Patents Assigned to Xerox
  • Information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 10970583
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that displays on a display a drawing that expresses a meaning of target data, and an extracting unit that extracts partial data that is at least part of the target data, the partial data being used to express a specific portion if the specific portion is specified as part or whole of the drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 10970134
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit. The reception unit receives an apparatus to be used for a cooperative function. The reception unit further receives a different apparatus to execute the cooperative function in a case where the apparatus is not able to operate normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Information processing apparatus with print job grouping function and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 10970022
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an assignment unit that assigns plural associated execution instructions to a first group and a second group; and an order setting unit that sets an order of second execution instructions assigned to the second group in accordance with an order of first execution instructions assigned to the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dai Fukami
  • Multi-function devices with personalized home screen and saved jobs for authenticated user
    Patent number: 10970006
    Abstract: A method for executing a saved job from a remotely located multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the method is executed by a processor and includes authenticating a user, accessing a saved job from an application server, wherein the saved job was created from a local MFD, setting a plurality of parameters on the remotely located MFD based on metadata obtained from the saved job, and executing the saved job on the remotely located MFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Nazzaro, Sanja Pstrocki-Porras
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
    Patent number: 10969741
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that controls formation of an image to be formed in air so that the image and a user do not overlap each other in a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
    Patent number: 10970483
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first extraction part that extracts a value corresponding to a first item, which is an item indicative of a deadline, from a result of character recognition with respect to an image acquired by reading a document which includes an item and a value corresponding to the item; a generation part that generates a second character string of a date format indicative of a date of the deadline based on the result of the character recognition in a case where the value extracted by the first extraction part is a first character string other than the date format; and an output part that outputs the generated second character string as the value corresponding to the first item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Shimizu, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Daigo Horie
  • Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 10969720
    Abstract: A heating device includes a surface heater unit that generates heat along a surface extending in a longitudinal direction to heat a heating object; a heat pipe disposed to be in contact with a surface of the surface heater unit over a region extending in the longitudinal direction at a side opposite to a side adjacent to the heating object; a friction reducing material provided to a region in which the surface heater unit and the heating object are in contact with each other, the friction reducing material reducing a frictional resistance between the surface heater unit and the heating object; and a heat-conductive material interposed between the surface heater unit and the heat pipe and having a surface tension that differs from a surface tension of the friction reducing material by 3 (mN/m) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Koyanagi, Toko Hara, Kazuyoshi Itoh, Sou Morizaki, Motoharu Nakao, Toshiyuki Miyata, Toru Inoue
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210096875
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a reset process for resetting a watchdog timer, execute a recovery process of the information processing apparatus, in a case where the watchdog timer is not able to be reset within a time limit, and sets the time limit to a longer time, in a case where an apparatus load which is at least one of a current processing load per unit time of the information processing apparatus or a processing amount of a processing request which is input to the information processing apparatus is large, as compared to a case where the apparatus load is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato SAITO, Masayoshi MIKI, Teiju SATO, Yasuhiro NAKATANI
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON PRE-DEFINED SETTINGS STORED IN A PERSONAL STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210096891
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for localizing a user interface of a multi-function device, based on a personal storage device of a user connected to the multi-function device, wherein the multi-function device presents a user interface in a pre-defined language. The method includes receiving the personal storage device by the multi-function device, the personal storage device includes a pre-defined setting, the pre-defined setting indicates a local language of the user. Upon receiving, the personal storage device is detected by the multi-function device. The local language of the user is detected based on the pre-defined setting stored in the personal storage device of the user. Upon detection, the pre-defined language of the user interface is automatically changed to the local language of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muralidaran KRISNASAMY, Narayan KESAVAN, Raj KUMAR
  • HEATING MEMBER FOR FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210096487
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a heat source, a support portion, at least one adhesive layer, and a heat transfer member. The support portion supports the heat source. The at least one adhesive layer fixes the heat source and the support portion to each other. The heat transfer member is disposed at a portion other than a portion between the adhesive layer and the heat source to conduct heat of a portion of the heat source to another portion of the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi KOYANAGI, Takaaki SATO, Toru INOUE
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A 3D PRINTER
    Publication number: 20210094223
