Patents by Inventor Hajime Futatsugi
Hajime Futatsugi 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: 10346427Abstract: In a method for writing data having been subjected to transaction processing in a synchronization source database to data in a synchronization destination database, a synchronization processing management unit of the synchronization destination database requests, as synchronization target data, first data that is a part of the data having been subjected to the transaction processing from the synchronization source database, receives at least the first data from the synchronization source database, performs first synchronization processing on the first data in a cache memory, and performs second synchronization processing on second data, in the synchronization destination database, which has been processed in a same transaction as a transaction in which the first data has been processed in the synchronization source database.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 9552443Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a search execution unit configured to execute a search on the basis of a search condition, an item specification unit configured to specify particular data as an item from data included in a result of the search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of the search condition, an item storage unit configured to store the item specified by the item specification unit in a storage apparatus, a search result generation unit configured to generate a search result without data overlap on the basis of data included in a result of a search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of a new search condition and the item stored in the storage apparatus, and a search result display unit configured to display the search result generated by the search result generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20160377446Abstract: The number of times of designation with respect to a position on a map is counted, and the number of times of designation is managed in association with the position and the map. If the number of times of designation with respect to a position of interest on the map exceeds a threshold value, a position that is managed in association with a large-area map including an area shown by the map is specified, and an object in the specified position on the large-area map is highlighted on the large-area map.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20160349972Abstract: There is provided a data browse apparatus that can improve visibility by controlling a display content regarding data having a high degree of correlation with an instruction direction among pieces of data on a browse screen. The data browse apparatus includes a data direction acquisition unit configured to acquire a direction indicated by data expressing a path as a data direction, an instruction direction acquisition unit configured to acquire a direction in a space of the data as an instruction direction, a relationship acquisition unit configured to acquire a relationship between the data direction and the instruction direction, and a display control unit configured to perform display control so as to make a difference in display content among a plurality of pieces of the data based on the relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Kunihiko Miyoshi, Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 9471911Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method composites and displays a map image at a designated scale and an object associated with the map image at the designated scale. The apparatus and method count the number of times of designation with respect to a position on a map, and manage the number of times of designation in association with the position and the map. If the number of times of designation with respect to a position of interest on the map exceeds a threshold value, a position that is managed in association with a large-area map including an area shown by the map is specified, and an object in the specified position on the large-area map is highlighted on the large-area map.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 9189499Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a first metadata value of first metadata from a content to be assigned metadata, performs a first search from contents by the first metadata using the first metadata value as a search condition, acquires a second metadata value of second metadata different from the first metadata from one or more contents included in a set of a result of the first search, performs a second search from the contents by the second metadata using the second metadata value as a search condition, finds a degree of similarity between the set of the result of the first search and a set of a result of the second search, and assigns, according to the degree of similarity, the second metadata value as metadata of the content to be assigned metadata.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20150095280Abstract: In a method for writing data having been subjected to transaction processing in a synchronization source database to data in a synchronization destination database, a synchronization processing management unit of the synchronization destination database requests, as synchronization target data, first data that is a part of the data having been subjected to the transaction processing from the synchronization source database, receives at least the first data from the synchronization source database, performs first synchronization processing on the first data in a cache memory, and performs second synchronization processing on second data, in the synchronization destination database, which has been processed in a same transaction as a transaction in which the first data has been processed in the synchronization source database.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 8553249Abstract: A printing apparatus connectable to a recording apparatus that records data on a recording medium. An obtaining unit, when the printing apparatus is connected to the recording apparatus, obtains, from the recording apparatus, attribute information regarding data recordable on the recording medium. A printing unit prints in a printable area of the recording medium using the attribute information. An identifier reading unit reads, from the recording medium, an identifier capable of individually identifying the recording medium. A management unit manages the attribute information associated with the identifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20130241953Abstract: The number of times of designation with respect to a position on a map is counted, and the number of times of designation is managed in association with the position and the map. If the number of times of designation with respect to a position of interest on the map exceeds a threshold value, a position that is managed in association with a large-area map including an area shown by the map is specified, and an object in the specified position on the large-area map is highlighted on the large-area map.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 8417742Abstract: A folder relationship holding unit (305) manages the relationship only between parents and children of files and/or folders arranged in a hierarchical structure. An operation target of the files and/or folders managed by the folder relationship holding unit (305) is operated in a locked state. To reflect the operation result on each apparatus that manages information identical to that managed by the folder relationship holding unit (305), the apparatus is notified of the operation result at a designated timing.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiaki Itoh, Tsutomu Inose, Hiroyuki Nagai, Tomoyuki Shimizu, Hajime Futatsugi, Hidenori Ishiwata
