Patents by Inventor Mariko Miyazaki
Mariko Miyazaki 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: 20180253100Abstract: A moving apparatus includes a moving unit, an operation unit, a detector, and a controller. The moving unit moves to a destination point. The operation unit performs a predetermined operation after movement of the moving unit. The detector detects an obstacle. The controller controls the detector to make a detection distance in an opposite direction to a moving direction of the moving apparatus shorter during the movement of the moving unit than during the operation of the operation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Teppei AOKI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Hirokazu TSUBOTA, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Naoya OGATA, Kengo TOKUCHI, Yasuharu SAKURAI
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Patent number: 9992632Abstract: A mobile apparatus travels within a predetermined service provision area and, in response to receiving an instruction to provide a service from at least one user present in the service provision area, travels to the user to provide the service to the user. The mobile apparatus moves to a priority stand-by position which is determined based on a location of the at least one user from a plurality of stand-by positions provided within the service provision area and waits for the instruction to provide a service.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Fujimoto, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Mariko Miyazaki, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Hajime Kajiyama, Naoya Ogata, Akira Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20180067483Abstract: A service providing system includes a self-moving apparatus and a server apparatus. The self-moving apparatus provides a service by moving to a predetermined destination and includes a detection unit and a reporting unit. The detection unit detects a state of the self-moving apparatus. The reporting unit sends a report about the detected state to the server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a reception unit, a report-reception unit, and a first instruction unit. The reception unit receives a user instruction for causing the self-moving apparatus to move to the destination if the self-moving apparatus is in a predetermined state. The report-reception unit receives the report from the self-moving apparatus. The first instruction unit instructs the self-moving apparatus to move to the destination upon the reception unit receiving the user instruction if the report received by the report-reception unit indicates that the self-moving apparatus is in the predetermined state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mariko MIYAZAKI, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Naoya OGATA, Akira ICHIKAWA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180069935Abstract: A service providing system includes a moving apparatus and a service provision instruction apparatus. The moving apparatus moves to a user who is within a service provision area within a predetermined zone, the predetermined zone including the service provision area and a service prohibition area, and provides a service to the user. The service provision instruction apparatus recognizes a position of a user within the zone and instructs the moving apparatus to provide a service to the user when the user is within the service provision area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mariko MIYAZAKI, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Naoya OGATA, Akira ICHIKAWA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180009107Abstract: A mobile robot includes a receiving unit that receives a request for providing a service, a notifying unit that notifies a client that the request is received by performing an operation oriented toward the client who has made the request, a moving unit that moves toward a user designated as a receiver of the service in accordance with the request, and a providing unit that provides the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki FUJIMOTO, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Akira ICHIKAWA, Naoya OGATA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Toshihiko SHIBUSAWA, Masatoshi MARUO, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180011492Abstract: A service providing device includes a mobile unit, a providing unit, and an obtaining unit. The mobile unit moves to a destination. The providing unit moves together with the mobile unit and provides a service. The obtaining unit obtains information at a destination at which the providing unit provides a service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime KAJIYAMA, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Naoya OGATA, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Toshihiko SHIBUSAWA, Masatoshi MARUO, Hirokazu TSUBOTA, Yasuharu SAKURAI, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180009108Abstract: A mobile robot includes a receiving unit that receives designation of a destination region including a destination, a moving unit that moves toward the destination region, and a seeking unit that seeks a client after movement toward the destination region starts. The moving unit moves toward the sought client.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Naoya OGATA, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Toshihiko SHIBUSAWA, Masatoshi MARUO, Hirokazu TSUBOTA, Yasuharu SAKURAI, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170364085Abstract: A control device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request for processing; and a control unit that, in a case where the receiving unit receives a plurality of requests for processing from a plurality of places, controls a traveling route of a processing apparatus based on traveling time taken for the processing apparatus to travel to the plurality of places and processing time taken for the processing apparatus to finish the processing after traveling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira ICHIKAWA, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Naoya OGATA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170337022Abstract: A control device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request for processing; a determination unit that determines a processing apparatus to be moved from among a plurality of processing apparatuses based on a predetermined standard in a case where the receiving unit receives a request for processing; and a control unit that controls movement of the processing apparatus based on a result of determination performed by the determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoya OGATA, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Akira ICHIKAWA, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170318436Abstract: A mobile apparatus travels within a predetermined service provision area and, in response to receiving an instruction to provide a service from at least one user present in the service provision area, travels to the user to provide the service to the user. The mobile apparatus moves to a priority stand-by position which is determined based on a location of the at least one user from a plurality of stand-by positions provided within the service provision area and waits for the instruction to provide a service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki FUJIMOTO, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Naoya OGATA, Akira ICHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9800757Abstract: A print system includes a client device, plural mobile printers, and a server device. The client device issues a print instruction in accordance with a user operation. The plural mobile printers each receive a print instruction and move to a destination indicated by the print instruction so as to perform printing at the destination. The server device selects a mobile printer which will perform printing based on a print instruction issued by the client device, in accordance with selection standards including judgement standards for judging whether or not it is necessary to distribute a print instruction over plural mobile printers or to transfer a print instruction from one mobile printer to another mobile printer.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Fujimoto, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Mariko Miyazaki, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Hajime Kajiyama, Naoya Ogata, Akira Ichikawa
