Patents by Inventor Tatsuyuki Yokoyama

Tatsuyuki Yokoyama 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: 11825053
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute a method including obtaining information about a predetermined program stored in a communication apparatus, and controlling issuance of a predetermined notification about update of the predetermined program based on the obtained information about the predetermined program. The predetermined notification is controlled to be issued in a case where a version of the predetermined program is not a latest version, and the predetermined notification is controlled so as not to be issued in a case where the version of the predetermined program is the latest version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11582361
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute a method including obtaining information about a predetermined program stored in a communication apparatus, and controlling issuance of a predetermined notification about update of the predetermined program based on the obtained information about the predetermined program. The predetermined notification is controlled to be issued in a case where a version of the predetermined program is not a latest version, and the predetermined notification is controlled so as not to be issued in a case where the version of the predetermined program is the latest version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220283750
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a monitoring unit which obtains first management information from a printing apparatus according to an OS standard protocol and makes a predetermined notification based on the obtained first management information; and a display control unit which, in a case where a predetermined operation is performed in response to the predetermined notification, obtains second management information from the printing apparatus according to a protocol different from the OS standard protocol and displays information concerning the printing apparatus on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220174172
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute a method including obtaining information about a predetermined program stored in a communication apparatus, and controlling issuance of a predetermined notification about update of the predetermined program based on the obtained information about the predetermined program. The predetermined notification is controlled to be issued in a case where a version of the predetermined program is not a latest version, and the predetermined notification is controlled so as not to be issued in a case where the version of the predetermined program is the latest version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11269570
    Abstract: There is provided with a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medium stores a predetermined application that displays information related to a printer and is executed by a computer which includes an operating system for displaying a display item for activating an application. The computer uses the predetermined application to determine whether predetermined information related to the printer has been obtained when the predetermined application has been activated and cause the operating system to display the display item for activating the predetermined application by registering, based on a determination that the predetermined information has been obtained, activity information related to an activity of the predetermined application in the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10880452
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprises: an obtainment unit that obtains information from an external apparatus; a determination unit that determines an operation mode of the information processing apparatus; and a notification unit that performs a notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit, wherein the notification unit, if the mode determined by the determination unit is a specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in a second notification screen that is smaller than a first notification screen, and, if the mode determined by the determination unit is not the specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in the first notification screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200249886
    Abstract: There is provided with a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medium stores a predetermined application that displays information related to a printer and is executed by a computer which includes an operating system for displaying a display item for activating an application. The computer uses the predetermined application to determine whether predetermined information related to the printer has been obtained when the predetermined application has been activated and cause the operating system to display the display item for activating the predetermined application by registering, based on a determination that the predetermined information has been obtained, activity information related to an activity of the predetermined application in the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10712995
    Abstract: One or more display control methods, display control apparatuses, and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. A predetermined window which has been subjected to size change is disposed based on portions displayed by respective monitors in a predetermined display region and a position where the predetermined window is disposed in the predetermined display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10423366
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to an image processing apparatus via a network and includes at least one processor executing instructions to act as an activation control unit configured to activate a status management program for acquiring and displaying information relating to a state of the image processing apparatus, and printer driver configured to generate a print job in the information processing apparatus and unable to activate the status management program in accordance with an instruction to generate a print job. The activation control unit is software that differs from the printer driver and activates the status management program in a case where a print job based on application data issued by an application is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20180329665
    Abstract: One or more display control methods, display control apparatuses, and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. A predetermined window which has been subjected to size change is disposed based on portions displayed by respective monitors in a predetermined display region and a position where the predetermined window is disposed in the predetermined display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20180309901
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprises: an obtainment unit that obtains information from an external apparatus; a determination unit that determines an operation mode of the information processing apparatus; and a notification unit that performs a notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit, wherein the notification unit, if the mode determined by the determination unit is a specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in a second notification screen that is smaller than a first notification screen, and, if the mode determined by the determination unit is not the specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in the first notification screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10038816
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprises: an obtainment unit that obtains information from an external apparatus; a determination unit that determines an operation mode of the information processing apparatus; and a notification unit that performs a notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit, wherein the notification unit, if the mode determined by the determination unit is a specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in a second notification screen that is smaller than a first notification screen, and, if the mode determined by the determination unit is not the specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in the first notification screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20180121147
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus in which a spooler that associates a print job with identification information to manage the print job is operable acquires, from the spooler, the identification information associated with the print job and generates a print command based on the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagamatsu, Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20180046415
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to an image processing apparatus via a network and includes a control unit. The unit activates a status management program for acquiring and displaying information relating to a state of the image processing apparatus. A printer driver who generates a print job in the information processing apparatus cannot activate the status management program in accordance with an instruction to generate a print job. The control unit is software that differs from the printer driver and activates the status management program in a case where a print job for the image processing apparatus is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20170264780
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprises: an obtainment unit that obtains information from an external apparatus; a determination unit that determines an operation mode of the information processing apparatus; and a notification unit that performs a notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit, wherein the notification unit, if the mode determined by the determination unit is a specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in a second notification screen that is smaller than a first notification screen, and, if the mode determined by the determination unit is not the specific operation mode, performs the notification based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit in the first notification screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Yokoyama