Patents by Inventor Yoshinaga Kato

Yoshinaga Kato 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: 11962587
    Abstract: A shared terminal includes: circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal, and obtain, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; a transmitter to transmit, to a terminal management server, an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to allow login of the first user into the shared terminal, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; and a receiver to receive an authentication result indicating whether the first privately-owned terminal is authenticated to allow login of the first user, from the terminal management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiho Katsuragi, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Publication number: 20240121353
    Abstract: A transmission management apparatus manages transmission states of a plurality of transmission terminals including a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga KATO, Taro OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11778137
    Abstract: An information processing device includes circuitry to set one or more images transmitted from an image capturing device and stored, in a memory, as ones to be deleted from the memory in a case that a condition is satisfied, transmit, to a communication terminal, input screen information related to an input screen for inputting information for setting one of the one or more images as one to be excluded from the images to be deleted, and set the one of the one or more images as the one to be excluded from the images to be deleted according to an operation received via the input screen displayed on the communication terminal based on the input screen information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Shimmoto, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11700455
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: an imaging device to capture a first image; and circuitry to receive a second image from another image capturing device, the second image being captured with the another image capturing device and having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, and control a display to sequentially display the first image, and an image of an area of the second image that is similar to the first image, the image similar to the first image having the degree of similarity to the first image that is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Naoki Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20230090669
    Abstract: A transmission management apparatus manages transmission states of a plurality of transmission terminals including a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga KATO, Taro OKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230086474
    Abstract: A shared terminal includes: circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal, and obtain, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; a transmitter to transmit, to a terminal management server, an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to allow login of the first user into the shared terminal, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; and a receiver to receive an authentication result indicating whether the first privately-owned terminal is authenticated to allow login of the first user, from the terminal management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiho KATSURAGI, Yoshinaga KATO
  • Publication number: 20230026956
    Abstract: An information processing device includes circuitry to set one or more images transmitted from an image capturing device and stored, in a memory, as ones to be deleted from the memory in a case that a condition is satisfied, transmit, to a communication terminal, input screen information related to an input screen for inputting information for setting one of the one or more images as one to be excluded from the images to be deleted, and set the one of the one or more images as the one to be excluded from the images to be deleted according to an operation received via the input screen displayed on the communication terminal based on the input screen information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Shimmoto, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11552949
    Abstract: A shared terminal includes: circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal, and obtain, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; a transmitter to transmit, to a terminal management server, an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to allow login of the first user into the shared terminal, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; and a receiver to receive an authentication result indicating whether the first privately-owned terminal is authenticated to allow login of the first user, from the terminal management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiho Katsuragi, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11546548
    Abstract: A transmission management apparatus manages transmission states of a plurality of transmission terminals including a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Taro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11538276
    Abstract: A communication system includes: an image acquisition terminal to obtain a captured image, the captured image including at least one object that is captured with an imaging unit; a distributed data processing terminal to display the captured image; and a centralized data processing server connected with the distributed data processing terminal through a network. The image acquisition terminal includes: an object detector to detect the object in the captured image to generate a partial image that is a part of the captured image having the detected object; and a first transmitter to transmit the partial image to the distributed data processing terminal as data to be verified. The distributed data processing terminal includes: a second transmitter to transmit the data to be verified that is received from the image acquisition terminal, and verification data that is registered, respectively, to the centralized data processing server, the verification data being an image representing a specific object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11533430
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes an imaging device to capture a first image, and circuitry to receive a second image from another image capturing device, the second image having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, and control a display to sequentially display the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Naoki Tsunoda, Ryoh Fukui
  • Publication number: 20220345619
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: display controlling means for displaying, on a display, a viewable-area image representing a viewable area of a captured image having been captured; and accepting means for receiving an instruction to set the viewable-area image as a detectable area in which an object can be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga KATO
  • Publication number: 20220283969
    Abstract: A transmission terminal includes at least one processor configured to transmit a terminal information request to request the number of transmission terminals under transmission to a transmission management apparatus connected via a network; and display image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission on a display device, and display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga KATO
  • Patent number: 11379395
    Abstract: A transmission terminal includes at least one processor configured to transmit a terminal information request to request the number of transmission terminals under transmission to a transmission management apparatus connected via a network; and display image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission on a display device, and display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11323684
    Abstract: A relay apparatus for transferring image data transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination, including circuitry to: receive video image data from a first apparatus being the transmission source; determine whether a second apparatus being a transmission destination is capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus; based on a determination that the second apparatus is not capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus, apply image processing to the video image data to generate image data compatible with the second apparatus; and transfer the image data compatible with the second apparatus, to the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11310459
    Abstract: An image capturing device, image capturing system, and image processing method, each of which: obtains a video image of an object; converts a wide-angle video image to generate a low-definition, wide-angle image; applies projection transformation to a part of the wide-angle video image to generate a high-definition, narrow-angle video image in different projection; combines each frame of the low-definition, wide-angle video image and a corresponding frame of the high-definition, narrow-angle video image, into one frame data while reducing a resolution of each video image, to generate a combined video image; transmits the combined video image for display at a communication terminal; in response to a request from the communication terminal, applies projection transformation to a part of a frame of the wide-angle video image to generate an ultra-high-definition, narrow-angle still image in different projection; and transmits the ultra-high-definition, narrow-angle still image for display at the communication ter
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takamichi Katoh, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11284094
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: an imaging device to capture an image to obtain captured image data, the captured image data to be distributed in a plurality of streams; circuitry to: determine, for each of the plurality of streams, an encoding method of the captured image data according to an encoding parameter for each stream; perform encode processing on the captured image data concurrently to generate a plurality of items of streaming image data, each encode processing being performed using the encoding method having been determined for each stream; and distribute the plurality of items of streaming image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Toda, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11256464
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, provided is a communication device that performs communications of an image and audio. The communication device includes: a storage unit that stores therein arrangement information for specifying a display scheme for the image; an arrangement-information setting unit that sets arrangement information in the storage unit; and a display control unit that refers to the arrangement information and causes a plurality of display devices to display the image. The display control unit causes a first display device to display captured images of a local point and a remote point and causes a second display device to display an image supplied from an image supply device of the local point or the remote point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11245707
    Abstract: A communication terminal communicably connected with a server, including circuitry to: detect one or more objects in any one of one or more images that are sequentially captured with an imaging unit; count a number of object detections, every time a predetermined number of objects are detected in the image; and transmit, to the server, one or more items of image data each including each one of the detected one or more objects, based on a determination that the counted number of object detections reaches or exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Yoshiyuki Toda, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 11245814
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of controlling transmission of an image, each of which: displays, on a display, an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal; obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; transmits an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to a terminal management server, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; receives an authentication result of authenticating the first privately-owned terminal from the terminal management server; and when the authentication result indicates that the first privately-owned terminal is a legitimate terminal, and transmits a print request for printing data relating to the image being displayed to a printer through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato