Patents by Inventor Akira Yokoyama
Akira Yokoyama 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: 12294680Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a scanner to read a document, a memory to store an address and a job condition of the document read by the scanner, and circuitry to identify a user, send the document read by the scanner to the address under the job condition, determine whether a type of the document read by the scanner is a confidential document, search a number of times the confidential document has been sent to the address in the memory when the type of the document is determined as the confidential document, and display, on a screen, a message whether to send the document read by the scanner to the address under the job condition when the number of the times is less than a predetermined times.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Patent number: 12177396Abstract: An image reading device, an image reading method, a non-transitory recording medium, and an information processing system. The image reading device includes a scanner to read a document into an image, determines a document type of the document based on the image, determines whether to confirm the predetermined destination based on a frequency with which an image of the determined document type is transmitted to the predetermined destination, displays on a display, a screen to confirm the predetermined destination based on a determination indicating that the predetermined destination is to be confirmed, and transmits the image to the predetermined destination based on a confirmation.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240402724Abstract: An automatic transfer system includes a guide path, a transfer vehicle, and a program for calculation of a travel route of the transfer vehicle. Each of a plurality of branch points and a plurality of stop positions included in the guide path is assigned with any one of position codes specified by a combination of three numbers, which is a number of pieces corresponding to a maximum order of channels included in the guide path. Each of three numbers specifying the position code is determined on the basis of a channel including a branch point or a stop position corresponding to the position code and on the basis of a sequential order of the branch point or the stop position from a start point of the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hirotaka YOSHIDA, Masanori NIMURA, Akira YOKOYAMA, Masashi OKUMA
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Publication number: 20240323292Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a scanner to read a document, a memory to store an address and a job condition of the document read by the scanner, and circuitry to identify a user, send the document read by the scanner to the address under the job condition, determine whether a type of the document read by the scanner is a confidential document, search a number of times the confidential document has been sent to the address in the memory when the type of the document is determined as the confidential document, and display, on a screen, a message whether to send the document read by the scanner to the address under the job condition when the number of the times is less than a predetermined times.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Akira YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 12038275Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a magnetic member configured to cause a large Barkhausen effect; a power generation coil disposed so as to be wound around the magnetic member; and soft magnetic members formed at both end portions of the magnetic member so as to be in contact with the magnetic member and so as to press the magnetic member. Consequently, evenness of a magnetic flux density inside the magnetic member is increased, and the large Barkhausen effect is stably caused, whereby a highly stable power generation element is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo Nakamura, Shinichiro Yoshida, Hisanori Torii, Masanori Nimura, Shizuka Ueda, Yuji Kubo, Takuya Noguchi, Akira Yokoyama, Takeshi Musha, Yoshinori Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20240179256Abstract: An image reading device, an image reading method, a non-transitory recording medium, and an information processing system. The image reading device includes a scanner to read a document into an image, determines a document type of the document based on the image, determines whether to confirm the predetermined destination based on a frequency with which an image of the determined document type is transmitted to the predetermined destination, displays on a display, a screen to confirm the predetermined destination based on a determination indicating that the predetermined destination is to be confirmed, and transmits the image to the predetermined destination based on a confirmation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventor: Akira YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240061154Abstract: The optical apparatus comprises an optical member and an aluminum alloy member facing the optical member. A black oxide coating is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy member facing the optical member, and a plurality of holes each having a diameter of 5 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less are formed in the black oxide coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: AKIRA YOKOYAMA, SHOTARO WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230068474Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a magnetic member configured to cause a large Barkhausen effect; a power generation coil disposed so as to be wound around the magnetic member; and soft magnetic members formed at both end portions of the magnetic member so as to be in contact with the magnetic member and so as to press the magnetic member. Consequently, evenness of a magnetic flux density inside the magnetic member is increased, and the large Barkhausen effect is stably caused, whereby a highly stable power generation element is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitomo NAKAMURA, Shinichiro YOSHIDA, Hisanori TORII, Masanori NIMURA, Shizuka UEDA, Yuji KUBO, Takuya NOGUCHI, Akira YOKOYAMA, Takeshi MUSHA, Yoshinori MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220269039Abstract: A lens barrel including: a linear guide member with a linear guide extending along an optical axis formed therein; a cam member with a cam formed therein; and a moving member, holding an optical element, including an engaging member engaging with the linear guide and the cam, and moving along the optical axis by a relative rotation between the linear guide member and the cam member, wherein the engaging member includes a first engaging member engaging with the cam, and a second engaging member engaging with the linear guide and having a plane in contact with the linear guide, wherein an amount of backlash between the first engaging member and the cam is smaller than an amount of backlash between the second engaging member and the linear guide, and wherein the lens barrel includes a viscous member arranged between the linear guide and the second engaging member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Yuusuke Hirai, Akira Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11269157Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus including: a first optical element configured to be movable in an optical axis direction; a second optical element configured to be movable in the optical axis direction; a first elastic member configured to bias the first optical element in the optical axis direction; and a second elastic member configured to bias the first optical element and the second optical element in the optical axis direction due to reduction in distance between the first optical element and the second optical element, wherein the second elastic member is configured to bias the first optical element, due to the reduction, in a direction in which the first elastic member biases the first optical element.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11252296Abstract: A facsimile, a control method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The facsimile designates destination information according to a designation operation by a user, extracts the destination information from an image indicated by image information, determines whether the destination information designated according to the designation operation and the destination information extracted from the image match, and display on a display, a notification screen based on a result of determination.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Mori, Akira Yokoyama, Hayato Aikawa
