Patents by Inventor Yasuo Kurata
Yasuo Kurata 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).
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Patent number: 11934710Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium capable of preventing an unintended print result from being produced. The present executes making a predetermined notification in a case where a spot color printing region set to be printed in a spot color which is a color different from a process color is included in a predetermined region in a region to be printed based on print data, the predetermined region being a region other than a text region in the region to be printed based on the print data.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 11842104Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a data reception unit configured to receive print data and authentication information from an information processing apparatus outside the printing apparatus, an input reception unit configured to receive input of the authentication information from a user, a printing unit configured to perform printing based on the print data; and a control unit configured to control a cut unit configured to cut a print medium. The printing unit performs predetermined printing based on the print data, based on received authentication information and the input authentication information. The control unit causes the cut unit to cut the print medium including a portion where the predetermined printing has been performed, based on received authentication information and the authentication information input after start of the predetermined printing.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20230185493Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium capable of preventing an unintended print result from being produced. The present executes making a predetermined notification in a case where a spot color printing region set to be printed in a spot color which is a color different from a process color is included in a predetermined region in a region to be printed based on print data, the predetermined region being a region other than a text region in the region to be printed based on the print data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventor: YASUO KURATA
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Publication number: 20220391648Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information on a first print setting from a printer, the first print setting being settable for printing by using the printer; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain information on a second print setting in a case of printing; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the information on the second print setting obtained by the second obtaining unit is included in the information on the first print setting obtained by the first obtaining unit; and a notification unit configured to issue notification to a user in a case where the determination unit determines that the information on the second print setting is not included in the information on the first print setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20220374183Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a data reception unit configured to receive print data and authentication information from an information processing apparatus outside the printing apparatus, an input reception unit configured to receive input of the authentication information from a user, a printing unit configured to perform printing based on the print data; and a control unit configured to control a cut unit configured to cut a print medium. The printing unit performs predetermined printing based on the print data, based on received authentication information and the input authentication information. The control unit causes the cut unit to cut the print medium including a portion where the predetermined printing has been performed, based on received authentication information and the authentication information input after start of the predetermined printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 11106399Abstract: A printing control method is performed by an information processing apparatus including a predetermined application capable of requesting first software to output a print file and includes an input step of inputting an output size specified by a user, a determination step of determining a file name of the print file, based on the inputted output size, and an instruction step of instructing the predetermined application to request the first software to output the print file which includes data created by the predetermined application and has the determined file name. In addition, printing target data corresponding to the data created by the predetermined application is generated, with a size corresponding to the output size, based on the file name.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20190361637Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of transmitting any print setting information to a more general printer driver from an application. Instructions are given to a predetermined application to request a first printer driver to output a print file including data created by the predetermined application with a file name corresponding to an output size, wherein printing target data corresponding to the data created by the predetermined application is generated, with a size corresponding to the output size, based on the file name. Then, instructions are given to a second printer driver to perform printing of the generated printing target data in accordance with a print setting corresponding to the output size for the printing target data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 10402139Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains a print setting definition file of a printer driver, and an additional function from a printing apparatus. In addition, the apparatus generates print function information in which a setting item, a first additional item, and a second additional item are described. In a case in which one additional function, as the additional function, is obtained, the print function information is generated so that information regarding the one additional function is described in the first additional item, and an attribute indicating non-display is described in the second additional item. In a case in which the first additional function and a second additional function, as the additional function, are obtained, the print function information is generated so that information regarding the first additional function is described in the first additional item, and information regarding the second additional function is described in the second additional item.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Shiohara, Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 10261738Abstract: In executing a plug-in program for extending functionality of an application, an information processing device performs a)inputting a width of a sheet, and b) executing a setting based on the input width to a predetermined program, so that the predetermined program scales an object generated by the application to a size corresponding to the input width. Further, a setting screen on which a user is able to designate a scaling process by the predetermined program, is able to be displayed by executing the predetermined program, and in the executing, the setting based on the input width is executed by the plug-in program, to the predetermined program, without displaying the setting screen by the predetermined program.