Patents Assigned to Ricoh Company, Limited
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Patent number: 9979643Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage, and a first registrator. The first storage stores at least a destination address representing an IPv6 address that is a destination of a packet and a next hop address representing an IPv6 address of a next hop representing the next destination to which the packet is transferred in association with each other. The second storage stores an IPv6 address of a default router to which the packet is transferred when it is not possible to determine the next hop address by using the first storage. When a second RA packet representing an RA packet other than first RA packets representing a RA packet for 6LowPAN is received, the first registrator registers an IPv6 address from which the second RA packet has been transmitted as an IPv6 address of the default router.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Ryoh Tosaka
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Patent number: 9977793Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and one or more terminal devices. The information processing system includes: an image transmitting unit configured to transmit an image; an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the image transmitted by the image transmitting unit, and assign unique identification information to the acquired image; a feature information extracting unit configured to extract feature information from the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; a first image storage unit configured to store therein the feature information and the identification information in an associated manner; and a managing unit configured to, when an amount of the feature information stored in the first image storage unit exceeds a threshold, change the first image storage unit into a second image storage unit, generate a new first image storage unit, and prohibit the second image storage unit from storing therein new feature information.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Tetsuya Ikeda
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Patent number: 9972298Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
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Patent number: 9971493Abstract: An information processing device includes: an operation unit to receive a user's operation; a first communication unit to perform communication with an external device; a first content acquisition unit to acquire first content generated in response to the user's operation; a second content acquisition unit to acquire second content received from the external device; a content storage unit to store the first and second content in association with their respective acquisition times; a display; and a display control unit. The display control unit causes the display to: display a time axis as well as first and second display regions; display the first content at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the first content in the first display region; and displays the second content at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the second content in the second display region.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Jun Murata
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Patent number: 9951862Abstract: A drive device includes a gear having a hole; a shaft that passes through the hole; and a grease composition that is held in a clearance between the shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the hole. The gear rotates on a peripheral surface of the shaft. At least one of the gear and the shaft is made of a resin. The clearance is in a range of 10 to 110 ?m. The grease composition contains a hydrocarbon base oil and lithium soap serving as a thickener. A weight ratio of the hydrocarbon base oil to the lithium soap is in a range of 94.5:5.5 to 96.0:4.0. A consistency of the grease composition is in a range of 360 to 400.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Toshiyuki Kabata, Kumiko Seo, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Teruyoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 9946363Abstract: A projector comprising: an image acquiring unit acquiring projection images; an identification information acquiring unit acquiring identification information of a target device among source devices that provide the projections images; a projecting unit that generates a composite image collectively including the acquired projection images, and projects the composite image on a projection plane; a position coordinates detecting unit detecting position coordinates of a pointing object that operates on the plane; a detecting unit that detects a projection region of a projection image provided by the target device, by using the acquired identification information; a converting unit that, when the position coordinates of the pointing object is in the projection region of the projection image, converts the position coordinates of the pointing object to operating information on a coordinate system of the target device; and a transmitting unit that transmits the operating information to the target device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Masafumi Nagao
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Patent number: 9944490Abstract: A sheet is nipped and held by first and second bend forming rollers of which rotation axes are in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, the conveying speed of the held portion is made lower than a sheet conveying speed on the upstream side so that a bend is formed on the sheet, the sheet is conveyed toward the bend forming rollers such that the sheet conveying direction to the bend forming rollers passes through a line segment from the rotation axis of the first bend forming roller to a predetermined position on a surface of the first bend forming roller, and the bend formed on the conveyed sheet is pressed from the surface of the sheet in a position on the opposite side of the second bend forming roller with respect to the position where the sheet is in contact with the first bend forming roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi Saito, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Michitaka Suzuki, Tomomichi Hoshino
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Patent number: 9933831Abstract: A power control system includes: an information processing device including: a determining unit that determines whether to supply power to a device from a power supplying unit, based on first correspondence information, in which an output signal detected by a detecting unit of each of at least one electronic device is associated with identification information of a corresponding electronic device, received from the corresponding electronic device, and a stored second correspondence information, in which identification information to identify a power supplying unit of a power source control device that supplies power to a device is associated with identification information of each of the at least one electronic device, and an instruction unit that instructs the power source control device to supply power or to shut off power supply to a device from the power supplying unit, according to a determination result of the determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Kiriko Chosokabe
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Patent number: 9927739Abstract: According to an embodiment, when a nozzle insertion member is detached from a powder container, an engaging portion and an engaged portion are disengaged from each other by resiliently displacing the engaging portion in a direction in which the engaging portion is disengaged from the engaged portion. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a stress applied to the powder container and the nozzle insertion member at the time of attachment and detachment of the nozzle insertion member. Consequently, it becomes possible to easily detach the nozzle insertion member from the powder container.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Keiichi Yano, Junji Yamabe, Ryoichi Teranishi, Yuuta Tanaka, Seiji Terazawa
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Patent number: 9917963Abstract: An information processing device includes: an operation display unit that displays information for a user and receives an input from the user; and an information processing unit including a processor that executes a browser program. The information processing unit includes: a communication unit that functions by the processor executing the browser program, and acquires an operation program and a conversion script that provide a user interface for operating an equipment through the operation display unit; a conversion script processing unit that functions by the processor executing the conversion script on the browser program, analyzes a state of the equipment, and issues an event corresponding to the state of the equipment; and a display control unit that functions by the processor executing the operation program on the browser program, and provides the user interface corresponding to the event through the operation display unit in response to issuance of the event.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Minami Ogawa, Tatsuya Shirai
