Patents by Inventor Takahiro Asai

Takahiro Asai 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: 9749466
    Abstract: A transmission system includes one or more processors that cause a source transmission terminal to transmit data to a destination transmission terminal, the processors including a receiving unit that receives availability information generated based on a current place of a destination candidate, a displaying unit that displays the availability information on a display to allow a user to determine whether transmitting the data to a destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate is appropriate, an operation reception unit that receives a selection of the destination candidate corresponding to the availability information displayed, and a transmission unit that transmits the data to the destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate the selection of which is received by the operation reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Homma, Takahiro Asai, Yuya Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20170214809
    Abstract: An information providing device is capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal. The information providing device includes a storage unit; a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, and receives, from the image forming device, storage location information indicating the data managing device that stores data obtained by image forming by the image forming device and indicating a storage location in the data managing device; and a storage location managing unit that generates, in the storage unit, management information in which identification information of the image data is associated with the storage location information. The communication unit receives the data saved in the storage location indicated by the storage location information from the data managing device and transmits the received data to the transmission terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinaga KATO, 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: 9706164
    Abstract: A communication management system manages group information regarding one or more groups of a plurality of communication terminals, while the plurality of communication terminals are communicating in the same communication session. In response to a request from one communication terminal, the communication management system updates the group information to reflect the currently-established groups, and transmits updated group information to all of the plurality of communication terminals communicating in the same communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Shiro, Takahiro Asai, Yohei Yamamoto, Atsushi Nakafuji, Shogo Hyakutake
  • Publication number: 20170187021
    Abstract: A method for producing a porous polyimide film comprises: forming a first un-burned composite film wherein the first film is formed on a substrate using a first varnish that contains (A1) a polyamide acid or a polyimide and (B1) fine particles at a volume ratio (A1):(B1) of from 19:81 to 45:65; forming a second un-burned composite film wherein the second film is formed on the first film using a second varnish that contains (A2) a polyamide acid or a polyimide and (B2) fine particles at a volume ratio (A2):(B2) of from 20:80 to 50:50 and has a lower fine particle content ratio than the first varnish; burning wherein an un-burned composite film composed of the first film and the second film is burned, thereby obtaining a polyimide-fine particle composite film; and a fine particle removal step wherein the fine particles are removed from the polyimide-fine particle composite film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa SUGAWARA, Takahiro ASAI
  • Patent number: 9662333
    Abstract: A tetrahydropyridopyrimidine compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition including the tetrahydropyridopyrimidine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Minamiguchi, Shigeo Okajima, Shinichi Aoki, Masanori Asai, Takahiro Asai, Hiroyoshi Yamanaka, Suguru Dohi
  • Patent number: 9661057
    Abstract: A transmission management system includes a destination name data managing unit which manages a plurality of destination name data items which indicate a plurality of names of a destination in communications between transmission terminals, a destination name data reading unit which reads a destination name data item from the plurality of destination name data items managed by the destination name data managing unit, and a destination name data transmitting unit which transmits the destination name data item read by the destination name data reading unit to a transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Maeda, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 9661162
    Abstract: An information providing device is capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal. The information providing device includes a storage unit; a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, and receives, from the image forming device, storage location information indicating the data managing device that stores data obtained by image forming by the image forming device and indicating a storage location in the data managing device; and a storage location managing unit that generates, in the storage unit, management information in which identification information of the image data is associated with the storage location information. The communication unit receives the data saved in the storage location indicated by the storage location information from the data managing device and transmits the received data to the transmission terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, 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: 9648276
    Abstract: A transmission management apparatus for managing a session performing transmission/reception of content data via a relay apparatus includes a service information management unit configured to manage service management information in which service identification information identifying service content provided to each of a plurality of transmission terminals, and service content corresponding to the service identification information are stored preliminarily; a service identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire service identification information of each of the transmission terminals participating in the session; a service content determination unit configured to determine the service content of the session, based on the service identification information acquired by the service identification information acquisition unit and the service management information; and a session control unit configured to report session information based on the service content of the session determined by the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Horiuchi, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 9616824
    Abstract: A dash silencer has a lamination structure of a first layer, an intermediate layer, and a second layer. The intermediate layer is formed as a non-air permeable thin-membrane layer. The second layer is formed as a perforated layer having a plurality of opening portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinobu Fushiki, Takahiro Asai, Junichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9615057
    Abstract: A transmission terminal that communicates contents data including sound data with a counterpart transmission terminal, detects a delay time indicating a delay in receiving the contents data from the counterpart transmission terminal, and interrupts transmission of the contents data other than the sound data to the counterpart transmission terminal when the delay time exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 9602175
