Patents by Inventor Hideaki ARATANI
Hideaki ARATANI 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: 9874916Abstract: A device registration apparatus includes: a transmitting unit that transmits, to an electric device, a state shift command for shifting the electric device to a specific state; a receiving unit that receives, from a power feed tap, tap identification information, electric-power information that indicates an electric power measured at each outlet, and outlet identification information for identifying an outlet that corresponds to each piece of the electric-power information; a determining unit that, when, in the electric-power information that is received during a predetermined time period after the state shift command is transmitted, electric power information of only one outlet indicates a change in an electric power when the electric device shifts to the specific state, determines that the electric device is connected to the outlet; and an associating unit that stores device identification information in association with outlet identification information on the outlet and the tap identification information.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yukio Fujiwara, Hidenori Tomono, Hideaki Aratani
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Publication number: 20170322286Abstract: A positioning system includes a plurality of beacon modules and a communication device. Further, the communication device includes a calculation unit calculating action state data that are used for determining an action state of a user who carries the communication device; a searching unit selectively searching for one of the beacon modules in accordance with the action state of the user, the action state being determined based on the action state data calculated by the calculation unit, and a derivation unit deriving positional information of the user based on a response signal transmitted from the one of the beacon modules having been searched for by the searching unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Fumio YOSHIZAWA, Takeo TSUKAMOTO, Keisuke KONISHI, Yusuke MATSUSHITA, Takanori INADOME, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Katsuya YAMAMOTO, Yukio FUJIWARA, Hideaki ARATANI, Ryohsuke KAMIMURA, Hiroto HIGUCHI, Daisuke HATA, Juuta KON, Tomoyo NARITA
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Patent number: 9500683Abstract: An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yukio Fujiwara, Kenji Kameyama, Hidenori Tomono, Takeo Tsukamoto, Fumio Yoshizawa, Keisuke Konishi, Takanori Inadome, Hideaki Aratani, Juuta Kon, Hirotaka Nitta, Toshiki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20160290806Abstract: An information processing device includes: a posture change determining unit that determines, based on an output value of an inertial sensor, whether a posture state of a moving object has changed; a reference orientation generating unit that, when it is determined that the posture state of the moving object has changed from a first posture state into a second posture state, generates a reference orientation corresponding to an orientation of the moving object at that time calculated from the output value of the inertial sensor; and an orientation error calculating unit that, when it is determined that the posture state of the moving object has changed from the second posture state into the first posture state, calculates an error of an orientation of the moving object according to the reference orientation, and an orientation at that time calculated from the output value of the inertial sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Keisuke KONISHI, Takeo TSUKAMOTO, Fumio YOSHIZAWA, Yusuke MATSUSHITA, Takanori INADOME, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Katsuya YAMAMOTO, Yukio FUJIWARA, Hideaki ARATANI, Ryohsuke KAMIMURA, Hiroto HIGUCHI, Daisuke HATA, Juuta KON, Tomoyo NARITA
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Publication number: 20160273920Abstract: A direction estimating device estimates a user direction indicating a direction of a body of a user. The direction estimating device includes: a storage unit that stores direction information indicating a direction determined in advance as the user direction of when the user operates an input device with a particular attitude; a detecting unit that detects that the user is in the particular attitude; and an estimating unit that estimates the user direction based on the direction information when the user has been detected to be in the particular attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Yusuke MATSUSHITA, Takeo TSUKAMOTO, Daisuke HATA, Hiroto HIGUCHI, Yukio FUJIWARA, Fumio YOSHIZAWA, Takanori INADOME, Ryohsuke KAMIMURA, Hideaki ARATANI, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Katsuya YAMAMOTO, Keisuke KONISHI, Juuta KON, Tomoyo NARITA
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Publication number: 20160162000Abstract: A device registration apparatus includes: a transmitting unit that transmits, to an electric device, a state shift command for shifting the electric device to a specific state; a receiving unit that receives, from a power feed tap, tap identification information, electric-power information that indicates an electric power measured at each outlet, and outlet identification information for identifying an outlet that corresponds to each piece of the electric-power information; a determining unit that, when, in the electric-power information that is received during a predetermined time period after the state shift command is transmitted, electric power information of only one outlet indicates a change in an electric power when the electric device shifts to the specific state, determines that the electric device is connected to the outlet; and an associating unit that stores device identification information in association with outlet identification information on the outlet and the tap identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Yukio FUJIWARA, Hidenori TOMONO, Hideaki ARATANI
