Patents by Inventor Tomo Tsuboi

Tomo Tsuboi 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: 20120044528
    Abstract: A material printing system includes a reference setting unit for setting any given version of material data as reference material data, among plural versions of material data concerning a particular meeting, in accordance with a user's instruction, a printing history search unit for obtaining a printing history of material data concerning the particular meeting for a participant in the particular meeting, and an operation unit for calculating the difference between material data printed by a participant in the particular meeting and the reference material data concerning the particular meeting, and a printing unit for printing differential data corresponding to the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Shibuta, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Nobuo Kamei, Tomo Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 8098389
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a test data generator that generates test data instead of actual data entered for executing a workflow consisting of a plurality of unit works, if an instruction is given to test the workflow; a test process executor that executes a test process by processing the generated test data according to parameters for executing the unit works; a test process suspender that suspends the test process if a trouble happens during the test process; a notifier that notifies a user of a trouble if it happens during the test process; a parameter modifier that is capable of modifying the parameters if the test process is suspended due to the trouble; and a test process resuming portion that resumes the test process after the parameters are modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Matoba, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
  • Publication number: 20110283345
    Abstract: In a material output system, if it is determined that a meeting management server has stored therein meeting information in which an authenticated person is included in prospective participants in a meeting, in which an installation place of MFP that has performed authentication agrees with a meeting room where the meeting is held, and in which the present date and time is included in a meeting room reservation time, MFP is instructed to output a material saved in a location associated with the meeting information. If it is determined that such meeting information is not stored in the meeting management server, the material output system displays a screen to allow output of the material saved in the associated location, for at least one piece of meeting information in which the authenticated user is included in prospective participants in a meeting. Accordingly, the material can be promptly distributed to the participant in the meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAMEI, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshiaki Shibuta
  • Publication number: 20110255121
    Abstract: An image forming system comprises an access control part, a storage part, an extraction part, and an acquisition part. The access control part determines whether to allow or prohibit access to a security image in which a password for access control is embedded. The storage part stores sharing member information which is information on sharing members who are users allowed to share the security image and a check image which is an image for check on the security image, being associated with each other. The extraction part for extracts the check image out of one or more images including the check image on the basis of a determination result on coidentity between the security image and each of the one or more images. The acquisition part acquires the sharing member information associated with the check image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuji TAKEUCHI, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Nobuo Kamei, Tomo Tsuboi, Yosuke Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20110035454
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to reduce operation load of a responsible person corresponding to external address for transmission of an e-mail to the external address. In order to accomplish this, an e-mail transmission device transmits an e-mail based on an operation made by a user, comprising: a storage part for storing therein a destination address registration information in which a destination address of the e-mail, an address type information in which either of internal address or external address is registered as type of the destination address, and an address responsible for external address registered if the address type registered in the address type information is external address are associated with each other; and a transmission part for transmitting the e-mail to the destination address designated by the user from a plurality of destination addresses included in the destination address registration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomo TSUBOI, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Nobuo Kamei, Yoshiaki Shibuta
  • Patent number: 7847960
    Abstract: In order to enable setting of a reading condition from an external apparatus, an image reading apparatus includes a reading unit reading a document and outputting an image data in accordance with a given reading condition, a communication unit communicating with an external apparatus through a communication line, a user interface unit receiving an instruction input from a user, and a control unit controlling the reading unit, the communication unit and the user interface unit, and the control unit includes an associating portion associating, when a reading condition is received from the external apparatus through the communication unit, the received reading condition with a one-touch key provided at the user interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomo Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20100053660
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image formation apparatus that reconstructs and prints a document based on document data written in a markup language. The image formation apparatus arranges, by using browser software, text data included in the document data within a page of the document, and acquires image data from servers and arranges the image data within the page of the document. If the image formation apparatus fails to acquire one or more pieces of the image data, it judges whether each of the pieces of image data is important or not according to the attribute information of the image data. If judged negatively, the image formation apparatus executes printing of the document reconstructed based on the text data and/or the acquired pieces of image data. If judged affirmatively, the image formation apparatus cancels the printing of the reconstructed document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomo Tsuboi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Nobuo Kamei
  • Publication number: 20090323112
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus judges whether or not a close-range wireless communication with a portable terminal is enabled during a period until a printer completes printing out print data. Based on a result drawn from the judgment and a print operation status of the image forming apparatus itself, which is indicated until completion of printing out the print data, the image forming apparatus deletes the print data from the memory or keeps the print data recorded in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kamei, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomo Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20090316198
    Abstract: A system receives a Web page and prints the same onto paper. Then, an image depicted on the paper is read. A written image that has been added to the paper after printing the Web page is obtained by comparing the Web page with the image. The latest version of the Web page is outputted together with the written image as required. A flag indicating whether or not a user has browsed the latest version is stored. Further, an update date/time of the Web page is received at every predetermined time. If the Web page has been outputted to the user, the flag of the user is updated to “already-read”. If the Web page is determined to have been updated based on the update date/time indicated in the received update date/time information, or if the written image has been obtained, all the flags are updated to “unread”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuji TAKEUCHI, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Nobuo Kamei, Tomo Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20090313154
