Patents by Inventor Kenichiroh Imayoshi
Kenichiroh Imayoshi 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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Publication number: 20240045634Abstract: An image forming system in which a plurality of image forming devices that each output image data are connected via a network includes an operation acceptor that accepts an operation, a network communicator that performs communication via the network, a terminal communicator that communicates with a mobile terminal, an information acquirer that acquires, as connection information, a communication status between the mobile terminal and the plurality of image forming devices, and an output-destination specifier that specifies an output destination of the image data on the basis of the connection information. The output-destination specifier specifies, as the output destination of the image data, of the plurality of image forming devices communicating with the mobile terminal, an image forming device accepted by the operation acceptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Patent number: 11836402Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes: an image generator; a motion sensor; a login-logout processor; a display; a console; a memory; an on-hold setting receiver that receives a setting to either hold or cancel a set value not completely entered, when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user; and a controller that controls the image generator, the motion sensor, the login-logout processor, the display, the console, the memory, and the on-hold setting receiver. The controller causes the memory to store the set value not completely entered and switches a setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to hold the setting not completely entered when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user while the display displays the setting screen, and cancels the set value not completely entered and switches the setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to cancel the setting not completely entered.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
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Publication number: 20230333802Abstract: A terminal device includes a communicator that performs transmission and reception of various data with an external apparatus having an operation panel; a display that displays various types of information for a user; an operation acceptor that accepts an operation performed by the user; a storage that stores a program of an electronic manual application that displays an electronic manual of the apparatus on the display; and a controller that controls the communicator, the display, the operation acceptor, and the storage. when the electronic manual application is activated, the controller causes the communicator to receive data of display content of the operation panel of the apparatus and causes the display to display content of the electronic manual determined in advance to correspond to the display content of the operation panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Publication number: 20230291847Abstract: A controller of an image processor, when detecting a portable terminal device’s presence, accepts a selecting operation to select whether or not to refer to an address book held by a portable terminal device (step S32), when accepting the request for referring to the address book, establishes a near field communication with the portable terminal device (Step S34), and acquires, from the portable terminal device, the destination information in the address book (Step S35). When acquiring the destination information in the address book, the controller generates a destination list based on the destination information (Step S36), accepts a selecting operation to select a destination of the image data from the destination list (Step S37), and sends the image data to the accepted destination (Step S39).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Patent number: 11695882Abstract: A controller of an image processor, when detecting a portable terminal device's presence, accepts a selecting operation to select whether or not to refer to an address book held by a portable terminal device (step S32), when accepting the request for referring to the address book, establishes a near field communication with the portable terminal device (Step S34), and acquires, from the portable terminal device, the destination information in the address book (Step S35). When acquiring the destination information in the address book, the controller generates a destination list based on the destination information (Step S36), accepts a selecting operation to select a destination of the image data from the destination list (Step S37), and sends the image data to the accepted destination (Step S39).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
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Publication number: 20230089125Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes: an image generator; a motion sensor; a login-logout processor; a display; a console; a memory; an on-hold setting receiver that receives a setting to either hold or cancel a set value not completely entered, when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user; and a controller that controls the image generator, the motion sensor, the login-logout processor, the display, the console, the memory, and the on-hold setting receiver. The controller causes the memory to store the set value not completely entered and switches a setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to hold the setting not completely entered when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user while the display displays the setting screen, and cancels the set value not completely entered and switches the setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to cancel the setting not completely entered.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Patent number: 11544017Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes: an image generator; a motion sensor; a login-logout processor; a display; a console; a memory; an on-hold setting receiver that receives a setting to either hold or cancel a set value not completely entered, when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user; and a controller that controls the image generator, the motion sensor, the login-logout processor, the display, the console, the memory, and the on-hold setting receiver. The controller causes the memory to store the set value not completely entered and switches a setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to hold the setting not completely entered when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user while the display displays the setting screen, and cancels the set value not completely entered and switches the setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to cancel the setting not completely entered.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
