Patents by Inventor Takaharu Osawa

Takaharu Osawa 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: 20220201220
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a computer executing instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to acquire an image captured by an image capturing apparatus, to cause a display to display the acquired image, and to perform control process for controlling an image capturing range of the image capturing apparatus. A first placement candidate in which an object in the image capturing range is placed at a first position, and a second placement candidate in which the object in the image capturing range is placed at a second position different from the first position are displayed on the display. In a case where one of the first and the second placement candidates is selected by a user, the image capturing range is controlled based on information of the selected placement candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 11190698
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a focus controller configured to adjust focus by driving a lens; a relative tilt angle controller configured to incline a focus surface by controlling a relative tilt angle of the lens to an image sensor; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an installation angle of the imaging apparatus based on a relative tilt angle and a distance from a standard surface on the focus surface inclined in accordance with the standard surface. The acquisition unit acquires a relative tilt angle when the focus surface is inclined in accordance with a height of a subject based on the installation angle and a distance between the standard surface and height information of the subject, and outputs the relative ti It angle to the relative tilt angle controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20200177817
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a focus controller configured to adjust focus by driving a lens; a relative tilt angle controller configured to incline a focus surface by controlling a relative tilt angle of the lens to an image sensor; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an installation angle of the imaging apparatus based on a relative tilt angle and a distance from a standard surface on the focus surface inclined in accordance with the standard surface. The acquisition unit acquires a relative tilt angle when the focus surface is inclined in accordance with a height of a subject based on the installation angle and a distance between the standard surface and height information of the subject, and outputs the relative ti It angle to the relative tilt angle controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20190098250
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control means configured to cause a display means to display thereon a thumbnail image of a captured image captured by an imaging means, and a reception means configured to receive a selection instruction for selecting the thumbnail image for causing the display means to display the captured image thereon. When causing the display means to display thereon a thumbnail image of a fisheye image captured with use of a fisheye lens together with information indicating that the thumbnail image is a thumbnail image corresponding to the fisheye image, the display control means causes the display means to display thereon a thumbnail image based on an image acquired by carrying out a distortion correction on the fisheye image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 10108468
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires edited contents of a document currently being edited, transmits the acquired edited contents to an external apparatus, acquires information about related files related to the document currently being edited from the external apparatus, and displays a list of the acquired information about related files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 9886627
    Abstract: A document analysis apparatus receives image data divided for each page, sequentially analyzes the received image data page-by-page, and returns, when determining that a storage destination candidate of the image data is determined, the determined storage destination candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20170052833
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires edited contents of a document currently being edited, transmits the acquired edited contents to an external apparatus, acquires information about related files related to the document currently being edited from the external apparatus, and displays a list of the acquired information about related files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 9538028
    Abstract: A request for data of an operation screen is transmitted to a Web server, and as a response to the request, data of the operation screen, which includes a plurality of components is received from the Web server. The operation screen is displayed based on the received data of the operation screen, and one of the plurality of components in the displayed operation screen is designated in accordance with an operation by a user. Voice output is performed based on content of voice output associated with the designated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 9497190
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus holds a first script for acquiring authentication information stored in an external apparatus, and acquires authentication information as a result of causing the first script to execute in an execution step in a case where a second script is included in the received screen information, and displays an input screen in a state in which the authentication information acquired is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20160227069
    Abstract: A document analysis apparatus receives image data divided for each page, sequentially analyzes the received image data page-by-page, and returns, when determining that a storage destination candidate of the image data is determined, the determined storage destination candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20160105576
    Abstract: A request for data of an operation screen is transmitted to a Web server, and as a response to the request, data of the operation screen, which includes a plurality of components is received from the Web server. The operation screen is displayed based on the received data of the operation screen, and one of the plurality of components in the displayed operation screen is designated in accordance with an operation by a user. Voice output is performed based on content of voice output associated with the designated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 9291983
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of connecting to a network receives via the network an electric power control signal for instructing electric power control, turns off a power of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the electric power control signal, and presents, to a user, information indicating that the image forming apparatus entered a power off state due to the electric power control signal. Also, a method of controlling such an image forming apparatus, and a program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 9282211
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that accepts a processing request if the processing request is performed via a relay function by using function information of a function provided by an application, executes the function provided by the application in response to an instruction according to the processing request, and notifies the relay function about the execution result. The application is realized as a servlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20150222774
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that accepts a processing request if the processing request is performed via a relay function by using function information of a function provided by an application, executes the function provided by the application in response to an instruction according to the processing request, and notifies the relay function about the execution result. The application is realized as a servlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20150192889
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of connecting to a network receives via the network an electric power control signal for instructing electric power control, turns off a power of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the electric power control signal, and presents, to a user, information indicating that the image forming apparatus entered a power off state due to the electric power control signal. Also, a method of controlling such an image forming apparatus, and a program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20150188914
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus holds a first script for acquiring authentication information stored in an external apparatus, and acquires authentication information as a result of causing the first script to execute in an execution step in a case where a second script is included in the received screen information, and displays an input screen in a state in which the authentication information acquired is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Patent number: 8817279
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a restriction on an amount of resource usage for use in executing an application includes an installation unit configured to install a composite application including a plurality of application modules as one application, a display unit configured to, if, when the composite application installed by the installation unit is activated, the plurality of application modules included in the composite application cannot be activated due to the restriction on the amount of resource usage, activate a predetermined application module in the plurality of application modules and display a symbol corresponding to the activated predetermined application module on a display unit of the image forming apparatus, and an image forming unit configured to execute image processing using an application module corresponding to the symbol, if the symbol displayed by the display unit is selected to instruct the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20130074048
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which provides a development environment for an application to be executed by an image forming apparatus, comprises: a unit that generates, upon receiving an instruction to generate an application to be executed in the image forming apparatus, an application containing an application program for implementing a function of the application, a test program for testing a function provided by the application, and a test agent program for issuing a command to start execution of the test program in accordance with an instruction from the information processing apparatus; and a unit that issues, upon receiving an instruction to start the test program, an instruction via the test agent program to start execution of the test program contained in the application installed in the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Osawa, Yusuke Fukasawa
  • Publication number: 20120050780
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a restriction on an amount of resource usage for use in executing an application includes an installation unit configured to install a composite application including a plurality of application modules as one application, a display unit configured to, if, when the composite application installed by the installation unit is activated, the plurality of application modules included in the composite application cannot be activated due to the restriction on the amount of resource usage, activate a predetermined application module in the plurality of application modules and display a symbol corresponding to the activated predetermined application module on a display unit of the image forming apparatus, and an image forming unit configured to execute image processing using an application module corresponding to the symbol, if the symbol displayed by the display unit is selected to instruct the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa
  • Publication number: 20110252347
    Abstract: This invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of, on an operation screen that can be customized in accordance with user's need, customizing the operation buttons of an application provided by an external apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus displays a registration button to add, to a custom menu, custom buttons to be executed based on the current setting information of the currently running application during display of the operation screen of a Web application. When the registration button is pressed, the information processing apparatus manages button data and action data in association with each other as the information of custom buttons to be added to the custom menu. When the user instructs to display the custom menu, the information processing apparatus generates the custom menu including the custom buttons using the button data, and displays it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Osawa