Patents by Inventor Ikuo Inouchi

Ikuo Inouchi 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).

  • Smart drag and drop user interfaces for print workflow system
    Patent number: 9792079
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating workflows for printing systems. The system includes a memory that stores requirements for sequencing each of multiple activities available at a print shop into workflows. The system also includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) able to graphically present a workflow. The workflow includes an ordered subset of the activities to perform for processing a print job. The GUI is further able to graphically present the available activities, and to enable a user to drag the available activities onto the workflow to alter the workflow. The system also includes a processing system able to detect an activity being dragged by a user, to determine locations in the workflow where requirements for the activity are met, and to operate the GUI to highlight the determined locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick Smyth, Kumar V. Kadiyala, Ikuo Inouchi, Joan Stagaman Goddard
  • Information processing apparatus, workflow generating system, and workflow generating method
    Patent number: 9256459
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for generating a workflow including one or more steps each indicating a process to be executed, includes a workflow display unit configured to display, on a display, one or more graphical representations corresponding to one or more steps of the workflow; a step management unit configured to obtain attribute data associated with a step to be added in response to an instruction for adding the step to the workflow; and an auxiliary indication control unit configured to cause the display to display a graphical representation corresponding to the step to be added and a graphical representation that reflects the attribute data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiko Sasaki, Sachiko Takata, Ikuo Inouchi, Taijirou Sueishi, Hiroshi Morikawa, Akiko Bamba
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WORKFLOW GENERATING SYSTEM, AND WORKFLOW GENERATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20130326526
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for generating a workflow including one or more steps each indicating a process to be executed, includes a workflow display unit configured to display, on a display, one or more graphical representations corresponding to one or more steps of the workflow; a step management unit configured to obtain attribute data associated with a step to be added in response to an instruction for adding the step to the workflow; and an auxiliary indication control unit configured to cause the display to display a graphical representation corresponding to the step to be added and a graphical representation that reflects the attribute data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Tomohiko SASAKI, Sachiko TAKATA, Ikuo INOUCHI, Taijirou SUEISHI, Hiroshi MORIKAWA, Akiko BAMBA
  • Audio disc player with tuner
    Patent number: D534887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Endo, Ikuo Inouchi, Takayuki Horie
  • Amplifier
    Patent number: D535282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ichikawa, Hideki Endo, Ikuo Inouchi, Tony Aguilar
  • Digital video disc player with tuner
    Patent number: D537055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Endo, Taro Iwamoto, Ikuo Inouchi, Takayuki Horie
  • Digital audio disc player with tuner
    Patent number: D537056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Endo, Taro Iwamoto, Ikuo Inouchi, Takayuki Horie
  • Vehicle navigation unit
    Patent number: D537372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ichikawa, Ikuo Inouchi, Nobuo Yamaguchi, Hikaru Wako
  • Digital audio disc player with tuner and television monitor
    Patent number: D550637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Taku Oikawa, Ikuo Inouchi
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D731509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Taijirou Sueishi, Akiko Bamba, Atsushi Onoda, Ikuo Inouchi
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D733165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Taijirou Sueishi, Akiko Bamba, Atsushi Onoda, Ikuo Inouchi