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Patent number: 8301606Abstract: In a data management method using a hierarchical folder structure where an item such as data or a folder can be registered in multiple folders, attribute information is appended to each relational data piece that represents a pair of a child item that is either data or a folder registered in a folder and a parent folder in which the child item has been registered. This attribute information is referred to when a single child item has been registered in multiple parent folders, in order to select one of the multiple parent folders. By selecting a relational data piece based on the attribute information so that each child item can be registered in a single parent folder, at least part of the hierarchical folder structure is converted into a tree structure where a single child item belongs to a single folder.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 8145580Abstract: Data elements are classified into a plurality of folders in accordance with classification conditions on the basis of each of a plurality of metadata elements. Data elements in each of the folders are further classified into a plurality of folders on the basis of a metadata element different from the metadata element associated with the folder. This operation is repeated in accordance with the number of metadata elements to organize a folder system having a tree structure. When a classification result based on a given one of the metadata elements is present in only one folder in the organized folder system and is not present in other folders arranged in the same layer as that of the folder, the other folders are deleted.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 8140553Abstract: This invention allows obtaining desired data even at a copy destination by only a simple copy operation irrespective of differences of search functions upon copying a search folder to an external device. This invention is directed to an information processing method in an information processing apparatus connected to an external device. In this method, when an instruction to copy a search folder to the external device is input, whether or not the search conditions of the designated search folder are executable at the external device is determined, a folder to be transmitted to the external device is generated, data are searched based on a search condition which is determined not to be executable. After data IDs are set in the generated folder so that the obtained by the search data can be acquired via the generated folder, the folder is transmitted to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20110082886Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a first metadata value of first metadata from a content to be assigned metadata, performs a first search from contents by the first metadata using the first metadata value as a search condition, acquires a second metadata value of second metadata different from the first metadata from one or more contents included in a set of a result of the first search, performs a second search from the contents by the second metadata using the second metadata value as a search condition, finds a degree of similarity between the set of the result of the first search and a set of a result of the second search, and assigns, according to the degree of similarity, the second metadata value as metadata of the content to be assigned metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20100198874Abstract: In a data management method using a hierarchical folder structure where an item such as data or a folder can be registered in multiple folders, attribute information is appended to each relational data piece that represents a pair of a child item that is either data or a folder registered in a folder and a parent folder in which the child item has been registered. This attribute information is referred to when a single child item has been registered in multiple parent folders, in order to select one of the multiple parent folders. By selecting a relational data piece based on the attribute information so that each child item can be registered in a single parent folder, at least part of the hierarchical folder structure is converted into a tree structure where a single child item belongs to a single folder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20100146017Abstract: A folder relationship holding unit (305) manages the relationship only between parents and children of files and/or folders arranged in a hierarchical structure. An operation target of the files and/or folders managed by the folder relationship holding unit (305) is operated in a locked state. To reflect the operation result on each apparatus that manages information identical to that managed by the folder relationship holding unit (305), the apparatus is notified of the operation result at a designated timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiaki Itoh, Tsutomu Inose, Hiroyuki Nagai, Tomoyuki Shimizu, Hajime Futatsugi, Hidenori Ishiwata
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Publication number: 20100076975Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a search execution unit configured to execute a search on the basis of a search condition, an item specification unit configured to specify particular data as an item from data included in a result of the search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of the search condition, an item storage unit configured to store the item specified by the item specification unit in a storage apparatus, a search result generation unit configured to generate a search result without data overlap on the basis of data included in a result of a search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of a new search condition and the item stored in the storage apparatus, and a search result display unit configured to display the search result generated by the search result generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Patent number: 7580934Abstract: An information processing apparatus for managing an access right to an object includes a storage unit configured to store objects in a hierarchical structure and a determination unit configured to determine an access right to a low-level object. The low-level object has inheritance information indicating whether or not the low-level object inherits an access right from an object at a higher level. The determination unit determines the access right to the low-level object for the user based on an access right to the low-level object set for the user if the inheritance information of the low-level object is set as “not inherited.” Alternatively, the determination unit determines the access right to the low-level object based on an access right to the lowest-level object of the objects at a level higher than the low-level object if the inheritance information of the low-level object is set as “inherited.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20090132495Abstract: This invention allows obtaining desired data even at a copy destination by only a simple copy operation irrespective of differences of search functions upon copying a search folder to an external device. This invention is directed to an information processing method in an information processing apparatus connected to an external device. In this method, when an instruction to copy a search folder to the external device is input, whether or not the search conditions of the designated search folder are executable at the external device is determined, a folder to be transmitted to the external device is generated, data are searched based on a search condition which is determined not to be executable. After data IDs are set in the generated folder so that the obtained by the search data can be acquired via the generated folder, the folder is transmitted to the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Futatsugi
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Publication number: 20080313107Abstract: Data elements are classified into a plurality of folders in accordance with classification conditions on the basis of each of a plurality of metadata elements. Data elements in each of the folders are further classified into a plurality of folders on the basis of a metadata element different from the metadata element associated with the folder. This operation is repeated in accordance with the number of metadata elements to organize a folder system having a tree structure. When a classification result based on a given one of the metadata elements is present in only one folder in the organized folder system and is not present in other folders arranged in the same layer as that of the folder, the other folders are deleted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Futatsugi