Patents by Inventor Kazuki Sasayama

Kazuki Sasayama 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: 10546017
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of displaying terms each having a character string embedded in an application and terms each having a character string to be added by at least one term module for the application, on a screen of the application. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry determines, during startup of the information processing apparatus, whether at least one of the application and the at least one term module has been updated. The circuitry generates association information to be stored in a memory, based on determination that at least one of the application and the at least one term module has been updated. The circuitry acquires one of term identification information of the application and term identification information of the at least one term module from the memory. The circuitry selects a character string to be displayed, using the term identification information acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Hitomi, Kazuki Sasayama, Tatsuma Hirokawa, Zentaroh Ono
  • Patent number: 10338797
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a memory storing a program, and a processor configured to execute the program to implement processes of accepting an operation with respect to a setting screen that displays an image including a plurality of display components corresponding to a plurality of setting items on a display device, and accepting a setting operation for enlarging or reducing a display size of at least one display component of the plurality of display components and changing display information that is displayed in a display area of the at least one display component according to the display size of the at least one display component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20190012402
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of displaying terms each having a character string embedded in an application and terms each having a character string to be added by at least one term module for the application, on a screen of the application. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry determines, during startup of the information processing apparatus, whether at least one of the application and the at least one term module has been updated. The circuitry generates association information to be stored in a memory, based on determination that at least one of the application and the at least one term module has been updated. The circuitry acquires one of term identification information of the application and term identification information of the at least one term module from the memory. The circuitry selects a character string to be displayed, using the term identification information acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichiro HITOMI, Kazuki Sasayama, Tatsuma Hirokawa, Zentaroh Ono
  • Patent number: 10158775
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is to execute a process selected among multiple processes. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a list in which each of the processes is associated with a type of the process representing whether the process is to use information about an orientation of a document; an objective process determination unit to determine whether the selected process to be executed is of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document, based on the list stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit to display a confirmation screen on a display unit, for prompting to confirm the orientation of the document after having received an execution command for the process, in a case where the process has been determined as of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaki Umezawa, Sachiko Fukumaru, Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20180183942
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is to execute a process selected among multiple processes. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a list in which each of the processes is associated with a type of the process representing whether the process is to use information about an orientation of a document; an objective process determination unit to determine whether the selected process to be executed is of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document, based on the list stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit to display a confirmation screen on a display unit, for prompting to confirm the orientation of the document after having received an execution command for the process, in a case where the process has been determined as of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaki Umezawa, Sachiko Fukumaru, Kazuki Sasayama
  • Patent number: 9942425
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is to execute a process selected among multiple processes. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a list in which each of the processes is associated with a type of the process representing whether the process is to use information about an orientation of a document; an objective process determination unit to determine whether the selected process to be executed is of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document, based on the list stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit to display a confirmation screen on a display unit, for prompting to confirm the orientation of the document after having received an execution command for the process, in a case where the process has been determined as of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaki Umezawa, Sachiko Fukumaru, Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20170075554
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a memory storing a program, and a processor configured to execute the program to implement processes of accepting an operation with respect to a setting screen that displays an image including a plurality of display components corresponding to a plurality of setting items on a display device, and accepting a setting operation for enlarging or reducing a display size of at least one display component of the plurality of display components and changing display information that is displayed in a display area of the at least one display component according to the display size of the at least one display component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki SASAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170052689
    Abstract: To improve screen operability, an information processing apparatus includes a display device, a display controller configured to display a setting screen on the display device, the setting screen including a display component corresponding to a setting item and a setting component disposed inside the display component for a purpose of setting a value of the setting item, a receiver configured to receive an operation performed on the setting screen, and an execution controller configured, in a case where the receiver receives an operation performed outside the setting component, to perform a display control of the setting screen responding to the received operation, and configured, in a case where the receiver receives an operation performed on the setting component, not to perform a display control of the setting screen responding to another operation performed outside the setting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaki Umezawa, Sachiko Fukumaru, Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20170048399
