Patents by Inventor Haruki MURATA

Haruki MURATA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230238018
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to acquire behavior information of a plurality of users having a conversation, generate sound data based on the behavior information, and cause an output device to output an ambient sound based on the sound data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Murata, Yuuya Katoh
  • Patent number: 11556308
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an image display apparatus provided in a space and configured to display an image; a sensor apparatus carried by a user who is present in the space and configured to output a signal for detecting position information of the user in the space; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to store a plurality of pieces of position information of a plurality of users including the user, who are in present in the space, in association with the plurality of users, the plurality of users being detected based on signals output from a plurality of sensor apparatuses including the sensor apparatus, and control environment effect production that supports communication between the plurality of users by the image displayed by the image display apparatus, based on each of the plurality of pieces of position information of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Haruki Murata
  • Publication number: 20210263704
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an image display apparatus provided in a space and configured to display an image; a sensor apparatus carried by a user who is present in the space and configured to output a signal for detecting position information of the user in the space; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to store a plurality of pieces of position information of a plurality of users including the user, who are in present in the space, in association with the plurality of users, the plurality of users being detected based on signals output from a plurality of sensor apparatuses including the sensor apparatus, and control environment effect production that supports communication between the plurality of users by the image displayed by the image display apparatus, based on each of the plurality of pieces of position information of the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Haruki MURATA
  • Patent number: 10915035
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a core material particle and a resin layer covering a surface of the core material particle. The resin layer includes a resin and at least one kind of a fine particle. At least one kind of the fine particles includes a chargeable fine particle. The chargeable fine particle has a long diameter of 400 to 900 nm. The chargeable fine particle has a shape factor SF-1 of 160 to 250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Murata, Hiroyuki Kishida, Toyoaki Tano, Kenichi Mashiko, Masato Taikoji, Mariko Takii, Yoshihiro Murasawa
  • Publication number: 20200183297
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a core material particle and a resin layer covering a surface of the core material particle. The resin layer includes a resin and at least one kind of a fine particle. At least one kind of the fine particles includes a chargeable fine particle. The chargeable fine particle has a long diameter of 400 to 900 nm. The chargeable fine particle has a shape factor SF-1 of 160 to 250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Haruki MURATA, Hiroyuki KISHIDA, Toyoaki TANO, Kenichi MASHIKO, Masato TAIKOJI, Mariko TAKII, Yoshihiro MURASAWA
  • Patent number: 10254674
    Abstract: A carrier for a developer of an electrostatic latent image, the carrier including: core particles having magnetism; and a coating layer coating a surface of each of the core particles, wherein the coating layer includes two or more kinds of inorganic particles, at least one kind of inorganic particles among the two or more kinds of inorganic particles is inorganic particles A having conductivity and a peak particle diameter of from 300 nm through 1,000 nm, and surface roughness of the carrier calculated by Formula 1 below is from 1.10 m2/g through 1.90 m2/g, C?F??Formula 1 where C is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the carrier and F is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the core particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Seki, Hiroyuki Kishida, Haruki Murata, Shinya Nakagawa, Kei Niwayama, Saori Yamada, Kohsuke Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10054868
    Abstract: A carrier includes a core and a covering layer covering the core and including at least carbon black and a filler. The maximum height Ry of the surface of the carrier is from 4.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishida, Kenichi Mashiko, Mariko Takii, Yoshihiro Murasawa, Haruki Murata
  • Patent number: 10031434
    Abstract: A carrier includes a resin layer including Al and Sn and covering the surface of the carrier. A detectable amount of Al is from 1.0% to 12.1% by atom and a ratio (Al/Sn) of the detectable amount of Al to that of Sn is from 2.0 to 50.0 when the carrier is subjected to an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mariko Takii, Yoshihiro Murasawa, Takahiro Nakamura, Kei Niwayama, Haruki Murata, Masato Taikoji, Koichi Sakata
  • Patent number: 10025214
