Patents by Inventor Kaori Ozeki

Kaori Ozeki 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).

  • Image forming apparatus, image forming system, control method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10725713
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Ozeki, Taijirou Sueishi, Akiko Bamba, Kohei Chubachi, Hiroshi Morikawa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200177747
    Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry configured to acquire audio information used for operating a target apparatus, recognize content of the acquired audio information as a recognition result, determine whether the recognition result includes a specific keyword, notify, using a display, pre-defined specific operation when the recognition result includes the specific keyword, and output the specific operation information to the target apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Sayaka YASUDA, Shun YOSHIMI, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Takayuki INOUE, Motoyuki KATSUMATA, Kaori OZEKI
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20190303060
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori OZEKI, Taijirou SUEISHI, Akiko BAMBA, Kohei CHUBACHI, Hiroshi MORIKAWA
  • Sieving system, and methods of notifying information, driving and feeding
    Patent number: 9022220
    Abstract: A sieving system includes a filter; a blade stirring a powder accumulated on the filter; a driver driving the blade; a notifier notifying predetermined information of a status of the filter, based on a load of the driver while driving the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Ozeki, Tatsushi Umayahara, Hideo Ichikawa, Tetsuya Yoshida
  • Sieving device, sieving device for developing device, and powder-charging device
    Patent number: 8973759
    Abstract: A sieving device including a hollow cylindrical body, a filter disposed at a bottom portion of the hollow cylindrical body, and a blade configured to rotate in close proximity to the filter around a rotation axis thereof crossing the filter to thereby stir powder supplied to the hollow cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Ichikawa, Kaori Ozeki, Tatsushi Umayahara, Takashi Ono, Masayoshi Suzuki, Teruo Shibata, Keiichi Yano, Masato Suzuki, Eiichi Masushio, Hiroshi Sano, Yusuke Uchida, Junji Yamabe, Seiji Terazawa, Masashi Hasegawa
  • SIEVING SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF NOTIFYING INFORMATION, DRIVING AND FEEDING
    Publication number: 20130319913
    Abstract: A sieving system includes a filter; a blade stirring a powder accumulated on the filter; a driver driving the blade; a notifier notifying predetermined information of a status of the filter, based on a load of the driver while driving the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Kaori OZEKI, Tatsushi UMAYAHARA, Hideo ICHIKAWA, Tetsuya YOSHIDA
  • SIEVING DEVICE, SIEVING DEVICE FOR DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND POWDER-CHARGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120234735
    Abstract: A sieving device including a hollow cylindrical body, a filter disposed at a bottom portion of the hollow cylindrical body, and a blade configured to rotate in close proximity to the filter around a rotation axis thereof crossing the filter to thereby stir powder supplied to the hollow cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo ICHIKAWA, Kaori Ozeki, Tatsushi Umayahara, Takashi Ono, Masayoshi Suzuki, Teruo Shibata, Keiichi Yano, Masato Suzuki, Eiichi Masushio, Hiroshi Sano, Yusuke Uchida, Junji Yamabe, Seiji Terazawa, Masashi Hasegawa