Patents by Inventor Daijiro Miyamoto

Daijiro Miyamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 9924060
    Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The apparatus sets a naming rule for an image file and determines whether or not the set naming rule satisfies a predetermined condition. If it is determined that the naming rule does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus warns a user. On the other hand, if it is determined that the naming rule satisfies the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus generates a file name of the image file in accordance with the set naming rule, and stores the image file with the file name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuta Mori, Makiya Tamura, Daijiro Miyamoto, Natsuki Kato
  • Patent number: 9742932
    Abstract: To make it possible to appropriately determine whether to register a number in an address book for fax data from the number not registered in the address book. A fax data management system including: a management unit configured to, in the case where a fax number of received fax data is not registered in address book data, in which a name and a fax number of a source of transmission are registered in association with each other, manage information including at least the fax number of the received fax data as unregistered address information; a display unit configured to display the unregistered address information and an image corresponding to the received fax data of which the fax number is not registered in the address book data; and a registration unit configured to register a fax number selected from the unregistered address information in the address book data, the registered fax number being associated with a name of the source of transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Natsuki Kato, Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9648200
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a memory unit configured to store an address book to be used for setting a transmission destination of image data, a receiving unit configured to receive the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name that is registered in the address book in association with information of a transmission source of the image data received by the receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set a folder path for a plurality of hierarchies which includes a folder with the name acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the receiving unit in a folder indicated by the folder path that is set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuta Mori, Fumitoshi Ito, Daijiro Miyamoto, Makiya Tamura, Natsuki Kato, Shuuhei Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9635214
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a storage unit configured to store an address book to be used to set a transmission destination of image data, a reception unit configured to receive image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name registered in the address book in association with transmission source information of the image data received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a filename using the name acquired by the acquisition unit to the image data received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the filename is set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuuhei Kawakami, Ryuta Mori, Makiya Tamura, Natsuki Kato, Fumitoshi Ito, Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20160316075
    Abstract: To make it possible to appropriately determine whether to register a number in an address book for fax data from the number not registered in the address book. A fax data management system including: a management unit configured to, in the case where a fax number of received fax data is not registered in address book data, in which a name and a fax number of a source of transmission are registered in association with each other, manage information including at least the fax number of the received fax data as unregistered address information; a display unit configured to display the unregistered address information and an image corresponding to the received fax data of which the fax number is not registered in the address book data; and a registration unit configured to register a fax number selected from the unregistered address information in the address book data, the registered fax number being associated with a name of the source of transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Natsuki Kato, Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20160219162
    Abstract: An MFP displays a screen including a list of a part of a plurality of folders and an index key. When the index key is operated, the screen is updated so that a folder having a name starting from a first character from among the plurality of folders is displayed. When the same index key is operated again, the screen is updated so that a folder having a name starting from a second character subsequent to the first folder from among the plurality of folders is displayed. Image data generated by reading an image on a document is stored in a selected folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9336221
    Abstract: An MFP displays a screen including a list of a part of a plurality of folders and an index key. When the index key is operated, the screen is updated so that a folder having a name starting from a first character from among the plurality of folders is displayed. When the same index key is operated again, the screen is updated so that a folder having a name starting from a second character subsequent to the first folder from among the plurality of folders is displayed. Image data generated by reading an image on a document is stored in a selected folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20160065782
    Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The apparatus sets a naming rule for an image file and determines whether or not the set naming rule satisfies a predetermined condition. If it is determined that the naming rule does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus warns a user. On the other hand, if it is determined that the naming rule satisfies the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus generates a file name of the image file in accordance with the set naming rule, and stores the image file with the file name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ryuta Mori, Makiya Tamura, Daijiro Miyamoto, Natsuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20160004713
    Abstract: A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes specifying a folder for storing a file among a plurality of folders, displaying character string candidates for setting a file name of a file based on a folder path of the specified folder, selecting a character string from a plurality of displayed character strings, and setting the selected character string as the file name of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Daijiro Miyamoto, Makiya Tamura, Natsuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20160006900
    Abstract: To facilitate document read setting suitable for storage folder, a method for controlling an image processing apparatus includes generating image data indicating an image of an original read by a reading unit, designating a folder to store the generated image data, acquiring a read setting corresponding to the designated folder, and reading the image of the original in accordance with the acquired read setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Natsuki Kato, Daijiro Miyamoto, Makiya Tamura
