Patents by Inventor Satoshi Mizuno

Satoshi Mizuno 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: 12186171
    Abstract: A stretchable sheet includes a first sheet, a second sheet joined to the first sheet by welded portions, and an elastic member that is disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet and stretches and contracts in a continuous direction in which the elastic member extends. The welded portions are disposed on both sides of the elastic member in an intersecting direction intersecting with the continuous direction. Welded portion pairs are disposed in which the elastic member is sandwiched and restrict a position of the elastic member in the intersecting direction with respect to the first sheet and the second sheet. The elastic member has a damaged portion where a part of a surface of the elastic member is damaged. The welded portion pairs include a first welded portion pair and a second welded portion pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ohtsubo, Hirotomo Mukai, Takahito Nagai, Chieri Akino, Satoshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12061827
    Abstract: A processing system that permits a user who is authenticated to use an image processing apparatus installed in a controlled area, the processing system includes an acquisition portion that acquires entrance permission/refusal information indicating whether or not there is entrance permission from a determination portion which determines, based on first authentication information acquired from the user, whether or not to permit entrance of the user to the controlled area, the entrance permission indicating that the entrance is permitted, and a processor that permits the user to use the image processing apparatus, when the entrance permission/refusal information indicates entrance permission and authentication is performed based on second authentication information acquired from the user in the controlled area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventor: Satoshi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240189159
    Abstract: A stretchable sheet includes a first sheet, a second sheet joined to the first sheet by welded portions, and an elastic member that is disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet and stretches and contracts in a continuous direction in which the elastic member extends. The welded portions are disposed on both sides of the elastic member in an intersecting direction intersecting with the continuous direction. Welded portion pairs are disposed in which the elastic member is sandwiched and restrict a position of the elastic member in the intersecting direction with respect to the first sheet and the second sheet. The elastic member has a damaged portion where a part of a surface of the elastic member is damaged. The welded portion pairs include a first welded portion pair and a second welded portion pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ohtsubo, Hirotomo Mukai, Takahito Nagai, Chieri Akino, Satoshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11818306
    Abstract: A processing system includes an acquisition portion that acquires information based on a captured image of a user, and a processor that performs a login process and a logout process on an electronic device. When it is determined that a gesture of a user for instructing to log out from the electronic device is performed based on the captured image of the user, the processor performs the logout process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20230289447
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first printing unit; a printing controller that performs control of the first printing unit; a controller that performs at least control other than control of the first printing unit; a first tampering detector that performs detection of tampering of a first program to be stored in a first non-volatile memory and to be executed by the controller; a second tampering detector that performs detection of tampering of a second program to be stored in a second non-volatile memory and to be executed by the printing controller; and a notification unit that performs a first notification and a second notification with a notification content that differs between the first notification corresponding to a first detection result obtained by the first tampering detector and the second notification corresponding to a second detection result obtained by the second tampering detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi MIZUNO, Hitoshi ISHIDA, Hiroshi IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230236777
    Abstract: A processing system that permits a user who is authenticated to use an image processing apparatus installed in a controlled area, the processing system includes an acquisition portion that acquires entrance permission/refusal information indicating whether or not there is entrance permission from a determination portion which determines, based on first authentication information acquired from the user, whether or not to permit entrance of the user to the controlled area, the entrance permission indicating that the entrance is permitted, and a processor that permits the user to use the image processing apparatus, when the entrance permission/refusal information indicates entrance permission and authentication is performed based on second authentication information acquired from the user in the controlled area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Satoshi MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220303409
    Abstract: A processing system includes an acquisition portion that acquires information based on a captured image of a user, and a processor that performs a login process and a logout process on an electronic device. When it is determined that a gesture of a user for instructing to log out from the electronic device is performed based on the captured image of the user, the processor performs the logout process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Satoshi MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20200125432
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first storage device configured to store device data output regularly or non-regularly from a device connected to the information processing apparatus; a second storage device configured to store maintenance report data related to maintenance work performed on the device; and a processor. The processor is configured to evaluate whether the device on which the maintenance work was performed operates normally, based on the device data stored in the first storage device, and the maintenance report data stored in the second storage device, to generate an evaluation result; and send a notice of the evaluation result, to a terminal device connected to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke HAYASHI, Satoshi MIZUNO, Takenori OKU
  • Patent number: 10545812
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first storage device configured to store device data output regularly or non-regularly from a device connected to the information processing apparatus; a second storage device configured to store maintenance report data related to maintenance work performed on the device; and a processor. The processor is configured to evaluate whether the device on which the maintenance work was performed operates normally, based on the device data stored in the first storage device, and the maintenance report data stored in the second storage device, to generate an evaluation result; and send a notice of the evaluation result, to a terminal device connected to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hayashi, Satoshi Mizuno, Takenori Oku
  • Publication number: 20190195425
    Abstract: The oil air supply system includes a lubricant oil supply pipeline, a compressed air supply pipeline, a mixing device which distributes lubricant oil supplied from the lubricant oil supply pipeline in a fixed amount and mixes the lubricant oil with compressed air to generate oil air, a plurality of oil air supply pipelines which supply the oil air to a plurality of bearings of a main spindle device respectively, a flow rate sensor provided in the lubricant oil supply pipeline and detects the flow rate of the lubricant oil, a pressure sensor provided in the compressed air supply pipeline and detects the pressure of the compressed air, and an abnormality detection device which detects supply abnormality of lubricant oil based on a detection signal output from the flow rate sensor and detects supply abnormality of compressed air based on a detection signal output from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Satoshi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20180239570
