Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ozaki

Hiroshi Ozaki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090303509
    Abstract: A print control method allowing a printing apparatus to perform printing based on a plurality of contents used for outputting a plurality of components to be finally integrated is provided. The CPU determines whether component basis post-processing is set in each of the plurality of contents. The printing sequence is determined such that a first content determined as a content in which the component basis post-processing is set is printed in advance of a second content determined as a content in which the component basis post-processing is not set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090278717
    Abstract: There are provided in a scanning mode: a conversion sequence setting register (12) that sets the sequence in which analogue signals are to he converted; a multiplexer (1) that selects a single analogue signal (AI) sequentially from a plurality of analogue signals (AI0) to (AIn-1), in accordance with the order that is set in this conversion sequence setting register (12); an A/D converter (2) that converts the analogue signal (AI) selected by this multiplexer (1) to a digital signal (DO); a conversion result register (3) having a plurality of result registers (RR0) to (RRn-1), that stores the digital signal (DO) obtained by conversion by the A/D converter (2) in these storage regions in the order in which conversion was effected; and a back-up register (21) having result registers (BRR0) to (BRRn-1) respectively corresponding to this plurality of result registers (RR0) to (RRn-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chongshan Yang, Hiroshi Ozaki, Kazuya Yasui, Masafumi Bam
  • Patent number: 7591429
    Abstract: An album providing system with a function of registering/distributing contents, having a contents registration/distribution apparatus comprising a registration unit which accepts registration of contents, and a distribution unit which distributes the registered contents and an album generation apparatus with the function of registering/distributing contents comprising an image input unit which inputs an image, a two-dimensional code issue unit which associates with the image and issues a two-dimensional code having an embedded access destination to the contents registration/distribution apparatus, and a print unit which prints an album in which a two-dimensional code corresponding to the image is arranged near the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozaki, Katsuo Ogura
  • Publication number: 20090213395
    Abstract: There are provided a get unit that gets a document name of print data; a first determination unit that determines whether or not the obtained document name includes a predefined character string; a first deletion unit that deletes the character string from the document name to create a new document name when it is determined that the document name includes the predefined character string; a second determination unit that determines whether or not the number of characters in the document name exceeds a predefined maximum number of displayable characters; and a second deletion unit that deletes the number of exceeding characters from a head of the document name to create a new document name when it is determined that the number of characters in the document name exceeds the predefined maximum number of displayable characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7549623
    Abstract: There are provided an image forming apparatus, an image input/output apparatus, a paper feed control method, a memory medium, and a program, in which lengths of one side of sheets of image formed paper can be aligned, and even in case of outputting the image formed paper in which different paper sizes exist mixedly, a post-process such as stapling or the like can be smoothly performed. A core portion of the image I/O apparatus has a paper feeding direction specifying control unit which is constructed in a manner such that when a plurality of paper sizes exist mixedly in one image forming job, on the basis of paper mixture information which is set on a printer driver of a PC/WS and shows which paper sizes exist mixedly in the one image forming job, the paper feeding direction for performing a paper feed in the vertical direction or a paper feed in the lateral direction to the paper which can be fed in both of the vertical direction and the lateral direction is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090150944
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, so as to provide a customer with the customer desired content data via the content obtaining apparatus more easily, thus making it possible to significantly improve the usability of a content obtaining/providing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu FUKUSHIMA, Hajime Fujii, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090144072
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, so as to provide a customer with the customer desired content data via the content obtaining apparatus more easily, thus making it possible to significantly improve the usability of a content obtaining/providing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu FUKUSHIMA, Hajime Fujii, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090109481
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store shared printer drivers classified into a plurality of product categories each including one or more printing apparatuses, and correspondence information between the shared printer drivers and the printing apparatuses, an acquisition unit configured to acquire product specifying information for specifying a printing apparatus from among the printing apparatuses, a determination unit configured to determine a shared printer driver corresponding to a product category corresponding to the product specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit based on the correspondence information stored in the storage unit, even if the shared printer driver is not included in the correspondence information, a setup unit configured to perform setup using the shared printer driver determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090083081
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, so as to provide a customer with the customer desired content data via the content obtaining apparatus more easily, thus making it possible to significantly improve the usability of a content obtaining/providing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu Fukushima, Hajime Fujii, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090083061
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, so as to provide a customer with the customer desired content data via the content obtaining apparatus more easily, thus making it possible to significantly improve the usability of a content obtaining/providing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu Fukushima, Hajime Fujii, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20090076929
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, so as to provide a customer with the customer desired content data via the content obtaining apparatus more easily, thus making it possible to significantly improve the usability of a content obtaining/providing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu Fukushima, Hajime Fujii, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7474808