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is to execute a process selected among multiple processes. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a list in which each of the processes is associated with a type of the process representing whether the process is to use information about an orientation of a document; an objective process determination unit to determine whether the selected process to be executed is of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document, based on the list stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit to display a confirmation screen on a display unit, for prompting to confirm the orientation of the document after having received an execution command for the process, in a case where the process has been determined as of the type to use the information about the orientation of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaki Umezawa, Sachiko Fukumaru, Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20170013147
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a display unit configured to display a message for indicating information to a user, includes a determination unit configured to determine, when displaying the message on the display unit, whether to display the message on the display unit by a predetermined display aspect; and a display control unit configured to display, when it has been determined by the determination unit that the message is to be displayed on the display unit by the predetermined display aspect, the message on the display unit while dynamically changing a region having the message reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaki UMEZAWA, Sachiko FUKUMARU, Kazuki SASAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160072977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an address information storage storing recipient information relating to a recipient and the recipient's address with an address identifier as address information; a program storage storing setting information in association with a program identifier as program information, the setting information including program identification information specifying a program and the address identifier; a program execution unit executing the program associated with the program identifier based on the setting information; an address information change unit changing the address information in the address information storage, and changing the address identifier along with the change in the address information; and an information change adjusting unit adjusting, upon detecting a change in one of the address identifier and the address information, the address identifier of the program information including the address identifier in the program storage in response to the change in the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki SASAYAMA, Daisuke OKADA, Chan GU, Yuto SHIBATA, Akiko KITAYAMA, Daisuke MASUI, Masashi TANIGUCHI, Noboru TAMURA, Naoya TAMURA, Yuka SAITO, Hiroya URUTA
  • Publication number: 20150339548
    Abstract: A processing function proposing apparatus includes a status detector that detects a current status of a resource, a request acquisition unit that acquires a composite function requested to be executed from multiple composite functions, each composite function combining multiple unit functions, a function selecting unit to select at least one unit function combined that executes the requested composite function based on the current status of the resource, and a proposing unit that proposes the unit function selected by the function selecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Akiko KITAYAMA, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Daisuke Masui, Daisuke Okada, Yuka Saito, Yuto Shibata, Hiroya Uruta, Naoya Tamura, Noboru Tamura, Kazuki Sasayama, Masashi Taniguchi, Chan Gu
  • Patent number: 8565631
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a PDL analyzing unit that analyzes print data and obtains a drawing condition; a drawing unit that uses a type of dither selected from types of dither, prepared and associated with drawing conditions, according to the drawing condition analyzed, and generates output image data; an image forming unit; a fixing unit that fixes an image formed on a recording sheet by heating the image to a fixing temperature; a fixing control unit that controls the fixing temperature to a target value; and a database in which each of the types of dither is associated with the target value of fixing temperature for power saving. The fixing control unit obtains from the database the target value of fixing temperature corresponding to the type of dither used in the drawing unit and carries out control to conduct fixing at the target value thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikiya Ichikawa, Kaname Nomura, Yoshio Taga, Tomoaki Okamura, Junji Suzuki, Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20120062941
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of drawing processing units that process one or more drawing instructions included in a display list. At least two of the plurality of drawing processing units have different attributes with respect to a first drawing instruction. The image forming apparatus further includes an analyzing unit that acquires the first drawing instruction by analyzing the display list; and an allocating unit that allocates at least the first drawing instruction acquired by the analyzing unit to a first one of the drawing processing units based on the attributes of the drawing processing units with respect to the first drawing instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20110217061
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a PDL analyzing unit that analyzes print data and obtains a drawing condition; a drawing unit that uses a type of dither selected from types of dither, prepared and associated with drawing conditions, according to the drawing condition analyzed, and generates output image data; an image forming unit; a fixing unit that fixes an image formed on a recording sheet by heating the image to a fixing temperature; a fixing control unit that controls the fixing temperature to a target value; and a database in which each of the types of dither is associated with the target value of fixing temperature for power saving. The fixing control unit obtains from the database the target value of fixing temperature corresponding to the type of dither used in the drawing unit and carries out control to conduct fixing at the target value thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Mikiya Ichikawa, Kaname Nomura, Yoshio Taga, Tomoaki Okamura, Junji Suzuki, Kazuki Sasayama