Patents by Inventor Kenji Hisatomi
Kenji Hisatomi 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: 8683552Abstract: A terminal device controls delivery of information from a primary delivery destination to a secondary delivery destination. The terminal device stores a primary delivery condition regarding whether delivery of the information to the primary delivery destination is prohibited or permitted, and a trustability value showing a degree of trust of a user in the primary delivery destination. The terminal device judges whether or not to deliver the information to the primary delivery destination, by using the primary delivery condition. When judging to deliver the information, the terminal device calculates a secondary delivery condition using the trustability value and the primary delivery condition, the secondary delivery condition regarding whether delivery of the information from the primary delivery destination to the secondary delivery destination is prohibited or permitted. The terminal device then sends the generated secondary delivery condition to the primary delivery destination.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao Nonaka, Kaoru Yokota, Natsume Matsuzaki, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 8316102Abstract: In order to allow a user to backup data, a backup system is used to transfer data from an information terminal to a backup device via a relay device. The information terminal includes a storing unit storing the data to be backed up, and includes a communication unit transmitting the data to the relay device and transferring condition information indicating a condition to be satisfied by the relay device. Further, the relay device includes (i) a storing unit storing information relating to transfer destination devices, (ii) a receiving unit receiving the data and the transfer condition information, and (iii) a transfer control unit selecting a transfer destination device that satisfies the condition indicated by the transfer condition information, and controlling transfer of the received data in accordance with the selection. The backup device includes a receiving unit receiving the data transferred by the relay device, and a storing unit storing the received data.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 8094974Abstract: A relevance ratio adding unit (107) provides each landmark with a weight value according to the degree of relevancy with a shot still picture, using: the distance between each landmark and the shooting location, received from the landmark distance calculating unit (105); and a distance HL between the shooting location and the photographer's residential address, received from the parameter obtaining unit 106. A landmark identifying unit (108): designates one or several landmarks to be added to the still picture out of the landmarks with a weight value provided by the relevance ratio adding unit 107; and writes the designated landmark in a predetermined position of the picture data of the still pictures.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Hisatomi, Shogo Hamasaki, Takahiro Higashimura
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Publication number: 20110119458Abstract: In order to allow a user to backup data, a backup system is used to transfer data from an information terminal to a backup device via a relay device. The information terminal includes a storing unit storing the data to be backed up, and includes a communication unit transmitting the data to the relay device and transferring condition information indicating a condition to be satisfied by the relay device. Further, the relay device includes (i) a storing unit storing information relating to transfer destination devices, (ii) a receiving unit receiving the data and the transfer condition information, and (iii) a transfer control unit selecting a transfer destination device that satisfies the condition indicated by the transfer condition information, and controlling transfer of the received data in accordance with the selection. The backup device includes a receiving unit receiving the data transferred by the relay device, and a storing unit storing the received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 7859707Abstract: The present invention provides a printing apparatus which can prevent surrounding borders from becoming uneven and unnecessary borders from appearing, and which can optimally print object data even when the aspect ratio of the object data is maintained. The printing apparatus 200 includes: a print data analysis unit 203 having a layout area information obtainment unit 2032 which obtains layout area information indicating a layout area, and an effective drawing area information obtainment unit 2033 which obtains effective drawing area information indicating a printing area which is dependent on the printing apparatus 200; and a layout unit 204 which lays out, based on the size of the object data which is the object to be printed and the size of a layout area on layout area, and in addition lays out, based on the size of the layout area and an effective drawing area, the layout area onto the effective drawing area.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Kuwano, Kenji Hisatomi
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Publication number: 20100284566Abstract: A land mark used as a key for organizing images captured by, e.g., a digital camera is adequately selected. A association degree adding section (107) weights each landmark according to the degree of association between the captured still image and the landmark by using the distance between the landmark and the imaging place received from a landmark distance calculating section (105) and the distance HL between the imaging place and the address of the residence of the imaging person received from a parameter acquiring section (106). A landmark specifying section (108) specifies one or more landmarks added to the still image from among the landmarks weighted by the association degree adding section (107) and writes them at predetermined positions of the image data on the still image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Kenji Hisatomi, Shogo Hamasaki, Takahiro Higashimura
