Patents by Inventor Itaru Kodaira
Itaru Kodaira 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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Publication number: 20220174160Abstract: A server controls a status of a document transmitted by facsimile transmission from a sender apparatus to a receiver apparatus. The server includes circuitry that provides, to a request source apparatus, the document in response to receiving an acquisition request specifying the document, transmitted from the request source apparatus being one of the receiver apparatus and a different apparatus from the receiver apparatus. The circuitry controls a status change, between an unread status and a read status, of the document specified by the acquisition request based on information on the request source apparatus and information on the receiver apparatus of the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Itaru KODAIRA, Hiroaki IKKANZAKA
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Patent number: 10542180Abstract: A system includes a storage unit that stores history information associating a device executed processing and processed data with each other, a screen display unit that displays a screen in which at least one piece of history information is displayed and that is used for causing the device to execute processing based on the history information selected from the displayed at least one piece of history information, a generating unit that generates instruction information for instructing the device to execute the processing of data corresponding to the history information, a processing executing unit that executes the processing of the data based on the instruction information, and a recording unit that records the device that executed the processing and the processed data in the storage unit as the history information based on the instruction information for instructing the processing of the data executed by the processing executing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Itaru Kodaira
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Patent number: 10116640Abstract: An image processing system includes: a first image processing device including: an input unit that receives an input of first authentication information for authenticating a user based on a first authentication method; an authentication unit that performs authentication on an own device by using the first authentication information; and a cooperating unit that uses a function of one or more second image processing devices. The authentication unit transmits, when the cooperating unit is to be operated, the first authentication information to the one or more second image processing devices, and transmits, when authentication to a second image processing device based on the first authentication information has failed, a transmission request of authentication method information indicating a second authentication method of the second image processing device to the second image processing device, the authentication to which based on the first authentication information has failed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Makoto Sasaki, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Itaru Kodaira, Yukinori Ishii, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Fumiyoshi Kittaka, Koichiro Maemura
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Publication number: 20180191924Abstract: A system includes a storage unit that stores history information associating a device executed processing and processed data with each other, a screen display unit that displays a screen in which at least one piece of history information is displayed and that is used for causing the device to execute processing based on the history information selected from the displayed at least one piece of history information, a generating unit that generates instruction information for instructing the device to execute the processing of data corresponding to the history information, a processing executing unit that executes the processing of the data based on the instruction information, and a recording unit that records the device that executed the processing and the processed data in the storage unit as the history information based on the instruction information for instructing the processing of the data executed by the processing executing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Itaru KODAIRA
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Patent number: 9985948Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a communicating unit which communicates with a portable terminal device and an external device; a storage control unit which controls to store transfer destination information of the external device to which information from the portable terminal device is allowed to be transferred in a storage unit; a determining unit which determines whether a request from the portable terminal device is the request to the external device indicated by the transfer destination information stored in the storage unit; and a communication control unit which controls the communicating unit to transfer the request from the portable terminal device to the external device indicated by the transfer destination information when the determining unit determines that the request is the request to the external device indicated by the transfer destination information.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Makoto Sasaki, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Itaru Kodaira, Yukinori Ishii, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Fumiyoshi Kittaka, Masaki Tasaka, Koichiro Maemura, Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tohru Sasaki, Atsushi Okazato
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Patent number: 9906658Abstract: An image processing system includes an image scanner that scans an image on a document into image data, a destination accepting unit that accepts selection of a destination that the image data is transferred by a first user, the destination at least corresponding to a user other than the first user selecting the destination, a blank page detector that detects a blank page in the image data, an image data processor that removes the detected blank page from the image data to generate blank page removed data and blank page data of the detected blank page, a specification unit that specifies a first destination of the first user, and a transmitter that transfers the blank page removed data to the destination corresponding to the user other than the first user and transfers the blank page removed data and the blank page data to the first destination of the first user.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kittaka, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Itaru Kodaira, Yukinori Ishii, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Koichiro Maemura, Masaki Tasaka
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Patent number: 9891868Abstract: A charging processing system includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a request to execute a first function which a first device has, from a second device that does not have the first function; a function executing unit configured to execute the first function; and a charging processing unit configured to perform charging processing such that an amount of charge for execution of the first function is larger as there is a larger difference between a performance with regard to the first function and a performance of the second device or a performance with regard to a second function which has a lower performance than the first function and which the second device does not have.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Ishii, Makoto Sasaki, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Itaru Kodaira, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Fumiyoshi Kittaka, Koichiro Maemura
