Patents by Inventor Jun Murata

Jun 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: 20260126889
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: receives, from a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a service to be provided to the user; selects, from among a plurality of forms of the user, one or more particular forms that meet the condition for determining a service, as a form to be used for applying the service; and controls a display to display a user interface, the user interface including future projection information of the user after provision of the service based on information on the particular forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Patent number: 12541288
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: receives, from a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a service to be provided to the user; selects, from among a plurality of forms of the user, one or more particular forms that meet the condition for determining a service, as a form to be used for applying the service; and controls a display to display a user interface, the user interface including future projection information of the user after provision of the service based on information on the particular forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Xiaonan Jiang, Katsuyuki Kaji
  • Patent number: 12392982
    Abstract: An infrared lens unit includes a lens barrel and an infrared lens supported on the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes a tubular part extending along a central axis extending in upward and downward directions and having an inner circumferential surface surrounding the central axis and a through-hole therein demarcated by the inner circumferential surface, and a protruding part disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular part. The infrared lens is supported by the tubular part via the protruding part. The infrared lens is made of chalcogenide glass. The protruding part includes, in a cross section of the protruding part on a plane on which the central axis extends a linear portion extending in an upward direction from its lower end to its upper end and a sloping portion including an upper end and a lower end located at the upper end of the linear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Tachibana, Ryo Haseyama, Jun Murata
  • Patent number: 12375782
    Abstract: An optical system includes: a lens group having an optical axis, a focal length of a first light, and a focal length of a second light; and a light splitter disposed at rear side of the lens group and splitting the first light and the second light incident from the lens group respectively, to guide the first light onto first imaging position and guide the second light onto second imaging position. The lens group includes lens elements transmitting the first light and the second light to match the first imaging position with the focal length of the first light and match the second imaging position with the focal length of the second light separately from the first imaging position. The lens element of the lens group is provided in front side of the light splitter with no lens element being provided in the rear side of the light splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Kurosaki, Toru Nanba, Jun Murata, Tetsuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240370642
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: stores in a memory information relating to a plurality of forms each issued by a first user, receives, from a first terminal of the first user, a request for applying a service based on a particular form of the plurality of forms, and an identifier of the particular form; and transmits a request for applying the service and the identifier of the particular form to a second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Publication number: 20240338110
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: receives, from a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a service to be provided to the user; selects, from among a plurality of forms of the user, one or more particular forms that meet the condition for determining a service, as a form to be used for applying the service; and controls a display to display a user interface, the user interface including future projection information of the user after provision of the service based on information on the particular forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Patent number: 12073175
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: stores in a memory information relating to a plurality of forms each issued by a first user; receives, from a first terminal of the first user, a request for applying a service based on a particular form of the plurality of forms, and an identifier of the particular form; and transmits a request for applying the service and the identifier of the particular form to a second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Xiaonan Jiang, Katsuyuki Kaji
  • Patent number: 12039152
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: receives, from a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a service to be provided to the user; selects, from among a plurality of forms of the user, one or more particular forms that meet the condition for determining a service, as a form to be used for applying the service; and controls a display to display a user interface, the user interface including future projection information of the user after provision of the service based on information on the particular forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Xiaonan Jiang, Katsuyuki Kaji
  • Publication number: 20230393363
    Abstract: An infrared lens unit includes a lens barrel and an infrared lens supported on the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes a tubular part extending along a central axis extending in upward and downward directions and having an inner circumferential surface surrounding the central axis and a through-hole therein demarcated by the inner circumferential surface, and a protruding part disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular part. The infrared lens is supported by the tubular part via the protruding part. The infrared lens is made of chalcogenide glass. The protruding part includes, in a cross section of the protruding part on a plane on which the central axis extends a linear portion extending in an upward direction from its lower end to its upper end and a sloping portion including an upper end and a lower end located at the upper end of the linear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: MINORU TACHIBANA, RYO HASEYAMA, JUN MURATA
  • Patent number: 11804055
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry performs ledger sheet recognition on ledger sheet image data, and refers to an association information storage area storing association information representing an output order of a plurality of item values of each of a plurality of item names. The plurality of item values are acquired based on the ledger sheet recognition. The circuitry further generates output data in which the plurality of item values of the each of the plurality of item names are arranged in the output order represented by the association information. The circuitry further outputs the generated output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Murata
