Patents by Inventor Tomonari Yoshimura

Tomonari Yoshimura 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: 20140218763
    Abstract: An image processing device capable of communicating with an information processing terminal and a cloud server. The image processing device comprises a communication controller to communicate with the information processing terminal, a server connecting unit to make connection to the cloud server based on connection information received from the information processing terminal and acquire an operational screen about a job from the cloud server, a remote screen generating unit to generate a remote screen based on the operational screen acquired by the server connecting unit and transmit the remote screen to the information processing terminal, the remote screen being used for remote control from the information processing terminal, and a job controller, if operational information received by the communication controller is an order made on the remote screen to execute a job, the job controller executing the job in cooperation with the cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazusei TAKAHASHI, Junichi HASE, Kenji MATSUHARA, Kazuya ANEZAKI, Tomonari YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20140168696
    Abstract: An information processing system has a portable information terminal and an information processing device that allow communication therebetween. The portable information terminal includes: a first application executing part for acquiring screen information indicating a screen with which a user makes remote operation from the information processing device and displaying the screen; and an informing part for sending access information as to a destination being accessed by a second application executing part to the information processing device when an application detecting part detects that both of the first and second application executing parts are running. The information processing device includes: a screen creating part for creating the screen based on the access information; and a transmitting part for sending the screen information created by the screen creating part to the portable information terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUHARA, Junichi HASE, Kazusei TAKAHASHI, Kazuya ANEZAKI, Tomonari YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8749818
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a plurality of pieces of image data is provided. The method includes causing an image forming apparatus (1) to perform a process of obtaining a private key (#43), a process of generating individual electronic signatures for the plurality of pieces of image data by using the private key thus obtained (#38 and #45), and a process of adding the individual electronic signatures to the plurality of pieces of image data and transmitting the plurality of pieces of image data (#49).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Junichi Hase, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Tomonari Yoshimura, Hiroki Tajima
  • Patent number: 8670148
    Abstract: Upon reception of a job, a control unit of an image processing apparatus executes processing for judging whether any cancellation factor exists. If there is no cancellation factor, the control unit outputs pages relating to the job, stores page information thereof, and updates execution history information after outputting all the pages. If there is any cancellation factor, the control unit performs only preparation for output of the pages, stores page information obtained through the preparation, and updates cancellation history information after storing the page information of all the pages. A message as a result of evaluation of the cancellation history information is displayed on an operation panel. The message prompts an administrator to change management condition as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Atsushi Ohshima, Tomonari Yoshimura, Masami Yamada, Takahiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8645961
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus that has a webpage viewing function includes a job receiver that receives a job execution instruction from a user terminal, a job analyzer that analyzes the received job execution instruction, a job executor that executes a job based on a result of the analysis, and a job registration part that, if the received job execution instruction includes URL information specifying a webpage, registers user identification information pertaining to a user who issued the job execution instruction and the URL information included therein in correspondence with each other such that the webpage can be viewed with use of the URL information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonari Yoshimura, Atsushi Ohshima, Masami Yamada, Masakazu Murakami, Takahiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8625124
    Abstract: An MFP (A) on a document transmission side transmits a document to an MFP (B) on a document reception side. The MFP (A) stores the transmitted document. The MFP (A) acquires a status of the transmitted document from the MFP (B). If the MFP (B) deletes the document in an unread state, the MFP (A) retransmits the stored document to the MFP (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Tomonari Yoshimura, Okihisa Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130308159
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an external terminal. The image forming apparatus generates first display data for a first operation screen that includes a key image for receiving an instruction to execute an external terminal program, on the basis of program information regarding the types of external terminal programs that are programs installed in the external terminal, and transmits the first display data to the external terminal. The external terminal displays the first operation screen on a display unit of the external terminal on the basis of the first display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonari YOSHIMURA, Yoshio Komaki, Minako Kobayashi, Hiroki Tajima, Yoshiaki Shibuta
  • Patent number: 8582137
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral that can set appropriate criteria of security levels for another device, and improves usability while lowering a risk of data alteration, information leakage and the like by including a holding part 11 holding therein security criteria set for the image processing functions in one-to-one correspondence; a receiver 12 that receives, from an external terminal, a request for an access that is necessary for executing at least one of the image processing functions; an acquisition part 13 that acquires, from the external terminal, security information that is a security indicator regarding the access from the external terminal; a judgment part 15 that judges whether or not one of the security criteria set for the at least one of the image processing functions is met, based on the acquired security information; an access controller 16 that permits the access if the judgment part 15 judges affirmatively, and prohibits the access or permit the access with a limitation if the judgment part 15
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonari Yoshimura, Atsushi Ohshima, Masami Yamada, Masakazu Murakami
  • Patent number: 8570539
