Patents by Inventor Kohji Oshikiri

Kohji Oshikiri 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: 20230296397
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry controls a display to display primary analysis information obtained by analyzing measurement information without being based on a request for an analysis. The measurement information is obtained by measuring an object. The circuitry accepts an analysis request that requests secondary analysis information of the measurement information corresponding to the primary analysis information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Itoh, Shuuichi Nakamura, Ken Nagai, Kohji Oshikiri
  • Patent number: 11037352
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire data of a development-view image of the structural object, display the development-view image of the structural object on a display, receive a drawing of a diagnosis target image indicating a diagnosis target in the development-view image of the structural object, display, on the display, an input screen for inputting assessment-related information including an assessment result of the diagnosis target indicated by the diagnosis target image, and receive an input of the assessment-related information including the assessment result via the input screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kohji Oshikiri
  • Patent number: 10964080
    Abstract: An apparatus for drawing an image on a development-view image of a structural object includes circuitry configured to display a first development-view image of the structural object captured at a first time, a first diagnosis target element image drawn for at least a part of a diagnosis target in the first development-view image, and a second development-view image of the structural object captured at a second time later than the first time superimposed one to another; receive a drawing of a second diagnosis target element image for at least a part of the diagnosis target in the second development-view image captured at the second time; and store first position information indicating a position of the first diagnosis target element image in the first development-view image and second position information indicating a position of the second diagnosis target element image in the second development-view image in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohji Oshikiri, Katsuyuki Kaji
  • Publication number: 20200151931
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire data of a development-view image of the structural object, display the development-view image of the structural object on a display, receive a drawing of a diagnosis target image indicating a diagnosis target in the development-view image of the structural object, display, on the display, an input screen for inputting assessment-related information including an assessment result of the diagnosis target indicated by the diagnosis target image, and receive an input of the assessment-related information including the assessment result via the input screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohji OSHIKIRI
  • Patent number: 10565765
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire data of a development-view image of the structural object, display the development-view image of the structural object on a display, receive a drawing of a diagnosis target image indicating a diagnosis target in the development-view image of the structural object, display, on the display, an input screen for inputting assessment-related information including an assessment result of the diagnosis target indicated by the diagnosis target image, and receive an input of the assessment-related information including the assessment result via the input screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kohji Oshikiri
  • Publication number: 20190378315
    Abstract: An apparatus for drawing an image on a development-view image of a structural object includes circuitry configured to display a first development-view image of the structural object captured at a first time, a first diagnosis target element image drawn for at least a part of a diagnosis target in the first development-view image, and a second development-view image of the structural object captured at a second time later than the first time superimposed one to another; receive a drawing of a second diagnosis target element image for at least a part of the diagnosis target in the second development-view image captured at the second time; and store first position information indicating a position of the first diagnosis target element image in the first development-view image and second position information indicating a position of the second diagnosis target element image in the second development-view image in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kohji OSHIKIRI, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Publication number: 20190096109
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire data of a development-view image of the structural object, display the development-view image of the structural object on a display, receive a drawing of a diagnosis target image indicating a diagnosis target in the development-view image of the structural object, display, on the display, an input screen for inputting assessment-related information including an assessment result of the diagnosis target indicated by the diagnosis target image, and receive an input of the assessment-related information including the assessment result via the input screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Kohji OSHIKIRI
  • Patent number: 10192185
    Abstract: A farmland management system includes an information detection unit configured to acquire information relating to a crop being cultivated, a storage unit configured to store crop registration information for estimating a growth condition of the crop, a growth estimation unit configured to refer to the crop registration information and estimate the growth condition of the crop based on the information relating to the crop and the crop registration information, and a display unit configured to display the growth condition estimated by the growth estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tomii, Shohei Matsumura, Takashi Noguchi, Kensuke Masuda, Kohji Oshikiri, Takeshi Denda, Hirokazu Takenaka, Yuji Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9726604
    Abstract: An adhering detection apparatus includes a light source to emit probe light to a light translucent object during an emission period, and to stop an emission of the probe light to the light translucent object during a non-emission period, a light receiver to receive light coming from the light translucent object during the emission period and the non-emission period of the light source, and an adhering detection processor to perform an adhering detection processing for detecting a substance adhering to the light translucent object based on light quantity of the light coming from the light translucent object and received by the light receiver, and to output a detection result of the adhering detection processing. The adhering detection processor selectively performs one or more processes depending on the light quantity of the light received by the light receiver during the non-emission period of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Shintaroh Kida, Kohji Oshikiri, Izumi Itoh
  • Publication number: 20170131718
    Abstract: A system includes a first operation device configured to perform an operation with respect to a first target; at least one sensor configured to acquire analog information from the first target; and a control device configured to identify the first target based on at least one type of first digital information among a plurality of types of digital information relating to the first target acquired from the analog information acquired by the at least one sensor, and control the operation by the first operation device with respect to the first target identified based on at least one type of second digital information different from the first digital information among the plurality of types of the digital information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei MATSUMURA, Yasuhiro TOMII, Takashi NOGUCHI, Kensuke MASUDA, Kohji OSHIKIRI, Takeshi DENDA
