Patents by Inventor Osamu Ogawara

Osamu Ogawara 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: 9998968
    Abstract: A communication system allowing to speedily conduct a wireless connection between communication apparatuses, includes a display apparatus and an information terminal. The display apparatus includes: a unit producing an SSID including specific information specifying a setting table in which is stored setting information used in wireless communication between the display apparatus and the information terminal; a transmission unit that transmits one or more beacons including the produced SSID. The information terminal includes: a unit which identifies, of received beacons, a beacon which has the specific information included in an SSID and whose received strength meets a predetermined condition; and a unit which sets, in the information terminal, the setting information used in wireless communication between the display apparatus and the information terminal using a setting table specified by the specific information included in the SSID of the identified beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Patent number: 9990018
    Abstract: A communication device includes a main control part configured to receive and process an image signal; a first network control part configured to convert data input from an external device into the image signal and provide the main control part with the image signal; a sub control part configured to detect a power-on command; and a second network control part configured to control communications with the external device via a network to provide the first network control part with data input from the external device. Power supplies to the main control part, the sub control part, the first network control part and the second network control part are independently controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Toda, Osamu Ogawara
  • Publication number: 20180139361
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to: synchronize a first relative position of a first area in an area of a first panorama image and a second relative position of a second area in an area of a second panorama image, and display at least the first area in the first panorama image and at least the second area in the second panorama image on the display. The processor is further configured to change the first area displayed which is displayed in response to change the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: OSAMU OGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9892119
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and an information terminal able to communicate with the display device, the information terminal including a storage unit storing selected content data, a generation unit generating playback control information based on a number of the selected content data, the playback control information being used for controlling playback of the selected content data and including information indicating a storage location of the selected content data, and a transmission unit transmitting the playback control information to the display device, the display device including a display control unit controlling the playback of the selected content data based on the playback control information by referring to the information indicating the storage location of the selected content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Patent number: 9728227
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and an information terminal for communicating with the display device. The information terminal includes a generation unit that generates playback control information that includes information indicating a storing position of playback content data selected from content data stored in a storage part and is used to control playback of the playback content data, and a transmission unit that transmits the playback control information to the display device. The display device includes a display control unit that makes reference to the information indicating the storing position included in the playback control information received from the transmission unit, and plays back the playback content data according to the playback control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Patent number: 9661677
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus is for communicating with an access point through a first communication and communicating with another communication apparatus through a second communication via a network including an access point. The wireless communication apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a status of the first communication; and a reconnection unit configured to reconnect the first communication and then reconnect the second communication by using connection information of a corresponding network layer of the wireless communication apparatus acquired through the first communication when disconnection of the first communication is detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Publication number: 20170052752
    Abstract: An image display system includes at least one display device and at least one information processing apparatus connected to the display device. The information processing apparatus includes an input unit which receives a plurality of image data items and parameters related to a display image, a determination unit which determines areas of an image indicated by the image data items, which areas are displayed by the display device as partial images of the display image, based on the parameters, a setting unit which sets up a switching condition for switching the image data items, a switching unit which switches the image data items when the switching condition is met, and a transmission unit which transmits data indicating the areas to the display device. The display device is configured to display the areas determined by the determination unit at intervals of a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Osamu OGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9510380
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is capable of making wireless communication without using an access point, by using a network identifier having communication identification information identifying a class of communication setting containing an IP address and frequency information. The communication apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects another communication apparatus causing failure of the wireless communication due to overlap of the network identifier; and a changing unit that changes the network identifier when the detecting unit detects another communication apparatus causing failure of the wireless communication. The changing unit changes the network identifier so as to change the IP address of the communication apparatus or a frequency that the communication apparatus uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Publication number: 20160215444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a production method of a napped artificial leather including the steps of: providing a fiber sheet including a non-woven fabric of ultrafine fibers with a fineness of 1 dtex or less that has been impregnated with a first elastic polymer; napping one or both surfaces of the fiber sheet to form a napped surface thereon; applying, to the napped surface, a resin solution containing a second elastic polymer having solubility in a predetermined solvent; and applying the predetermined solvent to the surface to which the resin solution is applied. Also disclosed is a napped artificial leather including a fiber sheet obtained by impregnating a first elastic polymer into a non-woven fabric that is an entangled body of ultrafine fibers with a fineness of 1 dtex or less, wherein the fiber sheet includes, on one or both surfaces thereof, a napped surface obtained by the ultrafine fibers, and a second elastic polymer is fixed to basal portions of the napped ultrafine fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya ASHIDA, Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20160192259