    Abstract: A master station apparatus modulates downlink digital control data that includes at least a synchronization signal and a control signal, adds resource element information to the modulated control data, and composites downlink digital frequency-domain user data that has not been modulated and data originating from the modulated control data to which the resource element information has been added. A slave station apparatus converts a received optical signal into an electrical signal, separates, from the electrical signal, the frequency-domain user data and the data originating from the modulated control data, modulates the frequency-domain user data, adds resource element information to the modulated user data, and transmits time-domain composite data including a component originating from the modulated user data and a component originating from the modulated control data by radio waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kubo, Takahiro Asai, Yukihiko Okumura
  • Patent number: 9601739
    Abstract: A method for producing a porous polyimide film comprises: forming a first un-burned composite film wherein the first film is formed on a substrate using a first varnish that contains (A1) a polyamide acid or a polyimide and (B1) fine particles at a volume ratio (A1):(B1) of from 19:81 to 45:65; forming a second un-burned composite film wherein the second film is formed on the first film using a second varnish that contains (A2) a polyamide acid or a polyimide and (B2) fine particles at a volume ratio (A2):(B2) of from 20:80 to 50:50 and has a lower fine particle content ratio than the first varnish; burning wherein an un-burned composite film composed of the first film and the second film is burned, thereby obtaining a polyimide-fine particle composite film; and a fine particle removal step wherein the fine particles are removed from the polyimide-fine particle composite film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sugawara, Takahiro Asai
  • Publication number: 20170078405
    Abstract: A communication management system stores session identification information for identifying one or more communication sessions for providing the service, and use state information indicating whether each one of the communication sessions is being used. In response to receiving from a first communication terminal a request for starting communication including first service identification information for identifying a first service, the management system transmits to the first communication terminal a session identification information of one of the communication sessions having the use state information indicating that the communication session is not being used based on determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi HORIUCHI, Takahiro ASAI
  • Publication number: 20170070359
    Abstract: A transmission control system includes: a storage unit that stores therein zone identification information for identifying a zone in which each of transmission terminals is used, and priority information that indicates a priority at which a transmission terminal indicated by the zone identification information should use each of a plurality of relay devices, in association with each other; a reception unit that receives, from a first transmission terminal, first zone identification information for identifying a zone in which the first transmission terminal is used and second zone identification information for identifying a zone in which a second transmission terminal as a destination terminal is used; and a selection unit that selects a relay device to be used for relaying the content data based on first priority information associated with the first zone identification information and second priority information associated with the second zone identification information in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KANDA, Takahiro ASAI
  • Publication number: 20170050415
    Abstract: A laminated glass according to the present invention includes an outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet that is arranged opposite to the outer glass sheet and has a smaller thickness than that of the outer glass sheet, and an interlayer sandwiched between the outer glass sheet and the inner glass sheet. A transmittance with respect to light having a wavelength of 850 to 950 nm is 30 to 80%. The outer glass sheet has a thickness of 1.8 to 2.3 mm. The inner glass sheet has a thickness of 0.6 to 2.0 mm. The interlayer includes a plurality of layers including at least a core layer. The core layer has a Young's modulus of 1 to 20 MPa at a frequency of 100 Hz and a temperature of 20° C., the Young's modulus being lower than the Young's modulus of the other layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi KANKI, Takahiro ASAI, Hisashi OGAWA, Hisashi ASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170048683
    Abstract: A communication management system includes: a group management unit that manages group identification information for identifying a group to which an addition request source terminal requesting to add a destination candidate belongs, in association with group identification information for identifying a group to which an addition request target terminal being able to become the destination candidate belongs; a receiving unit that receives an addition request transmitted by a first communication terminal and requesting to add a second communication terminal as a destination candidate; and a transmission controlling unit that does not transmit the approval request to the second communication terminal, when first group identification information for the first communication terminal is group identification information for an addition request source terminal, and second group identification information for the second communication terminal is not included in at least one corresponding piece of group identification
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Takahiro ASAI
  • Publication number: 20170041469
    Abstract: A management system manages access from a communication terminal to an application and includes a receiving unit, an identification unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives model information indicating a model of the communication terminal and application information indicating an application that are transmitted from the communication terminal. The identification unit identifies a function that is matched with a function capable of being provided by the application identified based on the application information received by the receiving unit out of functions available in the communication terminal identified based on the model information received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi HOMMA, Takahiro ASAI, Kaoru MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9565221
    Abstract: A communication management system that manages a plurality of communication terminals transmits, to a request communication terminal, one of operation state information indicating that an operation state of a candidate counterpart communication terminal is unknown or information indicating that a communications protocol of the candidate counterpart communication terminal is different from a communications protocol of the request communication terminal, when the communications protocol is different between the candidate counterpart communication terminal and the request communication terminal. The request communication terminal displays information to a user, which is generated based on the information received from the communication management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Okuyama, Takahiro Asai