Patents by Inventor Takanori Fukuhara
Takanori Fukuhara 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).
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Publication number: 20240093134Abstract: Provided is a culture chamber capable of preparing spheroids with a uniform size with high efficiency and having a micro-space structure which is designed to facilitate replacement of a medium and harvesting of cells. The culture chamber includes a plurality of recesses (10) each formed of a bottom portion (11) and an opening portion (12). The bottom portion (11) has one of a hemispherical shape and a truncated cone shape and the opening portion (12) is defined by a wall that surrounds an area from a boundary between the opening portion (12) and the bottom portion (11) to an end of each of the recesses (10), the wall having a taper angle in a range from 1 degree to 20 degrees. An equivalent diameter of the boundary is in a range from 50 ?m to 2 mm and a depth from a bottom of the bottom portion (11) to the end of each of the recesses is in a range from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoko Ejiri, Satoru Ayano, Naoto Fukuhara, Hideki Taniguchi, Takanori Takebe
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Publication number: 20240020063Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a device. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores information indicating processing for each event in the device. The communication unit receives a packet related to an event in the device from the device. The control unit performs control so as to execute processing specified based on the information indicating the processing for each event in the device and stored in the storage unit and the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Patent number: 11768639Abstract: A printer, capable of appropriately extending an existing replacement recommendation time of a component determined based on a life prescribed for the component, includes: a time determination unit (timer), a comparison examination unit (comparator), and a notification unit (notifier). The timer determines a time at which replacement of a component is recommended based on tendency information indicating a deterioration tendency of the component with respect to an operation status. The tendency information is generated from collection and storage of information on the operation status collected from a plurality of printers and information on a degree of deterioration at a disposal time of the component. The comparator compares a time output by the time determination unit with a predetermined life of the component, and examines whether to perform recommendation for component replacement.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20230229366Abstract: A printer, capable of appropriately extending an existing replacement recommendation time of a component determined based on a life prescribed for the component, includes: a time determination unit (timer), a comparison examination unit (comparator), and a notification unit (notifier). The timer determines a time at which replacement of a component is recommended based on tendency information indicating a deterioration tendency of the component with respect to an operation status. The tendency information is generated from collection and storage of information on the operation status collected from a plurality of printers and information on a degree of deterioration at a disposal time of the component. The comparator compares a time output by the time determination unit with a predetermined life of the component, and examines whether to perform recommendation for component replacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Patent number: 11281145Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of a recording agent in a cartridge mounted in the image forming apparatus, an output device configured to output at least one of visual and audio information, and a controller. The controller is configured to, upon a first cartridge being dismounted, store, as a previous remaining amount, a remaining amount of a recording agent in the first cartridge detected by the sensor. The controller is also configured to, upon a remaining amount of a recording agent in a second cartridge that has been mounted in the image forming apparatus after the first cartridge is dismounted decreasing to or below a first threshold value as detected by the sensor, control the output device to output information that varies based on a value of the previous remaining amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Patent number: 11281144Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of parts, an acquisition unit, and a control unit. The plurality of parts are used in the image forming process and are replaced according to the degree of use. The acquisition unit acquires, for each of the parts, use-related information that is information indicating the degree of use of the plurality of parts. The control unit determines the replacement timing of the part using the plurality of pieces of use-related information acquired by the acquisition unit and the determination condition regarding the replacement timing of the part.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20220057737Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of parts, an acquisition unit, and a control unit. The plurality of parts are used in the image forming process and are replaced according to the degree of use. The acquisition unit acquires, for each of the parts, use-related information that is information indicating the degree of use of the plurality of parts. The control unit determines the replacement timing of the part using the plurality of pieces of use-related information acquired by the acquisition unit and the determination condition regarding the replacement timing of the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20210072688Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of a recording agent in a cartridge mounted in the image forming apparatus, an output device configured to output at least one of visual and audio information, and a controller. The controller is configured to, upon a first cartridge being dismounted, store, as a previous remaining amount, a remaining amount of a recording agent in the first cartridge detected by the sensor. The controller is also configured to, upon a remaining amount of a recording agent in a second cartridge that has been mounted in the image forming apparatus after the first cartridge is dismounted decreasing to or below a first threshold value as detected by the sensor, control the output device to output information that varies based on a value of the previous remaining amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Patent number: 10719044Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of a recording agent in a cartridge mounted in the image forming apparatus, an output device configured to output at least one of visual and audio information, and a controller. The controller is configured to, upon a first cartridge being dismounted, store, as a previous remaining amount, a remaining amount of a recording agent in the first cartridge detected by the sensor. The controller is also configured to, upon a remaining amount of a recording agent in a second cartridge that has been mounted in the image forming apparatus after the first cartridge is dismounted decreasing to or below a first threshold value as detected by the sensor, control the output device to output information that varies based on a value of the previous remaining amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Patent number: 10449793Abstract: In one embodiment, an erasing apparatus has a scanner, an erasing unit, a plurality of sheet discharge trays, and a processor. The processor acquires, from image data of a sheet outputted by the scanner, attribute data of the sheet. The processor controls execution propriety of erasing processing by the erasing unit, and sorting processing to discharge the sheet to the plurality of sheet discharge trays, based on the attribute data.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20190095282Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a storage device and a controller. The storage device stores system information relating to a system of the information processing apparatus. The controller executes a recovery processing on the storage device using recovery information stored in a storage medium for storing the recovery information necessary for recovering the system information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20180361771Abstract: In one embodiment, an erasing apparatus has a scanner, an erasing unit, a plurality of sheet discharge trays, and a processor. The processor acquires, from image data of a sheet outputted by the scanner, attribute data of the sheet. The processor controls execution propriety of erasing processing by the erasing unit, and sorting processing to discharge the sheet to the plurality of sheet discharge trays, based on the attribute data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Patent number: 10086635Abstract: In one embodiment, an erasing apparatus has a scanner, an erasing unit, a plurality of sheet discharge trays, and a processor. The processor acquires, from image data of a sheet outputted by the scanner, attribute data of the sheet. The processor controls execution propriety of erasing processing by the erasing unit, and sorting processing to discharge the sheet to the plurality of sheet discharge trays, based on the attribute data.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Patent number: 10078745Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an accessory information acquiring unit and an execution availability determining unit. The accessory information acquiring unit acquires accessory information related to security of the sheet based on attribute data of a sheet on which an erasable image is formed. The execution availability determining unit each determines execution availability of erase processing for the image on the sheet and execution availability of preservation processing for the image data generated by the readout unit, based on the accessory information.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20180089413Abstract: A license management server is connected with a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The server includes a memory that stores a limited license for enabling a restricted function of the image forming apparatuses, and a processor configured to determine whether the license can be issued to one of the image forming apparatuses, and upon determining that the license can be issued to the one of the image forming apparatuses, transmit the license enabling the restricted function to the one of the image forming apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20180046793Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an accessory information acquiring unit and an execution availability determining unit. The accessory information acquiring unit acquires accessory information related to security of the sheet based on attribute data of a sheet on which an erasable image is formed. The execution availability determining unit each determines execution availability of erase processing for the image on the sheet and execution availability of preservation processing for the image data generated by the readout unit, based on the accessory information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Patent number: 9811652Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an accessory information acquiring unit and an execution availability determining unit. The accessory information acquiring unit acquires accessory information related to security of the sheet based on attribute data of a sheet on which an erasable image is formed. The execution availability determining unit each determines execution availability of erase processing for the image on the sheet and execution availability of preservation processing for the image data generated by the readout unit, based on the accessory information.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara
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Publication number: 20160068000Abstract: In one embodiment, an erasing apparatus has a scanner, an erasing unit, a plurality of sheet discharge trays, and a processor. The processor acquires, from image data of a sheet outputted by the scanner, attribute data of the sheet. The processor controls execution propriety of erasing processing by the erasing unit, and sorting processing to discharge the sheet to the plurality of sheet discharge trays, based on the attribute data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20150161376Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an accessory information acquiring unit and an execution availability determining unit. The accessory information acquiring unit acquires accessory information related to security of the sheet based on attribute data of a sheet on which an erasable image is formed. The execution availability determining unit each determines execution availability of erase processing for the image on the sheet and execution availability of preservation processing for the image data generated by the readout unit, based on the accessory information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventor: Takanori FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20130057899Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation input acquiring section which acquires operation input instructing temporary data of an image process object generated temporarily to be overwrote and erased with predetermined data; a temporary data erasing section which performs an erasing process in which the temporary data to be overwrote and erased with predetermined data; a temporary data management section which manages in a predetermined storage area temporary data management information including at least information of whether or not the temporary data is erased; a temporary data management information acquiring section which acquires from the predetermined storage area the temporary data management information; and a display control section which displays on a screen the information of whether or not the temporary data is erased in the temporary data erasing section, correlated with history information of the job corresponding to the temporary data, based on the temporary data management informationType: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Takanori Fukuhara