Patents Examined by Mark R. Milia
  • Patent number: 11528368
    Abstract: A method for an information processing apparatus searching for an image-processing device is provided. The method includes receiving a predetermined beacon transmitted from an image processing device, identifying an image processing device satisfying a predetermined condition based on the predetermined beacon among one or more image processing devices corresponding to the received predetermined beacon and issuing a request for a server certificate only to a identified device satisfying a predetermined condition about a position among one or more image processing devices found in a search by Bluetooth®.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shukei Kurihara
  • Patent number: 11528374
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a setting unit, a displaying unit, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The setting unit accepts designation of source information from a user and set the accepted source information in association with an object. The displaying unit displays the object. The receiving unit receives image data from an external apparatus. The printing unit prints an image on a sheet based on the image data received by the receiving unit. Upon selection of the object displayed on the displaying unit, the printing unit prints an image on a sheet based on the image data from among the image data received by the receiving unit, that is received from an external apparatus having source information corresponding to the source information associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kogure, Hiroaki Koike
  • Patent number: 11483448
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body memory, and a controller. A second upper limit information stored in the main body memory indicates an upper limit of a printable page number that the image forming apparatus is allowed to print in a state where the image forming apparatus is in an off-line state. A printed page number information stored in the main body memory indicates a printed page number printed in the off-line state. The controller is configured to: increment the printed page number information by one in a case where the one sheet of paper is printed on one side printing; and increment the printed page number information by two in a case where the one sheet is printed on double-sided printing. The controller is configured to determine whether the printed page number information is greater than or equal to the second upper limit page number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takatsugu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11477337
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a feed roller configured to feed a document, a transport roller disposed downstream of the feed roller and configured to transport the document downstream; a transport motor being a drive source of the transport roller; a reading unit disposed downstream of the transport roller and configured to read the document; and a control unit configured to control the reading unit and the transport motor, wherein the control unit is configured to obtain information on a document type and an inclination detection reference value for an inclination of image data set in accordance with the document type and obtained from the reading unit, and when the inclination of the image data exceeds the inclination detection reference value in accordance with the document type, the control unit stops the transport motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromichi Kitsuki
  • Patent number: 11461060
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable program instructions executable by a processor connected with an information processing device including a communication interface. The program instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive status information transmitted by a printer, via the communication interface, the status information including usage information regarding use of a particular member that deteriorates with use of the printer, generate notification information based on the usage information included in the received status information, the notification information including at least one of information representing that the particular member needs to be replaced or maintained and information representing that the printer needs to be replaced, and transmit the generated notification information to a device other than the printer via the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 11431860
    Abstract: At the time of registering an image in units of documents, which is obtained by performing multi-cropping processing for a scanned image, and value information extracted from each image in a database in association with each other, there is a case where it is not possible to extract the value information successfully because of an overlap between documents during a scan. In a case where this fact is noticed after registration, it becomes necessary for a user to perform the entire work from the beginning. In a case where there is a possibility that the value information is hidden by an overlap between documents during a scan or the like, a display is produced for prompting a user to scan the document again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11431859
    Abstract: Systems and methods relate generally to a document processing device. In an example method thereof, a document processing device is provided having a touch screen panel and configurable for touchless execution of a job. The job is performed with the document processing device with the touchless execution. The touchless execution includes: accessing a slide presentation mode; displaying a sequence of slides on the touch screen panel in the slide presentation mode; detecting paper accessible by a detection sensor of the document processing device; stopping at a slide of the sequence of slides responsive to a detection event of the detection sensor; pausing at the slide responsive to the detection event; and executing the job with the touchless execution responsive to persistence of the detection event by the detection sensor for a set duration during the pause.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Klyve-Orsy Ortiz Bantug
  • Patent number: 11416722
    Abstract: A recording control device that controls a recording device that discharges a dot to perform recording includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of an image represented by image data, and a recording control unit configured to generate dot data specifying the dot based on the image data and to cause the recording device to perform recording based on the dot data. The recording control unit causes an internal region, located on an inner side of an edge region including the edge of the image, to be recorded using a dot having a smaller size than that of a dot used for recording of the edge region, or to be dot-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Usui, Naoki Sudo, Yasutoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11405519
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a determination unit, a power mode setting unit, an input process unit, and a registration unit. The communication unit receives a communication packet. The determination unit determines whether the communication packet received by the communication unit in a second power mode of first and the second power modes meets at least one of a plurality of determination conditions included in determination condition information. The second power mode is lower in electric power consumption than the first power mode. The power mode setting unit switches a power mode from the second power mode to the first power mode on the basis of a result of determination performed by the determination unit. The input process unit receives user operation. The registration unit registers the determination conditions in the determination condition information on the basis of the user operation received by the input process unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumi Taguchi, Tsutomu Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11405523