  • Publication number: 20230230163
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, method, and a program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, each of which: receives, from a user terminal of a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a financing service to be provided to the user, the condition information indicating one or more forms to be used for financing, each having been issued by the user in providing a product or a service; obtains one or more financing service types respectively corresponding to the one or more forms; searches a plurality of financing sources using the one or more financing service types to obtain one or more candidates of financing source each matching at least one of the one or more financing service types; selects at least one financing source based on information on the user; and transmits information on the at least one financing source to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Publication number: 20230179842
    Abstract: An optical system includes: a lens group having an optical axis, a focal length of a first light, and a focal length of a second light; and a light splitter disposed at rear side of the lens group and splitting the first light and the second light incident from the lens group respectively, to guide the first light onto first imaging position and guide the second light onto second imaging position. The lens group includes lens elements transmitting the first light and the second light to match the first imaging position with the focal length of the first light and match the second imaging position with the focal length of the second light separately from the first imaging position. The lens element of the lens group is provided in front side of the light splitter with no lens element being provided in the rear side of the light splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo KUROSAKI, Toru NANBA, Jun MURATA, Tetsuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220308714
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method each of which: receives, from a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a service to be provided to the user; selects, from among a plurality of forms of the user, one or more particular forms that meet the condition for determining a service, as a form to be used for applying the service; and controls a display to display a user interface, the user interface including information on the one or more particular forms that are selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Publication number: 20220309237
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: stores in a memory information relating to a plurality of forms each issued by a first user; receives, from a first terminal of the first user, a request for applying a service based on a particular form of the plurality of forms, and an identifier of the particular form; and transmits a request for applying the service and the identifier of the particular form to a second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Publication number: 20220309460
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which stores information on a plurality of forms issued by a first user, generates transfer data indicating a transfer of an item from a second user to the first user based on a particular form of the plurality of forms, the transfer data including an identifier of the particular form, and transmits the transfer data to a second terminal operated by the second user to cause the second user to transfer the item to the first user using the transfer data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Katsuyuki KAJI, Xiaonan JIANG
  • Publication number: 20220308719
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which: receives, from a user, condition information indicating a condition for determining a service to be provided to the user; selects, from among a plurality of forms of the user, one or more particular forms that meet the condition for determining a service, as a form to be used for applying the service; and controls a display to display a user interface, the user interface including future projection information of the user after provision of the service based on information on the particular forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jun MURATA, Xiaonan JIANG, Katsuyuki KAJI
  • Publication number: 20210390295
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry performs ledger sheet recognition on ledger sheet image data, and refers to an association information storage area storing association information representing an output order of a plurality of item values of each of a plurality of item names. The plurality of item values are acquired based on the ledger sheet recognition. The circuitry further generates output data in which the plurality of item values of the each of the plurality of item names are arranged in the output order represented by the association information. The circuitry further outputs the generated output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun MURATA
  • Publication number: 20210129466
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a method for manufacturing an optical element, wherein a mold-press molding is performed by use of a material body having a prismatic shape to form a light transmission part and a flange of the optical element, the flange extending outward from the light transmission part. In the manufacturing method, only a corner of the material body to be subjected to a mold transfer to provide an edge face of the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Toru Nanba, Tetsuya Suzuki, Ryo Kurosaki, Jun Murata
  • Patent number: 10567590
    Abstract: A conference assistance system and method for assisting a user in utilizing conference-related information, each of which: receives input of voice or writing of at least one meeting participant; determines whether text data representing the received voice or writing is to be used by the conference assistance system to generate assistance information, to generate a determination result; when the determination result indicates that the text data is to be used, generates, based on the text data, assistance information for assisting the meeting participant; and controls a display to display the generated assistance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yorichika Ishiyama, Hiroyuki Kimbara, Masaaki Kagawa, Jun Murata, Takahiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190306321
    Abstract: A conference assistance system and method for assisting a user in utilizing conference-related information, each of which: receives input of voice or writing of at least one meeting participant; determines whether text data representing the received voice or writing is to be used by the conference assistance system to generate assistance information, to generate a determination result; when the determination result indicates that the text data is to be used, generates, based on the text data, assistance information for assisting the meeting participant; and controls a display to display the generated assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, ltd.
    Inventors: Yorichika ISHIYAMA, Hiroyuki KIMBARA, Masaaki KAGAWA, Jun MURATA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO