Patents by Inventor Nobuya MONDEN

Nobuya MONDEN 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: 11979529
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: circuitry that detects information relating to a user of the information processing apparatus, determines whether the user is a visually impaired person based on the information relating to the user, and based on a determination indicating that the user is the visually impaired person, enable a voice reading operation function for the visually impaired person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuya Monden
  • Publication number: 20230120752
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: circuitry that detects information relating to a user of the information processing apparatus, determines whether the user is a visually impaired person based on the information relating to the user, and based on a determination indicating that the user is the visually impaired person, enable a voice reading operation function for the visually impaired person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuya Monden
  • Patent number: 11336782
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to scan a first document, dispose an image of the scanned first document at a predetermined location in accordance with a form including an image of a second document and information on the predetermined location at which the image of the first document is to be disposed in the image of the second document, combine the disposed image of the first document and another image different from the image of the second document included in the form to generate an output image, and output the output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuya Monden
  • Publication number: 20210203808
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to scan a first document, dispose an image of the scanned first document at a predetermined location in accordance with a form including an image of a second document and information on the predetermined location at which the image of the first document is to be disposed in the image of the second document, combine the disposed image of the first document and another image different from the image of the second document included in the form to generate an output image, and output the output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: NOBUYA MONDEN
  • Patent number: 10848629
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a Web browser and an image processing service unit controlling the execution of predetermined image processing, wherein the Web browser comprises: an interpretation unit for interpreting contents obtained from a Web server connected to the image processing apparatus via a network, a UI unit for displaying a screen based on contents interpreted by the interpretation unit, and a control unit for requesting at least the image processing from the image processing service unit to perform at least the image processing in response to a user input on the screen displayed by the UI unit, and wherein, when the HTML tag of the contents includes predetermined tags, the control unit requests the image processing unit to transmit image data generated by reading the document as the image processing to a destination indicated by the predetermined tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohsuke Utoh, Nobuya Monden, Hiroki Asakimori
  • Publication number: 20200162627
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a Web browser and an image processing service unit controlling the execution of predetermined image processing, wherein the Web browser comprises: an interpretation unit for interpreting contents obtained from a Web server connected to the image processing apparatus via a network, a UI unit for displaying a screen based on contents interpreted by the interpretation unit, and a control unit for requesting at least the image processing from the image processing service unit to perform at least the image processing in response to a user input on the screen displayed by the UI unit, and wherein, when the HTML tag of the contents includes predetermined tags, the control unit requests the image processing unit to transmit image data generated by reading the document as the image processing to a destination indicated by the predetermined tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohsuke UTOH, Nobuya MONDEN, Hiroki ASAKIMORI
  • Patent number: 10416940
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure include image processing apparatus installed with a web browser that includes circuitry and an image processing device. The circuitry interprets content obtained from a web server connected to the image processing apparatus via a network, displays a screen based on the interpreted content, requests the web server to process according to a user input on the displayed screen, and requests the image processing device to perform predetermined image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Asakimori, Tomohiro Kuroyanagi, Yuuta Saitoh, Nobuya Monden, Yohsuke Utoh, Keiichiro Hitomi
  • Patent number: 10182171
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a reader configured to generate an image of a document; a setting receiving circuit configured to receive a plurality of set values on a print setting when test printing is executed for confirming a test result; an area dividing circuit configured to divide an area of an image on the read document based on number of the set values; an image processing circuit configured to perform image processing corresponding to each of the set values, on each of the divided areas; a combined image generating circuit configured to generate a combined image acquired by combining the areas of the image on the document to which the image processing corresponding to each of the set values is performed; and a printer configure to print the combined image generated by the combined image generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuya Monden
  • Publication number: 20180267753
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure include image processing apparatus installed with a web browser that includes circuitry and an image processing device. The circuitry interprets content obtained from a web server connected to the image processing apparatus via a network, displays a screen based on the interpreted content, requests the web server to process according to a user input on the displayed screen, and requests the image processing device to perform predetermined image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki ASAKIMORI, Tomohiro KUROYANAGI, Yuuta SAITOH, Nobuya MONDEN, Yohsuke UTOH, Keiichiro HITOMI
  • Publication number: 20170195516
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a reader configured to generate an image of a document; a setting receiving circuit configured to receive a plurality of set values on a print setting when test printing is executed for confirming a test result; an area dividing circuit configured to divide an area of an image on the read document based on number of the set values; an image processing circuit configured to perform image processing corresponding to each of the set values, on each of the divided areas; a combined image generating circuit configured to generate a combined image acquired by combining the areas of the image on the document to which the image processing corresponding to each of the set values is performed; and a printer configure to print the combined image generated by the combined image generating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Nobuya MONDEN
  • Publication number: 20160077771
    Abstract: An information processing device comprises: a screen data generating unit that generates, in a plurality of formats, screen data to be transmitted to an external device to cause the external device to display a screen; a notification unit that notifies the external device of the formats of the screen data generated by the screen data generating unit; and a screen data transmission unit that transmits, in accordance with specification of a format, out of the formats, that is transmitted from the external device in response to notification of the formats by the notification unit, the screen data generated by the screen data generating unit in the specified format to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Nobuya MONDEN
  • Patent number: 9134936
    Abstract: In response to information indicating data to be printed from a portable device, a system generates compatible printer information indicating one or more compatible printers compatible with printing of the data to be printed, sing information related to the data to be printed and device information of each one of the nearby printers. Based on the compatible printer information, a display for the system displays thereon a screen that lists one or more compatible printers that are compatible with printing of the data to be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuya Monden
  • Publication number: 20150163373
    Abstract: A data process apparatus includes a read-out unit configured to read out screen data according to an error that has occurred in which the screen data includes information pertaining to the error, an obtaining unit configured to obtain a user interface component for receiving an operation for executing a solution procedure for solving the error, and a generating unit configured to generate a screen to be displayed according to the error by incorporating the user interface component in the screen data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuya MONDEN
  • Publication number: 20150070725
    Abstract: In response to information indicating data to be printed from a portable device, a system generates compatible printer information indicating one or more compatible printers compatible with printing of the data to be printed, sing information related to the data to be printed and device information of each one of the nearby printers. Based on the compatible printer information, a display for the system displays thereon a screen that lists one or more compatible printers that are compatible with printing of the data to be printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Nobuya MONDEN