Patents Examined by Beniyam Menberu
  • Patent number: 11372602
    Abstract: Print jobs may include errors, which may be difficult to resolve. In the embodiments described herein, data objects in print jobs are converted into printable features that show the underlying information in the print job, which allows for a visual inspection of the logical structures and relationships between the logical structures and print data objects in a printed output. One embodiment comprises a print controller that stores a first print job comprising one or more data objects, and print job commands that define the data objects for the first print job. The print controller processes the print job commands to identify the data objects for the first print job, and outlines and presentation positions specified for the data objects, and generates a second print job that graphically represents the outlines and the presentation positions of the data objects as graphical shapes, and provides the second print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rose Nemeth
  • Patent number: 11373070
    Abstract: One embodiment comprises a print controller that stores a first print job comprising print data objects and print job commands, processes the print job commands to identify the print data objects for the first print job, selects a subset of the print data objects for processing, and encrypts the subset of the print data objects using a key while the print data objects not selected for processing and the print job commands remain unencrypted, identifies outlines and presentation positions specified for the subset of the print data objects, and generates one or more auxiliary print data objects that graphically represent the outlines and the presentation positions of the subset of the print data objects. The print controller generates a second print job comprising the encrypted print data objects, the auxiliary print data objects, the unencrypted print data objects, and unencrypted print job commands, and provides the second print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rose Nemeth
  • Patent number: 11368592
    Abstract: A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to generate a uniformity compensated transfer function for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor corrected transfer function for each of the pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor transfer function based on the uniformity compensated transfer functions and the missing neighbor corrected transfer function and compute an average of the missing neighbor transfer functions to generate an average missing neighbor transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter .F Kailey, Nikita Gurudath, Mikel Stanich, William Manchester, Ziling Zhang
  • Patent number: 11356577
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a communicator that receives a series of image data, a timer that measures a reception time of each of the series of image data, and a storage that temporarily stores the image data received before forming an image based on the series of image data. When the communicator receives image data, and subsequently does not receive the next image data within a predetermined reception time, the controller obtains the time difference between the time of the reception end of the series of image data, and the reception time of the image data last received by the communicator, determines that the last received image data may be incomplete image data when the time difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, and determines whether to form an image based on the image data stored in the storage according to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jitsui Ohsugi
  • Patent number: 11343385
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image data according to a predetermined protocol, includes scanning unit configured to scan a document and generating image data, receiving unit configured to receive, from an application, information which is variable for each page, and transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data for which a predetermined header which is a header of the predetermined protocol and which is different for each page is added based on the information received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
  • Patent number: 11316991
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: cause a display device to display a setting screen for receiving individual setting values for a plurality of setting items; receive, from a user, individual setting values for a first item, a second item, and a third item in the setting items through the setting screen; specify a recommended setting value for the third item, based on the received setting values for the first item and the second item; and control, upon receiving the setting values for the first item and the second item from the user, display of information for receiving a setting value for the third item included in the setting screen based on the recommended setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11316984
    Abstract: An image forming device including an image former, a primary controller, a secondary controller, one or more sensors, an interface, and a writer. The image former executes image forming processing to form an image on a sheet. The primary controller instructs the secondary controller to control the image former to execute the image forming processing. Each sensor detects a state of the image former and outputs sensor data to the secondary controller. The interface can be connected to a storage medium. The secondary controller generates diagnostic data based on the sensor data. The writer writes the diagnostic data to the storage medium via the interface. The diagnostic data is used by a diagnostic server to perform failure diagnostics and life prediction pertaining to the image forming device, after transfer to the diagnostic server via a transfer device when the storage medium is mounted to the transfer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hitaka, Yasufumi Naitou
  • Patent number: 11310386
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores each of a plurality of documents, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to receive, from a manager who manages a first step of outputting a first document and a manager who manages a second step of inputting a second document which has content common to the first document and is stored later than the first document among the plurality of documents, first instructions as to whether or not to permit first processing of inputting a document, which is output from the first step, to the second step, and perform the first processing in a case where both the received first instructions permit the first processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kazunari Hirai
  • Patent number: 11310384
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a document reading section, a reading controller, an image transfer section, and a transfer controller. The document reading section reads documents. The reading controller controls the document reading section so as to read document images subsequent to a first sheet independently of a command from a host apparatus. The image transfer section transfers the document images which are read by the document reading section. The transfer controller controls the image transfer section based on the number of pages of the documents, which are read by the document reading section, and the number of pages of the document images, which are transferred by the image transfer section, in a case where the document images are transferred by the image transfer section whenever the document reading section reads one sheet of document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeyasu Koyanagi, Atsuhiro Itoh, Jun Kimura, Yuki Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11303764
    Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a control unit that counts the number of retries of communication between the control unit and a storage device and communication between the inkjet printer and a host computer and records the same in the storage unit. The control unit can also derive an installation environment level of the installation environment of the inkjet printer based on at least one number of retries recorded in the storage unit, and output the derived installation environment level to a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chisato Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11303771
