Patents Assigned to Ricoh Company, Limited
  • Patent number: 11548752
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is configured to press a fold line that is formed on a sheet. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet supporting unit configured to support the sheet in a pressing direction for pressing the fold line; a pressing unit configured to press the fold line that is formed on the sheet that is supported by the sheet supporting unit; and a pressing-force generating unit configured to generate a pressing force for pressing the sheet supporting unit against the pressing unit at a central part in a direction along which the fold line is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Hari, Manabu Yamanaka, Nagayasu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11509825
    Abstract: The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Taneichi, Takeshi Ito, Masanori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11084682
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes: a second conveying roller pair that receives and conveys a sheet conveyed by a first conveying roller pair; a first folding roller pair that forms a first fold on the sheet; and a first rotation unit capable of rotating the second conveying roller pair and the first folding roller pair. One roller of the second conveying roller pair and one roller of the first folding roller pair are a common roller shared therebetween. The second conveying roller pair causes the sheet to be deflected and guided to the first folding roller pair, and the first folding roller pair forms the first fold on the deflected sheet by rotating the first rotation unit in a certain direction in a state in which the sheet is held by the first conveying roller pair and the second conveying roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Michitaka Suzuki, Tomomichi Hoshino, Yuji Suzuki, Satoshi Saito, Takao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10974923
    Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a conveying unit, a presser, an end detector, and a setting unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet having a crease formed therein. The presser presses the crease in the sheet. The end detector detects an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction. The setting unit sets a crease position where the crease is to be formed. Upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the conveying unit conveys the sheet to a position where the crease faces the presser, on the basis of the crease position set by the setting unit. The presser presses the crease in the conveyed sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Michitaka Suzuki, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Tomomichi Hoshino, Satoshi Saito, Takahiro Watanabe, Takao Watanabe, Yuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10972716
    Abstract: A calibration method calibrates a stereo camera. The calibration method includes: measuring a relative position between the stereo camera and an object that is placed so as to fall within an image capturing area of the stereo camera; acquiring a captured image that is captured by the stereo camera and includes the object; and determining a calibration parameter for calibrating the stereo camera based on the relative position and the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shin Aoki, Naoki Kikuchi, Kagehiro Nagao, Jun Kishiwada
  • Patent number: 10948867
    Abstract: A cabinet structure includes multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, and a clearance communicating between the inside and the outside of the cabinet is left between two cover members, the two cover members being adjacent to each other, of the cover members, and a passage defined by the clearance and leading from the inside to the outside of the cabinet through the clearance has a shape with multiple bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuda, Masahiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 10943575
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10894690
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus is configured to press a fold line that is formed on a sheet. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet supporting unit configured to support the sheet in a pressing direction for pressing the fold line; a pressing unit configured to press the fold line that is formed on the sheet that is supported by the sheet supporting unit; and a pressing-force generating unit configured to generate a pressing force for pressing the sheet supporting unit against the pressing unit at a central part in a direction along which the fold line is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Hari, Manabu Yamanaka, Nagayasu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10873719
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a display device, a video display controller configured to display video data imaged by an imaging device in a predetermined display region to be displayed by the display device, and a region display controller configured to display a plurality of display elements representing determination regions based on a plurality of types of determination functions with respect to the video data in the display region by superimposing the plurality of display elements on the video data in aspects different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiji Ohmura, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10814423
    Abstract: An optical processing apparatus includes a light source, a condensing optical system, and a shaping optical system. The light source emits light. The condensing optical system condenses the light emitted from the light source onto a processing target position on a surface of an object to be processed. The shaping optical system shapes a spot shape of the condensed light, such that a ratio of a major axis diameter of the spot shape to a minor axis diameter of the spot shape, in a cross section orthogonal to an optical axis of the condensed light on the object to be processed, is a minimum at or adjacent to a focal position of the shaping optical system. A method for optically processing an object is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Suhara
  • Patent number: 10807827
