Patents Examined by Darryl V Dottin
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Patent number: 11822836Abstract: A device is configured to obtain startup information of a consumable purchasing program, and download and start up the consumable purchasing program. The consumable purchasing program obtains printer information indicating a printer to be used by the device from a printing application. The consumable purchasing program check the printer information obtained from the printing application against consumables database, generate a list of the consumables compatible with the printer, and display a purchase procedure screen configured to receive a purchasing instruction to purchase a consumable included in the list. The consumable purchasing program performs a purchase procedure of the consumable when receiving the purchasing instruction through the purchase screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fuyuko Ito, Satoki Nagao
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Patent number: 11822831Abstract: Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores computer-executable instructions which cause, when executed, a controller of an information processing device to obtain a list of printers registered with an operating system installed to the information processing device, obtaining a list of print programs installed in the information processing device, store identifiers of the list of printers and the list of the print programs as obtained in a memory, detect whether a first user operation is input through an inputting device of the information processing device, when input of the first user operation is detected, extract one of the printers in the list of printers and print programs in the list of print programs stored in the memory and setting the extracted one of the printers and the print programs to the output destination, and when the output destination is one of the print programs, start the print program.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Aiko Mizutani
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Patent number: 11816369Abstract: A chip, a chip set, an electrical parameter detection method, a consumable, and an image forming apparatus are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The chip is capable of being installed on the consumable; and the consumable is capable of being detachably installed on the image forming apparatus. The chip includes an installation detecting terminal; a chip controller configured to control the installation detecting terminal to output a low level after the chip is powered on; and a storage unit configured to store a time control parameter, where the time control parameter is configured to control a time point for the installation detecting terminal to output the low level. The above configuration can realize that the signal conflict between a plurality of chips is not generated when detecting whether the plurality of chips is in a desired contact with the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Wang, Haixiong Li, Aiguo Yin
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Patent number: 11809766Abstract: An image processing device includes a control section that causes a display section to display a first screen, and a reception section, the first screen includes an operation screen operated by a user, and the operation screen includes i. a first individual selection screen as an individual selection screen for the user to individually select a first formation candidate which is a formation candidate to be formed on a first forming surface of a three-dimensional object, ii. a second individual selection screen as the individual selection screen for the user to individually select a second formation candidate which is the formation candidate to be formed on a second forming surface different from the first forming surface of the three-dimensional object, and iii. a combination selection screen for the user to select a combination of the formation candidate including the first formation candidate and the second formation candidate.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventors: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Tomoyuki Yamada, Kazumi Yamada
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Patent number: 11797240Abstract: At least one of the first notification and the second notification is provided via a display device, based on a fact that, by the editing of an object, an object with a transmission property is overlapped on the front surface of an object to be printed by use of a spot color ink, the first notification being provided for warning that the object with the transmission property is in a state of being overlapped on the front surface of the object to be printed by use of the spot color ink, the second notification being provided for asking whether or not a predetermined overlapping state in which the object with the transmission property is overlapped on the front surface of the object to be printed by use of the spot color ink is to be maintained.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Keisuke Nagamine
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Patent number: 11789667Abstract: Apparatus is described that comprises a printer carriage (100), comprising a printhead (105), at least one sensor (101, 102) for scanning an image deposited on a print media by the printhead (105) and a spectrophotometer (104) connected to the at least one sensor (101, 102) for generating data based on a reference image (120) on a test print media (110). The sensor (101, 102) is calibrated based on the generated data to detect a specific ICC profile, and wherein, in use, the sensor (101, 102) scans and digitizes an image of a final print media as the image is being printed on the final print media; and wherein the sensor (101, 102) is connected to a controller (106) that performs image quality analysis of the digitized image to determine whether colour deviation has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Gianni Cessel, Santiago Felez Navarro, Marcos Casaldaliga Albisu
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Patent number: 11789678Abstract: A printing apparatus displays a setting screen on a display portion. The printing apparatus includes: a communication portion that transmits and receives communication data; a setting portion that associates a setting corresponding to a user's input via the setting screen with the communication data received by the communication portion; a storage portion in which the communication data and the setting are stored in association with each other; a control portion that performs control related to communication of the communication data, based on the stored setting; and a printing portion that performs printing.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Toshifumi Sakai
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Patent number: 11789668Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an insertion device. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a transport device, and a control device. The control device acts as a controller and an executer. The controller causes the image forming device to execute a printing job, and causes the insertion device to insert the interleaving paper in a printed material at an insertion start timing designated by the printing job. The executer executes calibration at an execution start timing set in advance, and sets a time point that a predetermined time has elapsed after a previous calibration to the execution start timing in advance. The executer starts to execute the calibration at the insertion start timing, when a predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Majima, Kenji Miyamoto, Hideo Tanii, Takahiro Honda, Makoto Matsumoto, Takuya Aritsuki, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11789669Abstract: A printer of a printing system is configured to a printing operation with a print engine within a range of the permitted number of sheets. The printer transmits notification information, to a terminal device, in accordance with a status of the printer such as a registration status of a server, the permitted number of sheets for printing, an ink remaining amount or the like in response to a short-range wireless communication between a short-range wireless communication interface and the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsuya Okuno
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Patent number: 11783208Abstract: Technology is described for providing relevant context in order to assist with solving a problem. The method can include a first operation of identifying a graph with a topical problem statement to be solved and plurality of section groups representing sub-topics. The section groups may contain a plurality of topical arguments in a plurality of nodes. Another operation may be receiving a first request for an answer pattern associated with the topical argument. A first response with the answer pattern for the topical argument and a description of the pattern for a user answer to the topical argument may be provided. A second request for a context explanation field associated with the topical argument may be received. A further operation may be providing a context explanation field which explains a context for asking the topical argument.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Airin, Inc.Inventors: Linda Klug, Elisha Davidson
