Patents by Inventor Tohru Fuse

Tohru Fuse 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: 11093363
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives information indicative of a priority of communication designated by a user who uses a communication line available to plural users and information indicative of a bandwidth of a priority target designated by the user; and an allocated bandwidth deciding unit that decides an allocated bandwidth allocated to the user on a basis of evaluation of the priority and the bandwidth of the priority target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Tohru Fuse
  • Publication number: 20210084444
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a presentation unit. The acquiring unit acquires information about a function group desired by a user. The function group includes at least one type of function. The presentation unit presents at least one candidate of at least one function providing location with a move sequence. The at least one function providing location is capable of providing, in combination, the at least one type of function of the function group acquired by the acquiring unit. The at least one function providing location is among multiple function providing locations which are present within an area predetermined with respect to a position of the user. Each of the multiple function providing locations is capable of providing at least one type of function among multiple types of functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifan ZHANG, Tohru FUSE
  • Patent number: 10880684
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a presentation unit. The acquiring unit acquires information about a function group desired by a user. The function group includes at least one type of function. The presentation unit presents at least one candidate of at least one function providing location with a move sequence. The at least one function providing location is capable of providing, in combination, the at least one type of function of the function group acquired by the acquiring unit. The at least one function providing location is among multiple function providing locations which are present within an area predetermined with respect to a position of the user. Each of the multiple function providing locations is capable of providing at least one type of function among multiple types of functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Tohru Fuse
  • Patent number: 10779121
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a memory, and a setting unit. The acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of the information processing apparatus by performing communication with an external apparatus at a set time interval. The memory stores information about time intervals for respective regions. The setting unit changes and sets the time interval at which the acquisition unit performs communication to a time interval among the time intervals that is acquired by referring to content of the memory and that corresponds to a region corresponding to the position information among the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirade, Jiro Matsuda, Takahiro Saito, Tohru Fuse
  • Patent number: 10762869
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes a detector and a display. The detector detects a predetermined target person to whom information is to be presented. When plural target persons to whom pieces of different information are to be presented, respectively are detected by the detector, the display displays target information that indicates each of the target persons and presentation information that corresponds to each of the target persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Fuse, Shinobu Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20200218627
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives information indicative of a priority of communication designated by a user who uses a communication line available to plural users and information indicative of a bandwidth of a priority target designated by the user; and an allocated bandwidth deciding unit that decides an allocated bandwidth allocated to the user on a basis of evaluation of the priority and the bandwidth of the priority target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru FUSE
  • Patent number: 10542234
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes solar cells, an accumulation portion that accumulates power generated by the solar cells, an electronic apparatus main body portion that is operated by using power accumulated in the accumulation portion, and an operation control circuit that performs control so that, in a case where a voltage of the accumulation portion increases, an operation of the electronic apparatus main body portion is started if the voltage of the accumulation portion exceeds a first threshold voltage, and, in a case where a voltage of the accumulation portion decreases, an operation of the electronic apparatus main body portion is stopped if the voltage of the accumulation portion is less than a second threshold voltage which is smaller than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Matsuda, Tohru Fuse, Akihiko Naya, Takahiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20190037347
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a presentation unit. The acquiring unit acquires information about a function group desired by a user. The function group includes at least one type of function. The presentation unit presents at least one candidate of at least one function providing location with a move sequence. The at least one function providing location is capable of providing, in combination, the at least one type of function of the function group acquired by the acquiring unit. The at least one function providing location is among multiple function providing locations which are present within an area predetermined with respect to a position of the user. Each of the multiple function providing locations is capable of providing at least one type of function among multiple types of functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifan ZHANG, Tohru FUSE
  • Publication number: 20180350319
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes a detector and a display. The detector detects a predetermined target person to whom information is to be presented. When plural target persons to whom pieces of different information are to be presented, respectively are detected by the detector, the display displays target information that indicates each of the target persons and presentation information that corresponds to each of the target persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru FUSE, Shinobu OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20180115737
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes solar cells, an accumulation portion that accumulates power generated by the solar cells, an electronic apparatus main body portion that is operated by using power accumulated in the accumulation portion, and an operation control circuit that performs control so that, in a case where a voltage of the accumulation portion increases, an operation of the electronic apparatus main body portion is started if the voltage of the accumulation portion exceeds a first threshold voltage, and, in a case where a voltage of the accumulation portion decreases, an operation of the electronic apparatus main body portion is stopped if the voltage of the accumulation portion is less than a second threshold voltage which is smaller than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro MATSUDA, Tohru FUSE, Akihiko NAYA, Takahiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 9955311
