Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Hanai

Hiroaki Hanai 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: 20240184490
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a second server apparatus configured to communicate with a first server apparatus and store a program is provided. The first server apparatus is configured to provide a file sharing service. The program provides a function for printing a file having been uploaded to the first server apparatus. The control method includes: acquiring network information of an information processing apparatus accessing the first server apparatus; selecting, based on the acquired network information, a piece of printer information from among pieces of printer information; and performing control for causing the information processing apparatus to display an object displaying the selected piece of printer information and configured for receiving a selection of printer information from among the pieces of printer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Patent number: 12001734
    Abstract: An application to be stored in a nonvolatile storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention is a print setting application to be installed in an information processing apparatus, the application when executed on the information processing apparatus causes the information processing apparatus to: acquire a printing method of a printer; acquire, in a case where the acquired printing method is a first method, printer information regarding a predetermined item; and display an object based on the acquired printer information on a display, wherein, in a case where the acquired printing method is a second method, the information processing apparatus does not acquire the printer information regarding the predetermined item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20240086122
    Abstract: An application to be stored in a nonvolatile storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention is a print setting application to be installed in an information processing apparatus, the application when executed on the information processing apparatus causes the information processing apparatus to: acquire a printing method of a printer; acquire, in a case where the acquired printing method is a first method, printer information regarding a predetermined item; and display an object based on the acquired printer information on a display, wherein, in a case where the acquired printing method is a second method, the information processing apparatus does not acquire the printer information regarding the predetermined item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: HIROAKI HANAI
  • Patent number: 11928368
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a second server apparatus configured to communicate with a first server apparatus and store a program is provided. The first server apparatus is configured to provide a file sharing service. The program provides a function for printing a file having been uploaded to the first server apparatus. The control method includes: acquiring network information of an information processing apparatus accessing the first server apparatus; selecting, based on the acquired network information, a piece of printer information from among pieces of printer information; and performing control for causing the information processing apparatus to display an object displaying the selected piece of printer information and configured for receiving a selection of printer information from among the pieces of printer information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Patent number: 11842100
    Abstract: A server system, which registers, based on a registration request received from a printing apparatus, information about the printing apparatus and transmits print data received from an information processing apparatus to the registered printing apparatus, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the information processing apparatus, print settings of print data and information about the printing apparatus, which is set as a transmission destination for print data in the print settings, a determination unit configured to make a determination as to whether the acquired print settings include a print setting which accords with a conflict condition associated with the acquired information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, information that is based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Patent number: 11733935
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus configured to: transmit a posting; display the transmitted posting; display information of data linked to other posting as responses to the transmitted posting; receive a user operation to specify a print function through an object displayed in association with the transmitted posting; display information of the data linked to the other posting associated with the posting as selectable data to be printed; and transmit a print instruction based on information of the displayed data that is selected through a user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20230185492
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a second server apparatus configured to communicate with a first server apparatus and store a program is provided. The first server apparatus is configured to provide a file sharing service. The program provides a function for printing a file having been uploaded to the first server apparatus. The control method includes: acquiring network information of an information processing apparatus accessing the first server apparatus; selecting, based on the acquired network information, a piece of printer information from among pieces of printer information; and performing control for causing the information processing apparatus to display an object displaying the selected piece of printer information and configured for receiving a selection of printer information from among the pieces of printer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Patent number: 11652856
    Abstract: A server system according to the present application includes an issuing unit configured to issue a meeting identification, a storage unit configured to store the issued meeting ID and a file in association with each other, a first control unit configured to receive an instruction to display the file from a first user and configured to display an operation of the first user on an image of the file for which the display instruction is issued on a display unit of an information processing apparatus operated by a second user, and a second control unit configured to display an icon for printing the file associated with the meeting ID together with the image of the file that is operated by the first user on the display unit of the information processing apparatus operated by the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20230137604
    Abstract: A server system that operates in collaboration with software that enables performing an operation relating to a file posted with a message includes a memory storing a program and a control unit that executes the program to provide an object corresponding to a print function to be displayed on a first operation screen for performing the operation relating to the file or on a second operation screen called from the first operation screen, and cause, based on selection of the object, the software to perform processing to enable an operation for printing the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20230065899
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus configured to: transmit a posting; display the transmitted posting; display information of data linked to other posting as responses to the transmitted posting; receive a user operation to specify a print function through an object displayed in association with the transmitted posting; display information of the data linked to the other posting associated with the posting as selectable data to be printed; and transmit a print instruction based on information of the displayed data that is selected through a user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20220060524
    Abstract: A server system according to the present application includes an issuing unit configured to issue a meeting identification, a storage unit configured to store the issued meeting ID and a file in association with each other, a first control unit configured to receive an instruction to display the file from a first user and configured to display an operation of the first user on an image of the file for which the display instruction is issued on a display unit of an information processing apparatus operated by a second user, and a second control unit configured to display an icon for printing the file associated with the meeting ID together with the image of the file that is operated by the first user on the display unit of the information processing apparatus operated by the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20210240413
    Abstract: A server system, which registers, based on a registration request received from a printing apparatus, information about the printing apparatus and transmits print data received from an information processing apparatus to the registered printing apparatus, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the information processing apparatus, print settings of print data and information about the printing apparatus, which is set as a transmission destination for print data in the print settings, a determination unit configured to make a determination as to whether the acquired print settings include a print setting which accords with a conflict condition associated with the acquired information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, information that is based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hanai
  • Patent number: 6631306
    Abstract: An embroidery production system having a plurality of single-head embroidery sewing machines determines the number and the layout of the single-head embroidery sewing machines based on production items, production volume per item and the size of the factory floor of the embroidery supplier, and makes a production plan operating each single-head embroidery sewing machine based an the item, production volume and a due date of an article which should be completed for embroidering by a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Funahashi, Shoichi Kubo, Hiroaki Hanai
  • Publication number: 20020013745
    Abstract: An embroidery production system having a plurality of single-head embroidery sewing machines determines the number and the layout of the single-head embroidery sewing machines based on production items, production volume per item and the size of the factory floor of the embroidery supplier, and makes a production plan operating each single-head embroidery sewing machine based an the item, production volume and a due date of an article which should be completed for embroidering by a predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori Funahashi, Shoichi Kubo, Hiroaki Hanai