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).

  • Patent number: 11586947
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Motohashi, Keisuke Umezu, Azusa Washida, Masashi Nakatomi
  • Publication number: 20200125972
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke MOTOHASHI, Keisuke UMEZU, Azusa WASHIDA, Masashi NAKATOMI
  • Patent number: 9473741
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
  • Patent number: 9189150
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
  • Patent number: 9131109
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20150029301
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Yuuji Kasuya
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8862473
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Shinnishi, Soichiro Iga, Masashi Nakatomi
  • Publication number: 20140253670
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Masashi NAKATOMI, Yuuji Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20130335369
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Masashi NAKATOMI, Yuuji KASUYA
  • Patent number: 8533795
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Tetsuro Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 8484719
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakatomi
  • Patent number: 8319995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Jun-ichiro Hirayama
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110112835
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto SHINNISHI, Soichiro Iga, Masashi Nakatomi
  • Patent number: 7668799
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Eiji Kemmochi
  • Publication number: 20090231637
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Eiji KEMMOCHI, Masashi Nakatomi, Soichiro Iga, Tetsuro Nagatsuka, Nahoko Sato
  • Publication number: 20090073488
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Masashi Nakatomi, Jun-ichiro Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20080235776
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Masashi NAKATOMI, Tetsuro NAGATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20080229407
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi NAKATOMI