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Publication number: 20210289098Abstract: A facsimile, a control method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The facsimile designates destination information according to a designation operation by a user, extracts the destination information from an image indicated by image information, determines whether the destination information designated according to the designation operation and the destination information extracted from the image match, and display on a display, a notification screen based on a result of determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya MORI, Akira YOKOYAMA, Hayato AIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200267268Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to acquire a voice instructing to set a plurality of setting items to be used for executing image forming, control a display to display a setting screen indicating a plurality of setting items having been set using one or more keywords recognized from the voice instructing to set the plurality of setting items, and perform image forming based on the plurality of setting items having been set based on the voice.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Akira YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20190137729Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus including: a first optical element configured to be movable in an optical axis direction; a second optical element configured to be movable in the optical axis direction; a first elastic member configured to bias the first optical element in the optical axis direction; and a second elastic member configured to bias the first optical element and the second optical element in the optical axis direction due to reduction in distance between the first optical element and the second optical element, wherein the second elastic member is configured to bias the first optical element, due to the reduction, in a direction in which the first elastic member biases the first optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10203468Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a can ring for moving an optical member in an optical axis direction by rotating about an optical axis relative to a fixed barrel. One end surface of the cam ring in the optical axis direction is in contact with a first ball array, while an opposite end surface of the cam ring in the optical axis direction is in contact with a second ball array, the first ball array is rotatably held by and between a ring member movable in the optical axis direction and the one end surface, the second ball array is rotatably held by and between a cap member fixed to the fixed barrel and the opposite end surface, and the ring member is biased by an elastic member toward the cam ring, and the cam ring is thereby biased toward the cap member.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9671674Abstract: A stop mechanism, including: diaphragms; a reception receiving the diaphragms; a cam rotating the diaphragms to change an aperture diameter; and an interlocking arm interlocking with rotation of the cam and arranged on a radially outer side of the cam to rotate the cam from an outside of the stop mechanism. The diaphragms each include: an arc portion defining the aperture diameter and being received in the reception at maximum aperture; and a light-blocking projection formed on the arc portion to block light outside the aperture diameter. The reception includes cutouts for allowing the light-blocking projection to project outside at the maximum aperture. The interlocking arm is located at a position where the light-blocking projection does not overlap in a circumferential direction, and the light-blocking projection moves into the reception while the interlocking arm moves in the circumferential direction in which the aperture diameter is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20170059809Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a can ring for moving an optical member in an optical axis direction by rotating about an optical axis relative to a fixed barrel. One end surface of the cam ring in the optical axis direction is in contact with a first ball array, while an opposite end surface of the cam ring in the optical axis direction is in contact with a second ball array, the first ball array is rotatably held by and between a ring member movable in the optical axis direction and the one end surface, the second ball array is rotatably held by and between a cap member fixed to the fixed barrel and the opposite end surface, and the ring member is biased by an elastic member toward the cam ring, and the cam ring is thereby biased toward the cap member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9491319Abstract: A display control device includes an acquiring unit that acquires a display request of display information including a display item with respect to a device; a first storage unit that stores therein a minimum item size that is a minimum value of an item size of the display item displayed on a display screen on which the display information is to be displayed; an item size determination unit that sets, based on a screen size of the display screen, an item size of the display item when displayed on the display screen, to an item size that is equal to or larger than the minimum item size; and a display information generating unit that generates the display information including the display item having the set item size.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Akira Yokoyama, Tatsuo Nishimura
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Publication number: 20160161829Abstract: A stop mechanism, including: diaphragms; a reception receiving the diaphragms; a cam rotating the diaphragms to change an aperture diameter; and an interlocking arm interlocking with rotation of the cam and arranged on a radially outer side of the cam to rotate the cam from an outside of the stop mechanism. The diaphragms each include: an arc portion defining the aperture diameter and being received in the reception at maximum aperture; and a light-blocking projection formed on the arc portion to block light outside the aperture diameter. The reception includes cutouts for allowing the light-blocking projection to project outside at the maximum aperture. The interlocking arm is located at a position where the light-blocking projection does not overlap in a circumferential direction, and the light-blocking projection moves into the reception while the interlocking arm moves in the circumferential direction in which the aperture diameter is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventor: Akira Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20160080588Abstract: An information processing system includes an execution request unit that requests one or more multiple preregistered apparatuses to execute an operation, an authority information acquisition unit that acquires authority information that indicates user authority on the preregistered apparatus from at least one of the preregistered apparatuses, an authority management information generator that generates authority management information that indicates the user authority applied to the preregistered apparatuses based on the authority information that the authority information acquisition unit acquires, and a controller that controls whether or not to allow the execution request unit to request to execute the operation based on the authority management information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Tohru SASAKI, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Atsushi Okazato, Makoto Sasaki, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Hirohisa Saitoh, Mie Watanabe, Tatsuo Nishimura, Yukinori Ishii, Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Fumihiro Umetsu, Itaru Kodaira, Naoki Shimizu, Akira Yokoyama, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Tadashi Sato, Takashi Toriumi, Fumiyoshi Kittaka