Patents by Inventor Hiroki Matsuura
Hiroki Matsuura 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).
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Patent number: 11982961Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member, a pad member inside of the belt, and a sliding member held by the pad member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the belt in a nip. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds a recording material in the nip in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a base material layer on which a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member are formed on a side sliding with the belt and a sliding layer provided on an outer surface of the plurality of projections. A shape of a surface of the sliding layer is a curved surface and a radius of curvature R of the curved surface satisfies 300 ?m?R?850 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Kawai, Yasuharu Toratani, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Akiyoshi Shinagawa, Ayano Ogata, Daigo Matsuura, Misa Kawashima, Masanobu Tanaka, Asuna Fukamachi
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Patent number: 11960224Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member, a pad member inside of the belt, and a sliding member held by the pad member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the belt in a nip. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds a recording material in the nip in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a base material layer on which a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member are formed on a side sliding with the belt and a sliding layer provided on an outer surface of the plurality of projections. A leading end of the plurality of projections is a plane and an average roughness (Ra) of the plane satisfies 0.13 ?m?Ra?1.67 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akiyoshi Shinagawa, Yasuharu Toratani, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Daigo Matsuura, Hiroki Kawai, Ayano Ogata, Masanobu Tanaka, Asuna Fukamachi, Misa Kawashima
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Patent number: 11818300Abstract: The example embodiments provides a processing system (10) including: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires target speech data in which a target speech is recorded or a target feature value that indicates a feature of the target speech; an inference unit (12) that infers a language of the target speech, based on an inference model for inferring a language of a speech from speech data or a speech feature value and the target speech data or the target feature value; a result output unit (13) that outputs an inference result by the inference unit (12); a determination unit (14) that determines whether the inference result is correct; and a learning data output unit (15) that outputs the inference result determined to be correct by the determination unit (14) and the target speech data or the target feature value, as learning data for generating the inference model.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Matsuura, Shuji Komeiji, Takayuki Shirokaze, Ryoji Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230294937Abstract: A belt device includes a belt wound around support rotators, to travel as the support rotators rotate; a belt contact member on a rotation shaft of one of the support rotators, to contact an end of the belt and move in an axial direction of the rotation shaft with the belt; a displacement member on the rotation shaft and including an inclined face to move the one support rotator, to move in the axial direction as the belt contact member moves; a guide to contact the inclined face and restrict a moving direction of the displacement member; a shaft support rotatably supporting the one support rotator and the rotation shaft; a restriction member to restrict movement of the one support rotator and the rotation shaft; and an elastically deformable intermediate member between the shaft support and the restriction member, to prevent the shaft support from contacting the restriction member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20230027992Abstract: The example embodiments provides a processing system (10) including: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires target speech data in which a target speech is recorded or a target feature value that indicates a feature of the target speech; an inference unit (12) that infers a language of the target speech, based on an inference model for inferring a language of a speech from speech data or a speech feature value and the target speech data or the target feature value; a result output unit (13) that outputs an inference result by the inference unit (12); a determination unit (14) that determines whether the inference result is correct; and a learning data output unit (15) that outputs the inference result determined to be correct by the determination unit (14) and the target speech data or the target feature value, as learning data for generating the inference model.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hiroki MATSUURA, Shuji KOMEIJI, Takayuki SHIROKAZE, Ryoji YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20220374950Abstract: A consideration computation apparatus (2000) acquires, for target data (20) used in a target application (10), a rarity level of the target data (20). Then, the consideration computation apparatus (2000) computes, based on the rarity level of the target data (20), a usage consideration being a consideration for use of the target data (20) by the target application (10). Herein, the target data (20) are a sub-program that achieves a part of processing performed by the target application (10), or are data used for creation of the sub-program.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Hiroki MATSUURA
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Patent number: 11503161Abstract: The example embodiments provides a processing system (10) including: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires target speech data in which a target speech is recorded or a target feature value that indicates a feature of the target speech; an inference unit (12) that infers a language of the target speech, based on an inference model for inferring a language of a speech from speech data or a speech feature value and the target speech data or the target feature value; a result output unit (13) that outputs an inference result by the inference unit (12); a determination unit (14) that determines whether the inference result is correct; and a learning data output unit (15) that outputs the inference result determined to be correct by the determination unit (14) and the target speech data or the target feature value, as learning data for generating the inference model.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Matsuura, Shuji Komeiji, Takayuki Shirokaze, Ryoji Yoshida
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Patent number: 11454592Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for confirming whether a plant (for example, cannabis or tobacco) or a processed product thereof is a genuine product. The present invention provides a confirmation method including: an irradiation step (S11) of irradiating a plant or a processed product of the plant with light; a confirmation 5 step (S12) of confirming whether the plant or the processed product of the plant irradiated with light emits fluorescence; and a determination step (S13) of determining the plant or the processed product of the plant emitting fluorescence to be a genuine product and the plant or the processed product of the plant not emitting fluorescence to be a counterfeit product.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki Matsuura
