Patents by Inventor Masato Tanba
Masato Tanba 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).
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Publication number: 20230418678Abstract: A tenant management system includes an image processing system that executes storage processing that is processing of storing image data or document data received from outside in a storage service or a database service, a cloud control portion that executes scale-out of the image processing system, and a database that sets and holds control information used for controlling a server that realizes a portion of the data processing system for a tenant for each tenant and, in accordance with the control information, the cloud control portion makes a reservation for the scale-out of the portion of the image processing system for a tenant and executes the scale-out for each tenant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Masato TANBA, Masatomo OSAKA
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Publication number: 20220345441Abstract: A tenant management system includes an application management portion and a tenant management portion. The application management portion terminates a request from a user at a tenant specific application that is an application prepared for a tenant in a solution that is built on a public cloud. The tenant management portion manages a subdomain as identification information of the tenant. Upon receiving, from the user, a query including FQDN of a server name of the tenant, the tenant management portion calls the tenant specific application for the tenant that is identified by the subdomain in the FQDN.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventor: Masato Tanba
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Patent number: 10409533Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main memory device, an auxiliary storage device, a print request receiving unit, and a print processing unit. The print request receiving unit is configured to (a) receive from an external device a print request that includes the number of printing pages and print image data, (b) select one of the main memory device and the auxiliary storage device as a device to which the print image data is to be written on the basis of the number of printing pages, and (c) write the print image data in the selected main memory device or auxiliary storage device. The print processing unit is configured to read the print image data from the main memory device or the auxiliary storage device and perform a print process based on the print image data.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Akihiko Ikazaki, Kyoichiro Hayashi, Shuntaro Tsuji, Masato Tanba
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Publication number: 20190258522Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory, a count processing portion, and an execution processing portion. The count processing portion is configured to count, for each cycle of a specific time period, a write count that is a number of times data has been written to the nonvolatile memory. The execution processing portion is configured to execute a specific process when the write count that is counted during the specific time period by the count processing portion reaches a specific count.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Masato Tanba, Kyoichiro Hayashi, Shinichi Hashimoto, Satoshi Hayama
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Patent number: 10310779Abstract: The image forming apparatus executes a process of generating image data of an alternative image involving a smaller consumption quantity of color material than an image contained in a replacement-object area and then generating replaced image data in which the image data of the replacement-object area has been replaced with the image data of the alternative image, and the control section instructs a printing section to execute color material-saving printing of printing an image based on the replaced image data on a sheet. The alternative image is an image containing information for allowing an image based on the image data of the replacement-object area to be displayed by an information terminal that has read the alternative image.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masato Tanba, Kyoichiro Hayashi, Shuntaro Tsuji, Akihiko Ikazaki
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Patent number: 10274389Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has stored therein a material evaluating program. The material evaluating program includes a first program code and a second program code. The first program code causes a computer to evaluate, in units of pages included in a material, an object impression degree for each of all objects included in each of the pages, the object impression degree indicating the strength of an impression made by the object included in the page. The second program code causes the computer to display an evaluation result about the object impression degrees obtained by executing the first program code.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masato Tanba, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Yosuke Nakazato, Satoshi Kawakami, Wataru Endo
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Publication number: 20180349073Abstract: The image forming apparatus executes a process of generating image data of an alternative image involving a smaller consumption quantity of color material than an image contained in a replacement-object area and then generating replaced image data in which the image data of the replacement-object area has been replaced with the image data of the alternative image, and the control section instructs a printing section to execute color material-saving printing of printing an image based on the replaced image data on a sheet. The alternative image is an image containing information for allowing an image based on the image data of the replacement-object area to be displayed by an information terminal that has read the alternative image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masato TANBA, Kyoichiro HAYASHI, Shuntaro TSUJI, Akihiko IKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20180329654Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main memory device, an auxiliary storage device, a print request receiving unit, and a print processing unit. The print request receiving unit is configured to (a) receive from an external device a print request that includes the number of printing pages and print image data, (b) select one of the main memory device and the auxiliary storage device as a device to which the print image data is to be written on the basis of the number of printing pages, and (c) write the print image data in the selected main memory device or auxiliary storage device. The print processing unit is configured to read the print image data from the main memory device or the auxiliary storage device and perform a print process based on the print image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Akihiko Ikazaki, Kyoichiro Hayashi, Shuntaro Tsuji, Masato Tanba
