Patents by Inventor SINTAROU OGINO

SINTAROU OGINO 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).

  • Network printing service using instant messaging
    Patent number: 11748050
    Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus including a message acquirer that acquires messages from a server that provides messages posted from a plurality of devices to each of the plurality of devices in a chronological order, a print data generator that generates print data, based on the acquired message, a message determiner that determines whether a print execution phrase is included in the acquired message, and a print data output controller that performs control to output the print data if it is determined that the print execution phrase is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sintarou Ogino
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220214846
    Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus including a message acquirer that acquires messages from a server that provides messages posted from a plurality of devices to each of the plurality of devices in a chronological order, a print data generator that generates print data, based on the acquired message, a message determiner that determines whether a print execution phrase is included in the acquired message, and a print data output controller that performs control to output the print data if it is determined that the print execution phrase is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: SINTAROU OGINO
  • Image forming apparatus, control method, and system
    Patent number: 11099795
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that is included in a system with a server that provides messages posted from a plurality of apparatuses to each of the plurality of apparatuses sequentially, and having an image forming device to form an image on a basis of output data. The image forming apparatus includes a message acquisition device that acquires a message provided by the server, a message determination device that determines a type of the acquired message, a message generator that generates the message on a basis of a status of the image forming apparatus in a case where the type of the message acquired is an output request, and a message posting device that posts the generated message to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sintarou Ogino
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210182004
    Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus including a message acquirer that acquires messages from a server that provides messages posted from a plurality of devices to each of the plurality of devices in a chronological order, a print data generator that generates print data, based on the acquired message, a message determiner that determines whether a print execution phrase is included in the acquired message, and a print data output controller that performs control to output the print data if it is determined that the print execution phrase is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: SINTAROU OGINO
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200371728
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that is included in a system with a server that provides messages posted from a plurality of apparatuses to each of the plurality of apparatuses sequentially, and having an image forming device to form an image on a basis of output data. The image forming apparatus includes a message acquisition device that acquires a message provided by the server, a message determination device that determines a type of the acquired message, a message generator that generates the message on a basis of a status of the image forming apparatus in a case where the type of the message acquired is an output request, and a message posting device that posts the generated message to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: SINTAROU OGINO
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PRINT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200213455
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that can be connected to a messaging service that displays a message in a chronological order in timeline includes: an acquisition device that acquires an image displayed in the timeline; and a printer that prints the image acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: SINTAROU OGINO