Patents by Inventor Shintaro KAWAMURA

Shintaro KAWAMURA 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: 11899702
    Abstract: A search system (10) includes a search term acquisition unit (111) configured to acquire a search term; a full-text search unit (112) configured to perform a searching operation based on the search term; and a visualization unit (114) configured to display a corresponding relationship between the search term and a result obtained by performing the searching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiawei Yong, Kiyohiko Shinomiya, Katsumi Kanasaki, Shintaro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11809472
    Abstract: A service providing system includes a terminal apparatus including first circuitry configured to display a topic for which an input of information is received from a user, and an information processing apparatus including second circuitry configured to collect information related to the topic from the terminal apparatus. The second circuitry of the information processing apparatus, based on topic data including a plurality of topics for which collection of information input by the user is not completed, determines, based on a content or a result of a first topic, a second topic included in the topic data as a topic to be presented to the user. The second circuitry of the information processing apparatus transmits a message including the second topic to the terminal apparatus. The first circuitry of the terminal apparatus receives the message from the information processing apparatus. The first circuitry of the terminal apparatus displays the message on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayumi Matsubara, Shintaro Kawamura, Atsuko Shimada, Shohichi Naitoh, Yuriko Yamaya, Shinya Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230333001
    Abstract: Systems and methods for flow cytometry. The methods comprise: labeling cells of a sample with Raman tags; causing the sample to flow through a microfluidic channel of a flow cytometer through which a laser beam passes; detecting Raman signals emitted from the Raman tags while being illuminated by the laser beam; and determining characteristics of the cells based on the detected Raman signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro Hiramatsu, Ryo Nishiyama, Keisuke Goda, Kosuke Dodo, Shintaro Kawamura, Mikiko Sodeoka, Hideyusi Suzuki, Charlie Zhang, William Yang Terziyan
  • Publication number: 20230281072
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Kawamura, Shohichi Naitoh, Shinya Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20220375095
    Abstract: An apparatus includes circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute acquiring training data, in which image data in a manual and text data in the manual are input data, and in which work procedure information is output data, the work procedure information being supplemented by adding, to the text data in the manual, text data that is generated based on the image data; performing machine learning by using the training data; and generating a machine learning model that outputs the work procedure information in response to receiving input of the image data in the manual and the text data in the manual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuriko YAMAYA, Shintaro KAWAMURA, Seigo HARASHIMA, Shinya IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220342917
    Abstract: A search system (10) includes a search term acquisition unit (111) configured to acquire a search term; a full-text search unit (112) configured to perform a searching operation based on the search term; and a visualization unit (114) configured to display a corresponding relationship between the search term and a result obtained by performing the searching operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiawei YONG, Kiyohiko SHINOMIYA, Katsumi KANASAKI, Shintaro KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220309085
    Abstract: A service providing system includes a terminal apparatus including first circuitry configured to display a topic for which an input of information is received from a user, and an information processing apparatus including second circuitry configured to collect information related to the topic from the terminal apparatus. The second circuitry of the information processing apparatus, based on topic data including a plurality of topics for which collection of information input by the user is not completed, determines, based on a content or a result of a first topic, a second topic included in the topic data as a topic to be presented to the user. The second circuitry of the information processing apparatus transmits a message including the second topic to the terminal apparatus. The first circuitry of the terminal apparatus receives the message from the information processing apparatus. The first circuitry of the terminal apparatus displays the message on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayumi Matsubara, Shintaro Kawamura, Atsuko Shimada, Shohichi Naitoh, Yuriko Yamaya, Shinya Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20220237385
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry receives a question input and transmitted by an input apparatus. The circuitry obtains answer source information for creating an answer to the received question, the answer source information associating natural language information given in advance with non-language information by deep learning, the non-language information including configuration information. The circuitry transmits, to the input apparatus, answer content information to the question or additional content request information requesting an input of additional content to the question, the answer content information and the additional content request information being created based on the answer source information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shintaro KAWAMURA, Shinya IGUCHI, Atsuko SHIMADA, Shohichi NAITOH, Mayumi MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10995043
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a perfluoroalkylated compound at low cost, safely and with high efficiency. A method for producing a perfluoroalkylated compound, comprising reacting a bis(perfluoroalkanoyl) peroxide with a compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and/or an aromatic ring having a hydrogen atom bonded thereto in the presence of a copper catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Mikiko Sodeoka, Shintaro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10779214
    Abstract: A communication system includes: distributed control devices that use a first wireless communication to form network cells and to control communication devices coupled to the network cells based on multi-hop communication; relay devices coupled to a network cell that use the first wireless communication to transfer data between the distributed control devices; and a central control device that manages communication paths for transferring the data among the distributed control devices located in the communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Shiotani, Kengo Matsuyama, Shintaro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20200277243
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a perfluoroalkylated compound at low cost, safely and with high efficiency. A method for producing a perfluoroalkylated compound, comprising reacting a bis(perfluoroalkanoyl) peroxide with a compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and/or an aromatic ring having a hydrogen atom bonded thereto in the presence of a copper catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mikiko Sodeoka, Shintaro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10663555
    Abstract: A communication device includes a first communication unit configured to perform communication using a first scheme; a second communication unit configured to perform communication using a second scheme; a first acquirer configured to acquire, through communication using the second scheme, first information that indicates an area that allows communication using the first scheme in a first area for communication using the first scheme; a second acquirer configured to acquire second information that indicates an area that allows communication using the first scheme in an acoustic communication area; a comparator configured to compare the first information with the second information to determine whether a current position is within the area indicated by the first information; and a setupper configured to, when the current position is within the area, perform a process for establishing a communication line in accordance with the first scheme using setup information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Mayuzumi, Masaru Kuroda, Shintaro Kawamura, Yang Wang, Hiroki Sugino