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Publication number: 20180027031Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores shared information, identification information identifying each file of shared information in association with identification information of a group, and user identification information in association with the identification information of the group. The circuitry associates, with at least one file of shared information, masking information defining a masking target that a different group from the group associated with the file of the shared information is restricted from using. The circuitry accepts, from an information terminal, designation of a group for usage of the shared information. The circuitry determines whether any file of the shared information associated with the designated group is associated with the masking information. The circuitry determines one or more files of shared information to be transmitted to the information terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Itaru KODAIRA
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Patent number: 9760330Abstract: An information processing device includes: an identification information acquiring unit that acquires, from a mobile terminal having acquired, from a machine, first machine identification information for identifying the machine, mobile terminal identification information for identifying the mobile terminal and the first machine identification information; a job information acquiring unit that acquires, on a basis of the mobile terminal identification information, job information including at least job identification information for identifying a job being executed in another machine according to an instruction from the mobile terminal; an executability determining unit that determines, on a basis of used function information indicating a function to be used in the job, and first capacity information indicating a function executable by the machine, whether the machine can execute the job; and a job control unit that causes, when the job can be executed, the job to be distributed to and executed by the machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Makoto Sasaki, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Itaru Kodaira, Yukinori Ishii, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Fumiyoshi Kittaka, Koichiro Maemura
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Patent number: 9692916Abstract: An information processing device include a facsimile obtaining unit obtaining a facsimile; a specifying unit that specifies a subsidiary unit as a transfer target of the facsimile; an executable notification method information obtaining unit obtaining executable notification method information indicating a facsimile reception notification method that can be executed in the subsidiary unit; a notification priority information obtaining unit obtaining notification priority information in which priority information is associated for each piece of notification method information indicating a facsimile reception notification method; a determining unit determining a facsimile reception notification method to execute based on the executable notification method information and the notification priority information; a notification method information notifier notifying the subsidiary unit of notification method information indicating the determined facsimile reception notification method; and a print instructor instrucType: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Junki Aoki, Makoto Sasaki, Takuya Mori, Itaru Kodaira, Yukinori Ishii, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Fumiyoshi Kittaka, Koichiro Maemura
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Patent number: 9497348Abstract: A document output system includes a document registration unit that registers, for each one of events, data of one or more documents in association with identification for identifying the event related to the documents in a memory, an acceptance unit that accepts an instruction for outputting the documents, the instruction including identification for identifying an event related to the documents to be output, and an output unit that outputs the documents associated with the identification of the instruction in a predetermined order as a series of the documents.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Nishimura, Tohru Sasaki, Yukinori Ishii, Itaru Kodaira, Atsushi Okazato, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Masaki Tasaka, Makoto Sasaki
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Publication number: 20160274842Abstract: An information processing device includes: an identification information acquiring unit that acquires, from a mobile terminal having acquired, from a machine, first machine identification information for identifying the machine, mobile terminal identification information for identifying the mobile terminal and the first machine identification information; a job information acquiring unit that acquires, on a basis of the mobile terminal identification information, job information including at least job identification information for identifying a job being executed in another machine according to an instruction from the mobile terminal; an executability determining unit that determines, on a basis of used function information indicating a function to be used in the job, and first capacity information indicating a function executable by the machine, whether the machine can execute the job; and a job control unit that causes, when the job can be executed, the job to be distributed to and executed by the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Tomohiro KUROYANAGI, Makoto SASAKI, Junki AOKI, Takuya MORI, Itaru KODAIRA, Yukinori ISHII, Hiroaki IKKANZAKA, Fumiyoshi KITTAKA, Koichiro MAEMURA
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Publication number: 20160277379Abstract: An image processing system includes: a first image processing device including: an input unit that receives an input of first authentication information for authenticating a user based on a first authentication method; an authentication unit that performs authentication on an own device by using the first authentication information; and a cooperating unit that uses a function of one or more second image processing devices. The authentication unit transmits, when the cooperating unit is to be operated, the first authentication information to the one or more second image processing devices, and transmits, when authentication to a second image processing device based on the first authentication information has failed, a transmission request of authentication method information indicating a second authentication method of the second image processing device to the second image processing device, the authentication to which based on the first authentication information has failed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Makoto SASAKI, Junki AOKI, Takuya MORI, Itaru KODAIRA, Yukinori ISHII, Hiroaki IKKANZAKA, Tomohiro KUROYANAGI, Fumiyoshi KITTAKA, Koichiro MAEMURA
