Patents by Inventor Taku YAMAWAKI

Taku YAMAWAKI 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: 11971854
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus receives a plurality of files, generates screen information for displaying a first list screen on a display, the first list screen presenting, for each of the plurality of files, a name and a time of last use of the file, and further presenting a thumbnail image of at least one file of the plurality of files in a case the at least one file is an image file, stores in one or more memories, the plurality of files and the thumbnail image of the at least one file being the image file, and transmits the screen information of the first list screen in response to a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Yamawaki
  • Publication number: 20230244640
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus receives a plurality of files, generates screen information for displaying a first list screen on a display, the first list screen presenting, for each of the plurality of files, a name and a time of last use of the file, and further presenting a thumbnail image of at least one file of the plurality of files in a case the at least one file is an image file, stores in one or more memories, the plurality of files and the thumbnail image of the at least one file being the image file, and transmits the screen information of the first list screen in response to a request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Yamawaki
  • Patent number: 10997003
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a plurality of programs, and program registration information including identification information of the plurality of programs each of which is permitted to be executed in the electronic apparatus. The circuitry executes a first program of the plurality of programs stored in the memory. The circuitry executes a second program according to a determination that the identification information of the program registration information includes identification information of the second program stored in an external memory connectable to the electronic apparatus. The circuitry causes the first program and the second program, which are executed, to be communicable with each other to newly add a function to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Yamawaki, Kayo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200012547
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a plurality of programs, and program registration information including identification information of the plurality of programs each of which is permitted to be executed in the electronic apparatus. The circuitry executes a first program of the plurality of programs stored in the memory. The circuitry executes a second program according to a determination that the identification information of the program registration information includes identification information of the second program stored in an external memory connectable to the electronic apparatus. The circuitry causes the first program and the second program, which are executed, to be communicable with each other to newly add a function to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Yamawaki, Kayo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10452457
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a plurality of programs, and program registration information including identification information of the plurality of programs each of which is permitted to be executed in the electronic apparatus. The circuitry executes a first program of the plurality of programs stored in the memory. The circuitry executes a second program according to a determination that the identification information of the program registration information includes identification information of the second program stored in an external memory connectable to the electronic apparatus. The circuitry causes the first program and the second program, which are executed, to be communicable with each other to newly add a function to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Yamawaki, Kayo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20180181452
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a plurality of programs, and program registration information including identification information of the plurality of programs each of which is permitted to be executed in the electronic apparatus. The circuitry executes a first program of the plurality of programs stored in the memory. The circuitry executes a second program according to a determination that the identification information of the program registration information includes identification information of the second program stored in an external memory connectable to the electronic apparatus. The circuitry causes the first program and the second program, which are executed, to be communicable with each other to newly add a function to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Yamawaki, Kayo Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20170308646
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to read, from a prescription, a prescription image including a first image including first prescription information that is visible and a second image including second prescription information that is invisible; analyze the second image to acquire the second prescription information; and display, on a display device, the first prescription information and the second prescription information in a comparable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku YAMAWAKI
  • Patent number: 9686438
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image processing system, and an image processing method, are provided, each of which receives a user instruction for printing an image on a plurality of recording sheets with an addition image being added to the image at a preset position in the image; generates a plurality of items of image data to be formed on the plurality of recording sheets so as to obtain the image when the plurality of recording sheets are pasted together; determines a specific recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets and a specific position on the specific recording sheet, based on the preset position of the addition image, a number of the plurality of recording sheets for forming the image, and an image forming direction in forming the image on the plurality of recording sheets; and adds the addition image to an item of image data corresponding to the determined recording sheet at the specific position on the specific recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuko Kuwano, Yutaka Matsumura, Taku Yamawaki
  • Patent number: 9333666
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus having security printing function, connectable to a post-processing apparatus capable of cutting a sheet, includes a sheet size detector to detect a size of a sheet to be conducted with print processing, a dividing number acquiring unit to acquire a dividing number of the sheet, a sheet divider to divide the sheet into a plurality of areas based on the sheet size detected by the sheet size detector and the dividing number acquired by the dividing number acquiring unit, a security printing setting acquiring unit to acquire setting of a position of security printing, and a security printing position determination unit to determine a print position of security printing on each of the plurality of areas, divided by the sheet divider, based on the position of security printing acquired by the security printing setting acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Yamawaki, Shuko Kuwano, Yutaka Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20160080605
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image processing system, and an image processing method, are provided, each of which receives a user instruction for printing an image on a plurality of recording sheets with an addition image being added to the image at a preset position in the image; generates a plurality of items of image data to be formed on the plurality of recording sheets so as to obtain the image when the plurality of recording sheets are pasted together; determines a specific recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets and a specific position on the specific recording sheet, based on the preset position of the addition image, a number of the plurality of recording sheets for forming the image, and an image forming direction in forming the image on the plurality of recording sheets; and adds the addition image to an item of image data corresponding to the determined recording sheet at the specific position on the specific recording sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuko KUWANO, Yutaka MATSUMURA, Taku YAMAWAKI
  • Publication number: 20150183208
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus having security printing function, connectable to a post-processing apparatus capable of cutting a sheet, includes a sheet size detector to detect a size of a sheet to be conducted with print processing, a dividing number acquiring unit to acquire a dividing number of the sheet, a sheet divider to divide the sheet into a plurality of areas based on the sheet size detected by the sheet size detector and the dividing number acquired by the dividing number acquiring unit, a security printing setting acquiring unit to acquire setting of a position of security printing, and a security printing position determination unit to determine a print position of security printing on each of the plurality of areas, divided by the sheet divider, based on the position of security printing acquired by the security printing setting acquiring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Taku YAMAWAKI, Shuko KUWANO, Yutaka MATSUMURA