Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kashioka
Atsushi Kashioka 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).
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Patent number: 8994979Abstract: A print relay system determines whether a printing function (capability) of an image forming apparatus corresponding to user authority setting has been registered in a printing service. Having determined that the printing function has been registered, the print relay system enables other users having the same authority to share the printing function (capability) of the image forming apparatus registered in the printing service.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 8711414Abstract: When information about an image forming apparatus is registered in a print service environment, to perform reservation printing, a relay virtual printer determines whether a print job acquired from a print service is reserved, and reserves a print job as a reservation print target after a user selects a bookmarklet and issues an instruction to perform the reservation printing.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 8688656Abstract: User characteristic information acquired from the login information of a user is stored as attribute information associated with the document information of a registered document. In accordance with login of the user, a document associated with the acquired user characteristic information is acquired based on the acquired user characteristic information and the stored user characteristic information. A display content to display pieces of information for identifying the acquired document is created. As the attribute information of the document, a weight representing the relevance between the document and each of a plurality of items included in the user characteristic information is stored in association with each other. A display content to classify, based on the weight of each item, the pieces of information for identifying the acquired document and display the information is created.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 8610922Abstract: Upon a user selecting and associating document data and a digital multifunction peripheral on a computer screen, the document data associated with the selected digital multifunction peripheral is searched for, scan settings using the document data as model data are extracted, and the extracted scan settings, as well as information as to a storage location of the document data are transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral, in order to request button registration. The digital multifunction peripheral receiving the request presets the received scan settings, registers a scan and transmit button using the received storage location as a transmission destination, and displays it through a user interface. Upon pressing the scan and transmit button, a document is scanned with the scan settings associated therewith and the acquired document data is transmitted to the transmission destination associated with the scan and transmit button.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 8508762Abstract: An image processing apparatus which imposes a usage restriction on an included function according to access control information for each user, and executes processing for a permitted user, comprises a setting unit which sets a condition required to release the usage restriction of the included function; a determination unit which determines whether or not a processing request from a user to a usage-restricted function satisfies the condition required to release the usage restriction; a generation unit which generates, when the determination unit determines that the processing request satisfies the condition required to release the usage restriction, restriction release information required to temporarily release a restriction of the usage-restricted function; and an execution unit which releases the restriction of the usage-restricted function based on the restriction release information generated by the generation unit, and executes processing by the function.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 8446616Abstract: An image-processing method for an image-forming apparatus communicating with a peripheral device is disclosed. The method includes scanning a document; generating data corresponding to the scanned document; obtaining data held by the peripheral device; forming display data for displaying the generated data and the data obtained from the peripheral device in association with each other; and sending the formed display data to an external information-processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20120268769Abstract: A print relay system determines whether a printing function (capability) of an image forming apparatus corresponding to user authority setting has been registered in a printing service. Having determined that the printing function has been registered, the print relay system enables other users having the same authority to share the printing function (capability) of the image forming apparatus registered in the printing service.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20120218599Abstract: When information about an image forming apparatus is registered in a print service environment, to perform reservation printing, a relay virtual printer determines whether a print job acquired from a print service is reserved, and reserves a print job as a reservation print target after a user selects a bookmarklet and issues an instruction to perform the reservation printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 8055998Abstract: A main control unit determines whether or not a previous version with which comparison is to be made exists regarding a document stored in a session storage unit. Next, confirmation is made regarding whether or not there is difference between both compared objects, and the control unit determines whether or not there is difference. The main control unit then executes an action embedded in the attributes of the object data. The object data with difference that has been saved in the session information storage unit is saved in a document information storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20110176169Abstract: If it is determined that a function of an image forming apparatus is unrealizable, a generation unit generates screen information indicating that a service cannot be provided to a user. The screen information generated by the generation unit is transmitted to a client apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20110083137Abstract: An application cooperation method comprises: a holding step of holding correspondence between functions provided by applications and operation categories which categorize operation contents for the object by the functions provided by the applications; an acquisition step of acquiring an object managed by a first application, and acquiring an operation authority of a user for the object managed by the first application; an object information management step of storing and managing, as object information, the object and the operation authority for the object acquired in the acquisition step in the storage unit; and a determination step of determining whether or not operation categories held in the holding step in correspondence with functions of a second application which processes the object managed as the object information in the object information management step are permitted for the operation authority for the object managed as the object information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20100259778Abstract: An image processing apparatus which imposes a usage restriction on an included function according to access control information for each user, and executes processing for a permitted user, comprises a setting unit which sets a condition required to release the usage restriction of the included function; a determination unit which determines whether or not a processing request from a user to a usage-restricted function satisfies the condition required to release the usage restriction; a generation unit which generates, when the determination unit determines that the processing request satisfies the condition required to release the usage restriction, restriction release information required to temporarily release a restriction of the usage-restricted function; and an execution unit which releases the restriction of the usage-restricted function based on the restriction release information generated by the generation unit, and executes processing by the function.