Patents by Inventor Takashi Sera

Takashi Sera 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: 11656807
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes a print instruction acquisition unit that acquires a print instruction by voice from a voice mediation device and a transmitter that transmits to the printing device print data for printing content based on the print instruction among printable content. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data. The print instruction includes a list print instruction for printing a list of at least part of the printable content. When the list print instruction is acquired, the transmitter transmits list data for printing the list to the printing device. The printing device receives the list data, and prints the list in accordance with the list data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sera, Shinichi Tsuruyama, Masaki Fukiage, Ryosuke Kakio
  • Patent number: 11630625
    Abstract: A print control server that controls printing via an SNS includes a display controller that causes, when a printer registration request is received from an account of a user of the SNS, an SNS server that manages the SNS to display, on a terminal device operated by the user, an input screen on which an e-mail address that uniquely identifies a printer is entered, an acquisition unit that acquires the e-mail address entered on the input screen, and a registration unit that refers to a database which specifies, in advance, a correspondence relationship with an e-mail address with respect to a plurality of printers and that registers, when the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit matches any e-mail address specified in the database, the account in association with the printer identified by the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuma Kitahara, Ryosuke Kakio, Takashi Sera, Yosuke Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11593047
    Abstract: A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of the SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section issues a first password when accepting a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of the SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, notifies the first account of the first password through the SNS, and registers, when a password posted on the SNS by the second account coincides with the first password, the print setting information registered in association with the first account also in association with the second account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Kawakami, Ryosuke Kakio, Takashi Sera, Yuma Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11561743
    Abstract: A print control server includes a print controller that acquires a print instruction entered by a user belonging to a group chat in a chat system provided by a social networking service (SNS) and causes a printer to execute printing in accordance with the print instruction, a history acquirer that acquires a print history, based on the print instruction, of the printer, and a notifier that notifies the print history in a chat form to an administrator of the group chat via the chat system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kakio, Takashi Sera, Yosuke Kawakami, Yuma Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11537339
    Abstract: A print control server includes a detector that detects a print instruction or a setting instruction entered by the user in the chat system provided by the SNS, a print controller that executes printing using a printer in accordance with the print instruction or configures a setting relating to the printer in accordance with the setting instruction, and a manager that associates identification information of the user with a privilege of the user in the chat system and stores the identification information and the privilege of the user. The print controller references the information stored by the manager to identify the privilege associated with the identification information of the user who has entered the print instruction or the setting instruction, and limits, based on the identified privilege, the printing to be executed in accordance with the print instruction or the setting to be configured in accordance with the setting instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kakio, Takashi Sera, Yosuke Kawakami, Yuma Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11494131
    Abstract: A print system includes a print device and an information processor connected to the print device via a network. The information processor includes an information acquisition section that acquires, from a voice mediation device, information including a keyword included in a print instruction given by a user by voice, a guidance section that outputs, to the voice mediation device, a guidance message to be output by voice, a print data transmission section that generates print data using content based on the keyword acquired by the information acquisition section in response to an output of the guidance message and transmits the print data to the print device, and a proficiency determination section that determines proficiency indicating a level of proficiency of the user for the print instruction. Based on the proficiency, the guidance section generates the guidance message that is used for the acquisition of the keyword by the information acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Sera
  • Publication number: 20220340624
    Abstract: A soluble RNA-binding protein having high binding ability is provided. The RNA-binding protein has an amino acid sequence represented by R1?-R1X-R2X-(R5X or R6Y)L-(R5X-R6Y)M-(R5X or R6Y)N-R7X-R8X-R8?, with each symbol meaning a specific amino acid sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Takashi SERA
  • Patent number: 11472855
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a soluble RNA-binding protein having high binding ability. The present invention provides an RNA-binding protein having an amino acid sequence represented by R1?-R1X—R2X—(R5X or R6Y)L-(R5X—R6Y)M-(R5X or R6Y)N—R7X—R8X—R8? wherein each symbol means an amino acid sequence recited in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Takashi Sera
  • Patent number: 11449289
    Abstract: A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of a first SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section accepts a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of a second SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, and registers the print setting information associated with the first account also in association with the second account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Kawakami, Ryosuke Kakio, Takashi Sera, Yuma Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20220261198
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes: an instruction acquisition unit that acquires an instruction verbally given by a user from a voice mediation device, the instruction including a print instruction; a transmitter that transmits print data based on the acquired print instruction to the printing device; a storage that stores a history of printing based on the print instruction in association with identification information of the user; and a management unit that generates management information to manage the printing by the user based on the history in association with the identification information. The transmitter transmits the generated management information to a notification destination. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shinichi TSURUYAMA, Takashi SERA, Masaki FUKIAGE
  • Publication number: 20220236928
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes a print instruction acquisition unit that acquires a print instruction by voice from a voice mediation device and a transmitter that transmits to the printing device print data for printing content based on the print instruction among printable content. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data. The print instruction includes a list print instruction for printing a list of at least part of the printable content. When the list print instruction is acquired, the transmitter transmits list data for printing the list to the printing device. The printing device receives the list data, and prints the list in accordance with the list data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi SERA, Shinichi TSURUYAMA, Masaki FUKIAGE, Ryosuke KAKIO
