Patents by Inventor Yohsuke Konishi
Yohsuke Konishi 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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Publication number: 20240131553Abstract: A liquid application apparatus includes an applicator, a maintenance device, a conveyor, a first conveyance path, and a second conveyance path. The applicator applies a liquid to an object. The maintenance device maintains an applying condition of the liquid by the applicator. The conveyor conveys the object and the maintenance device. The object is to be conveyed along the first conveyance path. The maintenance device is to be conveyed along the second conveyance path. The applicator includes a nozzle surface on which a plurality of nozzles to discharge the liquid is formed. The maintenance device includes a wiper to wipe the nozzle surface. The first conveyance path overlaps with the second conveyance path at least at a portion at which the first conveyance path passes by the applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yohsuke Konishi, Takayuki Niihara, Takashi Fujita, Yukihiro Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 11760104Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a supply path and a discharge path circulating a liquid in a liquid circulation direction, the head configured to discharge the liquid, a circulation path coupled to the head, the liquid circulates through the head in the circulation path, a bypass coupled to a downstream end of the supply path of the head and an upstream end of the discharge path of the head in the liquid circulation direction, a pressure generator configured to generate and apply a circulation pressure to the liquid circulating through the circulation path, and a deaerator configured to remove gas in the liquid circulating the circulation path.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Nanami Takano, Toshiya Satoh, Teiichiro Ishikawa, Yohsuke Konishi
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Patent number: 11693825Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a determiner that determines an area including a handwritten figure from image data; a recognizer that recognizes a handwritten character from the handwritten figure; an acquirer that acquires a file name; and a file generator that generates a file with a file name based on a handwritten character when the recognizer recognizes the handwritten character based on the image data and generates a file with the file name acquired by the acquirer when the recognizer does not recognize a handwritten character.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yohsuke Konishi
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Publication number: 20220371330Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a supply path and a discharge path circulating a liquid in a liquid circulation direction, the head configured to discharge the liquid, a circulation path coupled to the head, the liquid circulates through the head in the circulation path, a bypass coupled to a downstream end of the supply path of the head and an upstream end of the discharge path of the head in the liquid circulation direction, a pressure generator configured to generate and apply a circulation pressure to the liquid circulating through the circulation path, and a deaerator configured to remove gas in the liquid circulating the circulation path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Nanami TAKANO, Toshiya SATOH, Teiichiro ISHIKAWA, Yohsuke KONISHI
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Publication number: 20220307181Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is to be coupled to a post-processing apparatus to perform post-processing using a linear medium such that the post-processing apparatus is disposed downstream from the liquid discharge apparatus in a conveyance direction of the linear medium. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head, a conveyance mechanism, a head driver, and control circuitry. The discharge head includes a nozzle to discharge droplets onto the linear medium to dye the linear medium. The conveyance mechanism conveys the linear medium in conjunction with the post-processing apparatus. The head driver drives the discharge head in conjunction with conveyance of the linear medium. The control circuitry controls the head driver and determines whether to execute maintenance of the discharge head based on a time required for the post-processing for each dyeing job.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventor: Yohsuke KONISHI
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Patent number: 11172115Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a moving image data acquisition unit that acquires moving image data from one or more cameras connected via a network, a storage unit that stores the moving image data that is acquired and camera image related information used to generate a camera setting content of a setting item related to image capturing of a camera, a camera setting change unit that generates or changes the camera setting content associated with the camera image related information that is stored, and a camera setting transmission unit that transmits, to the camera, the camera setting content that is generated, in which the camera image related information includes at least a saving period in which the moving image data is saved in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yohsuke Konishi
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Publication number: 20210232541Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a determiner that determines an area including a handwritten figure from image data; a recognizer that recognizes a handwritten character from the handwritten figure; an acquirer that acquires a file name; and a file generator that generates a file with a file name based on a handwritten character when the recognizer recognizes the handwritten character based on the image data and generates a file with the file name acquired by the acquirer when the recognizer does not recognize a handwritten character.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: YOHSUKE KONISHI
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Publication number: 20200068118Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a moving image data acquisition unit that acquires moving image data from one or more cameras connected via a network, a storage unit that stores the moving image data that is acquired and camera image related information used to generate a camera setting content of a setting item related to image capturing of a camera, a camera setting change unit that generates or changes the camera setting content associated with the camera image related information that is stored, and a camera setting transmission unit that transmits, to the camera, the camera setting content that is generated, in which the camera image related information includes at least a saving period in which the moving image data is saved in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventor: Yohsuke Konishi
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Patent number: 10477074Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yohsuke Konishi, Yoko Ishii
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Publication number: 20190158705Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yohsuke KONISHI, Yoko ISHII
