Patents Represented by Attorney Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
  • Patent number: 7971748
    Abstract: A flexible, silicone mold having a container and a peripheral rim that defines an opening to the container. Grasping zones are disposed along the rim and the grasping zones have sufficient dimensions to permit control of the geometry of the rim and also to permit control of the horizontal positions of the two grasping zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Mastrad SA
    Inventor: Mathieu Lion
  • Patent number: 7973829
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an image sensing apparatus capable of sensing an image in consideration of the influence of inserting/removing an optical filter, an image sensing method, a recording medium, and a program. To achieve this object, a brightness value calculation unit calculates the first brightness value representing the brightness of part or all of an object which is imaged on a CCD image sensing element. A brightness value correction unit calculates the second brightness value by correcting the first brightness value calculated by the brightness value calculation unit on the basis of the light reduction amount generated by inserting an ND filter. A system controller controls an optical system and signal processing in a DSP circuit by using the second brightness value calculated by the brightness value correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiro Udagawa
  • Patent number: 7971242
    Abstract: This invention provides a printing system which reduces cost while stably operating an authentication server function associated with a print process. To accomplish this, this invention relates to a printing system including a plurality of authentication servers, a client communicable with the authentication servers, and a printing apparatus. The client gains access with user authentication information, and outputs a print job containing response access restriction information. The authentication server issues access restriction information to the client. The printing apparatus holds decryption information to decrypt the encrypted access restriction information, and determines whether decryption information corresponding to an identifier is held. When determining that no corresponding decryption information is held, the printing apparatus obtains the decryption information, and performs verification based on the obtained or held decryption information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Tsuchitoi
  • Patent number: 7969598
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a scanning unit adapted to scan an image of a document, a detection unit adapted to detect a document type by analyzing image data of the document scanned by the scanning unit, a storage unit adapted to store a storage period for each document type, a calculation unit adapted to calculate an expiration date for storage of the image data based on the storage period corresponding to the document type detected by the detection unit, and a management control unit adapted to manage the image data based on the calculated expiration date for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Kishi, Junichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7969611
    Abstract: A display system and display control method for displaying an image based upon image data supplied from an image supply device or external storage unit. Information indicating whether editing of image data is allowed or not is appended to an image, the information is discriminated and display areas of images corresponding to the image data are displayed on a screen upon making the display areas appear different from each other in accordance with the information discriminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigehiro Kadota
  • Patent number: 7965666
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a control station and a child station. The child station decides a communication period between the child station and the control station in order to maintain a connection state in a power save mode. The decision of the communication period is performed in accordance with a predetermined wake-up period, a time-out value that maintains the connection state even when no communication is taking place, and a frame length that is a unit of the communication. The child station decides on the time-out value to be the communication period when the wake-up period is greater than the time-out period, and decides on the wake-up period to be the communication period when the wake-up period is less than or equal to the time-out period. The child station then transmits the decided communication period to the control station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihito Aoki
  • Patent number: 7965995
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for transmitting a message to at least one group of users selected from a population of the users. The method comprises the steps of assigning to each member of the one group a common characteristic or indication, collecting from each member of the population an address to which the message may be sent, selecting the common characteristic of a group of message recipients and determining therefrom the users of a particular group or groups based upon the selected common characteristic, whereby messages may be quickly and efficiently sent to all of the users of the selected group(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Shelley J. Spector
  • Patent number: 7965411
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for rendering graphics objects in a frame memory, which includes a line memory for storing dot image data for each scan line of the graphics objects, a deciding unit that decides a position of a difference pixel having different values of corresponding pixels between the scan line stored in the line memory and a target scan line immediately thereafter, and a difference updating unit that, of the dot image data stored in the line memory, updates a value of the difference pixel decided by the deciding unit to the value of the pixel in the target scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7961648
    Abstract: A determination is made as to whether a communication apparatus is a data sender or a data recipient and, based on the results of the determination, it is determined whether the apparatus constructs a network or joins a constructed network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetada Nago
  • Patent number: 7955069
    Abstract: To separate resin molded parts that are used for a push button switch member with less light leakage from the side faces and less trouble in key operation, easily, a resin molded body comprises one or more resin molded parts for a push button switch member, a frame surrounding the outside of the resin molded parts, one or more gates connecting a plurality of the resin molded parts each other or the resin molded part to the frame and one or more runners crossing the longitudinal direction of the gates, wherein the gates are connected at the back faces of the resin molded parts not to be coated with light shielding paint, and wherein the runners are connected to the gates on the same surfaces as the resin molded parts are connected to and are connecting the opposing sides of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakayama, Norio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7957038
    Abstract: This invention facilitates an operation required to restore a desired file from code information. To accomplish this, a printing apparatus prints code information generated by encoding a file on a first sheet set, and prints identification information required to identify the sheet on which the code information corresponding to the file is printed. A restoration apparatus scans the first and second sheet sets. The restoration apparatus specifies, based on the identification information on the second sheet set, a sheet on which code information corresponding to a desired file is printed. Furthermore, the restoration apparatus restores the desired file by decoding the code information printed on the specified sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Kamasuka, Fumio Shoji
