Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Sato

Tatsuya Sato 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).

  • Publication number: 20200151715
    Abstract: Operation management with consistent policies and timings between nodes even in a situation where there are a plurality of administrators in the distributed ledger system is realized. In an operation management system 10 for a distributed ledger system 6 comprising a plurality of nodes, each of at least two or more predetermined nodes in the plurality of nodes manages an operation smart contract 372 for operation management of the distributed ledger system with a distributed ledger 37, when at least one node in the two or more predetermined nodes receives a transaction, the node which has received the transaction judges whether or not a type of the transaction is the operation smart contract 372, and, based on the judgment result, executes the operation smart contract 372.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya SATO, Takayuki NAGAI, Jun NEMOTO, Nishio YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10645241
    Abstract: A sound emitting device includes: a speaker that is provided at a back surface of a user interface device; a support body that supports the user interface device; a horn portion that is provided in the support body; and a space portion that is a space formed inside the support body and extending from a sound emission region of the speaker to the horn portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bokryong Lee, Naoya Koide, Nobuyuki Sato, Kei Otagiri, Miho Kamata, Toshihisa Naka, Akio Fukuyama, Satoru Kaiya, Hiromasa Kanno, Tatsuya Sato, Osamu Takenouchi, Yuki Ono
  • Patent number: 10630849
    Abstract: An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20200111040
    Abstract: A distributed ledger node of an organization management support system includes a request unit configured to request a determination on participation to a business network from a node of another organization on a distributed ledger system when receiving a request for new participation to a business network from a node of a specific organization, and a management unit configured to collect a determination result of at least the node of the other organization, finally determine the participation on the basis of the collected result, and reply to the node of the specific organization with a result of the final determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nagai, Hironori Emaru, Junji Kinoshita, Tatsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20200074468
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic transaction device includes: a relationship map storage unit that stores a relationship map (a participant relationship map) which is information indicating a relationship between a plurality of parties involved in a predetermined transaction; a policy requirement storage unit that stores policy requirements, which are requirements for the parties involved in the transaction, necessary for the closing of the transaction; an agreement policy calculation unit that generates an agreement policy which is a condition related to an approver of a transaction indicated by transaction data holding a predetermined transaction content, based upon the relationship map and the policy requirements; and an approval request transmission unit that transmits a predetermined approval request to a predetermined information processing device associated with an approver of a transaction specified based upon the generated agreement policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke ARAI, Tatsuya SATO, Yosuke HIMURA
  • Patent number: 10559099
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20200021439
    Abstract: A verification node in a trust management system manages, in a blockchain, a smart contract and an execution transaction of the smart contract as well as an evaluation execution transaction for the smart contract. The verification node includes and manages a verification result of the smart contract in the evaluation execution transaction, the verification result including a predetermined value for evaluation specified by a predetermined one of transaction issuing nodes and an output value obtained when the predetermined value is inputted to the smart contract, or includes and manages the output value in state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Tatsuya SATO
  • Patent number: 10536594
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation display device that includes an operation display device body, a front light emission portion and a rear light emission portion, the operation display device body including an operation display provided in one face of the operation display device body, the front light emission portion being provided on an upper side of the face of the operation display device body where the operation display is provided, the front light emission portion emitting light in accordance with a processing status, the rear light emission portion being provided on an upper side of an opposite face of the operation display device body to the operation display, the rear light emission portion emitting light in synchronization with the front light emission portion, wherein the operation display device is attached to an upper portion of a body of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Ishida, Yuki Ono, Satoru Kaiya, Hiromasa Kanno, Tatsuya Sato, Osamu Takenouchi, Akio Fukuyama, Bokryong Lee
  • Publication number: 20190354966
    Abstract: A distributed ledger system has a configuration in which each of the distributed ledger subsystems includes a sub-ledger that holds ledger data shared in the distributed ledger subsystems, and a smart contract that interlocks between the distributed ledger subsystems having a common sub-ledger to perform a transaction processing related to an input and output of the ledger data, transmits a transaction request targeted for ledger data of another sub-ledger managed by another distributed ledger subsystem to another distributed ledger subsystem having the common sub-ledger by receiving a predetermined transaction request from a predetermined device and executing the smart contract, and replies with a transaction reply obtained from the other distributed ledger subsystem to the predetermined device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yosuke HIMURA, Tatsuya SATO, Yusuke ARAI, Takayuki NAGAI, Hironori EMARU
  • Publication number: 20190354968
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of predetermined nodes in a distributed ledger system executes a first smart contract which manages a processing history of a transaction in the distributed ledger system in a distributed ledger, executes a second smart contract which performs, with respect to a management target system commonly used by the plurality of organizations, calculation of at least any one of a consumption degree by each of the plurality of organizations of the management target system and a contribution degree by each of the plurality of organizations to the management target system based on the processing history stored in the distributed ledger, and stores a result of the calculation in the distributed ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya SATO, Yosuke HIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190268480
