Patents by Inventor Hiroko Mano

Hiroko Mano 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).

  • Patent number: 10360572
    Abstract: An image processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus having a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor executes the program to implement processes of detecting a human area including a person from image data, determining an action of the person and a direction of the action based on the human area detected from the image data, determining a fixed area of the image data that is associated with the human area based on the direction of the action, generating an evaluation for the fixed area based on the action, and displaying the generated evaluation together with the image data on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Horikawa, Kengo Yamamoto, Hiroko Mano
  • Publication number: 20170255947
    Abstract: An image processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus having a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor executes the program to implement processes of detecting a human area including a person from image data, determining an action of the person and a direction of the action based on the human area detected from the image data, determining a fixed area of the image data that is associated with the human area based on the direction of the action, generating an evaluation for the fixed area based on the action, and displaying the generated evaluation together with the image data on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi HORIKAWA, Kengo YAMAMOTO, Hiroko MANO
  • Patent number: 9661278
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured take a plurality of images, the imaging unit including a plurality of imaging parts each configured to acquire an imaging data item relevant to one of the plurality of images taken, and a wiring part configured to transmit a plurality of the imaging data items acquired by the plurality of imaging parts. The wiring part includes an external part forming an outline of the wiring part, and a cable part disposed inside the external part. The plurality of imaging parts are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the wiring part, and the imaging unit is configured to acquire the plurality of the imaging data items corresponding to a plurality of imaging positions, and transmit the plurality of the imaging data items by using the cable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Omura, Kengo Yamamoto, Hiroko Mano, Hirofumi Horikawa, Yusuke Ohta, Aiko Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 9395828
    Abstract: An electronic information board apparatus includes an extraction part configured to extract an operation area from an image input to the electronic information board; a display part configured to reconfigure the extracted operation area and display the reconfigured operation area at a predetermined position of a display screen; a correlation part configured to correlate the coordinates of the operation area and the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area; and a conversion part configured to convert an operation on the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area into an operation on the coordinates of the operation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Masaaki Kagawa, Eiji Kemmochi, Kuangyi Zhu, Hiroko Mano
  • Publication number: 20150130946
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured take a plurality of images, the imaging unit including a plurality of imaging parts each configured to acquire an imaging data item relevant to one of the plurality of images taken, and a wiring part configured to transmit a plurality of the imaging data items acquired by the plurality of imaging parts. The wiring part includes an external part forming an outline of the wiring part, and a cable part disposed inside the external part. The plurality of imaging parts are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the wiring part, and the imaging unit is configured to acquire the plurality of the imaging data items corresponding to a plurality of imaging positions, and transmit the plurality of the imaging data items by using the cable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Omura, Kengo Yamamoto, Hiroko Mano, Hirofumi Horikawa, Yusuke Ohta, Aiko Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 8635527
    Abstract: An input image is analyzed into document components. Preview data of the input image is generated based on a result of analysis. A function item that can be processed on the input image is selected based on the result of analysis. A function item is specified from among function items displayed on an operation display unit. A target area for specified function item is displayed together with the preview data on the operation display unit. A target area is specified from among target areas displayed on the operation display unit. New preview data that reflects the specified function item processed on specified target area is generated, and output to the operation display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Saeki, Tetsuya Sakayori, Takashi Yano, Junichi Takami, Yoshinaga Kato, Haruo Shida, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Hiroko Mano, Ryuichi Shimamura, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Akihiro Moriyama, Katsuhiko Fujita
  • Patent number: 8516363
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a plurality of images and a page allocation area including a plurality of sections are displayed. The allocation unit determines which one of the images is to be allocated to which one of the sections and allocates the images to the sections, and a preview image generating unit generates a preview image of the page allocation area based on allocation made by the allocation unit, and displays the preview image on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Tetsuya Sakayori, Takashi Yano, Junichi Takami, Hiroko Mano, Takanori Nagahara, Iwao Saeki
  • Patent number: 8487961
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a system control unit, and a display control unit. The system control unit judges whether a setting item that is newly selected on a preview image is mutually exclusive with a setting item that has already been selected on the preview image. The display control unit displays, when the setting items are mutually exclusive with each other, an area corresponding to the setting item newly selected differently from other areas. The display control unit also displays, when the area is selected, why the setting item newly selected cannot be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Takami, Tetsuya Sakayori, Iwao Saeki, Takashi Yano, Haruo Shida, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Takanori Nagahara, Hiroko Mano
  • Patent number: 8477393
    Abstract: The image data processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store image data having a process setting. The image data processing apparatus includes a selection screen display unit to display the one or more image data stored in the storage unit and to display a selection screen to select whether to use a process content associated with image data selected from the displayed image data if the one segment of image data is used. The image data processing apparatus includes a display control unit to display, on the display device, a preview image reflecting the process content based on the associated process content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takanori Nagahara, Tetsuya Sakayori, Junichi Takami, Takashi Yano, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Hiroko Mano, Haruo Shida, Iwao Saeki
  • Publication number: 20130147736
    Abstract: An electronic information board apparatus includes an extraction part configured to extract an operation area from an image input to the electronic information board; a display part configured to reconfigure the extracted operation area and display the reconfigured operation area at a predetermined position of a display screen; a correlation part configured to correlate the coordinates of the operation area and the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area; and a conversion part configured to convert an operation on the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area into an operation on the coordinates of the operation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Masaaki Kagawa, Eiji Kemmochi, Kuangyi Zhu, Hiroko Mano