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Patent number: 9207268Abstract: A type determination apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to chronologically acquire power consumption consumed by an electrical device; and a determination unit configured to determine that a type of the electrical device is a type to be determined in accordance with a reference pattern representing a predetermined pattern of a power fluctuation when a fluctuation pattern of the power consumption acquired for a duration equal to or more than a reference period of time is matched with the reference pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yukio Fujiwara, Takeo Tsukamoto, Hidenori Tomono, Kenji Kameyama, Takanori Inadome, Hideaki Aratani, Yukiko Oshima, Hiroto Higuchi
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Publication number: 20150177711Abstract: An electric device control system includes: a position locating apparatus detecting positions and motion states of people; and a control apparatus controlling electric device, the position locating apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit receiving data from the people; a position determining unit obtaining information of the people; a motion-state detecting unit obtaining motion state information of the people; and a transmitting unit transmitting the position information and the motion state information of the people to the control apparatus, and the control apparatus comprising: a second receiving unit receiving the position information and the motion state information, a determining unit assigning priority to the people based on the position information and the motion state information, and a device control unit controlling a device associated with the people in accordance with the priority such that the device associated with the people becomes a predetermined status of the people.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Hajime Yuzurihara, Takanori Inadome, Takeo Tsukamoto, Hideaki Aratani
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Publication number: 20140309752Abstract: A device control system includes a positioning apparatus and a control apparatus connected to the positioning apparatus through a network. The positioning apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive detection data from an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor that are carried by a person; a position identifying unit configured to identify a position of the person in a control target area based on the detection data; an action-state detecting unit configured to detect an action state of the person based on the detection data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the identified position and the detected action state to the control apparatus. The control apparatus includes a device control unit configured to control a device arranged in the control target area based on the position and the action state of the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Hajime Yuzurihara, Takeo Tsukamoto, Takanori Inadome, Hideaki Aratani
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Publication number: 20140309963Abstract: A positioning apparatus for measuring a position of a mobile object in a target area, the positioning apparatus includes: an estimation unit configured to estimate a first position, the first position being a relative to a reference position of the mobile object; an acquisition unit configured to acquire power information of an electrical appliance provided in the target area; and a correction unit configured to correct the first position for a second position on the basis of the power information of the electrical appliance and positional information indicating the second position of the electrical appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Takeo Tsukamoto, Hajime Yuzurihara, Takanori Inadome, Hideaki Aratani
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Publication number: 20140266153Abstract: An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Yukio FUJIWARA, Kenji Kameyama, Hidenori Tomono, Takeo Tsukamoto, Fumio Yoshizawa, Keisuke Konishi, Takanori Inadome, Hideaki Aratani, Juuta Kon, Hirotaka Nitta, Toshiki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140114493Abstract: An environment control system comprising: a positioning system; and an electric facility control system, the positioning system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect the location and the motion of the human being; and an operation unit configured to compute at least a value of a motion activity of the human being, the electric facility control system comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether the human being is in a moving state or a resting state by comparing the value of the motion activity with a predetermined threshold value; and a controller configured to control the electric facility to change the environment of the given space, wherein the operation unit computes the value of the motion activity based on the operation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventors: Takeo TSUKAMOTO, Takanori Inadome, Hidenori Tomono, Yukio Fujiwara, Kenji Kameyama, Hideaki Aratani, Hiroto Higuchi, Yukiko Oshima
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Publication number: 20140070790Abstract: A type determination apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to chronologically acquire power consumption consumed by an electrical device; and a determination unit configured to determine that a type of the electrical device is a type to be determined in accordance with a reference pattern representing a predetermined pattern of a power fluctuation when a fluctuation pattern of the power consumption acquired for a duration equal to or more than a reference period of time is matched with the reference pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Yukio FUJIWARA, Takeo TSUKAMOTO, Hidenori TOMONO, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Takanori INADOME, Hideaki ARATANI, Yukiko OSHIMA, Hiroto HIGUCHI