Patents by Inventor Shigehisa Kawabe

Shigehisa Kawabe 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: 8812467
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit and a history processing unit. The detecting unit detects a first operation and a second operation. The first operation is an operation of inputting a document to an electronic tray. The second operation is an operation of retrieving a document from the electronic tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Saito, Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake
  • Patent number: 8719691
    Abstract: There is provided a document providing system including a derivation relationship registration unit that, when receiving an instruction to register a second electronic-document that is an updated version of a first electronic document, registers a derivation relationship indicating that the second electronic document is derived from the first electronic document in a derivation relationship storage unit; an input-output relationship registration unit that generates input-output relationship information indicating an updated electronic document to be provided in response to a document request that designates a requested electronic document based on the derivation relationship registered in the derivation relationship storage unit and registers the input-output relationship information in an input-output relationship storage unit; and a providing unit that, when receiving a document request, obtains an updated electronic document corresponding to a requested electronic document designated in the document reques
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Masao Nukaga, Akira Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8489705
    Abstract: A report management system includes: a first receiving unit that receives input of report identification information assigned to each of one or more reports to be collectively delivered to a receiver from a sender; an assigning unit that assigns group identification information to a group of the one or more reports to be collectively delivered; a registration unit that register, in a storage unit, the group identification information and each piece of the report identification information; an attached document generation unit that generates an attached document that is a document including the group identification information; a second receiving unit that receives, upon reception of one or more reports by the receiver from the sender together with the attached document, input of the group identification information included in the attached document received by the receiver; and an output unit that outputs information indicative of a result of comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Setsu Kunitake, Shigehisa Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20130166579
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit and a history processing unit. The detecting unit detects a first operation and a second operation. The first operation is an operation of inputting a document to an electronic tray. The second operation is an operation of retrieving a document from the electronic tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro SAITO, Shigehisa KAWABE, Setsu KUNITAKE
  • Publication number: 20130063769
    Abstract: An information management apparatus includes the following elements. A generator generates a circulation document including an e-document and document identification information thereof. A job information registration section extracts and registers job information, and also specifies and registers a due date of the job. A history information registration section registers the obtained document identification information and operation history information indicating a type and a time of operation performed on the circulation document. An output section specifies document identification information associated with job information that is at least partially identical to the job information associated with the obtained document identification information and associated with operation history information indicating that a job has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehisa KAWABE, Akira SUZUKI, Setsu KUNITAKE
  • Publication number: 20120272188
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a registration unit and a setting unit. The registration unit registers in an operation history memory, when obtaining operator information indicating an operator who has performed an operation on a document, document identification information of the document and an operation history including the operator information in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Setsu KUNITAKE, Shigehisa KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20120047225
    Abstract: A report management system includes: a first receiving unit that receives input of report identification information assigned to each of one or more reports to be collectively delivered to a receiver from a sender; an assigning unit that assigns group identification information to a group of the one or more reports to be collectively delivered; a registration unit that register, in a storage unit, the group identification information and each piece of the report identification information; an attached document generation unit that generates an attached document that is a document including the group identification information; a second receiving unit that receives, upon reception of one or more reports by the receiver from the sender together with the attached document, input of the group identification information included in the attached document received by the receiver; and an output unit that outputs information indicative of a result of comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Setsu KUNITAKE, Shigehisa KAWABE
  • Patent number: 8086570
    Abstract: The document management server includes an identification information providing unit that receives a request to obtain identification information required for accessing a document from a client, generates the identification information for the received request, and sends the generated identification information to the client; a relation information management unit that manages relation information of the requested document and the identification information generated for the request; and a history information management unit that manages information on the client who has sent the request, associating with the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Numata, Akira Suzuki, Masao Nukaga, Taro Terao, Meng Shi
  • Patent number: 8069243
    Abstract: There is provided a document management server including a receiving unit that receives an access request and a first ID representing a document to be an object of the access request, an ID processing unit that issues, when an operation is performed on the document in response to the access request, a second ID corresponding to the operation, and records a derivation relationship having the second ID as a child of the first ID, an attribute recording unit that records attribute information relating to the operation by association with the first ID or the second ID, and a response data provider unit that provides, when the document is provided to the client in response to the access request, response data including attribute information associated with at least one ID appearing in a path from the received ID accompanying the access request to a root of a derivation relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Setsu Kunitake, Shigehisa Kawabe, Taro Terao
  • Patent number: 8028018
    Abstract: A cooperative processing system includes a first data processing component, existing on a first computer, that generates an output containing object having a function of outputting data contained therein to a stream, a pipeline section that causes the output containing object to output the data contained in the output containing object to a stream addressed to a second computer, and causes the second computer to generate an input containing object that receives the stream and stores data transferred through the stream, and a second data processing component, existing on the second computer, that receives the input containing object to perform a data process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Akira Suzuki, Katsuhide Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8005300
    Abstract: An image search system includes a first calculation section that calculates a first similarity score of each registered image with respect to an input image on the basis of image features of the registered and the input image, a second calculation section that calculates a second similarity score of each registered image with respect to the input image on the basis of text features of the registered and the input image, a candidate extraction section that extracts one or more candidate images on the basis of the first and the second similarity scores of each registered image, a third calculation section that calculates a third similarity score of each candidate image on the basis of projection waveforms of the input image and the candidate image, and a search section that determines one or more registered images similar to the input image on the basis of the third similarity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Koyama, Shigehisa Kawabe
