Patents Examined by Mohammad H. Ghayour
  • Patent number: 11159694
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that provides an electronic apparatus with a service by way of a web application. The system includes a memory and circuit. The memory is configured to store information relating to a setting item of the web application, and store a setting value to be set to the setting item. The circuitry is configured to generate a setting screen based on the information relating to the setting item and the setting value, and update the setting value stored in the memory based on an instruction for configuring settings relating to an operation screen of the web application that is displayed at the electronic apparatus, the instruction being accepted through the setting screen being displayed to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Minami Ogawa, Kai Kodama
  • Patent number: 11144259
    Abstract: An information processing system in which at least a server and an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus are connected via a network is provided. The server authenticates a user in response to a request for authentication from the image forming apparatus or the information processing apparatus, and stores an adapter registered in the information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus obtains an adapter registered in the server and corresponding to the authenticated user and executes a process to be executed when the process is described in the obtained adapter and transmits, to the server, a result of the process. The server executes a process to be executed by the server when the process to be executed by the server is described in the obtained adapter and registers the result of the executed process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirofumi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11143514
    Abstract: A system for correcting HD map images is provided. The system is configured to: receive, from a plurality of vehicles, ground view image data of a map anomaly hotspot captured by the vehicles; convert the ground view image data to bird view image data using homography; remove outliers from the bird view image data; apply an error reduction algorithm; stitch together a sequence of consecutive images from the image data after error reduction to produce a high-definition image, wherein each of the consecutive images has been generated through converting ground view image data to bird view image data using homography, removing outliers from the bird view image data, and applying an error reduction algorithm; compare the stitched sequence of consecutive images to a high-definition image of the hotspot to determine revisions to the high-definition image; and provide revised high-definition image data for use in navigating near the map anomaly hotspot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Fan Bai, Hansi Liu, David A. Craig
  • Patent number: 11132786
    Abstract: A board defect filtering method is provided. The method includes: receiving a defect list; obtaining a plurality of defect images of a plurality of defect records on the defect list; receiving a circuit layout image; analyzing a defect location of a first defect image of the plurality of defect images according to the circuit layout image; cropping the first defect image to obtain a first cropped defect image according to the defect location; inputting the first cropping defect image to a defect classifying model; and determining whether the first defect image is a qualified product image or not according to an output result of the defect classifying model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Kaan Liang, An-Chun Luo, Yu-Shan Deng, Chih-Ming Shen, Ming-Ji Dai
  • Patent number: 11079985
    Abstract: A first hash value calculated by a print server based on print data and a second hash value calculated by an image processing apparatus by using the print data are compared, and printing processing using the print data is cancelled in a case where it is determined that the first hash value and the second hash value are not the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Shirai
  • Patent number: 11029897
    Abstract: A communication device may: comprise an output unit configured to output first information obtained by using a first public key in a memory in a case where a predetermined instruction is inputted to the communication device; after the first information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the first public key is used from a terminal device; send an authentication response to the terminal device; establish a wireless connection between the communication device and an external device; and in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the first information has been outputted, create a second public key different from the first public key and store the second public key in the memory. In a case where the predetermined instruction is inputted to the communication device again, the output unit may be configured to output second information obtained by using the second public key in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11006017
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that controls a notification of a linkage function corresponding to plural selected files. In a further modification of the invention, the controller may control the notification of the linkage function corresponding to formats of the selected files. When the plural files having different formats are selected, the controller may control the notification of the linkage function corresponding to the formats of the selected files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 10999463
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a first detecting section, a second detecting section, a display section, and a control section. The first detecting section detects a person present within a predetermined range from the image forming apparatus. The second detecting section detects an eye gaze of the person detected by the first detecting section. When, during a power saving state of the image forming apparatus, the first detecting section detects a person and the second detecting section detects an eye gaze of the person directed in a predetermined direction, the control section wakes up the image forming apparatus from the power saving state and allows the display section to display a predetermined screen according to the direction of the person's eye gaze detected by the second detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Tsuji, Akihiko Ikazaki
  • Patent number: 10984297
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a reader that reads a paper sheet with a background plate serving as a background; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor: obtains, from the reader, a first color value in which an image on one side of the paper sheet is read, a second color value in which a ground color of the other side of the paper sheet is read, and a third color value in which a portion corresponding to the image on the other side of the paper sheet is read; and estimates a thickness of the paper sheet on the basis of the first to third color values while referring to a predetermined table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10986246
    Abstract: A remote management system includes: a user operation server; a remote maintenance server; and a connection server, the user operation server, the remote maintenance server, and the connection server being connected to each other via a network, the remote maintenance server including a processor that operates as a setting change receiving unit that receives a setting value change instruction for an image forming apparatus from a user via the user operation server, a first setting change detection unit that detects a changed setting value based on the setting value change instruction, a setting change informing unit that informs an administrator and a user-in-charge of the image forming apparatus of the changed setting value, and a setting change command sending unit that sends a command to change setting of the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus via the connection server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishikai, Takeshi Nakamura, Satoshi Goshima, Dukil Park, Yuichi Obayashi, Takumi Nakamura, Koki Nakajima, Yasuo Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10976969