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that executes a printing operation to print an image on a recording sheet, a HDD in which first authentication information for identifying a user is stored in advance, an operation device for receiving information inputted, and a control device. The control device causes the printing unit to print, on the recording sheet, a first status page including first information related to a charge arising from execution of the printing operation, when an instruction to print a status page indicating a printing status by the printing unit has been received, and the authentication information received through the operation device and the first authentication information stored in the HDD in advance have been accorded with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kosuke Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11394837
    Abstract: A system and a method using matrix barcode information to process documents are provided. A document-processing apparatus generates matrix barcode information and establishes a wireless link with a mobile apparatus through the matrix barcode information. When the document-processing apparatus establishes the wireless link with the mobile apparatus, the document-processing apparatus creates a file transfer zone, performs a corresponding automatic document-processing action, such as scanning or printing, according to a driving command received from the mobile apparatus, and exchanges the generated image information with the mobile apparatus through the file transfer zone. Given the matrix barcode information, the document-processing apparatus can be directly controlled by the mobile apparatus to achieve direct information exchange and enhanced efficiency and security of the document-processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AVISION INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheih Liao, Hung-Jen Lin, Chun-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 11392331
    Abstract: Provided is a print processing device including a processor configured to: use paper information including at least information of remaining amounts of a plural stack of continuous paper as information of the continuous paper and print processing information including information of print processes; and display information of at least one of executable print processes that are executable based on paper information of specific continuous paper including information of a remaining amount of the specific continuous paper among the plural stacks of continuous paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shogo Ishikawa, Megumi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Noguchi, Masatake Kawabe, Shingo Tajima, Bo Liu, Takashi Kikumoto
  • Patent number: 11394845
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes circuitry that binarizes image data, a memory, and a print engine unit that forms an image of the binarized image data. When the image data is low in resolution, the circuitry has the image data stored in the memory and thereafter performs on the image data, detection processing for detecting whether or not the image data includes a predetermined pattern before binarization processing. When the image data is high in resolution, the circuitry binarizes the image data, thereafter has the image data stored in the memory, thereafter further performs multivalue converting processing on the image data, and thereafter performs detection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hisashi Uchida
  • Patent number: 11372603
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to exert control in such a manner that, when the nonvolatile semiconductor storage device is notified of deleted file data and a trim command is to be executed, even if an operation on file data stored in the nonvolatile semiconductor storage device is performed in the state in which the operation state of the image forming apparatus is set to the power-saving state, the trim command is not executed on the nonvolatile semiconductor storage device in accordance with the operation performed on file data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Osugi, Shungo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11368601
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes; a plurality of network interfaces; a storage area for storing data; and a memory section that stores regulation information that defines a network interface permitted as an output path of data stored in the storage area in association with the storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11303773
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method for operating a printer apparatus that includes a print head. The method includes causing a media hub to retract a media in a retract direction along a media path. Further, the method includes causing a first media sensor to generate a first signal during retraction of the media. Furthermore, the method includes monitoring the first signal to detect at least one of a leading edge or a trailing edge of a label of the plurality of labels. Upon detecting the at least one of the leading edge or the trailing edge of the label, causing the media hub to retract the media by at least a predetermined distance, wherein the predetermined distance is a distance between the print head and the first media sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramanathan Alaganchetty, Boon Kheng Lim, Rajan Narayanaswami, Qibao Yu, Jian Zeng, Hongqiang Liu, Quanjin Shi, Zhiyong Zhu, Yun Huang, Xiaoming Yuan
  • Patent number: 11283938
    Abstract: A first communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a second communication apparatus, an image processing unit, and a control unit. The control unit generates the first image data from the RAW image data received from the second communication apparatus. In a case where the control unit determines that a performance of the second communication apparatus is equal to or higher than a predetermined performance, the control unit transmits the first image data to the second communication apparatus. In a case where the control unit determines that a performance of the second communication apparatus is lower than the predetermined performance, the control unit generates the second image data from the first image data, and transmits the generated second image data to the second communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Yoneda, Takahiro Kitsunai
  • Patent number: 11265436
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display panel, a sheet conveying passage, a reading unit, a light source, a chassis, and a controller. The reading unit includes a light transmitting plate and a conveying image sensor. The conveying image sensor reads a conveyed sheet, which is a sheet to print on. The chassis has a cleaning hole in which to insert a cleaning rod for rubbing the light-transmitting plate. In a maintenance mode, the controller turns on the light source, and makes the display panel display a graph showing the pixel values of the pixels included in conveyed-and-read image data acquired by reading with the conveying image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Katsuo Mikashima
  • Patent number: 11265439
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is used in a post-payment system based on a customer's electronic money, and includes an image forming section, a communication section, and a controller. The image forming section performs a printing operation of forming an image on a sheet. The communication section performs communication so as to acquire settlement information including information that identifies the customer. The controller controls the image forming section and the communication section. As to the printing operation performed after acquisition of the settlement information, the controller settles a printing fee with a discount in a unit price per sheet in a situation where a printed sheet count is a predetermined number or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11252286
    Abstract: In the case where a voice control device can communicate with a printing apparatus and a display apparatus, a user is provided with visual presentations of notifications on the display apparatus where print processing instructions are provided to the printing apparatus based on user instructions issued to the voice control device by voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Okamoto, Takuho Taguchi, Ryohei Saito