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Granted Patent B2
US 12,619,836 · App. 18/631,585 · Granted May 5, 2026

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

Inventor: Yuichi Takamiya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
G06F40/58G06F40/49G06V10/95G06V30/246G06F3/167G06V30/10G06V30/224G10L15/22G10L15/26
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Patent No.
US 12,619,836
App. No.
18/631,585
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system is communicable with a translation server through a network, and includes a receiver, circuitry, and a transmitter. The receiver receives content data indicating contents expressed in a first language and destination information indicating a destination to which the content data is to be transmitted. The circuitry determines, based on the destination information received by the receiver, a second language as a target language into which the contents expressed in the first language is to be translated. The transmitter transmits, to the destination indicated by the destination information, translated content data indicating contents that is translated by the translation server from the first language to the second language.

Claims (60)

1 . A system connected with a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the system comprising:

circuitry configured to

establish a session for a meeting between the first electronic device and the second electronic device in response to receiving a request from the first electronic device, the first electronic device and the second electronic device configured to exchange first data input by handwriting and voice data input by voice through the established session,

store, in a memory, a second language transmitted from the second electronic device in association with destination information corresponding with the second electronic device,

receive, from the first electronic device through the established session, voice data expressed in a first language and destination information indicating a destination for the voice data,

identify the second language as a translation language by referring to the memory based on the destination information,

translate the received voice data expressed in the first language into text data expressed in the second language,

transmit the text data expressed in the second language to the second electronic device through the established session,

receive the first data input by handwriting on the first electronic device from the first electronic device through the established session, and

transmit second data to the second electronic device through the established session, the second data being based on the first data,

wherein the second electronic device is configured to

display the second data and the translated text data expressed in the second language on a display of the second electronic device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

convert the received voice data expressed in the first language into converted text data; and

translate the converted text data into the text data expressed in the second language.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second language is a language set in software of the second electronic device.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the voice data expressed in the first language from the first electronic device after the session is established.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the second language transmitted from the second electronic device in response to the second electronic device receiving an operation for establishing the session with the first electronic device.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is at least one of a personal computer, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a game console, a videoconference terminal, or a multifunction peripheral (MFP).

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second language is a used language set to an operating system of the second electronic device.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

identify a translation server, of a plurality of translation servers, based on the destination information; and

transmit the text data expressed in the second language to the second electronic device via the identified translation server.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the destination information is an IP address of the second electronic device.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive the second language, as the translation language, from the second electronic device before receiving content data from the first electronic device.

11 . A management apparatus connected with a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the management apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

establish a session for a meeting between the first electronic device and the second electronic device in response to receiving a request from the first electronic device, the first electronic device and the second electronic device configured to exchange first data input by handwriting and voice data input by voice through the established session,

store, in a memory, a second language transmitted from the second electronic device in association with destination information corresponding with the second electronic device,

receive, from the first electronic device through the established session, voice data expressed in a first language and destination information indicating a destination for the voice data,

identify the second language as a translation language by referring to the memory based on the destination information,

translate the received voice data expressed in the first language into text data expressed in the second language,

transmit the text data expressed in the second language to the second electronic device through the established session,

receive the first data input by handwriting on the first electronic device from the first electronic device through the established session, and

transmit second data to the second electronic device through the established session, the second data being based on the first data,

wherein the second electronic device is configured to

display the second data and the translated text data expressed in the second language on a display of the second electronic device.

12 . The management apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

convert the received voice data expressed in the first language into converted text data; and

translate the converted text data into the text data expressed in the second language.

13 . The management apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second language is a language set in software of the second electronic device.

14 . The management apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the voice data expressed in the first language from the first electronic device after the session is established.

15 . The management apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the second language transmitted from the second electronic device in response to the second electronic device receiving an operation for establishing the session with the first electronic device.

16 . The management apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is at least one of a personal computer, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a game console, a videoconference terminal, or a multifunction peripheral (MFP).

17 . An information processing method comprising:

establishing a session for a meeting between a first electronic device and a second electronic device in response to receiving a request from the first electronic device, the first electronic device and the second electronic device configured to exchange first data input by handwriting and voice data input by voice through the established session;

storing, in a memory, a second language transmitted from the second electronic device in association with destination information corresponding with the second electronic device,

receiving, from the first electronic device through the established session, voice data expressed in a first language and destination information indicating a destination for the voice data;

identifying the second language as a translation language by referring to the memory based on the destination information;

translating the received voice data expressed in the first language into text data expressed in the second language;

transmitting the text data expressed in the second language to the second electronic device through the established session;

receiving the first data input by handwriting on the first electronic device from the first electronic device through the established session; and

transmitting second data to the second electronic device through the established session, the second data being based on the first data,

wherein the second electronic device is configured to

display the second data and the translated text data expressed in the second language on a display of the second electronic device.

18 . The information processing method of claim 17 , wherein the translating the received voice data expressed in the first language includes:

converting the received voice data expressed in the first language into converted text data; and

translating the converted text data into the text data expressed in the second language.

19 . The information processing method of claim 17 , wherein the second language is a language set in software of the second electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: TAKAMIYA, YUICHI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067139/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-197253 · Oct 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17018041 · Sep 11, 2020
Continuation 16373861 · Apr 3, 2019
Continuation 15698699 · Sep 8, 2017
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