Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Funo
Hiroyuki Funo 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: 11609728Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a changing unit. The changing unit changes a setting of wireless communication in a location in accordance with a user who has made a reservation for the location.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroyuki Funo, Satoru Tsuto, Nobuyuki Yamazoe
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Patent number: 11182994Abstract: A system includes an operation receiving unit and an operation control apparatus. The operation receiving unit is operated by a user. The operation control apparatus controls a first device at a facility to enter into an operating state in response to a user operation being performed at the operation receiving unit during a first time period determined by reservation information. The operation control apparatus also controls a second device at the facility to enter into an operating state at a start time associated with the first time period, regardless of presence of a user operation at the operation receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroyuki Funo, Satoru Tsuto, Naoyasu Terao
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Publication number: 20210241558Abstract: A system includes an operation receiving unit and an operation control apparatus. The operation receiving unit is operated by a user. The operation control apparatus controls a first device at a facility to enter an operating state in response to a user operation being performed at the operation receiving unit during a first time period determined by reservation information. The operation control apparatus also controls a second device at the facility to enter an operating state in response to arrival of a time determined by the first time period, regardless of presence of a user operation at the operation receiving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki FUNO, Satoru TSUTO, Naoyasu TERAO
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Publication number: 20200364011Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a changing unit. The changing unit changes a setting of wireless communication in a location in accordance with a user who has made a reservation for the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki FUNO, Satoru TSUTO, Nobuyuki YAMAZOE
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Patent number: 8773398Abstract: A data input system including electronic paper and a stylus writing device is disclosed. The electronic paper includes a transparent display substrate on which a number of optically readable code patterns have been formed, the optically readable code patterns representing positional information on a display surface, a rear surface substrate opposing the display substrate, and coloring particles that are enclosed between the display substrate and the rear surface substrate and that are movable by applying an electric or a magnetic field. The electronic paper displays an image due to motion of the particle. The stylus writing device includes a writing head provided at the end of the stylus for writing the image by applying an electric or a magnetic field to the electronic paper by contact and includes an optical reading device for optically reading the code patterns formed on the display surface where the end of the stylus contacts.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Funo, Masao Watanabe, Takayuki Takeuchi, Yoshinori Machida, Kiyoshi Iida, Ryota Mizutani, Yasuaki Konishi
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Patent number: 8570307Abstract: The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a reflected light from the medium by the light emitted by the emitting unit and outputting an electronic signal after converting the reflected light by photoelectric conversion; a receiving unit that receives a user operation; and a condition changing unit that changes at least any one of an emitting condition of the emitting unit to the medium and an output condition of the photoelectric conversion unit when the receiving unit receives an operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin Takeuchi, Eisuke Osakabe, Eigo Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Funo, Tomohito Takagi
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Publication number: 20120182272Abstract: An electronic writing device includes a light source, an image sensor, a detecting unit, table information, and a controller. The light source emits light to a recording medium. The image sensor receives the light reflected from the recording medium as image data. The detecting unit detects a light quantity of the image data received by the image sensor. In the table information, a light-quantity range and a control object for the image sensor or the light source are associated with each other. The light-quantity range is segmented into multiple threshold values. The controller controls the operation of the image sensor or the light source, every time the image sensor receives new image data, on the basis of the light quantity of the image data detected by the detecting unit and the table information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushige OOI, Eisuke Osakabe, Hiroyuki Funo, Tomonari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120133620Abstract: The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a reflected light from the medium by the light emitted by the emitting unit and outputting an electronic signal after converting the reflected light by photoelectric conversion; a receiving unit that receives a user operation; and a condition changing unit that changes at least any one of an emitting condition of the emitting unit to the medium and an output condition of the photoelectric conversion unit when the receiving unit receives an operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shin TAKEUCHI, Eisuke OSAKABE, Eigo NAKAGAWA, Hiroyuki FUNO, Tomohito TAKAGI
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Patent number: 8169423Abstract: The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a reflected light from the medium by the light emitted by the emitting unit and outputting an electronic signal after converting the reflected light by photoelectric conversion; a receiving unit that receives a user operation; and a condition changing unit that changes at least any one of an emitting condition of the emitting unit to the medium and an output condition of the photoelectric conversion unit when the receiving unit receives an operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin Takeuchi, Eisuke Osakabe, Eigo Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Funo, Tomohito Takagi
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Patent number: 8059130Abstract: A document processing operation system includes: a rewrite unit; and an image display medium for holding display of a document image rewritably and in a substantially no-power supply state, which is attached to the rewrite unit, wherein the rewrite unit performs display image rewrite processing for the image display medium, wherein the image display medium comprises: an operation device that accepts operation input from a user; and an information providing section that transmits operation information entered on the operation device in a wirelessly readable manner, and wherein the rewrite unit comprises: a read section that wirelessly reads the operation information transmitted by the information providing section; a processing section that performs processing relating to document data preset in response to the read operation information; and a write section that writes a document image to the image display medium with the read operation information under a control of the processing section.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hirose, Hiroyuki Hotta, Minoru Koshimizu, Naoki Hayashi, Masao Watanabe, Hiroyuki Funo
