Patents by Inventor Kaoru Maeda

Kaoru Maeda 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: 9332220
    Abstract: A transmission management system stores association information that associates, for each one of a plurality of starting terminals, starting terminal identification information for identifying the starting terminal capable of requesting to start communication with one or more candidate counterpart terminals, and candidate counterpart terminal identification information for identifying each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Akimoto, Ryoji Shimamoto, Takahiro Asai, Yohei Yamamoto, Kaoru Maeda
  • Patent number: 9232182
    Abstract: The reservation communication information is generated based on terminal identification information for identifying a transmission terminal that is currently participating in a session based on reservation of communication, which at least indicates whether a counterpart transmission terminal that is scheduled to participate in the session based on the reservation of communication is currently participating in the session based on the reservation of communication. The reservation communication information may be output for display at a request transmission terminal that may request to start communication with the counterpart transmission terminal based on the reservation of communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Maeda
  • Patent number: 9232184
    Abstract: When terminals perform communication through a reservation, a management unit manages terminal identification information identifying each terminal and reservation identification information identifying the reservation. When a first terminal performs communication through a predetermined reservation, a receiving unit receives, from the first terminal, a request to acquire state of a second transmission terminal. A reservation extracting unit extracts the reservation identification information associated with terminal identification information identifying the second terminal from the management unit. A determining unit determines whether the reservation identified by the extracted reservation identification information matches the predetermined reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Naoki Umehara, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 9185144
    Abstract: A transmission system is accessible to association information that associates, for each one of one or more sessions, terminal identification information for identifying each one of a plurality of transmission terminals that are currently participating in the session, with reservation identification information for identifying reservation of communication on which the session is based. The transmission system obtains reservation identification information associated with the counterpart transmission terminal using the association information and counterpart terminal identification information. The transmission system determines whether reservation identification information associated with the request transmission terminal matches the reservation identification information associated with the counterpart transmission terminal to generate a determination result. Based on the determination result, a request for starting communication with the counterpart transmission terminal is accepted or rejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Takahiro Asai, Naoki Umehara
  • Publication number: 20150212926
    Abstract: An activation control apparatus stores first association information that associates, for each application, application identification information for identifying an application with terminal identification information for identifying a communication terminal permitted to debug the application. When a first communication terminal is provided with a debugger, the activation control apparatus determines whether any candidate application available for use by the first communication terminal is associated with terminal identification information of the first communication terminal using the first association information, and excludes from the candidate applications one or more applications that are not associated with the terminal identification information of the first communication terminal to generate an application list of one or more applications that can be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kaoru MAEDA, Yoichiro MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20150212813
    Abstract: An activation control apparatus stores, in a memory, first association information that associates, for each one of a plurality of applications, application identification information for identifying an application with terminal identification information for identifying a communication terminal permitted to debug the application. In response to an activation request for activating a first application from a first communication terminal, the activation control apparatus determines whether the first communication terminal is provided with a debugger. When the first communication terminal is provided with a debugger, the activation control apparatus further determines whether the first communication terminal is permitted to debug the first application using the first association information, and rejects the activation request when the first communication terminal is not permitted to debug the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Yoichiro Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20150215368
    Abstract: A transmission management system includes a destination name data managing unit which manages a plurality of destination name data items which indicate a plurality of names of a destination in communications between transmission terminals, a destination name data reading unit which reads a destination name data item from the plurality of destination name data items managed by the destination name data managing unit, and a destination name data transmitting unit which transmits the destination name data item read by the destination name data reading unit to a transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Takahiro Asai
  • Publication number: 20150062286
    Abstract: A transmission management system stores association information that associates, for each one of a plurality of starting terminals, starting terminal identification information for identifying the starting terminal capable of requesting to start communication with one or more candidate counterpart terminals, and candidate counterpart terminal identification information for identifying each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuya AKIMOTO, Ryoji Shimamoto, Takahiro Asai, Yohei Yamamoto, Kaoru Maeda
  • Patent number: 8963990
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of managing data transmission are provided, each of which is capable of generating reservation information regarding communication reserved for at least one of a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal, in response to a communication start request that requests to start communication between the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal. The reservation information is generated, for example, based on first time information indicating the time at which communication reserved for the first transmission terminal is scheduled to start, and second time information indicating the time at which communication reserved for the second transmission terminal is scheduled to start. The reservation information is transmitted to the first transmission terminal. The data transmission management method may be implemented in the form of a program stored in a non-transitory recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Takahiro Asai, Naoki Umehara
  • Patent number: 8885806
    Abstract: A disclosed conference progress supporting apparatus includes a unit to store information indicating each agenda of the conference and information indicating each participant of the conference, a unit to acquire information via an input device, the information indicating a start and an end of a speech of the participant of the agenda, a unit to store progress information in the conference information storage unit, the progress information associating the agenda, the participants, a start time when the information indicating the start is acquired, and an elapsed time since the start time with each other in response to the acquisition of the information indicating the start, and update the progress information by measuring the elapsed time until the information indicating the end is acquired, and a unit to present information indicating a speech status of each of the participants of each of the agendas based on the progress information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichiro Iga, Makoto Shinnishi, Masashi Nakatomi, Kaoru Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140130772
