Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Morohoshi

Hiroshi Morohoshi 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: 20130244576
    Abstract: An event notification device includes a wireless communication unit, an event occurrence information acquiring unit, an enabled-notice information acquiring unit, a notice setting unit, and an event occurrence notification unit. The wireless communication unit transmits and receives information on an online service from multiple external devices. The event occurrence information acquiring unit acquires an event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit from the external devices. The enabled-notice information acquiring unit acquires enabled-notice information on the event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit. The notice setting unit requests one external device to transmit the event occurrence notice and requests the other external devices not to transmit the event occurrence notice if the multiple external devices can individually transmit the same event occurrence notice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130235247
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 8422873
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20130050657
    Abstract: A projector includes a housing, an image projection unit, and a plurality of connection ports including a power connection port. The housing has a top face, and a first face and a second face adjacent to each other, and a light projection port on the top face. The image projection unit includes an optical system to project light corresponding to image data, via the light projection port disposed on the top face, in an upward oblique direction with respect to the first face. The plurality of connection ports is disposed on the second face. The power connection port is disposed at a position in the second face closest to the first face side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130050664
    Abstract: A projector includes a housing, an image projection unit, and an operation unit. The housing has a base and a side face. The side face has an area greater than an area of the base. A light projection port is disposed in a top face of the housing. The image projection unit, encased within the housing, projects light corresponding to image data via the light projection port. The operation unit, disposed on a top face of the housing, includes a first pressable control moveable in an upward/downward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130050658
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing; and a vent unit provided to the housing, the vent unit having a two-dimensional lattice unit and a column part, the two-dimensional lattice unit including one-dimensional lattice parts intersecting each other, the column part being provided at an intersection of the one-dimensional lattice parts and protruding to at least one of the inside and the outside of the two-dimensional lattice unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI
  • Patent number: 8305607
    Abstract: An MFP includes sensors for detecting states of units, a transmitting/receiving unit that receives authentication information of a user ID, and an obtaining unit that obtains manual data and sensor information. The transmitting/receiving unit transmits the manual data and the sensor information to a displaying device that includes a sensor detecting unit, an authenticating unit, a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits the authentication information to the MFP and receives the manual data and the sensor information, and a display controlling unit that controls the received manual data and the sensor information to be displayed on a displaying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20120230662
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 8204369
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20120062590
    Abstract: An information display device of an embodiment includes: a storage unit that stores the image data in association with information of the image data; a retrieval condition receiving unit that receives an input of a retrieval condition; a retrieval unit that retrieves the image data from the storage unit according to the received retrieval condition; a display control unit that displays an entire image representing an entire range in which the retrieved image data is distributed on a client terminal; and an operation receiving unit that receives an operation of an input unit by a user on a screen on which the entire image is displayed. The display control unit extracts the image data included in a range represented by a locus formed by an operation of the input unit, and displays the extracted image data on the client terminal together with the entire image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI, Yoshiaki Nishizaki
  • Patent number: 8131081
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a command-data storage unit, a handwritten-data recognizing unit, and a matching unit. The command-data storage unit stores therein a command-data table that contains a command character and content of a command corresponding to the command character in an associated manner. The handwritten-data recognizing unit performs character recognition and image analysis on image data to extract handwritten information including a command graphic representing a command with respect to the image data and a command character handwritten near the command graphic. The matching unit matches the command character extracted by the handwritten-data recognizing unit with the command character in the command-data table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20110200311
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 7907836
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shinohara, Koji Yokoyama, Mayu Takano, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 7670729
    Abstract: A measurement method for measuring a distortion of a projection optical system that projects a pattern, used by an exposure apparatus that exposes the reticle pattern onto an object to be exposed, the measurement method includes the steps of a first exposing step for exposing a mark pattern onto the object to be exposed, the mark pattern having a mark on or near an optical axis of the projection optical system and a mark beside the optical axis, and being arranged at a position of the reticle, a second exposing step for only exposing a mark on or near the optical axis of the projection optical system in the mark pattern, measuring step for measuring a shape of the mark formed on the object to be exposed via the first and second exposing steps, and calculating step for calculating the distortion of the projection optical system from the shape of the mark measured by the measuring step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Takagi, Hideki Ina, Koichi Sentoku, Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20090074491
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing having a planar top surface and a plurality of legs projecting downward from end portions of the housing for supporting the housing on ground. A paper feed unit, an image forming unit, and an output unit are arranged in a substantially horizontal direction inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20080231889
    Abstract: An MFP includes sensors for detecting states of units, a transmitting/receiving unit that receives authentication information of a user ID, and an obtaining unit that obtains manual data and sensor information. The transmitting/receiving unit transmits the manual data and the sensor information to a displaying device that includes a sensor detecting unit, an authenticating unit, a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits the authentication information to the MFP and receives the manual data and the sensor information, and a display controlling unit that controls the received manual data and the sensor information to be displayed on a displaying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 7382446
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of measuring aberration of a projection optical system, that includes an illuminating step for illuminating a reticle by use of light from a light source and through an illumination optical system, a projecting step for projecting an image of a test pattern formed on the reticle, upon a substrate through the projection optical system, a measuring step for measuring a positional deviation amount of the image of the test pattern, and a determining step for determining the aberration of the projection optical system on the basis of the positional deviation amount measured at the measuring step, wherein the projecting step includes a shaping step for shaping the light by use of shaping means disposed in one of the illumination optical system and the projection optical system and a light blocking pattern formed on a surface of the reticle, remote from a surface of the reticle where the test pattern is formed, so that the light passes only through a predetermined region of a pupil of the proje
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20080068347
    Abstract: A display-input device includes an input unit that receives touch input; a display unit that displays a screen including a symbol selectable to specify setting in response to the touch input; a position detecting unit that detects a position of the touch input on the input unit; a distance detecting unit that detects, upon the input unit receiving successive touch inputs, a distance between positions of the touch inputs; and a display controlling unit that controls display of the screen on the display unit based on the position and the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20080050019
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a command-data storage unit, a handwritten-data recognizing unit, and a matching unit. The command-data storage unit stores therein a command-data table that contains a command character and content of a command corresponding to the command character in an associated manner. The handwritten-data recognizing unit performs character recognition and image analysis on image data to extract handwritten information including a command graphic representing a command with respect to the image data and a command character handwritten near the command graphic. The matching unit matches the command character extracted by the handwritten-data recognizing unit with the command character in the command-data table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI
  • Patent number: D680572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morohoshi