Patents by Inventor Kiyohiko Shinomiya

Kiyohiko Shinomiya 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: 11899702
    Abstract: A search system (10) includes a search term acquisition unit (111) configured to acquire a search term; a full-text search unit (112) configured to perform a searching operation based on the search term; and a visualization unit (114) configured to display a corresponding relationship between the search term and a result obtained by performing the searching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiawei Yong, Kiyohiko Shinomiya, Katsumi Kanasaki, Shintaro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20220342917
    Abstract: A search system (10) includes a search term acquisition unit (111) configured to acquire a search term; a full-text search unit (112) configured to perform a searching operation based on the search term; and a visualization unit (114) configured to display a corresponding relationship between the search term and a result obtained by performing the searching operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiawei YONG, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Katsumi KANASAKI, Shintaro KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10670421
    Abstract: A management server communicable with a plurality of terminal devices, including a first terminal device, includes: a receiver to receive, from the first terminal device, shared information to be shared between the plurality of terminal devices, the shared information including first location information indicating a current location of the first terminal device, direction information indicating a direction that the first terminal device faces, and distance information indicating a distance from the first terminal device to a target destination; circuitry to generate target destination information including second location information indicating a location of the target destination based on the shared information received from the first terminal device; and a transmitter to transmit the target destination information to the plurality of terminal devices for display at the plurality of terminal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuto Gotoh, Shigenobu Hirano, Ikue Kawashima, Yasuo Katano, Takashi Maki, Kenji Kameyama, Shiroh Ikegami, Qing Liang, Kiyohiko Shinomiya, Norikazu Igarashi, Satomi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190171734
    Abstract: An information presentation device, system, and method. The information presentation system includes the information presentation device, a recognition unit, an extraction unit and an external search unit. The information presentation method includes searching information sources indicated in a plurality of search conditions for a keyword extracted from an utterance or an image displayed on a display and presenting each search result corresponding to each of the search conditions on the display in a discriminable form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiyuki FURUTA, Katsumi Kanasaki, Kiyohiko Shinomiya, Kai Yuu, Ryo Furutani
  • Publication number: 20170328733
    Abstract: A management server communicable with a plurality of terminal devices, including a first terminal device, includes: a receiver to receive, from the first terminal device, shared information to be shared between the plurality of terminal devices, the shared information including first location information indicating a current location of the first terminal device, direction information indicating a direction that the first terminal device faces, and distance information indicating a distance from the first terminal device to a target destination; circuitry to generate target destination information including second location information indicating a location of the target destination based on the shared information received from the first terminal device; and a transmitter to transmit the target destination information to the plurality of terminal devices for display at the plurality of terminal devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yuuto GOTOH, Shigenobu HIRANO, Ikue KAWASHIMA, Yasuo KATANO, Takashi MAKI, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Shiroh IKEGAMI, Qing LIANG, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Norikazu IGARASHI, Satomi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9756199
    Abstract: A data communication device includes a communication unit that performs a communication in accordance with a standard of a short-range wireless communication; a storage unit that stores therein, among profiles that conform to the standard of the short-range wireless communication and that define a method of using a protocol, a first profile in which multiple services are settable and in which identification information is related to the services; and an arbitrating unit that, when an application is to be installed, adds or updates a service used by the application with regard to the first profile in accordance with the identification information that is related to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kiyohiko Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20170111537
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a main unit of an image processing apparatus and an operational unit. The operational unit includes a request receiver that receives a request to modify operational unit administrative information, an administrative information modifying unit that modifies the operational unit administrative information in response to the received request to modify, and an administrative information reporting unit that reports modified content of the operational unit administrative information to the main unit of the image processing apparatus. The main unit of the image processing apparatus includes an apparatus information synchronizer that modifies the apparatus administrative information that corresponds to the reported modified content after receiving the modified content of the operational unit administrative information from the operational unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke IWASA, Shigeo NEGORO, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 9571679
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a main unit of an image processing apparatus and an operational unit. The operational unit includes a request receiver that receives a request to modify operational unit administrative information, an administrative information modifying unit that modifies the operational unit administrative information in response to the received request to modify, and an administrative information reporting unit that reports modified content of the operational unit administrative information to the main unit of the image processing apparatus. The main unit of the image processing apparatus includes an apparatus information synchronizer that modifies the apparatus administrative information that corresponds to the reported modified content after receiving the modified content of the operational unit administrative information from the operational unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Iwasa, Shigeo Negoro, Kiyohiko Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20160150105
    Abstract: A data communication device includes a communication unit that performs a communication in accordance with a standard of a short-range wireless communication; a storage unit that stores therein, among profiles that conform to the standard of the short-range wireless communication and that define a method of using a protocol, a first profile in which multiple services are settable and in which identification information is related to the services; and an arbitrating unit that, when an application is to be installed, adds or updates a service used by the application with regard to the first profile in accordance with the identification information that is related to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 9348982
    Abstract: An information processing system, an operating device, and computer-readable storage medium. The operating device acquires, from an operation application program installed in the operating device, function information that indicates a function provided by the operation application program, acquires use authority information that is stored in a use-authority information storage device and is related to user identification information on an operating user that operates the operating device, determines whether the operating user has authority to use the function provided by the operation application program by using the use authority information acquired and the function information acquired, and performs the function when the operating user has the authority to use the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Negoro, Yoh Masuyama, Keisuke Iwasa, Tadashi Nagata, Kiyohiko Shinomiya, Yutaka Yagiura, Tomoki Shibukawa
