Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Konji

Mitsuru Konji 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).

  • Patent number: 11973913
    Abstract: A control method of an information processing device that is capable of performing communication by Wi-Fi® and communication by Bluetooth® includes accepting a predetermined instruction based on a user operation to the information processing device, executing, after the predetermined instruction is accepted, displaying processing that displays a predetermined screen that is a screen for allowing the information processing device to communicate with a communication device by Wi-Fi® based on a fact that the information processing device is not able to perform communication with the communication device by Wi-Fi®, and executing, after the predetermined instruction is accepted, communication processing that communicates, with the communication device by Bluetooth®, predetermined information for establishing a wireless connection of the communication device by Wi-Fi®.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 11966654
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsushita, Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 11882607
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes transmitting, by a first communication unit, information about an access point to which a second communication unit is connected, to a communication apparatus to which the first communication unit is connected. In a case where the information about the access point to which the second communication unit is connected is received, the communication apparatus connects to and communicates with the access point to which the second communication unit is connected by the second wireless communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sumiuchi, Yuuki Wakabayashi, Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20230354449
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: an attempt unit configured to attempt establishment of first wireless connection between the external access point and the communication apparatus using second information; a start unit configured to start, based on a failure of the attempted establishment of the first wireless connection, an operation in a predetermined mode, in the communication apparatus, for establishing second wireless connection without intervention of the external access point between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus; and a connection unit configured to establish the second wireless connection after the start of the operation in the predetermined mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: MITSURU KONJI
  • Patent number: 11729336
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating using a first communication method and communicating using a second communication method performs, in a case where attempting processing fails to establish a connection with a communication apparatus using the first communication method without using an external apparatus, communication with the communication apparatus by the second communication method and transmits a job to the communication apparatus via the connection with the communication apparatus using the first communication method, the communication being used to establish the connection with the communication apparatus using the first communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Konji, Yuuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20230254430
    Abstract: A control method of an information processing device that is capable of performing communication by Wi-Fi® and communication by Bluetooth® includes accepting a predetermined instruction based on a user operation to the information processing device, executing, after the predetermined instruction is accepted, displaying processing that displays a predetermined screen that is a screen for allowing the information processing device to communicate with a communication device by Wi-Fi® based on a fact that the information processing device is not able to perform communication with the communication device by Wi-Fi®, and executing, after the predetermined instruction is accepted, communication processing that communicates, with the communication device by Bluetooth®, predetermined information for establishing a wireless connection of the communication device by Wi-Fi®.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20230171682
    Abstract: A method of an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a communication apparatus and the method performed by executing a first application. The method including: receiving first information concerning the communication apparatus, displaying, based on it being determined that the communication apparatus is not able to connect to a first network based on the first information, information concerning a second network which is different from the first network and to which the communication apparatus is able to connect, based on the first information, and starting a second application which is an application different from the first application and which transmits, to the communication apparatus via a communication with the communication apparatus, connection information which is used for the communication apparatus to connect to any one of networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: MASATAKA IURA, MITSURU KONJI
  • Patent number: 11659128
    Abstract: A control method of an information processing device that communicates with a communication device includes accepting a connection processing instruction to connect the communication device with at least one external device, and performing processing to execute newly, in a case that the connection processing instruction is accepted and the communication device is not connected to any external device, the connection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20230135980
    Abstract: An information processing device executes first process for a communication, between an information processing device and a communication device, for establishing, between an access point that is different from the communication device and the communication device, a wireless connection by a predetermined connection method. Information of the access point is transmitted to the communication device in the communication. In a case where there is no external access point that is different from the information processing device and to which the information processing device is able to connect, information processing device is set to operate as an access point and second process for transmitting information of the access point as which the information processing device is operating is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20230104915
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsushita, Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 11573757
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsushita, Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20220279605
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a communication apparatus includes a first control unit configured to perform first control to control the information processing apparatus to transmit connection information, for connecting to a first access point, to the communication apparatus via communication with the communication apparatus using a first protocol in a case where the communication apparatus is connectable to the first access point, and a second control unit configured to perform second control to control the information processing apparatus to transmit connection information, for connecting to a second access point different from the first access point, to the communication apparatus via communication with the communication apparatus using a second protocol different from the first protocol based on a fact that the communication apparatus is not configured to connect to the first access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20220279438
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, via communication with a communication apparatus based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 using a first protocol, predetermined information for performing communication with the communication apparatus based on IEEE 802.11 using a second protocol; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined control to control the information processing apparatus to transmit connection information, for connecting to an access point, to the communication apparatus via communication with the communication apparatus that is performed using the predetermined information based on IEEE 802.11 using the second protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20220159143
    Abstract: A control method of an information processing device that communicates with a communication device includes accepting a connection processing instruction to connect the communication device with at least one external device, and performing processing to execute newly, in a case that the connection processing instruction is accepted and the communication device is not connected to any external device, the connection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 11321029
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, which communicates with a plurality of communication apparatuses each belonging to one of a plurality of groups, receives a predetermined signal sent from each of the plurality of communication apparatuses, specifies a first group, among the plurality of groups, that satisfies a predetermined condition, and executes processing based on the predetermined signal sent from a communication apparatus belonging to the first group satisfying the predetermined condition, and does not execute the processing based on the predetermined signal sent from a communication apparatus belonging to a second group different from the first group. The first group is specified on the basis of that the first group includes greater than or equal to a predetermined percentage or greater than or equal to a predetermined number of communication apparatuses that sent the predetermined signal received by the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20220086925
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes transmitting, by a first communication unit, information about an access point to which a second communication unit is connected, to a communication apparatus to which the first communication unit is connected. In a case where the information about the access point to which the second communication unit is connected is received, the communication apparatus connects to and communicates with the access point to which the second communication unit is connected by the second wireless communication method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sumiuchi, Yuuki Wakabayashi, Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 11258923
    Abstract: A control method of an information processing device that communicates with a communication device includes accepting a connection processing instruction to connect the communication device with at least one external device, and performing processing to execute newly, in a case that the connection processing instruction is accepted and the communication device is not connected to any external device, the connection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Mitsuru Konji
  • Patent number: 11229068
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes transmitting, by a first communication unit, information about an access point to which a second communication unit is connected, to a communication apparatus to which the first communication unit is connected. In a case where the information about the access point to which the second communication unit is connected is received, the communication apparatus connects to and communicates with the access point to which the second communication unit is connected by the second wireless communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sumiuchi, Yuuki Wakabayashi, Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20210311680
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsushita, Mitsuru Konji
  • Publication number: 20210297554
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating using a first communication method and communicating using a second communication method performs, in a case where attempting processing fails to establish a connection with a communication apparatus using the first communication method without using an external apparatus, communication with the communication apparatus by the second communication method and transmits a job to the communication apparatus via the connection with the communication apparatus using the first communication method, the communication being used to establish the connection with the communication apparatus using the first communication method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuru Konji, Yuuki Wakabayashi