Patents Examined by Nicholas Pachol
  • Patent number: 11144802
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that utilizes the storage capacity of a ring buffer. A ring buffer is set in the storage unit. A page area setting unit allocates a maximum size page area in page units of the job in the ring buffer set in the storage unit. A band storing unit stores band data while compressing the band data in the page area allocated by the page area setting unit. An image processing unit performs image processing of the band data stored by the band storing unit. Then, the page area setting unit determines whether or not the page has high possibility to be reused, and when the page has high possibility to be reused, the page area setting unit allocates the page area at the head of the ring buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Shimamoto, Norifumi Miyahara, Kendrick Esperanza Wong
  • Patent number: 11144803
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that efficiently uses the ring buffer. A ring buffer is set in the storage unit. A page area setting unit allocates a maximum size page area in the page unit of the job in the ring buffer. A band storing unit stores band data while compressing the band data in the page area allocated by the page area setting unit. An image processing unit performs image processing on the band data. A temporary deletion unit sets the page area including the band data into a temporary deletion state in which overwriting is possible at a specific timing. Here, when the band data of the page is needed again and the temporarily deleted page area is not overwritten, the page area setting unit reuses the page area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Shimamoto, Norifumi Miyahara, Kendrick Esperanza Wong
  • Patent number: 11140280
    Abstract: A method for delivering a fax to a fax recipient includes receiving a multipage fax transmitted at a fax server. As each page of a multipage fax is received, a page event notification is generated. Each page of the multipage fax file is converted into a corresponding page file. A page complete notification is generated upon completion of conversion of each page of the multipage fax file into the page file. Access is enabled to the page file of the multipage fax file responsive to receipt of the page complete notification associated with the page file. Access to the page file is enabled while subsequent pages of the multipage fax are being received and converted to the associated fax file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FAXLOGIC, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Dagate, David G. Mahaffey, Eric C. D. Lenington
  • Patent number: 11119714
    Abstract: In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Okigami, Masanori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11119712
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a controller determines using setting specification information whether all of a plurality of users is permitted to use all of a plurality of setting values for a setting category in response to receiving a registration instruction. The setting specification information specifies for each user at least one setting value that is permitted to use for an image process by the user. In response to determining that any of the plurality of users is not permitted to use all of the setting values for the setting category, the controller transmits to the server a registration request not including the plurality of setting values for the setting category. The controller controls, in response to receiving a function execution instruction from the server, an image processing unit to execute the image process in accordance with a setting including a setting value for the setting category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yongyong Ren
  • Patent number: 11106400
    Abstract: An image printing apparatus includes a memory containing instructions, and a controller executing the instructions to operate as a first obtaining unit to obtain incidental information accompanying a reference image selected by a user, a setting unit to set information about permission of printing an image according to a user's operation, a second obtaining unit to obtain a print target image, and a decision unit to decide whether to permit printing of the print target image based on incidental information accompanying the print target image and a print permission condition set based on the incidental information accompanying the reference image and the information set according to the user's operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryusuke Okuhara
  • Patent number: 11099792
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints a document selected by a user and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the information processing apparatus, identification information on a storage location having stored the document and billing information on billing related to printing the document. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receiving from the image processing apparatus the identification information and the billing information and a bill processing unit that performs by using the billing information a billing process on each billing destination corresponding to the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Masanori Aoki
  • Patent number: 11099797
    Abstract: In a case where a specific wireless connection is established between a terminal device and a communication device under a state where a first wireless connection not via an access point is being established between the terminal device and the communication device, the terminal device may determine whether the first wireless connection is a wireless connection according to a first communication scheme or a wireless connection according to a second communication scheme, and supply a predetermined instruction to an OS (abbreviation of Operating System) program of the terminal device in a case where it is determined that the first wireless connection is the wireless connection according to the first communication scheme. The predetermined instruction may include an instruction for disconnecting the first wireless connection and an instruction for establishing a second wireless connection according to the second communication scheme between the terminal device and the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Asakura, Longlong Ruan
  • Patent number: 11079992
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays a first job setting screen for a user to perform a setting when a predetermined job is executed by a first application and a second job setting screen for the user to perform a setting when the predetermined job is executed by a second application, displays a menu screen including the first application's software key and the second application's software key and one or a plurality of job histories having information regarding the application selection information, and receives designation of any of the job histories by the user. Whether an application corresponding to the information regarding the application selection information included in the designated job history is the first application or the second application is specified, and the first job setting screen or the second job setting screen, which corresponds to the specified application, is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiya Omori
  • Patent number: 11082580
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires a read image generated by reading an original document. The processor determines in accordance with an original document image, which corresponds to the original document in the read image, which one of a first skew causing tilt in the original document image and a second skew causing distortion in the original document image occurs. The processor changes in accordance with a result of the determination, processing to be executed when the skew occurs in the original document image. The second skew may include distortion of the original document image and tilt of the original document image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Nakano
