Patents by Inventor Sachiko Takeuchi
Sachiko Takeuchi 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).
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Patent number: 10654276Abstract: An ink-jet printing device according to the present invention includes at least one nozzle configured to discharge an ink droplet onto a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction, and a control unit to control flushing operation of the nozzle. Candidate regions are disposed at a plurality of places separated from each other in a conveyance direction of a cut sheet. The control unit controls the nozzle to perform the flushing operation in the candidate regions at a plurality of places in the conveyance direction of the cut sheet. With this configuration, the ink jet printing device can efficiently perform the flushing operation on a recording medium with reduced restriction on imposition.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Enjo, Sachiko Takeuchi, Satoru Kiyohara
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Patent number: 10354209Abstract: A service providing system provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network. The service providing system is constituted by at least one information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Naritake Kondoh, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20190030902Abstract: An ink-jet printing device according to the present invention includes at least one nozzle configured to discharge an ink droplet onto a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction, and a control unit to control flushing operation of the nozzle. Candidate regions are disposed at a plurality of places separated from each other in a conveyance direction of a cut sheet. The control unit controls the nozzle to perform the flushing operation in the candidate regions at a plurality of places in the conveyance direction of the cut sheet. With this configuration, the ink jet printing device can efficiently perform the flushing operation on a recording medium with reduced restriction on imposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Tatsuya ENJO, Sachiko TAKEUCHI, Satoru KIYOHARA
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Patent number: 9948810Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Uchibori, Takashi Nakamura, Kei Nakabayashi, Sachiko Takeuchi, Osamu Kizaki
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Patent number: 9608972Abstract: A system providing a service to a service receiving apparatus includes a management information storage that stores management information including service identification information, user authentication information of a user, and device authentication information of the service receiving apparatus that are associated with each other; an authentication information receiving unit that receives, as authentication information, at least one of user authentication information and device authentication information from the service receiving apparatus; an authentication unit that performs authentication by referring to the management information storage based on the received authentication information; an obtaining unit that obtains process target data from an external service based on an entry request from the service receiving apparatus that has been successfully authenticated; and a conversion unit that converts the obtained process target data into output data with a data format that the service receiving apparType: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Sachiko Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9430637Abstract: A service providing system includes a unit that stores management information associating user identification, service identification information, and device identification information; a unit that receives authentication information from a service using apparatus; a unit that performs an authentication process on the authentication information; a unit that identifies a service based on the authentication information and the management information when the authentication information is authenticated; and an execution unit that executes a process according to a service use request. The execution unit includes a unit that determines rule information to be applied to a user using rule information to be applied to the service according to use history information, a unit that applies the rule information to be applied to the user to the process associated with the service use request; and a unit that stores a record of the applied rule information.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shohta Suzuki, Naritake Kondoh, Shohichi Naitoh, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150370847Abstract: A service providing system provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network. The service providing system is constituted by at least one information processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Naritake KONDOH, Sachiko TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 9189187Abstract: A service providing system includes an information processing device and provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shohichi Naitoh, Naritake Kondoh, Shohta Suzuki, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9164710Abstract: A service providing system that provides a service to a service using apparatus includes a management information storage unit that stores management information associating service identification information of the service, user identification information of a user using the service, and device identification information of the service using apparatus; an authentication unit that authenticates user authentication information for user authentication and/or device authentication information for device authentication acquired from the service using apparatus; a service identification unit that identifies the service associated with the authentication information based on the management information and the authentication information that has been authenticated; and an execution unit that executes a process according to a use request for the identified service acquired from the service using apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Naritake Kondoh, Shohta Suzuki, Shohichi Naitoh, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150264129Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus; a receiving unit that receives definition information for defining composition elements of an operation screen displayed on an apparatus connected to the information processing system through a network in order to cause the apparatus and a computer system connected to the information processing system through the network to collaborate through the information processing system from a client apparatus used to edit the definition information; a generation unit that generates display data for displaying a first screen including the operation screen in a mode corresponding to a display unit based on the definition information received by the receiving unit; and a sending unit that sends the display data generated by the generation unit to the client apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Sachiko TAKEUCHI, Kohta NAGAI
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Publication number: 20150222776Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki UCHIBORI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Kei NAKABAYASHI, Sachiko TAKEUCHI, Osamu KIZAKI
