Patents Assigned to Ricoh Corporation
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Patent number: 8793220Abstract: A system and method for processing documents is described. The system and method provide for executing a command as part of the execution of an application program, where execution of the command causes the transfer of the document between a processing device in a computer system and a peripheral device. The present invention also provides for transferring the document data between the processing device and the peripheral device in response to the command. The present invention further provides for archiving the document data in a memory in the computer system in response to the command and transparently to the execution of the application program.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Mark Peairs, Jonathan J. Hull, John Cullen, Kiyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8422873Abstract: An imaging apparatus whose posture is easily adjustable is provided. The imaging apparatus is configured to include an inclination detector detecting a degree of inclination of one of the imaging apparatus and an image captured by the imaging apparatus relative to a horizontal direction orthogonal to a direction of gravity; a display unit; a first inclination indicator unit allowing the display unit to display an indicator to indicate the degree of inclination according to a detection result from the inclination detector; a second inclination indicator unit notifying via sound according to a detection result from the inclination detector that the degree of inclination is over a predetermined value; and a selector unit allowing at least one of the first and second inclination indicator units to operate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
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Patent number: 8120803Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing one or more advertisements on a printout of a print job are provided. The advertisements are selected based on dynamic selection criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventor: Yuki Uchida
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Publication number: 20120019854Abstract: An automatic archiving system makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. When a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, or faxed and archived. In accordance with a first aspect, an image processing device includes a receiving means for receiving a single input, a printing means, a memory device, and a communication means for communicating with said memory device. Responsive to receiving said single input requesting the printing of a document by said receiving means, said printing means prints the document and said communication means sends image data representing said document to said memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicants: RICOH CORPORATION, RICOH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan J. Hull, Mark Peairs, John Cullen, Michael Baxter
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Patent number: 7941343Abstract: A method and system for enhancing the sales potential of transactions conducted over the Internet or other networks though selectively offered promotions functionally related to an initial order.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Mika Partain, Kaoru Katayama
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Patent number: 7940408Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for bi-directional status and control between image capture devices and backend devices in a document processing system.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kitada, Lana Wong
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Patent number: 7830571Abstract: An improved approach for managing a document having a plurality of versions is provided. For example, a scanned version of an edited hardcopy of the document is received from an image capture device and uploaded to an electronic database. The scanned version of the hardcopy of the document is linked to a previous electronic version of the document in the database as an update of the previous electronic version. A grouping of a plurality of electronic versions of the document is maintained in the database.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ishizuka, Hiroaki Numata
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Patent number: 7719481Abstract: A method of generating an output image having a lower resolution than that of a source image is provided. A thinned image is generated by discarding outer pixels of the source image. In parallel with generation of the thinned image, an averaged image is generated, such that each pixel of the averaged image represents an average of a subset of pixels in the source image. A first output image is then generated by subsampling the pixels of the thinned image. A final output image is generated as a function of both the first output image and the averaged image.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventor: Michael J. Gormish
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Patent number: 7634145Abstract: A compression and decompression system in which a reversible wavelet filter are used to generates coefficients from input data, such as image data. The reversible wavelet filter is an efficient transform implemented with integer arithmetic that has exact reconstruction. The present invention uses the reversible wavelet filter in a lossless system (or lossy system) in which an embedded codestream is generated from the coefficients produced by the filter. An entropy coder performs entropy coding on the embedded codestream to produce the compressed data stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignees: Ricoh Co., Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Alexander F. Keith, Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi, Martin Boliek, Michael J. Gormish
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Patent number: 7624045Abstract: A method and a system to help users of image forming equipment make informed decision on when to order supplied therefor and from which supplier. The equipment at the user side automatically sends status information to a service center that keeps a database of independent suppliers. The service center analyzes the automatically transmitted information from the user side and when it detects a need for supplies for specific equipment of a specific user, it analyzes a database of independent potential suppliers to generate a list of suppliers matching the particular detected need. The service center sends the list and information about the suppliers and supplies on the list to the user side, from which the supplies are ordered from one or more suppliers and delivered thereby to the user side.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Yuki Uchida, Toshihiro Kudara, Hisashi Ishijima
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Patent number: 7599864Abstract: A method and a system to help users of image forming equipment make informed decision on when to order supplied therefor and from which supplier. The equipment at the user side automatically sends status information to a service center that keeps a database of independent suppliers. The service center analyzes the automatically transmitted information from the user side and when it detects a need for supplies for specific equipment of a specific user, it analyzes a database of independent potential suppliers to generate a list of suppliers matching the particular detected need. The service center sends the list and information about the suppliers and supplies on the list to the user side, from which the supplies are ordered from one or more suppliers and delivered thereby to the user side.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Yuki Uchida, Toshihiro Kudara, Hisashi Ishijima
