Patents by Inventor Masafumi Miyazawa

Masafumi Miyazawa 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: 20150186087
    Abstract: A mediation server for mediating target service provision from a service provision server to an image processing apparatus, including a processor causing the mediation server to supply specific information for displaying a condition setting screen to an external apparatus, receive a plurality of selected setting values from the external apparatus, supply, to the image processing apparatus, a determination execution instruction including the plurality of selected setting values and for executing a determination about validity of a combination of the plurality of selected setting values, receive a result of the determination from the image processing apparatus, and when the result indicates that the combination is valid, supply, to the image processing apparatus, a processing execution instruction including the plurality of selected setting values and being for executing the target image processing in accordance with the determined processing condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Takeshi NAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150181061
    Abstract: A mediation server sequentially supplies, to the image processing device, two or more pieces of screen information for causing a display unit of the image processing device to sequentially display two or more screens including a service selection screen and a communication selection screen when a first type of request is acquired. The mediation server executes a communication for mediating supply of the first type of target data from the target service providing server to the image processing device when it is the first type of communication and executes communication for mediating supply of the second type of target data from the image processing device to the target service providing server when it is the second type of communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Masafumi MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150181060
    Abstract: An image processing device first displays a first screen when first screen information is acquired. The image processing device displays a second screen when a screen change instruction is given from the user in a state in which the first screen is displayed on the display unit. The image processing device executes the image processing related to an object option when the target option is selected in a state in which the second screen is displayed. The image processing device displays the second screen including the option information when the second screen information is acquired after the image processing is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Masafumi MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150178029
    Abstract: A mediation server supplies service selection screen information to a multifunction device. Service selection screens are screens for selecting a target service from a plurality of service-related information. The service selection screen information includes a plurality of target service object corresponding to a plurality of service objects so that the plurality of services are included in the service selection screens. The mediation server acquires selection information indicating the target service and then supplies first setting screen information to the multifunction device. The first setting screen information includes a target service-related information corresponding to the target service so that the target service corresponding to the target service is included in a first setting screen. Then, the mediation server executes mediation communication for mediating provision of the target service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Masafumi MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9065958
    Abstract: An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Aoki, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo, Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20150156255
    Abstract: A relay server configured to relay service provision from a service provision server to a communication apparatus. The relay server is configured to perform receiving, in a case that a predetermined instruction is provided to the communication apparatus, a request for specific screen data from the communication apparatus, receiving, in a case that the request for the specific screen data is received, first folder relation information related to a first folder, which is a target folder of past data communication, from a database separately configured from the service provision server and the communication apparatus, generating the specific screen data by which a folder name of the first folder received by using the first folder relation information is preferentially displayed on the communication apparatus, and supplying the generated specific screen data to the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Ken SAITO, Masafumi MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9001340
    Abstract: A control device, which is used for a system including a content server configured to store a plurality of contents and a plurality of printers, includes: a determination unit configured to, when a first instruction for printing a specific content of the plurality of contents is input into a specific printer of the plurality of printers, determine specific print setting relation information relating to a specific print setting that is recommendable for the specific printer to print the specific content in accordance with specific type relation information relating to a type of the specific printer and specific content relation information relating to the specific content; and a print control unit configured to control a print execution unit of the specific printer to print the specific content by using the specific print setting in accordance with the determined specific print setting relation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8917401
    Abstract: A controlling device for a multi-function device may acquire specific function information for a specific service providing server from a first storage unit, and acquire specific use information for a specific user from a second storage unit. The controlling device may determine, by using the specific function information and the specific use information, whether or not a usable function exists. The controlling device may execute a process for the multi-function device to receive a service related to the usable function from the specific service providing server in a case where it is determined that the usable function exists, and execute a process for prohibiting the multi-function device to receive a service from the specific service providing server in a second case where h is determined that the usable function does not exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Saito, Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8913274
    Abstract: An image processing system includes: an image processing apparatus; a relay apparatus; and a service providing apparatus, which are connected to a network. The image processing apparatus includes: an electronic-file storage unit; an address-get-request transmitting unit; an upload-message generating unit which, upon receiving an upload destination address and a template for an upload message for performing an upload request to the service providing apparatus from the relay apparatus after a request for getting the upload destination address is transmitted to the relay apparatus by the account-information-request transmitting unit, generates the upload message including an electronic file and the upload destination address according to the received template; and an upload-message transmitting unit that transmits the upload message to the service providing apparatus to upload the electronic file to the service providing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Ito, Yusuke Shimada, Masafumi Miyazawa, Takeshi Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 8867052