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Patent number: 9787876Abstract: A service providing system includes a client apparatus that gives an instruction to provide a service according to an operation of the client apparatus by a user, a mobile apparatus that receives the instruction to provide the service, moves to the user who has performed the operation, performs authentication of the user, and provides the service to the user, and a stationary apparatus that is placed on a fixed position and provides a service. In a case where the authentication of the user fails although the mobile apparatus receives the instruction to provide the service and moves to the user who has performed the operation, the mobile apparatus stops the providing of the service and entrusts the stationary apparatus with the providing of the service.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Kajiyama, Hideki Fujimoto, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Mariko Miyazaki, Naoya Ogata, Akira Ichikawa, Tetsuya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20170279885Abstract: A service providing system includes a mobile apparatus that moves to a user in response to receiving an instruction to provide a service from the user and provides the service to the user after obtaining approval; and a client apparatus that manages a schedule input by the user, and, in response to receiving the instruction, transmits an instruction which is derived from the received instruction, the received instruction including information of at least one of a designated date and time and a designated location at which the service is to be provided. The client apparatus includes a display that displays a schedule in which a service providing schedule is added to the schedule input by the user according to a schedule display instruction, and the mobile apparatus moves to a scheduled location at a scheduled date and time and provides the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Naoya OGATA, Akira ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170280019Abstract: A service providing system includes a client apparatus that gives an instruction to provide a service according to an operation of the client apparatus by a user, a mobile apparatus that receives the instruction to provide the service, moves to the user who has performed the operation, performs authentication of the user, and provides the service to the user, and a stationary apparatus that is placed on a fixed position and provides a service. In a case where the authentication of the user fails although the mobile apparatus receives the instruction to provide the service and moves to the user who has performed the operation, the mobile apparatus stops the providing of the service and entrusts the stationary apparatus with the providing of the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime KAJIYAMA, Hideki FUJIMOTO, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Naoya OGATA, Akira ICHIKAWA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170280008Abstract: A print system includes a client device, plural mobile printers, and a server device. The client device issues a print instruction in accordance with a user operation. The plural mobile printers each receive a print instruction and move to a destination indicated by the print instruction so as to perform printing at the destination. The server device selects a mobile printer which will perform printing based on a print instruction issued by the client device, in accordance with selection standards including judgement standards for judging whether or not it is necessary to distribute a print instruction over plural mobile printers or to transfer a print instruction from one mobile printer to another mobile printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki FUJIMOTO, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Hajime KAJIYAMA, Naoya OGATA, Akira ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20150328713Abstract: A stainless steel comprises a base metal and a coating material formed on the surface of the base metal, wherein the coating material has a surface on which crystal planes with a maximum atom density orient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mariko MIYAZAKI, Tomio IWASAKI
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Publication number: 20120162700Abstract: An image forming system includes an image formation designating apparatus and a given image forming apparatus. The image formation designating apparatus includes a common function setting information acquisition unit, an acquisition unit, an integrated function setting information generating unit, a presentation unit, a receiving unit, an image formation designating information generating unit, and a transmitting unit. The given image forming apparatus includes a holding unit, a unit, a receiving unit, and an image forming unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Mariko MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 7554700Abstract: An embossed printing processing apparatus for carrying out embossed printing by converting attribute values that are extracted from non-embossed image data into height data to create embossed image data, and transmitting the non-embossed image data and the created embossed image data to an image forming apparatus, the embossed printing processing apparatus, includes embossing specification setting pattern storing unit that creates and stores therein embossing specification setting patterns that set conversion specifications for converting the attribute values that are extracted from the non-embossed image data into height data; selecting unit that selects a desired embossing specification setting pattern from among the embossing specification setting patterns stored in the embossing specification setting pattern storing unit in creating the embossed image data from the non-embossed image data; and embossed image data creating unit that creates the embossed image data from the non-embossed image data using theType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mariko Miyazaki, Hideki Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7483177Abstract: A printing instruction device which generates a print job of document information as an object to be printed and sends it to a printer device, includes an embossed printing instruction unit that instructs embossed print setting including an object to be embossed-printed; an extraction unit that analyzes the document information to be printed and extracts the object instructed by the embossed printing instruction unit; an embossed print drawing command generation unit that generates, in accordance with the extracted object, an embossed print drawing command needed for embossed printing of the object; and a print job generation unit that generates the print job by adding the embossed print drawing command to a non-embossed print drawing command needed for non-embossed printing of the document information to be printed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mariko Miyazaki, Hideki Fujimoto, Tadaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20060066880Abstract: An embossed printing processing apparatus for carrying out embossed printing by converting attribute values that are extracted from non-embossed image data into height data to create embossed image data, and transmitting the non-embossed image data and the created embossed image data to an image forming apparatus, the embossed printing processing apparatus, includes embossing specification setting pattern storing unit that creates and stores therein embossing specification setting patterns that set conversion specifications for converting the attribute values that are extracted from the non-embossed image data into height data; selecting unit that selects a desired embossing specification setting pattern from among the embossing specification setting patterns stored in the embossing specification setting pattern storing unit in creating the embossed image data from the non-embossed image data; and embossed image data creating unit that creates the embossed image data from the non-embossed image data using theType: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mariko Miyazaki, Hideki Fujimoto