Patents by Inventor Norihiko Asai

Norihiko Asai 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: 20210081090
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions to control a portable terminal to perform processes including: an receiving processing of receiving a user operation; a first determination processing of determining whether device identification information is stored in the storage; performing a first designation processing; a second designation processing; wherein the first designation processing includes: a first specifying processing of specifying the image processing device; a first selection screen display processing of displaying a first selection screen; and, when the user operation of designating the device object is received, a first storing processing, and wherein the second designation processing includes: a second specifying processing of specifying an image processing device; a second selection screen display processing of displaying a second selection screen; and, when the user operation of designating the device object is received, a second storing processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Patent number: 10924624
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data sharing unit configured to cause an application selected as a data output destination to process data which is output by an application which is a data output source; a process-object-data generation control unit configured to generate process object data in one of a first format and a second format based on image data acquired by an image information interface from an image information source; and an application-information display unit configured to display identification images for identifying applications which the data sharing unit can select as the data output destination if the data sharing unit is to process either data of the first format or data of the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10877703
    Abstract: A communication device including a processor configured to, when executing processor-executable instructions stored in a storage unit, perform determining a first configurable range including setting values stored in the storage unit, acquiring, from an image processing apparatus via a communication unit, a second configurable range including setting values for image processing executable by the image processing apparatus, determining whether the first configurable range is equal to the second configurable range, when determining that the first configurable range is equal to the second configurable range, transmitting an image processing instruction to perform an image processing operation according to the setting values of the first configurable range stored in the storage unit, to the image processing apparatus via the communication unit, and when determining that the first configurable range is different from the second configurable range, restricting transmission of the image processing instruction to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10868926
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus is configured to receive a selection of a first function and search for one or more devices which has the capability to perform that first function. The apparatus may then receive a selection of the one or more devices for performing that first function and, in conjunction, determine whether the selected device has the capability to execute a second function. The device identification data may be stored. Subsequently, if the selected device is determined to be capable of executing the second function, which is different from the first function selected, and the second function is further selected, the previously selected device may be displayed as having the capability to execute the selected second function. Otherwise, the apparatus does not display the previously selected device as being able to execute the selected second function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Yamada, Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10866710
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions to control a portable terminal to perform processes including: an receiving processing of receiving a user operation; a first determination processing of determining whether device identification information is stored in the storage; performing a first designation processing; a second designation processing; wherein the first designation processing includes: a first specifying processing of specifying the image processing device; a first selection screen display processing of displaying a first selection screen; and, when the user operation of designating the device object is received, a first storing processing, and wherein the second designation processing includes: a second specifying processing of specifying an image processing device; a second selection screen display processing of displaying a second selection screen; and, when the user operation of designating the device object is received, a second storing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Publication number: 20200374408
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores an application program for creating a workflow including processing for at least one image data. The application program includes instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the information processing apparatus to: perform a search for devices connected to the information processing apparatus; receive a setting of processing of a workflow through an operation interface of the information processing apparatus; perform extraction of, from among the devices found by the search, devices capable of performing the processing of the workflow with the received setting; receive, through the operation interface, selection of a device to perform the processing of the workflow from among the devices extracted by the extraction; and create the workflow including the selected device and the received setting of the processing of the workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Masafumi KAWAGUCHI, Norihiko ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200366806
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium has control instructions to control a computer of an information processing device including a communication interface used to perform communications with an image processing apparatus, and the control instructions cause the computer to perform: determining whether updating of firmware of the image processing apparatus is necessary to execute specific processing in the image processing apparatus; and outputting information based on a result of the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200319772
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a storage unit stores format information and an option value to be used in a recording process. A communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication with a service providing device and an image recording device configured to perform the recording process. A control unit executes: receiving layout definition data including layout information representing a layout of a content image icon; displaying a layout image in which the content image icon is disposed according to the layout information; receiving content data from the service providing device; displaying a preview image representing a result of the recording process when the user's touch operation is received on a location of the content image icon; and transmitting recording instruction when the user's operation for instructing the image recording device to perform the recording process is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Patent number: 10798257
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a processor coupled with an information processing device, the information processing device including a communication interface, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine whether a selected image processing apparatus is set, in a case where it is determined that the selected image processing apparatus is not set, search for and find one or more image processing apparatuses communicable with the information processing device via the communication interface, set a specified one of the found one or more image processing apparatuses as the selected image processing apparatus, and cause the selected image processing apparatus to perform a particular kind of image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Publication number: 20200314259
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a creation program including a set of instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The set of instructions, when executed by the computer, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: receiving, from a transmission program, specification information indicative of a specification of an image processing device configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus, the transmission program being readable by the computer and being different from the creation program; creating image data corresponding to the specification information received from the transmission program; and outputting the image data to the transmission program, the transmission program being configured to transmit the image data to the image processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200293238
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores program instructions executable by a processor of an information processing device that includes a storage, an operation interface, a display, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of devices. The program instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to set a first device selected from among the plurality of devices as a target device to perform a particular process registered in the storage, when receiving an operation to change the target device from the first device to a second one of the plurality of devices via the operation interface, determine whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process, and control the display to display a result of the determination as to whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200285801
    Abstract: An information processing terminal device includes: an acquiring unit acquiring image data; a detecting unit detecting a posture of the information processing terminal device; a generating unit generating display image data based on the image data acquired in the acquiring unit according to the posture of the terminal device detected by the detecting unit; and a displaying unit displaying the display image data generated by the generating unit on a display unit. If the posture of the terminal device is changed, the generating unit generates the display image data according to the changed posture of the terminal device. If the posture of the terminal device is changed during the generation of the image data by the generating unit, the generating unit does not generate the display image data according to the changed posture of the terminal device, until the generation of the display image data is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200267265
    Abstract: A portable terminal includes a user interface, a memory, a network interface, and a controller, and performs operations including: performing a first acquiring processing of acquiring the content data, which is identified by the data identification information, and the operation identification information; performing, a second acquiring processing of acquiring operation information representing operations, which is able to be performed by the first device; performing, a first determining processing of determining whether the output operation, which is identified by the operation identification information, is represented by the operation information, and transmitting, in the output instructing processing in a case where it is determined that the output operation is represented by the operation information, a first output instructing information to the first device via the network interface, wherein the first output instructing information is output instructing information for outputting the content data by th
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200259966
    Abstract: A portable terminal includes: a display; a user interface; a memory; a network interface; and a controller, the controller performs performing a deciding processing of deciding the display mode of instructions objects corresponding to the external instructions specified in the first specifying processing, based on attribute information; performing a display control processing of controlling the display to display a selection screen including instructions objects having the display mode decided in the deciding processing; performing a first receiving processing of receiving a user operation of selecting an object included in the selection screen, via the user interface; performing, in response to the operation of selecting a instructions object in the first receiving processing, an activation processing of activating an external instructions corresponding to the selected object; performing an designation information acquiring processing of acquiring designation information from the external instructions activa
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko ASAI
  • Patent number: 10735616
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium has control instructions to control a computer of an information processing device including a communication interface used to perform communications with an image processing apparatus, and the control instructions cause the computer to perform: determining whether updating of firmware of the image processing apparatus is necessary to execute specific processing in the image processing apparatus; and outputting information based on a result of the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Publication number: 20200225888
    Abstract: A communication device including a processor configured to, when executing processor-executable instructions stored in a storage unit, perform determining a first configurable range including setting values stored in the storage unit, acquiring, from an image processing apparatus via a communication unit, a second configurable range including setting values for image processing executable by the image processing apparatus, determining whether the first configurable range is equal to the second configurable range, when determining that the first configurable range is equal to the second configurable range, transmitting an image processing instruction to perform an image processing operation according to the setting values of the first configurable range stored in the storage unit, to the image processing apparatus via the communication unit, and when determining that the first configurable range is different from the second configurable range, restricting transmission of the image processing instruction to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10706214
    Abstract: An information processing terminal device includes: an acquiring unit acquiring image data; a detecting unit detecting a posture of the information processing terminal device; a generating unit generating display image data based on the image data acquired in the acquiring unit according to the posture of the terminal device detected by the detecting unit; and a displaying unit displaying the display image data generated by the generating unit on a display unit. If the posture of the terminal device is changed, the generating unit generates the display image data according to the changed posture of the terminal device. If the posture of the terminal device is changed during the generation of the image data by the generating unit, the generating unit does not generate the display image data according to the changed posture of the terminal device, until the generation of the display image data is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kiasha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10694052
    Abstract: A portable terminal includes: a display; a user interface; a memory; a network interface; and a controller, the controller performs performing a deciding processing of deciding the display mode of instructions objects corresponding to the external instructions specified in the first specifying processing, based on attribute information; performing a display control processing of controlling the display to display a selection screen including instructions objects having the display mode decided in the deciding processing; performing a first receiving processing of receiving a user operation of selecting an object included in the selection screen, via the user interface; performing, in response to the operation of selecting a instructions object in the first receiving processing, an activation processing of activating an external instructions corresponding to the selected object; performing an designation information acquiring processing of acquiring designation information from the external instructions activa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10691294
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a storage unit stores format information and an option value to be used in a recording process. A communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication with a service providing device and an image recording device configured to perform the recording process. A control unit executes: receiving layout definition data including layout information representing a layout of a content image icon; displaying a layout image in which the content image icon is disposed according to the layout information; receiving content data from the service providing device; displaying a preview image representing a result of the recording process when the user's touch operation is received on a location of the content image icon; and transmitting recording instruction when the user's operation for instructing the image recording device to perform the recording process is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10692130
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program which, when executed by a computer, causes an information processing terminal to perform displaying a first screen including a plurality of apparatus objects corresponding to each of a plurality of image processing apparatuses, receiving a user operation of designating one of the apparatus objects, receiving, from the designated apparatus, consumable information indicating a status of a consumable to be used for an operation of the image processing apparatus, determining whether a status indicated by the consumable information satisfies a replacement condition of the consumable, and when it is determined that the replacement condition is satisfied, transmitting, to a server, first ship request information for requesting the server to ship the consumable, for which it is determined in the determining of the status that the replacement condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai