Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Kimura

Tsutomu Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20200175770
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an attribute-information acquisition unit and an identification unit. The attribute-information acquisition unit acquires an attribute of an object that is present in a real space in accordance with information regarding the object an object image of which is captured. The identification unit identifies an image that is a virtual image associated with the attribute acquired by the attribute-information acquisition unit, the image being combined with the object image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAUCHI, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Tsutomu KIMURA, Masahiro SATO, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10620809
    Abstract: A display device includes an image display, a detection unit, and an execution unit. The image display includes a display screen at least one end portion of which is deformable. The detection unit detects deformation of the end portion. The execution unit executes a predetermined process if the detection unit detects the deformation of the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Yamauchi, Yoshihiko Nemoto, Masahiro Sato, Tsutomu Kimura, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 10593114
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an attribute-information acquisition unit and an identification unit. The attribute-information acquisition unit acquires an attribute of an object that is present in a real space in accordance with information regarding the object an object image of which is captured. The identification unit identifies an image that is a virtual image associated with the attribute acquired by the attribute-information acquisition unit, the image being to be combined with the object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Yamauchi, Yoshihiko Nemoto, Tsutomu Kimura, Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20190346923
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a measurement unit, an output unit, and a reception unit. The measurement unit measures brain waves of a user. The output unit outputs a sound to the user. The reception unit receives a command to correct the sound in a case where the sound is output while the brain waves are being measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10432010
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a secondary battery that stores power for operation, a power receiver that receives power wirelessly from a power supply device, a decision unit that decides whether or not to allow charging with the power received wirelessly, and a charging unit that charges the secondary battery with the received power if charging with the power received wirelessly is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nemoto, Masahiro Sato, Tsutomu Kimura, Akihito Yamauchi, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 10358042
    Abstract: An underwater mobile body includes: a secondary battery; a detector that detects a remaining amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery; a power generation unit that uses natural energy to generate electricity with which the secondary battery is charged; and a transition unit that when the remaining amount of electricity detected by the detector decreases below a predetermined threshold, causes transition to a charge mode in which the secondary battery is charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nemoto, Tsutomu Kimura, Motofumi Baba, Masahiro Sato, Akihito Yamauchi, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 10199855
    Abstract: A power-receiving apparatus includes a power supply unit and a wireless communication unit. The power supply unit includes a first rechargeable battery that accumulates power, a power-receiving unit that receives power transferred from a power-transfer apparatus by using a radio system, and a power controller that, in a wireless charging mode, performs control of charging of the first rechargeable battery in accordance with the power received by the power-receiving unit and stops supply of the power to a main controller. The wireless charging mode is set for wirelessly charging the first rechargeable battery as an operation mode. The main controller performs control of predetermined operations of the power-receiving apparatus. The wireless communication unit operates when receiving supply of the power from the power supply unit and wirelessly communicates with the power-transfer apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Yamauchi, Tsutomu Kimura, Yoshihiko Nemoto, Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20180345082
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit and a providing unit. The setting unit sets an exercise intensity. The providing unit provides exercise information used by a user to achieve the exercise intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu KIMURA, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180144721
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a display unit that includes a multidirectional image display face, an execution unit that executes a predetermined process in accordance with a user contact operation with respect to the image display face, a specifying unit that specifies a position of a user using the device, and a configuration unit that, on a basis of information about the position specified by the specifying unit, configures an operating face that accepts the contact operation in a facing region that faces the user's face on part of the image display face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Tsutomu KIMURA, Masahiro SATO, Akihito YAMAUCHI, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180136826
    Abstract: A display device includes an image display, a detection unit, and an execution unit. The image display includes a display screen at least one end portion of which is deformable. The detection unit detects deformation of the end portion. The execution unit executes a predetermined process if the detection unit detects the deformation of the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAUCHI, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Masahiro SATO, Tsutomu KIMURA, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180132459
    Abstract: An underwater mobile body includes: a movement control unit that controls movement underwater; a detection unit that moves underwater under the control of the movement control unit and that detects a position of a fish; and a guidance unit that guides the fish based on the position of the fish detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motofumi BABA, Tsutomu KIMURA, Kengo TOKUCHI, Akihito YAMAUCHI, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Masahiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20180130258
