Patents by Inventor Yuichi Kawasaki
Yuichi Kawasaki 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).
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Patent number: 11761188Abstract: According to the embodiment, a toilet device includes a toilet, a flow channel, a wash water supply unit a sensing unit and a controller. The sensing unit is configured to sense whether or not the wash water is at a position lower than a full water level and higher than a sealing water level on a surface of a bowl of the toilet. The controller is configured to determine a clogging state of the toilet based on a sensing result of the sensing unit following the closing of the wash water supply unit. A sensing region of the sensing unit is a position on the surface of the bowl through which the wash water flowing in a vertical direction from a water discharge port of the flow channel to a bottom portion of the bowl passes after the wash water supply unit is closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Yuya Masahira, Yuichi Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11709504Abstract: A platooning system for causing multiple vehicles to travel in a platoon includes: a management device configured to set an order of the vehicles in the platoon; a transmission device mounted on each vehicle and configured to transmit driving information regarding a driving state of the vehicle; a reception device mounted on each vehicle and configured to receive the driving information of at least one of the vehicles; and a control device mounted on each vehicle and configured to control an operation of the vehicle based on the driving information, wherein the management device is configured to arrange the vehicles from a front end to a rear end with respect to a travel direction in an ascending order of driving performances of the vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Matsumoto, Yoshimitsu Ishida, Koji Aoki, Yuichi Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11647059Abstract: A communication management apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a hierarchical data structure in which each page of a plurality of pages forming a display screen shared by a plurality of communication terminals is associated with one or more objects included in the each page. The circuitry receives, from one communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals, an operation request that requests an operation on a particular object of the one or more objects. When editing of the particular object and editing of data in a lower layer associated with a higher layer of the particular object are both allowed, the circuitry transmits a success notification to the one communication terminal to notify success of the operation on the particular object.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Homma, Hiroshi Hinohara, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki, Masashi Ogasawara, Atsushi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11636233Abstract: A communication terminal, a system, a method, and a control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium for controlling capturing of an image, each of which displays, on a display of the communication terminal, an image based on image data to be shared with a counterpart communication terminal; receives an instruction to prohibit capturing of a screen that includes the image based on the image data; and transmits, from the communication terminal to the counterpart communication terminal, information related to the instruction to prohibit capturing of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Homma, Hiroshi Hinohara, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20230066450Abstract: A communication management system manages a session in which a plurality of terminal apparatuses shares a stroke image. The communication management system includes circuitry configured to: manage stroke information including a plurality of pieces of stroke data representing the stroke image; receive, from a first terminal apparatus, group operation information for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, from among the plurality of pieces of stroke data; and restrict, based on the group operation information, an operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data by a second terminal apparatus, which is different from the first terminal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi HINOHARA, Shigeru NAKAMURA, Takeshi HOMMA, Yuichi KAWASAKI, Masashi OGASAWARA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO, Hideki SHIRO, Kenichiro MORITA
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Patent number: 11539764Abstract: A communication management system manages a session in which a plurality of terminal apparatuses shares a stroke image. The communication management system includes circuitry configured to: manage stroke information including a plurality of pieces of stroke data representing the stroke image; receive, from a first terminal apparatus, group operation information for designating one or more pieces of stroke data, which are operation targets, from among the plurality of pieces of stroke data; and restrict, based on the group operation information, an operation regarding the one or more pieces of stroke data by a second terminal apparatus, which is different from the first terminal apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Hinohara, Shigeru Nakamura, Takeshi Homma, Yuichi Kawasaki, Masashi Ogasawara, Atsushi Miyamoto, Hideki Shiro, Kenichiro Morita
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Publication number: 20220300982Abstract: A customer service system for providing customer service using a robot for customer service is provided. A first acquisition unit acquires first information regarding a topic provided by a person in charge of response in a negotiation between a visitor and the person in charge of response. A second acquisition unit acquires a detection result regarding speech and behavior of the visitor by the robot. An estimation unit estimates a reaction of the visitor on a basis of the detection result acquired by the second acquisition unit. An output unit outputs second information regarding the reaction estimated by the estimation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Leo Ito, Jingwen Han, Tomohiro Tsukamoto, Eriko Okabe, Yuichi Kawasaki, Misato Fukushima
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Publication number: 20220301029Abstract: An information delivery system comprises: a user information storage unit configured to store user information; a reservation information storage unit configured to store reservation information accepted from a user in association with the user information; an authentication unit configured to authenticate a visiting user who enters a facility on the basis of a comparison between information acquired from an image of the visiting user and the user information; a checking unit configured to check the information about the visiting user authenticated by the authentication unit against the reservation information stored in the reservation information storage unit; and a communication unit configured to output, to a customer service support unit, visit information obtained by combining the information about the visiting user checked by the checking unit and the reservation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Leo ITO, Jingwen HAN, Tomohiro TSUKAMOTO, Eriko OKABE, Yuichi KAWASAKI, Misato FUKUSHIMA
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Patent number: 11418628Abstract: A communication terminal shares data with another communication terminal. The communication terminal includes circuitry. The circuitry receives, from a communication management apparatus that manages the data shared with the another communication terminal, storage location information representing a storage location of background image data transmitted from the another communication terminal, and transmits a download request to an image storing apparatus corresponding to the storage location to request download of the background image data. The circuitry further starts downloading the background image data from the image storing apparatus and receives, from the communication management apparatus, stroke data of a stroke image rendered on the another communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Shiro, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hinohara, Takeshi Homma
