Patents by Inventor Hiroki Anai

Hiroki Anai 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: 20190001721
    Abstract: The present invention is a point giving system including an image forming apparatus and a management server apparatus connected to each other via a network, and the image forming apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate job log information including printing information or ink tank information on the image forming apparatus in accordance with execution of a job; and a transmission unit configured to transmit job log information generated by the generation unit and an identifier identifying the image forming apparatus to the management server apparatus, and the management server apparatus includes: a registration unit configured to register an identifier of the image forming apparatus and user information in association with each other; a reception unit configured to receive an identifier and job log information transmitted by the transmission unit; and a point giving unit configured to give a point to a user of user information registered by the registration unit in association with an ide
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroki Anai
  • Patent number: 8514416
    Abstract: The data conversion unit of a printer driver makes a copy of a spool file in PDF and stores it as PDF data 1 in an external storage device. The raster data creation unit of the printer driver acquires PDF data 1 stored by the data conversion unit, and creates new PDF data 2 in which a target object is drawn in accordance with an object contained in PDF data 1. The raster data creation unit of the OS then converts PDF data 2 into raster data 2. The raster data creation unit specifies a target object of the raster data created from the spool file by referring to created raster data 2, and creates print data by performing necessary processing for the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Anai
  • Publication number: 20110194132
    Abstract: The data conversion unit of a printer driver makes a copy of a spool file in PDF and stores it as PDF data 1 in an external storage device. The raster data creation unit of the printer driver acquires PDF data 1 stored by the data conversion unit, and creates new PDF data 2 in which a target object is drawn in accordance with an object contained in PDF data 1. The raster data creation unit of the OS then converts PDF data 2 into raster data 2. The raster data creation unit specifies a target object of the raster data created from the spool file by referring to created raster data 2, and creates print data by performing necessary processing for the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Anai