Patents by Inventor Saori Iura
Saori Iura 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: 10356613Abstract: An information processing device executes a process based on a command received from an operator. The information processing device includes a receiver to receive radio waves output from mobile terminals; a retrieval unit to retrieve, from each of the radio waves, an operator identification information item for identifying an operator carrying the mobile terminal; a measurement unit to measure a radio wave strength level of each of the radio waves received by the receiver; a first storage unit to store, for each operator identification information item retrieved by the retrieval unit, the radio wave strength level measured by the measurement unit; an identifying unit to identify, based on the radio wave strength levels stored for the corresponding operator identification information items, the operator identification information item output by the mobile terminal carried by the operator; and a controller to control execution of the process requested by the operator.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Saori Iura, Susumu Fujioka
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Publication number: 20160254845Abstract: An information processing device executes a process based on a command received from an operator. The information processing device includes a receiver to receive radio waves output from mobile terminals; a retrieval unit to retrieve, from each of the radio waves, an operator identification information item for identifying an operator carrying the mobile terminal; a measurement unit to measure a radio wave strength level of each of the radio waves received by the receiver; a first storage unit to store, for each operator identification information item retrieved by the retrieval unit, the radio wave strength level measured by the measurement unit; an identifying unit to identify, based on the radio wave strength levels stored for the corresponding operator identification information items, the operator identification information item output by the mobile terminal carried by the operator; and a controller to control execution of the process requested by the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Saori IURA, Susumu FUJIOKA
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Patent number: 8953222Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a storage unit, a print data interpreting unit, and a print control unit. The print data interpreting unit interprets print data and identifies both a first job type and a second job type. The first job type specifies any one of a special print job using special toner and a normal job using normal toner, and the second job type specifies a print function to be used. The print control unit makes a decision to permit or prohibit accumulation of print data in view of security based on the first job type and the second job type, accumulates the print data in the storage unit when the decision to permit the accumulation of the print data is made, and prohibits the accumulation of the print data when the decision to prohibits the accumulation of the print data is made.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Isamu Mitsuke, Takahiro Hirakawa, Saori Iura, Yuuichi Yoshida, Nobuyuki Iwata, Tomoyuki Takahira
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Patent number: 8908227Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to avoid unnecessary print out and cut wasteful consumption of resources and electricity. A printer receives a command indicating whether or not a user does not need to print out images such as advertisements on web pages. If a drawing command acquired by analyzing received print data is image, the printer determines whether or not the command is to draw images based on the user's choice and execute a drawing process along with the command from the user. Consequently, the printer can print out text information with eliminating image information which is noise for the user and can eliminate print out for unnecessary image information.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chan Gu, Saori Iura, Yuichi Yoshida, Takahiro Hirakawa, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Isamu Mitsuke, Nobuyuki Iwata
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Patent number: 8810840Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an output management server. The output management server includes a receiving unit to receive an output data, an analysis unit to analyze the output data and determine a PDL required for outputting the output data, a management unit to determine whether the PDL is available, and a transmitting unit to transmit the output data and an executable file of the PDL to the designated image forming apparatus, when the PDL is determined as available. The image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit to receive the output data and the executable file of the PDL, a control unit to activate the executable file of the PDL and develop the output data, an output unit to output the output data, and a deleting unit to delete the executable file of the PDL, after the outputting of the output data is completed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Saori Iura, Isamu Mitsuke, Yuichi Yoshida, Takahiro Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20130107288Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to avoid unnecessary print out and cut wasteful consumption of resources and electricity. A printer receives a command indicating whether or not a user does not need to print out images such as advertisements on web pages. If a drawing command acquired by analyzing received print data is image, the printer determines whether or not the command is to draw images based on the user's choice and execute a drawing process along with the command from the user. Consequently, the printer can print out text information with eliminating image information which is noise for the user and can eliminate print out for unnecessary image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Chan GU, Saori IURA, Yuichi YOSHIDA, Takahiro HIRAKAWA, Yasuyuki IGARASHI, Isamu MITSUKE, Nobuyuki IWATA
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Patent number: 8363285Abstract: An image forming apparatus to print an image on a recording medium based on print data. The image forming apparatus includes a storing unit to store the print data, an image processing unit to perform image processing on image data included in the print data; a printing operation specification unit to specify implementation of a printing operation; a marking unit to embed marking data in the image data, a marking printing operation specification unit to specify implementation of a marking printing operation, a printing operation implementation unit to implement the printing operation or the marking printing operation, a print data determination unit to determine whether or not the print data includes a setting for the marking printing operation, and a printing operation change unit to change a printing operation performed by the printing operation implementation unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Saori Iura, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Masateru Kumagai, Daisuke Okada
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Publication number: 20130010319Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an output management server. The output management server includes a receiving unit to receive an output data, an analysis unit to analyze the output data and determine a PDL required for outputting the output data, a management unit to determine whether the PDL is available, and a transmitting unit to transmit the output data and an executable file of the PDL to the designated image forming apparatus, when the PDL is determined as available. The image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit to receive the output data and the executable file of the PDL, a control unit to activate the executable file of the PDL and develop the output data, an output unit to output the output data, and a deleting unit to delete the executable file of the PDL, after the outputting of the output data is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Saori IURA, Isamu MITSUKE, Yuichi YOSHIDA, Takahiro HIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 8305629Abstract: One or more among a PC document receive filter, a FAX document receive filter, a read filter, and a readout filter create a report on each of the corresponding functions in a format common to the functions. A report filter changes a format of the created report as desired by the user. Therefore, when a setting for a report output process is changed, it is not necessary to change the setting with respect to each of the functions. Thus, it is possible to reduce development man-hours for the report output process.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Saori Iura, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Masateru Kumagai, Daisuke Okada
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Publication number: 20120147396Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a storage unit, a print data interpreting unit, and a print control unit. The print data interpreting unit interprets print data and identifies both a first job type and a second job type. The first job type specifies any one of a special print job using special toner and a normal job using normal toner, and the second job type specifies a print function to be used. The print control unit makes a decision to permit or prohibit accumulation of print data in view of security based on the first job type and the second job type, accumulates the print data in the storage unit when the decision to permit the accumulation of the print data is made, and prohibits the accumulation of the print data when the decision to prohibits the accumulation of the print data is made.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Isamu Mitsuke, Takahiro Hirakawa, Saori Iura, Yuuichi Yoshida, Nobuyuki Iwata, Tomoyuki Takahira
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Patent number: 7973958Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming images by outputting plural image data in an order corresponding to an input order of plural input data is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a data receiving part for receiving the input data, a priority determining part for determining priority of outputting the input data, a PDL process part having plural PDL interpretation parts including at least first and second PDL interpretation parts for performing a PDL process on the input data, and a PDL control part for controlling each of the plural PDL interpretation parts, wherein when a subsequent input data is determined to have a priority higher than that of a prior input data in a case where the first PDL interpretation part is performing a first PDL process on the prior input data, the PDL control part is configured to stop the first PDL process and cause the second PDL interpretation part to perform a second PDL process on the subsequent input data.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Shindo, Toshiya Suzuki, Yutaka Matsumoto, Takeshi Yoshizumi, Saori Iura, Michiaki Nishinosono
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Patent number: 7969588Abstract: An image forming device includes a control unit configured to control by sorting common setting information valid among a plurality of devices and specific setting information valid for a specific device, an internal storage device configured to store setting data that includes a pair of setting data of identification information indicating a type of setting item and setting values, an external storage device controller configured to control to input and output the setting data with a detachable external storage device, and a selective-write device configured to select and write the setting data read from the external storage device based on the predetermined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki Iwata, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takahira, Saori Iura, Yasuharu Yanamura
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Publication number: 20110007353Abstract: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a filter detection part that detects the filter when the external medium is connected; a filter identification information obtaining part that obtains filter identification information that identifies a filter set by a user from filter setting information when print data subject to printing is received, wherein the filter setting information regarding the filter is added to the print data; a first output part that outputs the print data to the filter via the input/output interface, in accordance with the filter identification information; an input part that inputs the print data on which a predetermined process has been carried out by the filter via the input/output interface; and a second output part that outputs the print data on which the predetermined process has been carried out by the filter to a page description language module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Saori IURA, Hiroya Uruta, Masateru Kumagai, Naohiko Kubo, Daisuke Okada, Tetsuro Kutsuwada
