Patents by Inventor Reiji YUKUMOTO

Reiji YUKUMOTO 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: 8599442
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus utilization system includes image processing apparatuses; an apparatus search unit configured to search for the image processing apparatuses; a capability information obtaining unit configured to obtain scanning capability information from the image processing apparatuses; a delivery setting receiving unit configured to receive a delivery setting for a first image processing apparatus; a first scenario generation unit configured to generate a scenario including the scanning capability information and the delivery setting for the first image processing apparatus; a second scenario generation unit configured to generate scenarios for second image processing apparatuses based on the scenario for the first image processing apparatus; a scenario storing unit configured to store the scenarios generated by the first and second scenario generation units; and an image delivery unit configured to send image data received from one of the image processing apparatuses according to the deliver
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reiji Yukumoto, Osamu Torii, Hiroki Hiraguchi, Yasukiyo Nakamura, Kazuhide Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8582176
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus connected to an image forming system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses is linked. The image forming apparatus comprises: a user environment information acquiring unit that acquires user environment information; a user environment information reflecting unit that generates the screen representing the settings by using the user environment information; a capability acquiring unit that acquires capability information representing capabilities; a settability determining unit that determines the settability of various settings; a display control unit that is a unit displaying the screen on the display unit and further displays the screen that represents a determination result of the settability determining unit on the display unit; a search unit that searches for a first image forming apparatus; and a search result output unit that further displays the screen representing a search result of the search unit on the display unit through the display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reiji Yukumoto, Osamu Torii, Takahiko Hayashi, Ryo Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8521683
    Abstract: A disclosed image input apparatus is connected via a network to one or more information processing apparatuses and is capable of registering multiple service entries at once according to a registration request sent from any one of the information processing apparatuses. The disclosed image input apparatus includes a service entry storage space; a service entry area reservation unit configured to reserve service entry areas in the service entry storage space; and a service entry update unit configured to register the service entries in the reserved service entry areas if available and to register the service entries in non-reservation areas of the service entry storage space if the reserved service entry areas are not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Reiji Yukumoto
  • Publication number: 20130179708
    Abstract: A processing device includes a plurality of input units configured to input a process request; a plurality of processing units configured to execute a process corresponding to the process request input by the plurality of input units; a power control unit configured to transfer the processing device into a power saving state and to transfer the processing device back to a regular state from the power saving state; and an operation suppression control unit configured to send an operation suppression request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units before the power control unit transfers the processing device into the power saving state, and to send an operation suppression release request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units when the power control unit transfers the processing device back to the regular state from the power saving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Ryo IWASAKI, Reiji Yukumoto, Yoshifumi Kawai, Hiroshi Maeda, Daigo Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20130176497
    Abstract: A video projection apparatus includes a plurality of video input units; a video projection unit that projects video based on video data input from each of the plurality of video input units on a projection surface thereof; a video switching unit that switches to any one of the video input units as an input source of video data to be input to the video projection unit; and a video switching control unit that receives a projection request of the video data input from each of the video input units, reserves projection of each of the received projection requests in an order according to a predetermined rule, and causes the video switching unit to sequentially switch among the video input units, which respectively correspond to the received projection requests, as the input source in the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshifumi KAWAI, Reiji Yukumoto, Ryo Iwasaki, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20130091338
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first storage unit configured to store a set value indicating a value corresponding to a set item to define a function and flag information indicating whether an initialization of the set value is required, a second storage unit configured to store a flag address identifying a storage location of the flag information in the first storage unit in association with the set item at least, and an initialization unit configured to identify the flag information for each set item by using the flag address corresponding to each set item, and if the identified flag address indicates that the initialization is required, initialize the set value corresponding to the set item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Ryo IWASAKI, Reiji Yukumoto, Yoshifumi Kawai, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20120221947
