Patents by Inventor Shizu Kanauchi

Shizu Kanauchi 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: 9876987
    Abstract: A communication terminal receives display data for displaying certain data on a screen of a display device and image data of an optical-to-electrical-converted image from another communication terminal via a communication network, includes a storage part storing reception information indicating whether the display data has been received by the communication terminal and arrangement information indicating at least one of a size and a position of the image based on the image data, in a manner of associating with one another; a reception part receiving the display data and the image data; an extraction part extracting, based on the reception information, the corresponding arrangement information from the storage part; and a display control part displaying the image using the image data based on the arrangement information extracted by the extraction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Kenji Tanaka, Shizu Kanauchi, Masaki Nakagawa, Alain Volmat, Takahiro Asai
  • Publication number: 20170201718
    Abstract: A communication terminal receives display data for displaying certain data on a screen of a display device and image data of an optical-to-electrical-converted image from another communication terminal via a communication network, includes a storage part storing reception information indicating whether the display data has been received by the communication terminal and arrangement information indicating at least one of a size and a position of the image based on the image data, in a manner of associating with one another; a reception part receiving the display data and the image data; an extraction part extracting, based on the reception information, the corresponding arrangement information from the storage part; and a display control part displaying the image using the image data based on the arrangement information extracted by the extraction part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinaga KATO, Kenji TANAKA, Shizu KANAUCHI, Masaki NAKAGAWA, Alain VOLMAT, Takahiro ASAI
  • Patent number: 9654730
    Abstract: A communication terminal receives display data for displaying certain data on a screen of a display device and image data of an optical-to-electrical-converted image from another communication terminal via a communication network, includes a storage part storing reception information indicating whether the display data has been received by the communication terminal and arrangement information indicating at least one of a size and a position of the image based on the image data, in a manner of associating with one another; a reception part receiving the display data and the image data; an extraction part extracting, based on the reception information, the corresponding arrangement information from the storage part; and a display control part displaying the image using the image data based on the arrangement information extracted by the extraction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Kenji Tanaka, Shizu Kanauchi, Masaki Nakagawa, Alain Volmat, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 9442711
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives metainformation indicating an update from an update information providing device to provide information related to the update; a determining unit that determines, on the basis of the received metainformation, whether an update needed for the communication device exists; a notifying unit that notifies, when the update exists, a user of existence of the update; an operation unit that receives, when the update exists, a selection operation as to whether the update is to be executed from the user; and an update processing unit that executes, when the selection operation to execute the update is received by the operation unit, the update on the basis of the received metainformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Koyama, Alain Volmat, Yoshinaga Kato, Shizu Kanauchi
  • Patent number: 9171166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing apparatus providing a predetermined function by executing a program for the data processing apparatus, including a first storage unit that stores encoded execution starting data for starting execution of the program; a first decode key storage unit that stores a first decode key capable of decoding the encoded execution starting data; a start up unit that obtains the first decode key from the first decode key storage unit when turning on the power is accepted and decodes the encoded execution starting data by the first decode key to start executing the program; and an authentication confirmation unit that sends a request for authentication to an external apparatus after the start up unit starts executing the program and starts providing the predetermined function when obtaining an authentication result indicating the apparatus is authenticated from the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Alain Volmat, Shizu Kanauchi, Yoshinaga Kato, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 8793765
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing apparatus providing a predetermined function by executing a program for the data processing apparatus, including a first storage unit that stores encoded execution starting data for starting execution of the program; a first decode key storage unit that stores a first decode key capable of decoding the encoded execution starting data; a start up unit that obtains the first decode key from the first decode key storage unit when turning on the power is accepted and decodes the encoded execution starting data by the first decode key to start executing the program; and an authentication confirmation unit that sends a request for authentication to an external apparatus after the start up unit starts executing the program and starts providing the predetermined function when obtaining an authentication result indicating the apparatus is authenticated from the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Alain Volmat, Shizu Kanauchi, Yoshinaga Kato, Takahiro Asai
  • Publication number: 20140089656
