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: 11163866
    Abstract: A shared terminal includes circuitry. The circuitry controls a display to display an image to a plurality of users. The circuitry obtains, from a first terminal of a first user, first terminal identification. The circuitry transmits an authentication request and the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server, the terminal management server storing, for each of the plurality of users, a user name of a user in association with terminal identification information identifying a terminal of the user. The circuitry receives a first user name of the first user, which is transmitted from the terminal management server based on a successful authentication result for the authentication request. The circuitry controls the display to display a graphical representation that reflects a private folder of the first user as one of selectable destinations in which electronic file data is to be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 11128766
    Abstract: An information providing device is capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal. The information providing device includes a storage unit; a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, and receives, from the image forming device, storage location information indicating the data managing device that stores data obtained by image forming by the image forming device and indicating a storage location in the data managing device; and a storage location managing unit that generates, in the storage unit, management information in which identification information of the image data is associated with the storage location information. The communication unit receives the data saved in the storage location indicated by the storage location information from the data managing device and transmits the received data to the transmission terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 11102448
    Abstract: An image processing system includes circuitry to: obtain a wide-angle image captured by an image capturing apparatus; generate a first image representing a part of the wide-angle image; and determine whether a first area includes a second area, the first area being a viewable area to be displayed on a display, the second area being represented by the first image. Based on a determination that the first area does not include the second area, the circuitry further converts the first image into a second image, the second image having definition lower than that of the first image, and converts the wide-angle image into a third image, the third image having definition lower than that of the wide-angle image, such that the second image and the third image are displayable on the display of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Toda, Tomohiro Ikeda, Yoshinaga Kato, Makoto Torikoshi
  • Publication number: 20210258484
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshinaga KATO, Naoki TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20210168285
    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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshinaga KATO, Naoki TSUNODA, Ryoh FUKUI
  • Patent number: 11017544
    Abstract: A communication terminal communicably connected with a server, including circuitry to: obtain first image data of at least a part of a first object detected at a first point of time; transmit the first image data to the server to request verification of the first image data; obtain second image data of at least a part of a second object detected at a second point of time, the second point of time being a time later than the first point of time; calculate a distance between a first position indicating a position of the first object at the first point of time, and a second position indicating a position of the second object at the second point of time; and control not to transmit the second image data based on a determination indicating that the calculated distance is equal to or less than a threshold
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Publication number: 20210144393
    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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TODA, Yoshinaga KATO
  • Publication number: 20210109877
    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: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshinaga KATO
  • Publication number: 20210099666
    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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Takamichi KATOH, Yoshinaga KATO
  • Patent number: 10939068
    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: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamichi Katoh, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 10931836
    Abstract: In a communication system, a data processing terminal transmits a request for obtaining processing information for a specific service to one of an image acquisition terminal and a data processing server; receives a response including processing information from the one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server, the processing information indicating processing to be executed by at least one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server in providing the specific service; and transmits the processing information to other one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server, to cause the other one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server to configure settings based on the processing information and execute processing on the captured image data according to the settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamichi Katoh, Yoshinaga Kato, Keiichi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10915289
    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 a network interface to communicate with a terminal management server and a destination management server through a network. The circuitry obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal. Under control of the circuitry, the network interface transmits the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server; receives first user identification information from a terminal management server; transmits the first user identification information to the destination management server; receives a first email address of the first user from the destination management server; and transmits an email whose sender email address is the first email address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Takeru Inoue
  • Patent number: 10915777
    Abstract: A communication terminal, communicably connected with a service providing server, includes circuitry to receive a request for providing a service requested by a user, the service being one of one or more services provided by the service providing server; and perform a series of image processing on image data obtained at the communication terminal to implement the requested service in cooperation with the service providing server. In performing the series of image processing, the circuitry of the communication terminal executes a first program to perform first image processing on the image data, the first program requiring no authentication of the user in performing the first image processing, and executes a second program to perform second image processing on the image data, based on a determination that the user requesting the service is authorized to perform the second image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 10909059
    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: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 10901605
    Abstract: An electronic whiteboard to display visual information including handwritten data superimposed with a display image, includes a unit to authenticate a user; a unit to obtain user identification information for identifying the user in case where authentication of the user has succeeded; a unit to store the visual information associated with the user identification information; a unit to read the visual information associated with the user identification information; a unit to display the visual information; a unit to set a mail address of the electronic whiteboard as a transmission source, and to transmit the visual information to a specified destination by an e-mail; a unit to store the mail address of the user associated with the user identification information; and a unit to replace the transmission source by using the specified mail address of the user if the authentication of the user has succeeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeru Inoue, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 10897573
    Abstract: An image system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry captures an image captured by a device such as a camera, and detects an attitude of the device. The processing circuitry corrects the captured image based on the attitude of the device and a designation including a point on the image and at least one of a region of the image and a direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Toda, Yoshinaga Kato, Makoto Torikoshi, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200412910
    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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga KATO
  • Patent number: 10848483
    Abstract: A shared terminal for displaying an image to be viewed by a plurality of users on a display is provided. The shared terminal includes circuitry to receive an instruction to turn on the shared terminal according to operation of a power switch, and determine whether login authentication and redisplay of a previously-displayed image are individually set. The previously-displayed image is an image that has been previously displayed when the circuitry receives an instruction to turn off the shared terminal. The circuitry further causes the display to redisplay the previously-displayed image in response to the instruction to turn on, based on a determination that the login authentication is not set and the redisplay of the previously-displayed image is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Katsuyuki Kaji
  • Patent number: 10834162
    Abstract: A communication management server manages communication with a sender terminal that transmits image data and a receive terminal that receives the image data. The communication management server includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives from the receive terminal, sender terminal identification information identifying the sender terminal, and receive terminal identification information identifying the receive terminal. The processing circuitry transmits, to the sender terminal, request information indicating a request for transmitting image data of a first image type playable by the receive terminal, when a second image type of image data transmittable by the sender terminal according to the sender terminal identification information, and the first image type of image data playable by the receive terminal, according to the receive terminal identification information, are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinaga Kato, Makoto Torikoshi, Yoshiyuki Toda, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10831435
    Abstract: A shared terminal includes: circuitry to cause a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users simultaneously sharing use of the shared terminal; and a network interface to communicate with a destination management server through a network, the destination management server being different from the shared terminal and storing, in a memory, for each of the plurality of users, user identification information of the user in association with an email address of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinaga Kato