Patents by Inventor Masafumi Sato

Masafumi Sato 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: 20170277491
    Abstract: A printing system includes a plurality of print apparatuses each including a CPU, a storage device including a job management program, and a display. The display displays a list screen, into which a first list of instruction execution type print jobs received from another of the plurality of print apparatuses and a second list of the instruction execution type print jobs of a logged-in user among the instruction execution type print jobs spooled in the storage device are combined on the display In the other of the plurality of print apparatuses, if status change of spooling of the logged-in user's instruction execution type print job has occurred, the print apparatus is notified of the status change of spooling from the other of the plurality of print apparatuses to update the list screen displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Zhenyu Sun, Masafumi Sato, Tatsuya Hiwatari, Yoshio Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170277490
    Abstract: A printing system includes a server, an electronic device and a print apparatus. The electronic device includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a storage device storing a printer driver. The CPU executes the printer driver to function as an authentication unit, a user information storage unit, and a job transmitter. The authentication unit transmits authentication information of a user and receives user information from the server. The user information storage unit stores the user information received by the authentication unit. The job transmitter uses the user information received by the authentication unit to transmit an instruction execution type print job to the print apparatus. If the user information is not received by the authentication unit, the job transmitter transmits the instruction execution type print job corresponding to print regulation information included in the user information stored in the user information storage unit to the print apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Zhenyu Sun, Masafumi Sato, Tatsuya Hiwatari, Yoshio Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170277494
    Abstract: A printing system includes an electronic device and a print apparatus. The electronic device includes a central processing unit and a storage device, and generates a print job. The print apparatus executes the print job. The storage device stores a job transmission program. The CPU executes the job transmission program to function as a spool availability determination unit and a job transmitter. The spool availability determination unit executes a determination of whether the print apparatus is capable of spooling an instruction execution type print job as the print job, executed in accordance with a specific instruction. The job transmitter transmits the instruction execution type print job to the print apparatus when the spool availability determination unit determines that the print apparatus is capable of spooling the instruction execution type print job. The spool availability determination unit obtains determination information for the determination from the print apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Zhenyu Sun, Masafumi Sato, Yoshio Inoue, Tatsuya Hiwatari
  • Publication number: 20170279974
    Abstract: A pull print system includes a printing apparatus (MFP) that executes a print job, a pull print server that spools the print job to be executed as a pull print by the printing apparatus, and an electronic device that sends the print job to the pull print server. The pull print server sends to the electronic device setting information for a job setting being a setting of the print job, and when displaying a setting screen for the job setting, the electronic device displays the setting screen on which the setting information sent from the pull print server is reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryosuke MONDO, Koji KUBONO, Masafumi SATO, Toyoaki OKU, Zhenyu SUN, Yoshio INOUE
  • Patent number: 9717969
    Abstract: A motion analyzing apparatus includes a first calculation unit that calculates a position of a first line segment representing a direction in which a rod-like part of a sporting tool extends in a stationary state, a second calculation unit that calculates the position of the first line segment at hitting, and a third calculation unit that specifies a virtual plane formed by the first line segment in the stationary state and a second line segment representing a ball hitting direction, wherein a relation between the virtual plane and the first line segment at the hitting is compared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20170203187
    Abstract: A presentation method includes performing analysis on a swing by using output data from an inertial sensor measuring the swing of an exercise appliance, finishing the analysis, and presenting analysis information based on at least one preset index regarding the swing, on the basis of finishing of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Masafumi SATO, Kenya HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170203152
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a start processing section that starts measurement of motion of an exercise appliance by using an inertial sensor, a finish processing section that finishes the measurement, a detection processing section that detects a predetermined action using the exercise appliance during a period from starting of the measurement to finishing of the measurement, and a reception processing section that receives an instruction for changing the exercise appliance from a user during the period from the starting to the finishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi SATO
  • Publication number: 20170203153
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a determination section that performs a determination of a standing still state of exercise equipment on the basis of a preset determination criterion by using an output from an inertial sensor, and a notification section that notifies a user of information indicating a state change of the exercise equipment until reaching the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi SATO, Kazuhiro SHIBUYA, Nobuyuki IMAI, Toshihiko KANO
  • Publication number: 20170203186
    Abstract: A presentation method includes presenting a first index regarding motion of an exercise appliance at the time of ball hitting or at the time of similar ball hitting during a swing, and a second index regarding motion of the exercise appliance before the ball hitting or before the similar ball hitting, as separate items, by using an output from an inertial sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi SATO, Kenya KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20170203188
    Abstract: A display method includes displaying first data group related to a plurality of indexes based on analysis data regarding a first motion in correlation with second data group related to the plurality of indexes based on analysis data regarding a second motion, for the indexes, the analysis data regarding the first motion and the second motion being detected by using outputs from an inertial sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi SATO
  • Patent number: 9692928
