Patents Examined by Moustapha Diaby
  • Patent number: 11470207
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire an output target image to be formed and output. The circuitry is configured to generate an image for inspection from the output target image. The circuitry is configured to add a reference point image to an area of the image for inspection in a case in which the circuitry fails to set a reference point based on the image for inspection. The circuitry is configured to align the reference point added to the image for inspection and the reference point image of a read image of the output target image formed on a recording medium with the reference point image added in response to adding the reference point image to the image for inspection, to compare the image for inspection with the read image to perform inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Miyagawa, Tadashi Kitai
  • Patent number: 11470212
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor that detects a property of a specific sheet, and a processor configured to output information about a sheet that satisfies a set condition regarding a relationship with the property detected by the sensor. The sensor includes at least an infrared sensor that detects the property by emitting an infrared ray to a sheet or an electric sensor that detects the property on the basis of an electrical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kumiko Tanaka, Masao Omori
  • Patent number: 11468278
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit acquiring image data and ink data, the image data being obtained by digitizing, as an image, the fabric before the printing process is performed, the ink data indicating a type of the ink, a storage unit storing derivation data for deriving a recommended parameter for at least one of the pre-processing device and the post-processing device, and a control unit deriving, based on the derivation data, the recommended parameter from the image data and the ink data, wherein the derivation data includes first data and second data, the first data being configured to define a learned model learned by machine learning, the learned model being configured to, when the image data is input, output fabric data indicating a feature value of the fabric, the second data indicating a correspondence relationship between the fabric data and the ink data, and the recommended parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Aoki, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11463599
    Abstract: A communication apparatus configured not to execute displaying, based on the operation in the connection setting state being started, a screen for receiving an operation for stopping the operation in the connection setting state on a display unit of the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 11461600
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoko Shiraki
  • Patent number: 11431862
    Abstract: A portable terminal for controlling an apparatus includes: a display with a touchscreen; a vibrator that is configured to perform a vibration action of vibrating at least an operation surface of the touchscreen; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not the terminal is in a placed state of being placed on an object and causes the vibrator to perform the vibration action in response to a touch operation on the operation surface. When the terminal is in the placed state, the hardware processor causes the vibrator to perform the vibration action at first vibration intensity. When the terminal is not in the placed state, the hardware processor causes the vibrator to perform the vibration action at second vibration intensity that is lower than the first vibration intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yukio Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11425268
    Abstract: Exceeding a data bus limit is prevented by selecting a data transfer rate based on a color reading setting and other reading settings. An image processing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read a document, an image processing unit configured to process image data generated by reading the document with the reading unit, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the image data from the reading unit to the image processing unit further includes a reception unit configured to receive a color reading setting indicating whether the reading unit reads the document in color or monochrome and other reading settings and a selection unit configured to select an image data transfer rate of the transfer unit based on the color reading setting and the other reading setting received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taku Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11425270
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus may include a memory storing computer-executable instructions and a processor. The processor is to execute the computer-executable instructions to execute a service program management module of an application framework layer, according to a request of a user-defined service program having application service rights of an application layer, register a service provided by the user-defined service program in the service program management module, request an operation of a system service requiring system service rights of an operating system layer, and manage the registered service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hyoeun Kim, Juho Eum, Yunjong Lee
  • Patent number: 11418662
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording section configured to perform recording on a medium, a support tray configured to support the medium on which recording was performed, and a light emitter configured to illuminate a portion of the support tray exposed to the outside of the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Saito, Satoshi Yoshino, Takuro Furusawa
  • Patent number: 11418668
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; and a recording material information detecting apparatus provided outside the image forming apparatus, wherein the recording material information detecting apparatus includes a recording material information detector that detects recording material information about a recording material, and the image forming apparatus includes: an image former; an operation detector; and a hardware processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Sayaka Ogasawara, Hiroyuki Konishi
  • Patent number: 11416187
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first and a second information processing apparatus including a memory and one or more processors. In the first information processing apparatus, the processor is configured to acquire information on utilization of a resource utilized in the operation and cause the memory to store information, and with a condition satisfied with the information on the utilization of the resource, output to second information processing apparatus the information on the utilization of the resource from memory. In the second information processing apparatus, the processor is configured to cause the memory to store information on the utilization of the resource output from first information processing apparatus and select a solution responsive to the information on the utilization of the resource stored on the memory via artificial intelligence that has learned through machine learning to select the solution responsive to the information on the utilization of the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11410005