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Patent number: 7827942Abstract: Disclosed is a lubrication structure for an engine comprising pistons 12 for slide motion in cylinders 11 of a V-type engine and lubricating means 13 and 14 for injection of oil to cool the pistons 12. The lubricating means 13 or 14 being arranged on an anti-thrust load side of each of the cylinders 11 with respect to a sliding surface for the piston 12, a notch of each of the pistons 12 required for said lubricating means 13 and 14 being formed on the anti-thrust load side of the cylinder 11 so as to increase strength of the cylinders 11 and pistons 12.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Hino Motors, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 7697152Abstract: In a print system, without requiring a standardized command indicating use of a thumbnail image, and without causing an abnormal operation, a print content transmission device directs a print device to use the thumbnail image, wherein print content is described using XML format, and a direction command is described using XML format in the print content. Specifically, in a step S201, a processing control unit (111) proceeds to a step S202 in the case where there is input from a user I/F unit. In the step S202, a unique information addition unit (104) judges whether or not the thumbnail image should be used for printing. In the case where it is judged that the thumbnail image should be used (S202: Yes), the unique information addition unit (104) directs a print content generation unit (108) to add, to the print content, a direction to use the thumbnail image (step S203).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Hisatomi, Kazuyuki Murata
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Publication number: 20090235895Abstract: Disclosed is a lubrication structure for an engine comprising pistons 12 for slide motion in cylinders 11 of a V-type engine and lubricating means 13 and 14 for injection of oil to cool the pistons 12, the lubricating means 13 or 14 being arranged on an anti-thrust load side of each of the cylinders 11 with respect to a sliding surface for the piston 12, a notch of each of the pistons 12 required for said lubricating means and 14 being formed on the anti-thrust load side of the cylinder 11 so as to increase strength of the cylinders 11 and pistons 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventor: Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 7557951Abstract: The description interpreting unit (101) identifies the format (the Exif, the JFIF and the like) of the image data which is included in the content which is received from the host equipment (10). The image data obtaining unit (103) obtains the image data which is linked to the content from the printing content buffer (102) or the external DB (119). The image judging unit (104) judges the type of the received image file, and notifies the result to the image rasterization unit (105). The image rasterization unit (105) extends the compressed image data. The image processing deciding unit (106) decides parameters for the image processing which is executed by the image processing unit (107). The rendering unit (108) converts the image data to be described by the CMYK color space in order to execute printing. And, the printing unit (109) executes printing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Hisatomi, Kazuyuki Murata, Hideyuki Kuwano
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Publication number: 20090084343Abstract: Disclosed is oil flow passage formation in a cylinder block 11 from an oil pump 12 to an oil cooler 13, having a side surface of the cylinder block 11 on which the oil pump 12 is formed, and an oil flow passage 14 formed in and along the side surface of the cylinder block 11 on which the oil pump 12 is formed. This makes it unnecessary to change the flow direction of the engine oil and suppresses increase in resistance of the engine oil to cause the engine oil to flow smoothly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2006Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: HINO MOTORS LTD.Inventor: Kenji Hisatomi
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Publication number: 20080291497Abstract: The present invention provides a printing apparatus which can prevent surrounding borders from becoming uneven and unnecessary borders from appearing, and which can optimally print object data even when the aspect ratio of the object data is maintained. The printing apparatus 200 includes: a print data analysis unit 203 having a layout area information obtainment unit 2032 which obtains layout area information indicating a layout area, and an effective drawing area information obtainment unit 2033 which obtains effective drawing area information indicating a printing area which is dependent on the printing apparatus 200; and a layout unit 204 which lays out, based on the size of the object data which is the object to be printed and the size of a layout area on layout area, and in addition lays out, based on the size of the layout area and an effective drawing area, the layout area onto the effective drawing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Hideyuki Kuwano, Kenji Hisatomi
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Publication number: 20080263637Abstract: A terminal device that can, when delivering information to an other terminal device, control delivery of the information from a primary delivery destination to a secondary delivery destination is provided. The terminal device stores a primary delivery condition regarding whether delivery of the information to the primary delivery destination is prohibited or permitted, and trustability showing a degree of trust of a user in the primary delivery destination. The terminal device judges whether or not to deliver the information to the primary delivery destination, by using the primary delivery condition. When judging to deliver the information, the terminal device calculates a secondary delivery condition using the trustability and the primary delivery condition, the secondary delivery condition regarding whether delivery of the information from the primary delivery destination to the secondary delivery destination is prohibited or permitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Masao Nonaka, Kaoru Yokota, Natsume Matsuzaki, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Publication number: 20080170244Abstract: This invention relates to a producer of content who associates information for print control with the content such as a picture, before delivery. Specifically, a digital broadcast receiving device receives this content delivery, and the content is decoded by a data decoding unit via a broadcast receiving unit. A controlling unit judges print control information registered in association with the decoded content, performs image processing in accordance with this print control information, and transmits data for printing to a printing device. The printing device performs printing according to the received data for printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Kenji HISATOMI, Kazuyuki MURATA, Jun'ichi KUBOTA, Kaoru MURASE, Yukio YAGI