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a viewing apparatus through which a document is viewed. A view management part creates view information that indicates a viewed portion of the document where the document has been viewed. A document management part creates change information that indicates a changed portion of the document where the document has been changed. A creation part creates individual apparatus basis change information that indicates a coincident portion where the viewed portion indicated in the view information and the changed portion indicated in the change information are coincident with each other. A transmission part transmits the individual apparatus basis change information to the viewing apparatus through which the document was viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Reiji YUKUMOTO, Tetsuo Asakawa, Osamu Torii, Masafumi Nagao, Miki Oouchi, Daisuke Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20120215828
    Abstract: An information processing device is arranged to include a macro changing unit to change a pertinent device of a process in macro information to a second information processing device when the second information processing device has a function required to execute the process and determined as being not executable on the information processing device, and to set the pertinent device in the macro information to the information processing device when the function required to execute the process is determined as being executable on the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMAPNY, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TORII, Takahiko Hayashi, Reiji Yukumoto, Ayako Watanabe, Ryo Takemoto, Masafumi Nagao, Yasukiyo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120215883
    Abstract: A document management apparatus delivers a to-be-delivered document to a delivery destination and collects information about browsing history of the document. The document management apparatus includes: a delivery-pattern determining unit; a delivery-information generating unit; a document delivery unit that delivers the document by transmitting the information of the delivery pattern to a network address of the delivery destination; and a browsing-history management unit that acquires information about browsing history. The delivery-pattern determining unit, when the type of the device is a type not adapted to a function of collecting information about browsing history, determines that a pattern for delivering a program for implementing collection of the information about browsing history together with the document as the delivery pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Daisuke NOGUCHI, Miki OOUCHI, Masafumi NAGAO, Osamu TORII, Reiji YUKUMOTO, Tetsuo ASAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120133970
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus having a function to cooperatively output, via a cooperative image processing apparatus, document data, including a data sending unit that sends to the cooperative image processing apparatus the document data to be output, for which the total limited number of output times is set, with output setting information including an allocated number of output times for the document data individually allocated for the cooperative image processing apparatus; and a number updating unit that updates the total limited number of output times set for the document data based on the allocated number of output times by subtracting the allocated number of output times from the total limited number of output times, when the data sending unit sends the document data with the output setting information to the cooperative image processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Reiji Yukumoto, Takahiko Hayashi, Ayako Watanabe, Ryo Takemoto, Osamu Torii, Masafumi Nagao, Yasukiyo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110310409
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus connected to an image forming system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses is linked. The image forming apparatus comprises: a user environment information acquiring unit that acquires user environment information; a user environment information reflecting unit that generates the screen representing the settings by using the user environment information; a capability acquiring unit that acquires capability information representing capabilities; a settability determining unit that determines the settability of various settings; a display control unit that is a unit displaying the screen on the display unit and further displays the screen that represents a determination result of the settability determining unit on the display unit; a search unit that searches for a first image forming apparatus; and a search result output unit that further displays the screen representing a search result of the search unit on the display unit through the display control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Reiji Yukumoto, Osamu Torii, Takahiko Hayashi, Ryo Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20110007365
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus utilization system includes image processing apparatuses; an apparatus search unit configured to search for the image processing apparatuses; a capability information obtaining unit configured to obtain scanning capability information from the image processing apparatuses; a delivery setting receiving unit configured to receive a delivery setting for a first image processing apparatus; a first scenario generation unit configured to generate a scenario including the scanning capability information and the delivery setting for the first image processing apparatus; a second scenario generation unit configured to generate scenarios for second image processing apparatuses based on the scenario for the first image processing apparatus; a scenario storing unit configured to store the scenarios generated by the first and second scenario generation units; and an image delivery unit configured to send image data received from one of the image processing apparatuses according to the deliver
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Reiji YUKUMOTO, Osamu Torii, Hiroki Hiraguchi, Yasukiyo Nakamura, Kazuhide Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20080208937
    Abstract: A disclosed image input apparatus is connected via a network to one or more information processing apparatuses and is capable of registering multiple service entries at once according to a registration request sent from any one of the information processing apparatuses. The disclosed image input apparatus includes a service entry storage space; a service entry area reservation unit configured to reserve service entry areas in the service entry storage space; and a service entry update unit configured to register the service entries in the reserved service entry areas if available and to register the service entries in non-reservation areas of the service entry storage space if the reserved service entry areas are not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Reiji YUKUMOTO