Patents Examined by Ibrahim Siddo
  • System and method for printing customized items
    Patent number: 11113589
    Abstract: A printing system and method of printing are provided herein. The printing system may generate custom user designs for printing. The designs may be associated with a selected print medium. The print medium may have a particular layout. The printing system may convert the design for printing on other print media without requiring user alteration or input of the design. In another aspect, the printing system may facilitate printing the designs via local printers and/or via professional printers. Accordingly, printing of designs on different print-receptive media items can be accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CCL LABEL, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Person, Alan Porter, Brad Nelson, Phillip McGee
  • Method of providing voice command and electronic device supporting the same
    Patent number: 11114099
    Abstract: An electronic device, a method, and a chip set are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one of audio feature data of audio data and speech recognition data obtained by speech recognition of audio data; and a control module connected to the memory, wherein the control module is configured to update a voice command that is set to execute a function through voice, the function being selected based on at least one of the audio feature data, the speech recognition data, and function execution data executed in relation to the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chakladar Subhojit, Sang Hoon Lee, Ji Min Lee
  • Platform selection for performing requested actions in audio-based computing environments
    Patent number: 11107470
    Abstract: Systems and methods of selecting digital platforms for execution of voice-based commands are provided. The system receives an application that performs an action associated with a service via digital platforms. The system debugs the application to validate parameters of the action on at least two platforms of the digital platforms. The system receives data packets comprising an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a client device, and parses the input audio signal to identify the action and the service. The system selects a first platform from the digital platforms to perform the action. The system initiates, responsive to selection of the first platform, an interactive data exchange to populate parameters of an action data structure corresponding to the action. The system executes the action via the selected platform using the action data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Chad Ward, Bogdan Caprita, Yilei Wang
  • Added output functions for saved jobs on multi-function devices
    Patent number: 11106398
    Abstract: A method for executing a function on a saved job stored on a multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the method is executed by a processor and includes receiving a selection of the saved job stored on the MFD, presenting an option to print and at least one additional output function, receiving a selection of the at least one additional output function, and executing the output function on the saved job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Nazzaro, Sanja Pstrocki-Porras
  • Reading apparatus
    Patent number: 11095791
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a document placement plate, a reader, a driving device, a cover, and a controller, is provided. The cover includes an alignment part and a protrusive part. The protrusive part includes an uneven surface and first and second edges forming outer edges of the uneven surface extending in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction, respectively. The controller is configured control the driving device to move the reader in the sub-scanning direction and the reader while being moved to read the protrusive part, and detect the first edge and the second edge in image data of the protrusive part read by the reader based on an image of the uneven surface and determine a reading range for the reader in the document placement plate based on positions of the first edge and the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazushi Shumiya, Kentaro Aoyama, Seiya Sato, Kunihiro Amano, Jie Zheng
  • Platform selection for performing requested actions in audio-based computing environments
    Patent number: 11087761
    Abstract: Systems and methods of selecting digital platforms for execution of voice-based commands are provided. The system receives an application that performs an action associated with a service via digital platforms. The system debugs the application to validate parameters of the action on at least two platforms of the digital platforms. The system receives data packets comprising an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a client device, and parses the input audio signal to identify the action and the service. The system selects a first platform from the digital platforms to perform the action. The system initiates, responsive to selection of the first platform, an interactive data exchange to populate parameters of an action data structure corresponding to the action. The system executes the action via the selected platform using the action data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Chad Ward, Bogdan Caprita, Yilei Wang
  • Voice interaction device, control method for voice interaction device, and non-transitory recording medium storing program
    Patent number: 11074915
    Abstract: A voice interaction device includes a processor configured to recognize an utterance content from data of voice of a speaker. The processor is configured to perform voice interaction with the speaker by repeating a process of generating data of an utterance sentence based on the utterance content of the speaker and outputting the data of an utterance sentence by voice. The processor is configured to generate the data of the utterance sentence for inquiring about conditions of the speaker and to output the data of the utterance sentence by voice during execution of the voice interaction with the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ko Koga
  • Cutting device, printer and method for detecting operation error
    Patent number: 11066266
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a cutter, a drive mechanism, a counting module, a determination module, and a detection module. The cutter has a movable piece that is configured to cut a medium. The drive mechanism is configured to change a position or posture of the movable piece. The counting module is configured to count a number of times the position or posture of the movable piece changes. The determination module is configured to variably determine a reference speed according to the number of times. The detection module is configured to detect an operation error of the cutter according to a comparison result between a speed at which the position or posture of the movable piece is changed and the reference speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noriaki Harada
  • Communication device and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 11064089
    Abstract: A communication device includes a first holding unit which holds a disk-like first recording medium capable of storing information and a second holding unit which holds a second recording medium which is different from the first recording medium. The communication device further includes a request reception unit configured to receive a request for information indicating a recording medium which is usable by the communication device from a terminal device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the first recording medium and information indicating the second recording medium held by the second holding unit to the terminal device when the request is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Information-processing device executing selective one of swap mode and copy mode
    Patent number: 11062186