  • Patent number: 7912846
    Abstract: There is provided a document processing method in which a document is created by applying one or more templates to multiple structured documents stored in a folder among a group of folders having a hierarchical structure in a document database, the method including acquiring a first structured document including multiple document elements forming a structure, acquiring information of a hierarchical structure of the folders in the document database, creating integrated structure information by merging the structure of the document elements of the first structured document into a position of a folder, in the hierarchical structure formed by the folders, in which the first structured document is stored, and applying a template to the integrated structure information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Akira Suzuki, Katsuhide Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7801392
    Abstract: An image search system includes a first calculation section that calculates a first similarity score of each registered image with respect to an input image on the basis of image features of the registered and the input image, a second calculation section that calculates a second similarity score of each registered image with respect to the input image on the basis of text features of the registered and the input image, a candidate extraction section that extracts one or more candidate images on the basis of the first and the second similarity scores of each registered image, a third calculation section that calculates a third similarity score of each candidate image on the basis of projection waveforms of the input image and the candidate image, and a search section that determines one or more registered images similar to the input image on the basis of the third similarity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Koyama, Shigehisa Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20100191769
    Abstract: An image search system includes a first calculation section that calculates a first similarity score of each registered image with respect to an input image on the basis of image features of the registered and the input image, a second calculation section that calculates a second similarity score of each registered image with respect to the input image on the basis of text features of the registered and the input image, a candidate extraction section that extracts one or more candidate images on the basis of the first and the second similarity scores of each registered image, a third calculation section that calculates a third similarity score of each candidate image on the basis of projection waveforms of the input image and the candidate image, and a search section that determines one or more registered images similar to the input image on the basis of the third similarity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Koyama, Shigehisa Kawabe
  • Patent number: 7698288
    Abstract: A storage medium readable by a computer stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for supporting editing of a hierarchical structure of a directory. The function includes: editing metadata including information relevant to the hierarchical structure of the directory; editing content data as contents of a document; analyzing the metadata; and creating a new hierarchical structure of the directory on the basis of a result of the analysis and the content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Shunichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20080133618
    Abstract: There is provided a document providing system including a derivation relationship registration unit that, when receiving an instruction to register a second electronic-document that is an updated version of a first electronic document, registers a derivation relationship indicating that the second electronic document is derived from the first electronic document in a derivation relationship storage unit; an input-output relationship registration unit that generates input-output relationship information indicating an updated electronic document to be provided in response to a document request that designates a requested electronic document based on the derivation relationship registered in the derivation relationship storage unit and registers the input-output relationship information in an input-output relationship storage unit; and a providing unit that, when receiving a document request, obtains an updated electronic document corresponding to a requested electronic document designated in the document reques
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Masao Nukaga, Akira Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070299969
    Abstract: There is provided a document management server including a receiving unit that receives an access request and a first ID representing a document to be an object of the access request, an ID processing unit that issues, when an operation is performed on the document in response to the access request, a second ID corresponding to the operation, and records a derivation relationship having the second ID as a child of the first ID, an attribute recording unit that records attribute information relating to the operation by association with the first ID or the second ID, and a response data provider unit that provides, when the document is provided to the client in response to the access request, response data including attribute information associated with at least one ID appearing in a path from the received ID accompanying the access request to a root of a derivation relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Setsu Kunitake, Shigehisa Kawabe, Taro Terao
  • Publication number: 20070299880
    Abstract: There is provided a document management server including a receiving unit that receives from a client a request and a first ID representing a document, an ID processing unit that issues, when an operation is performed on the document, a second ID, and records a derivation relationship having the second ID as a child of the first ID, a base node setting unit that sets a base node to indicate a division of a user among a node group in the derivation relationship, a document associating unit that associates related data of the document registered by an operation corresponding to a descendent node of a base node to the base node, and a document provider unit that provides, when receiving a user request for a digital document, detects a base node by tracing the derivation relationship from an ID accompanying the request to the root node, and provides the requested document based on related data associated to the detected base node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Taro Terao
  • Publication number: 20070130176
    Abstract: There is provided a document processing method in which a document is created by applying one or more templates to multiple structured documents stored in a folder among a group of folders having a hierarchical structure in a document database, the method including acquiring a first structured document including multiple document elements forming a structure, acquiring information of a hierarchical structure of the folders in the document database, creating integrated structure information by merging the structure of the document elements of the first structured document into a position of a folder, in the hierarchical structure formed by the folders, in which the first structured document is stored, and applying a template to the integrated structure information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Shigehisa Kawabe, Setsu Kunitake, Akira Suzuki, Katsuhide Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070019864
    Abstract: An image search system includes a first calculation section that calculates a first similarity score of each registered image with respect to an input image on the basis of image features of the registered and the input image, a second calculation section that calculates a second similarity score of each registered image with respect to the input image on the basis of text features of the registered and the input image, a candidate extraction section that extracts one or more candidate images on the basis of the first and the second similarity scores of each registered image, a third calculation section that calculates a third similarity score of each candidate image on the basis of projection waveforms of the input image and the candidate image, and a search section that determines one or more registered images similar to the input image on the basis of the third similarity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Takahiro Koyama, Shigehisa Kawabe