    Abstract: A sheet processing device is for binding sheets together. The sheet processing device includes binding units differing from each other in maximum sheet count, the maximum sheet count being a maximum number of sheets that can be bound at a time; a sheet tray configured to hold sheets until all to-be-bound sheets are placed therein, the number of the to-be-bound sheets being a largest one of the maximum sheet counts of the binding units or smaller; and a stacked-sheet-count limiting unit situated in a thickness direction of the sheets held in the sheet tray. The stacked-sheet-count limiting unit is configured to limit the number of sheets held in the sheet tray by varying a distance from a sheet support surface of the sheet tray on which the sheets are placed, depending on one of the binding units by which the sheets held in the sheet tray are to be bound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru Takahashi, Katsuhiro Kosuge, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Hidehiko Fujiwara, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Koki Sakano, Takuya Morinaga
  • Patent number: 10739964
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a function selecting screen that contains a first icon for receiving a selection of a first communication function and a second icon for receiving a selection of a second communication function. The first communication function is to provide communication using a signaling protocol for connecting to or disconnecting from a destination of communication and an encoding protocol for encapsulating communication data in IP packets. The second communication function is to provide communication using the same signaling protocol and a different encoding protocol. The communication terminal also includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of the first icon or the second icon; and a starting unit configured to start the first communication function and the second communication function in response to the selection of the first icon and the second icon, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanda, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 10720134
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10717625
    Abstract: A sheet processing device includes a conveying unit, a presser, an end detector, and a setting unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet having a crease formed therein. The presser presses the crease in the sheet. The end detector detects an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction. The setting unit sets a crease position where the crease is to be formed. Upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the conveying unit conveys the sheet to a position where the crease faces the presser, on the basis of the crease position set by the setting unit. The presser presses the crease in the conveyed sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Michitaka Suzuki, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Tomomichi Hoshino, Satoshi Saito, Takahiro Watanabe, Takao Watanabe, Yuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10687187
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a server including: an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from an apparatus, first information including apparatus information which includes peripheral device connection information indicating whether a peripheral device is connected to the apparatus and indicates a function that the apparatus has, and application identification information which identifies an application required to be used by the apparatus; an identifying unit configured to refer to second information in which each application is associated with condition information indicating a condition necessary to use that application, and identify condition information associated with the application identified by the application identification information included in the first information; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the application identified by the application identification information included in the first information can be used based on the apparatus information included i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yoshimi Satoh
  • Patent number: 10652405
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes circuitry to receive a request for generating electronic data from an information processing apparatus via a first communication network, generate the electronic data, receive storage destination information designating a storage destination of the electronic data from the information processing apparatus via the first communication network, and transmit the generated electronic data to the storage destination via a second communication network, different from the first communication network, based on the storage destination information received from the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Katsunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10592940
    Abstract: A transmission system includes: a transmission management system and a fee management system. The transmission management system manages participation time information using a given transmission terminal. The fee management system manages participation fee information. The transmission management system includes a transmission unit that transmits the participation time information to the fee management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miida, Yuuta Hamada, Yoichi Kanai, Naoki Umehara
  • Patent number: 10562733
    Abstract: A sheet processing device is for binding sheets together. The sheet processing device includes binding units differing from each other in maximum sheet count, the maximum sheet count being a maximum number of sheets that can be bound at a time; a sheet tray configured to hold sheets until all to-be-bound sheets are placed therein, the number of the to-be-bound sheets being a largest one of the maximum sheet counts of the binding units or smaller; and a stacked-sheet-count limiting unit situated in a thickness direction of the sheets held in the sheet tray. The stacked-sheet-count limiting unit is configured to limit the number of sheets held in the sheet tray by varying a distance from a sheet support surface of the sheet tray on which the sheets are placed, depending on one of the binding units by which the sheets held in the sheet tray are to be bound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru Takahashi, Katsuhiro Kosuge, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Hidehiko Fujiwara, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Koki Sakano, Takuya Morinaga
  • Patent number: 10539919
    Abstract: A cabinet structure includes multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, and a clearance communicating between the inside and the outside of the cabinet is left between two cover members, the two cover members being adjacent to each other, of the cover members, and a passage defined by the clearance and leading from the inside to the outside of the cabinet through the clearance has a shape with multiple bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuda, Masahiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 10519000
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Sawada, Shigeru Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kuno, Takuya Fukuhara