Patents by Inventor Atsushi Koinuma

Atsushi Koinuma 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).

  • Text processing apparatus and text display system
    Patent number: 9519637
    Abstract: A text processing apparatus includes an environmental information acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information, a text acquisition unit configured to acquire text, a word extraction unit configured to extract a word from the text, and a joint indication unit configured to convert the word extracted from the text into a converted word using a dictionary that is accessed according to the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit and indicate the converted word along with the word extracted from the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koinuma, Toshiyuki Tezuka
  • TEXT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TEXT DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150057996
    Abstract: A text processing apparatus includes an environmental information acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information, a text acquisition unit configured to acquire text, a word extraction unit configured to extract a word from the text, and a joint indication unit configured to convert the word extracted from the text into a converted word using a dictionary that is accessed according to the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit and indicate the converted word along with the word extracted from the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi KOINUMA, Toshiyuki TEZUKA
  • Audio font output device, font database, and language input front end processor
    Patent number: 8285547
    Abstract: An audio font output device is disclosed that is able to effectively convert characters or text into an audio signal recognizable by the acoustic sense of human beings. The audio font output device includes a font data base that stores a character corresponding to a symbol code or picture data of a symbol, first audio data corresponding to the symbol code, a symbol display unit that displays the character corresponding to the symbol code or the symbol based on the picture data, and an audio output unit that outputs an audio signal based on the first audio data corresponding to the symbol code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Koinuma
  • Audio font output device, font database, and language input front end processor
    Publication number: 20060235702
    Abstract: An audio font output device is disclosed that is able to effectively convert characters or text into an audio signal recognizable by the acoustic sense of human beings. The audio font output device includes a font data base that stores a character corresponding to a symbol code or picture data of a symbol, first audio data corresponding to the symbol code, a symbol display unit that displays the character corresponding to the symbol code or the symbol based on the picture data, and an audio output unit that outputs an audio signal based on the first audio data corresponding to the symbol code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Atsushi Koinuma