Patents by Inventor Shigetaka Yoshida

Shigetaka Yoshida 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: 10180870
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20180046534
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hideto MATSUMOTO, Kiyotaka OHARA
  • Patent number: 9811408
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20140068355
    Abstract: A network device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the network device to perform: storing a first mail address and a second mail address; generating a first email to be addressed to the first mail address and a second email to be addressed to the second mail address, the first email having a first body including a URL, the second email having a second body including the URL; detecting a specific failure occurring in the network device; transmitting the first email to the first mail address and the second email to the second mail address when the specific failure is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Atsushi KOJIMA, Hideto MATSUMOTO, Kiyotaka OHARA
  • Patent number: 8626858
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 8531685
    Abstract: A display device to display contents representing data files stored in at least one external memory device attached to the display device is provided. The display device includes at least one connection interface through which an external memory device is attached to the display device, a judging unit to judge as to whether an external memory device is attached to one of the at least one connection interface, a list creation unit to create a list of data files which are stored in the external memory device according to the judgment made by the judging unit, a timer to measure a predetermined period, and a display control unit to display the list created by the list creation unit based on the data files stored in the external memory device which is attached to the display device before the predetermined period elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120224190
    Abstract: Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Kousuke FUKAYA, Kunihiko SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 8218161
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a selection section which selects a print target to be printed; an input section which inputs a print job for printing the print target selected by the selection section; an instruction section which instructs to continue the print job; and a printing section which executes a trial printing of printing a part of the print job including a plurality of pages input by the input section as a trial page, and thereafter, restarting and finishing the print job in response to that the instruction section instructs to continue the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto, Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120166564
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 8161124
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Patent number: 7965407
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a memory configured to store print jobs, a printing device configured to print an image based on each of the print jobs, a detector configured to determine when it is time to execute calibration to correct a printing characteristic of the printing device, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the printing device to print each monochrome print job stored in the memory prior to each color print job stored in the memory when the detector determines that it is time to execute the calibration. Also, the controller is configured to execute the calibration when the detector determines that it is time to execute the calibration, and to cause the printing device to print each color print job stored in the memory after executing the calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7929158
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller that is operable to: access files that is created by an external device and stored in the external storage device, the files containing images that are to be formed on the sheet by the image forming unit; generate auxiliary identification information including character string that is uniquely assigned for each of the files and for each of folders containing the files by using character information stored in a storage; control at least one of the display and the image forming unit to display file specifying information including filenames of each of the files and the auxiliary identification information so as that the auxiliary identification information is displayed preferentially from the filenames; and allow a user to select a target file that contains an image to be formed on the sheet based on the file specifying information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090097050
    Abstract: A display device to display contents representing data files stored in at least one external memory device attached to the display device is provided. The display device includes at least one connection interface through which an external memory device is attached to the display device, a judging unit to judge as to whether an external memory device is attached to one of the at least one connection interface, a list creation unit to create a list of data files which are stored in the external memory device according to the judgment made by the judging unit, a timer to measure a predetermined period, and a display control unit to display the list created by the list creation unit based on the data files stored in the external memory device which is attached to the display device before the predetermined period elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigetaka YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20090027711
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a selection section which selects a print target to be printed; an input section which inputs a print job for printing the print target selected by the selection section; an instruction section which instructs to continue the print job; and a printing section which executes a trial printing of printing a part of the print job including a plurality of pages input by the input section as a trial page, and thereafter, restarting and finishing the print job in response to that the instruction section instructs to continue the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Norio MIZUTANI, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto, Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080250277
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20080239400
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a memory configured to store print jobs, a printing device configured to print an image based on each of the print jobs, a detector configured to determine when it is time to execute calibration to correct a printing characteristic of the printing device, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the printing device to print each monochrome print job stored in the memory prior to each color print job stored in the memory when the detector determines that it is time to execute the calibration. Also, the controller is configured to execute the calibration when the detector determines that it is time to execute the calibration, and to cause the printing device to print each color print job stored in the memory after executing the calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7398306
    Abstract: In a printer connected to a network, email appended with link information is prepared for enabling an administrator to access information about the printer network terminal. The email is transmitted to the administrator terminal at a predetermined timing. Then, the administrator terminal accesses the information based on the link information appended to the email. As such, when a problem occurs in the printer, operations for resolving the problem can be quickly undertaken by the administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Atsushi Kojima, Hideto Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ohara
  • Publication number: 20070222802
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller that is operable to: access files that is created by an external device and stored in the external storage device, the files containing images that are to be formed on the sheet by the image forming unit; generate auxiliary identification information including character string that is uniquely assigned for each of the files and for each of folders containing the files by using character information stored in a storage; control at least one of the display and the image forming unit to display file specifying information including filenames of each of the files and the auxiliary identification information so as that the auxiliary identification information is displayed preferentially from the filenames; and allow a user to select a target file that contains an image to be formed on the sheet based on the file specifying information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetaka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20070201115
    Abstract: A data generating apparatus being provided with: an extracting unit that extracts text image which is a part of the text of a file stored in a storage medium and picture image which is a part of the picture of the same; a setting unit that, for each file, sets a text thumbnail arranging region to which the text image is outputted and a picture thumbnail arranging region to which the picture image is outputted in accordance with file specifying information for specifying each file; and an index data generating unit that arranges the text image and the picture image in the set text thumbnail arranging region and the picture thumbnail arranging region, respectively, as thumbnails together with the file specifying information. Therefore, generated index data can be displayed on a display unit and can be printed by a printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Norio MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20070203948
    Abstract: Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Kousuke Fukaya, Kunihiko Sakurai