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Publication number: 20160277603Abstract: An information processing device include a facsimile obtaining unit obtaining a facsimile; a specifying unit that specifies a subsidiary unit as a transfer target of the facsimile; an executable notification method information obtaining unit obtaining executable notification method information indicating a facsimile reception notification method that can be executed in the subsidiary unit; a notification priority information obtaining unit obtaining notification priority information in which priority information is associated for each piece of notification method information indicating a facsimile reception notification method; a determining unit determining a facsimile reception notification method to execute based on the executable notification method information and the notification priority information; a notification method information notifier notifying the subsidiary unit of notification method information indicating the determined facsimile reception notification method; and a print instructor instrucType: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Junki AOKI, Makoto SASAKI, Takuya MORI, Itaru KODAIRA, Yukinori ISHII, Hiroaki IKKANZAKA, Tomohiro KUROYANAGI, Fumiyoshi KITTAKA, Koichiro MAEMURA
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Publication number: 20160277595Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes: a first receiver that receives, from any one of at least one child device, a first image, transmission-destination-information, and transmission-source-information-processing-apparatus-identifying-information; a first transmitter that transmits a facsimile of the first image to the transmission destination represented by the transmission-destination-information; a registration unit that registers transfer information that associates, with each other, first-transmission-source-information where a transmission source is the transmission destination represented by the transmission-destination-information and transfer-destination-information-processing-apparatus-identifying-information where a transfer destination is the information processing apparatus represented by the transmission-source-information-processing-apparatus-identifying-information; a second receiver that receives a facsimile of a second image and second-transmission-source-information representing a transmission soType: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Itaru KODAIRA, Makoto SASAKI, Junki AOKI, Takuya MORI, Yukinori ISHll, Hiroaki IKKANZAKA, Tomohiro KUROYANAGI, Fumiyoshi KITTAKA, Koichiro MAEMURA
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Publication number: 20160234393Abstract: An image processing system includes an image scanner that scans an image on a document into image data, a destination accepting unit that accepts selection of a destination that the image data is transferred by a first user, the destination at least corresponding to a user other than the first user selecting the destination, a blank page detector that detects a blank page in the image data, an image data processor that removes the detected blank page from the image data to generate blank page removed data and blank page data of the detected blank page, a specification unit that specifies a first destination of the first user, and a transmitter that transfers the blank page removed data to the destination corresponding to the user other than the first user and transfers the blank page removed data and the blank page data to the first destination of the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Fumiyoshi KITTAKA, Junki AOKI, Takuya MORI, Itaru KODAIRA, Yukinori ISHII, Tomohiro KUROYANAGI, Koichiro MAEMURA, Masaki TASAKA
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Publication number: 20160080588Abstract: An information processing system includes an execution request unit that requests one or more multiple preregistered apparatuses to execute an operation, an authority information acquisition unit that acquires authority information that indicates user authority on the preregistered apparatus from at least one of the preregistered apparatuses, an authority management information generator that generates authority management information that indicates the user authority applied to the preregistered apparatuses based on the authority information that the authority information acquisition unit acquires, and a controller that controls whether or not to allow the execution request unit to request to execute the operation based on the authority management information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Tohru SASAKI, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Atsushi Okazato, Makoto Sasaki, Junki Aoki, Takuya Mori, Hirohisa Saitoh, Mie Watanabe, Tatsuo Nishimura, Yukinori Ishii, Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Fumihiro Umetsu, Itaru Kodaira, Naoki Shimizu, Akira Yokoyama, Hiroaki Ikkanzaka, Tadashi Sato, Takashi Toriumi, Fumiyoshi Kittaka
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Publication number: 20150271353Abstract: A document output system includes a document registration unit that registers, for each one of events, data of one or more documents in association with identification for identifying the event related to the documents in a memory, an acceptance unit that accepts an instruction for outputting the documents, the instruction including identification for identifying an event related to the documents to be output, and an output unit that outputs the documents associated with the identification of the instruction in a predetermined order as a series of the documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Tatsuo NISHIMURA, Tohru Sasaki, Yukinori Ishii, Itaru Kodaira, Atsushi Okazato, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Masaki Tasaka, Makoto Sasaki
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Publication number: 20090094694Abstract: A communication apparatus is disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a destination information storing unit which stores a destination name and destination information corresponding to the destination name, an operating screen displaying unit which displays information of operations of the communication apparatus, and a destination information non-display determining unit which determines whether the destination information is not to be displayed on the operating screen. When a destination name stored in the destination information storing unit is displayed and the destination name is selected as a destination, the operating screen displaying unit displays the destination information together with the destination name on the operating screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventor: Itaru Kodaira
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Publication number: 20080178268Abstract: A communicating unit performs a communication operation to a destination address designated by an address designating unit. A result displaying unit displays a result of an operation stored in a result storing unit in a readable manner. Upon the address designating unit designating the destination address, a control unit, with a plurality of inputs of the destination address, causes the communicating unit to perform the communication when the destination address is identical at each of the inputs, and causes the result storing unit to store therein a result of an address mismatch when the destination address is not identical at each of the inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Itaru KODAIRA