Patents by Inventor Taisuke Watanabe

Taisuke Watanabe 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: 9906679
    Abstract: An image can be formed by using a developer containing a luminescent substance, without impairing the finish of the area in which the image is formed. An image forming device 100 includes a print function section 124 which forms a first image included in a plurality of images to be formed on a single page, based on image formation data indicating the image to be formed, on a medium by using a first developer, and forms a second image included in the plurality of images, based on the image formation data, in a non-image-forming area in which the first image is not formed on the medium, by using a second developer containing a luminescent substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9159009
    Abstract: The invented image forming apparatus includes an image data production condition production section for producing an image data production condition, an image data output condition production section for producing an image data output condition, and an image data management section for obtaining the image data production condition and the image data output condition in response to an output demand of the image data, for outputting the image data in a case where the image data production condition coincides to the image data output condition, for obtaining a password of the image data in a case where the image data production condition does not coincide to the image data output condition, for outputting the image data in a case where the designated password is entered at a time of image production, and for not outputting the image data in a case where anything other than the designated password is entered at the time of image production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8164772
    Abstract: What is disclosed is an image forming apparatus which is able to execute an auxiliary program combined to a prescribe control program that transforms a piece of received information to an image data wherein the image forming apparatus comprising: a memory section for containing said auxiliary program; a received information judging section for judging whether the received information is said auxiliary program or a piece of image information, by analyzing said received information; and an auxiliary program managing section for detecting from said memory section an auxiliary program necessary for the received information to be processed, based on the image information, when said received information is the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8086450
    Abstract: A code excited linear prediction type speech coder, which includes a seed storage that stores seeds used as an initial state of oscillation, and an oscillator that generates different vector sequences in accordance with values of the seeds stored in the seed storage and outputs the vector sequences as excitation vectors. The speech coder also includes a linear predictive coding synthesis filter that receives, as input, the excitation vectors, which are the vector sequences generated in accordance with the values of the seeds, that synthesizes the excitation vectors, and that outputs a synthesized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yasunaga, Toshiyuki Morii, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7859702
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided capable of preventing that an operator collects a print result object of which the print job he or she has not sent, and that a user's own print result object is taken by others away from the record medium holding section. The image forming apparatus is used for forming an image onto a record medium which has an identification information section to provide identification information, and includes a print job management information storing section for storing print management information sent from a information processing apparatus per print job to correspond to the identification information; a record medium holding section for keeping print result objects. In the apparatus, the identification information read out from a print result object and print job management information of a print job, are collated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Taisuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20070100613
    Abstract: An excitation vector generator includes an input vector provider configured to provide an input vector having at least one pulse, each pulse having a pre-determined position and a respective polarity. An arranger is configured to arrange a waveform in accordance with the position and the polarity of the pulse. A shape of the waveform comprises a pulse-like shape and a length of the waveform is shorter than a length of a sub-frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yasunaga, Toshiyuki Morii, Taisuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ehara
  • Patent number: 7162487
    Abstract: The present invention aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from an information storage medium or an information communication network while excluding inappropriate information, an information manager inputs suitability of information (a teacher signal) to an information presented at a user terminal 21 to a group profile learning unit 16 and prepares a group profile reflecting suitability of the information as specified by the information manager using the teacher signal. At a score calculating unit 13, a score signal indicating suitability of information is calculated for each information using the group profile, and access of an information user in a group to inappropriate information is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20060193003
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided capable of to preventing that the sender collected print result object of a third party, and that the sender's own print result object is taken by a third party away from the print result object keeping section from happening. The image forming apparatus is used for forming an image onto a record medium which has an identification information storing section to store identification information, and includes an print data specific information storing section for storing specific information to specify print data sent from a information processing apparatus per the print data to correspond to the identification information; a record medium keeping section for keeping print end record medium. In the apparatus, the identification information read out from the record medium kept in the print end record medium keeping section and the specific information stored in the print data specific information storing section are collated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventor: Taisuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20050185219
    Abstract: What is disclosed is an image forming apparatus which is able to execute an auxiliary program combined to a prescribe control program that transforms a piece of received information to an image data wherein the image forming apparatus comprising: a memory section for containing said auxiliary program; a received information judging section for judging whether the received information is said auxiliary program or a piece of image information, by analyzing said received information; and an auxiliary program managing section for detecting from said memory section an auxiliary program necessary for the received information to be processed, based on the image information, when said received information is the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventor: Taisuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040139054
