Patents by Inventor Hideshi Ichimi

Hideshi Ichimi 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: 20240073324
    Abstract: An example of a user interface that enables setting an inspection region in a sheet having a different shape from a sheet set for a correct image will be described below. Inspection processing is performed on an image output to the sheet having the different shape from the sheet set for the correct image, based on the inspection region set in advanced settings, the correct image, and an image obtained as a result of reading by a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: HIDESHI ICHIMI
  • Patent number: 11838455
    Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of communicating with at least an inspection apparatus and a processing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising one or more controllers having one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more controllers configured to receive a registration job for registration of image data in the inspection apparatus and an inspection job for execution of an inspection, to transmit, in a case where the registration job is received, image data based on the registration job to the inspection apparatus, to receive a notification of completion of the registration of the image data from the inspection apparatus, and to perform, in a case where the notification is received, control to perform printing based on the inspection job and to transmit an inspection instruction to the inspection apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20230247146
    Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of communicating with at least an inspection apparatus and a processing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising one or more controllers having one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more controllers configured to receive a registration job for registration of image data in the inspection apparatus and an inspection job for execution of an inspection, to transmit, in a case where the registration job is received, image data based on the registration job to the inspection apparatus, to receive a notification of completion of the registration of the image data from the inspection apparatus, and to perform, in a case where the notification is received, control to perform printing based on the inspection job and to transmit an inspection instruction to the inspection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20230084850
    Abstract: A printing apparatus connectable to an inspection apparatus in a communicable manner according to the present invention includes a reception unit configured to receive an inspection job including at least information indicating whether a correct answer image is to be registered, an analysis unit configured to analyze the received inspection job, and, a control unit configured to perform control so that the correct answer image is transmitted to the inspection apparatus in a case where the correct answer image is to be registered, and to perform control so that an instruction to select the correct answer image is transmitted to the inspection apparatus in a case where the correct answer image is not to be registered, as a result of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Patent number: 11276144
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus realizing an enlargement function without system-level customization is provided. The information processing apparatus includes an application unit, an enlargement control unit, and a screen control unit. The application unit generates and draws an image in a normal display area. The enlargement control unit enlarges the image drawn in the normal display area, and generates and draws an enlarged image including part of the enlarged image in an expansion display area. The screen control unit displays the image drawn in the normal display area on a display when the enlargement function is invalid, and displays the enlarged image drawn in the expansion display area on the display when the enlargement function is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideshi Ichimi, Masayuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200090302
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus realizing an enlargement function without system-level customization is provided. The information processing apparatus includes an application unit, an enlargement control unit, and a screen control unit. The application unit generates and draws an image in a normal display area. The enlargement control unit enlarges the image drawn in the normal display area, and generates and draws an enlarged image including part of the enlarged image in an expansion display area. The screen control unit displays the image drawn in the normal display area on a display when the enlargement function is invalid, and displays the enlarged image drawn in the expansion display area on the display when the enlargement function is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Hideshi Ichimi, Masayuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10325572
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes a font data holding unit configured to hold font data of individual languages, a font priority list control unit configured to set a font priority list which represents a priority order of font data to be used for rendering a character string and which has the most preferential font data corresponding to a display language which is associated with user identification information input by an input unit and which is held by a user language holding unit and the second most preferential font data corresponding to a display language held by a device language holding unit, and a font rendering processing unit configured to render the character string in accordance with the font priority list set by the font priority list control unit and the font data held by the font data holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Patent number: 9372652
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that suspends a maintenance video being reproduced when a maintenance screen is switched from the foreground to the background upon detection of occurrence of an event. If the detected event is not an event occurred in response to a user operation, the image processing apparatus returns a reproduction start position of the suspended maintenance video from the suspended position backwards by a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Patent number: 9313347
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus registers an acquisition destination of content to be displayed on a screen of a Web browser and an arbitrary name for each acquisition destination of content, and also registers title control information designating whether the arbitrary name or contents of a title tag defined for each page of acquired content is to be to displayed as a title on a display screen of the content, and displays the arbitrary name or the contents defined in the title tag associated with a page of the content to be displayed in the title display area, in accordance with the registered title control information, when displaying the acquired content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Patent number: 9304786
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display apparatus that is provided with a button that can be used by users of different native language-types with names that are registered as character strings in language-types displayable on the display apparatus. Accordingly, when a user switches language-types to be displayed, the button is displayed with a name as a character string in the switched language-type among the registered character strings, which allows users of different native language-types to understand the button name, thus enhancing the usability of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20160092439
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes a font data holding unit configured to hold font data of individual languages, a font priority list control unit configured to set a font priority list which represents a priority order of font data to be used for rendering a character string and which has the most preferential font data corresponding to a display language which is associated with user identification information input by an input unit and which is held by a user language holding unit and the second most preferential font data corresponding to a display language held by a device language holding unit, and a font rendering processing unit configured to render the character string in accordance with the font priority list set by the font priority list control unit and the font data held by the font data holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Patent number: 9268874
    Abstract: A web browser setting value that decides a display specification of a web browser screen is set, and that display specification of the web browser screen is held. An instruction for displaying a web browser screen is transmitted to a web server, and in the case where the response to the instruction includes information indicating whether the display specification of the browser screen is to be taken over, the web browser screen is displayed based on screen information from the web server in accordance with the held display specification of the browser screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20160042496
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus realizing an enlargement function without system-level customization is provided. The information processing apparatus includes an application unit, an enlargement control unit, and a screen control unit. The application unit generates and draws an image in a normal display area. The enlargement control unit enlarges the image drawn in the normal display area, and generates and draws an enlarged image including part of the enlarged image in an expansion display area. The screen control unit displays the image drawn in the normal display area on a display when the enlargement function is invalid, and displays the enlarged image drawn in the expansion display area on the display when the enlargement function is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hideshi Ichimi, Masayuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150347072
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that suspends a maintenance video being reproduced when a maintenance screen is switched from the foreground to the background upon detection of occurrence of an event. If the detected event is not an event occurred in response to a user operation, the image processing apparatus returns a reproduction start position of the suspended maintenance video from the suspended position backwards by a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Patent number: 9189657
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which is capable of ensuring mutual security in cases where security information is displayed in a state in which an image displayed on a display is open to the outside. A display displays an operation screen of the apparatus. An input section receives an operation instruction to the apparatus, and a network interface receives an operation instruction to the apparatus from an external device. A control section determines whether an instruction for displaying an operation screen containing security information is received from the input section or via the network interface. When determining that the instruction is received via the network interface, the control unit cause screen data for displaying the operation screen to be transmitted to the external device, and the operation screen containing the security information to be prevented from being displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20130055067
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus registers an acquisition destination of content to be displayed on a screen of a Web browser and an arbitrary name for each acquisition destination of content, and also registers title control information designating whether the arbitrary name or contents of a title tag defined for each page of acquired content is to be to displayed as a title on a display screen of the content, and displays the arbitrary name or the contents defined in the title tag associated with a page of the content to be displayed in the title display area, in accordance with the registered title control information, when displaying the acquired content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20130007593
    Abstract: A web browser setting value that decides a display specification of a web browser screen is set, and that display specification of the web browser screen is held. An instruction for displaying a web browser screen is transmitted to a web server, and in the case where the response to the instruction includes information indicating whether the display specification of the browser screen is to be taken over, the web browser screen is displayed based on screen information from the web server in accordance with the held display specification of the browser screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20120010871
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display apparatus that is provided with a button that can be used by users of different native language-types with names that are registered as character strings in language-types displayable on the display apparatus. Accordingly, when a user switches language-types to be displayed, the button is displayed with a name as a character string in the switched language-type among the registered character strings, which allows users of different native language-types to understand the button name, thus enhancing the usability of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20100287490
    Abstract: A control method for controlling an information processing apparatus configured to display an operation screen including a plurality of keys on a display unit, and when any one of the plurality of keys is selected, to execute a process according to a process content registered in association with the selected key. The method includes setting, for each key of the plurality of keys, whether to cause the display unit to display a status of a process executed in response to selection of the selected key, and controlling the display unit to display the status of the process corresponding to the selected key if it is set to cause the display unit to display the status of the process executed in response to selection of the selected key when the key is selected, and to maintain display of the operation screen including the plurality of keys if it is not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi
  • Publication number: 20090265759
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which is capable of ensuring mutual security in cases where security information is displayed in a state in which an image displayed on a display is open to the outside. A display displays an operation screen of the apparatus. An input section receives an operation instruction to the apparatus, and a network interface receives an operation instruction to the apparatus from an external device. A control section determines whether an instruction for displaying an operation screen containing security information is received from the input section or via the network interface. When determining that the instruction is received via the network interface, the control unit cause screen data for displaying the operation screen to be transmitted to the external device, and the operation screen containing the security information to be prevented from being displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideshi Ichimi