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a system consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the system may comprise a printing device including hardware to form markings on a print medium, a memory resource, and a controller to receive a print job to form the markings on the print medium, render a page description language of the print job to form the markings, determine an object type image of the print job, designate pixels of the determined object type image to form a covert dot pattern on the image, and adjust colors of the designated pixels to form the covert dot pattern on the markings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Shaw, Bradley R Larson
  • Patent number: 11405518
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a character recognition unit configured to perform character recognition processing for recognizing a character string included in image data, a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to store the image data in a folder including a name containing the character string acquired by the character recognition processing, and a reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a user. In a case where a result of the character recognition processing by the character recognition unit does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the transmission unit does not transmit the image data until the reception unit receives the instruction from the user. In a case where the result of the character recognition processing by the character recognition unit satisfies the predetermined condition, the transmission unit transmits the image data without receiving the instruction from the user by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shu Kumahashi
  • Patent number: 11405512
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a storage device, a display device, and a control device. The storage device stores a document image sequence in which a plurality of document images of original documents are arranged in chronological order. The control device functions as an editor, a converter, and a display controller. The editor performs edition processing on the document images forming the document image sequence. The converter converts the document image sequence edited by the editor to a moving image. The display controller allows the display device to display the document images forming the document image sequence in an image display area of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Marvin Joshua Chewchut
  • Patent number: 11399109
    Abstract: Setting conditions related to reading of an image of a document are registered in association with a user according to input by a user. When a user is identified, the priority order is determined so that a setting condition corresponding to the identified user is prioritized over a setting condition not corresponding to the user among the registered setting conditions, and the setting condition information indicating the setting conditions in the determined priority is displayed. The image is read under the setting condition based on the setting condition information selected according to the input by the user of the setting condition information indicating the displayed setting conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Taniyama, Rei Tsutsui, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Yuji Takase
  • Patent number: 11397879
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a print data generating section that generates print data of a color chart in which a plurality of patches are arranged and which includes an identification patch indicating a printing condition of a printing apparatus when the color chart is printed; and a printing control section that enables the printing apparatus to print the print data of the color chart that varies depending on the printing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobutada Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 11386313
    Abstract: The image formation control apparatus controls an image forming device to execute image forming on an image forming medium based on input image data by using a plurality of color materials including a plurality of chromatic color materials. An image formation control apparatus comprising: a table generating unit to generate a visibility improvement color table by performing color conversion into intermediate image data, performing histogram equalization processing on a brightness gradation value representing brightness of an image represented by the intermediate image data, and adjusting the brightness gradation value representing brightness of the intermediate image data; and an image formation control unit to generate an image forming job for performing the color conversion using the generated color table to form an image on an image forming medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Naoki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11388295
    Abstract: An operation input device includes: an operation panel unit which receives an operation input by a user touching a displayed operation key; a vibrating element installed at a specified position of the operation panel unit to vibrate the unit at least in one direction; and a vibration control section which causes the element to vibrate according to an operation input receiving condition on the panel unit. On the panel unit, operation keys are arranged more densely in a first region near the installed vibrating element than in a second region remote from the vibrating element, or keys which are more frequently used are arranged in the first region than in the second region. Alternatively, an operation key for user interfacing to set display of keys is arranged in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hisataka Funakawa
  • Patent number: 11381698
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exit tray, a printing unit, an output unit, and a control unit. A printing medium after printing is discharged to the exit tray. The printing unit performs printing of an image on the printing medium, and discharges the printing medium after printing to the exit tray. The output unit outputs information. The control unit causes the printing unit to stop the printing of the image on the printing medium, and causes the output unit to output alert information on discharge of the printing medium to the exit tray, if the number of printing media on the exit tray is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumasa Yasui, Masaya Arakawa, Ken Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11381697
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes a display. The information processing apparatus accepts user operations via a GUI (graphical user interface) displayed on the display. When the service ends, the forgotten item notification screen is displayed on the display. In the forgotten item notification screen, a forgotten item reminder unit is provided for reminding a user who left behind a reminder target item, including the property of the user used in connection with the service. An individual reminder section is provided in a forgotten item reminder unit, to give an individual reminder to prevent the occurrence of leaving behind of each reminder target item, for a first-type item for which retrieval cannot be detected and a second-type item for which retrieval can be detected but which has not been retrieved, from among the reminder target items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Saeda, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kohji Katamoto, Kohichi Murakami, Yasutomo Hayano