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Publication number: 20090244619Abstract: An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area network (LAN) may interconnect a copier, a printer, a fax machine, and a document management workstation. Whenever, a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, Of faxed and archived.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicants: RICOH COMPANY LIMITED, RICOH CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan J. HULL, Mark PEAIRS, John CULLEN, Michael BAXTER
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Patent number: 7519906Abstract: A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data. The routine causes the processor to generate data through extracting at least one visual feature from a document having a plurality of pages, ranking the pages in a document, selecting a page for representing a document according to the visual feature, and displaying the selected page as display data.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Marko Balabanovic, Dar-Shyang Lee
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Patent number: 7451247Abstract: A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier, and a printer. When the speed of communication between the remote device and machine is not urgent, a connectionless mode of communication may be used. The form of connectionless communication is an electronic mail message transmitted over the Internet. However, when a condition needs urgent action, a direct connection is used for communication such as communication via a telephone or ISDN line. The information obtained from the machine is stored in one or more data bases within a company and information of the machine is shared between a service department, engineering and design department, manufacturing department, and marketing department. As communication over the Internet via electronic mail is not secure, the connectionless-mode messages transmitted using Internet electronic mail are encrypted.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventor: Tetsuro Motoyama
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Patent number: 7447809Abstract: A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier, and a printer. When the speed of communication between the remote device and machine is not urgent, a connectionless mode of communication may be used. The form of connectionless communication is an electronic mail message transmitted over the Internet. However, when a condition needs urgent action, a direct connection is used for communication such as communication via a telephone or ISDN line. The information obtained from the machine is stored in one or more data bases within a company and information of the machine is shared between a service department, engineering and design department, manufacturing department, and marketing department. As communication over the Internet via electronic mail is not secure, the connectionless-mode messages transmitted using Internet electronic mail are encrypted.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventor: Tetsuro Motoyama
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Patent number: 7424435Abstract: A method and system for tracking and making use of variances between amounts billed to a supplier for shipping items from one country to customers in another and amounts billed to the customers in a setting where the supplier uses a carrier such as UPS to ship a consolidated international shipment of numerous individual orders from one country to the other and the individual packages are thereafter distributed in the second country.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2000Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Yuichi Yamagami, Michael J. Duciewicz, Patrick Nappi, Joyce McNichol, Gabriela Barrales, Nancy Gordon
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Patent number: 7415441Abstract: A method and system for automatically printing a hard copy of transaction information relating to a transaction conducted electronically between a user-side and a supplier side. A control apparatus performs an operation of identifying a selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction to thereby generate a print apparatus which is sent to a printing apparatus which prints transaction information in response to said print request. In addition, a printer for use with the method and system is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventor: Yuki Uchida
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Patent number: 7401125Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on a user input. The document manager can search documents within the ASPs, retrieve documents and URLs, store documents and data, format documents, generate and issue unified bills from a plurality of bills from a plurality of ASPs. The document manager can provide consulting advice to the user regarding document managing, and can manage the documents stored on a user storage device, for example by transferring these documents to a ASP storage device after storage time periods associated with the documents.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignees: Ricoh Corporation, Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Shogo Hyakutake, Minoru Aoshima
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Patent number: 7362460Abstract: Support for automatic folding functionality in facsimile (“fax”) machines is described. In one aspect, a method for managing folding by a fax machine comprises sending a signal from a receiver fax machine (“receiver”) indicating that the receiver has folding capability. The receiver receives a signal that commands the receiver to enable its folding capability. In embodiments, the capability indication and the enable command are represented of single bits of information in the respective signals. In one embodiment in which the signals are in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation T.30, the capability indication and enable command utilize bit number 30 of the Digital Identification Signal (DIS). In one embodiment in which the signals are in accordance with MIL-STD-188-161D, the capability indication and enable command utilize bit number 12 of respective receiver and sender signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2003Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Ricoh CorporationInventor: Toshihisa Fujishiro
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Patent number: 7359969Abstract: A system and method for managing and servicing a device communicatively coupled to a network, including: receiving device information, including alert information and status information, from the device over the network; storing the received device information; storing business context information, including contract management information, billing management information, and order management information related to managing and servicing the device; storing user access information, the user access information governing access to the stored device information and the stored business context information of the device by a plurality of users; and providing the stored device information and the business context information to a user of the plurality of users based on the stored user access information.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Motoyama, Christopher Meyer, Yasuhiko Hosoe, Makoto Mimura, Bob Rhodes