Patents by Inventor Yuya AKIMOTO

Yuya AKIMOTO 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: 11818492
    Abstract: A communication management apparatus for communicating with a communication terminal, including circuitry that receives from the communication terminal pieces of designated-position information transmitted, each indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of designated positions in an area where the plurality of image capturing devices are provided, and transmits to the communication terminal identification information of a shareable image capturing device and pieces of predetermined-area information of the shareable image capturing device, the shareable image capturing device being an image capturing device for which distances from any two designated positions among the plurality of designated positions indicated by the pieces of designated-position information are shortest and which is capable of sharing images of the two designated positions, each of the pieces of predetermined-area information of the shareable image capturing device indicating a predetermined area in which a corresponding one of the two
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekuni Annaka, Kenichiro Morita, Kyohsuke Kaminushi, Hiroyuki Kanda, Tomonori Aikawa, Yuya Akimoto
  • Patent number: 11743590
    Abstract: A communication terminal including circuitry to: receive images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices in a distribution site; accept designation of a point of interest in the distribution site by a user; acquire predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the designated point of interest, the predetermined area being included in an image captured by a specific image capturing device selected based on a position of the point of interest and positions of the image capturing devices; and display a predetermined-area image based on the acquired predetermined-area information, the predetermined-area image being an image of the predetermined area in the image captured by the specific image capturing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Morita, Hidekuni Annaka, Tomonori Aikawa, Yuya Akimoto, Hiroyuki Kanda, Kyohsuke Kaminushi
  • Patent number: 11736802
    Abstract: A communication management apparatus includes circuitry to receive from a communication terminal predetermined-position information indicating a predetermined position in an area where a plurality of image capturing devices are provided, and number-of-division information indicating the number of divisions for dividing the area from the predetermined position, and transmit to the communication terminal first predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a first image capturing device and second predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a second image capturing device, the first image capturing device being arranged at a shortest distance from the predetermined position, and the second image capturing device being arranged such that an angle between the second and the first image capturing devices is closest to an angle obtained by dividing the area in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekuni Annaka, Kenichiro Morita, Hiroyuki Kanda, Kyohsuke Kaminushi, Tomonori Aikawa, Yuya Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20220103763
    Abstract: A communication management apparatus for communicating with a communication terminal, including circuitry that receives from the communication terminal pieces of designated-position information transmitted, each indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of designated positions in an area where the plurality of image capturing devices are provided, and transmits to the communication terminal identification information of a shareable image capturing device and pieces of predetermined-area information of the shareable image capturing device, the shareable image capturing device being an image capturing device for which distances from any two designated positions among the plurality of designated positions indicated by the pieces of designated-position information are shortest and which is capable of sharing images of the two designated positions, each of the pieces of predetermined-area information of the shareable image capturing device indicating a predetermined area in which a corresponding one of the two
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hidekuni ANNAKA, Kenichiro MORITA, Kyohsuke KAMINUSHI, Hiroyuki KANDA, Tomonori AIKAWA, Yuya AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220103751
    Abstract: A communication management apparatus includes circuitry to receive from a communication terminal predetermined-position information indicating a predetermined position in an area where a plurality of image capturing devices are provided, and number-of-division information indicating the number of divisions for dividing the area from the predetermined position, and transmit to the communication terminal first predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a first image capturing device and second predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a second image capturing device, the first image capturing device being arranged at a shortest distance from the predetermined position, and the second image capturing device being arranged such that an angle between the second and the first image capturing devices is closest to an angle obtained by dividing the area in
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hidekuni ANNAKA, Kenichiro MORITA, Hiroyuki KANDA, Kyohsuke KAMINUSHI, Tomonori AIKAWA, Yuya AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220094850
    Abstract: A communication terminal including circuitry to: receive images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices in a distribution site; accept designation of a point of interest in the distribution site by a user; acquire predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the designated point of interest, the predetermined area being included in an image captured by a specific image capturing device selected based on a position of the point of interest and positions of the image capturing devices; and display a predetermined-area image based on the acquired predetermined-area information, the predetermined-area image being an image of the predetermined area in the image captured by the specific image capturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichiro MORITA, Hidekuni ANNAKA, Tomonori AIKAWA, Yuya AKIMOTO, Hiroyuki KANDA, Kyohsuke KAMINUSHI
  • Publication number: 20220070412
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a memory that stores target area information indicating a plurality of target areas at the distribution site, and circuitry that controls a display to display a viewable-area image including a particular target area, based on the target area information of the particular target area, in response to reception of target area designation information designating the particular target area. An image communication system including the communication terminal, a displaying method, and a non-transitory recording medium are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tomonori AIKAWA, Kenichiro MORITA, Hidekuni ANNAKA, Yuya AKIMOTO, Hiroyuki KANDA, Kyohsuke KAMINUSHI
  • Patent number: 10623455
    Abstract: A management system includes a transmission/reception unit configured to receive transmission terminal identification information of a plurality of transmission terminals used for transmitting/receiving content data, a relay device extracting unit configured to specify relay device identification information of a relay device that can be used to be common to the plurality of transmission terminals among the relay device identification information managed by a relay device selection managing unit based on the received transmission terminal identification information, and a selection unit configured to select a relay device based on relay device identification information for which acceptability/unacceptability information managed by the relay device managing unit represents being acceptable among specified relay device identification information as a relay device relaying transmission/reception of the content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hinohara, Naoki Umehara, Yuya Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9924332
    Abstract: A transmission management system includes a memory that stores destination information indicating destination candidates of a request source terminal, a receiver that receives a destination registration request designating one or more destination terminals as the destination candidates, processing circuitry that, when approval of the destination registration request can be omitted, registers one or more request destination terminals in the destination information as the destination candidates, and a transmitter that, when the approval of the destination registration request cannot be omitted, transmits the approval request to the one or more request destination terminals. The receiver receives a response to the approval request from the one or more request destination terminals. The processing circuitry registers the request destination terminal in the destination information of the request source terminal as a destination candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Akimoto, Naoki Umehara