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce the penetration of a fuel spray directed toward a certain area in a cylinder, thereby reducing oil dilution that increases sliding resistance in the engine, reducing fuel adhesion or the like onto the cylinder liner, and also reducing the adverse effect of a fuel spray having an increased penetration. A fuel injection valve that has a plurality of injection holes and injects fuel into a cylinder 3 of an internal combustion engine includes: injection holes a2 and a6 having a larger diameter for injecting fuel toward a ring-shaped space T1 including areas A2 and A6 of strong tumble flow T formed in the cylinder; and injection holes al, a4, a3 and a5 having a smaller diameter for injecting fuel toward a space including areas A1, A4, A3 and A5 of weak tumble flow formed in the cylinder 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BOSCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Yuichiro Goto, Wolfram Wiese, Daniel Scherrer
  • Publication number: 20130335512
    Abstract: A transmission management system obtains, in response to a communication start request for starting communication between a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal, first reservation identification information for identifying communication reserved for the first transmission terminal and second reservation identification information for identifying communication reserved for the second transmission terminal, and determines whether to accept or reject the communication start request based on a match between the first reservation identification information and the second reservation identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kaoru MAEDA, Takahiro Asai, Naoki Umehara
  • Publication number: 20130335511
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of managing data transmission are provided, each of which is capable of generating reservation information regarding communication reserved for at least one of a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal, in response to a communication start request that requests to start communication between the first transmission terminal and the second transmission terminal. The reservation information is generated, for example, based on first time information indicating the time at which communication reserved for the first transmission terminal is scheduled to start, and second time information indicating the time at which communication reserved for the second transmission terminal is scheduled to start. The reservation information is transmitted to the first transmission terminal. The data transmission management method may be implemented in the form of a program stored in a non-transitory recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kaoru MAEDA, Takahiro ASAI, Naoki UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20130286155
    Abstract: The reservation communication information is generated based on terminal identification information for identifying a transmission terminal that is currently participating in a session based on reservation of communication, which at least indicates whether a counterpart transmission terminal that is scheduled to participate in the session based on the reservation of communication is currently participating in the session based on the reservation of communication. The reservation communication information may be output for display at a request transmission terminal that may request to start communication with the counterpart transmission terminal based on the reservation of communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Kaoru MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20130278712
    Abstract: When terminals perform communication through a reservation, a management unit manages terminal identification information identifying each terminal and reservation identification information identifying the reservation. When a first terminal performs communication through a predetermined reservation, a receiving unit receives, from the first terminal, a request to acquire state of a second transmission terminal. A reservation extracting unit extracts the reservation identification information associated with terminal identification information identifying the second terminal from the management unit. A determining unit determines whether the reservation identified by the extracted reservation identification information matches the predetermined reservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Naoki Umehara, Takahiro Asai
  • Publication number: 20130254409
    Abstract: A transmission system is accessible to association information that associates, for each one of one or more sessions, terminal identification information for identifying each one of a plurality of transmission terminals that are currently participating in the session, with reservation identification information for identifying reservation of communication on which the session is based. The transmission system obtains reservation identification information associated with the counterpart transmission terminal using the association information and counterpart terminal identification information. The transmission system determines whether reservation identification information associated with the request transmission terminal matches the reservation identification information associated with the counterpart transmission terminal to generate a determination result. Based on the determination result, a request for starting communication with the counterpart transmission terminal is accepted or rejected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Kaoru MAEDA, Takahiro Asai, Naoki Umehara
  • Publication number: 20120219140
    Abstract: A disclosed conference progress supporting apparatus includes a unit to store information indicating each agenda of the conference and information indicating each participant of the conference, a unit to acquire information via an input device, the information indicating a start and an end of a speech of the participant of the agenda, a unit to store progress information in the conference information storage unit, the progress information associating the agenda, the participants, a start time when the information indicating the start is acquired, and an elapsed time since the start time with each other in response to the acquisition of the information indicating the start, and update the progress information by measuring the elapsed time until the information indicating the end is acquired, and a unit to present information indicating a speech status of each of the participants of each of the agendas based on the progress information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Soichiro Iga, Makoto Shinnishi, Masashi Nakatomi, Kaoru Maeda
  • Patent number: 8219431
    Abstract: A workflow management system is disclosed that is suitable to manage a workflow including plural hierarchically-classified tasks and especially for cooperative work spread over different organizations. The workflow management system includes a task receiving unit to receive designation of a task to be delegated, a delegatee receiving unit to receive designation of a delegatee, an acceptance receiving unit to receive acceptance of a delegation from the delegatee, a first processor that allows a delegator to hide a delegated task and a subordinate task, and allows the delegator to confirm status of the designated task, and a second processor that allows the delegator and the delegatee to refer to other tasks relevant to the delegated task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Takeshi Suzuki, Harald Holz, Oleg Rostanin
  • Patent number: 7926463
    Abstract: An engine provided with a fuel injector for directly injecting fuel into a cylinder, a spark plug positioning a spark gap in a flight path of fuel injected from the fuel injector, and a cavity formed in a piston top face, wherein at the time of stratified combustion, the fuel injector injects substantially all of the fuel in a direction merging with a tumble flow, swirling in a longitudinal direction along the cavity at the compression stroke, along the swirl direction of the tumble flow and uses the spark plug to ignite the fuel while the fuel at the end period of injection is passing through the spark gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ashizawa, Hiroshi Nomura, Osamu Tomino, Kaoru Maeda, Keisuke Matsumoto, Takeo Kushida
  • Publication number: 20100121859
    Abstract: A workflow management system for managing a constructive workflow includes a storing unit, to which a user inputs a search condition to search for documents relevant to a target task and tasks neighboring to the target task, and which stores the input search condition in a query database by causing the condition to relate to the target task, a search condition obtaining unit which obtains a search condition to search for the documents relevant to the target task from the query database when the documents relevant to the target task are requested to be searched for, a restructuring unit which restructures the obtained search condition to a search condition having a predetermined format by considering a type and a weighting factor of the type included in the obtained search condition, and a searching unit which obtains a list of documents from a document database based on the restructured search condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Takeshi Suzuki, Heiko Maus, Harald Holz, Oleg Rostanin