Patents by Inventor Takashi Nishimachi

Takashi Nishimachi 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: 11895275
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display capable of accepting designation of a destination of an e-mail, a transmitter/receiver capable of transmitting and receiving the e-mail, a job executor that executes a job via the e-mail, and a controller that acquires destination information of the e-mail to be sent as the job from received information of the received e-mail, and displays the acquired destination information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimachi
  • Publication number: 20230300262
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display capable of accepting designation of a destination of an e-mail, a transmitter/receiver capable of transmitting and receiving the e-mail, a job executor that executes a job via the e-mail, and a controller that acquires destination information of the e-mail to be sent as the job from received information of the received e-mail, and displays the acquired destination information on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Takashi NISHIMACHI
  • Publication number: 20180239933
    Abstract: A card reader (data read-out device) causes an image display section to display an image that indicates a predetermined portion on a display surface of a display panel, as a portion where a non-contact IC card (recording medium) is to be close. An antenna for making communications with a non-contact IC card is arranged at a portion located at the rear side of the predetermined portion on a rear surface of the display panel. In a case where a user brings a non-contact IC card close to the predetermined portion on the display surface presented as an image, the card reader reads out data from a non-contact IC card wirelessly by using an antenna. A user can identify a portion where a recording medium is to be brought close without turning his/her gaze away from the display surface of the card reader. Therefore, it is possible to bring a recording medium close to a proper position so as to enable reading out data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Takashi NISHIMACHI
  • Patent number: 9977927
    Abstract: A card reader (data read-out device) causes an image display section to display an image that indicates a predetermined portion on a display surface of a display panel, as a portion where a non-contact IC card (recording medium) is to be close. An antenna for making communications with a non-contact IC card is arranged at a portion located at the rear side of the predetermined portion on a rear surface of the display panel. In a case where a user brings a non-contact IC card close to the predetermined portion on the display surface presented as an image, the card reader reads out data from a non-contact IC card wirelessly by using an antenna. A user can identify a portion where a recording medium is to be brought close without turning his/her gaze away from the display surface of the card reader. Therefore, it is possible to bring a recording medium close to a proper position so as to enable reading out data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimachi
  • Publication number: 20150060545
    Abstract: A card reader (data read-out device) causes an image display section to display an image that indicates a predetermined portion on a display surface of a display panel, as a portion where a non-contact IC card (recording medium) is to be close. An antenna for making communications with a non-contact IC card is arranged at a portion located at the rear side of the predetermined portion on a rear surface of the display panel. In a case where a user brings a non-contact IC card close to the predetermined portion on the display surface presented as an image, the card reader reads out data from a non-contact IC card wirelessly by using an antenna. A user can identify a portion where a recording medium is to be brought close without turning his/her gaze away from the display surface of the card reader. Therefore, it is possible to bring a recording medium close to a proper position so as to enable reading out data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimachi
  • Patent number: 8422067
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image data reading section that reads image data formed on a document, an image processing section that separates regions where effective information is present from the read image data so as to determine, for every separated region, a shape of a see-through preventing pattern and a position at which the see-through preventing pattern is formed, and an image printing section that prints the determined see-through preventing pattern at a part on a back surface of a recording sheet on which the document is printed, on the basis of the information of the determined position at which the see-through preventing pattern is formed, the part corresponding to any of the regions where the effective information of the document is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimachi
  • Patent number: 7701611
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including: an image reading section for reading a document image; a particular image determining section for determining whether or not a particular image is included in image data read by the image reading section; an image processing section for processing the image data; and a resolution converting section for changing a resolution of the image data to be transferred to the particular image determining section, wherein the resolution converting section lowers a pixel frequency of the image data to be transmitted to the particular image determining section so as to perform simple processing. The lowered pixel frequency slows down processing speed of the image data and thereby improves determination accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakai, Yohichi Shimazawa, Koichi Sumida, Takashi Nishimachi, Takahiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20090110290
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image data reading section that reads image data formed on a document, an image processing section that separates regions where effective information is present from the read image data so as to determine, for every separated region, a shape of a see-through preventing pattern and a position at which the see-through preventing pattern is formed, and an image printing section that prints the determined see-through preventing pattern at a part on a back surface of a recording sheet on which the document is printed, on the basis of the information of the determined position at which the see-through preventing pattern is formed, the part corresponding to any of the regions where the effective information of the document is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimachi
  • Publication number: 20080094665
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including: an image reading section for reading a document image; a particular image determining section for determining whether or not a particular image is included in image data read by the image reading section; an image processing section for processing the image data; and a resolution converting section for changing a resolution of the image data to be transferred to the particular image determining section, wherein the resolution converting section lowers a pixel frequency of the image data to be transmitted to the particular image determining section so as to perform simple processing. The lowered pixel frequency slows down processing speed of the image data and thereby improves determination accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakai, Yohichi Shimazawa, Koichi Sumida, Takashi Nishimachi, Takahiko Minami
  • Publication number: 20060209353
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus connected with a computer which is capable of executing image processing which corresponds to an image processing command, a file format which permits addition of the image processing command to image data which has been read is stored in a non-volatile memory. A CPU judges whether a determined file format is stored in the non-volatile memory, and when judging that the determined file format is stored in the non-volatile memory, the CPU permits addition of the image processing command to the read image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Kohsuke Harada, Tokiyuki Okano, Keiji Nakamura, Takashi Nishimachi, Shuhji Fujii, Yasuhiro Nakai
  • Patent number: 6507415
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a scanner, which reads a plurality of images and inputs them as multivalue digital image data; a matching data producing section which, based on the inputted multivalue image data, produces matching data for joining the respective inputted images; a post-processing section, which binarizes the image data of each image inputted by the scanner; a joining section, which synthesizes the respective inputted images into a single image by joining the binary data produced by the post-processing section, which corresponds to the image data of the respective inputted images, on the basis of the matching data produced by the matching data producing section; and a printer for outputting the image joined by the joining section. Thus an image processing device can be provided which is capable of joining any type of image, whether from written characters, halftone dot, or photographic originals, and of performing this joining processing at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Toyoda, Akihiko Iwasaki, Atsushi Narukawa, Yoshiyuki Nakai, Masakiyo Okuda, Takeshi Murakami, Takashi Nishimachi