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Patent number: 10061485Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing device, a display apparatus, and an operation detecting device. The control circuit allocates (N?1) or more mutually different attributes to respective axes of a (N?1)-dimensional space, generates a graph plotting the plurality pieces of stored data on the (N?1)-dimensional space as respective points corresponding to the plurality pieces of data, classifies the plurality pieces of plotted data into groups using another one attribute other than the (N?1) or more attributes; and processes the plurality of points so as to be identified by the group. The display apparatus displays the graph processed by the control circuit. The operation detecting device detects an action performed by a user. The control circuit moves, rotates, zooms in, and zooms out the graph displayed on the display apparatus depending on the user's action detected by the operation detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Ayaka Ikejima, Akira Yuki, Wataru Endo, Masato Tanba
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Patent number: 10015327Abstract: A portable apparatus includes an image capturing device, a display device, an indoor image acquisition unit, an apparatus position acquisition unit, an apparatus information acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The indoor image acquisition unit acquires an indoor image of a building having a plurality of floors. The apparatus position acquisition unit acquires a position of an electronic apparatus in real space. The apparatus information acquisition unit acquires apparatus information on the electronic apparatus. The display control unit causes the display device to display a composite image formed by combining additional information based on the apparatus information with a to-be-combined image, while linking the additional information to a position of the electronic apparatus in the to-be-combined image, this position corresponding to a relationship between the position of the electronic apparatus in real space and a position of the portable apparatus in real space.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nitta, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Wataru Endo, Satoshi Kawakami, Masato Tanba, Yuri Moritani
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Patent number: 9794434Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus capable of setting a printing size of a margin by using a preview displayed in an enlarged manner, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. When a pinch-in operation performed with respect to a particular region at a left end in a whole page preview displayed on a display section has been accepted, an MFP displays a left end preview in an enlarged manner to be larger in size than the particular region at the left end in the whole page preview. When a left-to-right swipe operation performed with respect to the displayed left end preview has been accepted, the MFP sets a size specified by the swipe operation as a printing size of a margin of a page as a target of the preview, and displays a whole page preview and a left end preview, both reflecting a margin having the set size.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masato Tanba, Akira Kaminogo, Yoshihiko Arai, Yuri Moritani
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Patent number: 9747326Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a document evaluation program executable by a computer in a document evaluation apparatus includes first program code that causes the computer to determine that a plurality of pages from each of which the same type of object has been detected are in the same group and to detect the plurality of pages in the same group from the document, second program code that causes the computer to evaluate consistency in the plurality of pages, in the same group, that have been detected by the first program code, and third program code that causes the computer to display an evaluation result obtained by the second program code.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masato Tanba, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Satoshi Kawakami, Yosuke Nakazato, Wataru Endo
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Patent number: 9696889Abstract: Provided is an electronic device, including: a display unit that displays, on one screen, a plurality of objects to be selected by a user; a line-of-sight detection unit that detects visually-recognized coordinates on the display unit to which the user's line-of-sight is directed; an object visually-recognized time period calculation unit that calculates a time period during which the visually-recognized coordinates detected by the line-of-sight detection unit fall within a range of the object; and a selection exclusion unit that excludes the object from candidates to be selected by the user if the time period calculated by the object visually-recognized time period calculation unit is longer than a time period threshold value and a frequency at which the object is selected is higher than a frequency threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Ryosuke Ogishi, Tsuyoshi Nitta, Minoru Takahashi, Masato Tanba
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Publication number: 20170149987Abstract: A portable apparatus includes an image capturing device, a display device, an indoor image acquisition unit, an apparatus position acquisition unit, an apparatus information acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The indoor image acquisition unit acquires an indoor image of a building having a plurality of floors. The apparatus position acquisition unit acquires a position of an electronic apparatus in real space. The apparatus information acquisition unit acquires apparatus information on the electronic apparatus. The display control unit causes the display device to display a composite image formed by combining additional information based on the apparatus information with a to-be-combined image, while linking the additional information to a position of the electronic apparatus in the to-be-combined image, this position corresponding to a relationship between the position of the electronic apparatus in real space and a position of the portable apparatus in real space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nitta, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Wataru Endo, Satoshi Kawakami, Masato Tanba, Yuri Moritani
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Patent number: 9626804Abstract: Provided is an article information providing apparatus that includes a display circuit, an imaging circuit, an object recognizing circuit, and an article discriminating circuit. The display circuit displays an article information image in which article information is shown. The imaging circuit images real space. The object recognizing circuit recognizes the object imaged by the imaging circuit. The article discriminating circuit discriminates the article from the object recognized by the object recognizing circuit and displays the article information image on the display circuit based on the state of the discriminated article. In addition, the article discriminating circuit displays the article information image on the display circuit when a dynamic state change of the discriminated article is identified.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Wataru Endo, Ayaka Ikejima, Akira Yuki, Masato Tanba
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Patent number: 9619126Abstract: An image processing device includes: an indication point acquiring section that acquires an indication point on a presentation material, which a presenter is pointing out with a pointer, through image processing on the presentation material taken by an image pickup device; an element layout changed material acquiring section that acquires an element layout changed material in which an layout of elements contained in the presentation material is changed; a changed indication point determining section that determines as a changed indication point a point on the element layout changed material corresponding to the indication point acquired by the indication point acquiring section; and a display image generating section generates an image in which an image of the element layout changed material is synthesized with a changed indication point indicating image showing the changed indication point and allows a display device to display the generated image.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Kawakami, Wataru Endo, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Masato Tanba, Yosuke Nakazato
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Patent number: 9600217Abstract: A portable apparatus includes an image capturing device, a display device, an indoor image acquisition unit, an apparatus position acquisition unit, an apparatus information acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The indoor image acquisition unit acquires an indoor image of a building having a plurality of floors. The apparatus position acquisition unit acquires a position of an electronic apparatus in real space. The apparatus information acquisition unit acquires apparatus information on the electronic apparatus. The display control unit causes the display device to display a composite image formed by combining additional information based on the apparatus information with a to-be-combined image, while linking the additional information to a position of the electronic apparatus in the to-be-combined image, this position corresponding to a relationship between the position of the electronic apparatus in real space and a position of the portable apparatus in real space.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nitta, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Wataru Endo, Satoshi Kawakami, Masato Tanba, Yuri Moritani
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Patent number: 9594953Abstract: To provide an approval system associated with an approval workflow that identifies a signature document. A document management server for managing document data is connected with a client terminal (CLT) via an in-house LAN. Also, a seal to be affixed to a paper containing document specification information establishes a communication to the CLT. The seal reads the document specification information and user's fingerprint information and transmits the resulting pieces of information and impression information to the CLT. The document management server receives the document specification information, the fingerprint information and the impression information to confirm a coincidence between the received fingerprint and matching fingerprint and to confirm a coincidence between a set of the received document specification information and the received impression information and a set of matching document specification information and matching impression information, and to notify an approval situation to the CLT.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Akira Kaminogo, Yoshihiko Arai, Masato Tanba, Yuri Moritani
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Patent number: 9578165Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: a storage section storing pieces of schedule information indicating respective user's schedules in which planned activities are assigned to respective scheduled dates and times; an incoming contact detection section that detects an incoming contact on the mobile terminal; a date and time information acquisition section that acquires date and time information indicating a current date and time on detection of the incoming contact; a schedule information acquisition section that acquires a piece of schedule information at a scheduled date and time based on the acquired date and time information; an alert operation attribute determining section that determines from the acquired piece of schedule information an alert operation attribute with which the planned activity is associated; and an alert operation control processing section that controls an alert operation notifying the user of the incoming contact according to the determined alert operation attribute.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Akira Kaminogo, Yuri Moritani, Yoshihiko Arai, Masato Tanba
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Patent number: 9552170Abstract: The memory area managing unit 22 (a) sets a protect flag to each virtual area allocated in a virtual memory space, the protect flag indicating whether a use of the virtual area has been finished or not, and (b) when a part or all of a first virtual area would overlap another second virtual area due to expansion or movement of the first virtual area, allows the expansion or the movement of the first virtual area accompanying with overlapping the second virtual area, if the protect flag of the second virtual area indicates that a use of the second virtual area has been finished. If the expansion or the movement is allowed, the memory pool managing unit 23 adds a physical area in a physical memory space corresponding to an overlapping part of the first and second virtual areas into a memory pool to map to another virtual area.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Masato Tanba, Takashi Toyoda