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).

  • Publication number: 20240045634
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11836402
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
  • Publication number: 20230333802
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230291847
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11695882
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
  • Publication number: 20230089125
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11544017
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
  • Publication number: 20220407966
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220100711
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220066711
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210271768
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11050893
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
  • Publication number: 20200274980
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: KENICHIROH IMAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 8908219
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
  • Publication number: 20100182661
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Kenichiroh IMAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 7680863
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuya Kishi, Kenichiroh Imayoshi, Daisuke Ueda, Takateru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050240597
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuya Kishi, Kenichiroh Imayoshi, Daisuke Ueda, Takateru Yamamoto