Patents by Inventor Kunihisa Chiba

Kunihisa Chiba 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: 20240012902
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores authentication information; and a controller that controls access by a user on the basis of the authentication information. In the case where an authentication requirement is changed, the controller identifies the authentication information that no longer satisfies the authentication requirement, and displays a ratio of pieces of the authentication information that no longer satisfy the authentication requirement to all pieces of the authentication information stored in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: KUNIHISA CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20220385784
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a communicator, a storage, and a controller, in which the controller stores destination information received from a terminal device, via the communicator, in the storage, and erases the destination information from the storage in response to a trigger. In the image processing apparatus, the destination information is retained at least until a trigger input is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: KUNIHISA CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20220147285
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of executing a job on the basis of a set value, and storing a history of the job, the image forming apparatus including: a storage that stores, as setting history information, the set value of the executed job; a display that displays the setting history information stored in the storage; and a controller that executes the job based on the setting history information displayed on the display, wherein when the controller receives a display change instruction for the setting history information, the controller changes a display format of the setting history information from execution order of the job to a display format pertaining to the display change instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: KUNIHISA CHIBA
  • Patent number: 10530942
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihisa Chiba
  • Publication number: 20190196766
    Abstract: A preview display apparatus includes an evaluation-value acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation value for each of a plurality of pages in accordance with a predetermined purpose, the plurality of pages being to be previewed, a page-priority adjustment unit that adjusts a priority of each of the plurality of pages in accordance with the evaluation value for the page, and a preview display unit that displays a preview image of each of the plurality of pages in accordance with the priority of the page adjusted by the page-priority adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: KUNIHISA CHIBA
  • Patent number: 9473652
    Abstract: An image display unit capable of displaying image data page-wise includes: a scanner portion; a display panel for displaying input image data in preview representation; an input condition determiner that compares the image data successively input through the scanner portion, as to input condition and determines whether there is any change in the image data input condition; and a display controller that, when the input condition determiner determines that the input image data has changed in the input condition, makes control such as to display the image data that was determined to have changed in the input condition and the image data input immediately before the image data in question, together on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichi Kimura, Kunihisa Chiba, Kazuyuki Ogida
  • Publication number: 20160198054
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Kunihisa CHIBA
  • Patent number: 9319543
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihisa Chiba
  • Patent number: 9060137
    Abstract: A storage apparatus, which stores image data, comprises a storage-side transmitting/receiving section transmitting image data to an image processing apparatus and receiving image data from the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihisa Chiba
  • Publication number: 20150092239
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Kunihisa CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20150043022
    Abstract: An image display unit capable of displaying image data page-wise includes: a scanner portion; a display panel for displaying input image data in preview representation; an input condition determiner that compares the image data successively input through the scanner portion, as to input condition and determines whether there is any change in the image data input condition; and a display controller that, when the input condition determiner determines that the input image data has changed in the input condition, makes control such as to display the image data that was determined to have changed in the input condition and the image data input immediately before the image data in question, together on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi KIMURA, Kunihisa CHIBA, Kazuyuki OGIDA
  • Patent number: 8947718
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihisa Chiba
  • Patent number: 8902157
    Abstract: An image display unit capable of displaying image data page-wise includes: a scanner portion; a display panel for displaying input image data in preview representation; an input condition determiner that compares the image data successively input through the scanner portion, as to input condition and determines whether there is any change in the image data input condition; and a display controller that, when the input condition determiner determines that the input image data has changed in the input condition, makes control such as to display the image data that was determined to have changed in the input condition and the image data input immediately before the image data in question, together on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichi Kimura, Kunihisa Chiba, Kazuyuki Ogida
  • Patent number: 8854644
    Abstract: Between a digital multi-function peripheral for processing data, and one or a plurality of memory devices for giving an instruction for the digital multi-function peripheral to process data, when the memory device(s) contacts a display surface of a display section of the digital multi-function peripheral, the digital multi-function peripheral accepts a first instruction concerning authentication and a second instruction concerning processing of the data based on a contact position, in this case, acquires first identification data stored in the memory device(s) concerning the first instruction and second identification data stored in the memory device(s) concerning the second instruction, and when the first identification data and the second identification data do not coincide with each other, invalidates the accepted second instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihisa Chiba
  • Publication number: 20140218761
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihisa CHIBA
  • Patent number: 8553266
    Abstract: Image data in a specific data format is stored in an external storage device, whereas application software for display, editing, and printing of the image data in the specific data format is not stored in the external storage device but transmitted to an e-mail address of a user or to an IP address of a user's computer. This provides a digital multifunction printer which is capable of storing image data in a removable external storage device and which can store image data in the external storage device in such a manner that the image data is stored with a data format specific to the digital multifunction printer while the image data can be processed by other device without dropping security for the stored image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihisa Chiba, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Yoichi Kimura, Kazuyuki Ohgida
  • Publication number: 20120293821
    Abstract: Between a digital multi-function peripheral for processing data, and one or a plurality of memory devices for giving an instruction for the digital multi-function peripheral to process data, when the memory device(s) contacts a display surface of a display section of the digital multi-function peripheral, the digital multi-function peripheral accepts a first instruction concerning authentication and a second instruction concerning processing of the data based on a contact position, in this case, acquires first identification data stored in the memory device(s) concerning the first instruction and second identification data stored in the memory device(s) concerning the second instruction, and when the first identification data and the second identification data do not coincide with each other, invalidates the accepted second instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihisa Chiba
  • Publication number: 20120293839
    Abstract: A storage apparatus, which stores image data, comprises a storage-side transmitting/receiving section transmitting image data to an image processing apparatus and receiving image data from the image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Kunihisa CHIBA
  • Patent number: 8218197
    Abstract: When image data is obtained through a network from a document reading portion or a PC etc., a main control portion displays, through a display control portion, a document icon in a document icon area on a display portion. A user drags and drops the document icon on an output image operation area with a touch pen or the like, and the main control portion displays the specified document icon on the area. Moreover, when specification of a paper area, a position of a punch hole, a position of stapling, and the like is performed with the touch pen or the like, the main control portion determines whether or not setting is possible and outputs specified data to an image formation control portion and a post-process control portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihisa Chiba, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Hirotaka Kodama
  • Patent number: RE48003
    Abstract: An image display unit capable of displaying image data page-wise includes: a scanner portion; a display panel for displaying input image data in preview representation; an input condition determiner that compares the image data successively input through the scanner portion, as to input condition and determines whether there is any change in the image data input condition; and a display controller that, when the input condition determiner determines that the input image data has changed in the input condition, makes control such as to display the image data that was determined to have changed in the input condition and the image data input immediately before the image data in question, together on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi Kimura, Kunihisa Chiba, Kazuyuki Ogida