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 7747036Abstract: In this invention, reading conditions for registration are determined in accordance with a document. This allows a user to read a document under recommended reading conditions without any special knowledge, and register the document in a predetermined server after performing anti-tampering processing on the document. For this purpose, a document is read by prescan in accordance with predetermined conditions, and information embedded in a predetermined marker in the read image data is extracted. On the basis of the extracted embedded information, reading condition information of the document is acquired. In accordance with the acquired conditions, the document is read by main scan. After that, at least one of electronic signature information and time stamp information is added to the image data obtained by the main scan. And the added image data are transmitted to and registered in a predetermined server on a network.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20100007928Abstract: Upon a user selecting and associating document data and a digital multifunction peripheral on a computer screen, the document data associated with the selected digital multifunction peripheral 20 is searched for, scan settings using the document data as model data are extracted, and the extracted scan settings as well as information as to a storage location of the document data are transmitted to the digital multifunction peripheral, in order to request button registration. The digital multifunction peripheral receiving the request presets the received scan settings, registers a scan and transmit button using the received storage location as a transmission destination, and displays it through a user interface. Upon pressing the scan and transmit button, a document is scanned in the scan settings associated therewith and the acquired document data is transmitted to the transmission destination associated with the scan and transmit button.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20090287993Abstract: A main control unit determines whether or not a previous version with which comparison is to be made exists regarding a document stored in a session storage unit. Next, confirmation is made regarding whether or not there is difference between both compared objects, and the control unit determines whether or not there is difference. The main control unit then executes an action embedded in the attributes of the object data. The object data with difference that has been saved in the session information storage unit is saved in a document information storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20090198680Abstract: User characteristic information acquired from the login information of a user is stored as attribute information associated with the document information of a registered document. In accordance with login of the user, a document associated with the acquired user characteristic information is acquired based on the acquired user characteristic information and the stored user characteristic information. A display content to display pieces of information for identifying the acquired document is created. As the attribute information of the document, a weight representing the relevance between the document and each of a plurality of items included in the user characteristic information is stored in association with each other. A display content to classify, based on the weight of each item, the pieces of information for identifying the acquired document and display the information is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20070297017Abstract: An image-processing method for an image-forming apparatus communicating with a peripheral device is disclosed. The method includes scanning a document; generating data corresponding to the scanned document; obtaining data held by the peripheral device; forming display data for displaying the generated data and the data obtained from the peripheral device in association with each other; and sending the formed display data to an external information-processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 7304759Abstract: A FAX document image is acquired from an external device having a FAX receiving function, a telephone number of a transmission source of the FAX document image is acquired, a folder of a document management system as a destination of registration is automatically determined based on a mapping table showing a mapping between the telephone number of the transmission source and the registration destination folder, and the acquired telephone number of the transmission source, the FAX document image is registered in the folder of the document management system as the destination of registration in a way that attaches an index to the FAX document image.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2002Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Kiyono, Naoyuki Matsumoto, Naobumi Fukudome, Atsushi Kashioka
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Publication number: 20060265242Abstract: In this invention, reading conditions for registration are determined in accordance with a document. This allows a user to read a document under recommended reading conditions without any special knowledge, and register the document in a predetermined server after performing anti-tampering processing on the document. For this purpose, a document is read by prescan in accordance with predetermined conditions, and information embedded in a predetermined marker in the read image data is extracted. On the basis of the extracted embedded information, reading condition information of the document is acquired. In accordance with the acquired conditions, the document is read by main scan. After that, at least one of electronic signature information and time stamp information is added to the image data obtained by the main scan. And the added image data are transmitted to and registered in a predetermined server on a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kashioka
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Patent number: 7095889Abstract: A monochromatic image signal is made from a color image signal. Values of brightness of pixels in a color border region of a type where two color regions which are small in brightness difference and large in chromaticity difference are positioned side by side are changed to new values different from those represented by the image signal component for the pixel of the color image signal, and a monochromatic image signal is generated with values of brightness of pixels in the color border region set to the new values and values of brightness of pixels in regions other than the color border region set to those as represented by the image signal components for the pixels of the color image signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventor: Atsushi Kashioka