Patents by Inventor Takayuki Shimatani

Takayuki Shimatani 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).

  • Printing controller, GUI display method, printer driver, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8792116
    Abstract: A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing the display character strings of corresponding languages is disclosed. The printing controller includes a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed, a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected, and an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file. The printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimatani, Yuki Yamashita
  • PRINTING CONTROLLER, GUI DISPLAY METHOD, PRINTER DRIVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090303519
    Abstract: A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing the display character strings of corresponding languages is disclosed. The printing controller includes a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed, a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected, and an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file. The printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimatani, Yuki Yamashita
  • Method for Obtaining Status, Printer Driver and Information Processing Device
    Publication number: 20080291483
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a status is disclosed in which a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to the server computer, and the client computer enables two-way communication and obtains status information of the printer via the server computer without depending on an operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Takayuki Shimatani