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which enables a user to easily make a determination as to a trimmed image. The image processing apparatus generates a trimmed image based on image data by trimming a part of an image and displays the generated trimmed image. The image processing apparatus has at least one controller. The controller obtains format information on the image data, and based on at least the obtained format information, determines a trimming position for generating the trimmed image based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tateki Narita
  • Patent number: 11281947
    Abstract: An image processing device configured to generate printing image data used during printing from input image data including a bar code constituted by a bar element and a space element that are a plurality of elements arranged based on a predetermined standard, includes a frequency distribution calculation unit configured to acquire widths of the plurality of elements respectively to calculate a frequency distribution of the widths of the plurality of elements, a standard width determination unit configured to determine a standard width of the plurality of elements of the barcode in the printing image data using the frequency distribution, and a correction unit configured to correct the widths of the plurality of elements of the barcode in the printing image data to the standard width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Takeuchi, Masaya Usui
  • Patent number: 11281949
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a medium reading section that acquires medium area data in a conveyance path, an image formation controller that sets a target pixel as a mask processing target where ink ejection is restricted when the target pixel is outside an image formable area, an anomaly estimation section that uses positions of a mask start pixel and a mask end pixel to estimate a cause of the mask processing target and generates a first text message indicating a result of estimation on the cause of the mask processing target, and an operation display section that, according to occurrence of the mask processing target, displays the first text message and an area as the mask processing target with a display generated using the position of the mask start pixel and the position of the mask end pixel superimposed on the image represented by the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takenori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11277532
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor configured to cause information indicating that a first user who has an authority to operate an apparatus is prohibited from operating the apparatus to be displayed on an operation screen of the first user in a case where the first user has commissioned a second user to operate the apparatus but attempts to operate the apparatus by himself or herself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yu Ohtake, Ryoji Matsumura, Hajime Kajiyama, Kazumoto Shinoda, Hiromi Ichiba, Taku Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11275538
    Abstract: In a method for operating the print server, a spooling priority print job is determined which, among the spooling print jobs, has the highest printing priority and has not yet been stored in the print data cache memory. A print job size of the spooling priority print job is determined. A free capacity of the print data cache memory is also determined. One or more print jobs that are not currently being printed from the print data cache memory are deleted until the free capacity of the print data cache memory is equal to or greater than the size of the spooling priority print job, where the printing priority of the print job to be deleted is lower than the printing priority of the spooling priority print job. The spooling priority print job is then loaded into the print data cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Herman Lankreijer, Armin Gnaedig
  • Patent number: 11269061
    Abstract: A system and method of scanning an environment and acquiring an image is provided. The system includes a mobile device having a camera and a first position indicator. A scanner having a light emitter and a light receiver is provided. The scanner determining coordinates of surfaces in an environment in response to emitting light with the light emitter and receiving light with the light receiver, the scanner having a second position indicator. One or more processors are provided that determine the position of the mobile computing device and transmits the data between the scanner in response to the first position indicator engaging the second position indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmad Ramadneh, Aleksej Frank, Joao Santos, Oliver Zweigle
  • Patent number: 11265429
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores an application program for creating a workflow including processing for at least one image data. The application program includes instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the information processing apparatus to: perform a search for devices connected to the information processing apparatus; receive a setting of processing of a workflow through an operation interface of the information processing apparatus; perform extraction of, from among the devices found by the search, devices capable of performing the processing of the workflow with the received setting; receive, through the operation interface, selection of a device to perform the processing of the workflow from among the devices extracted by the extraction; and create the workflow including the selected device and the received setting of the processing of the workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Kawaguchi, Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 11252283
    Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving a first identifier that is input when an application is used on a terminal; identifying, in accordance with the received first identifier, a storage that is associated with the first identifier and that stores file information; transmitting to the identified storage an acquisition request to acquire part or all of the file information stored in the storage; transmitting to the terminal a list of the part or all of the file information transmitted from the storage in response to the acquisition request; receiving from the terminal an item of file information selected from the list of the part or all of the file information; acquiring a file corresponding to the received item of file information from the storage; and transmitting the acquired file to a print server that performs printing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hiramatsu, Junki Hakamata
  • Patent number: 11244210
    Abstract: An information processing device may display a first remaining amount object having a first display manner in a case where a remaining amount of colorant in a first cartridge of a first-type printer comprising a tank is greater than zero, displays the first remaining amount object having a second display manner in a case where the remaining amount of colorant in the first cartridge is zero and a remaining amount of colorant in the tank is greater than an unprintable remaining amount, displays a second remaining amount object having a first display manner in a case where a remaining amount of colorant in a second cartridge of a second-type printer is greater than an unprintable remaining amount, and displays the second remaining amount object having a second display manner in a case where the remaining amount of colorant in the second cartridge is the unprintable remaining amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yutaro Sato
  • Patent number: 11240384
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an arrangement unit and a display unit. The arrangement unit arranges an image in a page. The display unit displays, on a display, a page image indicating the arrangement of the image in the page by the arrangement unit. Based on that an image selected by a user is arranged in a plurality of pages, the display unit displays a plurality of page images, each indicating arrangement of the selected image in each of the plurality of pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuya Takenouchi