Patents by Inventor Masafumi Okigami

Masafumi Okigami 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: 20230290282
    Abstract: This digital signage system includes an information terminal and a digital signage device. The digital signage device includes a storage, a transmitter, a content acquirer, a display, and a display controller. The storage stores therein identification information of the digital signage device. The transmitter transmits the identification information to the information terminal. The display controller causes the display to display an image based on the acquired content data. The information terminal includes a receiver, an authenticator, and a relay. The receiver receives the identification information transmitted from the digital signage device. The authenticator authenticates the digital signage device using the received identification information. Upon the digital signage device being authenticated by the authenticator, the relay relays communication between a content server and the digital signage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: MASAFUMI OKIGAMI, KANAME MATSUI
  • Patent number: 11659226
    Abstract: A content display system includes a first acquisition processor that acquires first content registered on a management terminal; a first display processor that causes the display device to display the first content acquired by the first acquisition processor; a second acquisition processor that acquires second content based on an operation on a portable terminal by a user when the first content is displayed on the display device; and a second display processor that causes the display device to display the second content acquired by the second acquisition processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaname Matsui, Masafumi Okigami
  • Publication number: 20220345766
    Abstract: A content display system includes a first acquisition processor that acquires first content registered on a management terminal; a first display processor that causes the display device to display the first content acquired by the first acquisition processor; a second acquisition processor that acquires second content based on an operation on a portable terminal by a user when the first content is displayed on the display device; and a second display processor that causes the display device to display the second content acquired by the second acquisition processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: KANAME MATSUI, MASAFUMI OKIGAMI
  • Patent number: 11445075
    Abstract: In a display system including a communication device including a communication function, a display device, and a terminal device, the display system includes an acquirer that acquires communication data via the communication device, a display that displays information based on the received communication data on the display device, and a notifier that notifies the terminal device that the communication data has been received. When an operation corresponding to the notification is performed on the terminal device, the display further displays that the operation corresponding to the notification is performed as information relating to the communication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Okigami
  • Patent number: 11425444
    Abstract: A content display system includes a first acquisition processor that acquires first content registered on a management terminal; a first display processor that causes the display device to display the first content acquired by the first acquisition processor; a second acquisition processor that acquires second content based on an operation on a portable terminal by a user when the first content is displayed on the display device; and a second display processor that causes the display device to display the second content acquired by the second acquisition processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaname Matsui, Masafumi Okigami
  • Publication number: 20220132193
    Abstract: A content display system includes a first acquisition processor that acquires first content registered on a management terminal; a first display processor that causes the display device to display the first content acquired by the first acquisition processor; a second acquisition processor that acquires second content based on an operation on a portable terminal by a user when the first content is displayed on the display device; and a second display processor that causes the display device to display the second content acquired by the second acquisition processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kaname Matsui, Masafumi Okigami
  • Patent number: 11249704
    Abstract: The present invention is a display control device including a storage unit that stores content and a playlist, and a controller that displays the content on a display device based on the playlist. When additional content is stored in a prescribed storage area, the additional content is acquired, and the additional content is displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Okigami
  • Publication number: 20210334057
    Abstract: In a display system including a display device that displays content on the basis of a playlist, a terminal device, and a server device, the terminal device transmits specific information acquired from the display device and content information regarding content, from the terminal device to the server device, the server device transmits acquisition information generated. by the specific information and the content information to the display device, and the display device adds the content to the playlist on the basis of the acquisition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: MASAFUMI OKIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20210337076
    Abstract: In a display system including a communication device including a communication function, a display device, and a terminal device, the display system includes an acquirer that acquires communication data via the communication device, a display that displays information based on the received communication data on the display device, and a notifier that notifies the terminal device that the communication data has been received. When an operation corresponding to the notification is performed on the terminal device, the display further displays that the operation corresponding to the notification is performed as information relating to the communication data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: MASAFUMI OKIGAMI
  • Patent number: 11119714
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Okigami, Masanori Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210103415
    Abstract: The present invention is a display control device including a storage unit that stores content and a playlist, and a controller that displays the content on a display device based on the playlist. When additional content is stored in a prescribed storage area, the additional content is acquired, and the additional content is displayed on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: MASAFUMI OKIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200150914
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi OKIGAMI, Masanori MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10572205
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Okigami, Masanori Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190278545
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi OKIGAMI, Masanori MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10235114
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Okigami, Masanori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10168971
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data and prints an image. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed either by a first or second communication system method. The image forming apparatus performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the first communication system method when the first communication system method is selected, and performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the second communication system method when the second communication system method is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Okigami, Masanori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9977634
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal, and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus continuously performs a second printing, when the receiving section receives a selected image data again in a condition that the communication with the mobile terminal is continuously established by the receiving section after the printing of the received image data is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Okigami, Masanori Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180004469
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi OKIGAMI, Masanori MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170336932
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit for displaying an image, a detecting unit for detecting a position designated by an operation of designating a position on the displayed image and a file operation unit operating a file. The display unit displays images generated from a file on page-by-page basis on a partial area of the display unit. The file operating unit operates the file in accordance with the change of position detected by the detecting unit, when, in a state in which no position has been detected by the detecting unit, a designated position outside of the prescribed partial area is first detected by the detecting unit and the designated position changes while the position designating operation is maintained and then no position is detected by the detecting unit. Thus, the user can easily and intuitively operate the displayed page image or the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masafumi OKIGAMI, Satoshi TERADA
  • Publication number: 20170316083
    Abstract: A content distribution apparatus generates a group of contents to be sent to a content display apparatus that can continuously display contents of the same attribute. When a first content is newly added to the group, the content distribution apparatus determines the attribute of the first content as the attribute of the group. When adding a second content to the group, if the attribute of the second content coincides with the attribute of the group, the content distribution apparatus adds the second content to the group. The content distribution apparatus sends a content included in the group to the content display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Masafumi OKIGAMI, Takayuki OGAWA