    Abstract: Referring to contents of a user information storage, an MFP information storage, an API information storage and the like, whether or not an API is available is determined, an unexecutable function of an application due to unavailability of the API is determined, and a display way for displaying a list of applications on a display is switched
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Tomonari Yoshimura, Okihisa Yoshida, Takahiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20130258400
    Abstract: An image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and an external terminal. The image forming apparatus has a receiving part for receiving operation input information on an operation input into an operation screen from the external terminal, a specifying part for specifying a first program to which an execution instruction is given through the operation screen on the basis of the operation input information, a determination part for determining a second program having the same function as that of the first program as an execution object program on the condition that the second program is installed in the external terminal, and a notification part for notifying the external terminal that the second program is determined as the execution object program. The external terminal executes a processing in accordance with the second program and displays a result of the processing executed in accordance with the second program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Minako KOBAYASHI, Yoshio Komaki, Junichi Hase, Tomonari Yoshimura, Hiroki Tajima, Yoshiaki Shibuta
  • Patent number: 8442222
    Abstract: A job ticket issuing device includes: a document encryption processing unit for encrypting document data with a document data encryption key; and a job ticket encryption processing unit for encrypting a job ticket, including information about a content of job processing with respect to the document data, with a job ticket encryption key which is different from the document data encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonari Yoshimura, Daisuke Sakiyama, Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi
  • Patent number: 8402162
    Abstract: A network system that can easily carry out remote access of a different network. The network system comprises a first image processing apparatus connected to a first network and a second image processing apparatus connected to a second network having a network address different from that of the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuzo Iwaki, Tomonari Yoshimura, Masakazu Murakami, Okihisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 8384935
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a plurality of modules for realizing a plurality of functions. The information processing device reproduces contents information and expects information which is to be inputted based on the functions relating to the reproduced contents information. Further, based on the expected information, the information processing device controls operations of at least some of the plurality of modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Atsushi Ohshima, Masami Yamada, Tomonari Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8213028
    Abstract: An image processing system and a software program which simplify customizations when a program for operations in connection with image processing is installed in a plural number of image processing apparatuses. When a program for operations in connection with image processing is newly installed in a first MFP, the first MFP makes an inquiry to other MFPs which are connected to the first MFP via a network. When a second MFP is already installed with the same program and has information on individual users' settings for the program, the first MFP receives the setting information from the second MFP. Then, referring to history information and device information, the first MFP judges whether to store the setting information therein and whether to make modifications to the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ikeda, Tomonari Yoshimura, Masakazu Murakami, Mitsuzo Iwaki, Okihisa Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120137219
    Abstract: A MFP is a document viewing device for displaying document data divided for each page. The document viewing device includes a processing device which performs a process of generating a viewing history of a document by a user based on a user operation performed for the document currently displayed on a display device; a process evaluating relevance to an object displayed on the display device to extract the page relevant to the object displayed on the display device from the document data; a process of determining based on the viewing history whether the object is checked or unchecked by the user to extract, from the extracted pages, a page for which it is determined that the object is unchecked; and a process of causing the display device to display, together with the displayed object, a shortcut linked to the page for which it is determined that the object is unchecked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya HASHIMOTO, Yoshio Komaki, Tomonari Yoshimura, Takeshi Hibino, Atsushi Tamura
  • Patent number: 8102544
    Abstract: A terminal is provided with an image obtaining portion that obtains an image including a code representing a location of a web page, a web page obtaining portion that obtains the web page based on the code included in the image, a calculation portion that compares the image except the code with the web page to calculate a degree of relevance between the image except the code and the web page, and a print controller that issues a command to print the image with the code excluded if the degree of relevance is lower than a predetermined threshold, and to print the image without excluding the code if the degree of relevance is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonari Yoshimura, Atsushi Ohshima, Masami Yamada
  • Patent number: 8081336
    Abstract: The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Tomonari Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20110102843
    Abstract: The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Tomonari Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20110069347
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display state data obtaining portion obtaining display state data indicating a state of a displayed image that is an image electrically displayed on electronic paper, a display termination control portion controlling the electronic paper to finish displaying the displayed image, a write image data obtaining portion that obtains write image data that is image data of a write image corresponding to an image written on the electronic paper by reading the image written on the electronic paper after finishing the display, and a storage control portion that controls a storage portion to store, therein, displayed image data that is image data of the displayed image, the display state data obtained by the display state data obtaining portion, and the write image data obtained by the write image data obtaining portion, the displayed image data, the display state data, and the write image data being associated with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi KAWABUCHI, Junichi HASE, Tomonari YOSHIMURA, Hiroki TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 7889369
    Abstract: The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Okihisa Yoshida, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Tomonari Yoshimura