Patents by Inventor Takafumi Matsuba

Takafumi Matsuba 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: 8879097
    Abstract: A printing device is provided which prints a document, to be passed to one or more recipients, in an output format according to a personal preference of each of the recipients. The printing device includes a receiving portion configured to accept a print job indicating the document and the recipients; a determination portion configured to determine an output format according to a personal preference of each of the recipients indicated in the accepted print job based on a history of print jobs that were executed for each of the recipients, and a print job execution portion configured to, when printing the document indicated in the accepted print job by a plurality of sets corresponding to the number of the recipients, perform the printing in the output format according to the personal preference of each of the recipients determined by the determination portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Matsuba
  • Patent number: 8390845
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided with a terminal designation accepting portion that accepts a designation by a user to designate an IP address of a terminal to be connected to the image processing apparatus and a setting data control portion that sends, to the terminal, setting data that includes an IP address of the image processing apparatus itself based on the IP address of the terminal that is designated by the user. Thereby, in the case where the image processing apparatus is caused to cooperate with other apparatus via a communication line, a more user-friendly operation for the cooperation can be provided with the security of the image processing apparatus protected compared to conventional systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20120147423
    Abstract: A printing device is provided which prints a document, to be passed to one or more recipients, in an output format according to a personal preference of each of the recipients. The printing device includes a receiving portion configured to accept a print job indicating the document and the recipients; a determination portion configured to determine an output format according to a personal preference of each of the recipients indicated in the accepted print job based on a history of print jobs that were executed for each of the recipients, and a print job execution portion configured to, when printing the document indicated in the accepted print job by a plurality of sets corresponding to the number of the recipients, perform the printing in the output format according to the personal preference of each of the recipients determined by the determination portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Takafumi MATSUBA
  • Patent number: 7990970
    Abstract: A data transmission apparatus includes a transmitting portion capable of transmitting data to an address set by a user's transmission operation, a counter portion for counting the number of past transmissions every address, a storing portion for storing a transmission history including the counted number of past transmissions in an updatable manner, a registering portion for automatically registering an address whose number of past transmissions has reached a prescribed number, a displaying portion for displaying an address setting screen, a discrimination portion for discriminating whether there is a transmission history to the automatically registered address as to the user who transmits, and a controlling portion for making the displaying portion display the automatically registered address in a selectable manner on the address setting screen of the displaying portion only when it is discriminated by the discrimination portion that there is the transmission history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Matsuba
  • Patent number: 7952734
    Abstract: In an image processor when a request is received to print a file then from received information the location information of the file for which the print request is issued is read. The image processor then performs a process in response to the request to update a file corresponding to the read location information to that for which the request is issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20080174803
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided with a terminal designation accepting portion that accepts a designation by a user to designate an IP address of a terminal to be connected to the image processing apparatus and a setting data control portion that sends, to the terminal, setting data that includes an IP address of the image processing apparatus itself based on the IP address of the terminal that is designated by the user. Thereby, in the case where the image processing apparatus is caused to cooperate with other apparatus via a communication line, a more user-friendly operation for the cooperation can be provided with the security of the image processing apparatus protected compared to conventional systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Takafumi MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20070280131
    Abstract: A data transmission apparatus includes a transmitting portion capable of transmitting data to an address set by a user's transmission operation, a counter portion for counting the number of past transmissions every address, a storing portion for storing a transmission history including the counted number of past transmissions in an updatable manner, a registering portion for automatically registering an address whose number of past transmissions has reached a prescribed number, a displaying portion for displaying an address setting screen, a discrimination portion for discriminating whether there is a transmission history to the automatically registered address as to the user who transmits, and a controlling portion for making the displaying portion display the automatically registered address in a selectable manner on the address setting screen of the displaying portion only when it is discriminated by the discrimination portion that there is the transmission history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20070195357
    Abstract: In an image processor when a request is received to print a file then from received information the location information of the file for which the print request is issued is read. The image processor then performs a process in response to the request to update a file corresponding to the read location information to that for which the request is issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takafumi Matsuba
  • Patent number: 4101273
    Abstract: A synthetic fiber material is continuously dyed or printed by contacting with a dye bath comprising a water-insoluble dye and at least one member of polyoxyethylene derivatives, such as ##STR1## AND GLYCERIN DERIVATIVES, SUCH AS ##STR2## and subjecting the resulting fiber material to a dry or wet heat treatment, whereby the fiber material is dyed or printed with a deep color and with prevention of migration of the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takafumi Matsuba, Ryozo Kuriyama, Shin-Ichi Saitoh, Yoshio Ishitsuka