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Patent number: 11416202Abstract: A communication terminal includes circuitry to: transmit a participation request for requesting participation in a remote conference being conducted between one or more other communication terminals, to a communication management apparatus that manages data being shared between the other communication terminals; receive screen data of a display screen being currently displayed at the other communication terminals from the communication management apparatus, the screen data of the display screen being one of a plurality of items of screen data generated at at least one of the other communication terminals in the remote conference; and control a display to display the display screen based on the screen data that is received.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Hinohara, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki, Masashi Ogasawara, Takeshi Homma, Atsushi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11394757Abstract: A communication terminal comprising circuitry to: receive selection of screen data, from among one or more items of screen data, as sharing target data to be shared with other communication terminal, each screen data to be used for generating a display screen and having been generated at the communication terminal; and share the sharing target data with the other communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kazunobu Takahashi, Hiroshi Hinohara, Takeshi Homma, Atsushi Miyamoto, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki, Masashi Ogasawara
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Patent number: 11334449Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a plurality of programs. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: control execution of a plurality of update processes of updating the plurality of programs; when an update of a particular program performed by one or more update processes of the plurality of update processes has failed, acquire recovery information for recovering a function of the particular program whose update has failed; and execute a recovery process of recovering the function implemented by the particular program whose update has failed, based on the recovery information.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki, Tomoki Kanda, Ryutarou Ono
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Publication number: 20220120070Abstract: According to the embodiment, a toilet device includes a toilet, a flow channel, a wash water supply unit a sensing unit and a controller. The sensing unit is configured to sense whether or not the wash water is at a position lower than a full water level and higher than a sealing water level on a surface of a bowl of the toilet. The controller is configured to determine a clogging state of the toilet based on a sensing result of the sensing unit following the closing of the wash water supply unit. A sensing region of the sensing unit is a position on the surface of the bowl through which the wash water flowing in a vertical direction from a water discharge port of the flow channel to a bottom portion of the bowl passes after the wash water supply unit is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Motoki KOBAYASHI, Yuya MASAHIRA, Yuichi KAWASAKI
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Patent number: 11294495Abstract: For the purpose of improving the usability of an electronic whiteboard in, for example, setting work by a user, an electronic whiteboard (2) of the present invention includes: an event acquisition unit (22, 24) configured to acquire information indicating an object coming into contact with a display (3, 115) and event information such as the coordinates of a contact location; an identifying unit (25, 38) configured to identify whether the contact object is an electronic pen (4) or a user's hand, and identify the event type, such as stroke drawing, UI operation, or gesture operation, from the coordinates of a contact location and the model name of an electronic whiteboard; and a processing unit (26, 27, 32) configured to perform processing on the event the type of which has been identified.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20220044431Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal that shares a plurality of images with the first communication terminal. The first communication terminal includes first circuitry that receives a change of a display order of the plurality of images displayed on a display of the first communication terminal; and transmit information regarding the changed display order of the plurality of images to the second communication terminal. The second communication terminal includes second circuitry to change the display order of the plurality of images displayed on a display of the second communication terminal in accordance with the information regarding the display order of the plurality of images received from the first communication terminal. A method for communicating, performed by a communication terminal, the communication terminal, and a non-transitory recording medium executing the method for communicating are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Shigeru NAKAMURA, Yuichi KAWASAKI, Hiroshi HINOHARA, Takeshi HOMMA
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Publication number: 20220035958Abstract: A communication terminal, a system, a method, and a control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium for controlling capturing of an image, each of which displays, on a display of the communication terminal, an image based on image data to be shared with a counterpart communication terminal; receives an instruction to prohibit capturing of a screen that includes the image based on the image data; and transmits, from the communication terminal to the counterpart communication terminal, information related to the instruction to prohibit capturing of the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Homma, Hiroshi Hinohara, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11209921Abstract: An electronic blackboard includes a display that displays visible information. The electronic blackboard includes a coordinate detector configured to detect coordinates of an object in the display; a number detector configured to detect a number of the objects in the display, based on the detected coordinates of the object; a time measurer configured to start measuring a predetermined time in response to detecting a first object; and a mode determiner configured to determine that the electronic blackboard is in a handwriting mode in which the visible information is displayed based on the coordinates, upon determining that a second object is not detected upon completing to measure the predetermined time, and to determine that the electronic blackboard is in a gesture mode in which an operation with respect to the visible information is accepted, upon determining that the second object is detected before completing to measure the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Yuichi Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11146695Abstract: A communication management system, a communication system, a communication control method, and a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Homma, Shigeru Nakamura, Yuichi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Hinohara, Kenichiro Morita, Atsushi Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20210286773Abstract: A communication management apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores a hierarchical data structure in which each page of a plurality of pages forming a display screen shared by a plurality of communication terminals is associated with one or more objects included in the each page. The circuitry receives, from one communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals, an operation request that requests an operation on a particular object of the one or more objects. When editing of the particular object and editing of data in a lower layer associated with a higher layer of the particular object are both allowed, the circuitry transmits a success notification to the one communication terminal to notify success of the operation on the particular object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Takeshi HOMMA, Hiroshi HINOHARA, Shigeru NAKAMURA, Yuichi KAWASAKI, Masashi OGASAWARA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210274019Abstract: A communication terminal shares data with another communication terminal. The communication terminal includes circuitry. The circuitry receives, from a communication management apparatus that manages the data shared with the another communication terminal, storage location information representing a storage location of background image data transmitted from the another communication terminal, and transmits a download request to an image storing apparatus corresponding to the storage location to request download of the background image data. The circuitry further starts downloading the background image data from the image storing apparatus and receives, from the communication management apparatus, stroke data of a stroke image rendered on the another communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Hideki SHIRO, Shigeru NAKAMURA, Yuichi KAWASAKI, Hiroshi HINOHARA, Takeshi HOMMA