Patents by Inventor Jun Ehara

Jun Ehara 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: 20230266953
    Abstract: A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes acquiring identification information for a communication apparatus from the communication apparatus, and displaying information indicating one or more connection interfaces included in the communication apparatus, the one or more connection interfaces being identified based on the identification information, wherein, in a case where the acquired identification information is acquired from the communication apparatus including a plurality of connection interfaces, information indicating the plurality of connection interfaces is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Jun Ehara
  • Publication number: 20230188660
    Abstract: If an operation of canceling a predetermined state includes an operation of powering off the device, even if communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the information processing apparatus does not execute a notification corresponding to a state in which the communication is inexecutable. If the operation of canceling the predetermined state does not include the operation of powering off the device, the information processing apparatus executes, based on a fact that the communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the notification corresponding to the state in which the communication is inexecutable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jun Ehara
  • Patent number: 11507333
    Abstract: A control method includes transmitting, based on reception of a predetermined operation a first command to cause a communication apparatus to search for a predetermined access point using at least one communication channel including a communication channel used by the predetermined access point among a plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus and without using at least one other communication channel other than the at least one communication channel among the plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus, the predetermined access point being connected to an information processing apparatus at least when the predetermined operation is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Ehara
  • Publication number: 20220011992
    Abstract: A control method includes transmitting, based on reception of a predetermined operation a first command to cause a communication apparatus to search for a predetermined access point using at least one communication channel including a communication channel used by the predetermined access point among a plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus and without using at least one other communication channel other than the at least one communication channel among the plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus, the predetermined access point being connected to an information processing apparatus at least when the predetermined operation is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jun Ehara
  • Patent number: 11137960
    Abstract: A control method includes transmitting, based on reception of a predetermined operation a first command to cause a communication apparatus to search for a predetermined access point using at least one communication channel including a communication channel used by the predetermined access point among a plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus and without using at least one other communication channel other than the at least one communication channel among the plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus, the predetermined access point being connected to an information processing apparatus at least when the predetermined operation is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Ehara
  • Publication number: 20210132878
    Abstract: A control method includes transmitting, based on reception of a predetermined operation a first command to cause a communication apparatus to search for a predetermined access point using at least one communication channel including a communication channel used by the predetermined access point among a plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus and without using at least one other communication channel other than the at least one communication channel among the plurality of communication channels available for use by the communication apparatus, the predetermined access point being connected to an information processing apparatus at least when the predetermined operation is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Jun Ehara
  • Publication number: 20120013944
    Abstract: Print data containing a plurality of contents is input, and it is determined whether printing of each of the plurality of contents contained in the input print data is permitted. The user is notified of the determination result before an instruction to print the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Ehara, Masakazu Nomoto
  • Patent number: 6496753
    Abstract: In a terminal control unit, such as a display device (2), a control program is stored in a memory device which can electrically rewrite its data, such as a flash ROM (2b). The terminal control unit has a card connector (2d) provided therefor, and upon insertion of a memory card storing a control program for updating, into the card connector (2d), the control program for updating is transcribed from the memory card into the memory device, whereby updating of the program is performed. Further, when the updating operation is started, a main control unit (1) is notified of start of the updating operation, and therefore the main control unit (1) is prevented from executing a communication abnormality determining process even if it does not receive a response from the terminal control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Ehara
  • Patent number: 5272321
    Abstract: This vending machine automatically deals with articles for which printed article bar codes are given. The vending machine comprises a bar code reader for reading the article bar codes, data setting mechanism for setting data required for vending the articles based on the reading of the bar codes from the bar code reader, and sales management mechanism for managing sales information regarding the articles based on the bar codes read by the bar code reader. The vending machine may set data for individual species of articles required for vending thereof and manage sales data for the individual species, instead of controlling the operations for each article column, thereby removing errors involved in the latter controlled operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromu Otsuka, Katsuyoshi Tajima, Jun Ehara, Hirota Shinozaki