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Patent number: 7961077Abstract: A responder authenticity determination system, comprising: a responder that sends a response signal in response to a received signal; an interrogation signal generator that generates an interrogation signal having a random waveform; a transceiver that sends the generated interrogation signal to the responder, and receives a response signal from the responder; and an authenticity determination unit that determines authenticity of the responder based on the received response signal and the random waveform of the generated interrogation signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Hiroyuki Funo, Kiyoshi Iida, Ryota Mizutani, Yasuaki Konishi
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Patent number: 7817146Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet with plural wireless measuring units, each of which, when a radio signal is sent, measures physical quantity surrounding itself by using the radio signal as an energy source, and generates and sends a radio signal having an attribute reflecting the measured physical quantity.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Saito, Naoki Hayashi, Tsutomu Ishii, Minoru Koshimizu, Hiroyuki Hotta, Masao Watanabe, Hiroyuki Funo, Kiyoshi Iida, Ryota Mizutani
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Patent number: 7800475Abstract: A non-contact signal transmission apparatus transmits electric power and a signal in a non-contact manner via magnetic induction. The apparatus includes: a pair of annular electric power cores provided in opposing relationship to each other; a pair of electric power coils respectively provided in an annular form at one of the pair of electric power cores; and a pair of signal coils respectively provided in an annular form inside one of the pair of electric power cores. Relative permeability inside and around the signal coils is lower than relative permeability of the electric power cores.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryota Mizutani, Yasuaki Konishi, Kiyoshi Iida, Hiroyuki Funo, Masao Watanabe
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Patent number: 7667594Abstract: A sensor of this comprises a receiving section that receives a signal that is sent from outside, a circuit whose impedance changes irreversibly in accordance with an environmental change, a measurement section that measures the impedance of the circuit in an event that a signal is received by the receiving section, and a sending section that sends data representing a measurement result of the measurement section.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Funo, Masao Watanabe, Kiyoshi Iida, Ryota Mizutani, Yasuaki Konishi
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Patent number: 7663290Abstract: A sensor includes a substrate, a medium on which a surface acoustic wave propagates, a reference electrode, an antenna, a transducer that includes a first electrode connected to the antenna and a second electrode connected to the reference electrode and arranged opposite to the first electrode, and that has a function of converting a signal received by the antenna into a surface acoustic wave propagating on the medium, and a function of converting a surface acoustic wave propagating on the medium and reaching the transducer into a signal and outputting the signal to the antenna, a reflector that throws back a surface acoustic wave generated by the transducer, propagating on the medium, and reaching the reflector, toward the transducer, and an impedance converter connected to the reference electrode, impedance of which changes in response to a change in circumstances surrounding the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., LtdInventors: Yasuaki Konishi, Masao Watanabe, Hiroyuki Funo, Kiyoshi Iida, Ryota Mizutani
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Patent number: 7515046Abstract: A wireless response device comprises an antenna that receives a question signal, an identification signal generating unit that generates a response signal for a question signal received by the antenna, and that operates passively, and an impedance conversion unit provided between the antenna and the identification signal generating unit, whose impedance changes in response to the state of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Funo, Masao Watanabe, Kiyoshi Iida, Ryota Mizutani
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Publication number: 20090003733Abstract: An electronic writing instrument is provided with: an electronic writing instrument body portion that captures a code image formed on a medium based on reflected light; and a detachable cap that is attached to the one end side of the electronic writing instrument body portion. The electronic writing instrument body portion has: at one end side thereof, a writing unit that writes down on the medium on which the code image is formed; a light emitting unit that emits light to the medium; and an image capture unit that captures an image from reflected light reflected on the medium by the emitting light. The detachable cap is configured so as to cover the writing unit when attached to the one end side, and to pass emitted light from the light emitting unit and the reflected light from the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eisuke OSAKABE, Tomohito TAKAGI, Shin TAKEUCHI, Eigo NAKAGAWA, Hiroyuki FUNO
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Publication number: 20080297489Abstract: A data input system including electronic paper and a stylus writing device is disclosed. The electronic paper includes a transparent display substrate on which a number of optically readable code patterns have been formed, the optically readable code patterns representing positional information on a display surface, a rear surface substrate opposing the display substrate, and coloring particles that are enclosed between the display substrate and the rear surface substrate and that are movable by applying an electric or a magnetic field. The electronic paper displays an image due to motion of the particle. The stylus writing device includes a writing head provided at the end of the stylus for writing the image by applying an electric or a magnetic field to the electronic paper by contact and includes an optical reading device for optically reading the code patterns formed on the display surface where the end of the stylus contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki FUNO, Masao WATANABE, Takayuki TAKEUCHI, Yoshinori MACHIDA, Kiyoshi IIDA, Ryota MIZUTANI, Yasuaki KONISHI
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Publication number: 20080285070Abstract: The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a reflected light from the medium by the light emitted by the emitting unit and outputting an electronic signal after converting the reflected light by photoelectric conversion; a receiving unit that receives a user operation; and a condition changing unit that changes at least any one of an emitting condition of the emitting unit to the medium and an output condition of the photoelectric conversion unit when the receiving unit receives an operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin TAKEUCHI, Eisuke OSAKABE, Eigo NAKAGAWA, Hiroyuki FUNO, Tomohito TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20080266208Abstract: An image transmission control system includes: a displaying medium that forms an image so as to be rewritten in accordance with an external writing force and displays the formed image even after the external writing force is removed; a writing device including: a first communication unit that is adaptable to at least two kinds of communication systems selected from a wired communication system and a plural kinds of wireless communication systems having different communication distances; and a writing unit that applies the external writing force based on image information received by the first communication unit to the displaying unit to write the image; and a transmitter including: a second communication unit that is adaptable to the plural kinds of communication systems of the first communication unit; and a selecting unit that selects a communication system transmitting the image information to the writing device in accordance with information for instructing to transmit the image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hirose, Masao Watanabe, Takayuki Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Funo, Yoshiro Yamaguchi, Eriko Tamaru, Kimitake Hasuike