Patents by Inventor Reiko Horikama

Reiko Horikama 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method
    Publication number: 20050168778
    Abstract: Information that is required for laying out character string data is entered, as are character string data. The printing attributes for the data are then edited, and are employed to extract contour information. Thereafter, the extracted contour information is employed to determine the information that is to be used as a reference when laying out the character string data, and a layout position is specified. Then, the various data that are obtained are stored as printing data, and the character string data are laid out in a drawing area. Therefore, the printing data can be precisely and easily prepared, without the work efficiency of a user being deteriorated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Abe, Hiroyuki Namiki, Masaru Kageura, Atsushi Mizukami, Takahiro Nakagawa, Naoki Nakanishi, Kenichi Inaho, Reiko Horikama