Patents by Inventor Naoya NOBUTANI

Naoya NOBUTANI 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: 10986242
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes plural detectors and a transition unit. The plural detectors detect a person and have different detection areas. The transition unit makes a transition from a power saving state to a normal state if a return condition that the person is detected by a predetermined detector among the plural detectors is satisfied, the power saving state being a state in which power lower than usual power is supplied, the normal state being a state in which the usual power is supplied. The transition unit sets, as the return condition, a condition that an intention of using the information processing apparatus by the person is detected and a detector, among the plural detectors, having a detection area wider than a detection area of the predetermined detector detects the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Toru Suzuki, Manabu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10965837
    Abstract: An authentication device includes: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a person around an apparatus including the authentication device; an authentication unit that performs authentication by a facial image captured by the image capturing unit; and a selection unit, when the image capturing unit captures facial images of plural persons, that selects a facial image of a person who is determined to have a high possibility of using the apparatus from the facial images of the plural persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10938998
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor, an output unit, and a controller. The sensor senses a person. The output unit outputs a notification sound. The controller controls a volume of the notification sound. The controller controls the output unit to reduce the volume of the notification sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Toru Suzuki, Manabu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10757299
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a process execution unit that executes a process according to a user instruction; a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device moved in a predetermined communication area; a recognition unit that recognizes existence/non-existence of use intention; an authentication processing unit that executes a user authentication process in cases where the first communication unit receives a user ID maintained in the mobile device and the recognition unit recognizes that the user who possesses the user ID attempts to cause the process execution unit to execute the process; and a process execution permission unit that permits the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process in a case where the reception user ID is recognized as the user ID possessed by the user who has the authority to cause the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10642555
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10489097
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a reservation unit that reserves the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts a user's log-in operation, an authentication unit that authenticates the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction, which is reserved in the reservation unit and is associated with the authenticated user, without accepting the log-in operation by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication by the authentication unit has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190230250
    Abstract: An authentication device includes: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a person around an apparatus including the authentication device; an authentication unit that performs authentication by a facial image captured by the image capturing unit; and a selection unit, when the image capturing unit captures facial images of plural persons, that selects a facial image of a person who is determined to have a high possibility of using the apparatus from the facial images of the plural persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190205075
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Manabu HAYASHI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Toru SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10298810
    Abstract: An authentication device includes: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a person around an apparatus including the authentication device; an authentication unit that performs authentication by a facial image captured by the image capturing unit; and a selection unit, when the image capturing unit captures facial images of plural persons, that selects a facial image of a person who is determined to have a high possibility of using the apparatus from the facial images of the plural persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10275198
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10205853
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures a face image of a user, an authenticating unit that authenticates the user using the face image of the user captured by the imaging unit, a display unit that displays failure information if authentication of the user by the authenticating unit is unsuccessful, a departure detecting unit that detects a departure of the user, and a stopping unit that causes the display unit to stop displaying the failure information if the departure detecting unit detects the departure of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Hayashi, Masafumi Ono, Naoya Nobutani, Kunitoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10178255
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user, an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Masafumi Ono, Manabu Hayashi, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10154160
    Abstract: A system includes: a printing unit that prints a document including a data part; a storage unit that stores (i) specifying information which uniquely specifies the document and (ii) the data part in association with each other; an obtaining unit that obtains the specifying information of the document from a document recipient; and a transmitting unit that transmits the data part corresponding to the obtained specifying information to the document recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Hikawa, Manabu Hayashi, Keita Sakakura, Masafumi Ono, Hiroyoshi Uejo, Akira Misumi, Tomoya Shibata, Naoya Nobutani
  • Patent number: 10102420
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a verification unit and an execution unit. The verification unit verifies biometric information acquired from users against preregistered reference information. The execution unit executes a process based on the number of times biometric information has been verified on a user basis in a predetermined period by the verification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Manabu Hayashi, Masafumi Ono, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Toru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180270380
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes plural detectors and a transition unit. The plural detectors detect a person and have different detection areas. The transition unit makes a transition from a power saving state to a normal state if a return condition that the person is detected by a predetermined detector among the plural detectors is satisfied, the power saving state being a state in which power lower than usual power is supplied, the normal state being a state in which the usual power is supplied. The transition unit sets, as the return condition, a condition that an intention of using the information processing apparatus by the person is detected and a detector, among the plural detectors, having a detection area wider than a detection area of the predetermined detector detects the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Toru SUZUKI, Manabu HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180262630
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor, an output unit, and a controller. The sensor senses a person. The output unit outputs a notification sound. The controller controls a volume of the notification sound. The controller controls the output unit to reduce the volume of the notification sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Toru SUZUKI, Manabu HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180176419
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a process execution unit that executes a process according to a user instruction; a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device moved in a predetermined communication area; a recognition unit that recognizes existence/non-existence of use intention; an authentication processing unit that executes a user authentication process in cases where the first communication unit receives a user ID maintained in the mobile device and the recognition unit recognizes that the user who possesses the user ID attempts to cause the process execution unit to execute the process; and a process execution permission unit that permits the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process in a case where the reception user ID is recognized as the user ID possessed by the user who has the authority to cause the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Manabu HAYASHI, Toru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180157818
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a process execution unit that executes a process according to a user instruction; a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device which is moved to a predetermined communication area; an authentication processing unit that executes a user authentication process in a case where the first communication unit receives both information that the mobile device is in a process request mode and a user ID maintained by the mobile device through communication with the mobile device; and a process execution permission unit that permits the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process in a case where the reception user ID is recognized as a user ID possessed by the user who has the authority to cause the authentication processing unit to execute the necessary authentication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Manabu HAYASHI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Toru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180157449
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a reservation unit that reserves the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts a user's log-in operation, an authentication unit that authenticates the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction, which is reserved in the reservation unit and is associated with the authenticated user, without accepting the log-in operation by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication by the authentication unit has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Manabu HAYASHI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Toru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180039464
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NOBUTANI, Masafumi ONO, Manabu HAYASHI, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Toru SUZUKI