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Patent number: 8982377Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores setting information for operating the image processing apparatus; and an updating control unit that sends a request for obtaining predetermined differentiated setting information, which is a part of a set of setting information stored in a data processing apparatus in a differentiated manner in accordance with a predetermined differentiating criterion, to the data processing apparatus via a network, obtains the predetermined differentiated setting information from the data processing apparatus via the network and controls to update the setting information stored in the storing unit by the obtained predetermined differentiated setting information.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Uchibori, Kei Nakabayashi, Takashi Nakamura, Osamu Kizaki, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150040188Abstract: A system providing a service to a service receiving apparatus includes a management information storage that stores management information including service identification information, user authentication information of a user, and device authentication information of the service receiving apparatus that are associated with each other; an authentication information receiving unit that receives, as authentication information, at least one of user authentication information and device authentication information from the service receiving apparatus; an authentication unit that performs authentication by referring to the management information storage based on the received authentication information; an obtaining unit that obtains process target data from an external service based on an entry request from the service receiving apparatus that has been successfully authenticated; and a conversion unit that converts the obtained process target data into output data with a data format that the service receiving apparType: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Sachiko TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150036167Abstract: A service providing system includes an information processing device and provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shohichi NAITOH, Naritake KONDOH, Shohta SUZUKI, Sachiko TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150029535Abstract: A service providing system that provides a service to a service using apparatus includes a management information storage unit that stores management information associating service identification information of the service, user identification information of a user using the service, and device identification information of the service using apparatus; an authentication unit that authenticates user authentication information for user authentication and/or device authentication information for device authentication acquired from the service using apparatus; a service identification unit that identifies the service associated with the authentication information based on the management information and the authentication information that has been authenticated; and an execution unit that executes a process according to a use request for the identified service acquired from the service using apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Naritake KONDOH, Shohta SUZUKI, Shohichi NAITOH, Sachiko TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150029536Abstract: A service providing system includes a unit that stores management information associating user identification, service identification information, and device identification information; a unit that receives authentication information from a service using apparatus; a unit that performs an authentication process on the authentication information; a unit that identifies a service based on the authentication information and the management information when the authentication information is authenticated; and an execution unit that executes a process according to a service use request. The execution unit includes a unit that determines rule information to be applied to a user using rule information to be applied to the service according to use history information, a unit that applies the rule information to be applied to the user to the process associated with the service use request; and a unit that stores a record of the applied rule information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shohta SUZUKI, Naritake KONDOH, Shohichi NAITOH, Sachiko TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20140122576Abstract: A setting support apparatus includes an obtaining part configured to obtain, in response to an input request to input a value for a setting item of a program, the program identification information of the program stored in correlation with identification information pertaining to a requestor of the input request in a first storage part, a generation part configured to generate data for causing the value to be input for the setting item of the program related to the obtained program identification information, and a returning part configured to return the generated data to the requestor of the input request.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hideharu OHKUMA, Sachiko TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20140074906Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving part that receives, via a network, a processing request for a process to be performed on management information, an execution time estimating part that estimates an execution time of the process to be performed on the management information, and a selection part that selects a notification method for notifying an execution result of the process to be performed on the management information based on a comparison result of comparing the estimated execution time with a predetermined threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Zhi MIN, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20130063761Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores setting information for operating the image processing apparatus; and an updating control unit that sends a request for obtaining predetermined differentiated setting information, which is a part of a set of setting information stored in a data processing apparatus in a differentiated manner in accordance with a predetermined differentiating criterion, to the data processing apparatus via a network, obtains the predetermined differentiated setting information from the data processing apparatus via the network and controls to update the setting information stored in the storing unit by the obtained predetermined differentiated setting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Hiroki Uchibori, Kei Nakabayashi, Takashi Nakamura, Osamu Kizaki, Sachiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20130038655Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique which is capable of always achieving excellent print quality even in any use environment. In order to attain this object, a provisional print read data acquisition part displays provisional print read data which is acquired by reading a provisional printed matter, on a display part. When a user selects a position in the provisional printed matter through a provisional print read data display screen on which the provisional print read data is displayed, a selected position corresponding head specifying part specifies a head which performs printing on the selected position which is received and determines the head as a head to be corrected. A density correction part corrects the density of a printing area of which the head to be corrected is in charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Masahiro Hayakawa, Satoru Kiyohara, Sachiko Takeuchi