Patents by Inventor Masaharu HARASHIMA

Masaharu HARASHIMA 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: 20220013128
    Abstract: A conversation support system is provided at an utterance place where utterance is delivered to a plurality of persons. The persons are each an utterer having a possibility of uttering and/or a performer having a possibility of marking. The conversation support system includes a hardware processor and a marking motion catcher. The hardware processor obtains voice data of an utterance made by an utterer and received by a voice receiver, and manages the voice data on a voice timeline. The marking motion catcher catches a marking motion by which a marker is given to the utterance. The hardware processor manages the marking motion on a marking and links the marking motion with the utterance on a same timeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Keita SAITO, Aran SUZUKI, Masaharu HARASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150077780
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a reception section configured to receive a prescribed mode; a display section configured to display a plurality of parts or units based on the prescribed mode received by the reception section; and an image forming section configured to change a setting value of a setting item and to print an image on a piece of paper when any one of the plurality of parts or units displayed on the display section is selected, the setting item being assigned to the selected part or unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Masaharu HARASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20120315070
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. A sheet is transported from a sheet cooling unit 50, turned downwards in a U-turn through a U-shaped transportation guide member 61, and transported to a sheet reversing conveyance unit 60 which is located below the sheet cooling unit 50. The sheet reversing conveyance unit 60 reverses the sheet through a U-shaped reversing guide member 63 and transports the sheet to a main conveyance unit 40 which is on the upstream side of an image forming unit 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Masaharu HARASHIMA