    Abstract: A communication system allowing to speedily conduct a wireless connection between communication apparatuses, includes a display apparatus and an information terminal. The display apparatus includes: a unit producing an SSID including specific information specifying a setting table in which is stored setting information used in wireless communication between the display apparatus and the information terminal; a transmission unit that transmits one or more beacons including the produced SSID. The information terminal includes: a unit which identifies, of received beacons, a beacon which has the specific information included in an SSID and whose received strength meets a predetermined condition; and a unit which sets, in the information terminal, the setting information used in wireless communication between the display apparatus and the information terminal using a setting table specified by the specific information included in the SSID of the identified beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20160179152
    Abstract: A communication device includes a main control part configured to receive and process an image signal; a first network control part configured to convert data input from an external device into the image signal and provide the main control part with the image signal; a sub control part configured to detect a power-on command; and a second network control part configured to control communications with the external device via a network to provide the first network control part with data input from the external device. Power supplies to the main control part, the sub control part, the first network control part and the second network control part are independently controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TODA, Osamu OGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9357479
    Abstract: A communication system having a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus is disclosed. The first communication apparatus includes a transmission unit which transmits a signal including at least a network identifier, and wherein the second communication apparatus includes a selection unit which selects a network identifier included in a signal received; and a control unit which connects to a network of the network identifier selected when predetermined information is included in a predetermined location in the network identifier selected and which outputs an alarm when the predetermined information is not included in the predetermined location in the network identifier selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Patent number: 9304559
    Abstract: A communication device includes a main control part configured to receive and process an image signal; a first network control part configured to convert data input from an external device into the image signal and provide the main control part with the image signal; a sub control part configured to detect a power-on command; and a second network control part configured to control communications with the external device via a network to provide the first network control part with data input from the external device. Power supplies to the main control part, the sub control part, the first network control part and the second network control part are independently controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Toda, Osamu Ogawara
  • Patent number: 9301326
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first wireless terminal including a first network control unit that sets first wireless setting information as current wireless setting information of the first wireless terminal, a generating unit that generates an SSID including identification information of the first wireless terminal, and a first wireless communication unit that transmits a beacon including the SSID; and a second wireless terminal including a second wireless communication unit that receives the beacon, an extracting unit that extracts the SSID from the beacon and extracts the identification information from the SSID, and a second network control unit that sets second wireless setting information, stored in the second wireless terminal and corresponding to the first wireless setting information, as current wireless setting information of the second wireless terminal and establishes a wireless connection with the first wireless terminal based on the identification information and the second wireles
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawara
  • Publication number: 20160036666
    Abstract: An information sharing system includes a first information terminal, an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image providable from the first information terminal, and a second information terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a shutdown detector to detect a shutdown of data communication between the information processing apparatus and the first information terminal, and a reporting unit to report the shutdown of the data communication between the information processing apparatus and the first information terminal to the second information terminal when the shutdown detector detects the shutdown of the data communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20150304362
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus used as a connection requester, and a second information processing apparatus used as a connection destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20150070249
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and an information terminal capable of communication with the display device. The information terminal includes a setting item information acquisition unit configured to acquire setting item information relevant to control of reproduction of contents data at the display device, a display control unit configured to display a setting screen for setting a value of an item included in the setting item information, based on the acquired setting item information, and a generation unit configured to generate reproduction control information for controlling, at the display device, the reproduction of the contents data selected at the information terminal, by using the value of the item set in the setting screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidenobu HASHIKAMI, Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20150072680
    Abstract: A communication system having a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus is disclosed. The first communication apparatus includes a transmission unit which transmits a signal including at least a network identifier, and wherein the second communication apparatus includes a selection unit which selects a network identifier included in a signal received; and a control unit which connects to a network of the network identifier selected when predetermined information is included in a predetermined location in the network identifier selected and which outputs an alarm when the predetermined information is not included in the predetermined location in the network identifier selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20150067510
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and an information terminal adapted to communicate with the display device. The information terminal includes a processor and a storage part storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a process including determining whether content data stored in the storage part is capable of being played back on the display device based on information associated with playback capability of the content data on the display device; displaying a list screen of identification information items of content data when the content data is determined as being capable of being played back on the display device; and transmitting, to the display device, content data corresponding to identification information items which are selected from the list screen displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenobu HASHIKAMI, Osamu OGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20150046810
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and an information terminal able to communicate with the display device, the information terminal including a storage unit storing selected content data, a generation unit generating playback control information based on a number of the selected content data, the playback control information being used for controlling playback of the selected content data and including information indicating a storage location of the selected content data, and a transmission unit transmitting the playback control information to the display device, the display device including a display control unit controlling the playback of the selected content data based on the playback control information by referring to the information indicating the storage location of the selected content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Osamu OGAWARA