  • Patent number: 10645755
    Abstract: A communication system includes multiple first communication devices and second and third communication devices. Each first communication device performs first wireless communication using a directive radio wave using first and second function modules; performs second wireless communication wider in communication range than the first wireless communication using a third function module; and generates different network cells. The second communication device performs the first wireless communication with the first function module and connects to one of the network cells. The third communication device manages a multi-hop communication path using the second wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Shiotani, Kengo Matsuyama, Shintaro Kawamura, Wang Yang
  • Publication number: 20190261245
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a plurality of distributed control devices, each of which is configured to utilize a first wireless communication for forming a network cell and controlling at least one communication device coupled to the network cell to transfer data via the first wireless communication, based on a communication path of multi-hop communication; at least one relay device coupled to a network cell formed by one of the plurality of distributed control devices and configured to utilize the first wireless communication for transferring the data from the one of the plurality of distributed control devices to another one of the plurality of distributed control devices; and a central control device configured to utilize a second wireless communication for managing the communication path and controlling the plurality of distributed control devices located in the communication path to transfer the data, based on the communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu SHIOTANI, Kengo MATSUYAMA, Shintaro KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10321516
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a first communication unit that performs communication with another communication device using a first communication scheme that enables communication in a first range. The first communication unit performs, when having determined that the other communication device received transmitted certain information, communication with the other communication device in a second range that is different from the first range and in which the other communication device is capable of receiving the certain information. The communication device relays communication from the other communication device to another device disposed outside the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohki Ohhira, Masaru Kuroda, Shintaro Kawamura, Ryusuke Mayuzumi, Hiroki Sugino
  • Patent number: 10252684
    Abstract: An attachment structure for an in-vehicle camera includes a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket is fixed to an inner surface of a windshield. The second bracket holds an in-vehicle camera when the second bracket is attached to the first bracket at an attachment position. The first bracket includes a support portion and a first one-way engagement portion. The second bracket includes a pressing portion and a second one-way engagement portion. The pressing portion presses a pressed portion of the in-vehicle camera against the support portion and holds the pressed portion between the pressing portion and the support portion when the second bracket is at the attachment position. The second one-way engagement portion cooperates with the pressing portion to inhibit the second bracket from moving with respect to the first bracket when the second one-way engagement portion is engaged with the first one-way engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Miyado, Yutaka Yamagiwa, Masami Ishihara, Ryuichi Shinkai, Shinji Takeo, Shintaro Kawamura, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kunihiko Toyofuku, Hajime Nagae
  • Publication number: 20190007997
    Abstract: A communication system includes multiple first communication devices and second and third communication devices. Each first communication device performs first wireless communication using a directive radio wave using first and second function modules; performs second wireless communication wider in communication range than the first wireless communication using a third function module; and generates different network cells. The second communication device performs the first wireless communication with the first function module and connects to one of the network cells. The third communication device manages a multi-hop communication path using the second wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Shiotani, Kengo Matsuyama, Shintaro Kawamura, Wang Yang
  • Patent number: 10009347
    Abstract: A communication device includes a first communication unit configured to execute radio communication by using a first communication method, the first communication method allowing the radio communication to be executed within a first communication range; a second communication unit configured to execute radio communication by using a second communication method, the second communication method allowing the radio communication to be executed within a second communication range; and a permission processing unit configured to generate communication permission information to permit executing the radio communication by the first communication method, wherein the second communication unit is configured to receive setting information for establishing the radio communication by the first communication method, and wherein the first communication unit is configured to execute the radio communication by using the first communication method with another communication device that receives the setting information and the c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Kawamura, Masaru Kuroda, Kohki Ohhira, Ryusuke Mayuzumi, Hiroki Sugino
  • Publication number: 20180070407
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a first communication unit that performs communication with another communication device using a first communication scheme that enables communication in a first range. The first communication unit performs, when having determined that the other communication device received transmitted certain information, communication with the other communication device in a second range that is different from the first range and in which the other communication device is capable of receiving the certain information. The communication device relays communication from the other communication device to another device disposed outside the second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kohki OHHIRA, Masaru KURODA, Shintaro KAWAMURA, Ryusuke MAYUZUMI, Hiroki SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20180069726
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a first communication unit that performs wireless communication through a first communication scheme; a second communication unit that performs wireless communication through a second communication scheme in a second communication range; and a connecting module configured to establish a communication connection that forms an external network. The second communication unit transmits setup information for establishing a communication line through the first communication scheme. The first communication unit performs wireless communication through the first communication scheme with another communication device that has received the setup information. The connecting module forms an exclusive external network to establish a communication connection with an external device disposed in a communication system that exists at a physically different place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kohki OHHIRA, Masaru KURODA, Shintaro KAWAMURA, Ryusuke MAYUZUMI, Hiroki SUGINO