Patents by Inventor Naruhiko Ogasawara

Naruhiko Ogasawara 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: 8902457
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus scans an original document, coverts the original document into image data, creates an electronic file based on the image data, records a scanned mark on the scanned original document, and confirms whether the scanned mark is recorded. The scanned mark includes ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus. The electronic file is created when the scanned mark is not recorded on the original document and when the scanned mark including the ID information is recorded on the original document. The electronic file is not created when a scanned mark other than the scanned mark including the ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus is recorded on the original document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naruhiko Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8670145
    Abstract: In an image processing system, when a user request is received from a client apparatus, an image processing management apparatus determines whether the user request can be processed by the image processing system to generate a determination result, and generate an instruction indicating how the image processing system should operate based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Tatsumi Ishiwata, Naruhiko Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8570583
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, method, and computer readable storage medium in which a controller or control means recognizes whether information read from a detachable recording medium can be applied to the image forming apparatus based on the information stored in a memory of the image processing apparatus and a removable recording medium. When the detachable recording medium is recognized as containing information which can be applied to the image processing apparatus, the information from the detachable recording medium is loaded into the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Okada, Nobuhiro Shindo, Naruhiko Ogasawara, Takeshi Fujita, Kazuma Saito
  • Patent number: 8370768
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a displaying unit which displays a predetermined number of menu items in plural menu items on a screen, an inputting unit which selects a menu item from the menu items displayed on the screen by the displaying unit, and a storing unit which registers the menu item selected by the input unit in a user custom menu table for each user having registration regions where a predetermined number of menu items are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiko Kubo, Naruhiko Ogasawara, Nobuyuki Iwata, Hiroya Uruta, Takahiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20130027747
    Abstract: In an image processing system, when a user request is received from a client apparatus, an image processing management apparatus determines whether the user request can be processed by the image processing system to generate a determination result, and generate an instruction indicating how the image processing system should operate based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Tatsumi Ishiwata, Naruhiko OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 8310698
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory interface configured to receive an external memory, an internal memory, a reading unit, a writing unit, and an activating unit. The activating unit activates the image forming apparatus when an external memory is connected to the memory interface and model data read from the external memory by the reading unit is the same as model data about the image forming apparatus stored in the internal memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naruhiko Ogasawara, Nobuhiro Shindo, Takeshi Fujita, Kazuma Saitoh, Daisuke Okada
  • Publication number: 20120170076
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus scans an original document, coverts the original document into image data, creates an electronic file based on the image data, records a scanned mark on the scanned original document, and confirms whether the scanned mark is recorded. The scanned mark includes ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus. The electronic file is created when the scanned mark is not recorded on the original document and when the scanned mark including the ID information is recorded on the original document. The electronic file is not created when a scanned mark other than the scanned mark including the ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus is recorded on the original document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Naruhiko OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 8185948
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which requests authentication for login processing based on user information when a user requests specific processing includes a communication interface for receiving data, a print mechanism for performing printing processing on data, a registration mechanism for registering a plurality of user information, a storage mechanism for storing an access control list and an administration mechanism. The administration mechanism administers login processing of a plurality of users based on hierarchy information of the registered users and registered contents of the access control list, and to administer permission of the operation processing requested by the user. When the user instructs specific processing of data which is a guest job having no authentication information, the processing of the data is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroya Uruta, Nobuyuki Iwata, Naruhiko Ogasawara, Takahiro Hirakawa, Naohiko Kubo
  • Patent number: 7551319
    Abstract: A printer device is provided that includes: an authenticating unit that performs user authentication; a determining unit that determines whether a print job is to be handled as a guest job that has limited authority to print and accumulate documents, based on predetermined information; and an executing unit that performs document printing and accumulation, based on the result of the determination by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naruhiko Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20090051962
