Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Nakahara

Hidetaka Nakahara 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: 11652933
    Abstract: A network device manages a first definition information in which a type of data to be collected in the network device and a first collection condition are defined received from a first client application, manages, after a second client application for transmitting data to a second system via the network is added to the network device, second definition information in which a type of data to be collected in the network device and a second collection condition are defined received from the added second client application, and collects data in the network device in accordance with the first definition information and second definition information. Data to be collected in accordance with both the first collection condition and the second collection condition is collected at a same timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20230065096
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a first connection unit configured to perform connection to a first cloud service; a second connection unit configured to perform connection to a second cloud service; and a connection support unit configured to support an initial connection to the second cloud service, which is performed after the connection to the first cloud service has been established. The first connection unit receives settings information including an access token, and a command to start the connection to the second cloud service from the first cloud service, which is already connected, before the initial connection to the second cloud service. The connection support unit activates the second connection unit in response to the command from the first cloud service via the first connection unit. The second connection unit executes initial connection to the second cloud service in response to the command using the settings information without receiving an authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11537333
    Abstract: Provided is a client device configured to communicate with a server via a network, the client device comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors that execute a set of instructions to: acquire counter information which is totaled according to performing a job by the client device and is stored in the one or more memories; determine whether the client device has been performed at least one job during acquiring the counter information; reacquire counter information in a case where it is determined that the client device has been performed at least one job during acquiring the counter information; and transmit the reacquired counter information to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20220239790
    Abstract: A network device is provided with a notification setting management unit that manages a notification setting of an event received from a client application that transmits data to a management server, an event collection unit for collecting data in a client in accordance with the notification setting, and an event storage unit for storing collected data in a message buffer, wherein, when a notification setting of an event is received from a client application that transmits data to the management server, the event collection unit collects the target data in accordance with conditions related to data in which the conditions collected in each notification setting match, and the event storage unit stores the collected data in the message buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11283941
    Abstract: A network device including a detection unit that detects an event includes a communication setting managing unit that manages notification settings; an event collecting unit that, in the case in which notification information linked to the event detected by the detection unit is present, determines whether or not each of the details of the notification information is a notification target in accordance with the notification settings and generates a message for each of the details that are notification targets by assigning attribute information linked to the detail or the event; and an event transmitting unit that transmits the generated one or more messages to a management server, and, in the case in which it is determined that a plurality of details corresponding to the notification information linked to the detected event are determined to be the notification targets in accordance with the notification settings, information that can be used for uniquely identifying the event as a part of the attribute infor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11188284
    Abstract: It is an object to allow a device to execute the operation to which a past history was reflected. A management server uses a filter template and an analysis template as templates for executing a process to instruct an information processing apparatus (multifunction machine) by using history storage data in a history storage DB. The filter template is a template in which information showing that summary data is generated by executing a filtering of the history storage data in the history storage DB and stored into a summary DB has been described. The analysis template is a template in which information showing that contents of the instruction to the information processing apparatus are determined by analyzing the summary data has been described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20210294549
    Abstract: It is an object to allow a device to execute the operation to which a past history was reflected. A management server uses a filter template and an analysis template as templates for executing a process to instruct an information processing apparatus (multifunction machine) by using history storage data in a history storage DB. The filter template is a template in which information showing that summary data is generated by executing a filtering of the history storage data in the history storage DB and stored into a summary DB has been described. The analysis template is a template in which information showing that contents of the instruction to the information processing apparatus are determined by analyzing the summary data has been described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20210092239
    Abstract: A network device including a detection unit that detects an event includes a communication setting managing unit that manages notification settings; an event collecting unit that, in the case in which notification information linked to the event detected by the detection unit is present, determines whether or not each of the details of the notification information is a notification target in accordance with the notification settings and generates a message for each of the details that are notification targets by assigning attribute information linked to the detail or the event; and an event transmitting unit that transmits the generated one or more messages to a management server, and, in the case in which it is determined that a plurality of details corresponding to the notification information linked to the detected event are determined to be the notification targets in accordance with the notification settings, information that can be used for uniquely identifying the event as a part of the attribute infor
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10908853
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. In a case where a transition from a certain power state to a first power saving state is made, the image processing apparatus stores first time information indicating a time of the transition to the first power saving state in a memory. In a case where a return from the first power saving state is made, the image processing apparatus notifies a management server of an event, which includes the first time information read out from the memory and indicates that the transition to the first power saving state has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20210026575