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Publication number: 20080166966Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for performing wireless communication with another communication apparatus comprises: a contact sensor 101 operable to detect physical contact with the another communication apparatus; a short-range communication unit 102 operable to transmit management information required for a session of the wireless communication to the another communication apparatus, using a short-range communication method different from a method of the wireless communication; and a control unit 106 operable to cause the short-range communication unit 102 to transmit the management information in response to a detection of the physical contact by the contact sensor 101, and start the session with the another communication apparatus after the management information is transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi, Michiaki Matsuo, Kenji Takagi, Atsushi Saso, Mizuho Sakakibara
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Publication number: 20080155215Abstract: To allow a user to easily back up data without anxiety, the present invention provides a backup system that transfers data transmitted by an information terminal device to a backup device via at least one relay device that relays the data, the information terminal device comprising: a storing unit operable to store the data to be backed up; and a communication unit operable to transmit, to the relay device, the data and transfer condition information that indicates a condition to be satisfied by the relay device and relates to protection of the data, the relay device comprising: a device information storing unit operable to store device information relating to transfer destination devices; a receiving unit operable to receive the data and the transfer condition information; and a transfer control unit operable to select, from the transfer destination devices, a transfer destination device that satisfies the condition indicated by the received transfer condition information, and to control transfer of the receType: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 7379199Abstract: This invention relates to a producer of content who associates information for print control with the content such as a picture, before delivery. Specifically, a digital broadcast receiving device receives this content delivery, and the content is decoded by a data decoding unit via a broadcast receiving unit. A controlling unit judges print control information registered in association with the decoded content, performs image processing in accordance with this print control information, and transmits data for printing to a printing device. The printing device performs printing according to the received data for printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Hisatomi, Kazuyuki Murata, Jun'ichi Kubota, Kaoru Murase, Yukio Yagi
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Publication number: 20070177187Abstract: The present invention provides a print system that can avoid the case where a sheet of photo paper is wastefully used in printing. When an instruction from a user includes an instruction specific to photo printing (an instruction to use a sheet of photo paper, for example) (S203), a host apparatus appends a tag indicating “photo printing” to print content to be transmitted to a printer (S206). When the printer receives the print content from the host apparatus (S251) and the image data included in the received print content cannot be used for the printing (S252: Yes), the printer changes the details of the printing operation as appropriate (S254, S255, and S256) on the basis of the presence or absence of the appended tag (S253), thereby avoiding the case where a sheet of photo paper is wasted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2005Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventor: Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 7113297Abstract: An image inputting and outputting apparatus which permits registration and fetching of document image data and which is so configured that choices with regard to registration and fetching of document image data can be made in simple procedures. To be specific, when instructions for registration and fetching document image data are received, dialog-type control means 100 inquires of the user about choices with regard to registration or fetching. On the basis of information provided by the user in answer to the inquiry, the means 100 issues instructions to document management means 300. For example, it is so arranged that the document image data just registered or fetched is specified by dialog-type control means 100 as next document image data to be fetched. That makes it possible to fetch in simple procedures again the document image data just registered or fetched.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2000Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takehito Yamaguchi, Kazuyuki Murata, Hideyuki Kuwano, Yuji Okada, Naoki Takahashi, Kenji Hisatomi, Joji Tanaka
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Patent number: 7077586Abstract: When a print instruction is made by a user who is watching a digital television or the like, a printer makes a send request for print data necessary for printing the first page to a set top box (STB) and receives “Sample.bml” from the STB. Next, the printer refers to the contents written in “Sample. bml”, and specifies image data whose vertical and horizontal sizes are unknown. Next, the printer makes a send request for the vertical and horizontal sizes of an image data whose vertical and horizontal sizes are unknown (such as “B.jpg”) to the STB, and receives the vertical and horizontal sizes from the STB. Further, the printer obtains actual image data from the STB after performing the layout for printing based on the received vertical and horizontal sizes and executes printing page by page.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Hisatomi