    Abstract: In an image processing system, when a user request is received from a client apparatus, an image processing management apparatus determines whether the user request can be processed by the image processing system to generate a determination result, and generate an instruction indicating how the image processing system should operate based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Takahiro ASAI, Tatsumi Ishiwata, Naruhiko Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20080198411
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory interface configured to receive an external memory, an internal memory, a reading unit, a writing unit, and an activating unit. The activating unit activates the image forming apparatus when an external memory is connected to the memory interface and model data read from the external memory by the reading unit is the same as model data about the image forming apparatus stored in the internal memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Naruhiko Ogasawara, Nobuhiro Shindo, Takeshi Fujita, Kazuma Saitoh, Daisuke Okada
  • Publication number: 20080186532
    Abstract: A disclosed client-server type print system including a client device, a server device, and printers connected and configured to communicate via a network facilitates the installation of a printer driver in the server device. The server device creates a printer table of the printers on the network and sends it to the client device. A user selects one of the printers for printing a print job based on the printer table in the client device. The print job is sent to the server device together with information designating the selected printer. The server device acquires the information designating the selected printer and causes the selected printer to print the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Naruhiko OGASAWARA
  • Publication number: 20080141167
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a displaying unit which displays a predetermined number of menu items in plural menu items on a screen, an inputting unit which selects a menu item from the menu items displayed on the screen by the displaying unit, and a storing unit which registers the menu item selected by the input unit in a user custom menu table for each user having registration regions where a predetermined number of menu items are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Naohiko Kubo, Naruhiko Ogasawara, Nobuyuki Iwata, Hiroya Uruta, Takahiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20080117447
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, method, and computer readable storage medium in which a controller or control means recognizes whether information read from a detachable recording medium can be applied to the image forming apparatus based on the information stored in a memory of the image processing apparatus and a removable recording medium. When the detachable recording medium is recognized as containing information which can be applied to the image processing apparatus, the information from the detachable recording medium is loaded into the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Daisuke OKADA, Nobuhiro Shindo, Naruhiko Ogasawara, Takeshi Fujita, Kazuma Saito
  • Publication number: 20070214494
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which requests authentication for login processing based on user information when a user requests specific processing includes a communication interface for receiving data, a print mechanism for performing printing processing on data, a registration mechanism for registering a plurality of user information, a storage mechanism for storing an access control list and an administration mechanism. The administration mechanism administers login processing of a plurality of users based on hierarchy information of the registered users and registered contents of the access control list, and to administer permission of the operation processing requested by the user. When the user instructs specific processing of data which is a guest job having no authentication information, the processing of the data is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroya Uruta, Nobuyuki Iwata, Naruhiko Ogasawara, Takahiro Hirakawa, Naohiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20070150682
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a memory unit configured to store data received from an information processing apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive operation requests, though respective interfaces, with respect to the data stored in the memory unit, an authenticating unit configured to authenticate a requester of an operation request, an operation performing unit configured to perform an operation according to an operation request received by the receiving unit only if the authentication unit successfully authenticates a requester of the operation request when the data on which the operation is performed requires authentication, and an operation prohibiting unit configured to prohibit the operation performing unit from performing a first operation corresponding to a first requester on given data until a second operation is completed if the authenticating unit successfully authenticates a second requester requesting the second operation to be performed on the given data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Naruhiko Ogasawara, Nobuyuki Iwata, Hiroya Uruta, Takahiro Hirakawa, Naohiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20070127050
    Abstract: When it is determined that an image cannot be formed from an image data under an image formation condition, a display input controller accepts an input of a replaced image formation condition. An image formation unit forms an image from the image data under the replaced image formation condition. A storage processor stores the image data and the image formation condition in a storage unit when the image is formed by the image formation unit. When reforming an image from stored image data, the image formation unit forms the image under stored image formation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Iwata, Naohiko Kubo, Hiroya Uruta, Takahiro Hirakawa, Naruhiko Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20060001897
    Abstract: A printer device is provided that includes: an authenticating unit that performs user authentication; a determining unit that determines whether a print job is to be handled as a guest job that has limited authority to print and accumulate documents, based on predetermined information; and an executing unit that performs document printing and accumulation, based on the result of the determination by the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventor: Naruhiko Ogasawara