  • Patent number: 9091992
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on a preprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by a reading unit is a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet. The image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on an unprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by the reading unit is not a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makiya Tamura, Daijiro Miyamoto, Megumi Saito, Tadanori Nakatsuka, Naoya Kakutani
  • Patent number: 9016688
    Abstract: A system comprises a conveying unit configured to convey an original, a reading unit configured to read the original that is being conveyed by the conveying unit, a printing unit configured to print an image on a paper based on an image of the original read by the reading unit, a determination unit configured to determine an orientation of the original according to the image obtained by reading the original with the reading unit, and a deciding unit configured to decide an orientation of an image that is to be printed on the original, according to the orientation of the original determined by the determination unit, wherein the printing unit prints the image on the original, in the orientation of the image decided by the deciding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daijiro Miyamoto, Makiya Tamura
  • Publication number: 20150077814
    Abstract: An MFP displays a screen including a list of a part of a plurality of folders and an index key. When the index key is operated, the screen is updated so that a folder having a name starting from a first character from among the plurality of folders is displayed. When the same index key is operated again, the screen is updated so that a folder having a name starting from a second character subsequent to the first folder from among the plurality of folders is displayed. Image data generated by reading an image on a document is stored in a selected folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8941855
    Abstract: A user has manually registered expenses generated due to use of an MFP, which causes a problem of burdensome registration work. An image processing apparatus for registering expense information in an expense management apparatus, includes a requesting unit configured to request authentication of a user to the expense management apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of matter information of the user authenticated by the expense management apparatus, a selection unit configured to select one of the pieces of matter information acquired by the acquisition unit, a job execution unit configured to execute a job using hardware resources included in the image processing apparatus, and a registration unit configured to register expense information based on the job executed by the job execution unit as expense information of the matter information selected by the selection unit in the expense management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20140293362
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a storage unit configured to store an address book to be used to set a transmission destination of image data, a reception unit configured to receive image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name registered in the address book in association with transmission source information of the image data received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a filename using the name acquired by the acquisition unit to the image data received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the filename is set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuuhei Kawakami, Ryuta Mori, Makiya Tamura, Natsuki Kato, Fumitoshi Ito, Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20140293361
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a memory unit configured to store an address book to be used for setting a transmission destination of image data, a receiving unit configured to receive the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name that is registered in the address book in association with information of a transmission source of the image data received by the receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set a folder path for a plurality of hierarchies which includes a folder with the name acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the receiving unit in a folder indicated by the folder path that is set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuta Mori, Fumitoshi Ito, Daijiro Miyamoto, Makiya Tamura, Natsuki Kato, Shuuhei Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8773460
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first selection unit configured to select a first object from a plurality of objects displayed on an operation screen, a second selection unit configured to select a second object which is an object different from the first object and is used as a reference when the drawing order of the first object is changed, a drawing order determination unit configured to determine whether the first object is drawn in front of the second object when the first and second objects are drawn according to the drawing order of the plurality of objects, and a drawing order changing unit configured to change the drawing order of the plurality of objects so that the first object is drawn behind the second object if the drawing order determination unit determines that the first object is drawn in front of the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8631320
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which performs variable printing processing to print by inserting different contents data into a variable area of document data for each predetermined unit. The apparatus sets variable area information for defining at least a position and size of a variable area laid out in document data and creates output data in which the variable area containing the contents data is laid out in each document page in accordance with the variable area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daijiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20130294795
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on a preprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by a reading unit is a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet. The image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on an unprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by the reading unit is not a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makiya Tamura, Daijiro Miyamoto, Megumi Saito, Tadanori Nakatsuka, Naoya Kakutani
  • Publication number: 20130292898
    Abstract: A system comprises a conveying unit configured to convey an original; a reading unit configured to read the original that is being conveyed by the conveying unit; a printing unit configured to print an image on a paper based on an image of the original read by the reading unit; a determination unit configured to determine an orientation of the original according to the image obtained by reading the original with the reading unit; and a deciding unit configured to decide an orientation of an image that is to be printed on the original, according to the orientation of the original determined by the determination unit; wherein the printing unit prints the image on the original, in the orientation of the image decided by the deciding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daijiro Miyamoto, Makiya Tamura