    Abstract: A job execution apparatus having the function of billing and refunding by electronic money, determines before job execution, an amount of money required for job execution, and bills before job execution, the determined amount of money to a payment medium having the payment function, which is set to a billing apparatus. And the job execution apparatus can transfer a refund to the payment medium set to the billing apparatus if a refund needs to be transferred. The job execution apparatus also can transfer a refund by a method other than the method of refunding to the payment medium by using the billing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAMEI, Tomoyuki OKAMOTO, Yasuji TAKEUCHI, Tomo TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20090303528
    Abstract: Identification information pieces used for establishment of a connection between an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal are generated and also linked to the data process conditions registered in advance. The generated identification information pieces are displayed on a display in a style allowing users to understand their linkages to the process conditions. Among those displayed thereon, a specific identification information piece is entered on the portable terminal and transmitted to the image processing apparatus, according to user instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Nobuo Kamei, Tomo Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 7602535
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided comprising a scanner for scanning an original, a file transmitter for transmitting an image file of the original produced by the scanning to a specified destination, a user setting receiver for receiving a setting for the image file from a user after the start of the scanning action, and a file operator for assigning the image file with a desired user setting received by the user setting receiver after the start of the scanning action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomo Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20090164999
    Abstract: A job execution system has a portable terminal apparatus and a job execution apparatus capable of being interconnected. Job data stored in a storage of the portable terminal apparatus is automatically transmitted to the job execution apparatus, if establishment of a connection between the portable terminal apparatus and the job execution apparatus is detected on the portable terminal apparatus, or alternatively, if establishment of a connection between the portable terminal apparatus and the job execution apparatus is detected on the job execution apparatus and then a request for the job data is transmitted to the portable terminal apparatus from the job execution apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Tomo Tsuboi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasuji Takeuchi, Nobuo Kamei
  • Publication number: 20090083373
    Abstract: An image forming device 1 is provided with: a setting information storage portion 1K1 that stores root processing setting information DTR indicating a method by which each piece of RSS data is to be used after being obtained; a download processing portion 102 that downloads RSS data from a server; and a post-processing portion 107 that executes post-processing, which is processing for using the downloaded RSS data, based on the root processing setting information DTR of that RSS data, stored in the setting information storage portion 1K1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuo MATOBA, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
  • Publication number: 20090013071
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided which enable a user using a plurality of terminals to obtain information in a convenient manner compared to conventional systems. An image forming apparatus includes a notification setting database 1K1 that stores, for each piece of RSS data designated by a user, individual notification setting data 8 indicating an attribute relating to a destination and a notification method designated by the user, an RSS data obtaining portion 105 that downloads and obtains the piece of the RSS data designated by the user from a Web server, and a notification control portion 106 that performs, every time when the piece of the RSS data designated by the user is obtained, a process for notifying a destination indicated in the individual notification setting data 8 of the piece of the RSS data by a notification method indicated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Matoba, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
  • Publication number: 20080266578
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a test data generator that generates test data instead of actual data entered for executing a workflow consisting of a plurality of unit works, if an instruction is given to test the workflow; a test process executor that executes a test process by processing the generated test data according to parameters for executing the unit works; a test process suspender that suspends the test process if a trouble happens during the test process; a notifier that notifies a user of a trouble if it happens during the test process; a parameter modifier that is capable of modifying the parameters if the test process is suspended due to the trouble; and a test process resuming portion that resumes the test process after the parameters are modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo MATOBA, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
  • Publication number: 20080239372
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a server apparatus controlling the image forming apparatus are interconnected via a network. The image forming apparatus comprises: an executor that executes at least one from the image reading function, the copy function and the print function; an operation portion; and a communicator that exchanges information with the server apparatus. The server apparatus comprises: a communicator that exchanges information with the image forming apparatus; and a virtual image forming apparatus that is set up by software, as a controller portion dominantly controlling the entire image forming apparatus including the executor. In the virtual image forming apparatus on the server apparatus controls the image forming apparatus by commands, and thereby the image forming apparatus performs operations as if acting on a voluntary basis, in response to an instruction given by a user via an operation portion of the image forming apparatus itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OKAMOTO, Kazuo MATOBA, Tomo TSUBOI, Yoshinori SUGAHARA, Satoshi DEISHI, Kagumi MORIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20080055624
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that can be controlled according to multiple control methods for multiple types of control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuo INUI, Tomo Tsuboi, Hisashi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20080055659
    Abstract: A transmission-side MFP receives a user name, checks whether the user name is registered in a destination user list, and if so, transmits image data to a reception-side MFP. If an ACK is received, the transmission-side MFP displays that transmission was successful. When a NACK is received or a time out occurs, the transmission-side MFP checks whether the user name is registered in an individual address book, and if so, transmits the image data using a corresponding transmission method. If an ACK is received, the transmission-side MFP displays that transmission was successful. If a timeout occurs, the transmission-side MFP displays that transmission failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hisashi UCHIDA, Kazuo INUI, Tomo TSUBOI, Hideki HINO, Ayumi ITOH
  • Publication number: 20080043282
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus realizes easy access with a Web browser of a terminal apparatus to a URL that has been accessed with a Web browser of the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus comprises a unit for managing URLs accessed by a user with a Web browser of a terminal apparatus in association with a user name of the user and a location of a terminal apparatus corresponding to the user name, and a unit for transmitting the URL to the location of the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Tomo Tsuboi