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Patent number: 7860424Abstract: Image processing apparatus and method to perform an image processing job based on a received processing request, which includes a processing condition set by a user. Error protection is performed to detect a job setting error caused by a mismatching between the processing condition of the image processing job and a processing capability of the image processing apparatus. Error information relates to a previously detected air that is the job setting error previously detected. Error report conditions indicate whether the previously detected air has a same condition as the processing condition of the image processing job. Error information is managed to store information relating to the currently detected error when the currently detected error satisfies an error storage condition, determine whether the currently detected satisfies the error report condition and generate an error report to notify the user and an administrator when these conditions are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Saori Iura, Nobuhiro Shindo, Toshiya Suzuki, Michiaki Nishinosono, Yutaka Matsumoto, Hiroki Ohzaki
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Patent number: 7697861Abstract: A printing apparatus receives a plurality of print jobs containing print data from a host computer connected thereto through a network. The printing apparatus temporarily stores the print job in a storage unit to print the print data. The printing apparatus receives a request to pause or restart printing of a print job, and controls execution of the print job in response to the request. Upon receiving a request to restart a print job being paused, the printing apparatus determines a printing order according to a predetermined condition to print the print job.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuhiro Shindo, Toshiya Suzuki, Michiaki Nishinosono, Hiroki Ohzaki, Yutaka Matsumoto, Saori Iura
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Publication number: 20090310182Abstract: One or more among a PC document receive filter, a FAX document receive filter, a read filter, and a readout filter create a report on each of the corresponding functions in a format common to the functions. A report filter changes a format of the created report as desired by the user. Therefore, when a setting for a report output process is changed, it is not necessary to change the setting with respect to each of the functions. Thus, it is possible to reduce development man-hours for the report output process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Saori IURA, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Masateru Kumagai, Daisuke Okada
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Publication number: 20090296161Abstract: An image forming apparatus to print an image on a recording medium based on print data. The image forming apparatus includes a storing unit to store the print data, an image processing unit to perform image processing on image data included in the print data; a printing operation specification unit to specify implementation of a printing operation; a marking unit to embed marking data in the image data, a marking printing operation specification unit to specify implementation of a marking printing operation, a printing operation implementation unit to implement the printing operation or the marking printing operation, a print data determination unit to determine whether or not the print data includes a setting for the marking printing operation, and a printing operation change unit to change a printing operation performed by the printing operation implementation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Saori Iura, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Masateru Kumagai, Daisuke Okada
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Publication number: 20090190164Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a setting management unit acquires at least one of first setting data and second setting data. The first setting data is information that specifies data to be included in the identification image from among the identification data and the second setting data is information that specifies a position of the identification image. An output control unit outputs (e.g., prints) output data including the identification image that is created based on at least one of the first setting data and the second setting data that is acquired by the setting management unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Masateru Kumagai, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Hiroya Uruta, Saori Iura, Daisuke Okada
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Publication number: 20080259393Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including a plurality of applications each including a reception unit configured to receive print data, a determination unit configured to analyze the print data received by the reception unit to determine the data format thereof, and a print control unit configured to print an image of print data having a specific data format. The print data analyzed by the determination unit is sent to the print control unit when the data format is determined to be equivalent to the specific data format, or another reception unit when the data format is determined to be different from the specific data format.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Saori IURA, Toshiya Suzuki, Michiaki Nishinosono, Nobuhiro Shindo, Yutaka Matsumoto, Takeshi Yoshizumi
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Publication number: 20080212137Abstract: An image forming device includes a control unit configured to control by sorting common setting information valid among a plurality of devices and specific setting information valid for a specific device, an internal storage device configured to store setting data that includes a pair of setting data of identification information indicating a type of setting item and setting values, an external storage device controller configured to control to input and output the setting data with a detachable external storage device, and a selective-write device configured to select and write the setting data read from the external storage device based on the predetermined criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Nobuyuki Iwata, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takahira, Saori Iura, Yasuharu Yanamura