Patents by Inventor Naoki Hoshino

Naoki Hoshino 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: 20070211264
    Abstract: An operation device for use in a photocopier displays a draft setting key for setting a direction of an image in a draft in a basic screen displayed in a display unit which can display an icon selectable by an operation unit, further displays the draft setting key in a second setting screen for performing set processing in response to an indicated key, in a case where any of the keys displayed in the basic screen is indicated, and displays, in the display unit, a draft image direction setting screen for setting the direction of the image in the draft, in a case where the draft setting key is indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshino, Yuko Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20070212097
    Abstract: An operation device displays, in a display unit, an input screen to input setting information on an insertion sheet designated by a user, and sets the insertion sheet based on contents input in the input screen of an insertion sheet setting displayed in the display unit, in a case where a specific sheet designated by the user is set to be inserted as the insertion sheet in a mode to print a plurality of pages of images onto a plurality of sheets, and the operation device further displays, in the display unit, a check screen which displays set contents of the insertion sheet set by a setting unit, in a case where the input of the setting information on the insertion sheet by the user ends in the input screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshino, Yuko Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20070212099
    Abstract: In a case where a display unit displays a setting screen having a first display area to display a draft graphical image in accordance with draft setting and a second display area to display a finished graphical image in accordance with sheet setting, and a user designates a position to be stapled, a staple region mark is superimposed and displayed on a region corresponding to the position to be stapled in the draft graphical image in accordance with the draft setting, and a staple position mark is superimposed and displayed on a position corresponding to the position to be stapled in the finished graphical image in accordance with the sheet setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshino, Yuko Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20070212100
    Abstract: There is displayed, in a display section, a photocopy processing setting screen having a setting information display area to display information indicating various setting particulars of photocopy processing, a button display area to display various icons indicating the setting particulars of the photocopy processing, and a graphic to associate each setting particular displayed in the setting information display area with each icon to set the setting particular displayed in the setting information display area among the icons displayed in the button display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuko Kimoto, Naoki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20070211262
    Abstract: A draft size detecting function detects a size and a setting direction of a draft set in a scanner which reads an image of the draft, a display unit displays, in a selectable state, an icon corresponding to the draft setting direction detected by the draft size detecting function, and displays, in a non-selectable state, an icon which does not correspond to the draft setting direction detected by the detecting function among a plurality of icons to designate a direction of the image in the draft, and the image direction corresponding to the selected icon is set as the direction of the image in the draft, in a case where the specific icon is selected from the selectable icons displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuko Kimoto, Naoki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20070212096
    Abstract: In a display unit, a setting check key for checking present set contents is displayed together with a setting screen such as a basic screen for performing various basic settings. In a case where a user indicates a setting check key displayed in the setting screen, the display unit displays a template registration key for registering the present set contents as a template together with a setting check screen displaying the present set contents. In a case where the template registration key is indicated, processing is executed to register the present set contents as the template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuko Kimoto, Naoki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 6672813
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a tapping screw for a soft material having a sufficiently large stripping torque compared to a driving torque and an increased tolerance of a fastening torque, and characterized in that it has threads each having a leading flank and a following flank, the leading flank being designed to be steeper than the following flank, that an R is imparted to a crest of each thread on the following flank side, that an R is also imparted to each flank at a portion contiguous to a root thereof and that the former R and the latter R being designed to connect smoothly to each other at the root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Kajita, Kazunori Kouketsu, Naoki Hoshino