    Abstract: Provided is a client device configured to communicate with a server via a network, the client device comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors that execute a set of instructions to: acquire counter information which is totaled according to performing a job by the client device and is stored in the one or more memories; determine whether the client device has been performed at least one job during acquiring the counter information; reacquire counter information in a case where it is determined that the client device has been performed at least one job during acquiring the counter information; and transmit the reacquired counter information to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10884675
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus compares device identification information acquired from XML setting information received from a connected device with device identification information of the image forming apparatus, and determines an import level based on a comparison result. The image forming apparatus extracts a setting according to the import level using each module of a plurality of applications for the image forming apparatus, and stores the extracted setting in a storage that is used for control performed in each application. The device identification information that determines the import level includes at least one of firmware version, destination information, user editing information, accessory connection information, and license information, in addition to model management number and machine body management number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10656581
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a changing portion configured to change, based on a detection result of a temperature sensor, response sensitivity in starting of power supply by a determination portion based on a detection result of a human body detection sensor in a case where a human body approaches the human body detection sensor. The changing portion increases the sensitivity in a case where a temperature detected by the temperature sensor is a second temperature lower than a first temperature than in a case where the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahito Fuse, Masami Hano, Kenichiro Kitajima, Tadashi Fukuda, Shota Soda, Hidetaka Nakahara, Hiroyuki Amano
  • Patent number: 10594879
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores an operation pattern of at least one image forming apparatus and setting content set in the image forming apparatus which are associated with each other, an accumulation unit that accumulates history data indicating an operation history of the at least one image forming apparatus, and an output unit that outputs the setting content stored in the storage unit and associated with the operation pattern to the at least one image forming apparatus when history data corresponding to the operation pattern stored in the storage unit is detected in the history data accumulated in the accumulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20200073601
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. In a case where a transition from a certain power state to a first power saving state is made, the image processing apparatus stores first time information indicating a time of the transition to the first power saving state in a memory. In a case where a return from the first power saving state is made, the image processing apparatus notifies a management server of an event, which includes the first time information read out from the memory and indicates that the transition to the first power saving state has been made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10534597
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is capable of matching setting values among a plurality of devices of which energization states are controllable independently. A receiving unit a request from an information processor, which is provided with a plurality of devices of which energization states are controllable independently and performs an information process according to set data, for update information about set data concerning a device being in an energized state. A determination unit determines whether the set data concerning the requested update information is relevant to set data concerning a device being in a non-energized state. A control unit controls whether the update information about the set data concerning the device being in the energized state is given in a response according to the determination result by the determination unit and to transmit the response to the information processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20190007568
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores an operation pattern of at least one image forming apparatus and setting content set in the image forming apparatus which are associated with each other, an accumulation unit that accumulates history data indicating an operation history of the at least one image forming apparatus, and an output unit that outputs the setting content stored in the storage unit and associated with the operation pattern to the at least one image forming apparatus when history data corresponding to the operation pattern stored in the storage unit is detected in the history data accumulated in the accumulation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20180300091
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus compares device identification information acquired from XML setting information received from a connected device with device identification information of the image forming apparatus, and determines an import level based on a comparison result. The image forming apparatus extracts a setting according to the import level using each module of a plurality of applications for the image forming apparatus, and stores the extracted setting in a storage that is used for control performed in each application. The device identification information that determines the import level includes at least one of firmware version, destination information, user editing information, accessory connection information, and license information, in addition to model management number and machine body management number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20180284671
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a changing portion configured to change, based on a detection result of a temperature sensor, response sensitivity in starting of power supply by a determination portion based on a detection result of a human body detection sensor in a case where a human body approaches the human body detection sensor. The changing portion increases the sensitivity in a case where a temperature detected by the temperature sensor is a second temperature lower than a first temperature than in a case where the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Takahito Fuse, Masami Hano, Kenichiro Kitajima, Tadashi Fukuda, Shota Soda, Hidetaka Nakahara, Hiroyuki Amano
  • Patent number: 9973643
    Abstract: The present invention manages a reset type and a reset condition state, the reset type indicating whether or not a screen reset operation is necessary when each synchronized setting value is synchronized. This information is confirmed when synchronization is performed, and necessary reset processing such as log-out processing is executed if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9912827
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus stores, in association with configuration information of an image processing apparatus, specification information used to determine settings information that is used for an operation of the image processing apparatus and is to be shared between the information processing apparatus and the image processing apparatus, obtains the configuration information of the image processing apparatus receives, in a case where specification information corresponding to the configuration information that the obtaining unit obtained is not stored in the storage unit, the specification information corresponding to the obtained configuration information from an external storage device, and transmits to the image processing apparatus settings information to be shared with the image processing apparatus, which is determined based on the specification information received from the external storage device among the settings information stored by the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nakahara