    Abstract: The present invention aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from an information storage medium or an information communication network while excluding inappropriate information, an information manager inputs suitability of information (a teacher signal) to an information presented at a user terminal 21 to a group profile learning unit 16 and prepares a group profile reflecting suitability of the information as specified by the information manager using the teacher signal. At a score calculating unit 13, a score signal indicating suitability of information is calculated for each information using the group profile, and access of an information user in a group to inappropriate information is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6757650
    Abstract: A random code vector reading section and a random codebook of a conventional CELP type speech coder/decoder are respectively replaced with an oscillator for outputting different vector streams in accordance with values of input seeds, and a seed storage section for storing a plurality of seeds. This makes it unnecessary to store fixed vectors as they are in a fixed codebook (ROM), thereby considerably reducing the memory capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yasunaga, Toshiyuki Morii, Taisuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ehara
  • Patent number: 6687703
    Abstract: The present mechanism aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from an information storage medium or an information communication network while excluding inappropriate information, an information manager inputs suitability of information (a teacher signal) to an information presented at a user terminal to a group profile learning unit and prepares a group profile reflecting suitability of the information as specified by the information manager using the teacher signal. At a score calculating unit, a score signal indicating suitability of information is calculated for each information using the group profile, and access of an information user in a group to inappropriate information is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6453288
    Abstract: A random code vector reading section and a random codebook of a conventional CELP type speech coder/decoder are respectively replaced with an oscillator for outputting different vector streams in accordance with values of input seeds, and a seed storage section for storing a plurality of seeds. This makes it unnecessary to store fixed vectors as they are in a fixed codebook (ROM), thereby considerably reducing the memory capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yasunaga, Toshiyuki Morii, Taisuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ehara
  • Publication number: 20020099699
    Abstract: The present invention aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from an information storage medium or an information communication network while excluding inappropriate information, an information manager inputs suitability of information (a teacher signal) to an information presented at a user terminal 21 to a group profile learning unit 16 and prepares a group profile reflecting suitability of the information as specified by the information manager using the teacher signal. At a score calculating unit 13, a score signal indicating suitability of information is calculated for each information using the group profile, and access of an information user in a group to inappropriate information is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6363383
    Abstract: The present invention aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from an information storage medium or an information communication network while excluding inappropriate information, an information manager inputs suitability of information (a teacher signal) to an information presented at a user terminal 21 to a group profile learning unit 16 and prepares a group profile reflecting suitability of the information as specified by the information manager using the teacher signal. At a score calculating unit 13, a score signal indicating suitability of information is calculated for each information using the group profile, and access of an information user in a group to inappropriate information is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6330535
    Abstract: A random code vector reading section and a random codebook of a conventional CELP type speech coder/decoder are respectively replaced with an oscillator for outputting different vector streams in accordance with values of input seeds, and a seed storage section for storing a plurality of seeds. This makes it unnecessary to store fixed vectors as they are in a fixed codebook (ROM), thereby considerably reducing the memory capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yasunaga, Toshiyuki Morii, Taisuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ehara
  • Publication number: 20010034600
    Abstract: A random code vector reading section and a random codebook of a conventional CELP type speech coder/decoder are respectively replaced with an oscillator for outputting different vector streams in accordance with values of input seeds, and a seed storage section for storing a plurality of seeds. This makes it unnecessary to store fixed vectors as they are in a fixed codebook (ROM), thereby considerably reducing the memory capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yasunaga, Toshiyuki Morii, Taisuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ehara
  • Patent number: 6286012
    Abstract: The information filtering apparatus has a configuration having a metric dividing section which divides a matrix indicating that what items a user needed and did not need into a plurality of matrixes, and a classification information filtering unit which calculates a plurality of classification necessities and a plurality of classification reliabilities using the plurality of matrixes divided in the metric dividing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Taisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5692097
    Abstract: An inter-frame similarity between an input voice and a standard patterned word is calculated for each of frames and for each of standard patterned words, and a posterior probability similarity is produced by subtracting a constant value from each of the inter-frame similarities. The constant value is determined by analyzing voice data obtained from specified persons to set the posterior probability similarities to positive values when a word existing in the input voice matches with the standard patterned word and to set the posterior probability similarities to negative values when a word existing in the input voice does not match with the standard patterned word. Thereafter, an accumulated similarity having an accumulated value obtained by accumulating values of the posterior probability similarities according to a continuous dynamic programming matching operation for the frames of the input voice is calculated for each of the standard patterned words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maki Yamada, Masakatsu Hoshimi, Taisuke Watanabe, Katsuyuki Niyada
  • Patent number: 5369727
    Abstract: In a method of speech recognition, an input speech signal is analyzed. A result of the analysis is collated with first predetermined standard patterns. A result of the collation is outputted as a sequence of similarities. The sequence of the similarities is handled as feature parameters of the input speech signal, and the feature parameters are collated with second predetermined standard patterns of all recognition objects. A final speech recognition result is generated in accordance with a result of the collation between the feature parameters and the second predetermined standard patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nomura, Taisuke Watanabe