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Patent number: 9914280Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a binding device includes a first rotary member including a first serrated portion on its circumferential surface, a second rotary member including, on its circumferential surface, a second serrated portion to be engaged with the first serrated portion at an engaging position and configured to perform a binding process by rotating together with the first rotary member with a bundle of sheets pinched therebetween to form serrations in the sheet bundle in thickness direction and bring the sheets into engagement with each other while relatively moving the sheet bundle in a predetermined moving direction, and a clamping unit configured to, when the binding process is performed, clamp the sheet bundle at a clamping position upstream of the engaging position to apply a predetermined pulling force acting in a direction opposite to the moving direction to the sheet bundle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Ikumi Takashima, Akihiro Tsuno, Hirotaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 9910383Abstract: A powder container for an image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable powder storage storing powder; an opening on one end of the powder storage, through which a nozzle can be inserted; and a scooping portion to scoop up powder on an opening side, and supply the powder to a powder receiving hole of the nozzle when the powder storage rotates. The scooping portion includes a scooping surface extending inwardly from an inner wall surface of the powder storage and an inner end portion extending in a rotation axis direction of the powder storage, with an edge approximately parallel to the rotation axis. In a cross-section perpendicular to the rotation axis, the scooping surface is inclined toward an upstream side in a rotation direction of the powder storage with respect to a virtual line that passes through the rotation axis and is tangent to the edge of the inner end portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Shingo Kuboki, Jun Shiori, Hideo Yoshizawa, Natsumi Matsue, Daisuke Hamada
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Patent number: 9907108Abstract: In the present invention, a connection controller controls opening/closing of connection between a first communication unit that communicates with a terminal device and a second communication unit that communicates via a network. A connection setting unit instructs opening/closing of the connection to the connection controller in accordance with a user input received by an input unit in accordance with first identification information output from the terminal device displayed on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Takayuki Kunieda, Tatsuo Miyachi, Yoshikazu Azuma
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Publication number: 20180047209Abstract: An image acquiring unit acquires an image of a sheet on which a medium that presents an identification image, including identification information is to be placed, the sheet including a user image that is presented by a user. A first identification-information acquiring unit acquires the identification information from the image acquired by the image acquiring unit. An image extracting unit extracts the user image from the image acquired by the image acquiring unit. A second identification-information acquiring unit acquires the identification information from the medium alone. A first storage unit stores the user image in association with the identification information. A managing unit acquires, from the first storage unit, a user image such that the identification information associated with the user image matches the identification information acquired by the second identification-information acquiring unit, among the user images that are stored in the first storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Atsushi FUNAMI, Nobuyuki KISHI
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Patent number: 9894391Abstract: A distribution management apparatus includes a generator configured to generate still-picture data from content data, a converter configured to convert the still-picture data into video data, and a distributer configured to distribute the video data to each of a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal, which are capable of playing back and displaying the video data. When first operation data indicating an operation of zooming into a partial region of the video data being played back and displayed on the first communication terminal is transmitted, the converter generates video data representing a partial region, which depends on display/playback capabilities of the second communication terminal, of the video data being played back and displayed on the first communication terminal, and the distributer distributes the video data representing the partial region generated by the converter to the second communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masaki Ninomiya, Kiyoshi Kasatani, Yasuhiro Kuba, Masahiro Kuwata, Haruo Shida, Kenji Namie, Atsushi Okada, Katsuyuki Omura
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Patent number: 9883056Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage configured to store a setting of various functions of the image processing apparatus; a first receiver configured to receive operation information for changing the setting stored in the storage via a network; a changer configured to change the setting stored in the storage based on the operation information received by the first receiver; a second receiver configured to receive, through an input unit provided in the image processing apparatus, a display operation of displaying the setting stored in the storage; and a notifier configured to notify, when the second receiver receives the display operation after the setting is changed by the operation information, that the setting has been changed by the operation information.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Hirohisa Yabe
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Patent number: 9875067Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires sets of apparatus type specifying information that specify types of apparatuses connected to the apparatus; an identifying unit that identifies the apparatus types of the connected apparatuses into a first apparatus type corresponding to a control program transmitted from a server and a second apparatus type different from the first apparatus type; and a specifying unit that, according to the sets of apparatus type specifying information on the apparatus types that are identified by the identifying unit and correspondence information that associates the sets of apparatus type specifying information with the types of user interface for accepting a setting relating to the process required to the apparatus, specifies a first type corresponding to the first apparatus type and a second type corresponding to the second apparatus type among the types of user interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Youichi Minegishi
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Patent number: 9874916Abstract: A device registration apparatus includes: a transmitting unit that transmits, to an electric device, a state shift command for shifting the electric device to a specific state; a receiving unit that receives, from a power feed tap, tap identification information, electric-power information that indicates an electric power measured at each outlet, and outlet identification information for identifying an outlet that corresponds to each piece of the electric-power information; a determining unit that, when, in the electric-power information that is received during a predetermined time period after the state shift command is transmitted, electric power information of only one outlet indicates a change in an electric power when the electric device shifts to the specific state, determines that the electric device is connected to the outlet; and an associating unit that stores device identification information in association with outlet identification information on the outlet and the tap identification information.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yukio Fujiwara, Hidenori Tomono, Hideaki Aratani
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Patent number: 9875571Abstract: In an embodiment, provided is an image combining apparatus coupled to a first terminal device through a network. The image combining apparatus includes: a delivery section that delivers screen data that is image data for a screen to the first terminal device; a receiving section that receives first handwriting position information indicating a position of first handwriting information input to a screen based on the screen data on the first terminal device; a generation section that produces first handwriting image data that is the image data of the first handwriting information using the first handwriting position information; and a combining section that produces combined screen data by combining the screen data with the first handwriting image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yohei Fujita, Takeshi Fujita, Tetsuro Kutsuwada, Akira Masuda, Kohichi Nishide
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Patent number: 9860105Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Weibo Wang