    Abstract: A multi-function peripheral is connected to an instruction device and performs each operation function of a plurality of operation functions in accordance with an instruction from the instruction device. The multi-function peripheral includes an input unit, a communication unit and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: a function selecting process; an instruction requesting process; an input-information receiving process of receiving input information for performing one operation function of the plurality of operation functions; an operation-setting function process; an input-information transmitting process; and a user-setting function process including setting user-specific information on a basis of the input information. The controller of the multi-function peripheral is configured not to transmit the user-specific information, which is set in the user-setting function process, to the instruction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8732344
    Abstract: A management device configured to communicate with at least one second management device and at least one terminal device via a network includes an acquiring system configured to acquire first management information managed by the management device, a receiving system configured to receive second management information managed by each of the at least one second management device from each of the at least one second management device, a management information request receiving system configured to receive a management information request for the first management information and the second management information from the at least one terminal device, and a sending system configured to send, to the at least one terminal device, the first management information acquired by the acquiring system and the second management information received by the receiving system in response to the management information request being received by the management information request receiving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20140115133
    Abstract: A service registration system includes a server that provides a service through a network, a peripheral device capable of communicating with the server and using the service, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the server and the peripheral device. When the terminal device receives the registration requesting information representing information related to registration necessary for using the service from a user, the terminal device transmits registration requesting information to the server. When the server receives the registration requesting information from the terminal device, the server transmits service information necessary for using the service. Further, the terminal device can transmit the service information to the peripheral device when it receives the service information from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Kazuma Aoki, Makoto Matsuda, Masafumi Miyazawa, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo
  • Publication number: 20140104652
    Abstract: An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Aoki, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo, Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8645522
    Abstract: A service registration system includes a server that provides a service through a network, a peripheral device capable of communicating with the server and using the service, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the server and the peripheral device. When the terminal device receives the registration requesting information representing information related to registration necessary for using the service from a user, the terminal device transmits registration requesting information to the server. When the server receives the registration requesting information from the terminal device, the server transmits service information necessary for using the service. Further, the terminal device can transmit the service information to the peripheral device when it receives the service information from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohara, Kazuma Aoki, Makoto Matsuda, Masafumi Miyazawa, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo
  • Patent number: 8639768
    Abstract: A multi-functional device communicatably connected to a plurality of servers, each server corresponding to one of a plurality of functions, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8619306
    Abstract: An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Aoki, Satoru Yanagi, Masatoshi Kokubo, Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 8587803
    Abstract: There is provided a printing device, comprising: a data receiving unit configured to receive print job data; a buffer used to store the print job data; a judgment unit configured to judge whether the print job data received by the data receiving unit can be stored in available space of the buffer; and a deletion target extraction unit configured such that, in response to the judgment unit judging that the print job data received by the data receiving unit can not be stored in available space of the buffer, the deletion target extraction unit extracts deletion target print job data which can de deleted from the buffer, from among one or more pieces of print job data stored in the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20130265097
    Abstract: An aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit, including a first transistor configured to switch whether or not a first node electrically connects to a second node, and a switch control circuit configured to supply higher potential to a substrate potential of the first transistor in a state of turning of the first transistor, when at least one of potentials of the first node and the second node is equal to or higher than a predetermined potential which is higher than a potential of a power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masafumi MIYAZAWA, Masaki NODA
  • Publication number: 20130201509
    Abstract: A control device, which is used for a system including a content server configured to store a plurality of contents and a plurality of printers, includes: a determination unit configured to, when a first instruction for printing a specific content of the plurality of contents is input into a specific printer of the plurality of printers, determine specific print setting relation information relating to a specific print setting that is recommendable for the specific printer to print the specific content in accordance with specific type relation information relating to a type of the specific printer and specific content relation information relating to the specific content; and a print control unit configured to control a print execution unit of the specific printer to print the specific content by using the specific print setting in accordance with the determined specific print setting relation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 8479002
    Abstract: An electronic certificate issuance system comprising at least one communication device, and an electronic certificate issuing device for issuing a set of an electronic certificate and a private key corresponding to the electronic certificate as a certification set for each of the at least one communication device, is provided. The electronic certificate issuing device includes a first connecting interface, an obtaining system, which is adapted to obtain a node ID assigned to each of the at least one communication device, a generating system, and a writing system. The at least one communication device includes a second connecting interface, a judging system, and an installing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa