Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
Yoshiaki Tomomatsu 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: 8670150Abstract: When draw data that has been created by an application program is spooled, whether the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered is decided. If it is decided that the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered, printer information in which the resolution of print data to be spooled has been lowered is returned and spooling is performed at the lowered resolution. The draw data thus spooled is rasterized into a raster image at a resolution that conforms to the resolution of an image forming device, and the raster image that has been rasterized is output to a printer to thereby form an image.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 8379270Abstract: An order in which to delete bands is defined in advance according to a table of importance levels of bands. If the free storage space of a hard disk becomes equal to or lower than a threshold value after a new printer command of a band is stored, printer commands stored in the hard disk are deleted in units of bands in accordance with the defined importance levels of bands. If the free storage space of the hard disk becomes greater than the threshold value, new printer commands are stored in units of bands on the hard disk. In the controlling of the printing for second and following ones of the plurality of copies, printer commands stored on the hard disk are transmitted to a printer. However, printer commands that are not stored on the hard disk are again produced.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 8339692Abstract: The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document data in accordance with a print setting; and a preview display controller for displaying, together with the preview image, a user interface which displays an option in a predetermined item of a print setting within a scope corresponding to a current print setting, when the predetermined item of the print setting corresponding to the preview image is to be changed. The printing control apparatus enables printing of the document data in accordance with the print setting changed through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichiro Uotani, Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 8274719Abstract: A printing system is capable of displaying a preview of an image with a low resolution without causing degradation in performance and affinity for an operating system. When previewing is performed, preview printer information corresponding to the low resolution is set as printer information in a printer graphics driver by a print processor. The printer graphics driver produces a preview file by converting (rasterizing) an EMF spool file into low-resolution data. The resultant preview file is displayed as a print image on a display by a previewer.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Publication number: 20120147399Abstract: The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document data in accordance with a print setting; and a preview display controller for displaying, together with the preview image, a user interface which displays an option in a predetermined item of a print setting within a scope corresponding to a current print setting, when the predetermined item of the print setting corresponding to the preview image is to be changed. The printing control apparatus enables printing of the document data in accordance with the print setting changed through the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichiro Uotani, Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Publication number: 20120105873Abstract: When draw data that has been created by an application program is spooled, whether the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered is decided. If it is decided that the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered, printer information in which the resolution of print data to be spooled has been lowered is returned and spooling is performed at the lowered resolution. The draw data thus spooled is rasterized into a raster image at a resolution that conforms to the resolution of an image forming device, and the raster image that has been rasterized is output to a printer to thereby form an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: YOSHIAKI TOMOMATSU
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Patent number: 8139276Abstract: The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document data in accordance with a print setting; and a preview display controller for displaying, together with the preview image, a user interface which displays an option in a predetermined item of a print setting within a scope corresponding to a current print setting, when the predetermined item of the print setting corresponding to the preview image is to be changed. The printing control apparatus enables printing of the document data in accordance with the print setting changed through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichiro Uotani, Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 8102543Abstract: When draw data that has been created by an application program is spooled, whether the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered is decided. If it is decided that the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered, printer information in which the resolution of print data to be spooled has been lowered is returned and spooling is performed at the lowered resolution. The draw data thus spooled is rasterized into a raster image at a resolution that conforms to the resolution of an image forming device, and the raster image that has been rasterized is output to a printer to thereby form an image.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 8077354Abstract: According to the present invention, a print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, comprises the units adapted to: spool print data created by application; issue a rendering instruction of the spooled print data to a graphic engine together with output information indicating one of a preview setting and a print setting; return a response about one of a color profile for previewing when the output information indicates the preview setting and a color profile for printing when the output information indicates the print setting, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile from the graphic engine that receives the rendering instruction; and display image data rendered by the graphic engine when the output information indicates the preview setting, and outputting the rendered image data to the printer when the output information indicates the print setting.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 7859719Abstract: According to the present invention, a print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, comprises the units adapted to: spool print data created by application; issue a rendering instruction of the spooled print data to a graphic engine together with output information indicating one of a preview setting and a print setting; return a response about one of a color profile for previewing when the output information indicates the preview setting and a color profile for printing when the output information indicates the print setting, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile from the graphic engine that receives the rendering instruction; and display image data rendered by the graphic engine when the output information indicates the preview setting, and outputting the rendered image data to the printer when the output information indicates the print setting.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Publication number: 20100313123Abstract: According to the present invention, a print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, comprises the units adapted to: spool print data created by application; issue a rendering instruction of the spooled print data to a graphic engine together with output information indicating one of a preview setting and a print setting; return a response about one of a color profile for previewing when the output information indicates the preview setting and a color profile for printing when the output information indicates the print setting, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile from the graphic engine that receives the rendering instruction; and display image data rendered by the graphic engine when the output information indicates the preview setting, and outputting the rendered image data to the printer when the output information indicates the print setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: YOSHIAKI TOMOMATSU