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing apparatus providing a predetermined function by executing a program for the data processing apparatus, including a first storage unit that stores encoded execution starting data for starting execution of the program; a first decode key storage unit that stores a first decode key capable of decoding the encoded execution starting data; a start up unit that obtains the first decode key from the first decode key storage unit when turning on the power is accepted and decodes the encoded execution starting data by the first decode key to start executing the program; and an authentication confirmation unit that sends a request for authentication to an external apparatus after the start up unit starts executing the program and starts providing the predetermined function when obtaining an authentication result indicating the apparatus is authenticated from the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Alain VOLMAT, SHIZU KANAUCHI, YOSHINAGA KATO, TAKAHIRO ASAI
  • Publication number: 20130271557
    Abstract: A communication terminal receives display data for displaying certain data on a screen of a display device and image data of an optical-to-electrical-converted image from another communication terminal via a communication network, includes a storage part storing reception information indicating whether the display data has been received by the communication terminal and arrangement information indicating at least one of a size and a position of the image based on the image data, in a manner of associating with one another; a reception part receiving the display data and the image data; an extraction part extracting, based on the reception information, the corresponding arrangement information from the storage part; and a display control part displaying the image using the image data based on the arrangement information extracted by the extraction part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Kenji Tanaka, Shizu Kanauchi, Masaki Nakagawa, Alain Volmat, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 8285210
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device establishes a wireless connection by a first communication unit with an information processing apparatus, and establishes a wireless communication by a second communication unit that is capable of enabling a wireless communication in a wider range based on communication setting information received through the first communication unit. A setting-item acquiring unit receives a setting item for an information processing performed by the information processing apparatus through the second communication unit. A setting-screen display unit displays a setting screen with which a value of the setting item can be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiko Oshima, Takanori Nagahara, Shizu Kanauchi, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Publication number: 20120185685
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing apparatus providing a predetermined function by executing a program for the data processing apparatus, including a first storage unit that stores encoded execution starting data for starting execution of the program; a first decode key storage unit that stores a first decode key capable of decoding the encoded execution starting data; a start up unit that obtains the first decode key from the first decode key storage unit when turning on the power is accepted and decodes the encoded execution starting data by the first decode key to start executing the program; and an authentication confirmation unit that sends a request for authentication to an external apparatus after the start up unit starts executing the program and starts providing the predetermined function when obtaining an authentication result indicating the apparatus is authenticated from the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Alain VOLMAT, Shizu KANAUCHI, Yoshinaga KATO, Takahiro ASAI
  • Publication number: 20120072895
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives metainformation indicating an update from an update information providing device to provide information related to the update; a determining unit that determines, on the basis of the received metainformation, whether an update needed for the communication device exists; a notifying unit that notifies, when the update exists, a user of existence of the update; an operation unit that receives, when the update exists, a selection operation as to whether the update is to be executed from the user; and an update processing unit that executes, when the selection operation to execute the update is received by the operation unit, the update on the basis of the received metainformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Takeshi KOYAMA, Alain Volmat, Yoshinaga Kato, Shizu Kanauchi
  • Publication number: 20100069008
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device establishes a wireless connection by a first communication unit with an information processing apparatus, and establishes a wireless communication by a second communication unit that is capable of enabling a wireless communication in a wider range based on communication setting information received through the first communication unit. A setting-item acquiring unit receives a setting item for an information processing performed by the information processing apparatus through the second communication unit. A setting-screen display unit displays a setting screen with which a value of the setting item can be selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiko OSHIMA, Takanori NAGAHARA, Shizu KANAUCHI, Yoshinaga KATO
  • Publication number: 20090217360
    Abstract: A data search system in which a data processing apparatus and a data search device are communicably connected includes an operational history acquisition unit to acquire operational history data including user data, information about current data processing and the document processed, and apparatus data, an apparatus data file storage unit to store an apparatus data file including the apparatus data and registered group data identifying a group that uses the data processing apparatus, a group-apparatus associator to associate the user data with the apparatus data file, a profile generator to generate a profile specifying significance degrees of the document in relation to the data processing apparatus and the group data, based on the operational history data, the apparatus data file, and the association, a profile storage unit to store the profile, and a data search unit to perform a data search according to a data search request from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Miyuki Tsuchiya, Shizu Kanauchi
  • Patent number: D886150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shizu Kanauchi
  • Patent number: D878412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shizu Kanauchi
  • Patent number: D889506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shizu Kanauchi