Patents by Inventor Shigeru Hiroki

Shigeru Hiroki 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: 20100325234
    Abstract: A data communication control is realized in a system in which a priority terminal is shorter than a non-priority terminal in a standby time required until the terminal starts data communication after detecting that a communication medium is idle. An apparatus operating as the priority terminal determines an amount of data to be transmitted from the apparatus, and performs control for causing another apparatus operating as the non-priority terminal according to the determined amount of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20100325237
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a discrimination unit configured to discriminate transmission and reception switching timing based on a data amount of data transmitted from the apparatus and a data amount of data transmitted from a remote apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform switching between transmission and reception according to the discriminated switching timing discriminated, so that data can be transmitted in a plurality of divided times to the communication remote apparatus or data can be received in a plurality of divided times from the remote apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20080120398
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect that the communication apparatus enters a coverage area of a network, a first storage area configured to store first network identification information, a second storage area configured to store information necessary for accessing a first network from a second network, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a file to a server on the first network when the detecting unit detects that the communication apparatus has entered a coverage area of the first network identified by the first network identification information and to access the first network on the basis of the information stored in the second storage area and transmit a file to the server on the first network when the detecting unit detects that the communication apparatus has entered a coverage area of the second network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 7317899
    Abstract: A portable terminal device aborts a screen display process of the current application on a display in accordance with a switch of a communication partner during communication with a speaker A and executes a screen display process of an application corresponding to a speaker B after the switch operation. The application corresponding to the speaker B is the application executed during communication with the speaker B previously. The application is an E-mail or browser application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 7203493
    Abstract: A call in request is transmitted from a wireless base station to a wireless communication terminal apparatus when there is a call in from a service center. If the wireless communication terminal apparatus does not respond, the wireless base station is reset and, after the reset is completed, a call in request is transmitted to the wireless communication terminal apparatus again. In addition, if out of standby occurs, the wireless communication terminal apparatus notifies the wireless base station to that effect and the wireless base station changes a forward pattern of a notification signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujii, Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20070067503
    Abstract: A method and system for establishing communication between communication apparatuses, including a first communication apparatus receiving, from another communication apparatus, first information used for communication by a first communication unit via a second communication unit, detecting a transfer of second information, and depending on the detection result, determining whether to use the first information for the communication by the first communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 7151746
    Abstract: When a CRC error is detected by a PIAFS protocol controller during data transferring, the PIAFS protocol controller starts a resynchronization sequence and informs a TCP/IP protocol controller of starting of resynchronization. In the TCP/IP protocol controller, when the starting of resynchronization is informed after a retransmission timer is started, the retransmission timer is stopped temporarily, and, in a condition that the retransmission timer is stopped temporarily, completion of resynchronization is informed from the PIAFS protocol controller, the retransmission timer which was stopped temporarily is re-started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20060282541
    Abstract: A method for setting communication parameters in a plurality of communication devices includes setting communication parameters without an authentication process being performed for a second communication device in a case where a first communication device has received a request for setting communication parameters from the second communication device within a predetermined period of time from the start of setting communication parameters. The method further includes setting communication parameters after the authentication process has been performed for the second communication device in a case where the first communication device has received a request for setting communication parameters from the second communication device after the expiration of the predetermined period of time from the start of setting communication parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20040150722
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus comprises: a setting unit for setting a sensing condition for image sensing; a sensing unit for sensing an image in accordance with the sensing condition set by the setting unit; and a transmitting unit for transmitting, by electronic mail, the sensing condition when the image was sensed by the sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20030068021
    Abstract: A portable terminal device aborts a screen display process of the current application on a display in accordance with a switch of a communication partner during communication with a speaker A and executes a screen display process of an application corresponding to a speaker B after the switch operation. The application corresponding to the speaker B is the application executed during communication with the speaker B previously. The application is an E-mail or browser application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20030026248