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printer includes a tool configured to extrude a material onto a surface to produce a 3D object. The printer also includes a first movement device configured to move the tool in a first direction. The printer also includes a first sensor configured to measure a first electrical parameter of the first movement device as the first movement device moves the tool in the first direction. A distance between the tool and the surface is varied in response to a comparison of the first electrical parameter and a first electrical parameter threshold of the first movement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christopher D. Blair
  • OBJECT TEXTURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210097705
    Abstract: An object texture measurement device includes a visual detection unit that detects a visual texture of an object, a tactile detection unit that detects a tactile texture of the object, and an acquisition unit that acquires a detection result of each of the visual detection unit and the tactile detection unit while relatively moving each of the visual detection unit and the tactile detection unit with respect to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi HIRAMATSU, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210099416
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a notification unit that performs notification to a first person when the first person differs from a second person and refrains from performing the notification when the first person is the same as the second person, wherein the first person is one who instructs execution of an application for transmitting data to a preset transmission destination, the second person is one who has changed information on the transmission destination included in an address book, and the notification indicates that the information on the transmission destination has been changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210097708
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging a space by one imaging device fixed in the space, specify, in the image, a two-dimensional coordinate of a bright spot indicating light emission of a light emitting device moving in the space, acquire output information output by the light emitting device, and specify a three-dimensional coordinate in the space of the light emitting device based on the output information and the two-dimensional coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei KOBAYAKAWA, Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Daisuke MATSUMOTO, Kei SHIMOTANI
  • DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210096482
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developing housing, a developing unit, and a transport unit. The developing housing includes a container chamber containing a developer. The developing unit rotates around a first rotation axis while carrying the developer on a surface thereof to deliver the developer. At least a partial region of the developing unit is exposed from the developing housing in a developing region below the first rotation axis such that the developing unit faces an image carrier. The developing unit develops an electrostatic latent image. The transport unit is disposed in the container chamber. The transport unit rotates around a second rotation axis to transport the developer. A part of an inner wall surface of the container chamber on a developer lifting side in which the surface of the developing unit moves toward the transport unit is located between a first plane and a second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichiro OKUNO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210096735
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an operation execution receiver that receives an execution of an operation of a device; and an operation prohibition canceler that, when in a state where the device is prohibited from performing the operation, cancels prohibition of the operation of the device upon the execution of the operation being received by the operation execution receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eri HIRAKAWA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210099607
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to: when an extension device that extends functions of the information processing apparatus by being connected to the information processing apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus, display (i) information representing a basic function provided in the information processing apparatus and (ii) information representing an extended function added by the extension device on one screen together; and when the connection with the extension device is released, display the information representing the extended function so as to indicate that the extended function becomes available when the extension device is connected to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu MIYOSHI, Shunji TSUNASHIMA, Terutake HAYASHI
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210096495
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a density detector, a determination unit, and a change unit. The density detector detects a density of a patch image formed on an image carrier over plural places. The determination unit determines whether plural detection results of the density detector are within a threshold. When the number of determination results, by the determination unit, that the density of the patch image is not within the threshold exceeds a predetermined number, the change unit changes (i) a detection timing at which the patch image is detected by the density detector or (ii) a formation position of the patch image on the image carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya TAKAHIRA, Shoji YAMAGUCHI
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210096706
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an instruction to return to a home screen from a device settings screen; and a display controller that performs control in such a way that the returning to the home screen is prohibited in a case where the instruction is received by the receiver between commencement of processing to transition to a setting mode of a device and completion of the processing to transition to the setting mode, or between commencement of processing to end the setting mode of the device and completion of the processing to end the setting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eri HIRAKAWA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210097272
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: determine a document type of a document by using a title of the document, the document being classified as the determined document type, the title representing a category of the document and being extracted from a read image of the document; and extract a field value from the document by using an item of definition information prepared in accordance with the determined document type from among items of definition information. The definition information is prepared for each document type and defines a rule for extracting a field value from a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi SHIMIZU, Shigeru OKADA, Masanori YOSHIZUKA