    Abstract: In an information-processing device, a controller operates according to setting information. The controller executes selective one of a swap mode and a copy mode. The swap mode is for moving the setting information from one device to another device. The copy mode is for copying the setting information from one device to one or more devices. While a removable medium is connected to the input-output interface: the controller performs; in a swap-mode case where the swap mode is executed, storing in the removable medium the setting information currently stored in the memory and overwriting the setting information in the memory to prescribed initial setting information; and in a copy-mode case where the copy mode is executed, storing in the removable medium the setting information currently stored in the memory while maintaining the current setting information in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinsuke Kaigawa
  • Label cost saving function
    Patent number: 11055034
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method and system for modifying given layout data on the basis of predetermined parameters for reducing unused white areas in accordance with a given printing layout. The invention is particularly applicable in the framework of label and tag printers employing continuous media. On the one hand, the reduction of unused white areas can lead to an overall reduction in the paper size, thus rendering the labels more environmentally friendly. On the other hand, the layout can also be improved, leading to a better usage of the available space for printing data thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Bengt Pettersson, Mats Hedberg, Taisaku Ota
  • Image processing apparatus, control method for image processing apparatus, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11057532
    Abstract: In response to a start of a pinch-out operation in a first display area displaying a preview image, display is switched from a first display mode to a second display mode, and in a case where a pinch-in operation in the first display area ends and a display size of the preview image reaches a predetermined threshold, the display is switched from the second display mode to the first display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohei Shogaki
  • Information control apparatus, print system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 11050896
    Abstract: An information control apparatus controls a printer device. The printer device performs printing on a sheet fed from a sheet feeder in accordance with a print instruction. The information control apparatus includes a controller. In a case in which the printer device outputs a check sheet while the print instruction is being executed, if a sheet to be used as the check sheet is a prohibited type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet, the controller performs control so that the prohibited type of sheet will be switched to a sheet which is preset as a substitute type of sheet and the sheet feeder will feed the sheet preset as the substitute type of sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Hisao Komazawa, Hideo Kato, Shingo Ichijima
  • Display apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
    Patent number: 11050892
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display surface that displays information; and a display unit that, in response to a motion to move or place a mobile information terminal closer to or on the display surface, displays a first operation in which a first image is moved from the mobile information terminal to the display surface and displayed on the display surface, or a second operation in which a second image displayed on the display surface is moved from the display surface to the mobile information terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Eriko Ikeda, Xiaojing Zhang, Hiroo Seki
  • Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program
    Patent number: 11050893
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for displaying, on a display, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to a plurality of display data includes an input operation receiver that receives an input operation of entering a setting value for at least one of a position and a magnification of a plurality of thumbnails images, and a display switcher that switches a display of a target thumbnail image out of the plurality of display data to a display of a thumbnail image set based on the entered setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Imayoshi
  • Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 11042334
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a collecting unit that, when a predetermined transmission condition is established after a start of an operation of the information processing apparatus, collects information related to an operational environment of the information processing apparatus, and a transmitting unit that transmits the collected information to an image forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Abe, Fumiyoshi Kawase, Takashi Sakamoto, Masaharu Shimojima, Tsukasa Tsushima
  • Intelligent digital assistant in a multi-tasking environment
    Patent number: 11037565
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a first speech input from a user. The method further includes identifying context information and determining a user intent based on the first speech input and the context information. The method further includes determining whether the user intent is to perform a task using a searching process or an object managing process. The searching process is configured to search data, and the object managing process is configured to manage objects. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination the user intent is to perform the task using the searching process, performing the task using the searching process; and in accordance with the determination that the user intent is to perform the task using the object managing process, performing the task using the object managing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aram D. Kudurshian, Bronwyn Jones, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Harry J. Saddler
  • Display device, printing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 11039040
    Abstract: A display device includes an obtainer and a display controller. The obtainer obtains information on at least one special color to be printed, the information being information on the at least one special color with respect to at least one basic color. The display controller performs control to display a portion where the at least one special color is to be printed in accordance with a color value corresponding to a degree of transparency obtained from the information on the at least one special color, which is obtained by the obtainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Yuta Kobayashi
  • Information processing apparatus recording job execution history, information processing method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11012590
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus saves log information related to an executed job, and includes a determination unit that determines one of at least a first mode and a second mode as a saving mode for the log information, based on setting by a user, and a saving control unit that saves log information including information about a plurality of items related to an executed job, in a case where the first mode is determined as the saving mode, and saves log information not including information about a predetermined first item and including information about a second item different from the first item, among the plurality of items related to the executed job, in a case where the second mode is determined as the saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noritsugu Okayama
  • Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 11010108
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a collecting unit that, when a predetermined transmission condition is established after a start of an operation of the information processing apparatus, collects information related to an operational environment of the information processing apparatus, and a transmitting unit that transmits the collected information to an image forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Abe, Fumiyoshi Kawase, Takashi Sakamoto, Masaharu Shimojima, Tsukasa Tsushima