Patents by Inventor Hiroki Atari

Hiroki Atari 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: 20240019806
    Abstract: A printed material, an image forming apparatus, and a data acquisition device. The printed material includes a printed confidential information image visible under a special condition, and an information image having information on a position of the confidential information image. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium to form the printed material. The data acquisition device includes circuitry, and the circuitry is configured to acquire confidential information from the confidential information image on the printed, specify the position of the confidential information image from the information image, and display position information of the confidential information image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki ATARI, Masato TANAKA, Keiji KUNIMI, Rumi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230005577
    Abstract: A health data management system includes a health data measurement apparatus and a health management server communicable therewith. The apparatus includes medical and health equipment that measures health data of a user and first circuitry that collects the health data. The management server includes a first memory that stores the health data from the apparatus and second circuitry. Based on the stored health data, the second circuitry generates health management data representing a health state of the user, and analyzes at least one of an item indicating a worsening health state of the user, an item with insufficient measurement data, or an item lacking measurement data as a required check item. When determined that the health management data includes the required check item, the second circuitry transmits to the apparatus a message prompting the user to take a measurement of the required check item, and requests the health data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Taira Otsuka, Hiroki Atari, Yasunobu Shimizu, Chikara Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20220082988
    Abstract: A printed material, an image forming apparatus, and a data acquisition device. The printed material includes a printed confidential information image visible under a special condition, and an information image having information on a position of the confidential information image. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium to form the printed material. The data acquisition device includes circuitry, and the circuitry is configured to acquire confidential information from the confidential information image on the printed, specify the position of the confidential information image from the information image, and display position information of the confidential information image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki ATARI, Masato TANAKA, Keiji KUNIMI, Rumi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10203624
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus include a latent image bearer, charger, latent image forming unit, developing unit, receiver unit, transfer unit, information acquisition unit, and correction unit. The charger charges the latent image bearer with a predetermined charging potential. The latent image forming unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the latent image bearer. The developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image. The receiver unit receives the toner image from the talent image bearer. The transfer unit applies a predetermined transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the receiver unit. The information acquisition unit acquires residual image generation determination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shotaro Hoshi, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Hiroki Atari
  • Publication number: 20170199484
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus include a latent image bearer, charger, latent image forming unit, developing unit, receiver unit, transfer unit, information acquisition unit, and correction unit. The charger charges the latent image bearer with a predetermined charging potential. The latent image forming unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the latent image bearer. The developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image. The receiver unit receives the toner image from the talent image bearer. The transfer unit applies a predetermined transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the receiver unit. The information acquisition unit acquires residual image generation determination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Shotaro HOSHI, Yoshinori NAKAGAWA, Hiroki ATARI
  • Patent number: 8483598
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing member; a charging device charging the surface of the latent image bearing member; a latent image forming device forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image bearing member; a developing device supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image; a cover film supplying device supplying a cover film to the surface of the latent image bearing member at a cover film supplying position located on an upstream side from the development position so that the toner image is formed on the cover film covering the surface of the latent image bearing member; and a cover film separating device separating the cover film bearing the toner image thereon from the surface of the image bearing member before the cover film bearing the toner image thereon reaches the cover film supplying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shigekazu Enoki, Takuya Suganuma, Ryuji Yoshida, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Atsushi Kurokawa, Ichiro Kadota, Naoyuki Ozaki, Hiroki Atari, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kazuhisa Sudo, Masanori Kawasumi, Hiroshi Nakai, Shin Kayahara, Shuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8433216
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that has a monochrome mode and a full color mode as image forming modes, includes: a power supply unit configured to supply power thereto; a main power switch configured to turn on and off the power supply unit; a mode switching unit configured to selectively and manually be switched between the monochrome mode and the full color mode, wherein the main power switch and the mode switching unit are integrally formed as one mode switch; a power supply interrupting unit configured to interrupt power supply to a part that is necessary to form an image in a mode other than the monochrome mode, when the mode switch is set to the monochrome mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Ishikake, Masanori Kawasumi, Hideyo Watanabe, Yosuke Saito, Hirokatsu Suzuki, Hiroki Atari, Kimie Toda
  • Publication number: 20110164895
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that has a monochrome mode and a full color mode as image forming modes, includes: a power supply unit configured to supply power thereto; a main power switch configured to turn on and off the power supply unit; a mode switching unit configured to selectively and manually be switched between the monochrome mode and the full color mode, wherein the main power switch and the mode switching unit are integrally formed as one mode switch; a power supply interrupting unit configured to interrupt power supply to a part that is necessary to form an image in a mode other than the monochrome mode, when the mode switch is set to the monochrome mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Satoru Ishikake, Masanori Kawasumi, Hideyo Watanabe, Yosuke Saito, Hirokatsu Suzuki, Hiroki Atari, Kimie Toda
  • Publication number: 20100278558
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing member; a charging device charging the surface of the latent image bearing member; a latent image forming device forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image bearing member; a developing device supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image; a cover film supplying device supplying a cover film to the surface of the latent image bearing member at a cover film supplying position located on an upstream side from the development position so that the toner image is formed on the cover film covering the surface of the latent image bearing member; and a cover film separating device separating the cover film bearing the toner image thereon from the surface of the image bearing member before the cover film bearing the toner image thereon reaches the cover film supplying position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Shigekazu ENOKI, Takuya Suganuma, Ryuji Yoshida, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Atsushi Kurokawa, Ichiro Kadota, Naoyuki Ozaki, Hiroki Atari, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kazuhisa Sudo, Masanori Kawasumi, Hiroshi Nakai, Shin Kayahara, Shuji Tanaka