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Publication number: 20220407966Abstract: A controller of an image processor, when detecting a portable terminal device's presence, accepts a selecting operation to select whether or not to refer to an address book held by a portable terminal device (step S32), when accepting the request for referring to the address book, establishes a near field communication with the portable terminal device (Step S34), and acquires, from the portable terminal device, the destination information in the address book (Step S35). When acquiring the destination information in the address book, the controller generates a destination list based on the destination information (Step S36), accepts a selecting operation to select a destination of the image data from the destination list (Step S37), and sends the image data to the accepted destination (Step S39).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Publication number: 20220100711Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a user path setter that initially sets, for each user, initial path information up to a storage destination folder for storing input data; a storage folder path generator that generates a storage destination folder path indicating a hierarchical structure up to the storage destination folder and including the initial path information as a part of the hierarchical structure; and a data storage executor that, when data related to a user is input by the user, stores the data input by the user in the storage destination folder by using the generated storage destination folder path. The initial path information includes a custom destination that is user-specific path information initially set by each user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Publication number: 20220066711Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes: an image generator; a motion sensor; a login-logout processor; a display; a console; a memory; an on-hold setting receiver that receives a setting to either hold or cancel a set value not completely entered, when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user; and a controller that controls the image generator, the motion sensor, the login-logout processor, the display, the console, the memory, and the on-hold setting receiver. The controller causes the memory to store the set value not completely entered and switches a setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to hold the setting not completely entered when the motion sensor is not able to detect the user while the display displays the setting screen, and cancels the set value not completely entered and switches the setting screen if the on-hold setting receiver is set to cancel the setting not completely entered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Publication number: 20210271768Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a job receiver that receives a job involving an authentication process for performing printing after a user is authenticated; an operating device that receives input related to the authentication process; a motion sensor that detects people within a predetermined range; an image formation controller that starts the printing related to the job based on authentication information received by the operating device, with a person being detected by the motion sensor; and a job controller that interrupts the job related to the printing in process when the motion sensor no longer detects a person while the started printing is in process, wherein the job controller receives a selection as to whether to delete print data related to the interrupted job or to withhold the print data and use the print data when the job is resumed, and performs a process based on the selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Patent number: 11050893Abstract: An image processing apparatus for displaying, on a display, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to a plurality of display data includes an input operation receiver that receives an input operation of entering a setting value for at least one of a position and a magnification of a plurality of thumbnails images, and a display switcher that switches a display of a target thumbnail image out of the plurality of display data to a display of a thumbnail image set based on the entered setting value.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
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Publication number: 20200274980Abstract: An image processing apparatus for displaying, on a display, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to a plurality of display data includes an input operation receiver that receives an input operation of entering a setting value for at least one of a position and a magnification of a plurality of thumbnails images, and a display switcher that switches a display of a target thumbnail image out of the plurality of display data to a display of a thumbnail image set based on the entered setting value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
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Patent number: 8908219Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that automatically performs preview display of a document image data before printing if a print condition set by a user includes a preset print condition. When an instruction for print execution is given, a preview display control portion automatically performs preview display of document image data if a print condition set by a user includes a print condition for automatic preview display stored in an automatic preview display print condition storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
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Publication number: 20100182661Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that automatically performs preview display of a document image data before printing if a print condition set by a user includes a preset print condition. When an instruction for print execution is given, a preview display control portion automatically performs preview display of document image data if a print condition set by a user includes a print condition for automatic preview display stored in an automatic preview display print condition storage portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventor: Kenichiroh IMAYOSHI
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Patent number: 7680863Abstract: In response to a contents data transmission request from a user terminal, a contents storage server encodes a contents data meeting the transmission request by vector coding or hierarchical coding and transmits the encoded contents data to the user terminal. The user terminal having received the encoded data notifies a charging server of information on a resolution selected by the user and then receives information needed for a corresponding decoding process from the charging server. The charging server carries out a charging process based on the received information on the resolution.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuya Kishi, Kenichiroh Imayoshi, Daisuke Ueda, Takateru Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20050240597Abstract: In response to a contents data transmission request from a user terminal, a contents storage server encodes a contents data meeting the transmission request by vector coding or hierarchical coding and transmits the encoded contents data to the user terminal. The user terminal having received the encoded data notifies a charging server of information on a resolution selected by the user and then receives information needed for a corresponding decoding process from the charging server. The charging server carries out a charging process based on the received information on the resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Nobuya Kishi, Kenichiroh Imayoshi, Daisuke Ueda, Takateru Yamamoto