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Patent number: 11785166Abstract: An image forming system includes: a transmission terminal; a reception terminal; and an image forming apparatus. The transmission terminal i) selects the reception terminal transmitting image data and outputs selection information, ii) receives terminal position information of the reception terminal and apparatus position information of the image forming apparatus, iii) acquires the terminal position information and the apparatus position information, vi) authenticates the reception terminal and the image forming apparatus based on the terminal position information and the apparatus position information, and outputs authentication information, and v) transmits job data based on the authentication information. The reception terminal i) acquires terminal position information based on the selection information, and ii) transmits the terminal position information. The image forming apparatus forms an image of the job data on a sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Shinji Akamatsu
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Patent number: 11775228Abstract: Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores computer-executable instructions which cause, when executed, a controller of an information processing device to obtain a list of printers registered with an operating system installed to the information processing device, obtaining a list of print programs installed in the information processing device, store identifiers of the list of printers and the list of the print programs as obtained in a memory, detect whether a first user operation is input through an inputting device of the information processing device, when input of the first user operation is detected, extract one of the printers in the list of printers and print programs in the list of print programs stored in the memory and setting the extracted one of the printers and the print programs to the output destination, and when the output destination is one of the print programs, start the print program.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Aiko Mizutani
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Patent number: 11775233Abstract: A print control system is provided. The system comprises an image forming unit to form an image onto a sheet; an image reader to read an image of the sheet; an inspection unit to inspect a quality by comparing the image read by the image reader with a reference image. The system forms an image by the image forming unit using a first print setting defined in advance when registering the reference image, registers, as the reference image, an image read by the reading unit, and forms an image by the image forming unit using a second print setting defined in advance when manufacturing a print product.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoichi Matsuyama
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Patent number: 11755256Abstract: A method of controlling an information processing apparatus includes registering a printer in the information processing apparatus, generating a print queue for the printer in a case where the printer is registered, and managing a plurality of addresses that are transmission destinations of print data in association with the generated print queue. In a case where the plurality of addresses are associated with a print queue corresponding to an option selected by a user in a screen for selecting a printer to be caused to perform printing based on print data, any address of the plurality of addresses is determined as a transmission destination address based on a predetermined condition, and control is performed to transmit the print data to the determined transmission destination address.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Morimoto
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Patent number: 11755262Abstract: Digital process controller and a method for controlling a production process of a complex composed end product by process jobs. Each process job is a pre-print job, a print job or a finishing job. The digital process controller is connected to a digital network, provided with a user interface and configured to receive print content and print and finishing specifications of the complex composed end product via the digital network, to receive a selection of a process recipe for the complex composed end product, the process recipe comprising a plurality of process steps and the relationships between the process steps, to decompose the production of the complex composed end product into the plurality of process steps in the process recipe, to execute the process recipe process step by process step, to validate each process step individually, and to display the validation result of each process step at the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Frederik de Jong, Vasile Bandea, Bogdan Brudiu
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Patent number: 11747748Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming and a server. The image forming device includes a controller configured to operate in accordance with a normal mode or a contract mode. The server is configured to perform transmitting, to the image forming device, an operation mode changing instruction to set an operation mode of the controller to one of a normal mode or a contract mode in accordance with an operation mode changing request. The image forming device is configured to set the operation mode in accordance with the operation mode setting instruction.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11740845Abstract: A RIP simulation device that enables a rapid grasp of a part having a problem in RIP speed and a specific detail of the problem is achieved. While the RIP prediction screen is displayed on a display unit, the result display control unit causes the display unit to display a sheet number corresponding to a position that is on a line graph representing a predicted RIP time for each sheet and is being designated by an input operation unit. When a sheet number displayed on the display unit is selected by the input operation unit, the result display control unit causes the display unit to display an analysis result screen indicating an analysis result related to the page corresponding to the sheet number on the basis of the correspondence relationship between sheets and pages when print output is actually executed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sho Tomioka, Hiroyuki Segawa, Yohei Onuki
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Patent number: 11740840Abstract: Arrangement processing for arranging image data on a printing medium can differ according to a printer type, and it may not be possible to obtain the print product intended by a user. A method is provided that includes determining, at a processor configured to perform the determining, to perform processing for generating image data without appending margins in a case where the printer type is identified to be a large-format printer based on printer type information, and determining, at the processor configured to perform the determining, to perform processing for generating the image data with appended margins in a case where the printer type is identified to be a small-format printer based on the printer type information and borderless printing is identified to be executed based on print setting information.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Sakai
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Patent number: 11741488Abstract: A system and method directs promotional information, such as coupons of possible interest to a user, when they release their cloud-stored print job from a multifunction peripheral at their selected location. The user is identified, along with their location, and promotional information of possible relevance to the user is displayed on the multifunction peripheral touchscreen. Information selected by the user will be printed out along with their released print job. Businesses register and store their promotional information with the cloud print server, and may be assessed a fee when their literature is printed.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Toshiba TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Christopher Nguyen, Louis Ormond, Marianne Kodimer, Methee Phoboonme, Jeffrey Wong
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Patent number: 11726723Abstract: A printing system includes a printing unit, an operation unit, and a control unit. The printing unit prints an image on a sheet, conveys the sheet to a reading unit, and performs adjustment for printing an image on the sheet based on an image read by the reading unit. The control unit performs an operation of controlling to execute a manual adjustment function for adjusting predetermined adjustment items based on adjustment values received via the operation unit after authentication of an operator. The control unit performs another operation of controlling to execute an automatic adjustment function for adjusting the predetermined adjustment items based on the image read by the reading unit without the authentication of the operator.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yukiyoshi Hikichi