  • Publication number: 20140278956
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, to display advertisements with good timing to an image processing device that a user is currently using, so that the frequency of reference to the advertisement can be improved. The image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: manage the processing of a job requested by a user, and manage advertisements to be displayed in accordance with a job classification of the job being processed; and a display configured to display an advertisement, wherein the circuitry is further configured to stop and resume the processing of the job in accordance with at least one of a display status of the advertisement displayed by the display and a display condition of the advertisement displayed by the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Takahiro ASOH, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Shigeo NEGORO
  • Publication number: 20140282490
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an control unit to accept input, an operating unit to execute information processing based on the input accepted by the control unit, and a registration unit to register functional information that indicates the type of function utilized by an application among a plurality of functions included in the operating unit in accordance with an electronic signature linked to the application included in the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Shigeo NEGORO, Keisuke IWASA
  • Publication number: 20140153043
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a main unit of an image processing apparatus and an operational unit. The operational unit includes a request receiver that receives a request to modify operational unit administrative information, an administrative information modifying unit that modifies the operational unit administrative information in response to the received request to modify, and an administrative information reporting unit that reports modified content of the operational unit administrative information to the main unit of the image processing apparatus. The main unit of the image processing apparatus includes an apparatus information synchronizer that modifies the apparatus administrative information that corresponds to the reported modified content after receiving the modified content of the operational unit administrative information from the operational unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke IWASA, Shigeo NEGORO, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 8713161
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an HDD that stores therein a license file containing an expiration date of a license of an application and a class of the license, a detecting unit that acquires the expiration date from the license file and detects whether the expiration date has passed, a class identifying unit that identifies a class of the license whose expiration date is detected as having passed, based on the license file, an update-process determining unit that determines a method of performing an update process based on the class, a license-file acquiring unit that acquires a license file from the license file management server based on the method of performing the update process, and a replacing unit that replaces the license file stored in the HDD with the license file acquired by the license-file acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kiyohiko Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20140082747
    Abstract: An information processing system including an operating device and an information processing main body device, the operating device comprising: an application control unit configured to acquire function information of at least one of application program installed in the operation device; and a use-authority determination unit configured to receive the operation from the user and notice to the application control unit, the information processing main body device comprising a authentication unit configured to submit to the use-authority determination unit a user authentication result including a use-authority information, wherein the use-authority determination unit determines whether or not the user is allowed to use the at least one of the application program on the basis of the function information and the use-authority information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeo NEGORO, Yoh MASUYAMA, Keisuke IWASA, Tadashi NAGATA, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Yutaka YAGIURA, Tomoki SHIBUKAWA
  • Patent number: 7991828
    Abstract: A hyper-text-transfer-protocol communication unit sends and receives data based on a hyper text transfer protocol via a network. A facsimile communication unit sends and receives facsimile data based on a facsimile transmission procedure via a public line. A history storing unit stores communication history data. A history sending unit sends, when a request for acquiring the communication history data is received from a terminal based on the hyper text transfer protocol via the network, the communication history data to the terminal via the network as a semantic extensible-markup-language document, based on the request received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyohiko Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20110066721
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an HDD that stores therein a license file containing an expiration date of a license of an application and a class of the license, a detecting unit that acquires the expiration date from the license file and detects whether the expiration date has passed, a class identifying unit that identifies a class of the license whose expiration date is detected as having passed, based on the license file, an update-process determining unit that determines a method of performing an update process based on the class, a license-file acquiring unit that acquires a license file from the license file management server based on the method of performing the update process, and a replacing unit that replaces the license file stored in the HDD with the license file acquired by the license-file acquiring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20100251232
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, connected with a software delivery server, is provided that includes a storage unit; a requesting unit to transmit an installation request for an install-target software to the software delivery server; a related information receiving unit to receive software information from the software delivery server; a software acquiring unit to acquire the install-target software; a determining unit to determine whether dependency software is included and is firmware; a progress status registering unit to register a progress status of acquiring the install-target software and the firmware; a start-up unit to restart the image processing apparatus; and an installation processing unit to install the install-target software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 7535587
    Abstract: A network facsimile apparatus, including a LAN interface unit, a facsimile interface unit, a memory unit, and a control unit, transmits image information received as e-mail through a computer network to another facsimile apparatus through a public channel, stores an e-mail address of a backup transmission destination with respect to the facsimile transmission in a memory unit for storing e-mail addresses beforehand. When the facsimile transmission is completed, the network facsimile apparatus generates communication control information and prepares an e-mail message that indicates the communication control information therein to transmit the e-mail message to the backup transmission address stored in the memory unit. Accordingly, a user can easily and readily ensure the result of the facsimile transmission by receiving the e-mail from the network facsimile apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyohiko Shinomiya
  • Publication number: 20060028691
    Abstract: A hyper-text-transfer-protocol communication unit sends and receives data based on a hyper text transfer protocol via a network. A facsimile communication unit sends and receives facsimile data based on a facsimile transmission procedure via a public line. A history storing unit stores communication history data. A history sending unit sends, when a request for acquiring the communication history data is received from a terminal based on the hyper text transfer protocol via the network, the communication history data to the terminal via the network as a semantic extensible-markup-language document, based on the request received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Kiyohiko Shinomiya