Patents by Inventor Masashi Nakatomi
Masashi Nakatomi 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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Patent number: 11586947Abstract: A visualization system, in the case where a prediction target is expressed by a sum of a plurality of partial prediction targets, includes: a reception unit 81 for receiving designation of a method of compiling the partial prediction targets into a plurality of groups; a learning unit 82 for learning, for at least one of the groups, a model having, as an objective variable, a sum of partial prediction targets included in the group; and a first display control unit 83 for causing a display device to display parameters constituting the model.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yousuke Motohashi, Keisuke Umezu, Azusa Washida, Masashi Nakatomi
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Publication number: 20200125972Abstract: A visualization system, in the case where a prediction target is expressed by a sum of a plurality of partial prediction targets, includes: a reception unit 81 for receiving designation of a method of compiling the partial prediction targets into a plurality of groups; a learning unit 82 for learning, for at least one of the groups, a model having, as an objective variable, a sum of partial prediction targets included in the group; and a first display control unit 83 for causing a display device to display parameters constituting the model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yousuke MOTOHASHI, Keisuke UMEZU, Azusa WASHIDA, Masashi NAKATOMI
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Patent number: 9473741Abstract: A teleconference terminal includes a positional relationship determining unit, a video switching unit, a first video output unit, and a second video output unit. The positional relationship determining unit sets relationship information indicating a displaying position relationship between a location video received from another teleconference terminal and shared information shared among a plurality of locations on the local teleconference terminal based on relationship information indicating a displaying position relationship between the location video and the shared information set on the other teleconference terminal. The video switching unit displays the location video received from the other teleconference terminal and shared information on a first display unit and a second display unit in the displaying position relationship specified in the relationship information set by the positional relationship determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
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Patent number: 9189150Abstract: An information processing device includes an input operation function identification unit configured to identify an input operation and a function performed on a display screen including at least two areas; an area determination unit configured to determine an area among the at least two areas of the display screen to which the input operation belongs; a function process unit configured to execute a process of the function corresponding to the input operation, with respect to the area determined by the area determination unit; and a display output unit configured to display, on the display screen, a result obtained by the process executed by the function process unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
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Patent number: 9131109Abstract: An information processing device displays a first image and a second image, which is obtained by an image capturing unit by capturing the image in front of a display screen of a first display device capable of displaying the first image, on a second display device that is installed at a different location than the first display device. The information processing device includes a display control unit that displays the first image and the second image on the second display device in such a way that a display position of the first image in a left and right direction with reference to a display position of the second image when facing the second display device is opposite to a display position of the first image in the left and right direction with reference to the position of the image capturing unit when facing the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
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Publication number: 20150029301Abstract: A teleconference terminal includes a positional relationship determining unit, a video switching unit, a first video output unit, and a second video output unit. The positional relationship determining unit sets relationship information indicating a displaying position relationship between a location video received from another teleconference terminal and shared information shared among a plurality of locations on the local teleconference terminal based on relationship information indicating a displaying position relationship between the location video and the shared information set on the other teleconference terminal. The video switching unit displays the location video received from the other teleconference terminal and shared information on a first display unit and a second display unit in the displaying position relationship specified in the relationship information set by the positional relationship determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
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Patent number: 8885806Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Soichiro Iga, Makoto Shinnishi, Masashi Nakatomi, Kaoru Maeda
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Patent number: 8862473Abstract: A comment recording apparatus, including a voice input device and a voice output device for recording and playing back comment voice, includes a voice obtaining unit, a voice recognition unit, a morphological analysis unit, and a display generation unit. The voice obtaining unit obtains comment voice as voice data, and registers the obtained voice data to a voice database for each topic specified by a topic specification device and each comment-delivered participant identified from the voice data. The voice recognition unit conducts a voice recognition process on the voice data to obtain text information. The morphological analysis unit conducts a morphological analysis on the text information, and registers a keyword extracted from words obtained by the morphological analysis unit to a keyword database with topic and comment-delivered participant along with voice. The display generation unit displays the keyword in a matrix while relating the keyword to a topic and a comment-delivering participant.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Shinnishi, Soichiro Iga, Masashi Nakatomi
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Publication number: 20140253670Abstract: An information processing device displays a first image and a second image, which is obtained by an image capturing unit by capturing the image in front of a display screen of a first display device capable of displaying the first image, on a second display device that is installed at a different location than the first display device. The information processing device includes a display control unit that displays the first image and the second image on the second display device in such a way that a display position of the first image in a left and right direction with reference to a display position of the second image when facing the second display device is opposite to a display position of the first image in the left and right direction with reference to the position of the image capturing unit when facing the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Masashi NAKATOMI, Yuuji Kasuya
