Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Oba

Yoshihiro Oba 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: 12216048
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light in a mid-infrared region, the light including: first-wavelength light having a wave number of from 970 cm?1 or more to 1010 cm?1 or less; and second-wavelength light different from the first-wavelength light, the second-wavelength light having a wave number of from 950 cm?1 or more to 990 cm?1 or less; a photosensor configured to detect the light emitted from the light source and reflected by a measurement target; and an information processing device configured to: obtain a first absorbance of the first-wavelength light and a second absorbance of the second-wavelength light from an output of the photosensor; and determine a biomarker of the measurement target based on the first absorbance and the second absorbance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kasahara, Yoshio Wada, Yoshihiro Oba, Toshihide Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11963760
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a total internal reflection prism having a total reflection plane that an object to be measured contacts, a light source to emit light to make the light having a wavelength equal to or greater than 7 micrometers (?m) and equal to or less than 12 ?m incident on the total reflection plane, and a sensor to detect light intensity of the light reflected by the total reflection plane. In the measuring device, an equation arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) < ? ? c < arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) + 5. [ DEG ] is satisfied, where n1 denotes a refractive index of a base material of the total internal reflection prism for the light having a wavelength of 10 ?m, n2 denotes a refractive index of the object to be measured for the light having the wavelength of 10 ?m and n2 takes a value 1.32 or 1.44, and ?c denotes an incident angle of a center of light flux emitted from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Ryosuke Kasahara, Toshihide Sasaki, Nobuto Hosono
  • Publication number: 20240125691
    Abstract: A biological information measuring technique with improved reliability is proposed. A method of measuring biological information using an optical element with a totally reflecting surface, which is to be brought into contact with an object to be observed, is provided. The method includes, after the optical element has been in contact with the object to be observed, acquiring an absorbance at the totally reflecting surface in a state where the optical element is not in contact with the object to be observed, and determining by an information processing apparatus whether the object to be observed needs to be cleaned, based on the absorbance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Toshihide SASAKI, Yoshio WADA
  • Publication number: 20230293052
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a total internal reflection prism having a total reflection plane that an object to be measured contacts, a light source to emit light to make the light having a wavelength equal to or greater than 7 micrometers (?m) and equal to or less than 12 ?m incident on the total reflection plane, and a sensor to detect light intensity of the light reflected by the total reflection plane. In the measuring device, an equation arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) < ? ? c < arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) + 5. [ DEG ] is satisfied, where n1 denotes a refractive index of a base material of the total internal reflection prism for the light having a wavelength of 10 ?m, n2 denotes a refractive index of the object to be measured for the light having the wavelength of 10 ?m and n2 takes a value 1.32 or 1.44, and ?c denotes an incident angle of a center of light flux emitted from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Toshihide SASAKI, Nobuto HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20230288323
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light in a mid-infrared region, the light including: first-wavelength light having a wave number of from 970 cm-1 or more to 1010 cm-1 or less; and second-wavelength light different from the first-wavelength light, the second-wavelength light having a wave number of from 950 cm-1 or more to 990 cm-1 or less; a photosensor configured to detect the light emitted from the light source and reflected by a measurement target; and an information processing device configured to: obtain a first absorbance of the first-wavelength light and a second absorbance of the second-wavelength light from an output of the photosensor; and determine a biomarker of the measurement target based on the first absorbance and the second absorbance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke KASAHARA, Yoshio WADA, Yoshihiro OBA, Toshihide SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220386875
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus (100a, 1a) includes a light source (110) configured to emit probe light; a total reflection member (16) in contact with a to-be-measured object and configured to cause total reflection of the probe light that is incident; a light intensity detector (17) configured to detect light intensity of the probe light exiting from the total reflection member (16); an output unit (2) configured to output a measurement value obtained on the basis of the light intensity; a first support (31) supporting the light source (110) and the light intensity detector (17); and a second support (32) provided to the first support (31), detachable from the first support (31), and supporting the total reflection member (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Yoshio WADA, Toshihide SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220369963
    Abstract: A biological information measuring device (100a) includes a light source configured to emit probe light; a total reflection member (16) configured to totally reflect the probe light with the total reflection member (16) brought into contact with a subject (S) to be measured; a light intensity detector configured to detect light intensity of the probe light reflected from the total reflection member (16); a biological information output unit (2a) configured to output biological information, the biological information being acquired based on the light intensity; and a display unit (506) configured to display the light intensity or an absorbance of the probe light, the absorbance being acquired based on the light intensity. Preferably a pressure detector is provided configured to detect a pressure of the subject (S) with respect to the total reflection member (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Yoshio WADA, Toshihide SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11215945
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source; and an optical detector detecting intensity of light that is reflected by a recording medium, the light from the light source and irradiated onto the recording medium. Further, when an incident angle of the light incident to the recording medium from the light source relative to a normal line of the recording medium is given as ?1, a formula 75°??1?85° is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishii, Yoshihiro Oba, Fumikazu Hoshi, Satoru Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20210259586
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a total reflection member configured to totally reflect an incoming probe beam in a state being in contact with a measured object; and a temperature adjuster configured to maintain, to a predetermined temperature, a temperature of a contact region of the total reflection member with the measured object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Yoshio WADA, Toshihide SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10715345
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication control device is connected to communication devices and includes a storage, a generator, and an output unit. The storage is configured to store group information containing a group ID of a group and device IDs of the communication devices belonging to the group. The generator is configured to generate compressed information in which the device IDs are compressed. The output unit is configured to output, when the group information is updated, to all communication devices identified by the device IDs included in the group information after updating and to a plurality of communication devices including one or more of the communication devices identified by the device IDs not included in the group information after updating, output information containing identification information for identifying the group after updating and compressed information in which the device IDs included in the group information after updating are compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hanatani, Toru Kambayashi, Yoshihiro Oba