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Publication number: 20190138251Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a setting information acquisition unit acquiring setting information corresponding to an inputted predetermined setting item, an embedment information generation unit converting the acquired setting information into embedment setting information having a predetermined data structure, an image input unit inputting information written on a document as image data based on the setting information, an image setting synthesis unit generating synthesized information obtained by synthesizing the inputted image data and the embedment setting information, and an output unit outputting the synthesized information, in which the embedment setting information is placed in an area not outputted in the synthesized information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventor: Yohsuke KONISHI
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Patent number: 10230872Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yohsuke Konishi, Yoko Ishii
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Publication number: 20180041664Abstract: A color adjustment determination method is provided that includes forming a color adjustment image on a recording medium by moving a plurality of heads including a plurality of nozzles relative to the recording medium in a relative moving direction and ejecting liquid from the plurality of heads that are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative moving direction, acquiring colorimetric values of a plurality of portions of the color adjustment image formed by the plurality of heads that are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction, calculating a color difference between at least two portions of the plurality of portions of the color adjustment image based on the colorimetric values of the plurality of portions, and determining whether at least one of the plurality of heads that have ejected the liquid requires adjustment based on the calculated color difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yohsuke KONISHI, Yoko ISHII
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Patent number: 9268998Abstract: An image determining apparatus of the present invention includes an image type determining section (81) which determines whether an image is a scanned image or a captured image; and a compact PDF file generation determining section (82) which (a) extracts (i) a feature regarding a resolution from the scanned image or (ii) a feature regarding a blur from the captured image and (b) determines, on the basis of the extracted feature, whether or not the image is suitable for the conversion.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohsuke Konishi, Atsuhisa Morimoto, Teruhiko Matsuoka, Daisaku Imaizumi
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Publication number: 20150248777Abstract: A file information generation section generates a draw command for causing a computer to carry out a process for switching, in accordance with an instruction from a user, between a first display state in which, in a case where the user specifies a part of an original text, the original text and translation information corresponding to the part of the original text, which part is specified by the user, are displayed; and a second display state in which the original text and the translation information corresponding to the original text are displayed at all times. This allows a browsing user to generate an image file in which a display mode of a translated word can be easily switched.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yohsuke Konishi, Akihito Yoshida, Hitoshi Hirohata
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Publication number: 20150093031Abstract: An image determining apparatus of the present invention includes an image type determining section (81) which determines whether an image is a scanned image or a captured image; and a compact PDF file generation determining section (82) which (a) extracts (i) a feature regarding a resolution from the scanned image or (ii) a feature regarding a blur from the captured image and (b) determines, on the basis of the extracted feature, whether or not the image is suitable for the conversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohsuke KONISHI, Atsuhisa MORIMOTO, Teruhiko MATSUOKA, Daisaku IMAIZUMI
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Patent number: 8941864Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the predetermined size, and (iii) performs a character recognition process of the characters with use of the reduced image data.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi Hirohata, Akihito Yoshida, Atsuhisa Morimoto, Yohsuke Konishi
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Publication number: 20150015917Abstract: An image processing apparatus (3) includes: a detection processing section which detects, for each page of an original document with a plurality of pages, the feature of image data of each page; a detection result calculation section (51) which (i) accumulates the feature detected and (ii) calculates a frequency of the feature of the original document; and a setting section (52) which sets a common feature, as the feature, to the image data of the plurality of pages of the original document in accordance with the frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Hitoshi Hirohata, Yohsuke Konishi, Makio Gotoh, Masakazu Ohira
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Publication number: 20140337008Abstract: An image processing apparatus (3) includes: a translation section (32) carrying out a translation process of a language contained in image data; and a formatting process section (34) generating an image file, in accordance with the image data and a result of the translation process. The formatting process section (34) embeds, in the image file, a command for causing a computer to switch between a first display state in which the language and the translated word are displayed together and a second display state in which the language is displayed without the translated word in a case where a user gives, with respect to the image file, a switching instruction to switch between the first display state and the second display state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Atsuhisa Morimoto, Yohsuke Konishi, Hitoshi Hirohata, Akihito Yoshida
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Patent number: 8848240Abstract: An object area containing a text or a graphic is extracted from a document image containing the text or the graphic. Then, on the basis of the extracted object area and stored size information, a cropping area is determined that surrounds the object area with given margins. Further, setting of margins is received. Then, on the basis of the object area and the received setting of the margins, the cropping area is determined. Then, the cropping area determined on the basis of the object area and the size information or alternatively the cropping area determined on the basis of the object area and the setting of the margins is cropped from the document image.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsuhisa Morimoto, Yohsuke Konishi, Hitoshi Hirohata, Akihito Yoshida