    Abstract: When a CRC error is detected by a PIAFS protocol controller during data transferring, the PIAFS protocol controller starts a resynchronization sequence and informs a TCP/IP protocol controller of starting of resynchronization. In the TCP/IP protocol controller, when the starting of resynchronization is informed after a retransmission timer is started, the retransmission timer is stopped temporarily, and, in a condition that the retransmission timer is stopped temporarily, completion of resynchronization is informed from the PIAFS protocol controller, the retransmission timer which was stopped temporarily is re-started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20020193077
    Abstract: A first radio communicating apparatus which is connected to a second radio communicating apparatus through a radio line is constructed by a reception unit for receiving a state signal indicative of a receiving state of the second radio communicating unit and a display for displaying in accordance with the state signal such as a radio signal received by the reception unit. The reception unit has a connection device for connecting the second radio communicating apparatus via a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: SHIGEKI SAKURAI, SHIGERU HIROKI, KENICHI FUJII
  • Publication number: 20020082011
    Abstract: A call in request is transmitted from a wireless base station to a wireless communication terminal apparatus when there is a call in from a service center. If the wireless communication terminal apparatus does not respond, the wireless base station is reset and, after the reset is completed, a call in request is transmitted to the wireless communication terminal apparatus again. In addition, if out of standby occurs, the wireless communication terminal apparatus notifies the wireless base station to that effect and the wireless base station changes a forward pattern of a notification signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujii, Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 6339642
    Abstract: A telephone apparatus having a howling preventing function is connected to a communication partner via a telephone exchange and is constructed by a communication unit, including a microphone and a speaker, for communicating with the communication partner, and a preventing unit for preventing howling by the communication unit based on a mode of the communication unit and a signal according to the communication partner received from the telephone exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hifumi Ota, Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 6314298
    Abstract: The pattern of intermittence of an incoming call signal from a communication line is reflected in the way a wireless communications apparatus such as a cordless telephone is rung. To achieve this, a master set discriminates the intermittence of an incoming call signal from a communication line in a single communication and sends a master set information in which the intermittence of the incoming call signal from the communication line is reflected. On the basis of the information reflecting the intermittence of the incoming call signal from the communication line, the slave set notifies the user of the incoming call in a way that reflects the pattern of intermittence of the incoming call from the communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 6055445
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus in which a main unit transmits an external-line status message corresponding to status of an external line, to a portable telephone via a connection unit when the status has changed. The portable telephone indicates the status of the external line by an external-line LED if the telephone is in an indication mode, based on the received external-line status message. However, if the telephone is in a no-indication mode, the telephone stores the received external-line status message into a RAM. Thereafter, if the no-indication mode has changed to the indication mode, the telephone displays the status of the external line by the external-line LED, based on the stored external-line status message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 5732070
    Abstract: Disclosed is a communications-exchange apparatus which can re-establish a communication link with a plurality of terminals using a re-assigned TEI after the apparatus is reset. When the exchange is reset, built-in Terminal Endpoint Identifier (TEI) management procedure execution unit 202 sets the contents of a TEI table 204 to "not-in-use" and performs a TEI check procedure on an ISDN transmission path 106. The TEI management procedure execution unit 202 sets the status of the TEI table 204 corresponding to a TEI confirmed to have been used to "in-use", or performs a TEI removal procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 5602910
    Abstract: In a call transfer apparatus wherein a request to transfer a call between first and second communication partners from the second communication partner to a transfer destination is made, a discriminating circuit discriminates whether the transfer destination can respond. A control unit places the first communication partner in a holding state while it is determined whether the transfer destination can respond. If the transfer destination can respond, the call is transferred. If speech communication with the transfer destination is not possible, the control unit releases the holding state of the first communication partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsutsui, Minoru Ogata, Shoji Suzuki, Shinji Tsuchida, Shunji Arai, Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 5594944
    Abstract: A wireless channel selecting apparatus includes: a memory to store data indicating whether each of a plurality of wireless speech channels can be selected or not; and a selector to select the wireless speech channels to be used on the basis of the data stored in the memory. The number of times at which the wireless channels have been determined to be disabled is stored as data in the memory. The selection of the wireless speech channels which have been decided to be disabled is inhibited. The wireless speech channels other than the inhibited channels are selected as speech channels to be used. The inhibition of the channel selection is released after the elapse of a predetermined time from the inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Ogata, Shoji Suzuki, Shinji Tsuchida, Yuichiro Tsutsui, Shunji Arai, Shigeru Hiroki
  • Patent number: 5138655
    Abstract: A telephone apparatus includes an extension telephone for receiving data from a card, a timepiece unit, and a control unit for alarming a coincidence between time data included in the data received from the extension telephone and time data of the timepiece unit. The control unit performs a display on the basis of display data included in the data received by the extension telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Takashima, Kuniaki Ohtsuka, Yoshihiro Tanigawa, Shoji Suzuki, Shunji Arai, Shigeru Hiroki, Yuichiro Tsutsui, Mitsuhiro Watanabe