    Abstract: Carrier for image forming includes a core material particle including a magnetic material and a coating layer disposed on the surface of the core material particle, the coating layer including a resin, carbon black, an inorganic particulate A, and an inorganic particulate B. The carbon black has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from high to low toward a surface of the coating layer while the inorganic particulate A has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from low to high toward the surface of the coating layer. The volume ratio of the carbon black is 0-30 percent at a depth range of 0.0-0.1 ?m from the surface of the coating layer. The inorganic particulate A is electroconductive with a powder specific resistance of 200 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nagayama, Mariko Takii, Yoshihiro Murasawa, Haruki Murata, Kei Niwayama, Tohru Suganuma, Koichi Sakata, Saori Yamada, Shinya Nakagawa, Kohsuke Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9989874
    Abstract: A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images is provided. The carrier includes a magnetic core particle and a resin layer coating a surface of the magnetic core particle. The resin layer includes a particulate material A having a volume average particle diameter (a) and a particulate material B having a volume average particle diameter (b). The volume average particle diameter (a) of the particulate material A is the largest among volume average particle diameters of all particulate materials included in the resin layer, and an inequation 100?(a)/(b)?5 is satisfied. The particulate material A is barium sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Murasawa, Toyoaki Tano, Hiroyuki Kishida, Masato Taikoji, Kenichi Mashiko, Mariko Takii, Haruki Murata
  • Publication number: 20180113393
    Abstract: A carrier for a developer of an electrostatic latent image, the carrier including: core particles having magnetism; and a coating layer coating a surface of each of the core particles, wherein the coating layer includes two or more kinds of inorganic particles, at least one kind of inorganic particles among the two or more kinds of inorganic particles is inorganic particles A having conductivity and a peak particle diameter of from 300 nm through 1,000 nm, and surface roughness of the carrier calculated by Formula 1 below is from 1.10 m2/g through 1.90 m2/g, C?F??Formula 1 where C is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the carrier and F is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the core particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro SEKI, Hiroyuki Kishida, Haruki Murata, Shinya Nakagawa, Kei Niwayama, Saori Yamada, Kohsuke Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20170269497
    Abstract: A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images is provided. The carrier includes a magnetic core particle and a resin layer coating a surface of the magnetic core particle. The resin layer includes a particulate material A having a volume average particle diameter (a) and a particulate material B having a volume average particle diameter (b). The volume average particle diameter (a) of the particulate material A is the largest among volume average particle diameters of all particulate materials included in the resin layer, and an inequation 100?(a)/(b)?5 is satisfied. The particulate material A is barium sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MURASAWA, Toyoaki TANO, Hiroyuki KISHIDA, Masato TAIKOJI, Kenichi MASHIKO, Mariko TAKII, Haruki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20170185000
    Abstract: Carrier for image forming includes a core material particle including a magnetic material and a coating layer disposed on the surface of the core material particle, the coating layer including a resin, carbon black, an inorganic particulate A, and an inorganic particulate B. The carbon black has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from high to low toward a surface of the coating layer while the inorganic particulate A has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from low to high toward the surface of the coating layer. The volume ratio of the carbon black is 0-30 percent at a depth range of 0.0-0.1 ?m from the surface of the coating layer. The inorganic particulate A is electroconductive with a powder specific resistance of 200 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Masashi NAGAYAMA, Mariko TAKll, Yoshihiro MURASAWA, Haruki MURATA, Kei NIWAYAMA, Tohru SUGANUMA, Koichi SAKATA, Saori YAMADA, Shinya NAKAGAWA, Kohsuke MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170153563
    Abstract: A carrier includes a core and a covering layer covering the core and including at least carbon black and a filler. The maximum height Ry of the surface of the carrier is from 4.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KISHIDA, Kenichi MASHIKO, Mariko TAKll, Yoshihiro MURASAWA, Haruki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160363880
    Abstract: A carrier includes a resin layer including Al and Sn and covering the surface of the carrier. A detectable amount of Al is from 1.0% to 12.1% by atom and a ratio (Al/Sn) of the detectable amount of Al to that of Sn is from 2.0 to 50.0 when the carrier is subjected to an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Mariko TAKII, Yoshihiro MURASAWA, Takahiro NAKAMURA, Kei NIWAYAMA, Haruki MURATA, Masato TAIKOJI, Koichi SAKATA