Patents by Inventor Yuzo Harano

Yuzo Harano 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: 20180330209
    Abstract: A print control apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus, including a sheet holding unit in which a sheet to be used for printing is held, for printing an image on the sheet held in the sheet holding unit includes storage configured to store a type of a sheet, an image, and a setting value of the printing apparatus in association with each other, selects a type of a sheet to be used for printing by the printing apparatus, selects an image to be printed by the printing apparatus, and sets the setting value stored in the storage in association with the selected type of the sheet and the selected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hideaki Ooba, Yuzo Harano, Aya Ito, Junichi Yamakawa, Yusuke Kimura, Nobuhiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9983528
    Abstract: A printing system obtains a print job, analyzes the obtained print job, and imposes print pages to a total of four surfaces of a print target sheet including two surfaces on each of front and back in accordance with a bookbinding format of the analyzed print job. As for an imposition method, if the bookbinding format of the print job is particular two fold bookbinding for which processing of two-folding a sheet and bonding a plurality of two-folded sheets is performed, imposition is performed while reserving a glue surface not to print out of the four surfaces of the print target sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 9594990
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a control method is provided. The apparatus and method provides that, when a print job to be re-executed is stored, deletes authentication information required for an authentication function in a printing system from among print attributes included in the print job, and then stores the print job in the printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20170023898
    Abstract: A printing system obtains a print job, analyzes the obtained print job, and imposes print pages to a total of four surfaces of a print target sheet including two surfaces on each of front and back in accordance with a bookbinding format of the analyzed print job. As for an imposition method, if the bookbinding format of the print job is particular two fold bookbinding for which processing of two-folding a sheet and bonding a plurality of two-folded sheets is performed, imposition is performed while reserving a glue surface not to print out of the four surfaces of the print target sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 9373068
    Abstract: When a printing apparatus starts job processing by acquiring a job in which an execution order is set thereto, the printing apparatus generates printable image data by analyzing the acquired job. In this period, the printing apparatus determines whether an error has occurred in a job processing period. In a case where the printing apparatus determines that the error has occurred in the job processing period, the printing apparatus stops the processing of the started job, and controls the processing of a subsequent job to stop or continue according to an instruction of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20160063366
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a control method that, when a print job to be re-executed is stored, deletes authentication information required for an authentication function in a printing system from among print attributes included in the print job, and then stores the print job in the printing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 9162494
    Abstract: A printing system includes a receiving unit, a printing unit, a grouping unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives a job in which a sheet feeding source is designated. The printing unit prints an image on a sheet fed from one of a plurality of sheet storage units. The grouping unit groups some of the sheet storage units as one virtual sheet storage unit. The determining unit determines which of one of the sheet storage units or the virtual sheet storage unit is the sheet feeding source. The control unit controls sheet feeding to continue the printing. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be a sheet storage unit, a sheet is fed from the designated sheet storage unit. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be the virtual sheet storage unit, sheets are respectively fed from the grouped sheet storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20150268910
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is capable of making contents of a report page and execution results of a print job coincide with each other. Image data for printing is generated using job data on the print job, and first report page data is generated before execution of the print job based on attributes set in the print job. The generated image data is subjected to a printing process, and execution results of the printing process are obtained. When a content of the first report page data and the execution results do not coincide with each other, second report page data reflecting the execution results is regenerated and printed. When the content of the first report page data and the execution results coincide with each other, the first report page data is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 9001341
    Abstract: A printing apparatus according to the present invention can change according to a type of a job whether to switch storage units within a group in accordance with an amount of sheets reaches a certain amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20150077785
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is capable of further improving safety and reliability of a secure printing function. Print data, which is received from an external apparatus, is stored as print data using the secure printing function in a storage unit. It is determined whether or not, during execution of a printing process started for the stored print data, a print aborting factor that aborts the printing process has occurred. The printing process is aborted when it is determined that the print aborting factor has occurred. When the printing process is aborted, the print data is stored once again as print data using the secure printing function in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20150036171
    Abstract: When a printing apparatus starts job processing by acquiring a job in which an execution order is set thereto, the printing apparatus generates printable image data by analyzing the acquired job. In this period, the printing apparatus determines whether an error has occurred in a job processing period. In a case where the printing apparatus determines that the error has occurred in the job processing period, the printing apparatus stops the processing of the started job, and controls the processing of a subsequent job to stop or continue according to an instruction of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 8879115
