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: 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
  • Publication number: 20180065473
    Abstract: In a rear exhaust engine, an upper portion of a rear portion of a head cover is provided with a first flow redirecting member facing upward and extending rearward and downward toward an exhaust device. A shield cover extending in a width direction of a vehicle is provided behind the first flow redirecting member. The shield cover has a shield surface extending from an upper end portion of the head cover toward a hood and directed rearward. The shield cover is designed such that its upper end is located below a rear end of the first flow redirecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken SAITO, Yasuhiro OKASAKO
  • Publication number: 20180048515
    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: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180020122
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki ISHIBASHI, Tatsuhiko SONE, Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 9854112
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20170353621
    Abstract: A mediation server may receive image data from a scanner via a network, the image data being generated by the scanner scanning each of M pieces of manuscripts sequentially, analyze the image data so as to specify separation image data which is a part of the image data, the separation image data representing a predetermined separation manuscript, and send first target data to a first destination and second target data to a second destination via the network, the first target data being obtained by using first partial image data representing at least one piece of manuscript among one or more pieces of manuscripts to be scanned after the separation manuscript, the second target data being obtained by using second partial image data representing at least one piece of manuscript among one or more pieces of manuscripts to be scanned before the separation manuscript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 9813590
    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: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishibashi, Tatsuhiko Sone, Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20170302823
    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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 9794108
    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: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20170289275
    Abstract: In a mediation server a processor registers association information and the authentication information for receiving a service from a service provider server to be correlated with each other. The association information is concerned with first and second communication apparatuses. When a first request including the association information is received from the first communication apparatus, the processor performs first communication with the first communication apparatus and the service provider server by using the first authentication information. The first communication is for the first communication apparatus to receive the service from the service provider server. When a second request including the association information is received from the second communication apparatus, the processor performs second communication with the second communication apparatus and the service provider server by using the first authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 9774756
    Abstract: A control server is configured to: receive, through a communication interface, a guidance image data request and specific information which are transmitted from an image processing apparatus, the guidance image data request being a request for guidance image data representing a guidance image of an acquiring procedure for acquiring authentication information required for receiving service provided by a service providing server connected to the image processing apparatus through the network; determining location information representing a location of data to be accessed in the acquiring procedure, based on the specific information transmitted from the image processing apparatus; generating the guidance image data representing the guidance image including the location information determined by the location information determining processing, when the guidance image data request is received from the image processing apparatus; and transmitting the guidance image data to the image processing apparatus through the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 9762511
    Abstract: A communication device may comprise a sending buffer having a first storage capacity, and a receiving buffer having a second storage capacity which is different from the first storage capacity. The communication device may determine a sending maximum data size in accordance with the first storage capacity, and determine a receiving maximum data size in accordance with the second storage capacity. The sending maximum data size and the receiving maximum data size may have different values. The communication device may perform a sending process for a sending frame of a sending target by utilizing the sending maximum data size, and perform a receiving process for a receiving frame of a receiving target by utilizing the receiving maximum data size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Patent number: 9720631
    Abstract: A relay server includes: a communication device communicable with a recording apparatus, a conversion server which converts image data, and a storage server which stores the image data; and a controller. The controller is configured to: acquire, from the recording apparatus, a storing instruction for storing converted image data into the storage server, the converted image data being image data converted by the conversion server; acquire account identification information for identifying an account of the recording apparatus in the storage server, from the recording apparatus via the communication device; acquire the converted image data from the conversion server via the communication device; and transmit the acquired converted image data and the acquired account identification information to the storage server via the communication device in a state in which the acquired converted image data and the acquired account identification information are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20170208201
    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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Patent number: 9706065
    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: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20170126926
    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: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20170094101
    Abstract: In response to a position information request, a controller in a management system transmits original image position information to an image processing device such that the controller transmits first and second original image position information, respectively, in response to first and second position information requests that are different from each other, first and second original image storage positions indicated by the first and second original image position information being different from each other. The controller receives original image data from the image processing device that has accessed by using the original image position information, stores the original image data at an original image storage position, and transmits code data to the image processing device. In response to a target image data request from a terminal device that has acquired target image position information by reading a code image, the controller transmits target image data to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Ken SAITO
  • Publication number: 20170078502
    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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Thanasegaran Subana, Ken Saito
  • Publication number: 20170039006
    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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken SAITO, Tomohiko HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170041499
    Abstract: A control server is configured to: receive, through a communication interface, a guidance image data request and specific information which are transmitted from an image processing apparatus, the guidance image data request being a request for guidance image data representing a guidance image of an acquiring procedure for acquiring authentication information required for receiving service provided by a service providing server connected to the image processing apparatus through the network; determining location information representing a location of data to be accessed in the acquiring procedure, based on the specific information transmitted from the image processing apparatus; generating the guidance image data representing the guidance image including the location information determined by the location information determining processing, when the guidance image data request is received from the image processing apparatus; and transmitting the guidance image data to the image processing apparatus through the
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken SAITO