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Publication number: 20100046048Abstract: The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document data in accordance with a print setting; and a preview display controller for displaying, together with the preview image, a user interface which displays an option in a predetermined item of a print setting within a scope corresponding to a current print setting, when the predetermined item of the print setting corresponding to the preview image is to be changed. The printing control apparatus enables printing of the document data in accordance with the print setting changed through the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichiro Uotani, Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Publication number: 20100020358Abstract: An order in which to delete bands is defined in advance according to a table of importance levels of bands. If the free storage space of a hard disk becomes equal to or lower than a threshold value after a new printer command of a band is stored, printer commands stored in the hard disk are deleted in units of bands in accordance with the defined importance levels of bands. If the free storage space of the hard disk becomes greater than the threshold value, new printer commands are stored in units of bands on the hard disk. In the controlling of the printing for second and following ones of the plurality of copies, printer commands stored on the hard disk are transmitted to a printer. However, printer commands that are not stored on the hard disk are again produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 7633659Abstract: The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document data in accordance with a print setting; and a preview display controller for displaying, together with the preview image, a user interface which displays an option in a predetermined item of a print setting within a scope corresponding to a current print setting, when the predetermined item of the print setting corresponding to the preview image is to be changed. The printing control apparatus enables printing of the document data in accordance with the print setting changed through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichiro Uotani, Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 7365868Abstract: In order to reduce the total time needed to print data produced by application software, producing of data and printing of the data are performed in parallel. In the parallel processing mode, the application software outputs data part by part in the same order as the order in which the data is printed by a printer on printing paper in a printing direction, that is, in a direction from the top to the bottom of the page. A printer driver declares to an OS (Operating System) that the OS should perform processing in an unbanding mode, and banding is performed by the printer driver. In the parallel processing mode, data of an area is printed when data of a next area is being scanned, and thus the total time from the start of a copying process to the end of printing is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Publication number: 20070195361Abstract: According to the present invention, a print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, comprises the units adapted to: spool print data created by application; issue a rendering instruction of the spooled print data to a graphic engine together with output information indicating one of a preview setting and a print setting; return a response about one of a color profile for previewing when the output information indicates the preview setting and a color profile for printing when the output information indicates the print setting, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile from the graphic engine that receives the rendering instruction; and display image data rendered by the graphic engine when the output information indicates the preview setting, and outputting the rendered image data to the printer when the output information indicates the print setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: YOSHIAKI TOMOMATSU
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Patent number: 7218419Abstract: A method that quickly corrects an image without inputting more than a required number of rendering instructions. Input image that contains a plurality of objects, and rendering command statements that specify rendering of the plurality of objects are input and analyzed in order to identify the types of objects. If a specific type of object is identified through the identification, a rendering command statement that specifies rendering of the specific type of object is re-input in order to correct the specific type of object. If the specific type of object is not identified through the identification, a rendering command statement needed for execution of image correction is not re-input.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2001Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 7088466Abstract: To efficiently transfer data from a host computer to a printer, a part of data developed in the first memory is outputted on the basis of a draw command to the printer, the data remaining in the first memory is stored in the second memory after the data was outputted, and a part of the data stored in the second memory is outputted to the printer when the data is being developed in the first memory on the basis of the draw command.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Patent number: 7058214Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises, in order to judge an image prohibited by law from being printed at high speed, a judgment unit for judging for each predetermined area whether or not an output requested image includes information indicating that the image is a judgment object image; and a determination unit for determining the predetermined area for each predetermined distance with respect to the output requested image.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Tomomatsu
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Publication number: 20050286100Abstract: The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document data in accordance with a print setting; and a preview display controller for displaying, together with the preview image, a user interface which displays an option in a predetermined item of a print setting within a scope corresponding to a current print setting, when the predetermined item of the print setting corresponding to the preview image is to be changed. The printing control apparatus enables printing of the document data in accordance with the print setting changed through the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichiro Uotani, Yoshiaki Tomomatsu