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20180260181Abstract: Print setting information is generated based on the print setting definition file to which the setting item was added. Additional information is reflected as content of the added setting item to the print setting data that was generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Tetsuya Shiohara, Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 10015347Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a retention unit that retains a list of paper information and detailed information associated with the paper information; a first acquisition unit that acquires a list of paper information from a storage unit of a printer; an update unit that updates the list of the paper information retained in the retention unit by using the acquired list of paper information; a second acquisition unit that acquires, based on a difference between the list, of the paper information retained in the retention unit and the acquired list of paper information, part of detailed information associated with paper information stored in the storage unit, from the storage unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the detailed information acquired by the second acquisition unit, data to be transmitted to the printer. The update unit updates, based on the acquired detailed information, the retained detailed information.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20170262238Abstract: A paper size that can be created using an application software program (hereinafter abbreviated as an application) operating on a computer often has a maximum value, and maximum values differ from application to application. Thus, in order to obtain a printout of a size larger than the maximum paper size of an application, cumbersome operations have been needed such as calculating a paper size (including an aspect ratio) while taking the maximum paper size of the application into consideration, setting the paper size in the application, and calculating and setting an enlargement ratio of a printer driver. In the present invention, in a plug-in of a general-purpose application, a user is only required to specify the size of a printout to be output in order to calculate a paper size that has the same aspect ratio as an output size that is within the maximum paper size of the application and to set the paper size in the printer driver and the application. Thereby, the foregoing problems are overcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 9690527Abstract: In the present invention, in a plug-in of a general-purpose application, a user is only required to specify the size of a printout to be output in order to calculate a paper size that has the same aspect ratio as an output size that is within the maximum paper size of the application and to set the paper size in the printer driver and the application.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20160352951Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a retention unit that retains a list of paper information and detailed information associated with the paper information; a first acquisition unit that acquires a list of paper information from a storage unit of a printer; an update unit that updates the list of the paper information retained in the retention unit by using the acquired list of paper information; a second acquisition unit that acquires, based on a difference between the list, of the paper information retained in the retention unit and the acquired list of paper information, part of detailed information associated with paper information stored in the storage unit, from the paper storage unit; and a generation unit that generates, based on the detailed information acquired by the second acquisition unit, data to be transmitted to the printer. The update unit updates, based on the acquired detailed information, the retained detailed information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20150324151Abstract: A paper size that can be created using an application software program (hereinafter abbreviated as an application) operating on a computer often has a maximum value, and maximum values differ from application to application. Thus, in order to obtain a printout of a size larger than the maximum paper size of an application, cumbersome operations have been needed such as calculating a paper size (including an aspect ratio) while taking the maximum paper size of the application into consideration, setting the paper size in the application, and calculating and setting an enlargement ratio of a printer driver. In the present invention, in a plug-in of a general-purpose application, a user is only required to specify the size of a printout to be output in order to calculate a paper size that has the same aspect ratio as an output size that is within the maximum paper size of the application and to set the paper size in the printer driver and the application. Thereby, the foregoing problems are overcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Publication number: 20150242173Abstract: When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Yasuo Kurata, Tadanobu Fujita, Hiroshi Shintoku, Hiroshi Okubo, Tetsuhide Takasaki
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Patent number: 9075553Abstract: A sheet size of a sheet to be used when data generated by an application is printed is specified. A page size is set of a page in which the data generated by the application is arranged, in a page size setting of the application, so that an aspect ratio of the page size fits to an aspect ratio of the specified sheet size. A setting is set for performing scaling of the page from the page size to the specified sheet size.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 9058140Abstract: When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Kurata, Tadanobu Fujita, Hiroshi Shintoku, Hiroshi Okubo, Tetsuhide Takasaki
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Patent number: 9019553Abstract: A method for controlling printing for causing a printing apparatus which can print on a sheet of paper having a size other than a predetermined size to print data generated by an application capable of allocating pages corresponding to a sheet of paper having the predetermined size to a printing area includes setting a first paper size to the application in which a predetermined printing area is determined, acquiring a second paper size corresponding to the predetermined printing area and setting the second paper size to the application based on page allocation of the first paper size to the predetermined printing area, and notifying a printer driver of the second paper size. Consequently, printing can be performed by a simple operation so that print data suitably fits into a page width of a sheet of paper, even when a printing area aspect ratio can be arbitrarily determined.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuo Kurata
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Patent number: 8098398Abstract: A printing system configured to set a segment unit size serving as a unit of a display area for displaying, as images, a list of pages which form the document; acquire a width and a height of each page image from the document data; calculate, when a value of a ratio of the width and the height of the page acquired in the acquiring exceeds a predetermined value, a display area size having a display region larger than the segment unit size; determine, for a page having the value of the ratio exceeding the predetermined value, an enlargement/reduction ratio so as to fit the page into the display area size; and display, a list of pages which form the document, by enlarging or reducing the page based on the enlargement/reduction ratio determined in the determining and displaying the page in a display screen at the display area.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuhide Takasaki, Tadanobu Fujita, Hiroshi Shintoku, Hiroshi Okubo, Yasuo Kurata