  • Patent number: 7956822
    Abstract: This specification discloses a mounting mechanism for a display portion onto the head in which the movement range of a wearer is not restricted and it becomes possible to make the display portion follow the head. This mounting mechanism has a head mounting portion for mounting the display portion on the head, a weight supporting portion mounted on any other body portion than the head for supporting part of the weight of the head mounting portion, and a connecting member for connecting the head mounting portion and the weight supporting portion together so that the head mounting portion may be movable following the movement of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma
  • Patent number: 7952589
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus generates a memory address corresponding to a first memory, and interpolates data read out from the first memory. The data processing apparatus selects a part of the memory address, checks if the first memory stores data corresponding to the selected part of the memory address, and transfers the data, for which it is determined that the first memory does not store the data, and which corresponds to the part of the memory address, from a second memory to the first memory. The data processing apparatus determines to change a part to be selected of the memory address based on the checking result indicating that the first memory does not store the data corresponding to the selected part of the memory address, and changes the part of the memory address corresponding to the characteristics of the memory address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takayuki Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 7949243
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an anti-shake lens L3 shifting with respect to an optical axis AXL of an optical system, a movable lens L4 moving along the optical axis, a light intensity controlling member 5 controlling light intensity, first and second actuators including magnets 33a and 33b and coils 34a and 34b, respectively, which shifts the anti-shake lens to directions different from each other, a third actuator including a magnet 63 and a coil 54 which moves the movable lens, a fourth actuator 51 which operates the light intensity controlling member, and a barrel member 7 which contains the anti-shake lens, the movable lens, the light intensity controlling member, and the first to the fourth actuators. The first to the fourth actuators are disposed inside the barrel member so as not to overlap with one another when viewed in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7949124
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates private information used as one of an encryption key for encrypting data or a generation key for generating falsification detection information used in detecting falsification of data, comprises a storage unit adapted to prestore key information, an input unit adapted to input calculation target information, a calculating unit adapted to perform a calculation on targeted information based on the key information held in the storage unit, a detecting unit adapted to detect a predetermined event, and a control unit adapted, when triggered by detection of the event by the detecting unit, to perform controls to generate the private information by making the calculating unit perform the calculation with the input calculation target information as the targeted information, and to place the key information stored in the storage unit in an unusable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakamoto, Junichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7945118
    Abstract: This invention makes it possible to obtain an enlarged image while suppressing noise and maintaining the sharpness of an original image only by setting a simple enlargement ratio without no special knowledge. Original image data (Ia) is enlarged in accordance with a set enlargement ratio (E) to generate an enlarged image (IA). The enlarged image (IA) is smoothed by using a smoothing filter with a size depending on the enlargement ratio (E) to generate smoothed image data (IB). Difference image data (IC) is generated by calculating the difference between the enlarged image data (IA) and the smoothed image data (IB). The generated difference image data is multiplied by an emphasis coefficient. The product is added to the enlarged image data, thereby obtaining image data (IS) that has undergone enlargement/unsharp masking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hanamoto, Kiyoshi Kusama
  • Patent number: 7945150
    Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus is disclosed which is capable of restricting unnecessary focus control by an AF method other than the TV-AF method in the hybrid AF. The image-pickup apparatus includes a first detector which generates first information corresponding to a contrast state of a picked-up image, a second detector which detects second information differing from the first information and used for focus control, and a controller which performs focus processing that cyclically repeats first focus control using the first information and performs second focus control using the second information. In the focus processing, the controller is changed over between a state of restricting the second focus control and a state of allowing the second focus control, depending on a change amount of the contrast state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazunori Ishii
  • Patent number: 7939215
    Abstract: A fuel cell system with a fuel cell having an anode adapted to receive fuel and a cathode adapted to receive oxidant, an anode oxidizing assembly adapted to receive output of said anode and input oxidant and to output oxidant gas for said cathode, a fuel supply assembly including a first fuel flow control part, said fuel supply assembly being adapted to supply fuel to said anode at a flow rate that is equal to or less than a first flow rate, and a low flow bypass assembly which, upon the occurrence of a first condition of said fuel cell system, causes fuel supplied by said fuel supply part to bypass said first fuel flow control part and flow through said low flow bypass assembly so as to limit the flow rate of fuel being supplied to a second flow rate smaller than said first flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Fuel Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred C. Jahnke, Kirk Arneson, George Berntsen
  • Patent number: 7940295
    Abstract: On the basis of an image taken by a right image taking unit and/or an image taken by a left image taking unit, an imaging parameter common to the right and left image taking units is calculated. The calculated imaging parameter is set in the right and left image taking units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Takayama
  • Patent number: 7940320
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing unit that performs image sensing by converting incoming light into electrical signals, a control unit that controls driving of the image sensing unit so as to read out the electrical signals by each area of a plurality of areas of the image sensing unit, and a signal processing unit that processes the electrical signals read out by each of the plurality of areas. The control unit varies a horizontal cycle that drives the image sensing unit for each of the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Ise