  • Publication number: 20170118925
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtainment unit configured to obtain spectroscopic information generated from image information of a plant captured by an imaging unit; and a generation unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a degree of water stress of the plant, based on the obtained spectroscopic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi NOGUCHI, Kensuke MASUDA, Kohji OSHIKIRI, Takeshi DENDA, Shohei MATSUMURA, Yasuhiro TOMII, Yuji YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 9426377
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a light source to emit first light to a light translucent member, an image sensor to capture an adhering detection frame for acquiring an adhering detection image to detect a substance adhering on the light translucent member by using the first light emitted from the light source, and to capture object recognition frames for acquiring object recognition images for recognizing objects other than the substance by receiving second light, and circuitry to set a frame time of the adhering detection frame shorter than a frame time of each of the object recognition frames, and to set an exposure time of an object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame to a value that prevents overlapping of an exposure period of the adhering detection frame and an exposure period of the object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Shintaroh Kida, Kohji Oshikiri, Izumi Itoh
  • Publication number: 20160131579
    Abstract: An adhering detection apparatus includes a light source to emit probe light to a light translucent object during an emission period, and to stop an emission of the probe light to the light translucent object during a non-emission period, a light receiver to receive light coming from the light translucent object during the emission period and the non-emission period of the light source, and an adhering detection processor to perform an adhering detection processing for detecting a substance adhering to the light translucent object based on light quantity of the light coming from the light translucent object and received by the light receiver, and to output a detection result of the adhering detection processing. The adhering detection processor selectively performs one or more processes depending on the light quantity of the light received by the light receiver during the non-emission period of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi SEKIGUCHI, Shintaroh KIDA, Kohji OSHIKIRI, Izumi ITOH
  • Publication number: 20160100088
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a light source to emit first light to a light translucent member, an image sensor to capture an adhering detection frame for acquiring an adhering detection image to detect a substance adhering on the light translucent member by using the first light emitted from the light source, and to capture object recognition frames for acquiring object recognition images for recognizing objects other than the substance by receiving second light, and circuitry to set a frame time of the adhering detection frame shorter than a frame time of each of the object recognition frames, and to set an exposure time of an object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame to a value that prevents overlapping of an exposure period of the adhering detection frame and an exposure period of the object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi SEKIGUCHI, Shintaroh KIDA, Kohji OSHIKIRI, Izumi ITOH
  • Publication number: 20160063420
    Abstract: A farmland management system includes an information detection unit configured to acquire information relating to a crop being cultivated, a storage unit configured to store crop registration information for estimating a growth condition of the crop, a growth estimation unit configured to refer to the crop registration information and estimate the growth condition of the crop based on the information relating to the crop and the crop registration information, and a display unit configured to display the growth condition estimated by the growth estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TOMII, Shohei MATSUMURA, Takashi NOGUCHI, Kensuke MASUDA, Kohji OSHIKIRI, Takeshi DENDA, Hirokazu TAKENAKA, Yuji YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 8988491
    Abstract: A communication terminal or system is provided with a processor that calculates a transmission data size that is suitable to a detected state of a network, and analyzes contents of image data for transmission to determine an image parameter that should be prioritized. The communication terminal or system encodes the image data for transmission into encoded image data, based on the calculated transmission data size and the image parameter that should be prioritized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamashita, Kohji Oshikiri, Hiroomi Motohashi, Junichi Takami, Yosuke Kawamura, Noriyuki Shiota
  • Patent number: 8976222
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing command input section to receive image processing commands for image data written into a memory by units of one line, a line number deriving section to derive a number of lines of the image data required to execute image processing operations based on the image processing commands received by the image processing command input section, a line number indicating section to output a numerical value indicating the number of lines of the image data derived by the line number deriving section, a read timing controlling section to control read timing from the memory in response to the numerical value output from the line number indicating section, a parameter indicating section to output parameters used for the image processing operations, and an image processing section to execute the image processing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kawamura, Kohji Oshikiri
  • Publication number: 20130162757
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing command input section to receive image processing commands for image data written into a memory by units of one line, a line number deriving section to derive a number of lines of the image data required to execute image processing operations based on the image processing commands received by the image processing command input section, a line number indicating section to output a numerical value indicating the number of lines of the image data derived by the line number deriving section, a read timing controlling section to control read timing from the memory in response to the numerical value output from the line number indicating section, a parameter indicating section to output parameters used for the image processing operations, and an image processing section to execute the image processing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Yohsuke KAWAMURA, Kohji OSHIKIRI
  • Publication number: 20120056975
    Abstract: A communication terminal or system is provided with a processor that calculates a transmission data size that is suitable to a detected state of a network, and analyzes contents of image data for transmission to determine an image parameter that should be prioritized. The communication terminal or system encodes the image data for transmission into encoded image data, based on the calculated transmission data size and the image parameter that should be prioritized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMASHITA, Kohji Oshikiri, Hiroomi Motohashi, Junichi Takami, Yosuke Kawamura, Noriyuki Shiota
  • Patent number: 7545542
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus in which an input module, an output module, a process module, and a memory have a plurality of ports and are connected by a packet switch having independent paths for data transmission, a path controlling part determines a process path based on data information from the input module and data transmission ability of paths within the image forming apparatus, and conducts a selection control to select a data transmission path in response to data transmission delay time for each process path and a data type of data to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohji Oshikiri, Masaru Nakamura, Toshiaki Watanabe, Haruo Shida