Patents by Inventor Norifumi Yamashita

Norifumi Yamashita 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).

  • Image forming apparatus and document distribution method
    Patent number: 7952735
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus which includes a reader-writer that carries out reading of data from a storage medium provided for paper and writing of data to the storage medium provided for the paper, a document data acquisition section that acquires original document data to be printed on the paper, a determination section that determines whether the paper has the storage medium, and a printing out section that, when it is determined that the paper does not have the storage medium, carries out ordinary printing on the paper on the basis of the original document data, and when it is determined that the paper has the storage medium, carries out printing an image corresponding to the original document data on the paper on the basis of the original document data, and carries out writing and outputting of the original document data to the storage medium provided for the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takei, Norifumi Yamashita
  • Image formation apparatus and document distribution method
    Publication number: 20070121149
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus which includes a reader-writer that carries out reading of data from a storage medium provided for paper and writing of data to the storage medium provided for the paper, a document data acquisition section that acquires original document data to be printed on the paper, a determination section that determines whether the paper has the storage medium, and a printing out section that, when it is determined that the paper does not have the storage medium, carries out ordinary printing on the paper on the basis of the original document data, and when it is determined that the paper has the storage medium, carries out printing an image corresponding to the original document data on the paper on the basis of the original document data, and carries out writing and outputting of the original document data to the storage medium provided for the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takei, Norifumi Yamashita