    Abstract: A system includes an information processing apparatus that requests access to a file system managed by an image forming apparatus, receives a program for determining a transfer order of a plurality of print files designated by a screen and, in a case where a plurality of print files are stored in the folder via the displayed screen, executes the received program to determine a transfer order of the plurality of print files. The image forming apparatus, when the request is accepted, generates the program in accordance with a predetermined condition designated in advance by a user, and transmits the screen information and the generated program to the information processing apparatus, and executes image formation, which is based on a print file transferred in association with the folder and uses the print setting information, in an order in which the print file is transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Hiroya Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10939000
    Abstract: Apparatus(es) and method(s) relating to operation of a multi-function printer panel are disclosed. In such a method, a main menu is displayed on a display screen of the multi-function printer panel. A plurality of primary image items of the main menu displayed on the display screen are navigated responsive to a first movement of a dial control. The dial control is pressed to select a primary image item of the plurality of primary image items. A plurality of secondary image items displayed on the display screen associated with the primary image item selected are navigated responsive to a second movement of the dial control. The dial control is pressed to select a secondary image item of the plurality of secondary image items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Dilinur Wushour, Jacek Joseph Matysiak
  • Patent number: 10915281
    Abstract: A printing apparatus acquires change history information indicating a print setting value of a print setting item has been changed in accordance with received change instructions, with the print setting item being a print setting item that has not been able to be set for the print job selected from a list by an external device having transmitted the print job to the printing apparatus, and displays recommended settings that are print settings determined based on the acquired change history information about the selected print job. A print setting value of a print setting item of a print job selected from the list is changed based on a selection of the displayed recommended settings, and the selected print job is executed by using print setting values including the print setting value that has been changed in accordance with the received change instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 10917539
    Abstract: A computerized method for authenticating documents having VIZ sections, the method comprising capturing an image of a document to be authenticated from a scanner and enhancing the captured image, and using a processor for identifying and cropping a VIZ section in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: AU10TIX LTD.
    Inventor: Guy Dolev
  • Patent number: 10911609
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory including instructions, and at least one processor for executing the instruction to cause the image forming apparatus to act as a generation unit to perform image processing so as to generate image data including pieces of page data based on a print job, a determination unit to determine whether a piece of page data corresponding to a sheet passing a predetermined location of a conveyance path is prepared in time, and a control unit to perform, in a case where the piece of page data is not prepared in time, control to leave the sheet as a blank sheet by not performing image processing. The control unit changes a page order, determined in advance, of pages to be printed following the blank sheet in a case where it is determined the piece of page data is not prepared in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norio Shimura
  • Patent number: 10904400
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that performs control to cause a related device to perform a corrective step, the related device installed in an organization in which a target device is installed, if a condition to determine that the target device is in a verification necessity status is satisfied in response to presence or absence of a notification repeatedly received from the target device, and a determination unit that determines a necessity for dispatching a maintenance crew to the target device in response to results of the corrective step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10897548
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image reading portion sequentially generating image data of pages, a printing portion sequentially printing, a discharge portion sequentially discharging printed sheets, and a control portion making the discharge portion discharge the printed sheets to a set discharge position. The control portion detects the page numbers of a precedent read page and of a subsequent read page and sets, when the page numbers are not consecutive, the discharge position of the printed sheet corresponding to the subsequent read page to a different position from the discharge position of the printed sheet corresponding to the precedent read page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mari Kokomoto
  • Patent number: 10893166
    Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of network devices, a client communicating with the plurality of network devices, and a manager managing the client. The manager includes a management unit managing a destination list set including a plurality of destination lists including one or more destinations and a generation unit generating a task in which the destination list set and the network device to be distributed are set. The client includes a first determination unit that determines whether the network device to be distributed is able to manage the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set, based on the task generated by the manager and a second determination unit that determines whether the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set is within the number of destinations manageable by the network device to be distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shohei Baba
  • Patent number: 10878534
    Abstract: An apparatus, process, and computer program product provide an improvement to downscaling techniques for image processing. Embodiments of the downscale processes may be applied to images rendered on printed documents. Aspects of the downscaling processes provide quality, discernible rendered images while being efficient with computing resources. Exemplary embodiments carryover binary bit data from adjacent regions into an application region being downscaled for determination of the downscale output. Depending on the downscale output value for the application region, bits from the application region may be carried over to adjacent regions and used in determining whether those regions, when processed will have an “ON” or “OFF value when downscaled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jayant Bhatt
  • Patent number: 10863054
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display, a communication unit, and a controller. Information is displayed on the display. The communication unit performs communication with a first display apparatus, which is an external apparatus. The controller performs control, if an error occurs during an image forming process, in such a manner that different error information is displayed on the display and on the first display apparatus on the basis of a communication status with the first display apparatus and statuses of operations performed by a user of the first display apparatus and a user of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Kamoi