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation display device that includes an operation display device body, a front light emission portion and a rear light emission portion, the operation display device body including an operation display provided in one face of the operation display device body, the front light emission portion being provided on an upper side of the face of the operation display device body where the operation display is provided, the front light emission portion emitting light in accordance with a processing status, the rear light emission portion being provided on an upper side of an opposite face of the operation display device body to the operation display, the rear light emission portion emitting light in synchronization with the front light emission portion, wherein the operation display device is attached to an upper portion of a body of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki ISHIDA, Yuki ONO, Satoru KAIYA, Hiromasa KANNO, Tatsuya SATO, Osamu TAKENOUCHI, Akio FUKUYAMA, Bokryong LEE
  • Publication number: 20190266017
    Abstract: A parallel process apparatus connecting electronic controllers via buses includes: a process request acceptance section that accepts process requests to the electronic controllers; and a process execution section that, while multiple process requests are simultaneously accepted, arbitrates the multiple process requests being accepted, and parallelizes multiple processes in accordance with the multiple process requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Sho NAKAMURA, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA, Tatsuya SATO, Yasuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190251709
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO
  • Patent number: 10320997
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation display device that includes an operation display device body, a front light emission portion and a rear light emission portion, the operation display device body including an operation display provided in one face of the operation display device body, the front light emission portion being provided on an upper side of the face of the operation display device body where the operation display is provided, the front light emission portion emitting light in accordance with a processing status, the rear light emission portion being provided on an upper side of an opposite face of the operation display device body to the operation display, the rear light emission portion emitting light in synchronization with the front light emission portion, wherein the operation display device is attached to an upper portion of a body of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Ishida, Yuki Ono, Satoru Kaiya, Hiromasa Kanno, Tatsuya Sato, Osamu Takenouchi, Akio Fukuyama, Bokryong Lee
  • Patent number: 10304216
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20190137849
    Abstract: Lid guide mechanism of this disclosure include lid body which slidingly moves between first position and second position which are adjacent to support base, and urging member. Support base includes attachment part to which first end part of urging member is attached, and locking part. Lid body includes first shaft part to which second end part of urging member is attached, and second shaft part which is provided at a position closer to attachment part than first shaft part and which is to be locked on locking part at first position. When lid body is moved, by external force, to third position more distant from second position than first position against urging force of urging member so that locking state between second shaft part and locking part is released and when external force is then released, lid body is moved to second position by urging force of urging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya SATO, Shusaku YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190098155
    Abstract: A sound emitting device includes: a speaker that is provided at a back surface of a user interface device; a support body that supports the user interface device; a horn portion that is provided in the support body; and a space portion that is a space formed inside the support body and extending from a sound emission region of the speaker to the horn portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bokryong LEE, Naoya KOIDE, Nobuyuki SATO, Kei OTAGIRI, Miho KAMATA, Toshihisa NAKA, Akio FUKUYAMA, Satoru KAIYA, Hiromasa KANNO, Tatsuya SATO, Osamu TAKENOUCHI, Yuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20180286085
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO
  • Patent number: 10082929
    Abstract: A working process processing system of an embodiment has: a 3D data storage for storing the 3D data; a working process data storage to store the working process data; an animation data processor to process animation data based on the 3D data stored in the 3D data storage and the working process data stored in the working process data storage, the animation data comprising displaying data showing a plurality of changing situations of the working processes; wherein the animation data processor is configured to include the comment information relating to the work attribute information of at least one of the working processes with the displaying data of the respective working process of the animation data processed thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sato, Yasunori Nakashima, Taku Orihara
  • Publication number: 20180270365
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation display device that includes an operation display device body, a front light emission portion and a rear light emission portion, the operation display device body including an operation display provided in one face of the operation display device body, the front light emission portion being provided on an upper side of the face of the operation display device body where the operation display is provided, the front light emission portion emitting light in accordance with a processing status, the rear light emission portion being provided on an upper side of an opposite face of the operation display device body to the operation display, the rear light emission portion emitting light in synchronization with the front light emission portion, wherein the operation display device is attached to an upper portion of a body of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki ISHIDA, Yuki ONO, Satoru KAIYA, Hiromasa KANNO, Tatsuya SATO, Osamu TAKENOUCHI, Akio FUKUYAMA, Bokryong LEE