format, causes a specific conversion server to convert the specific data to data having the interpretable format; and an output processing execution unit which causes an image output apparatus to output a specific image expressed by the specific data without causing the specific conversion server to execute the conversion when the specific data is determined to have the interpre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito