Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Sekine

Yoshihiro Sekine 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: 20240098194
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of a task selection screen which is a task selection screen for selecting one task item from a plurality of task items and in which a priority list, which is a list of preset task items, and a history list, which includes histories of task items executed in the past, are displayed in parallel, in which the processor is configured to integrally scroll through the priority list and the history list in a case in which a scrolling operation has been performed for the priority list or the history list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11936822
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of a task selection screen which is a task selection screen for selecting one task item from a plurality of task items and in which a priority list, which is a list of preset task items, and a history list, which includes histories of task items executed in the past, are displayed in parallel, in which the processor is configured to integrally scroll through the priority list and the history list in a case in which a scrolling operation has been performed for the priority list or the history list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Yu Mishima, Yuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11930139
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and controls an information processing apparatus, in which the processor is configured to simultaneously display, in an operation screen, a selection list of tasks for selecting a task to be executed by the information processing apparatus and a slide button as an execution button for instructing execution of the selected task, and once an operation of instructing execution of the task by the slide button is detected, performs control to change the slide button to a cancel button for canceling the task that is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Shimizu, Yu Mishima, Yoshihiro Sekine
  • Publication number: 20220382421
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of a function selection screen comprising a plurality of sections in which images for selection of functions to be executed by an information apparatus are arranged, in which, in a case in which a selection operation of selecting an empty section in which no image is arranged has been performed in a customization mode in which image arrangement is changeable, the processor causes display of a list of images, each of which is arrangeable in the empty section, and, in a case in which a selection operation of selecting an image from the list has been performed, arranges a selected image in the empty section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321714
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and controls an information processing apparatus, in which the processor is configured to simultaneously display, in an operation screen, a selection list of tasks for selecting a task to be executed by the information processing apparatus and a slide button as an execution button for instructing execution of the selected task, and once an operation of instructing execution of the task by the slide button is detected, performs control to change the slide button to a cancel button for canceling the task that is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki SHIMIZU, Yu MISHIMA, Yoshihiro SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220321719
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of a task selection screen which is a task selection screen for selecting one task item from a plurality of task items and in which a priority list, which is a list of preset task items, and a history list, which includes histories of task items executed in the past, are displayed in parallel, in which the processor is configured to integrally scroll through the priority list and the history list in a case in which a scrolling operation has been performed for the priority list or the history list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321716
    Abstract: An information communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and is configured to designate a communication destination by selecting a desired recipient from plural recipients displayed in a list form in an operation screen, in which the processor displays, for the recipients, recipient names, which are names of the recipients, displays, in front of each of the recipient names, a letter icon including a combination of an initial letter of each recipient name in a case in which the recipient names are written with phonetic characters, and a figure, sorts the recipients in a predetermined display order based on the initial letter included in the letter icon, and displays the sorted recipients in the operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yu MISHIMA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321715
    Abstract: A display control device includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and controls display of an operation screen of an information apparatus, in a case in which a selected setting item is arbitrarily selected from plural setting items displayed in a list form in the operation screen, the processor hides a setting item other than the selected setting item, displays the selected setting item on an upper side of a display region in which the plural setting items were displayed in a list form, and additionally displays a relevant setting item related to the selected setting item below the selected setting item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yu MISHIMA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321717
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of an item selection screen at which an item list including a plurality of items is displayed, in which at least one of a list selection button for selecting the item list displayed at the item selection screen or a function selection button for selecting a function to be performed by an information apparatus is displayed at the item selection screen in addition to the item list, and at least one of the list selection button or the function selection button is arranged at an end side of the item list in a scrolling direction at the item selection screen, and the processor reduces a size of a display region of at least one of the list selection button or the function selection button at the item selection screen in a case in which the item list is scrolled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10917533
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a screen and a display control unit that, if an operator selects one of a predetermined number of setting items displayed in a first display part of the screen, displays the predetermined number of setting items other than the setting item selected by the operator in the first display part and setting information corresponding to the setting item selected by the operator in a second display part of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sekine
  • Patent number: 10904249
    Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a connection unit that connects, through a network, to a terminal apparatus to be managed, an authentication unit that authenticates the terminal apparatus using predetermined authentication information, a specific state determination unit that determines whether a predetermined specific state, in which a normal connection is not established, has occurred in relation to the terminal apparatus, and a connection controller that controls data communication with the terminal apparatus on a basis of a result of the authentication performed by the authentication unit and a result of the determination made by the specific state determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Nishi, Keita Sakakura, Ryuichi Ishizuka, Yoshihiro Sekine, Kenji Kuroishi, Takeshi Furuya, Hiroshi Mikuriya
  • Patent number: 10852406
    Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a radio wave intensity information obtaining unit that obtains radio wave intensity information indicating intensity of radio waves transmitted from a terminal device being managed; a radio wave intensity examination unit that examines a change in intensity of radio waves transmitted from the terminal device, on the basis of the obtained radio wave intensity information; an arrangement information obtaining unit that obtains arrangement information of an item installed indoors; a terminal information holding unit that holds information on the terminal device; and a disturbance determination unit that determines presence and type of radio disturbance, on the basis of a pattern of the change in intensity of radio waves detected by the radio wave intensity examination unit, the arrangement information obtained by the arrangement information obtaining unit, and the information on the terminal device held by the terminal information holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Keita Sakakura, Ryuichi Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20200267271
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a screen and a display control unit that, if an operator selects one of a predetermined number of setting items displayed in a first display part of the screen, displays the predetermined number of setting items other than the setting item selected by the operator in the first display part and setting information corresponding to the setting item selected by the operator in a second display part of the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro SEKINE
  • Patent number: 10630783
    Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a setup information management unit, and a communication controller. The first connection unit is connectable to a terminal apparatus via a wireless communication link. The terminal apparatus serves as a target being managed. The second connection unit is connectable to the terminal apparatus via at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication line using a connection path different from a connection path used by the first connection unit. The setup information management unit obtains and manages setup information used for establishing a connection with the terminal apparatus, from the terminal apparatus via the first connection unit. The communication controller connects to the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit using identification information of the terminal apparatus managed by the setup information management unit, and communicates with the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kuroishi, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10477043
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a target determination unit, a text reading unit, and a keyword extraction unit. The image processing unit processes an image. The target determination unit determines whether an image that is a target of a process executed by the image processing unit is to be used as a keyword extraction target. The text reading unit reads a text from the image processed by the image processing unit. The keyword extraction unit extracts a keyword from the text read by the text reading unit from an image determined to be a keyword extraction target by the target determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kuroishi, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10303138
    Abstract: An equipment control system includes an equipment control device that controls equipment provided in an office room, and an external control device that is provided outside the office room and controls the equipment provided in the office room via the equipment control device, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control device that controls the equipment is switched from one of the equipment control device and the external control device to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka, Keita Sakakura
  • Patent number: 10261733
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; a program acquiring section that acquires a program having an operation record in a partial device included in the plural devices disposed in the room; and a transmitting section that transmits the program acquired by the program acquiring section to another device included in the plural devices disposed in the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Ryuichi Ishizuka, Keita Sakakura, Takeshi Furuya, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Kenji Kuroishi, Eiji Nishi
  • Patent number: 10178261
    Abstract: A system includes at least one controlled device that is controlled based on control information output from an external device, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material and communicate with the external device and the controlled device, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a transceiver that receives the control information from the external device and transmits the control information to the controlled device, and a transmission controller that stops the transmission of the control information by the transceiver or changes contents of the control information to be transmitted by the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10178251
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a provided device information acquiring section that acquires provided device information which is information on a device provided in an office room, and an output section that outputs information on a service which is providable to a user in an office room, based on the provided device information acquired by the provided device information acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10146492
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, receives information from a device provided in an office room, and transmits the information to an external device, and an information processing apparatus that is capable of receiving the information from the device, and transmits the information from the device to the external device when the image forming apparatus is not capable of transmitting the information to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ishizuka, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya