Patents by Inventor Kimie Ando

Kimie Ando 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: 8045192
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus disclosed in the present application includes a destination designation receiving unit that receives a designation of a destination to which image data is transmitted; a security information acquiring unit that acquires security information of the destination; and an image data transmitting unit that transmits the image data to the destination, using the security information acquired by the security information acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Hase, Kaitaku Ozawa, Kimie Ando, Toshiya Shozaki
  • Publication number: 20070299889
    Abstract: In order to easily change the settings for executing a plurality of series of processes, MFP includes a storage portion to store program key definition data defining a plurality of series of processes, a process execution portion to read the program key definition data from the storage portion to execute a plurality of series of processes defined by the program key definition data, a program key change detection portion to detect that a part of a plurality of series of processes defined by the stored program key definition data is changed, and a program key change portion to change a process other than the changed process of a plurality of series of processes defined by the program key definition data detected as being changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Shozaki, Kaitaku Ozawa, Kimie Ando, Junichi Hase
  • Publication number: 20070297002
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus disclosed in the present application includes a destination designation receiving unit that receives a designation of a destination to which image data is transmitted; a security information acquiring unit that acquires security information of the destination; and an image data transmitting unit that transmits the image data to the destination, using the security information acquired by the security information acquiring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Hase, Kaitaku Ozawa, Kimie Ando, Toshiya Shozaki
  • Publication number: 20070268906
    Abstract: To register address data in relation with its registration-source identification information, MFP includes: a obtaining portion for obtaining address data from an apparatus, the address data including destination user identification information identifying a destination user and destination information identifying a destination; a obtaining portion for obtaining apparatus identification information identifying the apparatus; a registration portion for registering destination data in relation with the obtained address data and the obtained apparatus identification information; and a storing portion for storing the destination data registered by the registration portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Shozaki, Kaitaku Ozawa, Kimie Ando, Junichi Hase