  • Patent number: 9749466
    Abstract: A transmission system includes one or more processors that cause a source transmission terminal to transmit data to a destination transmission terminal, the processors including a receiving unit that receives availability information generated based on a current place of a destination candidate, a displaying unit that displays the availability information on a display to allow a user to determine whether transmitting the data to a destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate is appropriate, an operation reception unit that receives a selection of the destination candidate corresponding to the availability information displayed, and a transmission unit that transmits the data to the destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate the selection of which is received by the operation reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Homma, Takahiro Asai, Yuya Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9602768
    Abstract: A management system manages a candidate list for each one of a plurality of transmission terminals, the candidate list associating identification information of one or more candidate counterpart terminals each capable of communicating with the transmission terminal, with identification information of the transmission terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuya Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9578286
    Abstract: A communication management system transmits a request for obtaining capability information indicating capability of a first communication terminal of a plurality of communication terminals, to the first communication terminal through a network, receives capability information of the first communication terminal from the first communication terminal, determines a set value for each one of a plurality of set items to be configured in providing a service plan corresponding to the capability of the first communication terminal, based on the capability information of the first communication terminal, and transmits the determined set value of each one of the plurality of set items to a relay device, as an operating parameter for controlling the relay device in transmitting or receiving content data to or from the first communication terminal according the service plan corresponding to the capability of the first communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nagase, Yuya Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20160191851
    Abstract: A communication management system transmits a request for obtaining capability information indicating capability of a first communication terminal of a plurality of communication terminals, to the first communication terminal through a network, receives capability information of the first communication terminal from the first communication terminal, determines a set value for each one of a plurality of set items to be configured in providing a service plan corresponding to the capability of the first communication terminal, based on the capability information of the first communication terminal, and transmits the determined set value of each one of the plurality of set items to a relay device, as an operating parameter for controlling the relay device in transmitting or receiving content data to or from the first communication terminal according the service plan corresponding to the capability of the first communication terminal
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAGASE, Yuya AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160156684
    Abstract: A management system includes a transmission/reception unit configured to receive transmission terminal identification information of a plurality of transmission terminals used for transmitting/receiving content data, a relay device extracting unit configured to specify relay device identification information of a relay device that can be used to be common to the plurality of transmission terminals among the relay device identification information managed by a relay device selection managing unit based on the received transmission terminal identification information, and a selection unit configured to select a relay device based on relay device identification information for which acceptability/unacceptability information managed by the relay device managing unit represents being acceptable among specified relay device identification information as a relay device relaying transmission/reception of the content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi HINOHARA, Naoki Umehara, Yuya Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9332220
    Abstract: A transmission management system stores association information that associates, for each one of a plurality of starting terminals, starting terminal identification information for identifying the starting terminal capable of requesting to start communication with one or more candidate counterpart terminals, and candidate counterpart terminal identification information for identifying each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Akimoto, Ryoji Shimamoto, Takahiro Asai, Yohei Yamamoto, Kaoru Maeda
  • Publication number: 20160050314
    Abstract: A transmission system includes one or more processors that cause a source transmission terminal to transmit data to a destination transmission terminal, the processors including a receiving unit that receives availability information generated based on a current place of a destination candidate, a displaying unit that displays the availability information on a display to allow a user to determine whether transmitting the data to a destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate is appropriate, an operation reception unit that receives a selection of the destination candidate corresponding to the availability information displayed, and a transmission unit that transmits the data to the destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate the selection of which is received by the operation reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi HOMMA, Takahiro Asai, Yuya Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20150312729
    Abstract: A transmission management system includes a memory that stores destination information indicating destination candidates of a request source terminal, a receiver that receives a destination registration request designating one or more destination terminals as the destination candidates, processing circuitry that, when approval of the destination registration request can be omitted, registers one or more request destination terminals in the destination information as the destination candidates, and a transmitter that, when the approval of the destination registration request cannot be omitted, transmits the approval request to the one or more request destination terminals. The receiver receives a response to the approval request from the one or more request destination terminals. The processing circuitry registers the request destination terminal in the destination information of the request source terminal as a destination candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yuya AKIMOTO, Naoki UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20150145947
    Abstract: A management system manages a candidate list for each one of a plurality of transmission terminals, the candidate list associating identification information of one or more candidate counterpart terminals each capable of communicating with the transmission terminal, with identification information of the transmission terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Yuya AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150062286
    Abstract: A transmission management system stores association information that associates, for each one of a plurality of starting terminals, starting terminal identification information for identifying the starting terminal capable of requesting to start communication with one or more candidate counterpart terminals, and candidate counterpart terminal identification information for identifying each one of the one or more candidate counterpart terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuya AKIMOTO, Ryoji Shimamoto, Takahiro Asai, Yohei Yamamoto, Kaoru Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140075020
    Abstract: A storage unit of a server device stores first identification information on a power feeding device and stores a layout drawing. The layout drawing is a drawing in which a first image indicating the power feeding device is located at a first position that corresponds to the positional information in the real space. A receiving unit receives, from the power feeding device, first data that includes the first identification information on the power feeding device and second identification information on an information processing apparatus to which the power feeding device feeds the electric power. An update unit updates the layout drawing by locating a second image indicating the information processing apparatus identified by the received second identification information at a second position that is within a predetermined area of the first position of the power feeding device identified by the first identification information included in the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Masato TAKAHASHI, Yohei Ando, Yuya Akimoto