Patents by Inventor MICHIKO KATSUKI

MICHIKO KATSUKI 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: 20220060592
    Abstract: An operation guidance assistance system includes a controller executing operation guidance of an image generation apparatus and a display displaying the operation guidance. The controller: obtains, when the image generation apparatus develops an error, information on a site of the error with an imaging apparatus; identifies a member-to-be-operated in accordance with the information on the site of the error in the image generation apparatus, the member-to-be-operated being a subject to the operation guidance for clearing the error; obtains, from the information on the site of the error, information on a hand of a user carrying out an operation of the image generation apparatus; displays, on the display, the information on the site of the error including the information on the hand of the user; and displays operation guidance assistance information to guide the user through the operation in accordance with a sequence of the operation guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki Kondo, Yoshinori Nagata, Yukako Nii, Miho Yamamura, Michiko Katsuki, Tadashi Noguchi, Masao Saeda
  • Patent number: 11178293
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus being an example of an information processing apparatus, and a user terminal. The image forming apparatus and the user terminal are directly and communicably connected by radio communication or the like. A remote operation screen for remotely operating the image forming apparatus is displayed on a display of the user terminal. On the remote operation screen, an additional function notifier is provided for notifying a user of existence of an additional function that is an operation function executable with an input device of the image forming apparatus to be operated, and is not executable with the remote operation screen in an initial state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Saeda, Yoshinori Nagata, Yukako Nii, Miho Yamamura, Michiko Katsuki, Masaki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20210152699
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus being an example of an information processing apparatus, and a user terminal. The image forming apparatus and the user terminal are directly and communicably connected by radio communication or the like. A remote operation screen for remotely operating the image forming apparatus is displayed on a display of the user terminal. On the remote operation screen, an additional function notifier is provided for notifying a user of existence of an additional function that is an operation function executable with an input device of the image forming apparatus to be operated, and is not executable with the remote operation screen in an initial state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: MASAO SAEDA, YOSHINORI NAGATA, YUKAKO NII, MIHO YAMAMURA, MICHIKO KATSUKI, MASAKI KONDO