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an attribute-information acquisition unit and an identification unit. The attribute-information acquisition unit acquires an attribute of an object that is present in a real space in accordance with information regarding the object an object image of which is captured. The identification unit identifies an image that is a virtual image associated with the attribute acquired by the attribute-information acquisition unit, the image being to be combined with the object image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAUCHI, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Tsutomu KIMURA, Masahiro SATO, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180115182
    Abstract: A power-receiving apparatus includes a power supply unit and a wireless communication unit. The power supply unit includes a first rechargeable battery that accumulates power, a power-receiving unit that receives power transferred from a power-transfer apparatus by using a radio system, and a power controller that, in a wireless charging mode, performs control of charging of the first rechargeable battery in accordance with the power received by the power-receiving unit and stops supply of the power to a main controller. The wireless charging mode is set for wirelessly charging the first rechargeable battery as an operation mode. The main controller performs control of predetermined operations of the power-receiving apparatus. The wireless communication unit operates when receiving supply of the power from the power supply unit and wirelessly communicates with the power-transfer apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAUCHI, Tsutomu KIMURA, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Masahiro SATO, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180109131
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a secondary battery that stores power for operation, a power receiver that receives power wirelessly from a power supply device, a decision unit that decides whether or not to allow charging with the power received wirelessly, and a charging unit that charges the secondary battery with the received power if charging with the power received wirelessly is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Masahiro SATO, Tsutomu KIMURA, Akihito YAMAUCHI, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Patent number: 9948405
    Abstract: An underwater mobile body includes: a communication unit that has a plurality of communicators adopting different communication systems and that performs underwater wireless communication with another device using one of the plurality of communicators; an acquisition unit that acquires information on depth or information varying with depth; and a control unit that controls the communication unit to switch, between the plurality of communicators and based on the acquired information, the one communicator used for underwater wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kimura, Motofumi Baba, Masahiro Sato, Yoshihiko Nemoto, Akihito Yamauchi, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20180099573
    Abstract: An underwater mobile body includes: a secondary battery; a detector that detects a remaining amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery; a power generation unit that uses natural energy to generate electricity with which the secondary battery is charged; and a transition unit that when the remaining amount of electricity detected by the detector decreases below a predetermined threshold, causes transition to a charge mode in which the secondary battery is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Tsutomu KIMURA, Motofumi BABA, Masahiro SATO, Akihito YAMAUCHI, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180099733
    Abstract: An underwater mobile body include: a communication unit that performs underwater wireless communication with a relay device; a detection unit that detects a state of wireless communication between the relay device and the underwater mobile body; and a control unit that controls a positional relationship between the relay device and the underwater mobile body so that a result of detection by the detection unit satisfies a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro SATO, Motofumi BABA, Tsutomu KIMURA, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Akihito YAMAUCHI, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180102854
    Abstract: An underwater mobile body includes: a communication unit that has a plurality of communicators adopting different communication systems and that performs underwater wireless communication with another device using one of the plurality of communicators; an acquisition unit that acquires information on depth or information varying with depth; and a control unit that controls the communication unit to switch, between the plurality of communicators and based on the acquired information, the one communicator used for underwater wireless communication
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu KIMURA, Motofumi BABA, Masahiro SATO, Yoshihiko NEMOTO, Akihito YAMAUCHI, Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Patent number: 8532404
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of compression units and a switching unit. The plurality of compression units compress image information by different compression methods. The switching unit extracts plural pieces of color information from pieces of color information which constitute the image information in a color space expressing the image information, and selects one of the plurality of compression units in accordance with hue angles of the plural pieces of extracted color information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Inoue, Minoru Sodeura, Toshiyuki Yamada, Shintaro Adachi, Tsutomu Kimura
  • Patent number: 8498413
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains original images one by one from an original document on which image processing is to be performed by the image processing device; an output unit that outputs each of the original images obtained by the image obtaining unit; an information acquiring unit that acquires control information for controlling operations to be performed by the image processing device, the control information being extracted from a control image represented by a specific image in the original image obtained by the image obtaining unit; and a control unit that determines whether the control information acquired by the information acquiring unit requires an authentication, determines whether an output of the original image having the control information is restricted on the basis of a result of the authentication when the control information requires an authentication, restricts the output of the original image when the output is determined to be restricted, and c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Kita, Masakatsu Kanda, Tadaomi Suzuki, Hiroshi Hayashi, Tsutomu Kimura, Takeshi Furuyama, Shinji Hanaoka, Shintaro Adachi, Kenji Yamada