Patents by Inventor Kouichi Mase
Kouichi Mase 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: 20100257411Abstract: According to one embodiment, an emulation device includes a storing section that stores model information of an apparatus that can be emulated and an emulator corresponding to the model information, an obtaining section that obtains the model information of the apparatus, a detection section that detects, from the model information in the storing section, model information corresponding to the model information of the apparatus obtained by the obtaining section, and an executing section that activates an emulator of the apparatus corresponding to the detected model information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouichi Mase, Yoshiko Suenaga, Kazuto Oonuma, Katsuaki Nagata, Hironori Tanaka, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 7653658Abstract: A data file storage/management apparatus, having file storage means, stores and manages one or more data files, and the data file storage/management apparatus installs an electronic mail processing program therein, thereby operating as follows. Thus, the data file storage/management apparatus interprets the processing of the data file, which is described in a program-like manner, at least within the main sentence thereof, when receiving the electronic mail, and starts the processing of the data file designated or instructed; thereby enabling to instruct, easily, the processing on the data files, being various for users thereof, to the data file storage/management apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Miyachi, Harunobu Maeda, Yoshiko Suenaga, Kouichi Mase
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Patent number: 7570842Abstract: An OCR apparatus includes an operation unit configured to receive an input operation such as specification of an area to be verified, a display unit configured to visually present information, a scanner unit configured to convert character information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit configured to generate new character information by adding information about the result of evaluating OCR accuracy to character information obtained by subjecting the image information to OCR processing, a sound-conversion unit configured to convert the new character information into sound information adapted to evaluate the accuracy of the OCR result, a sound-output unit configured to output the sound based on sound information, and a control unit 17 configured to control each of the above-described units.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase
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Patent number: 7447994Abstract: A setup program, a recording medium, and a setup method are provided that can readily reduce wrong settings. The setup program includes a plurality of setting modules that are provided to realize a plurality of process settings independently of one another, the processing settings being required depending on the contents of a setting environment, the setting modules respectively corresponding to the process settings.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kouichi Mase, Harunobu Maeda, Hiroki Miyachi, Yoshiko Suenaga
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Publication number: 20060210198Abstract: An OCR system includes an operation-and-display unit having an operation unit that receives input-operation information transmitted from a user and a display unit that visually presents information to the user that are integrated with each other, a read unit that converts information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit that acquires character information by OCR processing for the image information, a job-control unit that controls operations performed by the read unit and the OCR-processing unit, and a control unit that controls the above-described units. The control unit controls the display unit for showing an OCR result for a first page and an image scanned by the read unit so that the user can compare the OCR result to the scanned image. Where the input-operation information includes a request for cancellation, the scanning and the OCR processing are stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase
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Publication number: 20060209362Abstract: According to the present invention, scanned data obtained by scanning the same original under different conditions is held such that the optimum data can be extracted according to the application. A scanner system includes: an operation unit for accepting an input operation; a display unit for showing information in a visual form; a scanner unit for scanning an original under each scanning condition specified from preset different scanning conditions to generate image information every specified scanning condition; a scanning condition management unit for managing scanning condition information including at least one scanning condition; a data display management unit for retrieving image information satisfying a specified scanning condition from the stored image information to extract the retrieved image information; and a control unit for controlling the above respective units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase
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Publication number: 20060209363Abstract: The present invention provides a scanner system and a method for detecting a corrected portion in a scanned object, the system and method being capable of detecting a portion corrected with correction fluid in a scanned original. The scanner system includes: an operation unit for accepting user input operations, such as a detection mode setting operation and a scan start requesting operation; a display unit for displaying an indication, such as an error indication or the result of detection, to show information to a user in a visual form; a read unit for converting information written on a paper original into image information; a corrected portion detection unit for detecting a corrected portion (corrected region) on the basis of the image information; a job management unit for managing the obtained image information and the result of detection; and a control unit for controlling the respective units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase
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Publication number: 20060210197Abstract: An OCR apparatus includes an operation unit configured to receive an input operation such as specification of an area to be verified, a display unit configured to visually present information, a scanner unit configured to convert character information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit configured to generate new character information by adding information about the result of evaluating OCR accuracy to character information obtained by subjecting the image information to OCR processing, a sound-conversion unit configured to convert the new character information into sound information adapted to evaluate the accuracy of the OCR result, a sound-output unit configured to output the sound based on sound information, and a control unit 17 configured to control each of the above-described units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase
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Publication number: 20060212485Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an electronic file saving system capable of classifying and organizing a wider variety of electronic files than before. The present invention relates to an electronic file saving system for storing an electronic file in any of a plurality of folders.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase, Harunobu Maeda
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Publication number: 20060112100Abstract: Provided are a document management device, a document management method, and a document management program that are capable of providing a user with notification that an updated shared file has been stored. The present invention refers to a document management apparatus that manages a shared document to which access is permitted to a plurality of users. The document management apparatus has a shared document management section which, when a shared file designated by a user has been checked in, provides check-in notification, to an address designated by the user, that the shared file has been checked in.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: May 25, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Harunobu Maeda, Hiroki Miyachi, Yoshiko Suenaga, Kouichi Mase
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Publication number: 20060112147Abstract: A document management apparatus, a document management method, and a document management program which can set an error-coping process provided by a method simpler than a conventional method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: May 25, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiko Suenaga, Hiroki Miyachi, Kouichi Mase, Harunobu Maeda
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Publication number: 20060098685Abstract: A setup program, a recording medium, and a setup method are provided that can readily reduce wrong settings. The setup program includes a plurality of setting modules that are provided to realize a plurality of process settings independently of one another, the processing settings being required depending on the contents of a setting environment, the setting modules respectively corresponding to the process settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kouichi Mase, Harunobu Maeda, Hiroki Miyachi, Yoshiko Suenaga
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Publication number: 20060080366Abstract: A data file storage/management apparatus, having file storage means, stores and manages one or more data files, and the data file storage/management apparatus installs an electronic mail processing program therein, thereby operating as follows. Thus, the data file storage/management apparatus interprets the processing of the data file, which is described in a program-like manner, at least within the main sentence thereof, when receiving the electronic mail, and starts the processing of the data file designated or instructed; thereby enabling to instruct, easily, the processing on the data files, being various for users thereof, to the data file storage/management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Miyachi, Harunobu Maeda, Yoshiko Suenaga, Kouichi Mase
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Publication number: 20050134897Abstract: The image forming apparatus, when receiving print data to which an instruction of storing the data to the print data storage source is added from the print data supply source, acquires address data for storing the received print data, from the print data storage source. The apparatus converts the obtained address data into predetermined code symbol data, and stores the received print data in the print data storage source on the basis of the obtained address data. The apparatus adds the converted code symbol data to a predetermined location of the received print data, and print out the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2003Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventor: Kouichi Mase