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Publication number: 20220014628Abstract: The example embodiments provides a processing system (10) including: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires target speech data in which a target speech is recorded or a target feature value that indicates a feature of the target speech; an inference unit (12) that infers a language of the target speech, based on an inference model for inferring a language of a speech from speech data or a speech feature value and the target speech data or the target feature value; a result output unit (13) that outputs an inference result by the inference unit (12); a determination unit (14) that determines whether the inference result is correct; and a learning data output unit (15) that outputs the inference result determined to be correct by the determination unit (14) and the target speech data or the target feature value, as learning data for generating the inference model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hiroki MATSUURA, Shuji KOMEIJI, Takayuki SHIROKAZE, Ryoji YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20210394049Abstract: When one of a first-part HP indication to a third-part HP indication is tapped at one of the terminals participating in a quest, a character icon, a part information indication, and a designation indication are displayed at each of the terminals participating in the quest on the basis of part information, player character information, and player number information of the terminal at which the part HP indication has been tapped. This makes it possible for a player to notify the players at the other terminals of a part that the player wishes to attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.Inventor: Hiroki Matsuura
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Patent number: 11137961Abstract: A machine-readable, non-transitory recording medium, an image forming apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The machine-readable, non-transitory recording medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause the information processing apparatus to display a special color settings screen for setting an RGB value of drawing data to be printed in a special color included in print data to be transmitted to an image forming apparatus, generate the print data instructing printing of the RGB value set on the special color settings screen in the special color, and transmit the generated print data to the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Keiji Kunimi, Masato Tanaka, Hiroki Matsuura
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Patent number: 11039039Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus for performing printing in a plurality of colors. The image forming apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive first print data in which an object to be printed in a spot color is designated in a first area in a document to be printed and second print data of the document to be printed from an information processing apparatus; convert the second print data received by the communication unit into image data of a predetermined color; extract an image of the first area from the image data obtained by conversion of the drawing unit; convert the image of the first area extracted by the spot color image control unit into the spot color; and generate image data of the spot color in which the image of the first area converted by the conversion unit is placed.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Keiji Kunimi, Yutaka Ataku, Noboru Tamura, Ryo Kobayashi, Hiroki Matsuura, Yoshio Taga, Kaname Nomura
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Publication number: 20200348236Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for confirming whether a plant (for example, cannabis or tobacco) or a processed product thereof is a genuine product. The present invention provides a confirmation method including: an irradiation step (S11) of irradiating a plant or a processed product of the plant with light; a confirmation 5 step (S12) of confirming whether the plant or the processed product of the plant irradiated with light emits fluorescence; and a determination step (S13) of determining the plant or the processed product of the plant emitting fluorescence to be a genuine product and the plant or the processed product of the plant not emitting fluorescence to be a counterfeit product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20200336622Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus for performing printing in a plurality of colors. The image forming apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive first print data in which an object to be printed in a spot color is designated in a first area in a document to be printed and second print data of the document to be printed from an information processing apparatus; convert the second print data received by the communication unit into image data of a predetermined color; extract an image of the first area from the image data obtained by conversion of the drawing unit; convert the image of the first area extracted by the spot color image control unit into the spot color; and generate image data of the spot color in which the image of the first area converted by the conversion unit is placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Keiji KUNIMI, Yutaka ATAKU, Noboru TAMURA, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Hiroki MATSUURA, Yoshio TAGA, Kaname NOMURA
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Publication number: 20200081669Abstract: A machine-readable, non-transitory recording medium, an image forming apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The machine-readable, non-transitory recording medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause the information processing apparatus to display a special color settings screen for setting an RGB value of drawing data to be printed in a special color included in print data to be transmitted to an image forming apparatus, generate the print data instructing printing of the RGB value set on the special color settings screen in the special color, and transmit the generated print data to the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Keiji Kunimi, Masato Tanaka, Hiroki Matsuura
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Publication number: 20190330005Abstract: A sheet storage apparatus having: a holding section that holds a storage bag for storing a sheet; a first clamping section; and a second clamping section, wherein the first clamping section and the second clamping section relatively approach to clamp the storage bag held by the holding section, and when a direction in which the first clamping section relatively approaches the second clamping section is defined as a first direction, and a direction opposite to the first direction is defined as a second direction, an end of the first clamping section in the first direction is located on a side in the first direction with respect to an end of the second clamping section in the second direction in a state in which the storage bag is clamped between the first clamping section and the second clamping section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro YOKOO, Hiroki MATSUURA
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Patent number: 10248366Abstract: There is provided an information processing device for controlling printing.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Matsuura
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Patent number: 10025229Abstract: A belt unit includes an endless belt, a plurality of support rotators, a pair of supports, and a stopper. The endless belt is wound around the plurality of support rotators. The pair of supports extend in a direction intersecting an axial direction of each of the plurality of support rotators. The pair of supports are disposed opposite to and spaced away from each other, to rotatably support both ends of each of the plurality of support rotators in the axial direction. The stopper is disposed at at least one end of at least one support rotator of the plurality of support rotators and outside from a corresponding one support of the pair of supports in the axial direction, to restrict movement of the corresponding one support in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Matsuura
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Publication number: 20180074760Abstract: There is provided an information processing device for controlling printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki MATSUURA
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Patent number: 9746822Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body; a first unit detachably attachable to the main body; a second unit which is arranged adjacent to the first unit and which is detachably attachable to the main body; and a cover which is located on the front side of the second unit relative to the detaching direction of the first and second units while supported by the second unit and which is openable and closable, wherein opening the cover permits detaching of the first unit from the main body and attaching of the first unit to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Matsuura