  • Patent number: 10700934
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication control device includes a receiving unit, a generating unit, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives input of a binary tree in which each of leaf nodes has an index assigned thereto, and receives input of a node ID that enable identification of a leaf node belonging to a group. The generating unit generates set information indicating a set of a predetermined number of partial trees of the binary tree. Each partial tree includes only the leaf node identified by the node ID. The generating unit generates range information of the indexes assigned to one or more leaf nodes of each partial tree included in the set. The output unit outputs the set information and the range information at least to a communication device corresponding to a leaf node belonging to the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Toru Kambayashi, Yoshikazu Hanatani
  • Publication number: 20200183314
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source; and an optical detector detecting intensity of light that is reflected by a recording medium, the light from the light source and irradiated onto the recording medium. Further, when an incident angle of the light incident to the recording medium from the light source relative to a normal line of the recording medium is given as ?1, a formula 75°??1?85° is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishii, Yoshihiro Oba, Fumikazu Hoshi, Satoru Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10673713
    Abstract: A communication control device includes an extracting unit and an output unit. The extracting unit extracts, from a media key block containing a plurality of elements, partial information that contains elements which can be processed by a communication device having a device ID thereof identified in identification information for identifying one or more device IDs. The output unit outputs a group ID for identifying a group, the identification information, and the partial information, to a plurality of the communication devices that include all of the communication devices belonging to the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hanatani, Toru Kambayashi, Fangming Zhao, Yoshihiro Oba
  • Patent number: 10673624
    Abstract: A communication control device includes a receiving unit, a generating unit, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives input of a binary tree in which each leaf node has an index and a node key assigned thereto, and receives input of node IDs that, from among the leaf nodes, enable identification of the leaf nodes belonging to a group. The generating unit generates, using the node key assigned to the root node of each partial tree of the binary tree which includes only the leaf nodes identified by the node IDs, a cipher text by encrypting a group key shared in the group, and generates set information containing the generated cipher text. The output unit outputs the set information at least to the communication devices that are associated to the leaf nodes belonging to the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Yoshikazu Hanatani
  • Patent number: 10606204
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source; and an optical detector detecting intensity of light that is reflected by a recording medium, the light from the light source and irradiated onto the recording medium. Further, when an incident angle of the light incident to the recording medium from the light source relative to a normal line of the recording medium is given as ?1, a formula 75°??1?85° is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishii, Yoshihiro Oba, Fumikazu Hoshi, Satoru Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10506430
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a receiver, a first beacon processor, a second beacon processor, and an authentication processor. The receiver receives a first beacon transmitted over a wireless network while being protected by a first common key and a second beacon transmitted over the wireless network while not being protected by the first common key. The first beacon processor accesses the wireless network using information contained in the first beacon when the first common key is provided. The second beacon processor accesses the wireless network using information contained in the second beacon when the first common key is not provided. The authentication processor performs connection authentication to the wireless network using information contained in the second beacon and acquires the first common key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Ren Sakata, Hiroki Kudo, Yusuke Doi
  • Patent number: 10454910
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a management apparatus manages pieces of information held by a plurality of devices. The apparatus includes storage, one or more processors, and a transmitter. The storage stores therein the pieces of information held by the devices. The processors generate a list of inspection values indicating the pieces of information stored in the storage. The processors generate determination information for determining, in a state where the list is concealed, whether a provided value is included in the list. The transmitter transmits the determination information to the respective devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hanatani, Yoshihiro Oba
  • Patent number: 10447469
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a management apparatus connectable to a plurality of devices through a network includes storage, one or more processors, and an assignment transmitter. The storage stores therein management tree information in which node keys are respectively assigned to nodes and devices are respectively assigned to leaf nodes. The processors calculate similarity between attribute information representing an attribute of a new device and attribute information of devices already assigned in the management tree information. The processors determine a first leaf node to which the new device is to be assigned in the management tree information, based on the similarity. The assignment transmitter transmits, to the new device, at least one node key of node keys assigned to nodes on a path from a root node to the first leaf node in the management tree information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hanatani, Yoshihiro Oba, Tatsuyuki Matsushita, Naoki Ogura
  • Patent number: 10440523
    Abstract: A communication control device includes an extracting and an output unit. One or more communication devices belong to a first-type group, and one or more communication devices belong to a second-type group. From a media key block containing a plurality of elements, the extracting unit extracts partial information containing an element which is processible by each communication device belonging to a subset of the second-type group. To the communication devices belonging to the second-type group that is identified by identification information corresponding to the partial information; the output unit outputs a group ID that indicates the first-type group, the identification information, and the partial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hanatani, Toru Kambayashi, Fangming Zhao, Yoshihiro Oba
  • Patent number: 10103973
    Abstract: A communication device according to an embodiment is included in a multi-hop network. The communication device includes a holder, a storage, a switcher, and a controller. The holder holds communication data. The storage stores path information including an identifier that identifies a communication path and destination information that indicates a destination of communication data on the communication path. The switcher switches a communication path used to transmit communication data on the basis of the path information stored in the storage. The controller transmits communication data to a destination of a communication path switched by the switcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaomi Murakami, Yoshihiro Oba, Ren Sakata, Hiroki Kudo, Jumpei Ogawa