    Abstract: Provided is technology reducing the user actions required to use an on-screen keyboard. A printer has a display; and a display controller configured to acquire a file from a server through a network, and display content based on the file on the display. When an input field to which specific information is input is included in the content, the display controller displays an on-screen keyboard configured to receive input of the specific information on the display before displaying the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi MIZUNO, Yasuhiro FURUTA
  • Patent number: 10025657
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit that stores and associates a cause of a failure that has occurred in an electronic device, state information of the electronic device at the time the failure has occurred in the electronic device due to the cause of the failure, and a measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure. The information processing system further includes at least one processor that performs an acquisition process for acquiring the state information of the electronic device, and a failure diagnosis process for determining the cause of the failure that has occurred in the electronic device and the measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure based on the acquired state information of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Oku, Hiroshi Nishida, Kentaro Seo, Shunsuke Hayashi, Yusuke Shibata, Yuuta Sano, Satoshi Mizuno, Takeyoshi Sekine, Fumihiro Nagano, Satoshi Hatanaka, Kenji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180165143
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first storage device configured to store device data output regularly or non-regularly from a device connected to the information processing apparatus; a second storage device configured to store maintenance report data related to maintenance work performed on the device; and a processor. The processor is configured to evaluate whether the device on which the maintenance work was performed operates normally, based on the device data stored in the first storage device, and the maintenance report data stored in the second storage device, to generate an evaluation result; and send a notice of the evaluation result, to a terminal device connected to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hayashi, Satoshi Mizuno, Takenori Oku
  • Patent number: 9942421
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a determining unit configured to determine, based on use amounts, for predetermined respective periods, of a device, whether a period during which a use amount of the device increases is present; a deciding unit configured to determine whether maintenance work is to be performed on the device in a case where the determining unit determines that the period during which the use amount of the device increases is present and to decide details of the maintenance work; and an outputting unit configured to output the details of the maintenance work. The deciding unit decides the details of the maintenance work including at least one of a check item name that is in accordance with the device and a replacement component name that is in accordance with a predicted use amount of the device in the period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hayashi, Takenori Oku, Satoshi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20170344929
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry acquires, from equipment in which a fault has occurred, status information indicating a status of the equipment. The circuitry checks whether a maintenance person who is in an available state is present from among a plurality of maintenance persons. The circuitry identifies a type of the fault that has occurred in the equipment, based on the acquired status information. In a case in which no maintenance person who is in the available state is present from among the plurality of maintenance persons, the circuitry instructs the equipment to output a quick fix technique, which enables working around the fault of the identified type to enable continued use of the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Takenori OKU, Fumihiro NAGANO, Hiroshi NISHIDA, Satoshi HATANAKA, Satoshi MIZUNO, Suntao YAN, Takeharu KOGA, Yoshimi MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170230521
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a determining unit configured to determine, based on use amounts, for predetermined respective periods, of a device, whether a period during which a use amount of the device increases is present; a deciding unit configured to determine whether maintenance work is to be performed on the device in a case where the determining unit determines that the period during which the use amount of the device increases is present and to decide details of the maintenance work; and an outputting unit configured to output the details of the maintenance work. The deciding unit decides the details of the maintenance work including at least one of a check item name that is in accordance with the device and a replacement component name that is in accordance with a predicted use amount of the device in the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke HAYASHI, Takenori OKU, Satoshi MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20160378584
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit that stores and associates a cause of a failure that has occurred in an electronic device, state information of the electronic device at the time the failure has occurred in the electronic device due to the cause of the failure, and a measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure. The information processing system further includes at least one processor that performs an acquisition process for acquiring the state information of the electronic device, and a failure diagnosis process for determining the cause of the failure that has occurred in the electronic device and the measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure based on the acquired state information of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori OKU, Hiroshi NISHIDA, Kentaro SEO, Shunsuke HAYASHI, Yusuke SHIBATA, Yuuta SANO, Satoshi MIZUNO, Takeyoshi SEKINE, Fumihiro NAGANO, Satoshi HATANAKA, Kenji UEDA
  • Publication number: 20160379144
    Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus. The information processing system includes a provisional cost calculator configured to apply failure history information to a failure prediction model to provisionally calculate a cost of the failure prediction model, the failure history information expressing failure history of at least one electronic device in which a failure has occurred, the failure prediction model including a symptom detection method for detecting a symptom of a failure to occur in the electronic device in association with a preventive action for preventing the failure to occur in the electronic device; and an adoption determiner configured to determine to adopt the failure prediction model by which a profit can be obtained, based on a result of the provisional calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi MIZUNO, Takenori OKU, Hiroshi NISHIDA, Shunsuke HAYASHI, Kentaro SEO, Yusuke SHIBATA, Yuuta SANO, Takeyoshi SEKINE, Fumihiro NAGANO, Satoshi HATANAKA, Kenji UEDA
  • Patent number: 9060423
    Abstract: A laminated wiring board includes a plurality of wiring layers that are stacked with the intermediary of an insulating layer between the layers and have a four-layer wiring unit obtained by disposing a power supply layer, a ground layer, a first signal wiring layer, and a second signal wiring layer sequentially from one side to the other side of a layer stacking direction with the intermediary of an insulating layer between the layers. One of the first signal wiring layer and the second signal wiring layer includes a data signal line and the other includes a clock signal line. The data signal line and the clock signal line are so disposed as to be prevented from overlapping with each other in a view perpendicular to the layer stacking direction at least at a place where both lines are disposed as parallel lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizuno, Masafumi Oyama, Akira Arahata
  • Publication number: 20140078702
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board having multiple layers includes: a chip mounted on a top layer of the printed circuit board; and at least a conductor connected to a power supply and a conductor connected to a ground as conductors printed on the respective layers, wherein a power plane that is the conductor connected to the power supply and that is not patterned is provided on a lower area of the chip on the top layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Mizuno