Patents by Inventor Mizuharu Maeda

Mizuharu Maeda 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).

  • Data communication and processing system in which code data generated by recognition of image data is transmitted
    Patent number: 5892845
    Abstract: A facsimile device is linked to an external station via a telephone line in a data communication and processing system, the external station being one of a host computer and a fax server. The facsimile device includes an input unit which inputs image data containing task processing data and a kind of task. A recognizing unit recognizes the task processing data and the kind of task from the image data from the input unit, and converts the task processing data and the kind of task into code data. A facsimile communication unit transmits the code data from the recognizing unit to the external station via the telephone line by using a facsimile communication function, the facsimile communication unit receiving code data from the external station via the telephone line by using the facsimile communication function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Yamanaka, Mizuharu Maeda, Yasutaka Gotoh