    Abstract: A partial image identifying section extracts objects from an inputted image inputted by an image inputting section, and identifies types of the objects. A characteristic information generating section generates characteristic information of each object on the basis of a characteristic amount computed for each object. A plurality of partial image databases are provided for the respective types of objects. For each object, a degree of similarity computing section computes, on the basis of both characteristic information, degrees of similarity with all objects registered in the partial image database which corresponds to the type of the object. A photographing time period specifying section specifies a photographing time period, from the respective degrees of similarity computed by the degree of similarity computing section. A registering section registers extracted objects in association with the specified photographing time period, in the databases of the types corresponding to the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozaki, Katsuo Ogura, Kazuhiro Mino
  • Publication number: 20080277784
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip formed with a bump such that the bump corresponds to a pad electrode. The pad electrode is covered with a nickel layer. The bump has an indium layer and an intermediate metal compound layer disposed between the indium layer and the nickel layer, and the intermediate metal compound layer is formed by alloying the indium layer and a copper layer containing copper atoms of not less than 0.5 atomic percent and not more than 5 atomic percent with respect to the indium atoms in the indium layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozaki, Satoru Wakiyama
  • Publication number: 20080266598
    Abstract: From an image-processing apparatus that can communicate via a network, updated configuration information is received, and configuration information for display is not updated based on the received configuration information so that an item to be processed is not reflected in configuration information of an item manually set by a user, and the configuration information for display is updated based on the received configuration information so that an item to be processed is reflected in the configuration information of an item that is not manually set by the user. Accordingly, the configuration information can be manually set while effectively using the configuration information received from the information-processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7383554
    Abstract: The following method and an apparatus, a medium, and the like to which the method can be applied are disclosed as examples of embodiments. In an information processing method in an information processing apparatus which can communicate with an image forming apparatus, the method has a recognizing step of recognizing that a driver program for an image forming process is installed into the information processing apparatus, an obtaining step of obtaining construction information which is used for setting of the driver program from an outside, an activating step of activating the obtaining step in response to the recognition of the installation of the driver program by the recognizing step, and a setting step of setting the construction information obtained by the obtaining step so that it can be read by the driver program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozaki, Kouichi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20080054458
    Abstract: An electronic device includes bump electrodes that are formed of an elemental metal having a low melting point and electrically bond a first component and a second component and protective layers that are formed at least on sides of the bump electrodes and prevent penetration of a substance that deteriorates a characteristic of the bump electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7310166
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, in which a printer driver is installed for transmitting a print job to be printed to a printer, includes a display for displaying a printer setting window activated by the printer driver, a print medium designator for designating a print medium from the printer setting window, a mirror image print designator for designating a mirror image print via the printer setting window on which it can be designated whether the mirror image print is performed or not when a transparent medium has been designated by the print medium designation means, and a print job command setter for setting a paper type designation command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20070222141
    Abstract: There are provided an image forming apparatus, an image input/output apparatus, a paper feed control method, a memory medium, and a program, in which lengths of one side of sheets of image formed paper can be aligned, and even in case of outputting the image formed paper in which different paper sizes exist mixedly, a post-process such as stapling or the like can be smoothly performed. A core portion of the image I/O apparatus has a paper feeding direction specifying control unit which is constructed in a manner such that when a plurality of paper sizes exist mixedly in one image forming job, on the basis of paper mixture information which is set on a printer driver of a PC/WS and shows which paper sizes exist mixedly in the one image forming job, the paper feeding direction for performing a paper feed in the vertical direction or a paper feed in the lateral direction to the paper which can be fed in both of the vertical direction and the lateral direction is specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi OZAKI
  • Patent number: 7269509
    Abstract: The image playback device includes: an image database storing, in association with one another, specific places in a predetermined region, photographed images relating to the specific places, position information of photographed places of the photographed images, and photographing time period information of the photographed images; a display section displaying the specific places; a selecting section for selecting a specific place; an operation section for instructing display, in the order of the eras, of the photographed images relating to the specific place selected by the selecting section; and a display control section which, in accordance with operation of the operation section, reads-out the photographed images relating to the specific place from the image database in the order of the eras, and displays the photographed images at the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozaki, Katsuo Ogura, Kazuhiro Mino
  • Patent number: 7245870
    Abstract: An image I/O apparatus has a paper feeding direction specifying control unit 125 which is constructed in a manner such that when a plurality of paper sizes exist mixedly in one image forming job, on the basis of paper mixture information which is set on a printer driver of a PC/WS 11 and shows which paper sizes exist mixedly in the one image forming job, the paper feeding direction for performing a paper feed in the vertical direction or a paper feed in the lateral direction to the paper which can be fed in both of the vertical direction and the lateral direction is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozaki