Patents by Inventor Koichi SHONO

Koichi SHONO 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: 11892974
    Abstract: A file management system includes a communication device and a control device. The control device acts as a file manager, a file outputter, an information file generator, and a file merger. The file manager manages various files. The file outputter outputs a file based on a target file among the various files, to outside of the computer via the communication device. The information file generator generates an information file which is a document file containing information linked with the target file. The file merger generates a merged target file, by merging the information file with the target file, when the target file is of a specific file format. The file outputter outputs, when the file merger generates the merged target file, the merged target file to outside of the computer via the communication device, as the file based on the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi Shono
  • Publication number: 20230205731
    Abstract: A file management system includes a communication device and a control device. The control device acts as a file manager, a file outputter, an information file generator, and a file merger. The file manager manages various files. The file outputter outputs a file based on a target file among the various files, to outside of the computer via the communication device. The information file generator generates an information file which is a document file containing information linked with the target file. The file merger generates a merged target file, by merging the information file with the target file, when the target file is of a specific file format. The file outputter outputs, when the file merger generates the merged target file, the merged target file to outside of the computer via the communication device, as the file based on the target file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi SHONO
  • Patent number: 10404885
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system that prevents leakage of confidential data. In the image forming system, a terminal includes a confidential-data-transmitting unit, a code-image-acquiring unit, and a confidential-document-data-creating unit. The confidential-data-transmitting unit transmits confidential data specified for confidentiality inside a document of document data to a server. The code-image-acquiring unit acquires a code image for outputting the confidential data from the server. The confidential-document-data-creating unit creates confidential-document data in which the code image is added to the document data. A server includes a confidential-data-acquiring unit, a code-image-creating unit, a code-image-transmitting unit, and a code-confidential-data-transmitting unit. The confidential-data-acquiring unit acquires the confidential data that is transmitted from the terminal. The code-image-creating unit creates the code image for outputting the confidential data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi Shono
  • Publication number: 20180249037
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system that prevents leakage of confidential data. In the image forming system, a terminal includes a confidential-data-transmitting unit, a code-image-acquiring unit, and a confidential-document-data-creating unit. The confidential-data-transmitting unit transmits confidential data specified for confidentiality inside a document of document data to a server. The code-image-acquiring unit acquires a code image for outputting the confidential data from the server. The confidential-document-data-creating unit creates confidential-document data in which the code image is added to the document data. A server includes a confidential-data-acquiring unit, a code-image-creating unit, a code-image-transmitting unit, and a code-confidential-data-transmitting unit. The confidential-data-acquiring unit acquires the confidential data that is transmitted from the terminal. The code-image-creating unit creates the code image for outputting the confidential data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi SHONO