  • Patent number: 11079986
    Abstract: A printing apparatus stores a print setting set by a user in a storage, and receives print data from an external apparatus, determines, based on the received print data, that the stored print setting is applied to the received print data, and receives a designation of a print setting to be applied to the received print data to which the stored print setting is determined to be applied. An image is printed based on the received print data using the stored print setting changed by the received designation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenta Matsui
  • Patent number: 11076057
    Abstract: In an image scanning apparatus, an image scanning unit scans one or more page images from a document of one or more pages and generates image data of the one or more page images. An image acquiring unit acquires the image data, generates a document image file including the image data, and stores the document image file into a specific folder. A communication processing unit transmits to a specific destination a message that includes a network identifier of the document image file. A server unit transmits the document image file upon receiving a transmission request that specifies the network identifier. Further, the communication processing unit includes a shrink image of a predetermined page among the one or more page into the message; and the server unit performs image search for the shrink image as a search key upon receiving an image search request that specifies the shrink image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Keiko Morita
  • Patent number: 11076058
    Abstract: An image scanning unit scans a page image from a document and generates image data of the page image in accordance with a job request by a login user. A document file of the image data is generated, and saved in a specific folder. An additional information generating unit generates specific additional information that indicates content of the page image. A communication processing unit transmits a message including a network identifier of the document file to a destination user specified by the job request. A server unit transmits the document file upon receiving a transmission request that specifies the network identifier. Further, the communication processing unit (a) does not include the additional information into the message if the destination user is the login user and (b) includes the additional information into the message if the destination user is not the login user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Chigusa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11068214
    Abstract: A printing computing device connects to a printing device using a fast data transfer connector to enable additional functionality and capabilities not offered by the printing device. The printing computing device connects to a network to receive print jobs from external devices within the network. The printing computing device processes the print jobs according to rules such that print jobs are processed accordingly. The printing computing device also includes firmware not available on the printing device such that print jobs not supported by the printing device still may be processed. The printing computing device also includes an engine that determines whether an incoming print job is a PDL print job or a command to perform a function not available on the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Neil-Paul Bermundo, Arturo Becerra
  • Patent number: 11064085
    Abstract: An image, processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an original, a transmission unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus, a printing unit configured to print an image, a display unit configured to display the image, and a control unit configured to suspend a job executed by the printing unit in response to a selection of a key for suspending a currently executed job display a list of jobs on the display unit, and cancel a job selected by a user from the displayed list of the jobs. The control unit displays a list of transmission jobs for the transmission unit to transmit the image data generated when the reading unit reads the original in response to the selection of the key during display of a main menu screen for accepting a selection of a function to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11048450
    Abstract: A non-transitory processor readable medium storing a printer program read out and executed by a terminal processor of a tablet terminal connectable to a printer, in which the printer program causes the terminal processor to acquire received URL scheme information, which is structured according to a URL scheme and in which predetermined control of the printer is specified, from a browser application, convert the received URL scheme information into a control command executable by the printer, and transmit the converted control command to the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohito Someya
  • Patent number: 11042333
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reading unit, a processing unit, and a printing unit. The reading unit scans a reading target and acquires a plurality of scanned images. The processing unit performs processing to specify an aggregation target range which is a target of aggregate printing, of the plurality of scanned images, based on the plurality of scanned images. The printing unit aggregate-prints the scanned images specified as the aggregation target range, of the plurality of scanned images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Nose
  • Patent number: 11003397
    Abstract: A printing computing device connects to a multi-function printing (MFP) device to enable additional functionality and capabilities not offered by the MFP device. The printing computing device connects to a network to receive print jobs from external devices within the network. The printing computing device processes the print jobs according to rules such that print jobs are processed accordingly. The printing computing device also includes firmware not available on the MFP device such that print jobs not supported by the MFP device still may be processed. The printing computing device also includes an engine that determines whether an incoming print job is a PDL print job or a command to perform a function not available on the MFP device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Neil-Paul Bermundo, Arturo Becerra
  • Patent number: 10931848
    Abstract: A printed document client receives a first print stream for a soft copy document, determines whether one or more conditions for adding a graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, and when the one or more conditions for adding the graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, adds the graphical symbol to the first print stream to generate a second print stream that includes the graphical symbol, and outputs the second print stream to a printer so the graphical symbol is printed on the printed document corresponding to the soft copy document. The printed document can be a hard copy document or a soft copy document generated from the second print stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: DocSolid LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
  • Patent number: 10922032
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and method for printing. A plurality of unique identifiers can be generated for a printing device, each of the plurality of email addresses being associated with a unique printing configuration to handle print requests. A print request can be received from a print request source, where the print request is addressed to a specified unique identifier. The received print request can be handled in accordance with the unique printing configuration associated with the specified unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sandeep Matti Prabhu, Rajesh Bhatia, Vaibhav Misra