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Publication number: 20130335369Abstract: An information processing device includes an input operation function identification unit configured to identify an input operation and a function performed on a display screen including at least two areas; an area determination unit configured to determine an area among the at least two areas of the display screen to which the input operation belongs; a function process unit configured to execute a process of the function corresponding to the input operation, with respect to the area determined by the area determination unit; and a display output unit configured to display, on the display screen, a result obtained by the process executed by the function process unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Masashi NAKATOMI, Yuuji KASUYA
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Patent number: 8533795Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a user authentication unit that identifies a current user, a task acquiring unit that acquires task information of a relevant task associated with a file to be processed by the current user, and a file information storage unit that stores file information of the file to be processed in association with the task information of the relevant task.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Tetsuro Nagatsuka
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Patent number: 8484719Abstract: A disclosed information processing apparatus makes it possible for a user to perform a desired operation easily by displaying operation candidates based on an operation history. The apparatus comprises a storage unit in which an operation history table is stored, the table associating tasks with operations. A user who performs an operation is authenticated by a user authentication unit. Task information concerning the authenticated user is acquired by a task acquisition unit. Based on the acquired task information, an operation candidate presenting unit presents operation candidates by referring to the operation history table. The operation history table is updated by a history management unit in accordance with an operation designated by the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masashi Nakatomi
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Patent number: 8319995Abstract: An information storing unit stores file information on an electronic file on which a user's operation is to be performed. An operation-candidate storing unit stores content information on contents of the operation. A selection-probability storing unit stores a probability value of selecting the operation. A similarity storing unit stores a similarity value of the operation between different users. A probability calculating unit calculates a function-selection-probability value for selecting an operation candidate for the electronic file, by using the file information, the content information, the probability value, and the similarity value.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Jun-ichiro Hirayama
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Publication number: 20120219140Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Soichiro Iga, Makoto Shinnishi, Masashi Nakatomi, Kaoru Maeda
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Publication number: 20110112835Abstract: A comment recording apparatus, including a voice input device and a voice output device for recording and playing back comment voice, includes a voice obtaining unit, a voice recognition unit, a morphological analysis unit, and a display generation unit. The voice obtaining unit obtains comment voice as voice data, and registers the obtained voice data to a voice database for each topic specified by a topic specification device and each comment-delivered participant identified from the voice data. The voice recognition unit conducts a voice recognition process on the voice data to obtain text information. The morphological analysis unit conducts a morphological analysis on the text information, and registers a keyword extracted from words obtained by the morphological analysis unit to a keyword database with topic and comment-delivered participant along with voice. The display generation unit displays the keyword in a matrix while relating the keyword to a topic and a comment-delivering participant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Makoto SHINNISHI, Soichiro Iga, Masashi Nakatomi
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Patent number: 7668799Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a past history storing table for storing information indicating operations performed on one or more electronic files.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Eiji Kemmochi
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Publication number: 20090231637Abstract: An image scanning/accumulating system including an information issuing unit that acquires image data; and an information managing unit that includes an image-data database for storing therein the image data acquired by the information issuing unit, and manages the image data. The information managing unit includes a task-information database, and manages task information stored in the task-information database. The information issuing unit includes an image pickup unit that scans a paper-based document thereby obtaining image data, and registers the image data in the image-data database; an information display unit that acquires task information from the task-information database to be associated with the image data obtained by the image pickup unit, and displays acquired task information on a task-information setting screen; and a notifying unit that notifies a contact address included in the task information that the image data associated with the task information is registered in the image-data database.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTDInventors: Eiji KEMMOCHI, Masashi Nakatomi, Soichiro Iga, Tetsuro Nagatsuka, Nahoko Sato
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Publication number: 20090073488Abstract: An information storing unit stores file information on an electronic file on which a user's operation is to be performed. An operation-candidate storing unit stores content information on contents of the operation. A selection-probability storing unit stores a probability value of selecting the operation. A similarity storing unit stores a similarity value of the operation between different users. A probability calculating unit calculates a function-selection-probability value for selecting an operation candidate for the electronic file, by using the file information, the content information, the probability value, and the similarity value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Jun-ichiro Hirayama
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Publication number: 20080235776Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a user authentication unit that identifies a current user, a task acquiring unit that acquires task information of a relevant task associated with a file to be processed by the current user, and a file information storage unit that stores file information of the file to be processed in association with the task information of the relevant task.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Masashi NAKATOMI, Tetsuro NAGATSUKA
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Publication number: 20080229407Abstract: A disclosed information processing apparatus makes it possible for a user to perform a desired operation easily by displaying operation candidates based on an operation history. The apparatus comprises a storage unit in which an operation history table is stored, the table associating tasks with operations. A user who performs an operation is authenticated by a user authentication unit. Task information concerning the authenticated user is acquired by a task acquisition unit. Based on the acquired task information, an operation candidate presenting unit presents operation candidates by referring to the operation history table. The operation history table is updated by a history management unit in accordance with an operation designated by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masashi NAKATOMI