  • Patent number: 11316986
    Abstract: A second server apparatus that communicates with a printer that performs a print job and a smartphone that executes an application program of an SNS includes an acquisition unit that acquires print instruction information from the SNS, a job generation unit that generates the print job based on the print instruction information acquired by the acquisition unit, a notification unit that notifies the SNS of response information indicating that the print instruction information was accepted and job identification information for identifying the print job, a job transmission unit that transmits the print job to the printer, and a status acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating an execution status of the print job, and the notification unit notifies the SNS of the status information indicating the execution status of the print job acquired by the status acquisition unit and the job identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sera, Hirofumi Miyamoto, Ryosuke Kakio
  • Patent number: 11305828
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a link mechanism to be equipped with a work implement, a drive mechanism to drive the link mechanism to ascend and descend the work implement, and a control lever is to be operated to ascend and descend the work implement. The work vehicle includes a first displacement transmission mechanism, an additional operational mechanism, and a second displacement transmission mechanism. The first displacement transmission mechanism links the drive mechanism and the control lever to transmit a displacement of the control lever to the drive mechanism. The additional operational mechanism is configured to operate the control lever at a location apart from a position of the control lever. The second displacement transmission mechanism mechanically links the additional operational mechanism and the control lever without interposing the first displacement transmission mechanism to shift the control lever in accordance with an operation of the additional operational mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sera, Takashi Oda, Hisao Mukai, Takuya Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220091794
    Abstract: A print control server includes a print controller that acquires a print instruction entered by a user belonging to a group chat in a chat system provided by a social networking service (SNS) and causes a printer to execute printing in accordance with the print instruction, a history acquirer that acquires a print history, based on the print instruction, of the printer, and a notifier that notifies the print history in a chat form to an administrator of the group chat via the chat system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAKIO, Takashi SERA, Yosuke KAWAKAMI, Yuma KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220091802
    Abstract: A print control server includes a detector that detects a print instruction or a setting instruction entered by the user in the chat system provided by the SNS, a print controller that executes printing using a printer in accordance with the print instruction or configures a setting relating to the printer in accordance with the setting instruction, and a manager that associates identification information of the user with a privilege of the user in the chat system and stores the identification information and the privilege of the user. The print controller references the information stored by the manager to identify the privilege associated with the identification information of the user who has entered the print instruction or the setting instruction, and limits, based on the identified privilege, the printing to be executed in accordance with the print instruction or the setting to be configured in accordance with the setting instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAKIO, Takashi SERA, Yosuke KAWAKAMI, Yuma KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220075580
    Abstract: A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of the SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section issues a first password when accepting a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of the SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, notifies the first account of the first password through the SNS, and registers, when a password posted on the SNS by the second account coincides with the first password, the print setting information registered in association with the first account also in association with the second account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke KAWAKAMI, Ryosuke KAKIO, Takashi SERA, Yuma KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220075578
    Abstract: A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of a first SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section accepts a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of a second SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, and registers the print setting information associated with the first account also in association with the second account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke KAWAKAMI, Ryosuke KAKIO, Takashi SERA, Yuma KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220075582
    Abstract: A print control server that controls printing via an SNS includes a display controller that causes, when a printer registration request is received from an account of a user of the SNS, an SNS server that manages the SNS to display, on a terminal device operated by the user, an input screen on which an e-mail address that uniquely identifies a printer is entered, an acquisition unit that acquires the e-mail address entered on the input screen, and a registration unit that refers to a database which specifies, in advance, a correspondence relationship with an e-mail address with respect to a plurality of printers and that registers, when the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit matches any e-mail address specified in the database, the account in association with the printer identified by the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuma KITAHARA, Ryosuke KAKIO, Takashi SERA, Yosuke KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210318837
    Abstract: A print system includes a print device and an information processor connected to the print device via a network. The information processor includes an information acquisition section that acquires, from a voice mediation device, information including a keyword included in a print instruction given by a user by voice, a guidance section that outputs, to the voice mediation device, a guidance message to be output by voice, a print data transmission section that generates print data using content based on the keyword acquired by the information acquisition section in response to an output of the guidance message and transmits the print data to the print device, and a proficiency determination section that determines proficiency indicating a level of proficiency of the user for the print instruction. Based on the proficiency, the guidance section generates the guidance message that is used for the acquisition of the keyword by the information acquisition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi SERA
  • Publication number: 20210197905
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a link mechanism to be equipped with a work implement, a drive mechanism to drive the link mechanism to ascend and descend the work implement, and a control lever is to be operated to ascend and descend the work implement. The work vehicle includes a first displacement transmission mechanism, an additional operational mechanism, and a second displacement transmission mechanism. The first displacement transmission mechanism links the drive mechanism and the control lever to transmit a displacement of the control lever to the drive mechanism. The additional operational mechanism is configured to operate the control lever at a location apart from a position of the control lever. The second displacement transmission mechanism mechanically links the additional operational mechanism and the control lever without interposing the first displacement transmission mechanism to shift the control lever in accordance with an operation of the additional operational mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SERA, Takashi ODA, Hisao MUKAI, Takuya TANIGAWA