    Abstract: A control apparatus of the present invention includes: a detection unit that detects a position of a terminal apparatus, based on position information which is acquired from plural radio beacons by the terminal apparatus; a memory that stores a history of the position of the terminal apparatus as route information, based on the position detected by the detection unit; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a current position, at which the terminal apparatus is detected, is correct, based on route information of plural terminal apparatuses stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Saito, Jiro Matsuda, Tohru Fuse
  • Publication number: 20180041873
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a memory, and a setting unit. The acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of the information processing apparatus by performing communication with an external apparatus at a set time interval. The memory stores information about time intervals for respective regions. The setting unit changes and sets the time interval at which the acquisition unit performs communication to a time interval among the time intervals that is acquired by referring to content of the memory and that corresponds to a region corresponding to the position information among the regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi HIRADE, Jiro MATSUDA, Takahiro SAITO, Tohru FUSE
  • Publication number: 20170272914
    Abstract: A control apparatus of the present invention includes: a detection unit that detects a position of a terminal apparatus, based on position information which is acquired from plural radio beacons by the terminal apparatus; a memory that stores a history of the position of the terminal apparatus as route information, based on the position detected by the detection unit; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a current position, at which the terminal apparatus is detected, is correct, based on route information of plural terminal apparatuses stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro SAITO, Jiro MATSUDA, Tohru FUSE
  • Publication number: 20170265209
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects a position of a terminal apparatus, based on position information acquired from a radio beacon by the terminal apparatus; an acquisition unit that acquires position verification information indicating that a position of the terminal apparatus is verified by communications with an other terminal apparatus; and an approving unit that approves a transmission request transmitted from the terminal apparatus, in a case where the acquisition unit acquires the position verification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro MATSUDA, Takahiro SAITO, Tohru FUSE
  • Publication number: 20170070621
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a measurement unit that measures environmental information about an environment surrounding the information processing apparatus; a reception unit that receives environmental information from an external device or a device associated with the external device in response to receiving a processing request from the external device; a comparison unit that compares the environmental information measured by the measurement unit with the environmental information received by the reception unit; and a processing unit that executes a process based on the received processing request in a case where the environmental information received by the reception unit and the environmental information measured by the measurement unit that are compared by the comparison unit are determined to be measured in a same environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro MATSUDA, Tohru FUSE
  • Patent number: 9218540
    Abstract: A classification apparatus includes: a spectrogram generation unit that generates a spectrogram of a time variation signal of a classification object by processing the time variation signal of the classification object obtained by a sensor; a two-dimensional Fourier transform calculation unit that calculates a two-dimensional Fourier transform of the generated spectrogram; a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between an template image and an image of the obtained two-dimensional Fourier transform, for each template image corresponding to each phenomenon stored in the template image memorizing unit; and a determination unit that determines whether the time variation signal of the classification object conforms to any of one or more phenomena, on the basis of the calculated similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roshan Thapliya, Tohru Fuse
  • Patent number: 9176954
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a presenting unit, an information extracting unit, a characteristics extracting unit, and a limiting unit. The presenting unit presents information. The information extracting unit extracts, in a case where the information presented by the presenting unit is selected, information associated with the selected information from a storing unit that stores plural pieces of information and association between the plural pieces of information. The characteristics extracting unit extracts characteristics relating to the plural pieces of information and the association between the plural pieces of information. The limiting unit limits, in a case where the presenting unit presents the information extracted by the information extracting unit and the number of pieces of information to be presented is greater than or equal to or greater than a predetermined number, information to be presented on the basis of the characteristics extracted by the characteristics extracting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beili Ren, Tohru Fuse
  • Patent number: 9031083
    Abstract: A communication management system includes a measuring unit, an assigning unit, and a distribution controller. The measuring unit measures, for each of clients, a traffic pattern representing a pattern of temporal changes in an amount of communication traffic regarding the client. The assigning unit assigns, to each of plural communication channels, one or more clients that use the communication channel, on the basis of the traffic patterns of the clients measured by the measuring unit. The distribution controller performs control of selecting, as a communication channel with which distribution data is to be distributed to one or more of the clients, at least one of the plural communication channels to which the assigning unit has assigned the clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Roshan Thapliya, Tohru Fuse
  • Patent number: 8804576
    Abstract: A browsing management apparatus includes a location information generating portion that generates unique location information that includes a location of a content used in a conference and identification information identifying a participant of the conference, a transmitting portion that transmits the unique location information to the participant of the conference, and an identifying portion that receives an access designating the unique location information from a terminal device used by the participant of the conference and identifies the participant of the conference with the unique location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Fuse, Zhihua Zhong
  • Publication number: 20140079323
    Abstract: A classification apparatus includes: a spectrogram generation unit that generates a spectrogram of a time variation signal of a classification object by processing the time variation signal of the classification object obtained by a sensor; a two-dimensional Fourier transform calculation unit that calculates a two-dimensional Fourier transform of the generated spectrogram; a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between an template image and an image of the obtained two-dimensional Fourier transform, for each template image corresponding to each phenomenon stored in the template image memorizing unit; and a determination unit that determines whether the time variation signal of the classification object conforms to any of one or more phenomena, on the basis of the calculated similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roshan THAPLIYA, Tohru FUSE