Patents by Inventor Akinori Horiuchi

Akinori Horiuchi 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: 20230271438
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit which performs printing on a printing medium with a printing material, a first printing control unit which controls the printing unit to print, on a first side of the printing medium, an adjustment process pattern for an adjustment process for adjusting a position in which the printing material is printed, a second printing control unit which controls the printing unit to print the adjustment process pattern on a second side, which is a back side of the first side, after printing of the adjustment process pattern on the first side is completed, and a notification unit which executes a notification process for notifying information on execution of the adjustment process and identification information for suppressing a user from removing the printing medium with the adjustment process pattern printed on the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: AKINORI HORIUCHI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200244836
    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: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Patent number: 10652426
    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: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20190342467
    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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Patent number: 10375268
    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: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Patent number: 10169687
    Abstract: A printing apparatus determines whether or not predetermined processing in accordance with a predetermined shape of a medium is executed on an image of a printing target. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined processing is not executed on the image of the printing target, the printing apparatus executes the predetermined processing on the image of the printing target to perform printing. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined processing is executed on the image of the printing target, the printing apparatus prints the image of the printing target on which the predetermined processing is not executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Arata Miyagi, Nobuyuki Bannai, Takeshi Suzuki, Akinori Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20180338062
    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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Patent number: 10057456
    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 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20170318184
    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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Bannai, Akinori Horiuchi, Arata Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20170316289
    Abstract: A printing apparatus determines whether or not predetermined processing in accordance with a predetermined shape of a medium is executed on an image of a printing target. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined processing is not executed on the image of the printing target, the printing apparatus executes the predetermined processing on the image of the printing target to perform printing. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined processing is executed on the image of the printing target, the printing apparatus prints the image of the printing target on which the predetermined processing is not executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Arata Miyagi, Nobuyuki Bannai, Takeshi Suzuki, Akinori Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 9179036
    Abstract: Image data corresponding to a plurality of documents placed on a document plate is individually output. In this case, if an inclined document is included in the documents, the document is output after being subjected to inclination correction. However, if a document which does not accept the inclination correction is included, documents other than the document are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akinori Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 8509573
    Abstract: When a plurality of images are combined together, a positioning error can occur. To correct positioning error, the images may be displayed on a display, and a user may specify a correction value using an operation device. However, in a case where the operation device does not have high performance or the display does not have a screen large enough to provide sufficiently high viewability, the correction of the positioning error is difficult. In the present invention, in view of the above, a sheet is printed and a user describes on the sheet a correction value in terms of relative position of a plurality of images stored in a memory. The sheet is read by a reading apparatus, and an image obtained is analyzed to determine the specified correction value. The relative position of the plurality of images stored in the memory is corrected based on the determined correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akinori Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 8310725
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20120268760
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 8237987
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20120154875
    Abstract: Image data corresponding to a plurality of documents placed on a document plate is individually output. In this case, if an inclined document is included in the documents, the document is output after being subjected to inclination correction. However, if a document which does not accept the inclination correction is included, documents other than the document are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akinori Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 7990555
    Abstract: According to a print system, a printer supplies function information of the printer to a DSC based on a communication link between the DSC and the printer, and the DSC establishes a UI based on the supplied function information to display it on the DSC. The DSC converts image data of an image file according to print conditions set up based on the UI and the function information of the printer and transmits the converted image file to the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Kato, Futoshi Sasaki, Ryuichi Kobayashi, Nobuo Onuma, Ruriko Mikami, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiro Udagawa, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7920284
    Abstract: A procedure that confirms the presence or absence of support for standardized capabilities is present in transmissions to an image-providing apparatus having a photo-direct print capability and an image-printing apparatus, for example. The procedure is used to exchange information relating to the presence or absence of support for a service that provides a cooperative capability separate from the standardized capabilities, making it possible to use non-standard capabilities while maintaining compatibility with devices that do not support the service that provides the cooperative capability separate from the standardized capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akitoshi Yamada, Masao Kato, Akinori Horiuchi, Futoshi Sasaki, Takashi Gyotoku
  • Publication number: 20100195156
    Abstract: When a plurality of images are combined together, a positioning error can occur. To correct positioning error, the images may be displayed on a display, and a user may specify a correction value using an operation device. However, in a case where the operation device does not have high performance or the display does not have a screen large enough to provide sufficiently high viewability, the correction of the positioning error is difficult. In the present invention, in view of the above, a sheet is printed and a user describes on the sheet a correction value in terms of relative position of a plurality of images stored in a memory. The sheet is read by a reading apparatus, and an image obtained is analyzed to determine the specified correction value. The relative position of the plurality of images stored in the memory is corrected based on the determined correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akinori Horiuchi