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a printing unit. The acquisition unit acquires post-processing information indicating a capability of a post-processing unit specified by a received print job. The determination unit determines a target position on a recording sheet subjected to post-processing to be applied by the post-processing unit based on the post-processing information. The printing unit prints a marking image at the target position on the recording sheet determined by the determination unit. The printing unit prints the marking image so that a deviation of the post-processing by the post-processing unit can be recognized. In addition, the printing unit changes a shape of the marking image to a shape suitable for the accuracy expected for the post-processing, according to an accuracy expected for the post-processing to be applied by the post-processing unit set for a print instruction of the print job marking image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 8820732
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which prevents lowering of productivity when sets of tab sheets are used in one print job. The apparatus includes first sheet feeding units storing tab sheets, and a second sheet feeding unit storing plain paper. The apparatus produces print products in each which at least part of each set of tab sheets and plain paper are mixed. A print job processor causes print products to be produced by repeating a sequence of processing for feeding the at least part of each set of tab sheets and feeding plain paper. The processor causes surplus tab sheets to be discharged which have not been used for the print products and remaining in the first sheet feeding units, after a print product is produced through sheet feeding from a last one of the first sheet feeding units in order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 8792115
    Abstract: A system includes an image processing device configured to output image data to an image forming device and the image forming device is configured to form an image based on the image data output from the image processing device, wherein information including a type of security is communicated between the image forming device and the image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20140140749
    Abstract: A printing system includes a receiving unit, a printing unit, a grouping unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives a job in which a sheet feeding source is designated. The printing unit prints an image on a sheet fed from one of a plurality of sheet storage units. The grouping unit groups some of the sheet storage units as one virtual sheet storage unit. The determining unit determines which of one of the sheet storage units or the virtual sheet storage unit is the sheet feeding source. The control unit controls sheet feeding to continue the printing. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be a sheet storage unit, a sheet is fed from the designated sheet storage unit. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be the virtual sheet storage unit, sheets are respectively fed from the grouped sheet storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: CANNON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20140125006
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of an aspect of the present invention includes stack trays provided with alignment members for applying an alignment process to sheets. At the time of discharging sheets, in a case where a sheet is already stacked on a first stack tray that has been decided on as a discharge destination for a sheet to be discharged, the sheet processing apparatus determines whether or not the width of the sheet to be discharged matches the width of the already-stacked sheet. In a case where the widths of the sheets do not match, a discharge destination for the sheet to be discharged is changed to a second stack tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Patent number: 8654357
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a print instruction for printing a plurality of pages, a determination unit configured to determine whether a type of print paper designated by the print instruction is carbonless copy paper, and an assignment unit configured to assign to each of the plurality of pages, if the determination unit determines that the type of print paper designated by the print instruction is carbonless copy paper, carbonless copy paper with an attribute that corresponds to a position of each page within the plurality of pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20130026697
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which prevents lowering of productivity when sets of tab sheets are used in one print job. The apparatus includes first sheet feeding units storing tab sheets, and a second sheet feeding unit storing plain paper. The apparatus produces print products in each which at least part of each set of tab sheets and plain paper are mixed. A print job processor causes print products to be produced by repeating a sequence of processing for feeding the at least part of each set of tab sheets and feeding plain paper. The processor causes surplus tab sheets to be discharged which have not been used for the print products and remaining in the first sheet feeding units, after a print product is produced through sheet feeding from a last one of the first sheet feeding units in order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20120200866
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to identify a print area of a sheet on which a copy material is provided based on a print job, and, regarding the print area, generate image data subjected to other image processing which is other than image processing to be applied to the entire print job and in which an usage amount of a color material applied to the print area is not smaller than a defined value, and a forming unit configured to form an image in the print area by applying the color material according to the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano
  • Publication number: 20120182565
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a print instruction for printing a plurality of pages, a determination unit configured to determine whether a type of print paper designated by the print instruction is carbonless copy paper, and an assignment unit configured to assign to each of the plurality of pages, if the determination unit determines that the type of print paper designated by the print instruction is carbonless copy paper, carbonless copy paper with an attribute that corresponds to a position of each page within the plurality of pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Harano