  • Patent number: 8407591
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a preview creating unit, a storage unit, and a display unit. The storage unit stores therein in advance a sample image. The display unit displays, prior to receipt of image data, an input screen that displays the sample image and independent setting items, among a plurality of setting items available for the image data, independent of contents of the image data. The creating unit creates a preview image based on setting specified with respect to any of the independent setting items for the sample image, and the display unit displays the preview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Takami, Tetsuya Sakayori, Iwao Saeki, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Takashi Yano, Takanori Nagahara, Hiroko Mano
  • Publication number: 20120250061
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a system control unit, and a display control unit. The system control unit judges whether a setting item that is newly selected on a preview image is mutually exclusive with a setting item that has already been selected on the preview image. The display control unit displays, when the setting items are mutually exclusive with each other, an area corresponding to the setting item newly selected differently from other areas. The display control unit also displays, when the area is selected, why the setting item newly selected cannot be set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Takami, Tetsuya Sakayori, Iwao Saeki, Takashi Yano, Haruo Shida, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Takanori Nagahara, Hiroko Mano
  • Publication number: 20120188579
    Abstract: The image data processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store image data having a process setting. The image data processing apparatus includes a selection screen display unit to display the one or more image data stored in the storage unit and to display a selection screen to select whether to use a process content associated with image data selected from the displayed image data if the one segment of image data is used. The image data processing apparatus includes a display control unit to display, on the display device, a preview image reflecting the process content based on the associated process content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Takanori NAGAHARA, Tetsuya SAKAYORI, Junichi TAKAMI, Takashi YANO, Yoshifumi SAKURAMATA, Hiroko MANO, Haruo SHIDA, Iwao SAEKI
  • Patent number: 8228343
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a system control unit, and a display control unit. The system control unit judges whether a setting item that is newly selected on a preview image is mutually exclusive with a setting item that has already been selected on the preview image. The display control unit displays, when the setting items are mutually exclusive with each other, an area corresponding to the setting item newly selected differently from other areas. The display control unit also displays, when the area is selected, why the setting item newly selected cannot be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Takami, Tetsuya Sakayori, Iwao Saeki, Takashi Yano, Haruo Shida, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Takanori Nagahara, Hiroko Mano
  • Patent number: 8203722
    Abstract: An image-information obtaining unit obtains image information. A form determining unit determines form information indicating a characteristic of limiting a position of a viewing axis that is an axis for turning over a page a print on which the image information is printed, based on the image information. A viewing-axis determining unit determines the position of the viewing axis based on the form information. A format limiting unit limits format information that can be set according to the position of the viewing axis. A format receiving unit receives an input of the format information limited by the format limiting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Yano, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Tetsuya Sakayori, Iwao Saeki, Junichi Takami, Hiroko Mano, Takanori Nagahara
  • Patent number: 8174709
    Abstract: The image data processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store image data having a process setting. The image data processing apparatus includes a selection screen display unit to display the one or more image data stored in the storage unit and to display a selection screen to select whether to use a process content associated with image data selected from the displayed image data if the one segment of image data is used. The image data processing apparatus includes a display control unit to display, on the display device, a preview image reflecting the process content based on the associated process content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takanori Nagahara, Tetsuya Sakayori, Junichi Takami, Takashi Yano, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Hiroko Mano, Haruo Shida, Iwao Saeki
  • Publication number: 20120105891
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, preview images are generating by continuously scanning both sides of originals. The page scrolling unit scrolls the preview images while pairing a first preview image to be processed with a second preview image that is not processed as pages of front and back sides of an original or a two-page spread, and a preview displaying unit displays at least one of the first preview image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroko MANO, Tetsuya SAKAYORI, Takashi YANO, Junichi TAKAMI, Iwao SAEKI, Yoshifumi SAKURAMATA, Takanori NAGAHARA
  • Patent number: 8115968
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, preview images are generating by continuously scanning both sides of originals. The page scrolling unit scrolls the preview images while pairing a first preview image to be processed with a second preview image that is not processed as pages of front and back sides of an original or a two-page spread, and a preview displaying unit displays at least one of the first preview image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Mano, Tetsuya Sakayori, Takashi Yano, Junichi Takami, Iwao Saeki, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Takanori Nagahara
  • Publication number: 20120002231
    Abstract: The image data processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store image data having a process setting. The image data processing apparatus includes a selection screen display unit to display the one or more image data stored in the storage unit and to display a selection screen to select whether to use a process content associated with image data selected from the displayed image data if the one segment of image data is used. The image data processing apparatus includes a display control unit to display, on the display device, a preview image reflecting the process content based on the associated process content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Takanori Nagahara, Tetsuya Sakayori, Junichi Takami, Takashi Yano, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Hiroko Mano, Haruo Shida, Iwao Saeki
  • Patent number: 8086961
    Abstract: A preview creating unit creates a plurality of previews of an image corresponding to a plurality of preset values each indicating processing to be applied to the image. A display unit displays the previews in a selectable manner, and, upon receiving a signal indicating a preview selected from the previews displayed thereon, displays the selected preview. The preview creating unit updates, upon receiving input of setting for the selected preview, the selected preview based on the setting to create a new preview. The display unit displays the new preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Saeki, Tetsuya Sakayori, Junichi Takami, Takashi Yano, Haruo Shida, Yoshifumi Sakuramata, Takanori Nagahara, Hiroko Mano