Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Ao

Mitsuhiro Ao 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).

  • Patent number: 8259326
    Abstract: An application folder associated with a client PC and an application software of the client PC is generated in a storage section of a station PC. Scan data stored in the application folder is then moved to an application data folder of the client PC, which folder corresponds to the client PC and application software associated with the application folder. As a result, in a network scanner system in which a scanner apparatus is connected to the client PC over a network, it is possible to efficiently store scan data read out by the scanner apparatus and perform data processing to the scan data by an application software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minami Sensu, Mitsuhiro Ao, Tsuyoshi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20080235303
    Abstract: An application folder associated with a client PC and an application software of the client PC is generated in a storage section of a station PC. Scan data stored in the application folder is then moved to an application data folder of the client PC, which folder corresponds to the client PC and application software associated with the application folder. As a result, in a network scanner system in which a scanner apparatus is connected to the client PC over a network, it is possible to efficiently store scan data read out by the scanner apparatus and perform data processing to the scan data by an application software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minami Sensu, Mitsuhiro Ao, Tsuyoshi Nagao