Patents by Inventor Takeshi Ejima
Takeshi Ejima 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: 10949133Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, includes: a plurality of device drivers each of which is receives a packet from each of the networks; and circuitry determines a network to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on information indicating which of the device drivers has received the packet.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20200225886Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, includes: a plurality of device drivers each of which is receives a packet from each of the networks; and circuitry determines a network to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on information indicating which of the device drivers has received the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi EJIMA
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Patent number: 10649698Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, includes: a plurality of device drivers each of which is receives a packet from each of the networks; and circuitry determines a network to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on information indicating which of the device drivers has received the packet.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20190286378Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, includes: a plurality of device drivers each of which is receives a packet from each of the networks; and circuitry determines a network to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on information indicating which of the device drivers has received the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Patent number: 9753116Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of detecting an emergency signal includes a first obtainment unit configured to obtain positional information representing a current position of the information processing apparatus; a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of broadcast stations using the positional information obtained by the first obtainment unit; a reception unit configured to receive a radio wave signal at a frequency of the broadcast station selected by the selection unit; and a first output unit configured to output an audio signal obtained by demodulating the radio wave signal received by the reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Patent number: 9555966Abstract: A control apparatus controls a circulating conveyor having areas each of which stores one of articles. A storage stores inventory information indicating a state of storage of each of the articles. A computer executes a program to perform a controlling process of controlling the conveyor. The controlling process includes a receiving process of receiving an instruction of storing or carrying out an article, a computing process of computing, in response to reception of the instruction by the receiving process, an amount of travel of the conveyor based on the inventory information, the amount of travel being necessary to move one of the areas of the conveyor to a predetermined position at which one of the articles is stored in or carried out of the one of the areas, and a first controlling process of controlling an operation of the conveyor in accordance with the computed amount of travel.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Patent number: 9125238Abstract: A wireless communication device constitutes a wireless network which includes plural wireless communication devices and which is for performing communications between the plural wireless communication devices. The wireless communication device has a base station index based on which the wireless communication device functions as a base station of the wireless network. The base station index expresses a degree to which the wireless communication device functions as the base station. The wireless communication device includes a base station transfer unit configured to perform a transfer process of transferring a function of the base station of the wireless network from a first wireless communication device functioning as the base station of the wireless network already formed to a second wireless communication device that is newly joining the wireless network, when the base station index of the second wireless communication device is higher than that of the first wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20150066202Abstract: A control apparatus controls a circulating conveyor having areas each of which stores one of articles. A storage stores inventory information indicating a state of storage of each of the articles. A computer executes a program to perform a controlling process of controlling the conveyor. The controlling process includes a receiving process of receiving an instruction of storing or carrying out an article, a computing process of computing, in response to reception of the instruction by the receiving process, an amount of travel of the conveyor based on the inventory information, the amount of travel being necessary to move one of the areas of the conveyor to a predetermined position at which one of the articles is stored in or carried out of the one of the areas, and a first controlling process of controlling an operation of the conveyor in accordance with the computed amount of travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Takeshi EJIMA
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Publication number: 20150054684Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of detecting an emergency signal includes a first obtainment unit configured to obtain positional information representing a current position of the information processing apparatus; a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of broadcast stations using the positional information obtained by the first obtainment unit; a reception unit configured to receive a radio wave signal at a frequency of the broadcast station selected by the selection unit; and a first output unit configured to output an audio signal obtained by demodulating the radio wave signal received by the reception unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Takeshi EJIMA
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Patent number: 8638837Abstract: A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify a signal received via one of multiple channels including a channel where frequency hopping is conducted; a signal strength measurement circuit configured to measure signal strength of the received signal; and a gain value computation unit configured to compute a gain value for the amplifier based on the signal strength measured by the signal strength measurement circuit. The gain value computation unit is configured to use values specific to the respective channels as coefficients of a function to compute the gain value.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Patent number: 8571478Abstract: A wireless USB device that performs a communication conforming to a wireless USB standard with a plurality of wireless USB hosts includes a reception-time-information receiving unit that receives reception time information indicating a data reception time specified by each of the wireless USB hosts, a configuration determining unit that determines, when the reception-time-information receiving unit receives the reception time information from a wireless USB host, whether a configuration is set for the wireless USB host, and a configuration unit that sets, when the configuration determining unit determines that the configuration is not set for the wireless USB host that transmitted the reception time information, the configuration for the wireless USB host that transmitted the reception time information.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20130039358Abstract: A wireless communication device constitutes a wireless network which includes plural wireless communication devices and which is for performing communications between the plural wireless communication devices. The wireless communication device has a base station index based on which the wireless communication device functions as a base station of the wireless network. The base station index expresses a degree to which the wireless communication device functions as the base station. The wireless communication device includes a base station transfer unit configured to perform a transfer process of transferring a function of the base station of the wireless network from a first wireless communication device functioning as the base station of the wireless network already formed to a second wireless communication device that is newly joining the wireless network, when the base station index of the second wireless communication device is higher than that of the first wireless communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Takeshi EJIMA
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Patent number: 8365268Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a wireless host and a wireless device. The wireless device includes a user authentication unit that authenticates a requesting user that is using the wireless host based on a result of comparison between a requesting-user ID of the requesting user received from the host and a user ID of a user that is permitted to establish communication with the wireless device. When the requesting user is authenticated by the user authentication unit, information required prior to connection is stored in the wireless device and the wireless host. The wireless device permits to continue the association process with the wireless host, when the information required prior to connection received from the wireless host and the information required prior to connection stored in the wireless device match.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20110130097Abstract: A wireless USB device that performs a communication conforming to a wireless USB standard with a plurality of wireless USB hosts includes a reception-time-information receiving unit that receives reception time information indicating a data reception time specified by each of the wireless USB hosts, a configuration determining unit that determines, when the reception-time-information receiving unit receives the reception time information from a wireless USB host, whether a configuration is set for the wireless USB host, and a configuration unit that sets, when the configuration determining unit determines that the configuration is not set for the wireless USB host that transmitted the reception time information, the configuration for the wireless USB host that transmitted the reception time information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20110004920Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a wireless host and a wireless device. The wireless device includes a user authentication unit that authenticates a requesting user that is using the wireless host based on a result of comparison between a requesting-user ID of the requesting user received from the host and a user ID of a user that is permitted to establish communication with the wireless device. When the requesting user is authenticated by the user authentication unit, information required prior to connection is stored in the wireless device and the wireless host. The wireless device permits to continue the association process with the wireless host, when the information required prior to connection received from the wireless host and the information required prior to connection stored in the wireless device match.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventor: Takeshi EJIMA
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Publication number: 20100284450Abstract: A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify a signal received via one of multiple channels including a channel where frequency hopping is conducted; a signal strength measurement circuit configured to measure signal strength of the received signal; and a gain value computation unit configured to compute a gain value for the amplifier based on the signal strength measured by the signal strength measurement circuit. The gain value computation unit is configured to use values specific to the respective channels as coefficients of a function to compute the gain value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventor: Takeshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20060039399Abstract: A disclosed first communication device includes a communication mode detecting part for detecting a predetermined communication mode with respect to a second communication device, a communication mode setting part for setting a communication mode of the first communication device, and a jam signal detecting part for detecting a jam signal from the second communication device. The communication mode setting part is configured to set the communication mode of the first communication device to a full-duplex communication mode when the predetermined communication mode detected by the communication mode detecting part is a half-duplex communication mode, and configured to set the communication mode of the first communication device to the half-duplex communication mode when the jam signal is detected by the jam signal detecting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2005Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventor: Takeshi Ejima