    Abstract: A program exchange system includes an exchange information managing server and a program exchange server. The exchange information managing server manages exchange information, the exchange information indicating a necessity to exchange at least one of a firmware program and an application program, corresponding to a combination of a version of the firmware program on an image forming apparatus and a version of the application program on the image forming apparatus. The program exchange server exchanges the program on the target image forming apparatus. The program exchange server determines the necessity to exchange the program on the target image forming apparatus based on the combination of the version of the firmware program on the target image forming apparatus and the version of the application program on the target image forming apparatus, and the exchange information managed by the exchange information managing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oguma, Masafumi Sato, Zhenyu Sun
  • Patent number: 9686426
    Abstract: A pull printing system includes a plurality of storage destination devices that store printing data for pull printing, and a printing data transmitter. The printing data transmitter transmits the printing data for the pull printing to at least one of the plurality of storage destination devices. The printing data transmitter selects a storage destination device to which to transmit the printing data from among the plurality of storage destination devices based on specific conditions of each of the plurality of storage destination devices and on specific requirements with respect to the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oguma, Masafumi Sato, Zhenyu Sun
  • Publication number: 20170155773
    Abstract: A pull print system includes a print server and a print apparatus. The print server performs a raster-image processor (RIP) process based on print data received as job data from an external apparatus to generate printing image data as raster image data. The RIP process performed by the data generating unit is same as the RIP process performed by the print apparatus. The print apparatus requests to the print server the job data for the user whose login is accepted. The print server transmits to the print apparatus the printing image data of the job data as raster image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Masafumi Sato, Toyoaki Oku, Koji Kubono, Zhenyu Sun, Ryosuke Mondo, Yoshio Inoue
  • Patent number: 9628643
    Abstract: A mobile device includes an operation circuit, a display, an operation screen display, and a function execution circuit. The operation screen display displays an operation screen to operate the image forming apparatus on the display. The function execution circuit performs a function other than a function executable by the image forming apparatus alone and a specific function performed using the image forming apparatus. The function execution circuit performs the specific function according to an operation to an operation part in the operation screen displayed on the display via the operation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oguma, Masafumi Sato, Zhen yu Sun
  • Patent number: 9591150
    Abstract: A pull printing system according to one aspect of the disclosure includes a server computer, a manager image forming apparatus, and a client image forming apparatus. The manager image forming apparatus includes a manager-side print execution unit that executes a print job received to a first port number, a job management unit that manages the print job received to a second port number different from the first port number in association with the user, and a job transmitting unit. The job transmitting unit transmits the print job associated with a user authenticated by the server computer to the client image forming apparatus among the print job managed by the job management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oguma, Masafumi Sato, Zhenyu Sun
  • Patent number: 9584680
    Abstract: A function providing system for providing a function to an image forming apparatus includes a server and a function relaying circuit. The server provides a function for the image forming apparatus. The function relaying circuit is located outside the image forming apparatus, the function relaying circuit providing the function to the image forming apparatus. The function relaying circuit uses the function corresponding to an instruction from the image forming apparatus, and the function relaying circuit transmits a use result of the function to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oguma, Masafumi Sato, Zhen yu Sun
  • Patent number: 9536319
    Abstract: A motion analysis device has a determination unit which uses an output from an inertial sensor mounted on at least one of a subject and a tool operated by the subject, to determine a dominant hand of the subject in a swing. The determination unit can determine the dominant hand on the basis of the sign of angular velocity or acceleration from the inertial sensor. A calculation unit which calculates motion analysis information in a swing, using an output from the inertial sensor can add dominant hand information from the determination unit to the motion analysis information. The motion analysis device can include a coincidence determination unit which determines that a first subject and a second subject have different dominant hands, and an inverted image generation unit which inverts first motion analysis information in the case of no coincidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Shibuya, Kazuo Nomura, Kenya Kodaira, Masafumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20160325169
    Abstract: A swing analyzing device (an information terminal) includes an arithmetic processing circuit that calculates an angle of a hitting surface of an exercise implement during a swing using an output of an inertial sensor and an image processing circuit that generates first image data for displaying the angle in a first coordinate system configured by a first scale and generates second image data for displaying the angle in a second coordinate system configured by a second scale having an interval wider than the interval of the first scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi SATO
  • Publication number: 20160271481
    Abstract: A motion analysis device includes a calculation unit which specifies a first imaginary plane, that is, a shaft plane formed by a first line segment representing a direction in which a shaft part of a sporting gear in a static posture extends and a second line segment representing a ball hitting direction, with the use of an output from an inertial sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi SATO
  • Publication number: 20160255220
    Abstract: A mobile device includes an operation circuit, a display, an operation screen display, and a function execution circuit. The operation screen display displays an operation screen to operate the image forming apparatus on the display. The function execution circuit performs a function other than a function executable by the image forming apparatus alone and a specific function performed using the image forming apparatus. The function execution circuit performs the specific function according to an operation to an operation part in the operation screen displayed on the display via the operation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi OGUMA, Masafumi SATO, Zhen yu SUN